Chapter 14

                 Part - 13

One morning dadi asks Maan about the girl he met at Hoshiarpur….

Dadi: did you speak to Geet bete? Hwz she doing?

Maan just remembers Geet…

Maan doesn’t even have her number…

Maan: she’s fine dadi

Dadi: humme bhi unse baat karni hai Maan, aap baat karwado

Maan is caught now, dadi knows her potha better than himself…

Maan remains silent…

Dadi: hum baat nahi kar sakte kya?

Maan: aaisa kuch nahi hai Dadima

Dadi: then what’s the matter Maan? Did you get into a fight with her?

Maan: what? Why would I?

Dadi: then what’s the problem talking to her?

Maan: I don’t have her no

Dadi: what?

Maan: I don’t want to disturb her studies

Dadi: disturb her? She is your mangetar Maan

Maan: why do you have to remind me again and again?

Dadi: b’coz you seem to have a memory loss problem

Maan: Dadiiiii

Dadi: ok, I’ll get her no from Darji

Maan: fine, you let me know when you get

Dadi: we’ll get it right away

Dadi calls Darji and gets the number in a minute…

Maan: ok, I’ll call her later, I’ve got to go now

Dadi: not before you call Geet

Maan: why are you after me always?

Dadi: b’ coz I’m your Dadi

Maan tries calling that number..

But thankfully there is no network connection…

Maan: she must be at college, I’ll try again at lunch time

Dadi: let’s see

Maan escapes from Dadi for the time being….

Maan then goes to KC and forgets about calling Geet again…

Maan could have escaped from Dadima, but he can’t escape easily from Geet it seems…

Maan gets a call from that warden …

Maan thinks that maybe warden has some message about Geet, yes, but it’s not a good one….

Maan: halo ma’am

Warden: Mr.Khurana, where is Geet?

Maan is shocked to hear that..

Maan: what do you mean by that? You should know where she is better than me

Warden: Geet has not gone to the class

Maan: she must be at the hostel

Warden: why would I call you if she is here?

Maan: what? She is not there

Warden: she is not here also

Maan: she is your responsibility, how could you say that she is missing?

Warden: Mr., She is your responsibility, you have taken every responsibility of her conducts and that’s why I let her stay here, I have the papers if you have forgotten

Maan: I know, but she would be there only, may be gone out with a friend

Warden: luckily everyone else is at college this time

Maan: what? She has gone on her own?

Now Maan gets really worried… he is scared b’coz he only took her from her home and left her at the hostel…

He is answerable to her family too…

Warden: what should I do Mr. Khurana? Shall I call the police?

Maan: no no, don’t do any such thing, I’ll come there immediately, I’m fully confident that she must be there in the campus only, maybe in the library or anywhere around

Warden: we tried calling her, but her mobile is not reachable

Maan just remembers that even when he called in the morning he too got the same reply…

Maan is really worried now…

Where would this stupid girl go? Hope she doesn’t get into any trouble…

Maan rushes to Chandigarh…

He drives faster and faster as he thinks about Geet…

Warden updates him that she is not in the library or in the campus itself…

Maan curses himself for trying to help Geet…

Maan has voluntarily got himself into this mess, now he doesn’t know if he could forgive himself for this ever…

Maan keeps calling Geet repeatedly even though he gets the same message every time…

He is almost there… a few kms away from her college…

Maan tries calling her again..

This time he hears the ringtone and he is hopeful that he could speak some sense into that stupid girl…

Geet: halo, kaun hai?

Maan: kaun hai? Where are you?

Geet: tum kaun hai be

She cuts the call at once…

Maan is pissed… he calls her again…

Maan: Geet, this is Maan

Geet: kaun Maan? Don’t call me again, warna mein police mein complain karoongi

Geet warns his this time before cutting the call…

Maan calls again…

Geet ignores his call…

Maan keeps calling… he messages her that it’s none other than MSK, and it’s very important…

Geet thinks who this MSK is? Full name bathatha toh identify hotha…

Geet then picks up the call…

Maan: Geet, don’t you dare cut my call

Geet: don’t you dare talk to me like that again, who are you and what do you want?

Maan: Maan Singh Khurana

Geet now remembers the name… Maan has addressed himself only like this to Geet na, now she remembers him very well…

Geet: aap?

Maan: where are you?

Geet: hostel mein, aap ko patha nahi?

Maan: what?

Geet: hostel, hostel, don’t you remember dropping me off

Maan: I know, but that ma’am said you are not there

Geet: I’m here only, who said I’m not here?

Maan: warden

Geet: she must be kidding

Maan: it’s very serious Geet, go and report to her immediately

Geet: why?

Maan: do what I said

Maan tells her in a stern voice..

Geet is scared and she understands that it must be something pretty serious…

Geet: ok, ok, relax, I’m going

Màan is relieved and he decides to go visit the site as he has come this far…

While Maan is at the site he gets a call from a new number…

It’s Geet and she sounds very upset…

Maan: kya hua?

Geet: you have to come here right now

Maan: but why?

Geet: you come first and I’ll tell you

Maan: I’m busy Geet, I’m at work

Geet: I’m coming then, where are you?

Maan: what? I’m coming, and you please stay there until I come

What has this girl done to Maan? Maan Singh Khurana is pleading her…

Geet: I’m waiting, if you don’t come in an hour then I’m coming

Maan: don’t do anything stupid like that, wait for me

Maan hurries to the hostel…

Warden: so you are here finally, you can take her home for god’s sake

Maan is shocked to hear that…

Now what?

Knowing Geet Maan knows that she would always fight for herself… that puts her in trouble again and again…

No worries, Maan Singh Khurana is here to take care of it… whatever it may be, Maan is confident that Geet wouldn’t have done anything bad…