Chapter 42

                      Part - 42

Dadi is very upset for she feels that she has been the reason for Maan's pain for the second time now...

Maybe Maan is better off left alone in peace in Canada itself rather than come back to his long lost family in India and get himself hurt like this again and again....

Maybe it's a curse on her family that they have to live apart and now she is fully convinced to send Maan back immediately....

she would rather be happy if Maan has already boarded a flight back to Canada.... dhoor hi sahi par Maan toh chain se jiyega, haina?

As Maan's mobile is switched off Adi calls Mohan to give a message to Maan....

Adi: Vicky sir woh Maan sir 

Mohan: Adi , Maan bhai aagaye? kahan hai woh?

Adi: ha ha ha ha ha ha

Mohan: Adiiiiiiii

Adi: sir, Maan sir ko ek message dena hai?

Mohan: Adi, ye koi mazak nahi hai, tum bhi janthe ho ki Maan bahi ka koi news nahi hai

Adi: woh issiliye toh meine aapko call kiya hai sir

Mohan: seedhe seedhe bathao Adi, kya baat hai?

Adi: woh Maan sir ke flight cancel ho gayi

Mohan: what? Maan hi lapatha hai ab usski ticket ka kya karenge? Flight kab ka tha?

Mohan is now little hopeful that if Maan had plans of returning then he will eventually come back like last time, actually that didn't strike anyone in all the confusion

Adi: Ji sir, next Sunday ka flight hai, woh flight cancel ho gayi, they are asking if he wants to cancel or book the next week end flight

Mohan: Adi, that's ok, you just book the ticket, Maan would want it 

Adi: teek hai sir

Mohan: I think Maan'll be back by Sunday, I pray to God that Maan returns safely to Canada

So Maan's flight is delayed for a week.....

Mohan informs Savithri ji about the news.... everyone hopes that Maan would definitely return...

Savithri asks Mohan to direct Adi not to inform about the flight postponement if Maan calls Adi by any chance....

Annie is also now happy to send her bhai back safe and she is not going to compel him to stay for Arjun's cousin's wedding.....

As Maan hits the roads he can't stop himself from thinking about the past....

That time when Maan's dreams shattered all of a sudden and he lost his hard earned trust in family and relationships.... 

Maan's philosophy that the only one who is with you forever is you yourself and not even your shadow which too disappears when darkness prevails, has been once again proved right.....

After the marriage got cancelled Maan thought that he has got back his freedom, his freedom to be himself doing whatever he wants without worrying about future....... whatever happened is for the better, for he need not worry about anyone and be the boss of his life again, there is no more promises to keep and that prompted him to go back to his so called carefree world, the intoxicated imaginary world..... 

When he got back to his routine life in Canada he started missing something, all his plans with his life with Geet kept haunting him, the University messages filled his inbox with reminders to complete the enrollment process.... Maan had already filled an application for Geet in the course of her interest, he was planning a surprise wedding gift for her and he would welcome her to Canada with this good news.... but all that became a unfulfilled dream and Maan felt that he has lost control of his own life and someone else has started dictating his life which he could never accept, he is his own boss and no one else could ever change that, he had to prove that point to himself and so he started doing drugs again.... He wandered all over the country like a lonely traveler connecting with his old substance abuse pals going to their places one after the other....

That's when Geet tried to reach him and failed terribly...... However after Geet's inquiries Maan's friend sam was contacted to know about his whereabouts.... she got worried about him missing and she found Maan and put him in rehab....

The Khurana's were also worried about Maan after Maan stopped answering their calls and they were in constant touch with sam......

Vicky even wanted to come to Canada but he had some visa issues, before that was cleared  Maan himself contacted Dadi after he went to rehab and told her that he is fine and he had gone backpacking to refresh.....

Maan slowly took charge of his life again but he was feeling lonely mostly disinterested in everything....

Maan had to find an alternative for his weakness or else he was so vulnerable that the danger of going back in bad habits was the easy option always.....

Maan then started visiting his uncle's restaurant regularly and he diverted his attention spending time there..... he became a workaholic instead and turned into a perfect businessman just like his father...

Maan learned all the tricks quickly and expanded the restaurant starting a fast food joint and also a cafeteria for youngsters....

He kept innovating and experimenting with the menu too.... He found solace in his work but the other times were still miserable with the thoughts of Geet and recalling memories of his times spent in India....

Maan only knows how the past five years have passed with the constant struggle between his urge to meet Geet once and the unknown fear of getting to know that he might have lost her forever.... Maan was rather happy to live with whatever lovely memories he had made with Geet than to spoil everything after seeing her with someone else..... Then Maan will feel guilty of living with the memories of someone else's wife and will be deprived of the only source of his living, a false hope of some kind of a  reunion and he'd be forced to move on too....

Now his wish to meet Geet once has been fulfilled and also his worst fear has come true.... Geet is with someone else and Maan could only wish her luck as a well wisher............

The only happy news for him is to know about his daughter Aditi.... At least he has finally found something to keep him going for the rest of his life.... All these years Geet's memories kept him going but there was always this uncertainty about his reviving contacts with Geet ever....

But no matter what the circumstances are Aditi will always be his daughter, no one can change that or deny his right as a father, not even Geet.....

Maan wants Geet to introduce him to Aditi as her father for she has got the first rights over that decision and it's always up to her to take that decision.... Maan'll wait till then....

Maan will make sure that his daughter gets to know the truth about her father one day for sure...

Even if Geet doesn't tell the truth ever Maan would make sure he leaves behind a beautiful home back in Canada for her to spend her vacations with her future family.... He'll write a will and make sure she gets his first and last gift as her rightful father.... that day she'll get to know her real father...

Maan should make sure she is proud of her father that day........ Maybe Geet'll change her mind by then.... His driving force is now Aditi.... but his heart still beats for Geet..... 

No matter what Geet does Maan can never stop loving her....

Maan wants to make a small change in the paper works....

Maan takes his mobile to contact the lawyer....

He then finds a lot of mails and messages from everyone.... 

He expected that and he is angry with himself for troubling his family.... Maan feels he should send a message so that all stop worrying about him...

Maan talks to the lawyer and sends a message to Dadi....

He again switches off his mobile...

Maan didn't even see the ticket cancellation messages....

His mind was stuck on seeing a lot of messages from Dev.... And not even a single message from where he expected....

Maan actually wanted to see whether his absence does make any difference to Geet....

Koi farak nahi pada?

Maybe Maan has lost his earlier powers of reading Geet's eyes...

Maan thought he had seen a glimpse of his Geet, that Geet from whom Maan was the savior, at times....

That must have been his imagination for he was always looking for that Geet, for he kept believing that his Geet is hiding somewhere behind those soul less eyes that he sees....

For a moment Maan thought that it might have been Geet who prompted Dev to look out for Maan...

But he knows how private Geet is for she has kept her secrets to herself without sharing them with Dev all these years...

Dev also has never showed even the least interest in her past....

Maan actually believed that Geet is married to Dev initially for Dev treated Geet as his family....

Dev has so much trust in Geet that he is ready to accept her as she is along with her daughter without any second thoughts....

Geet truly deserves someone like Dev..... Maan should be happy for Geet.... He is but still his heart keeps longing for something more...