Chapter 3

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Siya drops the phone as soon as she sees Karan behind her hands crossed across his chest, walking towards her, singing "Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna" She has tears in her eyes, and has a frightened look on her face, as karan questions her why she needs to borrow a phone from the watchman, as she's the malkin of the house. He then asks her who she was talking to and she stands there frozen, and he hugs her and tells her not to be afraid, and hugging her, brings her into the bedroom, where he pulls out the purple sari for her and tells her to wear it. He then dresses her up with the jewelry and bangles, and Siya doesn't say a word as he continues this. He finishes and tells her that she looks like a newly wedded bride, like the first time she came into the house. And asks her to smile in the same way. WHen she doesn't, he himself makes her smile, and she just does what he says. He brings her downstairs, and right then, the door bell rings, and she gets really frightened. Karan goes to open the door, and says surprise! And siya sees that it's her family standing outside. Siya runs to her mother crying, completely breaking down in her arms. Karan tells her if she continues to cry, everyone's going to think he's not treating her well. Siya freezes as her dad says that they would never ever think that. Everyone goes inside and karan goes to make tea, and Siya sisters tell her how Karan got them admitted into a really big school, and is treating everyone like he was their own family. Even their own son wouldn't do as much for them. He even got the land back for them that people stole. Karan comes then and tells them not to embarrass him, because he did all this for his own family. Dadi pacing around worrying at her house, thinking that it was indeed Siya that called, and wondering why she did. Siya and her mother upstairs and her mother asks her if she's happy. Right then, her dad and Karan come there, and her dad interrupts, saying how could she not be happy living here and having him as a husband? The men and her sisters leave and Siya and her mom go to look at the kitchen, and the rest of the house. Siya thinking that she has to tell her mother the reality of her life, how her life is actually a torture and worse than hell, and she needs to escape. Meanwhile, her mom is praising Karan completely, for the way he took away all the debts of their family, and prays for his long life, saying they could never have gotten a better son in law. Siya is indeed very lucky, and they're happy to see her so happy. Karan and Siya's dad walking through the fields, and Karan tells him how he hopes to build schools and hospitals and other such facilities. Siya 's dad supports him and tells him that those who do something genuinely, with their whole heart, will never fail in their endeavors. Siya starts to tell her mother that karan isn't who she thinks he is, but her mother quickly interrupts, saying that this happens with any newly married woman. It takes time to adjust to married life, learn one another's likes and dislikes. Her mother goes on to tell her how good it is that And Siya thinks that this isn't true, how can she explain to her mother that her married life is not like anyone else's?
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