Chapter 17

[MEMBERSONLY] [NOCOPY] you must be thinking pehle itna late aur ab, chapter 16 and epilogue ek hi din mein

Epilogue updated on 06/06/2021

Two years later

"Ha Ha. Ye bhi koi kehne ki baat hai. Main zaroor aunga." He cut the call and smiled as he drove off on an almost empty road.

Patralekha. Kabhi socha nahi tha ki ek din hum dono achche dost ban jayenge. Especially after divorce.

"Aap dono sath mein bahut achche lagte hain," The waitress told them and left.

"Did you hear what she said?" 

"Yes. Lekin logon ke kehne se ki hum saath mein achche lagte hain iska matlab ye nahi ki hum ek dusre ke liye theek hain. Main ab apni zindagi ka koi bhi faisla jaldbazi me nahi lena chahti Samrat. Kya pata aage kya ho? Ho sakta hai ki hum dost se zyada shayad kabhi kuch ban bhi nahi payein."

"Aur wahi hua. She was right." Samrat said aloud in current reality and smiled, "Kitna kuch badal gaya hai hamare Rishton mein. Main khush hu apni zindagi mein apni Bhavna ke saath. Aur ab Patralekha bhi aage badh rahi hai."

He pressed a button and music started.

♩ aaj se pehle ♩

♩ aaj se zyada ♩

♩ aaj se pehle ♩

♩ aaj se zyada ♩

♩ khushi aaj tak nahi mili ♩

♩ Itni suhani aisi meethi ♩

♩ Itni suhani aisi meethi ♩

♩ ghadi aaj tak nahi mili ♩

A smile appeared on Samrat's face as he was reminded of a fond memory. The day he called out Virat's name he was so happy that he played this song in full volume and danced around in the whole house.

Gaata besura hai par thirakta theek thaak hai. Samrat thought and chuckled as he looked at the road ahead. He pulled the car and realised the car couldn't go any further. He parked the car and started walking in the narrow lane looking for police headquarters.

Main aa raha hu Shiva. Kitne din baad milna hoga tujhse. Samrat thought and was reminded of the day he was being transferred.

"Samrat, insaan jab tak bediyon mein ho, ud nahi sakta." Virat had said this very calmly while leaving the house.

That had made it easier for Patralekha and Samrat to take that decision despite everyone's opposition.

Mera Shiva. Samrat smiled to himself and reached an empty space. He could hear some music in the distance. There was only one building.

Samrat took out his phone and dialled a number.

"Jai Hind, sir" the voice on the other side said.

"Jai Hind. Achchha ye batao ye kahan biyaban mein bhej diya mujhe. Virat Kahan hai? Yahan par to sirf ek hi building hai aur wo..."

"Virat sir wahin hain."

"Dimag theek hai na yaar. Bhang waang chadha rakhi hai kya?" Samrat chuckled.

"Main sahi keh raha hu Sir. Virat sir wahin hain."

Samrat's face became stiff and he removed the phone from his ear while the other person kept talking.

He looked up and read the board again.

"Nanavati...Dance...Academy."

His feet started walking in the direction as the music grew louder in his ears.

♩ ...Ye zindagi jo ♩

♩ Hai naachati to ♩

♩ Kyun bediyon mein ♩ 

♩ Hain tere paon ♩ 

He made his way through all the people and looked inside and smiled at a Virat dancing freely without any inhibitions.

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So that's it Guys. So grateful for all the love you showered on my story.