Chapter 23
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Untouched Yaadain:
Part 23:
The morning light shines through the curtains in Maan's room. He wakes up with a headache and irritation all over his body. He was feeling very uncomfortable the night before, having all sorts of weird dreams about Geet and Nayantara. Setting aside his disturbing thoughts, he gets up to get ready.
Down in the kitchen room, Nayantara is waiting impatienly for Maan. Her official plan will start right when he leaves the house. Maan comes down with his office suitcase while is having a conversation on the phone with Adi.
"Good Morning Maan."
"Hmm.. Good morning Di... Adi woh files tayyar rakhna, I'll be there in no time. Mr. Shukla se baat ker laina about the construction site..."
Nayantara snatches the phone from Maan, hanging up right away.
"Di!"
"Uff ho Maan. Har waqt phone pe hote ho. Kabhi to rest dai diya kero. Chalo nashta kero." Maan gives in, not wanting to have an argument since he already feels irritated. Kha lo Maan, yeh tumhara akhri acha khana ho ga milne ko. Phir mile ya na mile. Nayantara thinks.
"Ok Di. I am done. Bye."
"Maan! Can you do me a favor please?"
"Boliye di."
"Woh actually meri medical reports pick up kerni hain hospital se. Aap ker dain gain?"
"Medical reports? Di are you okay?"
"Haan woh bas mujhe back bone main bhot pain hoti hai to socha check up kerwa loon."
"Ok Di."
Maan leaves while Nayantara makes a short phone call. "Ready ho jao. Hamara shikar rastay mai hai."
Maan is driving, it's a very isolated and abandoned road in which he's on. Since it's early in the morning, nobody really uses this road until 1 pm. This road is the only route that can take him to The City Hospital from the Khurana Mansion. Suddenly, Maan's car goes on top of a random spike strip that was laying in the middle of the road. Maan's tires burst, making him harder to control the car. It, eventually, thrashes with a nearby tree. Maan bangs his head against the steering wheel causing him to bleed from his head down his cheek. Still conscious, Maan gets out of the car, trembling but still gets a hold of himself.
What happened next made Maan go blank for a while, he couldn't see anything but the darkness before his eyes. No it was not because of the weather or anything but it was because of his eyes. Someone banged a rod on Maan's head, making him fall to the ground with a big thud, leaving blood stains on the car. Everything was becoming blurry before his eyes. He could only see 4 legs standing literally 3 inches from his face. Before he could totally lose his consciousness, the last words he could here was:
"Kaam ho gaya.. Nayantara ko phone ker do..."
And that was it. In the middle of the road, Maan, soaked with blood, laying with no one around to help.
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After a day:
"Patient ke reports aa gayi hain na..."
Slowly, slowly Maan opens his eyes to see a vague picture of some doctor talking to his nurse. His body couldn't move, as if he was a living statue. Every part of his body sting. The doctor shifts his attention to Maan.
"Oh Mr. Khurana aap uth gaye! Thank God! Nurse! Bring my stethoscope, quickly!"
Not wanting to provoke the pain much, Maan stirs a little.
"Mr. Khurana please don't move. Keep calm."
"D-doctor main y-yahan..."
"Aap sadak pe kisi ko mile the and so unhon ne hi aap ko hospital admit kiya. You've been sleeping for the past 24 hours after your head surgery."
"D-doct..."
"Please Mr. Khurana aap mat boliye. To prevent any more pain, please avoid talking. Aap rest kijiye, main aap ki reports daikh ker aata hoon."
The doctor leaves. Maan looks around the room. Kal kya huwa? Main yahan pe kaise aaya? Tons of questions aroused in his mind. Why couldn't he remember anything?
The doctor comes back after a while. Now Maan feeling much better, starts talking little more fluently.
"D-doctor... mujhe kuch... yaad kyun nahin.. aa raha?"
"Oh.It's Temporary Amnesia. Don't worry. Surgery ke baad kuch logon ki temporary memory chali jati hai. Aap ki memory jald hi aa jaye gi. Just wait for it for another day or two. It shouldn't take more than 2 days. And I've informed your family, your sister is waiting outside for you. Should I send her in?"
"Hmmm.."
Nayantara walks in with fake tears lingering on her cheeks.
"Maan! Yeh kya huwa?!"
"Di... Main yahan kaise?"
"Aap ko waqai main kuch yaad nahin aa raha?"
"N-nahin Di.."
"Maan bolna band kijiye and please take some rest. Main ghar chalti hoon, kaam hai thoda bhot."
Maan just simply nods and closes his eyes while Nayantara quickly exits. He was trying to put the pieces back together of the unknown puzzle drooling around his head. He does know that Nayantara told him to fetch her reports from the hospital, and he was driving on that isolated road.. and... Oh God! Maan focus! Soch! Kya huwa tha. Maan starts massaging his head, in a hope to ease the pain.
And BAM! There it was.. the last words uttered by one of the goons, "Kaam ho gaya.. Nayantara ko phone ker do..." He slowly retrieved the lost memory. And that one last memory he retrieved was of a person- rather a young woman screaming his name. Right before he was unconscious, a blurry image of a woman wearing blue shalwar suit running towards him. "Geet?" Maan now remembers what had happened exactly! This was a trap set by Nayantara! She purposely made him go to the hospital to get the fake reports. And those ghundes were sent by her. "Aur Geet ne mujhe bachaya once again..." A sudden urge of regret filled his heart. He smashed his hands against his forehead, not caring about the sudden pain current his body suffered.
"Nayantara?! Is ka matlab Geet sahi thi? Aur main, main ghalat?!" Woh hamesha se mujhe protect kerti rahi hai hai aur maine!
Maan eagerly rings the emergency bell, right above his head. The nurse comes running in.
"Ji sir!"
"Main ghar jana chata hoon.. Abhi!"
"Per sir..??"
"I said abhi to abhi! I don't care about anything! Now!"
"Doctor.. doctor!" The nurse rushes out to get the doctor. The doctor comes rushing in.
"Mr. Khurana, aap aise nahin ja sakte!"
Maan somehow gets up from the bed, unplugging all the wires that were connected to his body. After solving the puzzle, he received tons of energy!
"Yeh aap kya ker rahe hain? Aap kahin nahin ja sakte! Aap ki abhi surgery huwi hai."
Maan corners the doctor, holding his collar with anger.
"Bhad main gayi surgery! Aik minute ke ander ander main tujhe is hospital se nikal sakta hoon!"
The doctor stays quite, though wanting to say something back, but the threat had sealed his mouth.
Maan is about to leave when he stops and takes out his phone.
"Is tasveer ko daikho, kya yeh ladki mujhe hospital le ker aayi thi?!"
Maan shows him a picture of Geet.
"J-ji sir.."
Without saying anything further, Maan exits. Since his car was wrecked, he had no choice but to walk. Though he could barely walk due to the pain. When he stepped out of the hospital building, he saw Geet lingering few yards away. He didn't wait a single second to yell her name.
"Geet!" As soon as she heard her name, she turned around for a second but then ran away.
"Geet! Ruko Geet!" Maan tried to follow her but she was too fast and his body wouldn't allow him to run. He stops midway, with some tears in his eyes. He misunderstood her! He blamed her for someone else's sin! He screams, like a lion's roar, trying to take out his anger.
He couldn't believe it how Nayantara played innocent for so long! She was deceiving him, she never really took him as her bhai. Maan calls Adi quickly.
"Hello? Adi! Jaldi City Hospital main aao!" Maan spoke as little as he could.
-After 15 minutes-
A car pulls right in front of Maan. When Adi sees Maan sitting on the sidewalk with head bent down. Adi comes running out.
"Maan sir! Kya huwa?!"
"A-Adi..." Adi helps Maan get up and makes him sit in the car. Adi quickly sits at the drivers seat.
"Yeh kya huwa Maan sir?"
"D-di ne tumhe nahin bataya?"
"No sir. In fact meri abhi unse baat huwi thi, jab maine aap ke baare main poocha, woh kehne lagi ke aap so rahe hain aur bilkul theek hain." Maan coughs.
"A-adi, mere lawyer ko phone kero abhi.."
Adi dials the lawyer's number. On behalf of Maan, Adi questions him about the property and the Khurana Construction's safety. He does admit that Nayantara has taken all the properties saying that Maan has given her the permission to do so.
"Ab kya ho ga sir?"
"I have a plan.. Adi meri help kero ge?"
"Of course sir!" Pitying Maan's condition, he decides to help him as much as he can.
"Nayantara ab bazi badal gayi hai.."
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Adi takes Maan to Khurana Mansion. Nayantara questions his arrival so suddenly which Maan lies saying that he had missed home and he couldn't bear to stay away from his Di. Nayantara fakes a smile while within herself she cursed Maan a thousand times. Adi leaves, leaving Maan in his room sleeping.
Nayantara is in her room, talking to the same ghundas on her phone.
"Bakwas mat kerain! Aik chota sa kaam aap se nahin huwa to aap ab kya kerain gain? ... Humnse sirf aap ko aik chota sa kaam kaha tha, Maan ko marne ke liye..."
"Ma'am saab humne usko maar diya tha.."
"To woh mar ke zinda ho ker aya hai kya? Tum logon ko usay goli se maar na tha na ke rod se."
"Sorry ma'am saab.."
"Sorry ke bache! Ab ainda humme phone kerne ki koi zaroorat nahin hai! Maan ghar aa chuke hain hume jana hai."
Through out the night, Maan keeps on turning in his sleep. He was physically asleep, but mentally he was awake. His mind kept on thinking about Geet. Even in his dream, he could vaguely see Geet running away and him chasing her, begging her to stop. But she wouldn't. Then suddenly she fell in a huge endless hole, like a chasm. Maan wakes up calling Geet's name, sweating. He tries to calm down.
In the morning, Maan tries to get out of bed, but because of his wound, Maan calls Adi to help him. Adi comes in less than 10 minutes.
"Sir?"
"Oh, Adi. Tum aa gaye? Good. I have to go somewhere, help me."
"Right sir!"
Adi helps him get out of the bed, helping him change his shirt at least. Though at first Adi did feel weird, a guy changing a guy's shirt. But he had no choice. He can't ask Nayantara's help and no one else is here.
"Adi help me wash my face."
"J-ji?"
"Help me wash my face." Maan replies slowly, making sure he heard it.
"Right sir. Aaiye.."
Adi shuts his eyes for a second. "In ki biwi nahin hai to is ka matlab yeh to nahin ke main in ki biwi ka role ada keroon..." Adi murmurs. Though Maan heard him, but he pretends he didn't hear.
"Tumne kuch kaha? Biwi kya..?"
"Kya? Nahin.. woh.. main..."
"Never mind. Just wash my face, is se pehle main koi aur biwi wala kaam dai doon."
"Huh...? Nahin woh sir..."
"Face!"
Adi quickly washes his face, while Maan smirks a little. It's good Adi is here, at least he makes him smile through his silly ideas.
At the breakfast table, Nayantara is waiting for him, pretending to be a caring sister. Maan comes down.
"Maan. Breakfast lai lijiye. Aaiye mil ke kerte hain. I've been waiting for you."
She disgusted Maan. Who would figure out her true face behind the mask when she is hiding it very well? But not anymore, Nayantara. I know your true intentions. Ab main tumhe nahin chodon ga.
"Nahin Di. I have to go to work. Aaj Mr. Shukla ke saath meeting hai meri. Is liye Aadi mujhe laine aaya hai."
Maan is leaving.
"Maan.. Aap ko kuch yaad aaya? I mean accident kaise huwa?"
"Accident? I thought... Nahin Di mujhe yaad nahin hai. Waise... Aap ko kaise pata ke mera accident huwa tha?"
Nayantara takes a moment to reply.
"W-woh.. woh jis man ne aap ko hospital pohnchaya, us ne bataya tha mujhe."
"Man? I thought koi ladki thi.."
"Haan. I mean ladki, ladki thi.. Anyway Maan, you must be getting late. Jaiye.."
Maan nods his head and leaves smirking. She's been caught once again. That"ladki" who brought him to the hospital was Geet and obviously Nayantara doesn't know that otherwise she would've done something to Geet or said something about it.
In the car, Maan orders Adi to drive to the company, hoping to find something related to Nayantara's plan.
"Sir. Aap ko kuch kha laina chahiye.. Main is restaurant se kuch le ker aata hoon."
"Wait. Let's go together. I want to get some fresh air. Main thak gaya hoon ander reh reh ke."
"Right sir."
Adi helps him out, holding him from his shoulders. They head in to a restaurant, taking a table next to the huge glass window.
"Koi hai?"
There was no one in the restaurant. Even the waitresses were missing. Then, straightway, a girl says from afar.
"Sir, main aa rahi hoon." Maan recognizes the voice right away. How could he forget one and only voice of hers? Geet runs with a menu in her hand, hair messy, hands wet, and she looks very tired. Some of the flour is on her face and hair. Geet startled. Her attitude changes right away. Maan gets up from his chair. He stares at her, Adi looks at her too in shock.
"Geet..."
"A-aap yahan?"
"Geet tum! Tum yahan kya ker rahi ho. Mujhe to bataya gaya tha ke tum Hoshiyarpur gayi ho for holidays. Per tum yahan? Maan sir?.." Adi questions the situation. Geet couldn't say anything. She wanted to be anywhere but here., Hoshiyarpur will work too. It's better to hear the taunts of Darji and Brij than standing before Maan. Geet is about to walk away when Maan speaks.
"Hamara order to lai lo! Kaisa restaurant hai yeh?" Geet rolls her eyes.
"Ji boliye.."
After Maan orders, Geet leaves quickly as possible. She takes a deep breathe. There are no other waitresses except of her because of the shift hours. Geet curses.
"Inko poore India main sirf aik yahi restaurant mila tha! Meri qismat hi kharab hai!" She angrily gathers the plates from the table nearby. Maan stares at her from afar. After a while, there order comes. Geet sets the table quickly. Maan just stares at her and Adi stares at both, confused. Adi didn't care anymore because he was too busy drooling over the food that was before them. As he was about to take a bite of the pancakes, Maan glares at him. Indicating him to get out of here and wait in the car. Adi puts down the pancake half heartily and leaves. Geet is about to leave when Maan holds her hand.
"Chodiye mujhe.."
"Geet.." Maan gets up once again but this time a lil in pain. Geet notices it and gets concerned. She holds his waist and starts massaging it.
"Aap theek to hain na? Aap ko rest kerna chahiye tha na.. Main Adi ko bulati hoon." Maan doesn't let go of her hand but pulls her closer.
"Geet.. Mujhe Adi ki koi zaroorat nahin hai. Mujhe tumhari..."
"Maan please!" Geet interrupts. Geet tries to free her hand but fails. Even though Maan is wounded, he is still very strong.
"Chodiye mujhe! Hamare beech main kabhi kuch tha hi nahin. Mujhe akela chod dain."
"To phir tumne kyun meri jaan bachai? Padhe rehne daina tha road pe. Marne kyun nahin diya?" Geet ignores his eyes, looking at his chest than his face.
"Meri taraf daikho." Geet looks up. She wants to cry, hug him, console him. But, those hurtful words of him still haunt her.
"Woh maine sirf aik insaniyat ke naate kiya tha. Main kisi ko apne aankhon ke saamne marte huwa nahin daikh sakti. Mil gaya jawab. Ab to chod dain." Maan tightens his grip.
"Daikhiye Maan. Ab hamare beech main kuch nahin raha. Kabhi hamare beech main "hum" nahin tha."
Maan lets go of her. Actually he pushes her away, slightly.
"Oh haan! Main kaise bhool gaya Rohan ko."
"Rohan?"
"Haan Rohan. Khair never mind. Yeh lo tumhari tip. Is paison se kuch acha kha laina."
Maan throws a thousand rupees cash on the table and leaves while limping.
"Nahin chahiye mujhe aap ki hamdardi. Take it back."
Geet throws the cash back at Maan and leaves. And Maan leaves too without picking up the cash. Geet goes back in the kitchen and her tears start to flow. The cook notices it and tries to console her. But she says it's nothing since he's cutting onions and that's why her eyes are teary.
Maan painfully sits back in the car. Adi notices his pain but stays quiet and drives off, giving Maan his moment.
That night, Maan again dreams of Geet. But this time it was different. This time Rohan was in it too. Geet and Rohan were running together, holding hands. Rohan was whispering something in Geet's ear and she starts to giggle. And then the scene shifts to a wedding. Rohan was sitting as the groom and Geet was demanding Maan to free her from this unwanting relationship; by divorcing her so she can marry Rohan. Maan wakes up. He closes his eyes in pain. How will he ever get away from this nightmare? What has Geet done to him? He knows that she can't be his but still why does his heart beats for her? Why can't she accept him? What does Rohan has that Maan doesn't have? The morning light shines through the windows, disturbing his thoughts. Maan sighs. An another meaningless day he has to survive without Geet.
Maan walks down to the breakfast table. Nayantara is reading the newspaper .
"Good morning Maan!"
"Good morning" He was hesitant to call her Di. She doesn't deserve to be called that. Bas kuch dair aur Nayantara!
"Maan, I was thinking why don't we go out to eat dinner. I mean it's such a good weather and jab se woh kaanta, Geet, hamari zindagi se gayi hai, humne celebrate hi nahin kiya. So what say?"
"Ok Di. Whatever you say!" Perfect! Maan thought in his head. She has just granted him an opportunity to expose her.
"Come home around 8. Okay?" Nayantara tells him.
"Right Di." And Maan leaves. Adi is already waiting for him outside.
Tayyar rehna Maan. I'll make sure I finish you tonight!
At 8 o'clock, Nayantara texts Maan the address of the Restaurant where he wants him to come. When he gets there, he orders the driver to go back home. As Maan expected, this place was no where closer to a restaurant. It was an old wrecked haveli. If this is how she wants to play, then that's how I will play. Maan decided to go with her script. He goes in the Haveli.
"Di!" Maan yells her name and a rod falls over Maan's head but he gets out of the way just in time. Why didn't he guess that?
"Di?!" One last try. And there she stood like an Aatma, dressed in white saree.
"Welcome Maan..."
"What's this place Di? And what are we doing here?" Maan played along.
"Yeh jaga? Hmmm.. Ab main kis tarha kahoon? I've heard is jaga main jo bhi aata hai, this place brings good luck to the person. Since you are sick, i thought I would show u this place." Maan chuckled inside his head. Is this the best excuse she could come up with?
"Oh, Di. Anyway ab chalain hum?" When Maan turned around to face her, she was gone.
What the hell? Ab yeh kahan chali gayi? Maan thought. A scream shook Maan. He ran towards the scream.
"Di!!"
"Maan...!!" Nayanatara screamed back. The scream ended him in a dark room. He tried to find the switch for the lights but couldn't find any. And then somebody puts a handkerchief filled with chemical drug over his mouth and that puts Maan to sleep right away.
The next time he wakes up, he is tied against a chair. Nayantara is standing before his eyes. Maan kind of expected this the moment he heard her scream. He knew she was planning something but didn't know what.
"Di?"
"Sorry Maan. I had to do this."
"Per kyun?"
"Kyun ke aap meri zindagi main sab se badi rukawat ho!"
"Matlab..?"
"Uff ho. Maan, I thought u were smarter than this! Itni badi company ke CEO ho per tumhe yeh nahin pata?!"
Maan slightly shakes his head.
"Mujhe tumhe marna hai . It's that simple and that's why tim yahan is halat mai ho!"
Maan acted surprised.
"Sorry Maan! Humare paas aur koi choice nahin hai. Chalo since you are about to die anyway, I'll tell you everything. Yeh itni saari property and itni badi company hum aap ko nahin dai sakte. I want this for my own. Is liye jab Geet ko humari sachai pata chali, I had no choice but to kick her out of the house. Aap ko woh din to yaad hai na jab Geet ne aap ko call this urgently ke jaldi se ghar aoo and all. Shukar kare us waqt hum time pe ghar aa gaye the. Humne woh file hide kerdi takke Geet aap ko na dikha sake. Jab usne hamare uper inzaam lagaya aap ko marne ka, aap ko ghussa aa gaya and you kicked her out. Aap ko pata hai Maan, aapko hum pe itna trust nahin hona chahiye. I mean seriously diakhiye aap ka trust aap ko kahan le aaya!"
"Agar yeh baat thi. To Geet se meri shaadi kyun kerwai?"
"Oh woh! Uff! Humne socha aap ki adhoori life ko to hum poora nahin ker sakte kyun ke aap ne to humain behn bana diya tha. To humne socha aap ki attention company se hata ke kisi aur jaga set ho jaye to phir hum aap ki property lai lain. But Geet to bhot smart nikli. Ulta humara plan backfire ho jata!"
"To Geet to nikal gayi thi meri life se. Agar aap ko property chahiye thi, aik dafa keh ke to daikhti."
"Hmmm.. Keh sakte the but phir itna maza na aata. Is liye, us din hospital ka bahana ker ke aap ka accident kerwaya aur woh ghunde mere hi the. But pata nahin kaun musibat tha jisne aap ko hospital lai gaya! Sara plan kharab ho gaya!"
While Nayantara is telling her story, Maan was busy trying to free his hands.
"And so Maan! Please aap ki koi final wish hai marne se pehle?"
"Haan! Mujhe aik aakhri dafa pani peena hai."
Maan tries to buy time, a little more time for him to think.
"Ok no problem." Nayantara goes over in her bag and gets a water bottle out of it and waters Maan with it. She pours it over his head.
"Mil gaya pani?" Nayantara laughs. Maan gets angry and pounds his fist against the chair. Nayantara then takes a gun out of her bag and triggers it towards Maan...
The End!
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