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Chapter 23
"Hey Devi Maiyya you have changed your side, I will not talk to you, thought Khushi and turned around,..
Arnav came out of the wash room, sat down picking up his coffee and asked in a soft voice,
"Why are you running away from me Khushi?" Hearing him talk so soft, Khushi thought Arnav had mellowed down in the last few days, however, she could never guess this mans reactions, so defending herself she shouted,
"Why should I see you, tell me, Yes I don't want to see you or talk to you, because I don't want to hear any more abuses from you. Why, have you forgotten some? Is that why you called me? Hey Devi maiyya, it was so good for the last few days, now what have you done!!" She held her head turning from right to left, doing her nautanki.. (Drama).
Arnav did not say a word. He sat taking in the sight of Khushi simply blabbering,... and... enjoying. He knew what she was saying was fully justified. He felt the scene that was being played was so odd, yet somewhere he felt right. Imagine, Khushi scolding him and he sat simply!!! He was more surprised at his own behaviour. Instead of getting angry at this chit of a girl, he was admiring her dare.
When he saw Khushi was getting irritated, he coolly said, "Khushi coffee was very nice, If you have finished your talk, can you come with the Mehta file, I want to discuss a few things!! ". Khushi felt flustered. Imagine ASR praising her openly for her coffee!! Hey Devi maiyya When has it ever happened? She was confused thinking, "I have been shouting at him and he is not angry at me, Hey Devi maiyya, what is he up to now, Khushi turned to go, blabbering "Please help me Devi maiyya, please help me, " but stopped midway to hear, "And Khushi, I want to discus it with YOU"
When Khushi turned around to leave again, he called again. This time when Khushi turned around, she was taken aback to see him right in front of her. Walking straight up to her, before he could change his mind, Arnav whispered in his husky voice, "Khushi sorry."
Khushi thought she had lost it. Did she really hear a sorry? But why? She stood there looking at him with a blank expression. When he did not continue, scratching her head she asked, "Sorry why?."
"Sorry I did not know you were also an anaath (Orphan) like us."
Understanding what he was trying to say, she stopped, "You are sorry because I am an orphan, really." Looking at Arnav's puzzled gaze, she continued, "You don't have to be sorry Mr.Raizada, because as long as my babujis blessings are with me, I will never be an orphan. It was Devi Maiyyas wish to take away my own parents and replace them with my Amma and Babuji. And how can you call yourself an orphan when you have a doting sister, a family with nani, mami, mama and a brother who will not think twice to do anything for you? You could not be what you are today without theirs and Devi maiyyas blessings,.."
Even though he was not convinced of Devi maiyyas hand, he knew his family was always there for them, which was probably why he did not blast her,..
After her tirade, she waited. Waited to be blasted thoroughly, but when he did not say anything, Khushi thought better to go before he starts and made her way out to find nani outside his door. Hearing Khushi shout, Nani who already had an eye on her, came to make sure nothing untowards was happening .
Not sure if Nani had heard her shouting, Khushi gave a sorry smile. Nani voluntarily blessed Khushi stroking her cheeks and took her to her room. There was no way she would let this gem of a girl get away. From her experience, she knew both of them shared something very strong which she couldn't or rather didn't want to name right now!! Who could imagine the great ASR taking all that piss off from any girl!! That something had to be nurtured and shown the right path, or she knew her grandson could end up destroying the innocent girl.
Nani spoke at length and soon Khushi was animatedly telling her all about her life in Lucknow, Delhi and office. Nani couldn't get enough of this beautiful girl, but had to let her go when they both saw Arnav standing at her door, arms crossed, raised eyebrows as if amused by her stories and exclaimed "Khushi if you have finished, could we discuss the file I asked earlier? "
Embarrassed at having forgotten the meeting, Khushi ran. Then there was a wonder of wonders. Only Devi Maiyya knows what came over Arnav because he sidestepped to block Khushi. Both apologised and both stepped to their right, looked at each other and again, both stepped to their left. When this repeated unnecessarily, she looked at Arnav and stood gaping, She blinked again. Her eyes fluttered again to be sure of what she was seeing. Arnav smiling. That's when she realised he was trying to pull her leg!!! Khushi exclaimed "SIR" confused and ran out in a jiffy.
Oblivious to the fact that his Nani was a live witness to his prank, Arnav followed Khushi shaking his head with his lips slightly curved muttering "paagal (silly)."
Shock was an understatement. Nani was frozen at the spot. Did she just see her naughty chote after so so many years? Unknown to her, tears streamed down.
While one emotionally disturbed soul was in the process of healing, across the room, in the same house, there was a storm brewing in Anjali mind. She could not understand what Shyam was doing, where he was and why he had lied. Anjali could not come to any conclusion, but she was desperate to know. Find out where Shyam is. If he is in Delhi, then where is he staying? In a hotel? Or with a friend? Where could he be? Whom do I talk to? Shall I tell chote to find out,.. no no he would simply get worried. I must find out. If only Payal n Akash was not there, I could have seen where he went? Is he at all in Delhi or had he just come to attend court and gone back? Hey Bhagwan (Oh god) please help me, show me the way..
After some serious thinking Anjali had come out of her room. Payal's strong ginger tea did calm her nerves but her mind was pre occupied. Payal knew now that the muddy waters had been stirred it would only settle with time.
And as if to cheer Anjali and unsettle Arnav again, the bell rang
"Nani, I will be leaving day after back to London, so I wanted to see you and go. " Kushal bent down to take her blessings who had came along with Karan.
"Khushiii,. Hey what a surprise " shouted Karan with all excitement when he saw both ASR and Khushi walking down the steps after finishing their meeting, which surprisingly went very professionally after the slight incident, ahem.
Khushi was excited to see her brother and greeted them, which was enough to awaken the green monster in ASR who was seething to see Karan.
After having light tea with some spicy gossip, there began the usual bickering about who will drop the Guptas. Nani was amused with her grandsons being so eager for just a meagre job of dropping, the great CEO of AR was desperate to drop off some employee!! And why was Akash too keen, now, now Nani had to make sure that he too was not interested in Khushi.
Soon all bid good bye to Kushal and Karan and they set off to the Gupta house. Finally Karan was relieved to get his chance of dropping Khushi!! Oh what games cupid played!!
It was a hearty ride home, what with Khushi making all sorts of jokes animatedly, after all she was in a good mood today!! Karan was no less and he enjoyed their company. When they were ready to go after dropping, Payal and Khushi insisted on Kushal and Karan to meet their parents.
"Hai re nand kishore, mmm see Shashi, see what time your daughters are coming, it is so late in the evening" holding her head, Buaji thought of blasting her nieces today. Opening the door, and as if the whole scene had changed, she instantly changed into a very pleasant "namaste" seeing the young boys.
"Buaji this is Karan, and this is Kushal, do you remember buaji, we told about them !!" Payal introduced them excitedly.
Khushi had sprinted off inside to bring her Babuji and Amma. "Amma, Babuji, Look who has come, Babuji, here he is Kushal bhai," excitedly, she called out. Being khushi, she started pestering and pushing Garima from behind her,
"Kushal bhai and Karan, meet my daaarling amma and babuji"
Everything came to a stand still, when Garima stood still with the glass in her hands crashing down. All eyes turned to her. Shashi and Garima stood, staring with eyes wide open at the doorway...
Shashi and Garima all looked at each other, stunned...
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Mimima2018-03-15 07:59:28
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