||Better Late Than Never||CHAP 8 new on pg 36 *New - Page 11

Uday went inside with Unnati. He was still thinking about Manyata. Suddenly, out of nothing his face started to glow. He rushed into his room. Unnati stood there processing the changes in her brother.

Unnati was sitting in the living room when she saw Uday suddenly rushing down the stairs. He ran out. Unnati hurriedly got up and went to the window. Outside, she saw a few men standing. They handed over a bag to Uday. Unnati just couldn't understand anything! Her brother was taking a bag from people she never knew and according to her, her brother never knew! What was going on, what was he cooking?

Uday hurriedly came inside. Without even looking at Unnati he ran inside. "Wait dada" she said firmly closing down the book in her hands. She went near him and said "ye sab kya hain dada? Wo log kaun the? Kya hain is bag me?" she said as she pointed towards the bag. He could see the doubt, the curiosity on her face. Uday turned away as he knew he couldn't hide anything from his sister. "Chhoti, ye tumhare matlab ki baat nahi hain. Please tum isme mat aayo." Unnati held him by his arm. Her fingers barely covering half the circumference of his huge arms. Still, she managed to turn him around. "dada please, ye aap kya kar rahe hain. Please hume bata dijiye. It's so weird and doubtful!!" she exclaimed holding him. He brisked off her hands from his shoulders and said "Chhoti, tumhara humpe vishwas hain ki nahi" she nodded in yes, "then please, bharosa rakho, hum kuch galat nahi kr rahe" He said. She melted at his hard convincing gaze and let her hands loose on him. He went ahead, up in his room.

At dinner, Unnati noticed that her dada ate a bit more than what he usually ate. He was always up-to-date in his diet. She figured the reason out for this to be his happiness.

"dada, ye aapko kya ho raha hain?? Manyata ne itna change laya aap me? Ya fir aapke dil ne? kaun the wo log, aap kya karne ja rahe hain? Dada, yaad rakhiye, hum aapki behen hain. Jarur pata lagwayenge ye sab kya hain." She thought to herself and went to her room.

Come morning. Unnati was ready and she came out and sat at the table as usual for breakfast. She ordered one of the servants to call her dad n bro. then the servants informed that Uday had already left. Unnati helplessly rested her head on the table.

"Udayveer!" Jaggat was surprised to find his senior at his doorstep. "yaar andar aane de, sab samjhate hain."

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It was 'the' day. Every alternate day, the ladies in chawl had to go down at the tap, to fill water. "Lo agayee Rajkumari Manyata. Oh sarry sarry!! YUVRAANI MANYATA!!!" said Kantabai as Manyata came holding 'handas' in her hand. She gave all the ladies a wild berth. "huh' humare mooh se paani cheen leti hain" Manyata gave a wild berth to the Kantabai. "Areh e paplet (pomfret), khudko kya badi heroine samajhti hain? Tu kya kam sardard hain is chawl keliye?" said a raging Manyata. "tu mereko kya boli? Paplet? Areh tu to macchar hain macchar! Sabke khoon choosti rehti hain!" said Kanta matching Manyata's tone. "hhaaww!! Mujhe macchar kaha! Mujhe! Teri ye jurrat (himmat). Aisa kiska khoon piya hain maine?" Manyata took a big leap coming near Kanta. "hunh! Dekho kaun pooch raha hain! Areh hum sabka jeena haram kardiya hain! Us Akash pr tu mujhe taras aata hain!" Kanta said. "tujhe Akash ki kyun itni padi hain? Ek aur baat kaan khol kar sunle. Mere personal life me dakhalandaji karneka koi haq nahi hain! Tu usse door reh!" Manyata said pointing her index finger towards her. "hunh, mereko aur kaam nahi hain kya? Tere life main mujhe koi intrest nahi hain! Aur janane ki koi jarurat bhi nahi hain. Pata hain usme kya chal raha hoga, us udaybeer ke saath koi lafda kar rahi huogi. Chutiya kahika"

*SLAP* Manyata's hand went hard on her cheeks. Till now the chawl ppl weren't paying any attention as such quarrels between Manyata n Kanta were normal. But the slap, it was for the first time n matter of *OMG*! All leaving there work stood at their places to see the tamasha.

"bas' bahot bol liya tumne. Tum mujh pr utar rahi thi, tb tak ki baat me samajh sakti hu. Pr tu Uday pe ja rahi hain? Ye me kabhi bardaash nahi karungi. Samjhi? Adab se naam le uska, wo kya tere chachera bhai nahi hain jo tu use udaybeer udaybeer karke bulaye. Wo Yuvraaj Udayveer Singh hain! Aur tune use gaali dene ki himmat kaise ki" she said as she pressed Kanta's arm between her fingers. "oh yeah right, tera mooh sirf gaali dene keliye bana hain! Na jane tune kitni giri hui aurat hain! Akhir girgit apna asli rang kitne din chupa ke rakhega haan nahi toh. Tu to nark me sadegi. Uday ki taraf nazar uthake dekhna bhi mat. Teri utni aukat nahi hain. Insanonki parakh hi nahi hain tujhe. Us jaise nekh insaan ko gali dete hui sharam nahi aayi, juban atki nahi? Areh jee karta hain teri ye laplapane wali juban hi kat doo han nahi toh" she barked at her. In the whole mohalla, there was only Manyata's voice. Otherwise there was pin drop silence. Manyata left her arm. On Kanta's arm there were red marks of Manyata's fingers. Manyata angrily went and dropped her 'handas' down on the ground and filled them up with the gushing water.

She picked up her handas n went ahead. She came and stopped before Kanta. Abruptly Manyata raised her hand and Kanta covered her cheek, closed her eyes n looked away expecting a hard blow. For some time, nothing came her way, so she opened her eyes only to see Manyata near the stairs n people silently laughing at her. "Moniya ki bacchi! Yaad rakhiyo, ye tujhe bhaari padne wala hain! Nahi teri izat utar kr tujh mooh dikhane layak nahi rakha to mera naam bhi Kantabai nahi. HAAN NAHI TOH" she registered it in her mind.

Unknown to the whole crowed, there was a person out of the chawl witnessing the row. "oops, maja agaya" the person said to himself and walked ahead, inside the chawl.

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*ding dong* went Manyata's door bell. An angry Manyata came and opened the door. "kya hain?" she said to a man who looked like a salesman. "deviji namashkar. Actually hume Akash ji ne bulaya hain. Aapka refrigerator repair karne keliye" the salesman said. "hain? Akash ne to mujhe aise kisike bare me nahi bataya tha. Nai fridge repair karwane ki koi jarurat nahi hain" she said closing the door. "rukiye" he said and explained to her in some way that it was necessary to repair her refrigerator. Unknown to them, two pairs of eyes (mind u two, matlab do log) were noting what was going to happen next.

She made way for him to enter. Manyata went inside first and he followed her. She was just going to open the fridge when he held her hand tightly and pinned her to the wall.

His touch was sending tingles over her body, but she controlled. She let her senses took over her "kutte, kamine, sand, chutiye, nalayak besharm haramzade, ladki ko tang karte huye sharam nahi aati." she said and tried to take a bite of his hand. She struggled but wasn't able to free herself. He was just looking at her and his lips curled up into a smirk.

"aww' itni galiya kahase seekhti ho princess?" he said to her coming even closer to her. Now Manyata took the pains of looking at his face neatly. Noticing her doing the thing, he threw of his 'accessories' aside.

"O teri Uday??" she said as she touched his hand. "ab tumbhi giri hui hogayee princess. ' Yuvraaj Udayveer Singh ' ko gaali di. Juban nahi atki?" he said still smirking. It clicked to Manyata that these words were used by her sometime before. She looked at him at bit her tongue. "wait a second, tumhe ye sab kaise pata?" after a while she said "oh shit, tum chawl me kya kr rahe ho? Tune seriously sab sun liya?" he laughed saying "kaan band kardete fir bhi sab sunayi deta. Kitne jor jor se humara jai jaikar kar rahi thi." She joined him in laughing and said, "tum yaha kaise, I mean why?" he became a bit serious "tumhari yaad arahi thi."

M: offo, me to kal hi ayi thi na?

U: isiliye to itni yaad arahi thi.

M: tum mujhe bulalete.

U: kyun me yaha nahi asakta?

M: aisa nahi hain pr' accha chalo thik hain! Aye to aye! Tum baitho yahan. Kuch khane keliye chahiye? Mujhe thore kaam karne hain.

U: nai, khane keliye kuch nahi chahiye. Waise kya kaam hain?

M: bartan aur kapde dhone hain.

U: what if I help u?

M: nope. Plz. Let it be. Main kar loongi

U:please na, thorisi help.

She looked at him hopelessly. "Accha chal, me ab tujhe jaise batayungi waise hi kr" she told him as they proceeded near the sink. "dekho, main tumhe bartan dhoke dungi. Tum use lightly pochdo aur katori, plates aur chamach alag alag karke rakhdo. Ok?" she asked him and he nodded in yes.

The team effort was going nicely and soon Manyata finished with her vessels n likewise Uday helped her in washing clothes

He was really enjoying doing all these works and wished his life could have been so simple like this. He felt the reason that Manyata must be loving to live here because of the simplicity might be.

Soon they were having lunch together. Suddenly, the door bell rang. "ab is waqt kaun ho sakta hain?" Thought Manyata. Uday went inside, in the bedroom as he could not let anybody know that he was there.

Manyata went ahead and opened the door. "Akash" she nearly screamed.

Now a huge big problem was at the door for Uday and her!

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Ok guys, so here we come to the end of second chapter. How was it? Hope u enjoyed it! Sorry if I disappointed you! I never meant to do so!

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