Arakshi FF: Turn Around!(Completed) - Page 3

Turn Around!

Part-9:

I pulled the car at the portico as Wargade came out of the house to welcome us. He came forward and tried to open the passenger door.

"Thanks, Mr. Wargade! Help mother!" Arjun motioned towards the back door.

Wargade approached the back door and backed away in shock as the car shook vigorously.

With Arjun got down I had to pull the hand break, fast, to control the shaking as Chottu was trying to get out of the car.

Once he got down it was easy to manage the small car that we had arranged for the trip.

The last time when Arjun came here in a taxi and said he was staying in a hotel and was coming in a taxi to visit the house, it was necessary to produce a car now.

Now Wargade reached the back door and opened it.

He was shocked once again to see the back seat empty and turned to Arjun for an explanation. But Arjun called me, instead, "Shree!"

I was closing the window as he called.

"Si!-, Ar-, Coming!"

I came to a decision fast and got out of the car.

"Get it!" Arjun said.

"Right!"

I went to the back of the car and opened the back.

I produced a foldable wheel chair as Wargade was looking puzzled at it.

"If you please!" Arjun said to him politely and reached the back door himself.

"Shree, help me here!"

"Yes, Bhaiya!" I was all right then.

I set the wheel chair and placed it ready.

Arjun leaned forward toward the back seat as Wargade whispered, "What are you doing?"

"Don't you know our mother can't walk? So we help her get down the car." I told him with a frown.

He seemed undecided to talk to me any further about it.

He turned to Arjun again.

I saw Chottu was sill wriggling his body to ease out the pain, the journey in the small car cast over him.

I smiled at his wig and beard.

The mustache was in some other class with his specs.

Arjun picked up the imaginary mother in his hands and placed her carefully in the wheelchair.

"Ma, This is Mr. Wargade, the owner of the house, " Arjun introduced.

"Mr. Wargade, this is my father," he said as Chottu came to his side at last, "And this is my mother!"

"Goo-" he stopped and tried again, " Good day, Mr. Wargade," Chottu said now in a harder voice.

"Welcome, Mr. Rawte!"

We four including Wargade were standing there just like other statues and were looking the mother until Wargade gave in and said, "Welcome Mrs. Rawte!"

"Shall we?" I volunteered.

He gulped and said, "Oh, yes, Please come in," he invited us in.

We entered in as Arjun said to the mother that, "No mom, he won't think like that. He is a gentleman! Isn't you Mr. Wargade?"

"What- I mean what did you say?"

"No, no. Mom said we are troubling you unnecessarily. I replied she was wrong!"

"Yes, yes correct! I mean she is wrong," he laughed nervously.

He showed us the sofa.

Arjun refused at once.

"No, show me mom's room first. She needs rest now!"

"Right, this way please!"

Once closed the door after giving her a pat on the shoulder and telling her that the books were in the side table next to the bed, Arjun came to join us in the sofa.

Wargade greeted him with a juice though his face was not normal.

"Thanks , by the way, he is my brother, Shreekanth! Sorry, I couldn't introduce him any sooner. Don't mistake me Mr. Wargade," Arjun took the glass and introduced me formally.

Wargade did not even turn towards me or deny that he did not mistake him.

His eyes went once to the closed door of our mother nervously.

Arjun cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Wargade, if you let me I'll show the house to my father and brother."

We quickly passed the rooms and I asked, "Can we see the garden, Mr. Wargade?"

"Sure!"

"You go. I'll sit here,"

Chottu settled on the sofa.

We came out.

I went hither and thither and started asking him," Which flower is this?", "What's the name of that plant?", "What's there?"

I moved to the side of the house as Arjun and Wargade followed me.

"Mr. Wargade, where can we get a taxi here?"

I asked an irrelevant question then.

"It's just two blocks away- aww-ay-", he stuttered as his eyes saw the impossible.

Turn Around!

Part-10:

Chottu waited until we crossed the hall and gave a missed call to Ayesha.

Ayesha and Sakshi were waiting in the taxi a block away from the house for fifteen minutes now.

They paid the taxi and walked toward the house.

They waited at the gate until we moved to the alley. They entered into the house and saw Chottu was sitting in the sofa.

They ignored him and crossed the hall.

That was when Wargade saw them through a side window and widened his eyes.

We noted this and Arjun called, "Mr. Wargade!"

"----"

"Mr. Wargade!"

I touched his shoulder.

He turned in slow motion.

"Di-Di-Did you see that?"

"Oh, yes! Nothing escapes my eyes."

"I-I can't believe this!"

"Why, it's your neighbor who waved his hand. I don't see what is unbelievable in that!"

I fabricated a story.

"What?"

"Haan, he just went inside!"

His face fell. He sighed and shook his head then said, "Can we go inside?"

He took a step toward the house.

I saw through the window and asked Chottu in signs whether the girls had gone out of sight.

He nodded and we followed Wargade.

Wargade sat on the sofa tiredly.

He had to talk about this to someone, but he could not decide with whom.

Finally he decided to talk to Chottu, the father.

"If you tell me what you would like for lunch I'll arrange it," he started.

Chottu turned to Arjun.

"No, Mr. Wargade, I'll do it with pleasure. We've to arrange separately for mom. So let me arrange the food," Arjun replied.

"But-"

"Le-", in a new voice, "Leave it to him Mr. Wargade! It's not a problem at all," Chottu insisted.

"What I'm saying is, Mr. Rawte-"Chottu turned to see Arjun who was the real Rawte, innocently and was bounced back as Arjun glared.

He turned to Wargade.

He had to make up his mistake now.

"It's Chandrakanth!"

"I thought it was Suryakanth,"

Wargade silently triggered a time- bomb.

We expected it was going to burst and it did.

"It's Chandrakanth now!"

Chottu said sullenly in a deep harder voice.

"Oh!-" Wargade was looking at him shockingly.

"Dad! Let me clear this," I volunteered and turned to Wargade," He's Chandrakanth actually. I'm Shree Kanth, but SriSai Shreekanth. He is Suryakanth, but Arjun Suryakanth. All First names. Its coming wonderfully, right?"

I was wondering myself as my reply came out in a flow.

He looked confusingly, but nodded positively.

He saw Chottu and said,

"It's Kashimuk," he insisted in return.

"But?"

I inquired, quietly.

He was now afraid to talk to Mr. Chandrakanth Rawte, about the matter, after all.

He was thinking about how to start, again, after that all happened to him now.

He heard the voices that wrested his sleep the previous night.

Ayesha and Sakshi came out to the hall.

Sakshi had draped her shawl (Dupatta) around her neck with a lengthy part hanging loosely behind her from the shoulder to give it a devilish feel. She took the longer end in her hand and fanned it stylishly as she walked.

"It's too hot here, isn't it?" Ayesha asked.

Wargade saw every face around for a reaction. But got nothing.

Without telling him what was happing there, Sakshi and Ayesha were talking to each other.

"Yes, let's go out to the garden. Oh, did you see the man in full suit? I just don't know how he is wearing it in a hot place like this! Just seeing him, gives me the feeling of sweating," Sakshi was reprimanding Arjun as she answered Ayesha.

I saw Arjun, who was showing nothing in his face turned to Wargade quietly.

"Mr. Wargade, if you don't mind I'll go to my room to change and will see my mother if she needs anything," he said significantly.

And the point was well taken by Sakshi, but Wargade looked at Arjun as though he was one of them in the group with the women in white.

"Mr. Wargade," Arjun called him again, in a harder tone.

It shattered his trance and he nodded weakly.

But before Arjun left the place, Sakshi said, "I see, he didn't get a chance to change. It's all because of that man, sitting near the old man!"

She was mentioning Chottu, when she said- 'the old man!'

"Yes, it is! First he came here then this troop including a patient in that room. Oh! Come on, let's go out!"

They went outside the hall reached the alley and drooped low. They crossed the window and reached the back door, before anyone seeing them, sneaking in.

Wargade was still looking at the entrance through which the girls went.

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man i this is real fun thing spooking out mr wargae
so it all started with chotu telling story of his friend being conned and then rest of the team wanting
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girls devil 😉 but then they r real devils
oh all went shopping and sakshi's shopping was incomplete and arjun asked her for if she bought
bangles 😉
and then he selected it for her not bad though his purpose was to save time but then as sakshi said
it was his choice 😊
poor man he will get a heart attack first listening to all those voices of so called ghost and then seeing a mom which he could not see and on top of that actually seeing two ghosts females
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Turn Around!

Part-12:

I went to the hall and announced, "Lunch is all set!"

Arjun asked, "Shree-"

"I know you well, Bhaiya! It's in her room."

"The 'special food?' "He emphasized.

He mentioned the ice cream as special food!'

"It too!"

He went to the kitchen and collected a bottle of water.

As we sat for the lunch, he went to the mother's room.

He entered in and saw that Sakshi was holding a platter with ice cream and was about to open the paper lid.

Once saw him in the room she made a face and turned her face away, as Ayesha was filling the plates with chapattis. She said, "Sir, we are waiting for you!"

He thought, 'Oh, a little girl has done something playfully. It's nothing serious to flay her now!'

But he had to admit that he was wrong- soon!

"Sakshi!" he called.

"Mm!" she replied as if a little girl who was still not forgetting a fight over a drawing pencil and proved his thought.

"Put that down!"

"Mm?" she turned toward him now.

"The ice cream!"

"Why, I thought it was for me!"

"Finish the lunch first!"

He reached out and plucked the platter from her and placed it out of her reach on the floor.

She looked the platter once helplessly then her eyes twinkled.

"Let me help you!" she said to Ayesha and started unclosing the remaining packages.

He went in to the bath room to wash his hands.

When he returned Sakshi was tearing the chapattis in her plate into small pieces hastily.

Ayesha said while filling gravy in his plate that," we've to sit-"she saw that he had sit before his plate already. She smiled and finished, "On the floor!"

Ayesha expected Sakshi would tell something here, but once she put curd in her plate Sakshi started eating quietly and fast.

Sakshi finished her chapattis in a flash.

She chose a larger spoon for her and started stuffing others' plates with comments like, "See this is nice!", "Hey, it's wonderful!"

Soon Ayesha announced, "I'm full!"

"Same here!" Sakshi said and went to her knees as she thrust herself forward toward the ice cream platter.

Once got the ice cream she started tasting it ever slowly, though it had melted somewhat.

Ayesha smiled at her and saw Arjun. Though he was smiling too inwardly showed nothing on his lips.

And if had thought everything had been tuned fine, he was wrong.

Arjun placed the plates in the wash basin and helped me to clean them as the devils and our father, oh well, Wargade too were taking rest after the lunch.

Wargade did not want to sleep that day, for the devils would come for him to tease.

He returned to the hall.

I was lying on the sofa with my iPad connected to the ears, but not was playing music as Arjun was sitting on the other sofa and reading a newspaper.

The devils were standing there near a wall and Sakshi said," See, the monkey is lying idly on the sofa while we stand here for hours!"

I reacted in reflex.

I sat at once and patted the sofa as if to say 'if devils wish, they can sit!'

Sakshi suddenly said," See, the evil man is coming!"

I checked myself as Wargade reached the hall.

He started moving toward the devils on impulse as he noted that they were talking something. He could not understand why he was reaching them.

He thought, 'why couldn't they hear them, after all?'

I called, " Mr. Wargade!"

He did not hear me, but was approaching the devils.

I got to my feet at once and lunged ahead of him as Arjun was watching us somewhat nervously.

I reached the devils first as Wargade stopped short in shock at the interruption.

"Do you want to increase the speed of the fan?" I asked him and lifted my hand towards the switch board above Ayesha.

I whispered, "Don't move," as I touched the regulator.

Sakshi said, "Don't panic! He is not that much bad like the evil man standing behind him."

We returned to the sofa.

"He is helpful at times," Arjun commented.

I wondered if Wargade would admit that.

Arjun smiled at me and resumed reading.

Turn Around!

Part-13:

Wargade and I settled on the sofa as Arjun started reading again.

Now the devils were standing near the sofa before us.

"Did you notice him?"Sakshi started.

"Which one, the specs guy?"

"Not that monkey, the one with the newspaper,"

Sakshi had decided to reprimand me whenever she got a chance, I got it.

I was sitting still.

"What now?" Ayesha was shocked to hear her talking about Arjun again.

"He is looking more handsome in this shirt, right?"

"Sakshi!" Ayesha warned her and she called her by name for the first time in Wargade's presence.

Arjun did not move, but I knew what was going on inside.

"OK, I've said it already! But truth is truth, no matter how many times it's expressed,"

Sakshi replied and added, "To be frank, beige color shirt will suit him better than this!"

Now it was difficult for Ayesha to stop her, she quickly asked, "What about this evil man?"

"All right, let me tell you about him!" Sakshi started and Wargade was eagerly ready to hear about himself, though they mentioned him 'evil'!

"He is evil, since he cheats others!" Sakshi confirmed it once again and pointed a finger at him, "Did you see that he could see us now?"

"Yes, he was eavesdropping us until yesterday, but now he can see us today as his sins increased further! I wonder if he can see the patient's presence!"

Ayesha outlined.

Wargade could not help, but checked whether we were hearing the talk, by any chance.

He turned towards them as he confirmed that we were busy on other things.

Arjun moved near me and draped an arm around my shoulders and started saying something to me in a dead- mute voice that I could not hear anything he was saying.

"You mean he is still committing sins, after he entered this house yesterday?"

"Then what? He is cheating this gentleman," she pointed Arjun," That he has good intention on the sale of the house though he's cheated his own relative to get this house. He has to sell the house before the real owner sues him. That's the idea!"

"I think he'll be one of us soon at this rate! I wish to see the Golden Book' once!"Ayesha said with a sigh.

"You mean the one our devil God keeps for evil men?"

"Exactly! And you know I tried to steal a glance at it yesterday night at the meeting, for I doubt his chances in the world, but I couldn't!"

Wargade was now starting to believe the scenario unknowingly and thought they were going to tell him the future, but was disappointed as Ayesha could not see the book.

I thought that was enough for one day and turned to Arjun.

"Bhaiya, where's the book?", I asked.

Even the devils turned to see us.

Arjun said, "Get my briefcase, Shree!"

Wargade who had not come out of the magical-sorry, devil's world looked the briefcase that I placed before Arjun, numbly.

Sakshi said, "Now, shall we play the game?"

"Mm... which one?" Ayesha asked her in confusion.

"Hey, the one we play usually-what's inside'?"

She signaled towards the briefcase.

"Oh, right! I'm ready! Tell me what's inside that briefcase?"

Sakshi closed her eyes with her palm.

"Hey, no cheating! Turn towards the wall!"

Sakshi shrugged and obeyed.

She started telling, "Mm...a book by Dan Brown, then some papers!"

Ayesha asked, "What's in the papers?", as Arjun opened the briefcase sternly, for he couldn't tolerate the truth that Sakshi had gone through his briefcase. He should be careful when he left the case unlocked. He made a mental note.

"Oh, some blaw, blaw law matters for the meeting tomorrow!"

"Then?"

"Mm...A black pen!"

"Uh,huh..."

"Then one bar chocolate, my favorite one!"

Arjun took the book out and shut the lid with a snap.

He extended the book to me and the book was boiler hot to the touch. I thumbed the pages slowly with my gloves on and quietly.

Wargade was still looking the book as if it was the 'Golden Book' Ayesha mentioned.

Arjun said suddenly, "Shree, I've to go out!"

I blinked at him frankly for it sounded as if 'I've to get out of the house!'

He got to his feet and added, "See to her!" and moved towards the entrance.

"Bye Bhaiya, I'll take care of mother!"

I was about to sink my teeth into the apple which Ayesha gave me as Wargade turned to me absently.

"Mom gave me! If you want one..." I pretended to rise from my place, but he said hastily, "No No! Don't disturb her!"

"Oh!" I nodded obediently and resumed eating my apple.

He switched on the T.V.

Turn Around!

Part-14:

Chottu woke up from his afternoon nap as he was an old man now, he had to get some rest that afternoon (?!)

Once freshened up he went to the hall. I was still sitting on the sofa with the book. Wargade was watching T.V. Here I've to say just, 'seeing' the T.V, for he was not concentrating at anything they showed on the program.

I was sure about it, for when I snatched the remote once and muted the T.V, before went back to Brown, he just could not feel it.

Chottu sat on the sofa besides me and looked the book I was reading, he rolled his eyes and turned toward the T.V. he was going to ask me the reason for its muteness as Arjun entered in angrily.

Chottu turned towards the entrance and once hearing the footsteps he started, "Si-" and was getting to his feet, but was stopped by my stomping and he shouted, "Ahha-" once got the situation in, he continued, "Ah..aha..ha..mm..."

"Bhaiya, you are in time! Just now dad started singing!"

Wargade turned towards us as he felt slightly the earthquake occurred on the sofa by Chottu.

"Sorry! I just forgot my character once saw him entering!"

Chottu saw Arjun who was not talking ever since he entered the house that afternoon.

Once he saw that none started scolding him or even talking, Chottu said, "See, you all have clues as I'm there with the wig, what is there for me? You all in casual outfit and I didn't notice Wargade there!"

He said apologetically.

"What should we do for that?" I asked quietly and sat on the bed in the father's room.

"I want a reminder for my face, at least until I quiet took it in and if I did make a mistake you people want to remind me softly, not with your boot! And if you don't agree this I'm not in the game!"

He said and rubbed his legs as he winced.

I gave in then.

"Right, what do you suggest?"

I came to the hall with a small mirror in hand, where the devils were already standing near the sofa.

We put our cups down as I showed the mirror to remind Chottu that he was still the father there.

Wargade turned to me as the mirror reflected when I moved it. I turned it toward me and looked my face casually.

"What'll be there newly?"

Sakshi asked.

"In the idiot box?" Ayesha turned toward her.

"No, in the idiot's face!"

I glared at her from the mirror.

"Sakshi, you've to say that fellow as an idiot, who is going to buy the house!" Ayesha had no way to lift the siege on me I guessed. But it would be more than Jumping from the frying pan into the fire' story, I worried as seeing Arjun.

Wargade swallowed nervously and collected the cups quietly.

"You are right! He too is an idiot!"

Sakshi said and stopped short without proceeding or giving an explanation for her accusation.

Arjun took his mobile and pressed some buttons, before putting it to his ear.

"Why, you really agree that this charm, smart fellow as you would say," She added, "As an idiot?"

Ayesha asked Sakshi and turned towards Arjun to beg him through her eyes.

But he was not looking at her for her pleadings, much less for an explanation.

"Yes!" Sakshi confirmed it, once again.

"But why?" Ayesha glared at her now as she muttered.

Sakshi gave in then and answered her.

"Then what? He is always chanting, 'my mother, my mother!' But see, without giving her he is sitting here with crossed legs and drinking that cheap tea in liters!"

None moved a muscle and Sakshi pouted her lips.

Arjun talked over the phone as he saw casually towards the devils direction, "Haan, Sandeep, I want to renew my license. Arrange it, ASAP,"

He waited a moment and then said, "You idiot! I'm talking about my 'gun'!"

"Sakshi, shall we move?" Ayesha asked quietly with a hidden smile.

Sakshi took a step first then nodded, 'Ok!'

Turn Around!

Part-14-A:

Arjun came out of the mother's room with the wheel chair.

He went to the garden as we followed him and the mother behind.

We set the wheel chair at the garden in a way so that we could sit facing it.

Wargade seemed worried about how he would manage the situation successfully.

He blinked his eyes twice and was trying to focus the mother.

But we did not care much about him and his worries.

"Bhaiya, this color suits mother well, right?"

"Of course, Shree!"

"It's her favorite color too! She has two more dresses in the same shade,"

Chottu informed and turned to Wargade.

"Did you notice the scarf around her neck, Kashimuk?"

"Mm..."

Wargade was still searching sincerely just for the neck as Chottu continued, "It goes with her skin tone beautifully, right?"

"It does!"

Wargade said and looked away.

He suddenly noted that the devils were standing one side and watching us.

"He's just enjoying our company mom!"

I said as Wargade turned towards us again.

He smiled troublingly.

"----"

"It's my new book mom! My dear brother bought it for me for our visit here!"

"----"

"Haan! It's much interesting mom!"

"----"

The mother asked Arjun.

"Right, But you've to finish the fruits before we leave!"

"----"

"Then, it's not a problem! You got it, I promise!"

"Arjun, see, she seems comfortable here! I think soon she ll be all right! What do you say?"

"You are right, dad!"

"----"

The mother now turned to Kashimuk.

"Oh, Kashimuk, don't mistake her! She is talking about after we bought the house,"

Wargade nodded and looked the wheel chair as he tried hard to smile.

"----"

"I can mom, but it's fashion today!"

"See mom, one day Shree will come home with a side burn that will go straight from his ears to neck like an ear phone."

"And he will ask a new iPad for it too" Chottu said and we laughed.

When Chottu saw Wargade he pulled his lips to say that he was smiling.

"And dad will ask me which button is to snap it off!"

"----"

"That's my lady! See their faces!"

The girls suddenly laughed aloud, which caused Wargade to jerk his head toward them.

Sakshi said," Ha, what a family! I didn't have one like this in my days," she motioned towards us dramatically sighed, "I envy them!"

"I think this fellow," Ayesha motioned towards Wargade, "Too doesn't have one like this. See the green eyed monster in his eyes!"

They stopped talking as the mother started telling something and we were eagerly looking at her.

She said, "----"

We started laughing again and Sakshi said, "Oh, see the mother is hilarious too as the rest of the family," she laughed as she continued, "See, she saved her husband a moment ago, what did she say? The one has the right to switch off a machine, while he is the one who buys batteries for it!'" they laughed and Ayesha continued.

"And she said, 'the faces of the children would be like the father' the next moment to save the children. Oh, she couldn't take it an instant to see her children's dull faces!"

"I know you well darling, it'll be like you are in my side when you start talking, but I know you ll pull my legs while finishing it, all the times!"

Chottu said as he pulled a face at his wife.

"Dad! After all we are your children," Arjun said and smiled.

"The problem is you people are forgetting it at times," Chottu said sadly.

"And it seems it too is because we are your children!" I said slowly and we all started laughing as Arjun and I high-fived cheerfully.

The scene went well as we rehearsed it.