Chapter 55

                 Part – 55

Geet looks yearningly at the food, she can only desire what is available for her right now, it’s no use looking at Maan and longing, Maan is not yet ready to take a leap forward… he is taking baby steps and so she too has to slow down…

Geet: aap ko bhook nahi hai kya?

Maan realizes his mistake, he is just here to please her and nothing more than that…

Geet ko kuch kuch samajh aatha, lekhin phir bhi usko shak hai ki Maan ke mann mein abhi bhi unke rishte ko lekhe bahut confusions hai….

Geet doesn’t want him to do anything out of the pressure to please her and later regret his actions… she is ready to wait until he gets out of this confusion, for the time being she is happy that he too likes her…

Maan: tum khaoo Geet, mujhe bas tumme kush dekhna hai

Geet was waiting for she can’t wait with after looking at the scrumptious platter on display in front of her… specially the mutton keema and butter roti along with Nakul’s famous reshmi kabab…

Geet toh toot padi… she is a stress water, and with all the shock that Maan is giving her one after another, she is bound to finish even Maan’s share herself…

Maan keeps admiring her appetite with a big smile…

Geet can’t ignore his pondering look…

Geet tries to eat quickly and has put a whole green chilly in her mouth…

It’s too hot even for her, Geet is in trouble…

Maan takes the water and gives it to her…

Maan: ye tum kya kar rahi thi?

Geet gulps down the glass of water in one go…

Maan takes the tissues and wipes her burning lips…

Geet snatches it from him and helps herself for its getting out of control for her to resist her urges…

Maan: tum teek toh haina?

Geet: haan, canteen mein jaake ek lassi piyoongi toh sab teek ho jayega

Geet runs away from there…

Maan can’t believe that she wants to have lassi after finishing literally a double meal….

Geet has only lied to escape from him…

Geet is happy to get all the love and care from Maan, but that’s not enough, she wants to help him somehow… the thought of Maan being separated from his own daughter is haunting her…

Whenever Geet is alone, she is not thinking about Maan, she is only thinking about Mansi…. She wants to find out what’s the mystery around Mansi, why is that Maan couldn’t bring her home?

To know the answer she has to first meet Mansi, haina? She is staying somewhere in Shimla, maybe with her mother’s family…

That’s what Dadi means by saying that she hates the fact that the “Khurana waaris” is with another family….

Dadi is the only hope for Geet to know more about Mansi..

Dadi too is not willing to talk much about the past, she is only worried about Maan’s future… she believes that there is no use of talking about the past which can’t be changed while the future is still there to make the most of it ..

From whatever information Geet could gather from Dadi, she finds out that Maan goes every weekend to Shimla to be with his daughter…

Geet has guessed that for Maan took Geet with him to introduce Mansi to her in a weekend only…

So Geet should choose a weekday to meet Mansi…

Geet waits for the right opportunity…

The coming week Maan is going to Bangalore on a business trip…

Geet can use this time to go and find out about Mansi’s mother’s family… why are they not giving back Mansi to her father?

Maan is in a mood to take Geet with him to Bangalore, she loves traveling… they could even hit the road if they want…

Maan would love to Geet’s company, he too likes long drives and travelling… he likes to explore new places, new terrains, mostly uninhabited places which are still under the nature’s care untouched by humans mostly… deep forests, valleys and tribal areas of the hills are Maan’s favorite…. Trecking and camping at these places is his vacationing…

Maan talks to Geet about it…

Maan: Geet, you know that I’m going to Bangalore next week

Geet also wants to talk about it…

Geet: haan Maan, mein bhi uss ke barein mein baat karna chahti thi

Maan: good, so you are all ready for the trip

Geet doesn’t understand…

Geet: what?

Maan: you want to come with me na?

Geet would love to go with him, but some other time, now it’s more important to solve this mystery…

Geet: but I thought it’s a business trip, mein aake kya karoongi?

Maan looks very disappointed…

Maan: I thought we will have a lot of fun

Geet: I know, but I promised maa that I’ll come to Hoshiarpur at that time

Maan: Hoshiarpur?

Geet: haan, everyone wants to see me, you know they are worried about their daughter as she has gone to her sasuraal for the first time

That’s also true, every mother waits for her daughter’s return from her sasuraal after marriage to know how happy her daughter is in her new family…

Maan: Geet, tumnara jaana zaroori hai kya?

Geet: mein toh jaana nahi chahti

Maan: toh mat jaana, mere saath aana Geet

Maan pleads Geet to change her plans…

Geet: but Maan, I can’t disappoint them this time, they have been asking me to come for the past two weeks..

Maan: are you sure you don’t want to come with me?

Geet: I’m sorry Maan, I’m afraid I can’t

Maan: it’s OK Geet, I know you are still angry with me

Geet runs and hugs him…

Geet: nahi Maan, I’m not angry, I love you

Maan hugs her back and kisses her forehead…

Maan: it’s ok, tum Hoshiarpur jaa sakti ho, par mere wapas aane se pehle tumme bhi wapas aana padega

Geet: thank you Maan, Geet kisses his cheek

Maan: when are you leaving?

Geet: this Friday

Maan: kal?

Geet: haan

Maan will be going to Shimla in the weekend know, Geet plans to go to Hoshiarpur on Friday itself, then go to Shimla on Tuesday when Maan would be in Bangalore…

Then she’ll come back on Wednesday before Maan comes back on Thursday…

Maan: I’ll miss you Geet

Geet: me too Maan

Maan hugs her tight….