chapter--6
gaurav looked suspiciously at her... he didnt trust her... how cud he.. her behavior was so strange...
heer looked at him... probably she guessed wat he was thinking... she repeated---hamara yakeen kijiye.. hum sach keh rahe hain.... aap hamara yakeen kyun nhi kar rahe hain... aap kisiko batana mat... hume sirf kuch din ke liye chipne ki jagah chahiye.. bas kuch din.. fir hum khud chale jayenge yahan se...
gaurav---kya bakwas kar rahi ho? main tumhe yahan kaise jagah de sakta hu.. main khud is mahal mein sirf ek guest hu.. ek tourist... yeh jagah mera thodi na hain....
heer folded her hands and took a step towards him---aap samajh nhi rahe hain... aapko kuch karne ki zaroorat nhi hain... aap bas kisiko bataiye mat....
gaurav ran his fingers into his hair.. he didnt know wat to do....
heer---aap nhi batayenge na? she took another careful step towards him,her eyes welled up in tears.. her hands folded... he felt sorry for her....
gaurav---umm.... thk hain main dekhta hu.... par tum rahogi kahan?
heer---kyun? itna bara mahal hain... hum kahin bhi chip jayenge....
gaurav---nhi.. aisa thodi na ho sakta hain.. tum ek kam karo... tum aao mere sath....
he took her hand... bt she released herself gently.... gaurav looked at her...she avoided his gaze and looked down--aap chaliye..hum thk hain....
gaurav--aao....
he opened the door and looked around... there was noone in the corridor... and it was quite likely as both of the caretakers were probably in bed by then.....
he signalled for her to follow him.. she obeyed... he took her to the end of the corridor...towards THAT room... according to him...it was the best place for her to hide as even the caretakers used to avoid the room,god knows for wat reason....
thankfully,gaurav had the keys of the room.. he needed them for his work purposes... he unlocked the door and went inside.... turning back,he saw that heer was standing at the doorway,her face had become all white.....
gaurav smiled---darne ki koi zaroorat nhi hain... yahan kuch nhi hain... andar aao... yahan lights bhi hain.....
heer---aapko kisne kaha ki hume dar lag raha hain?
gaurav's smile became broader,he felt lil amused at her behavior... somehow she was afraid...bt she wudnt admit it....---aao....
heer stepped inside the room slowly..... gaurav switched on the lights.... the room was originally in dark wen he had first visited it that night.. bt then he had told the caretaker that he needed the room for his work so he had cleaned it up and had arranged for electricity....
gaurav---yahan koi nhi ata....agar main bahar se ye darwaza band kar du to kisiko pata nhi chalega ki tum yahan ho.... aur jabtak main yahan par hu.. tum yahan reh sakti ho...uske baad..tumhe apna rasta dhund lena hoga....
he turned at her...bt to his surprise...she was not at all listening to him.... she was looking around the room in such a manner as if she had reached her own place....her eyes were sparkling with tears....
gaurav--Heer...!!!
she almost jumped up---haan?
gaurav-- tum sun rahi ho?
heer---hum...wo.....nhi...wo..hum.... she started stammering....
gaurav sighed---thk hai....main keh raha tha ki yahan koi nhi ata...aur jabtak main yahan hu,tum is kamre mein reh sakti ho....aur....
heer stopped him in between---aap chinta mat kijiye,hum yahan reh sakenge.... she paused and then smiled for the frst time,a vry pretty smile---shukriya...!!!
gaurav smiled back----aapna khayal rakhna... main waqt pe waqt aya karunga....
heer--ji....
gaurav---kal subah milte hain..... he left the room and locked the door frm outside so that noone cud guess anythng.... for once he had thot of leaving the door open bt then he decided that he wud rather lock it..... for the girl's safety.....
on reaching his own room,he heaved a sigh of relief and laughed at himself for being such a fool in the last two nights.....
he said to himself---thnak god.. wo koi bhutni nhi thi...warna mera to band baj jata.... gaurav tum bhut wut mein kab se yakeen karne lage? whew...!!!!
he jumped on his bed..stretched his hands and feet...and prepared himself for a giant sleep.....
bt there in that lonely room...heer sat on the cold stone floor,her knees wrapped against her chest, silently weeping...... she was nt crying becoz she was afraid....or lonely..... her tears were different.... she knew that she had reached her destination at last.... bt she had lost her aim....
rage boiled inside her..... she stood up,wiped her tears and said to herself in a hissing voice--- hume use dhundna hoga.....dhundna hi hoga use...usne hamare babusa ka hatya ki hain....hume use dhundkar use khatam karna hi hoga.... ye hamara wachan hain.....RAJKUMARI HEERA KI.........
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