Chapter 48

                Part – 48

Dadi confirms her doubts speaking to Annie…

Annie also feels that something is wrong between the two of them…

Dadi and Annie have a secret meeting to discuss about Maan’s attitude towards Geet…

Dadi: Annie, ye ho kya raha hai hummare ghar mein?

Annie: I don’t know Dadi, bhai is not normal

Dadi: nor is Geet

Annie: I know, what do we do now?

Dadi: humne shuru kiya hai toh humme hi katam bhi karna padega, I can’t see poor Geet suffering like this

Annie: ye Vicky toh escape ho gaya, sab kuch ussi ne shuru kiya tha, ye unka hi dumb idea haina?

Dadi: we too supported him na?

Annie: I just wanted to see bhai happy

Dadi: that’s what we all wanted, but if your bhai himself doesn’t want that then no one can help him

Annie: what about Geet? She is such a sweet soul, bhai is not doing anything right, this has to stop

Dadi: call Vicky and tell him about it

Annie: but he can’t help sitting there

Dadi: he’ll have some teda idea for your teda bhai, only Vicky knows Maan better

Annie: that’s true

Annie calls Vicky…

Vicky: halo didi, what’s up? Hwz bhai’s new life going? Mumbai se aake bhai tum logon ko bhool toh nahi gaye?

Annie: haan haan, woh bhool zaroor gaye hai, par humme nahi, apne shadhi ko, ab woh dubara bachelor ban gaye hai

Vicky: what?

Dadi: tum usko aaise riddles mein baat karoge toh woh nahi samjhega, give me the mobile

Annie puts it in the speaker mode and gives it to Dadi…

Vicky: hai Dadi, my sweet heart, how are you?

Dadi: don’t you ask me that, nothing is going right here

Vicky now understands that there is some serious problem…

Vicky: just tell me what happened Dadi

Dadi tells him from the beginning… how Maan actually wanted to give this relationship a good start, how he made Geet work for him at KC and even missed her company when Geet was with Annie, then the u-turn after the unfortunate Mumbai trip…

Vicky knows a little bit of all these but now only he gets to know the clear picture…

Vicky: where is babhi now?

Dadi: she is in the OH

Vicky: why didn’t she go to office with bhai?

Dadi: she wants to be with Annie

Vicky: there is the problem, first send her back to KC immediately

Dadi: but Maan said she would stay with Annie until Annie is here, “KC doesn’t need her services now’, and that’s the exact words of your beloved bhai, poor Geet, she is very upset

Vicky: why wouldn’t she be upset? Bhai said that he doesn’t need her services anymore

Dadi: what? How do you know?

Vicky: you just said that Dadi, when did KC need Bhabhi’s services, it’s just bhai who was enjoying her services then and now he is angry for no reason, we can’t let him do as he wishes, we have to help bhabhi

Annie: that’s what we also want, but how?

Vicky: let me think

Dadi: it all started from your stupid idea, first of all, I should have acted like your dadi and not one of you

Dadi regrets her decision…

Annie: don’t blame yourself dadi, we all are responsible

Vicky: why are you people so pessimistic? Think positive, we have done the right thing, else bhai would have never agree to marry

Annie: now you come up with some remedy, or I warn you that you will have to forget about your own marriage

Vicky: what? I’m not getting married, not after seeing all this

Dadi: now you don’t add to our problems, just find something to get your bhabhi out of this mess created by us

Vicky: I know what to do

Annie: what?

Vicky: send bhabhi to bhai

Dadi: what do you mean?

Vicky: send her back to KC

Dadi: your bhai won’t accept

Vicky: let’s see what he does, first send bhabhi somehow

Dadi: ok, give me a minute

Dadi starts thinking about her plans….

Annie and Vicky eagerly wait for Dadi’s move…

Dadi: I know what to do

Vicky: what are you going to do Dadi?

Dadi: just wait and watch…

Dadi calls her close family friends, the Sharma’s who have just come back from abroad to settle down in their hometown, Amritsar….

The Sharmas, Ashwin And Rohini Sharma, from Amritsar…

Aswin father Vijay Sahrma is a good old friend of Mr.Amarnath Khurana, Maan’s grandpa…

Ashwin went to Switzerland for work and has now decided to come back to his mother land and settle here…

They are close family friends and the Khuranas stay at their place when they go to Amritsar….

Rohini and Sheetal were very close and the ladies along with their kids spent most of the vacations together at either of their places…

Aswin got an offer at Netherlands and he went there first…..

Then Rohini stayed in Delhi at an apartment near KM for a couple of years before they also went abroad…

Mostly she stayed at KC or Sheetal went to the apartment…

It’s like second home for Maan…

They never miss to visit the Khuranas every time they come for the holidays…

The relationship has grown over the years specially after Maan lost his parents…

There is always a soft corner for Maan in their hearts…

They know how Maan has took the responsibility of his siblings even at that young age and proved to be the pillar of the Khurana pariwaar at the time of despair…

Dadi tells Rohini that they should come and bless the new bahu for they had missed the wedding…

Rohini is very excited to meet Geet, her Maan’s beloved wife…

Rohini knows about Maan’s bachelorhood vow like the great bhisma and couldn’t believe that Maan is finally married…

She too is worried for the girl like dadi as she knows Maan like family…

The trio brief her about Maan’s unacceptable attitude towards his wife and requests her to help them….

She joins hands with them to plot the trap for Maan…

The Sharmas are so happy to help dadi…

They have just landed and they promise to come to Delhi in a couple of days…

Dadi is ready for the battlefield, her warriors are prepared to win either by hook or crook…

Dadi wants to talk to Maan at dinner…

Geet usually dines with Dadi without waiting for Maan, Maan has asked her not to wait for him as he won’t know the time of his return from KC… Everyday would be different and so Maan may have to dine out most of the times…

Nowadays Maan seldom comes home for dinner…

Dadi asks Geet to have her dinner as she wants to wait for Maan…

Geet automatically has to wait too… cunning Dadima…

Maan comes and finds Geet waiting at the dinner table…

Maan comes and calls Nakul…

Maan: Nakul, khana lagao

Geet sets the table ready…

Maan: Nakul

Maan shouts….

Geet: Nakul bhaiya is busy making puris

Maan takes the plate and starts serving himself…

Dadi just comes….

Dadi: hare Maan bete, aap itna bhooke ho ki hummareliye wait bhi nahi kar sakthe?

Maan is surprised…

Maan: why did you wait for me Dadi?

Dadi: aaj hummara mann kar raha tha aap ke saath khane ki, toh kya hum aapke saath kha nahi sakthe?

Maan: I’m happy to be dinning with you dadi

Geet comes with the hot puris…

Dadi: Geet, aap bhi beitjao beta

Geet comes and sits beside Maan and serves him the puri…

Maan just watches her silently…

Maan doesn’t eat fried puris…

Maan didn’t want to stop Geet and explain her about his preferences….

Maan doesn’t want to get personal with her…

Dadi: Maan, ab Geet ke haath ke puri ko bhi mana nahi kar sakthe aap? That’s so nice of you

Dadi ek mokha bhi nahi chodthe Maan ko chedne ki…

Maan: dadi, ye Nakul ke haath ke puri hai

Dadi: hum ne kaha ki aap Geet ko mana nahi kar sakthe, Geet chathe hain ki aap puri Kaye toh dekho app kha rahe haina?

Maan: aaj mujhe puri khane ka mann kar raha hai

Dadi: it’s fine bete, waise aaj puri aur bhajji bahut hi tasty hai, Geet made this tamatarwali bhajji specially for Annie and it’s really good, now I know why you wanted to have puri

Maan: so what’s the matter dadi?

Dadi waits for Maan only when there is something important to discuss…

Maan is tensed that Geet might have complained about him to Dadi…. Geet would do anything, that’s for sure… who would expect his wife to have a boyfriend whom she loves even after marriage?

Dadi: Maan, the Sharmas are back, this time forever

Maan: so Aswin uncle has finally come back, aunty must be the happiest

Dadi: why not? She has been waiting for this for over a decade

Maan: I’m happy for aunty, so have they decided yet about the house? Did uncle win or aunty?

Dadi: Rohini again won and that’s not a surprise, you who the boss is

Dadi laughs and Maan joins her as Geet watches them…

Maan: so it’s Amritsar and not Delhi

Dadi: haan, they have decided to settle at their hometown

Maan: that’s good, they have been looking forward to settle in their farmland

Dadi: that’s why they want to meet you, they want us to build their dream home

Maan: we’ll do it dadi

Dadi: Aswin and Rohini want to meet Geet, they are so happy for you both

Geet: how do they know me?

Dadi: hare, they want to meet Maan’s better half

UpGeet then realises her mistake…

Geet: I know I know

Màan stares Geet…. Why is she maki a fool of herself and Maan too…

Dadi: they would love to discuss about the house when they come, I just wanted to let you know about that so that you maybe prepared

Maan: I’ll take care of it Dadi

Geet becomes curious…

Geet: why did they leave Switzerland? It’s such a lovely place

Maan: b’coz they are not Geet, they know the value of things better, they cherish their roots

Maan indirectly tells Geet that she doesn’t know the value of her husband MSK…

Geet: so they want to build a home here?

Maan turns and looks at her like at least she understood in the end…

He wonders how much time would it take her to understand life at this rate…