Chapter 19
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Untouched Yaadain:
Part 19
Maan's alarm clock buzzed loudly at 5:30 pm. That would've helped if he had slept all night. The irritation was eating him from inside that he couldn't even close his eyes in peace for a while, without thinking twice he threw the alarm clock in to the wall. All night long he was thinking about how to get rid of these new feelings. Eventually he would have to let go of these feelings especially when Geet will be gone most likely with Rohan. Everything sounded vague now when he come to think about it, his so called relationship with Geet, his relationship with his life and this world, everything. As if there's something huge that he's missing from this whole scenario. He knew Geet a little though. Even when he touches her in the public, she gets nervous as if she didn't like people looking at them like this. She's from a small town, Hoshiyarpur, where doing these kind of things in public is a crime. So how could she commit such a huge crime of having a boyfriend. Maan was pretty sure that these kind of values were not taught in Hoshiyarpur. But still, people change over time. And plus it's me touching her, the guy whom she doesn't even like. Mujhe Dusht Dhanav bulaati hai.
"Bade shehar main aa ke daikha ho ga ke her ladki ke pass boyfriend hai to isne socha ke main bhi aik boyfriend lai loon. Khair mujhe koi farq nahin padhna chahiye."
Maan got up to get ready for their flight back to India. It was though at 10 am. For an hour or so, he tried to concentrate on his work through laptop, but couldn't as Geet's thoughts haunted him. He slammed the laptop shut nearly throwing it on the bed.
"Ussay pata bhi hai ke aaj hamari flight hai aur abhi tak kamre main wapis nahi aayi! Yeh ladki mujhe pagal ker dai gi." Though his inner self screamed that she DID make him go crazy. But he ignored it and went on the quest to find her as she's his responsibility as of right now and until they both get separated. "I brought her here aur meri hi responsibility banti hai usse sahi salamat ghar lai jaon, no matter what is going on between us."
He goes to the receptionist and ask her "What room is Mrs. Geet Khurana staying in? She checked in last night."
"Are you talking about the girl wearing some traditional clothes with side braids?"
"Yea that's her."
"I am sorry sir but there weren't any rooms available so she left the hotel."
A sudden panic attack took over his heart.
"What do you mean she left the hotel?"
"After I told her that we didn't have any rooms available, she stood here for a minute, trying to decide where to go. I did notice she taking some steps back to the room she came out from but then I don't know what happened she left the hotel."
"Do you have any idea where she could be gone?"
"No sir I am sorry."
Maan ran out of the hotel in search of Geet. He looked around the hotel, everywhere but there was no sign of Geet anywhere. He thought back to the words he had uttered from his mouth, bashing her and her appearance in the room, telling her to get out. He rubbed his temples, trying to calm himself.
"Maan use your brain! Kahan ja sakti hai! Agar main Geet hota to main kahan jata?! Soch Maan."
But no answer came in his mind. Sweat fell from the edge of his nose. He kept on running everywhere as if he was running a marathon. He asked some bystanders if they have seen an Indian girl. But nobody knew.
He stopped by a park to catch on his breath, right then his eyes fell on Geet sitting on the bench and sleeping with her head resting on her shoulder. He ran up to her as if he had found his life. He pulled Geet to her feet, hugging her. He was hugging her so tight that he was nearly choking her. As for Geet she was so confused as to what was going. Everything happened so quickly that she didn't even get to see the face of the man who was hugging her. To her the man looked like a goon or a leader of the gang, trying to hit on a lonely girl in the park. She started to punch and kick him with all of her might.
"Let go of me!!!"
There was no one present in the park as it was too early to be out. Maan didn't budge.
"I said let go off me. I will call the police!"
"Geet..."
Those words were enough for her to know who it was. She recognized his voice. Maan kyun aaye hain?
"Maan... bas kerain mujhe dard ho raha hai." Upon hearing the word 'dard', he instantly let go of her. Geet looked at his face. They were worried, and sweats were lingering everywhere on his face. He was also out of breath.
"Geet tum theek to ho na?!"
Geet nods, still confused as to what he was doing here. Wasn't he the one who kicked me out of the room, not even caring where I was going!
"Geet tumhara dimagh ghaas khane gaya huwa hai kya! Tumhari himmat kaise huwi bahar itni raat ko akele aane ki! Agar tumhe room nahin mila tha to tum wapis aa sakti thi dammit! Agar tumhe kuch ho jata to?!" Maan kept on speaking, taking out his anger and worries on her.
Geet had it enough. First he kicks me out of the room and now he's yelling at her for leaving?!
"Wapis aa jati?! Aa ker kya kerti?! Aap ki aur dant sunti! Aur aap ko meri itni fikar kyun ho rahi hai?! Kal raat ko fikar kahan gayi huwi thi jab main kamre se bahar ja rahi thi! Mr. Maan Singh Khurana, main nahin jaanti aap ko kya masla hai jo aapne mujhe kal raat kamre se nikaal diya tha aur na hi main interested hoon sunne main! Pehle apne actions ko daikha kerain phir doosre ke actions ke ooper ungli uthaya kerain!"
Without even giving him a chance to speak, she left the park. Maan stood back, trying to take her words in. He hated to admit it but she was right. He treated her like an animal when they got married, and now when he's having feelings for her, she has feelings for someone else. She has every right to do so. How could she be happy with a person like me? Here I am saying I love her and then the next thing I do is kick her out of the room? Yeh pyaar hai?
But he still couldn't believe what she said to Rohan about not loving Maan. Still she couldn't figure out his behavior changing? Couldn't she give him a chance in everything? All of his anger came back, again blaming Geet for his situation. Maan runs back to the hotel, he knew Geet would go back to the hotel.
Geet frustrately enters the hotel room to gather all of her stuff. She knew their flight was at 10 am. She couldn't just wait to go back to India.
"Waise had hoti hai yaar. Baat kisi ki sunte nahin hai aur khud hi observations laina shuru ker daite hain. Inko jitna khush kerne ki koshish kerti hoon utna naraz ho jaate hain. Uff. Lagta hai ooper se thoda sa crack hain. Di inko doctor ke paas nahi lai ker gayi thi kya? Seriously yaar! Inka naam Maan Singh Khurana nahin balke Zalim Singh Khurana hona chahiye. Samajhte kya hain apne aap ko. Asmaan se utare huwe koi frishta hain kya?"
Maan was standing outside the room, listening to her blabbering.
"Zalim Singh Khurana? Yeh Geet ki to main..."
Shortly after Geet packs her belongings, Maan enters the room, pretending that he haven't heard anything of her blabbering.
"Lo aa gaye aur daantne ke liye." Geet mumbles to herself.
Maan turns around and points a finger at her.
"Kuch kaha tumne?"
"Nahin to. Meri itni himmat ke main aap ko kuch kahoon."
Geet takes her belongings and is about to exit the door when Maan stops her.
"Geet kahan ja rahi ho?"
"Jahanam main. Chalain gain aap bhi?" Geet sarcastically speaks while grinning.
"Geet! Kabhi to seedha jawab dai diya kero! Main phir poochta hoon, Kahan ja rahi ho?"
"Pata nahin. Bas aapki nazron se door ja rahi hoon is se pehle aap phir apni moti moti aankhain kerlain aur mujhe daantne lag jaayen."
Maan regrets a little about kicking her out last night.
"Uhh Geet it's okay. Tum ruk sakti ho room main."
"Itni meharbani kis liye?"
"Geet jab main keh raha hoon ruk jao to ruk jao!"
"Daikha daikha! Phir daantne lag gaye ho aap."
"Acha acha theek hai. Madame please room main ruk jaain. Ab theek hai."
"Aap keh rahe ho is liye ruk rahi hoon warna main to na rukti." Geet smiles.
For the past 2 hours Geet and Maan just sit in one room. Maan on the laptop while Geet is switching channels on tv. There was a knock on the door. Maan answers.
"Adi tum? Koi kaam hai?"
"N-no sir w-woh actually h-hamari flight ka time h-ho gaya hai." Adi managed to speak, afraid that Maan would start yelling at him for disturbing.
"Theek hai. Tum log airport chalo hum aate hain peeche peeche."
"R-right sir." Adi leaves. Maan goes back in the room.
"Geet chalo. Hamari flight ka waqt ho raha hai." Without saying any word, Geet just gets up and leaves the hotel room.
"Ab isse kya ho gaya hai?" Maan questions at her behavior.
In about 20-25 minutes, they both reach the airport. This time Geet was damn sure that Maan wouldn't sit with her at the economy section of the plane. So she decides to just give in and sit where ever he wants to. In the end, they both end up sitting at the business class section of the plane. For 9 straight hours, they didn't utter any word to each other. Maan was just chilling, reading a boring business success book while Geet was watching Salman Khan movies. Maan would at times take a sneak peak at her screen, checking out the scene and then resumes with his reading as if nothing has happened. As Geet was watching the movies she hit upon Bodyguard. The song Teri Meri reminded her of the time when they both were watching the movie together and were lost in each other when this song started to play. A tear flew down her cheek but she managed to wipe it off before Maan could see. She quickly changed the movie.
When it was time for landing, Geet was suffocating from inside as she was scared of the landings. It made her feel like the plane is crashing to the earth. The plane was right before the surface of the earth, without even caring, she held on to Maan's hand while her other hand was playing with her dupatta as a sign of nervousness. In return, Maan didn't soothe her nor did he hold her hand. But he was careful not to move an inch. He stayed like a statue. When the plane came to a full stop, he jerked his hand away from her hold. And that's when she realized that she was holding his hand up until now.
"S-sorry. Mujhe nahin pata tha." Maan got up and left the plane after taking his belongings. Geet followed him.
In about an hour they reached home. Maan looked around for Nayantara but she was nowhere to be found. Geet goes to the guest room to put all of her belongings. Maan totally forgot that she had moved to the guest house after their fight and their 2 months contract. "2 mahine to khatam hone wale hain. In about 2-3 weeks. Time itni jaldi guzar gaya pata bhi nahin chala." Maan goes back to his room. He felt empty without Geet. How she brought happiness and joy with her, but now everything is gone. "Maan adat daal le. Ab yeh sab bhoolna ho ga. Geet se pehle bhi tumhari zindagi chalti thi aur Geet ke baad bhi chale gi."
As for Geet, she went back in her "guest" room. She was also looking for Nayantara but couldn't find her anywhere. But finally she spotted her in that mini storage room, talking to someone on the phone, and she had two people surrounding her holding some files. She overheard Nayantara say, "Ab yeh sab mera ho ker rahe ga. Mera kaam jaldi ho jana chahiye. Aur haan is ki bhanak Maan ko nahin lagni chahiye." Geet was fine with her talking to whoever she was talking to on the phone until she heard 'Is ki bhanak Maan ko nahin lagni chahiye' phrase. She got alert. "Aisa kya kaam hai jo Maan ko nahin pata chalna chahiye. Aur yeh bande koun hain?" She questioned to herself while she was hiding behind the door whilst peaking inside the room.
"Ma'am in files pe aap ke signatures chahiyen." Said one of the guys standing.
"Haan do mujhe." As Nayantara was recieving the files, Geet's bangles made noise and alerted everyone in the room.
"Koun hai wahan pe?"
"Ehh Di main hoon, Geet."
"Geet?"
Geet enters the room calmly as if she have not heard of anything between Nayantara and the guys.
"Geet aap? Aap to Paris main the na?"
"Haan Woh Di kaam jaldi khatam ho gaya tha is liye hum wapis aa gaye."
"Oh acha." Nayantara quietly waves at the guys to leave and she places the file in a drawer."
"Di, yeh koun the? Aur yeh file?" Nayantara face drops as if she had just been caught stealing.
"Oh Kuch nahin woh bas hum yunhi properties ke paper daikh rahe the. Woh actually humne nayi property kharidi hai na to is liye us ke liye humain yeh files milin hain."
"Oh acha." Though Geet still sensed as if though something fishy is going on but then she let it slide.
"Aray hum bhi kya le ker bhait gaye hain. Chaliye bahar baith ke baatain kerte hain. Maan kahan hain?"
"Woh apne room main hon gain." Nayantara nods and they make an exit to the living room. Though before leaving Nayantara stares once at that drawer where the file was placed.
The next day Maan left for office, and Nayantara left for some urgent work. Geet felt something was out of place. Once everyone left Geet went back to the storage room. All of her doubts will be gone once she sees that file.
"Itna kya khaas tha jo Di baad main wapis daikh rahi thi. Kuch to hai." Geet opens the drawer, she takes out the file. Curiosity was killing her from inside. Even this morning Geet sensed that Nayantara was up to something. She hanged up as soon as Geet came in the kitchen.
Geet flipped through the file to find the Khurana Constructions Company properties. "Di ne mujh se jhoot kyun bola? Un hon ne to kaha tha ke yeh koi nayi property khareed rahi hain."
Geet read some pages. And at one page of the file Geet almost fell backwards, shocked. "Yeh kya hai?"
She read: I, Nayanatara Singh Khuarana sister of Khuarana Constructions MD, Maan Singh Khurana, age 30, hereby request to take the Khurana Constructions under my provision. Mr. Maan Singh Khurana's one last wish before dying is to hand over the company to me.
Signature: Nayantara Khurana Signature: Maan Singh Khurana
"Maan ne bhi sign kiya hai? Per kab? Yeh Di kab ker rahin hain. Aur Maan ki wish before dying? Yeh sab kya ho raha hai? Mujhe Maan ko batana ho ga."
Right then a door closes and Geet jumps, quickly putting the file back in the drawer. She goes out to find Nayanatara standing before her. She wanted to ask questions regarding the properties but stayed quiet. Now it all made sense why she hanged up right before me or Maan come in the room.
Nayanatara just smiles and leaves.
"Di.."
Nayantara stops.
"Aap kuch bhool rahi hain."
"Kya?"
"Woh file..."
These were the only words that she uttered and Nayantara's face dropped, her smile vanished.
"F-file? K-koun si file Geet?"
She looks here and there but not at Geet and Geet was 100% sure by now that she was up to something very bad.
"Woh Maan aik file ke baare main pooch rahe the, woh Khurana Constructions ki property wali file. Aap ko pata hai kahan hai?"
"G-geet how would I know? Maan ne hi kahin rakhi ho gi." And Nayantara leaves. Geet was just checking if Maan knows about this whole thing. If he had known then she wouldn't hide the fact that she has the file. Is ka matlab Maan se yeh chup ke kaam ker rahi hain. Maan ko to batana ho ga. But kaise? I am pretty sure Di ne wahan se file utha li ho gi. Aur waise bhi main Maan se unki Di ke baare main aisa waisa kuch nahin keh sakti. Aur waise bhi Dramon mai aisa hi hota hai: heroin jab bhi hero ko sach batati hai, hero ulta us ghusse hota hai. Phir kya keroon?? Haan, mujhe khud hi pata lagana padhe ga ke Di ke motives kya hain aur evidence akatha ker ke Maan ko daine hon gain. Then only will he believe me.
-The End-
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