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Chapter Six (B) They walked the way inside silently. Mayank reflected on what passed between the two that day and very firmly decided that he need not speak sugar-coated words with her, he wanted her to know and accept who he was. However he knew she liked the superficial side of him more!
While Nupur had thoughts regardless of this subject, another man and exceedingly melancholic thoughts had taken over her as they reached the entrance after which, only she was allowed to proceed.
'This is it, Nupur.' He said, bringing her out of the reverie.
'It is," she replied. 'Thank you, for everything.' She added.
'You're welcome.' He said solemnly.
For about five minutes, they stood there and silence prevailed again however he quite easily made out her changed mood and thoughts. Not only could he read the strong-headed lady's mind but he could very well understand that there definitely was a reason behind her being so. He had witnessed the childish and fragile side of her as well during her and her sister's stay at Ambala and was quite certain and intrigued beyond words to discover the truth that she managed to hide really well.
Breaking his own chain of thoughts, Mayank glanced at his wristwatch and realized he was getting late. He quickly bowed and bid farewell to her before vanishing into thin air. Nupur stood there itself, trying to make out what made him leave so fast. She had forgotten that he mentioned to her about the meeting as she had a lot bombarding her head already. The vain man is back in action, she thought and passed the terminal to board the bus which took the passengers to the aircraft.
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Gunjan's extremely stretched long and tiring day ended with a coffee on the couch with a book. It had been plenty of days and weeks and months that she had even thought of reading one, because she did not get the time to, lately. And yet again, her peaceful me time was disturbed by her ringing cell phone and she was forced to pick it up. The number flashing on the screen wasn't known.
'Hello, who's this?' she questioned.
'Suhaani this side, Gunjan," she mouthed. 'How have you been?'
'Oh! Hi, Suhaani! I am perfectly alright. How are you?'
'Well enough. Since we are leaving for Mumbai day after, we've organized a small get-together for our entire new acquaintance. And we're hoping to see all of you tomorrow at seven in the evening.'
'Sure.'
And she hung up, abruptly. She met Samrat only a while ago, how come he didn't even mention about his leaving the city. Gunjan was absolutely disheartened and lost all possible hopes of his returning, ever!
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Nupur was back home, after a long and tiring day. She left at six in the morning and arrived at ten at night looking more exhausted than ever. Though, she felt as glum as she felt a few hours back, she was more bothered and frightened of being bugged up by Uday Bakshi, again!
And to her poor and ill fate, he only welcomed her in opening the door.
'Good gracious! Look at your hair, Nupur. They need adjustment, badly!' he said, looking disgusted. 'I believe, a lady reflects the best out of her with a proper appearance.' He continued.
'Uday, I think this can be done later. What do you think?' Dia joined the one-sided conversation.
He replied with a nod toward Dia while she whispered, 'You go to your room, I'll handle him.'
Dia appeared like a life-saver to Nupur and without wasting anymore time, she headed to her room straightaway. As soon as she entered the room, she could feel something was wrong, for Gunjan never slept before cleaning the room whereas that day, she slept without even changing into her night-dress. She neglected the ill thoughts as she was sure, it was just her hidden pessimism taking over her but soon she found her instinct right.
She noticed Gunjan's wet pillow and swollen eye lashes, tears dried onto her cheeks and a drop still lurking. Nupur decided not to disturb her sister and made way to the balcony. She sat heavily at the bench there and kept her cell phone on the table in front. Looking at the picture, she placed on her lap of hers, Gunjan's and a guy's about their age she wept. She cried all along, not wanting to stop. In between her sobs, she smiled remembering the guy. In between her sobs, she cursed herself for the repercussion she was dealing with after he left. She cried bitterly, she held the picture to her chest and cried, and cried all night.
As usual, Gunjan woke up first in the morning and struggled in the bed. She felt like her head would burst open of the pain. She could barely see as her eyelids just wouldn't open when she noticed Nupur lying in the chair like a clay dummy with her head titled toward the left.
Gunjan ran up to her irrespective of her own situation and was horrified after she witnessed her sister in that dreadful a state. Nupur lied their motionlessly with her eyes wide open. Her hair actually needed adjustment and the kohl in her eyes had messed up, big time. She dint seem to realize Gunjan's presence and kept staring the railing like before.
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In the living room, at seven in the morning Samrat was very much up and held a glass of whiskey in his hand.
'Have you been drinking all night?' Suhaani asked in disbelief, getting seated on the couch.
'Something like that," he replied in a whisper. 'I don't wanna go.'
'We've had many discussions over this, bhai. We're going and that's final! Don't you understand, she and you aren't meant to be?'
'I understand, but you get this clear in your head ' I am not gonna attend the get-together tonight. I'm leaving right away and I don't wanna see any of you.' He declared and slammed the door of his room real hard.
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Edited by -Kanky- - 14 years ago
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