Chapter 17

PART – XVII

 

li & Pooja entered in the coffee shop. Both of them were tensed.

"Humein to samajh nahin aa raha hai ki itni subah subah sab ke sab achnak chale kahan gaye"

"Network to mera bhi kaam nahin kar raha hai….Aaj Roohy ko subah hi Delhi ke liye nikalna tha na.Kahin uske saath to nahin chale gaye."

"Humein nahin lagta. Agar Roohy ke saath hi jaana hota to sirf Yudi bhai jaate sab nahin. Aur agar sab ka plan ban hi gaya tha to woh hum dono se bhi to poochte"

"Haan….Yeh bhi theek hai. Lekin phir kahan chale gaye sab ke sab"

"Pata nahin…Lekin humein kuch gadbad lag rahi hai. Kuch to chakkar hai…Khair aap baithiye hum coffee le ke aate hain"

He kept his phone on table & left to get coffee. When he came back his phone was ringing.

"Tere ghar se phone hai"

"Ghar se….Lekin kal raat hi to hamari baat hui thi abbu se…Phir achanak"

"Koi zaroori kaam hoga tabhi to…." Before she could finish her sentence even her phone started ringing. It was from her home. "Quite a co-incidence"….she thought. Little did she knew that actually it was not.

 

"Hello"                                                                                                                                                   "Hello …. Kaise ho Ali beta"                                                                                                               "Huda bhai…aap hamare ghar pe kya kar rahe hain" He almost freaked out when he heard Huda's voice on the other side.

 

"Kuch khaas nahin tumhare ghar waloon se milne aaye hain… I must say Pooja, they are so sweet" It was Neelu answering Pooja.                                                                                     "Lekin kyun…. main to yahan hoon na to tu wahan kahan pahunch gayi"                          "Tum wahan ho tabhi to hum yahan hai.Achcha ek baat bata Ali kahan hai"                    "Yahin hai… par phone pe baat kar raha hai.Uske…."                                                                     "Ya I know…….ghar se phone hai"                                                                                                    "Tujhe kaise pata"

 

"Oye jaise main yahan se tujhe phone kar raha hoon waise hi Neelu wahan se Pooja ko phone kar rahi hai…Samjha"                                                                                                         "Nahin Huda Bhai, hum nahin samjhe. Aur hamein kuch bhi samajh nahin aa raha hai. Chal kya raha hai. Kal raat to aap yahan Ambala mein the ab achanak Kanpur kaise pahunch gaye aur humein bataya kyun nahin"                                                                                                 "To ab kya kar raha hoon…bata hi to raha hoon na tujhe"                                                          "Huda bhai ab humein darr lag raha hai aur saaf saaf bataeye baat kya hai aur baki sab kahan hain"

 

"Well sweety, Main aur Alekh yahan hain, tumhare ghar pe... aur Huda, Naina aur Yudi wahan Kanpur main hain Ali ke ghar pe. Aur hum log yahan aap ke liye Ali ka rishta le ke aaye hain"

 

"Kyaaaaa???" Ali and Pooja shouted together. They were about to faint now. It was too big a shock to handle.

 

"Oye Neelu, tu paagal ho gayi kya. Tera signal kaam nahin kar raha hai kya. Tu kya bol rahi hai"

 

"Abey Usool wahi bol raha hoon jo tu sun raha hai. Aur ab meri baat kaan khol ke sun. Tu agar chahta hai ki hum yahan tere aur Pooja ke bare mein tere ghar walon ko na batayen to tujhe ek kaam karna hoga aur woh bhi jaldi"                                                                            "Kaam… Kya kaam"

 

"Simple. Agle aadhe ghante ke ander-ander tujhe Ali se apne dil ki baat kehni hogi aur aisa karne se pehle tu mujhe call karegi, apna phone speaker pe rakhegi aur phir apne Ali se apne dil ka haal kahegi. After all hamein bhi to pata chalna chahiye na ki tumne apni feelings confess ki ya nahin… Okay"

 

"Okay…what okay. Aap mazak kar rahe hain Huda bhai. Aise thode na hota hai"           "Sun Usool thodi der ke liye apne usool side pe rakh aur jaisa maine kaha hai waisa kar warna…"

 

"….Warna agar tumhare pyaar ka SMS koi aur tumhare ghar waloon ko padh ke sunaye to soch, unhe kya achcha lagega"                                                                                                           "Dekh Neelu yeh blackmail hai"

 

"Hmmm…ab jaa ke samjha hai tu meri baat ko. Sahi keh raha hai tu Usool, Yeh blackmail hi hai. Par kya karein everything is fair in love & war.To ab ja aur lag ja kaam par. All the best" And Huda disconnected the line.

 

"Byee babes. Main teri call ka wait kar rahi hoon. Best of luck" Neelu also disconnected the line.

 

They both looked at each other. They were shaken. They were absolutely clueless about what they should be doing. Fighting a war was easy but proposing……….. No ways. But they didn't had much of choice. They were bemused. They sat there looking at each other's faces and hoping for a miracle because only that could have helped them out of this situation. They were in a fix.