Chapter 20

                        Part – 20

Maan takes Geet to his room….

Maan takes her in and closes the door….

Maan: Geet, ye kya hai?

Geet blinks….

Maan looks at her forehead…..

He can't understand what this girl is thinking?

Maan rubs off her sindhoor……

Geet looks into his eyes…

He has gone mad…..

Ye inko kya ho gaya?

Itni si baat ko lekhe itna gussa?

but Maan can't digest the fact that she still has faith in that marriage….

Maan: mujhe laga ki tum sirf pagal dikhthi ho, lekhin tum toh sach mein pagal ho

Geet: woh….

Maan: tum abhi bhi uss shadhi ko maanthi ho?

Geet: nahi

Maan: phir, ye kya hai?

Geet: ye mere protection ke liye hai

Maan ka gussa aur badjaatha……ye kaise mazak hai?

Maan: kya?

Maan gets closer and keeps looking at her…..

Ye ladhki samajthi kya apne aapko?

Maan: Geet, tumme patha nahi ki tumne kya kiya hai? tumne aaise pagalpan karne ki kya zaroorat thi? Yahan kisssi ki himmat nahi hai tere paas aane ki, ye Hoshiarpur nahi, Delhi hai, aur tum meri ho Geet, MSK ki

Geet looks puzzled…..ye kya bhol raha hai?….

Geet looks into his eyes….

Maneet eyelock…… mahi…..

Geet: ye aap kya kehthe ho?

Geet tries to get back…..

Maan holds her tight…..there is no escape from his hold……

Maan: mera matlab hai kit um meri mehmaan ho, issiliye tum meri zameendari ho Geet, mein tumme kuch nahi hone dhoonga, tumme darne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai, samji

Geet: woh meinne socha ki shadhi shuda aurat ko zyada izzat karthe hai, toh….

Maan: haan haan, meinne dekha ki aaj tujhe kitna izzat milla?

Geet starts crying……

Maan apne rumaal se Geet ki aasoo pochtha…..

Maan: tere paas akal nahi hai toh kissi aur se poochthi, kya mein aaise kar sakthi? Mujhse poochthi? Ya Dadi se poochthi? Lekhin nahi, tum toh samajthi ho ki tum duniya ke sabse bade akalmanth hai, lekhin teri harkat toh pagalon ki tarah hotha hai

Maan Geet ke paas jaatha….Geet steps back….

Maan: meinne pehle hi kaha ki tum KC join karlo

Maan aage jaathe raha aur Geet peeche jaathe rahi….she hits the wall…..

Maan holds her shoulders….

Maan: Geet, mujhe dekhkke aaise kyun bhaagthi ho? aakhir meri galthi kya hai?

Geet: ye aap mujhse poochthe ho?

Maan: nahi, iss deewar se pooch raha hoon, meinne aaise kya kar diya hai?

Geet: aap nahi jaanthe?

Maan: tum kya kehna chahathi ho? mein kuch samja nahi

Geet: joot

Maan: Geet, MSK kabhi joot nahi boltha

Geet: wahi toh, aapne hi kaha tha ki aapse galthi ho gayi hai

Maan: meinne kaha? Kab?

Geet: uss raat, Hoshiarpur mein

Maan thinks for a while…..

Maan: kaise galthi?

Geet: woh….uss raat, aapne mujhe bachaya tha aur mere kapde bhi badle, aur

Geet stops……

Maan: aur?

He stares her……

Geet: aur uss din mein hosh mein nahi thi

Maan: toh?

Geet: aapne mere saath zabardasthi

Maan can't believe her words….

How could she think like that…..

Meinne kabhi bhi Geet ke saath aaisi galthi nahi kar saktha…..

Aur meinne toh kitne mushkil se apne aapko Geet se dhoor rakha tha….

Phir bhi ye ladhki ko aaise khayaal kaise aathe?

Maan suddenly releases her on hearing this and he steps back….

Maan: kya? Kya kaha tumne?

Ab Maan ko sab samajmein aatha…..

Maan: Geet, itne din mere saath rehkke bhi tum mujhe itna hi samaj paayi?

Maan gets angry…..

Maan: toh itne din tum mere barein mein kya sochthi thi? Haan, meinne kaha ki mujhse galthi ho gayi…..par mein toh tummare shadhi ki baat kiya tha, mujhe laga ki tum dulhan ho, jo uss din tummare bhai ke saath bhaag gayi, kay naam tha usska?

Geet: meera?

Maan: haan, mujhe laga ki tum Meera ho, issiliye mein tujhe wapas choda tha Dev ke paas, warna mein aaisa kabhi nahi kartha

Maan steps further back….Maan is hurt…..

Maan: yahi meri galthi thi, lekhin Geet, tum mere barein mein aaise kaise soch sakthi?

Maan doesn't even look into her eyes…..he stares the wall…..

Geet ko bhi bahut bhura lagtha…..

Geet: woh….uss din haalat hi kuch aaisi thi, toh

Maan: toh?

Geet runs and hugs him……..

Geet: mujhe maaf kardho, mujhe pehle hi patha tha ki aap aaise nahi kar sakthe

Geet starts crying…..

Maan hugs her tight and tries to console her…..

Maan: Geet

Geet: hmmm

Maan: ab kyun rothi ho? ab toh sab teek ho gayi haina?

Geet: hmm

Maan: waise Geet, tumne kuch galat nahi socha

Geet: kya?

Maan: tum toh jaise bhi meri hi ho, Maan ki Geet, haina?

Geet: haan

Geet sharmathi…..

Maan: Geet, ek baat bathaoon?

Geet: hmm

Maan: uss waqt toh mein tujhe jaantha bhi nahi tha, par wahi baat aaj hothi toh shayad mujhse galthi ho jaathi

Geet steps back…

Geet: kya?

Maan: haan

Maan gets closer…….he locks her in his arms….

Maan: ab bathao Geet, tum mere barein mein kya sochthi?

Geet: bathaoon

Maan: haan

Geet: aap itne bhi bhure Dhust Danav nahi ho

Maan: kya?

Geet: aap bahut achche ho

Maan: phir se galthi kar rahi ho Geet

Geet: kya?

Maan: mein itna bhi mahaan nahi hoon, mujhse bhi galthi ho jaathi

Maan looks at her lips…..

Geet: kaise galt…….

Geet couldn't complete her words…..

Maan has locked lips with her……..

Geet is shocked…but she doesn't resist…..

She has already decided that this is her man….haina babaji?