Chapter 38

                                                                Part - 38

Geet then continues...

Geet: ussko laga meinne ussko cheat kiya

Pp: chaeti matlab? You cheated her money?

Geet: nahi, mein chori nahi karthi

Pp: haan, aap sirf khoon karthe hai, haina?

Geet: nahi, meine aaise kuch nahi kiya, Sam meri best friend hai

Pp: phir BF ka chakkar hai?

Geet remains silent...Maan wonders why is she silent?

She always comes back fiercely when blamed wrongly...then this must be true...

Maan is all the more confused...for Sam has never met Dev and doesn't even know his name...

Pp: par Ms.Khanna doesn't have BFs like you, any way Mrs.Khurana

Pp looks at Maan as if he has found out some secret about his wife...he smiles and continues...

Maan stares him and is controlling his anger...

Pp: very good, so Sameera didn't trust you

Geet: it was a misunderstanding

Pp: fine, but we all understand very well about you Mrs.Khurana, hope Mr.Khurana too realized his mistake

He makes fun of Maan that he has also been cheated by his wife...

Maan is fuming but has no choice but to be a silent spectator...else this man would turn his anger towards Geet and Maan knows very well that Geet has not seen his reality, this is only the start...things could become worse and nasty too...

Pp: toh Mrs.Khurana, aap apne BF ke saath Sam se milne gayi?

Geet: haan

Pp: toh aapne Sameera Khanna se mila?

Geet: nahi

Pp: aapko seedhe unke ghar jaana chahiye tha?

Geet: Dev ne kaha ki raat bahut ho gayi toh hum subhe jaa sakthe

Pp: raat toh BF ka haina?

He laughs out laoud...Maan's anger is out of control seeing Geet humiliated infront of Maan...

Maan: that's none of your business

Pp: relax mr.Khuarana, ye kal Dev ke saath thi, aaj aapke saath hai aur patha nahi kal kisske saath hogi?

Maan would have punched him on the face and broken his nose then itself but they are in the court and Geet is already very upset...her only hope is Maan and she keeps staring Maan and pleading with her teary eyes to get her out of this mess as soon as possible...

Pp: toh hum kahan the? Haan, hotel mein

Hearing this the crowd too laughs...

Geet is embarrassed...she is not used to all this...and her character is being questioned infront of so many people...infront of Maan...but she knows Maan trusts her even more than Geet ...

Maan looks into her eyes and tries to help her by letting her know that even when the whole world is against her Maan would never ever believe them...he only believes his Mishty...

Pp: ye aapka hi sihnature haina?

He shows the hotel register...Geet remembers Dev asking her to sign...

How stupid she was to believe him and trust him so much that she decied to saty with him that day...

Geet: haan

She is ashamed and starts losing hope...it all seemed dark...

Pp: ye hotel ki booking bhi aapne hi kiya hai, ek din pehle hi, toh ye ek pre- palnned tha

Geet: nahi, ye joot hai

Pp: abhi patha chalega ki ye sach hi hai, ye telephone no aapko yaad hai, he tells the no

Geet is shocked, it's her first mobile no...and all the calls have been made from that no only...

Geet turns pale and is speechless...

Pp: Mrs.Khurana, ye no ko aap jaanthi haina?

Geet: haan

Pp: ye kisska no hai

Geet: ye mera no hai

Pp: are you sure? Ye aapka hi mobile ka number haina?

Geet: mera hi mobile no hai

Maan interferes...

Maan: ye Geet ka no tha

Pp: ye kaise mazak hai Mr.Khurana? Geet Handa thi, Geet ka number tha, shadhi ke badh surname badalthe hai, mobile no bhi badalthe hai kya?

There is laughter in the court...

Maan: I mean, Geet has discarded that sim, haina Geet?

Geet: haan

Pp: aur woh Dev ke paas aagaya, haina?

Maan: exactly

Pp: this story sounds interesting, but Mr.khurana, ye story time nahi hai

Geet: ye story nahi hai, yahi sahc hai

Pp: aap kehthe toh ye zaroor sach hi hoga...he mocks Geet...

Geet breaks down...she starts crying...she goes down on her kneels ...

Maan tries to help her...Pp stops him...but the judge lets him take her with him...

Court is adhourned till afternoon...Geet needed this break...else she would have fainted there itself...

This is too much pressure for her...and she can't tolerate this public humiliation at all...and this is only the beginning...Geet is scared about the future course of the case...she can't handle this crap any longer...better to die than face all this accusation...

Geet bahut toot jaathi...

Maan holds her hands and takes her out...,

He makes her sit on the desk and gives her water to drink...

Geet is still so afraid...she shivers for the fear of facing the trial again...

Geet: ab mujhse nahi hoga

Geet gives up all her hopes of surviving this acid test...

She just wants this trial too end no matter what the judgement is...she can't take it now...

She has had enough...that's her limit of tolerance...

Maan is worried to hear this from Geet...and this is not what he expected from her...

She is a fighter, Maan knows that it's very tough for anyone but he won't let her break down...not when Maan is here, with Geet...

Maan: Geet, mujhe dekho

Geet looks at Maan, she is very weak...she is in no mood to fight with him either...

What's that he wants her to do? She has done everything she could...now it's up to them to decide...and she is tired of all the humiliation, now she regrets being a woman in this male dominated society...

Geet shouldn't forget that there are men like Maan who respect women and want them to fight for their rights just like any man...justice is equal for both...and specialy women should not fear to voice the truth... truth alone triumps in the end, haina?

Maan looks deep into her eyes as if he has read her mind...he is not going to support her if she is not willing to fight...it's not the Geet Handa that Maan knows, that Maan fell in love with...haina?

Maan: Geet, ye tummari ladayi nahi hai, hummari ladayi hai, hum zaroor jeet jayenge, samji tum?

Maan raises his voice to make sure that Geet gets what he wants...

Geet is aanoyed by this, he has to help her not command her like an officer...

Geet: yahan beitkke batein karna nahut aasaan hai, andar jaake uss badmaash ke sawaalon ka samna karna bahut mushkil hai, mujhe nahi ladhna, mujhe jail mein dalo, abhi, mujhe aur torture mat karo

Maan: Geet, ye kya keh rahi ho? pagal ho gayi ho kya? tumne koi galat kaam nahi kiya hai, phir tum kyun darthi ho?

Geet: ye dar nahi hai, aap nahi sanjoge, kyunke aap bhi ek mard hi haina?

Maan: ye kaise baat hai? yahi mujhe gussa dilatha hai, aaise aurathon wali kamzoor batein

Maan gets irritated...

Geet: dekha, mein sahi keh rahi thi, mardhon wali baat

Though Maan doesn't like this girlish self pity stand, he had to make her understand that this is much more serious...and this is the fight between truth and lie and not between men and women...

Maan: Geet, tum apne aapko kamzoor mat samjo, tum aaise har nahi manogi, samji tum? Ab tum kamzor padoge toh woh unka takat banjayega aur hummare liye case jeetna aur bhi mushkil ho jayega

Geet gets angry atonce...

Geet: aapko apni case ki padhi? Aap meri takleef ko kabhi nahi samajthe

Maan: mein sab jaantha hoon Geet, lekhin isska matlab ye nahi ki tum apne guna ko accept karlo

Geet: mujhe nahi hoga toh nahi hoga, samjhe aap, wwaise mere jail mein rehne se ya bahar aane se kissi ko koi farak nahi padtha, na hi mere pariwaar walon ko na hi mere dosthon ko, haina babaji?

Tears run down her cheeks as she tries to hide her grief...

Maan lifts her chin...loooks into those painful eyes...and just wants to relieve her off the pain...

She has endured a lot of trouble in the past week all alone and he is not going to let her struggle alone, not anymore...now she is not just Geet but she is his wife, his responsibility...he wipes off her tears...

Maan: lekhin mujhe farak padtha hai Geet

Geet is happy to hear that...so he is really concerned about her...this is what she wanted to know...

She looks at Maan, he is also in pain...he is also affected by all this problems that Geet is facing...he is also hurt, deep within his heart he is also crying but he is putting up a brave face just to instill some confidence into her...

Maan: mein tumme dubara jail nahi jaane doonga, samji tum?

Geet: aapko itna farak kyun padtha?

Maan: kyunki

Maan pauses looking at her eager face...

Maan continues ...she looks up to him like a kid looking up to the parent...

Maan: tum ab sirf Geet nahi ho, tum ab Mrs.Geet Maan Singh Khurana ho, aur tum aaise har nahi man sakthi, ye mere izzat ka sawaal hai, MSK ki izzat ka sawaal hai, samjhi tum?

Maan gets carried away by the emotions and roars like a lion, he is really angry...

Geet is scared...itna gussa?

Geet talks to herself...: Dhust Danav, abhi bhi inko sirf apni izzat badi lagthi hai, mein nahi, haina babaji?

Maan: Geeet

Geet: haan haan samaj gayi

Geet also gets angry...

Maan: kya hua?

Geet: ab mein bahut achche se aapko samajh gayi hoon

Maan: kya?

Geet: jaise bhi aapko jeetna hai, chahe meri kitni bhi beizatti ho, aapko kya, aap ko sirf jeetna hai, haina?

Maan: ab tum hamesha meri bathon ka galat matlab kyun nikhaalthi ho

Geet: kyunke aapke batein hi aaisa galat hothe hai, haina babaji?

Maan: tum toh sach mein pagal ho Geet, ab mein tumme kaise samjaoon?

"Pyaar se samjao Maan"

Someone comes near them...guess who?