The Strange Truth
"Moniya, what did you just do?", her fingers were securely clasping the dupatta which Moniya left while eloping from the award ceremony to Akash's surprise birthday party.
Unnati was scared, was helpless. She was worried because she was uninformed of this part of the plan and she was worried for her dada, her support, her everything. She prayed to God and again dialed Moniya's number. The engaged tone followed. Unnati felt a flash of blue and saw it going upstairs, "Dada!!", she hissed and followed.
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Uday was pacing the terrace of his hotel like an angry lion and was dialing numbers in his blackberry. He was about to speak when he saw Unnati gazing him with furrowed eyebrows. He disconnected the call and made his way towards her,
"Where is she Choti?"
Unnati has never witnessed her dada shooting daggers at her till date. He never raised his voice, an unspoken royal rule in his life. Unnati had no idea a calm voice with deathly glare can have such effect on her. She shuttered , " I.. I don't k..know"
"Jhoot", he spat out.
"Sach mein nai pata dada", her voice barely audible.
"Tum apne dada se jhoot bol rahi ho Unnati? Uss Manyata k liye?", he accused.
The accusation somehow pierced Unnati's heart. It pained and somehow she felt like rebelling a bit with him. "Aapko kya parwa? For you She is just a key to Devgarh", she accused back and that stupefied him with shock.
"Tum apne dada k khilaf ja rahi ho Unnati? You are accusing me?"
"Galat nahi bol rahe hum" her voice firm. Uday turned wide eyed as she continued. "Ha humne unki madad ki. Kyunki hum nahi chahte k ape k nek dil insaan ka aise fayda uthaye."
"Unnati!!!", he interrupted , but she continued.
"Aap unko apne fayda k liye unke har sachchai se dur kar rahe hai. Woh ek rajkumari hai , is bat mein jitni sachchai hai, woh kisiki Moniya bhi hai. Woh ek rajkumari ho k bhi unki Moniya kyun nahi reh sakti dada?? Aap sirf apne liye sochte ho. You are a selfish person dada"
"Unnati!! Zabaan samhalke", his voice grew dangerous.
"Zabaan kholne mein bhi apne majboor kiya hai dada!", she spat back.
"Why don't you want her to be friends with her old friends? Why does Chikki, Soni, Akash's relation with her affect you?"
"Nothing affects me Choti", his breath turned shallow as if trying to calm his temper down.
"It does affect. Atleast Akash does"
"No he doesn't."
"He does dada, hum jante hai apko, boliye na dada he affects you right?"., she persuaded him.
"YES he does", Udayveer, the Prince at last shouted and vented out the deep stored secret. " I love Manyata, isiliye he affects."
Unnati 's face was white with shock with sudden revelation of truth by her dada "what?", she whispered.
"Ha choti, hum Manyata se bohot pyaar karte hai", he confessed looking at Unnati who was too engrossed to answer.
"Tumhe yeh hi lagta hai na k hum selfish hai, sirf ek kingdom k liye yeh sab kar raha hai? Then tell me kya hum paanch saal k umar mein bhi apne fayde k liye unko chot pohchaye they, unka chot dekhke roye they, aur unke liye dawai laye they?"
"I could have got the estate through the other sister also. I will get that estate by hook or by crook, but you should know, what I feel for her has nothing to do with it. Whenever I see that Majnu, humara khoon khawl uthta hai, I don't understand, usme kya hai, jo hum mein nahin? Manyata can smile, laugh share sweet nothings with him but not me? Hum unke zindagi mein pehle se they, woh majnu nahin. I cant loose my one and only best friend to him…", he stopped his determined speech to her when he saw his sister smiling to him.
"Tum has kyon rahi ho?", he questioned.
"Hum apko to yehi feel karwana chahte they dada k ap unse mohabbat karte hai. Isiliye hi to hum Moniya, I mean Manyata ka saath de rahe they ."
"Matlab?", he asked confused.
"Matlab chodiye dada, khushi ki khabar to yeh hai ki ap Manyata se pyaar karte hai."
Udayveer, THE Prince Udayveer was in loss of words at his choti's confrontation but finally when realization dawned upon him he again turned angry.
"What have you done choti??? Do you have any idea apne Manyata ko bhagake kitni badi musibaat mod le li?"
"But dada, I did not help her in eloping, believe me", Unnati confessed.
"O My God Choti, humara yeh hotel to shehar k bahar hai , wo to aise hi bhaag gayi without taking any car. Yaha ussey ek bhi car nahi milegi.. Gawd!!! Its so late, how is she managing, kya ho raha hai…." He kept on blabbaring until Unnati stopped him.
"Dada relax woh mil jayegi"
"Kaise kare hum relax choti… she's alone.. she…", his sentence was interrupted by a call.
"Hello?"
"Oye Udayveer!!!"
Uday heard her voice from the other side and felf a rush of relief seeping through his veins. It was too much for him to handle.
"Manyata .. manyata aap kaha hai?"
"Bolne to de… mein hotel ke bahar jo pehla PCO hai waha se bol rahi hoon. Idhaar na koi taxi hai, na koi rikshaw. Chal chal k mera pair dard ho gaya hai. Jaldi aake mujhe le ja aur sun kuch lete aana thand lag rahi hai."
Uday stood with the phone fixed to his ear not realizing that it is disconnected. He was brought out of his reverie with Unnati's nudge.
"Dada kya hua? It was Manyata right?"
"She is 5 kms away from the hotel. She wants me to bring her back. I should go." And he fastened his steps. Taking few steps he stopped and turned. "Seal your lips choti. Humara yeh secret tum kisiko nahi bataogi, Manyata ko bhi nahin.Promise?", Unnati nodded her head in agreement and Uday turned away. He turned back again and grabbed the duppata from her hand. "Manyata ko thand lag rahi hai", he marched off.
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