Episode 105 - History repeats itself

One morning, Shreya was standing by the stairs to the temple in a traditional look and waiting for her mother as she left to get some things for a pooja. As she was scrolling her phone, a mother with two kids come near her. Seeing that street was a little crowded,


Mom - Excuse me?


Sh - Ji?


Mom - Main zara Pooja ki saaman leney jaa rahi hoon. Tab tak...


Realising she wanted her to keep an eye on her kids till she comes,


Sh - Don't worry. I'll take care.


Siyali said with a smile. She watches as the mother bends towards her kids, makes her elder daughter hold the hand of the younger son. Looking at the them,


Mom - Bhai ka khayal rakna.


She leaves patting them on her head. After she walks few feet, she turns and,


Mom (shouts) - Didi ke haath pakadke rahna hai. Chodogi toh nahi?


She leaves as the little boy shook his head, Siyali keeps staring at her. Her eyes start to become dizzy. The image of the lady starts becoming distorted and instead she could see an image of a familiar woman walking away from her and all she heard was "Sayali. Utkarsh ka haath pakadey rakna. Chodogi toh nahi?"


She kept hearing the lines, he limbs started feeling weak and the phone in her hand slipped. As the edges of the phone bounced off few steps of the stairs, the split into pieces and fell straight into the mud pool. Siyali continued looking at the path the mother of the kids went,


Si (stunned) - Utkarsh!


A tear dropped off her eye, she sat on the stairs and closed her mouth with one hand on top of the other.


Girl - Didi? Aap ro rahi ho?


Siyali didn't give attention to the kids who were looking at her concerned. The little boy leaves his sister's hand and runs to pick up the pieces of the phone. He brings them to Siyali whose tears weren't stopping. The kid's sister takes the phone from his hand and asks him why he put is hand in the dirt. And she wipes off the mud off his hand. Siyali looks at the kids with teary eyes. She picks up the broken prices of the phone and looks at them.


Sh Mom - Shreya? Kya hua?


She turns hearing the sound of her mother's voice.


Sh Mom (concerned) - What happened beta? Ro kyun rahe ho?


Siyali stands up wiping her tears and trying to act normal,


Si (stammering) - Phone. Phone toot gaya.... Ma.


Sh Mom - Phone!? Buss Phone! Dara diya mujhe. We'll get a new one.


Her mother took the pieces of phone from her hand and stared at her for overreacting over a broken phone. She guestures her to come along to the temple. Siyali looked confusingly at her as she walked step by step to the temple.


After praying, the kids' mother who was also with them in the temple thanks Siyali for taking care of the kids and leave. As they walked down the stairs, Shreya's Mother looked at Siyali,


Sh Mom - Aisa kya hua ki tumhari chehrey ka poora rang ud gaya. Ek phone hi toh hai. Shreya? Mere baath sunn bhi rahe ho. Shreya? Shreya?


Siyali who lost in thoughts couldn't hear her mother calling out for her. Now that she remembered who she was, she didn't respond to the call of someone else's name.


Si - Huh? Sorry!


Sh Mom - A..


Si (formally) - Main aapki phone use kar sakti hoon? Ek call karna hai.


Shreya's Mother handed out the phone looking confused. Siyali snatches the phone out of her hand and leaves to talk alone while Shreya's mother wondered why she was acting so strange.


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Back in the house, Gautam stares at Siyali as she stood on the first floor looking at him. He rushes to her, drags her into the room and closes the door.


Si - Iska mathlab, tum mere baarey mein jaantey tey.


G - Haan jaanta hoon.


Si (confused, shocked, emotional) - Then why am I here? Main yahan kyun hoon? Why do people think that I'm dead?


G (scared) - Tumhe kaise patha? Mother ney bola? Don't tell me you told her that you're Siyali.


Si (emotional) - Call karney waali thi. But then i thought I should ask you first. Krissan ki Facebook page mein dekha. RIP Siyali post. Chal Kya raha hai Gautam? Main yahan pohunchi kaise? Main Shreya kaise ban gayi?


G - Sit.


Guatam held her by her shoulders and gently pushed her down to make her sit on the bed.


G (emotional) - 3 saal pehley ek bohat badi incident ki wajase Shreya ki maut hogayi. Aunty couldn't bear the pain. And Time just stopped for her. Woh din bhi kuch aisa tha. Main aur Keshav hospital mein. Shreya ICU mein. Aur uncle aur aunty bhaag aaye. May be because issi wajase Aunty ko tum Shreya lagi and finally she started talking again, smiling again. I know selfish tha. Humarey family ke liye tumhe apney family se dhoor rakna. Par baad mein patha chala ki anaadh ho. And that they closed your case and certified you dead. Tumhari yaad dash bhi chahi gayi thi. So uncle ney kaha, let's just take her home. Tumhe bhi family mil rahi hai aur humhe bhi ek Beti. What's so bad about that. And so we brought you home.


Siyali looked at Gautam both thankful and confused, after staying silent for a while,


Si (emotional) - Thank you. Tumlogon ney mujhe sahara diya. Pyaar diya. Pariwaar diya. I'm thankful for that. Haan main anaadh hoon. Par mera bhi pariwaar hai. Main soch bhi nahi sakti hoon ki Utkarsh aur Niti ke kya haal hua hoga. Aise kaise mujhe.... Main zinda hoon.


Gautam bit his lips looking worried and looked like he was holding himself from asking something as Siyali thought,


Si - I'm trying to understand. Shayad school ki badnami ko avoid karney ke liye unhon ne aisa kar diya. Par mujhe ek baath samaj mein nahi aa rahi hai....... Woh sab chodo. I mean ab mere yaadash wapas aa gayi toh, mujhe wapas orphanage jaana chahiye.... Wapas Warrior High jaana chahiye. I should let them know that I'm alive.


G (shocked) - Okay. Wait. What is the last thing you remember?


Si (thinking) - Farewell. Main aur Sid terrace mein tey.


G - Then?


Siyali rolled her eyes left and right trying to think hard,


Si - Kuch nahi.


G (shocked) - Tumhe Sach mein yaad nahi?


Si - Nahi.


Seeing Gautam look at her with a scary look,


Si - Kyun? Kuch hua kya?


G (stammering) - I... I don't know how to say this... This is gonna be hard.


Siyali looked at him with wide curious eyes,


G (unsure about how to tell) - Tumhe... Kisiney kidnap Kiya.


Siyali's eyes got bigger in shock,


G - But the wierd thing is.... Mujhe lagta hai ki this was planned.


Si (shocked) - Huh? You mean like a lawyer's intution?


G (looking unsure) - Nahi. More like what I saw and heard.


Gautam didn't know how to put it in words. Afterall someone was trying to kill her and in their point of view, succeeded.


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