Chapter 8

PART 8 (a)

April, 2017

Ramirez Management Firm (RMF),

Maryland, NewYork, USA

Sameer Damsingh Rathod, a rajput,  great grandson of Mahender Singh Rathod, who was once a prince of Rajput kingdom but left all his kingdom for his lady love and get married against the rule of kingdom. Sameer is proud of his ancester as because of people like him (his great grandfather) word called Love, Trust, standing against wrong still has its importance and alive in humanity. But same Sameer has a bad luck in his love life and feel himself being a curse as where ever he go the feelings named Love started to dissolve in between the people whom he want never to get apart.

Standing near floor to ceiling glass window of his cabin, looking out straight, Sameer is thinking about his life and people he loves. 'I wish I was also lucky enough like Arjun to have my love beside me. But I felt bad for Riya who is beside her love, her husband but is not able to call him that, express her feelings towards him.' Thought Sameer before drifting back to the time when he met Riya in AR for the first time as well as bump into his lady love on the same day.

"Hey Rawte. Relax yaar! I will be there in few minutes you just relax. I told you na just now my boss let me go. So what can I do.? Okay buddy, chill! I am on my way. Yeah I know, I have appointment of lunch-date with your lady love ahh what was her name.? Ummm."

Sameer replied in the cellphone while standing on bus stop.

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"Hahaha. Relax I know her name is Riya, isn't it? Come-on Rawte I already knew it, I was teasing you."

"..."

"Okay.. buddy relax. Yup, I'm on the Bus, it will be reaching there in few minutes so you just relax."

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"Yeah yeah I know. I have many mercedes and SUVs on my foot but they are not needed right now, when I feel the need I'll ask you. Anyways you know I love travelling these buses and I still didn't found any Riya, you remember na? So, what if while travelling on bus I bumped into her."

"..."

"Shut up, you know I hate snob type people who show off their money and feel disgust in travelling on public vehicles. And like your Riya, my to be partner will be down to earth person, no matter if she does not even own a penny I will manage. And that type girl can only be found in these types of places. That's why I travel buses mostly. Anyways you finish your meeting I'll be reaching for my lunch-date in few minutes."

Sameer said and hung up the call with a sigh. But before he could raise his eyes from his cellphone he was interrupted as something, very soft or someone more precisely bumped into him.

Without looking anything he put his hand on the waist of the person who bumped into him as he felt that person was going to fall. But when he raised his eyes to see the person, he saw it is a girl but he got lost in the beauty and innocence which was reflecting from her closed eyes with fear, frown on forehead for getting caught and impending scold with a pout in some worry. Her face depicted a naughty yet innocent kid who get caught red handed while doing some mischief.

Soon bus again stop with slight jerk and their trance broke. She stood straight while Sameer took a step back to provide her needed space and asked "Are you okay?"

But again get interrupt as she started blabbering without any thought "Yes, I am sorry, I know it's my falt but still, look I am new in this surrounding but it doesn't means Aisha is not able to do anything on her own. So please, don't start telling me that I shouldn't be here and all. And you don't have to fuss over it alot just relax and..."

Sameer interrupted saying "Oh! Hello! Miss. What is your problem, I didn't speak yet and you?"

Aisha sighed in embarrassment and whispered meekly "Sorry." While hanging her head down and turn to left the bus when he shout "By the way, it's Sameer."

After one stop, Sameer too reached his destination and had a joyful lunch-date with Riya, later Arjun too joined them but his mind was lost in 'her' thoughts whole day. On reaching his apartment, he got to know that his cellphone is not with him. He thought that it fell in the bus during their bumping session.

After three days, he got a call from Arjun stating that he (Arjun) recieved a call from his lost phone and someone said it is with them and want to return it back, "... so I give your landline number to the person. Is it fine with you?"

 After telling Arjun that he did right, Sameer again got lost in someone's thoughts. But later got shocked on hearing her voice again on his landline number. "Hello!! Sameer! Umm.. uh.. sorry for last time and yeah your cellphone is with me." 

Though Sameer was in for a pleasant shock on hearing his name, which sound more beautiful in her accent and by her voice, he was also surprised on knowing that she did heard his name other day, probably. After few minutes they both got comfortable while talking and become friends.

One week later, she met him to return his cellphone while on the other side, Arjun ask him to arrange a church marriage for him and Riya in the end of the month, so he along with Shree and Chotu, Riya's only friend and family did all arrangements.

With Arjun and Riya's wedding, his and Aisha friendship became strong that now they know each other's inside out. Whereas Sam did have feelings for her which he didn't told her about or anyone because he knew their limits, the boundary which couldn't be crossed. He knew the society, the class, the family she belongs to will never let her be friend with a person like him, who is a mere worker of a famous company, let alone more than friend.

Their friendship continued but with time Sam focus on his work, parents and friend, Arjun and started making distance with her for their betterment or he thought so. After five months of Arjun and Riya's church wedding they visit India and declared his upcoming grand wedding in Indian Tradition for his mother's wish. This time Sameer along with workers and Arjun's family, who were not at all happy with the happenings did arrangement and after last phera Riya fainted and soon they got the best news that was 'Arjun is father to be' which leads to the family drama.

On otherside, While making distance, Sameer tried to wipe out his and Aisha's 4 years long friendship by travelling India more and spending his time with Arjun, Riya and their children. Soon they lost contact because of his frequent visits to India in the pretext of installing new branch of his company in India as he got this privilege beause of being Indian which later raised his importance in his company and he got appointed as a director of the company.

One year later, because of his work he had to visit India for some urgent issue but got shock on seeing Riya and children on dark street alone in the night with few bags and later found out that she was kicked out of Arjun's house by Rawtes as Arjun lost his memory all of a sudden and did not remembered anything of last six years exactly from the year when Arjun met Riya, for the first time, in his office as an intern and later while working with her found his love, his soul mate, his life partner in her, this all did look suspecious to Sam alot but he got busy in supporting and taking care of Riya and children that he totally forgot about his love, not by his heart and mind as she is the beat of his heart and a pillar of his life to stay alive but did not got time to ponder about her. Not exactly knowing what his ignorance made her. But he still did not even think of placing anyone in her place.

It has been one month since Riya and children are living with Arjun. But now he is missing her alot as he ,somehow, made Riya and Arjun together again atleast for the time being, he is missing his lady love alot.

"Where are you, Aisha? I tried to search you again but didn't find you anywhere. I did tried to forget you to make your life better but was not able to live without you anymore. Where are you, love?"

He cried closing his eyes while tears were rolling down.

TBC...