PART - 5
Six months later...
Delhi..
"No Papa..Im sorry..I do not agree with you" Adi said Firmly.
Veerender and Dr.Sharma looked at eah other.They have tried to convince adi logically.Now was the time for emotional blackmail. Well..that always worked with Adi and was well used by his chutki.
"adi.." His father put an arm around him lovingly.." Gudiya was brought up here..She has so many memories connected to this place.. That is the reason she is suffering a lot right now..Do you want her to suffer even more?"
He had hit a raw nerve.Adi's eyes slowly filled up with tears.
He closed his eyes and that horrible day when chutki had an accident, the operations she had gone through,the therapies that were used on her came to him like a nightmare being seen with open eyes.
"But Papa..thats the place where the accident happened..i dont want to take chutki back there"
"See adi..it was an accident..the place is not linked with it..it could have happened anywhere.."
Adi Fell Silent thinking.
"Remember how much gudiya liked that place? Think Adi..think..do you want her to suffer here by your assumption that she will be safe here or take her to the place she liked so that she can rediscover herself again?"
Adi nodded silently praying that going back to mumbai will not bring any more twists in their lives.
Amar was hurriedly eating his breakfast.Bharath who had long lost his interest in everything was simply playing with his food.Divya sighed on seeing this.The handsome Bharath was no longer visible under that mess he had put himself him.
He had a stubble and unkempt hair.He did not care to do anything about it.Nor would he let Amar and Divya interfere.He would have left the business too if Aniket had not interfered.He always had a severe and pained expression on his face.Nobody in the Singh mansion had seen him smile in the last six months.
Bharath simply couldnt understand why Adithi left him.Now that chotimaa has also returned, why did she leave him? He panicked at the thought that something might have happened to her. When he went to the police station to file a missing case of hers,the police just sympathised with him istead of taking any action.
Bharath was angry..angry with everybody..angry with his Adithi..angry that she left him..angry that nobody would understand him.He costantly felt her presence,he felt her pain,her change of moods, though he could not explain how.when he tried explaining this to other members of the family they ended up calling a doctor.This angered him even more.From then he kept to himself.He talked to her pictures if at all he was to talk.His room was full of them and when chotimaa tried removing some of them he had a fight with her.He still considered her to be the cause for which adithi left him.He was not on talking terms with her from then on.
That day, they were going to finalize a deal with the Khurana group.
Mr.Khurana was to meet them in their office in an hour.Amar had purposely put Bharath in charge of this presentation so that His mind can be diverted more on the business.
As they awaited for Mr.Khurana in the conference room,Amar checked upon Bharath.He seemed to be running through the presentation once in his laptop and this made Amar happy.
As the door opened,both of them stood up in respect expecting an elderly person to come in.
To their Surprise a handsome youngman in his late twenties entered the room and shook hands with them.
"Mr.Khurana??" Amar asked surprised.
The youngman smiled and said " please call me Vineet".
The presentation went quite well and they have decided to work together as Vineet had striked a chord with them soon.He wanted to have a look at the annual report of the Singh group. Bharath offered to get that and left the room.
Soon Amar and Vineet indulged in a personal talk. Amar was impressed by Vineet. He was charming,had a kind nature and was intelligent too.Now that was an unusual combination he thought.
The cell which was placed on the table started ringing.But instead of the ring tone came a voice that startled Amar.
"Vinnie..Please pick up the phone....Vinnie Please pick up the phone.."
Vineet excused him self,Took the call and said.."Annie..Im in a meeting. ill call u once it is over" and disconnected it.
Amar was intrigued by the strange familiarity of the voice.He was sure he had heard it before but was not able to recollect.
He asked Vineet in a friendly manner who that caller was.
"Woh..Annie hain..meri hone wali..." Vineet stopped as Bharath entered the room.
Amar understood and could now connect to the big smile that bloomed on Vineet's face when the call came.
In the next few hours,they talked about the stakes they were to hold in their new joint venture and finalised on the details.Vineet had then taken them to his favourite food court for lunch.All the time he was smiling and joking in stark contrast to Bharath who sat stone faced as if smiling was considered a crime.Amar's heart pained when he saw both of them.
Amar told him about his family.Vineet had told about his.About how he grew up in Annie's house as their fathers were childhood friends and also business partners.Vineet and Annie were also friends since childhood and both of them understood each other well.So their parents have decided to get them married .He also told him that Annie took an active part in her father's business.She Might even work with him in this project as she was comming there the next day.
Later when they returned to office they decided on the staff who would work with them in this project and the engineers were selected.The new Office cabins were setup for the Khurana Co.It was a tiresome day all in all and by the time they wrapped up things it was already dark.Three of them bid eachother a good nigt and good luck.Bharath and Vineet left the room while Amar stayed back to attend a call.
Amar was about to step out after the call,when he noticed a wallet lying on the floor.He could not figure out whom it belonged to.He opened it to find some card for its identification.
He smiled seeing the picture inside.." Bharat !! Ill give it to him at home.." He stared at the picture again and felt that there was something strange about that picture.
He was about to reach the elevator when Vineet came back dashing past him.
Amar caught him by his arm and asked him what was he running for.
"I've dropped my wallet somewhere.."
He immediately saw the wallet in Amar's hand.." Thats mine..Thanx" he stretched his hand to take it.
Amar pulled his hand back confused and said " No Vineet..this is Bharath's wallet.."
Vineet had taken it from his hand by now and opened it to check whose it was. He smiled at the picture inside and turned to show it to Amar.
"see..this is my wallet" he said pointing at the picture.
Amar stood rooted to the spot,thousand explosions going on in his head.He now understood why that voice sounded so familiar and now he knew whom it belonged to.Unable to say anything he pointed at the picture as if asking who that was.
"oh..thats my Annie..Ananya Shergill.." Vineet beamed.
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Precap:
"But Bhai..it is my decision..I like Vinnie.." She stopped and Blushed a little at her boldness.
"But im upset about it..I feel as if i have lost to Bharath....At last he got what he wanted and i did not..Ill go to Singh mansion and get it back for you"
"Vinnie..relax..There is nothing like loosing..why are you taking it so personally? my payal may be with that Hitler but im still with you" Ananya hugged him hoping that would calm him down.
Edited by lilyattitude - 16 years ago