The episode begins
with a repeat of the pillow passing game where Khushi accuses Arnav of cheating
but then agrees to do as he says. Arnav
takes Khushi to his room and locks the door.
He whispers something in her ear but she refuses to do it. Arnavv tells her that since he won, she must
do it. Dadi begins to head downstairs to
return Garima the medicines while Garima frantically searches for them. Arnav ties a blindfold on Khushi and begins
to touch her face, with a mischievous smile on his face. Soon after he brings her downstairs, still
blindfolded. She wonders where she has
been brought and tells him that she is removing the blindfold. Just as she takes off the blindfold, the rest
of the family begins to laugh at her, with her wondering why they are doing
so. Just then, Arnav shows her a mirror and
she sees a drawn on moustache. While
blindfolded, Arnav drew a moustache on her face. He jokingly says that it's to protect her from
evil eyes and says she is still beautiful.
Not pleased at his prank, she begins to chase him around the room, even
throwing a pillow at him. The fun comes
to an end when she almost collides with Dadi who requests some peace and quiet
for her to pray. The family leaves the
room and Khushi is about to go upstairs until Dadi asks where her mother
is. Khushi points to Garima, who is
still searching for the medicines, and then leaves.
As Dadi begins to
approach Garima, she continues to look for the medicines. Just then, Dadi calls out her name and Dadi
hands her the medicines. Garima turns
around and shocked to see Dadi and she too is shocked to see Garima, while Shyam
watches from afar. They both flashback
to the scene where Dadi yells at a young Garima for having an affair with a
married man. This time in the flashback,
we see Garima trying to tell Dadi that she didn't know Arnav's dad was married
and that he hid this fact until she met her.
We return to the present day where Dadi is surprised that Garima is
Khushi's aunt. Before Garima can explain
herself, Dadi slaps her. In his room, Arnav
is wiping off Khushi's moustache. He again
teases her about poking fun at her and she gets scared thinking he's doing
something else. She states to him that
the next time he tries to do anything like that, she'll run away so fast that
he won't be able to stop her. Angry at
what she said, he tells her to never repeat it and she promises to never leave him. As the two share a hug, he tells her he wants
to show her something and the two sneak out through the back, leaving both
their phones behind. They arrive to a
garden area and Khushi is curious as to why he brought her here. The two get out of the car and walk up to a
large tree, hand in hand. Here, we see a
flashback of a young Arnav and Anjali with their mother. Their mother is explaining to both of them
what planting is and how the sapling will give us life when it becomes a
tree. He also remembers planting the
tree with his mother and sister. He
tells Khushi that when they were really young, they would come here during
their summer vacations with their mother.
He says that they used to wait all year until they could come back to
see if the sapling had grown into a tree but his mother had always told him to
be patient. Finally, that sapling has
become a tree. As they continue to walk
hand in hand through the garden, they come across a rose bush. Khushi asks him if this is the reason why he
likes to plant and he says yes. He tells
her that his mother loved gardening and that every time he does gardening, he
feels like he is close to her. Dadi and Garima's
confrontation continues. Dadi tells her
that she should have realized that she was that other women when she was
avoiding to meet her. She tells Garima
that because of her, Arnav and Khushi lost their parents and she lost her son. She says that now she has sent both her
daughters to the house to ruin her grandchildren's lives. As all this is happening, Shyam continues to
watch from the poolside. Dadi tells her
that since she ruined her children's lives, she will now ruin her and her
daughter's lives and Shyam is happy upon hearing this.
Khushi and Arnav
sit on a bench and she notices his hidden sadness, so she places her hand on
his. He tells her that all the rituals
they are doing to become husband and wife have their place and meaning. However for him, today Khushi is his wife and
his mother's daughter-in-law and nothing else matters to him. Just then, she realizes that the red rose he
gave her on her birthday was grown here and she is filled with emotion. Dadi tells Garima that because of her, her
daughter-in-law committed suicide and she lost her son too. Now, she wants to watch Garima suffer. Garima begs her not to ruin either Payal or
Khushi's life based on her past. She
swears to Devi Mayya that she did not know he was married and that Arnav and
Anjali were his kids until she met Dadi that day. She begs for forgiveness and asks for Dadi
not to drag her kids into this mess but Dadi says she will. She says that this marriage will no longer
happen.
What worked:
The confrontation between Dadi and Garima.
The much awaited confrontation has finally happened and with it, it
brings new light to the past. Garima
swears she didn't know Arnav's father was married with children but Dadi thinks
she is lying. Whatever happened to
Garima in the past happened to Khushi as well, except Khushi never had feelings
for Shyam. With Dadi knowing that Garima
is Khushi's aunt she will be hell bent on making her and Khushi's life a living
hell, especially since she thinks Khushi tried to steal Shyam away from
Anajli. Even with this confrontation,
some things are a bit unclear. Exactly
what happened 14 years ago that caused his mother to commit suicide as seeing
her husband with another women could not have been just it. What actually happened between Garima and
Arnav's father? With so many unanswered
questions, we expect a lot of drama to unfold.
Let's see what Dadi does next.
What didn't work:
N/A
Highlight: Arnav
sharing a memory with Khushi. Arnav's
fondest memory is the time he spent with his mother. This memory and the garden are such an
important part of his life that he's never shared it with anyone; not even his
own sister. As they get closer to their
wedding, Arnav continues to open up to Khushi about his past and Khushi is now
understanding why he is the way he is.
She's beginning to understand his pain, his suffering, his fear. When he asked her to promise to never leave
him, he revealed to her his biggest fear; being left again by someone he loves. His mother left him when he was 14 and that
departure destroyed his life. The only
other person that has come as close to him as his mother did is Khushi and
losing her would make him suffer the same pain, the same agony all over
again. These various moments where Arnav
and Khushi open up to each other about the pain they've suffered, continues to
make their relationship stronger day by day.
On a side note, the prank pulled by Arnav was hilarious. I'm surprised Khushi didn't realize what he
was doing but it was cute to see him tease her.
A bonus was watching her chase him around as that is really not like him
in anyway. I guess love can really
change a person.
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