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"itni si baat ke liye thappad mara? Woh toh accha hua ke woh humare acche dost hain, warna itna accha customer haath se chala jaata... aage se yeh sab nahi chalega... maine pehle din hi kaha tha, jaisa nolte hain, waisa karo... tumse nahi hota, toh kisi aur ko rakhloonga... "
And before Niru could say something, albela stormed out of the room. And Niru decided what she had to do next. She decided to quit the job...
"jaake bol doongi us albela ko, nahi karni hai aisi naukri, jahan hume do waqt ke khaane ke liye, apnio izzat gawani ho..."
Little did she know what was waiting next for her...
She packed their stuff in the bags. She had decided she would not work in such a place. Today albela had just spoken that she should be ready to do what is told to her. What if he actually meant it? What if she had to go to satisfy another man's lust against her will?No, she would not do such a thing...
She took her baba and went downstairs, outside the building to a bus stop with her luggage...
"Baba aap yahin par beithke humara intezar karna... hum albelaji se baat karke aate hain... phir hum dono kahin aur jayenge..."
"lekin hum kahan jayenge? Us sharda jaisi dikhne wali chudail ke ghar? Main nahi aa raha hoon..."
"nahin baba, hum wahan nahi jayenge... kahin aur challenge.. acchhi jagah hai..."she lied to him. She had not yet thought about where they would go after she quit working in albela's hotel... all she knew at the moment was that she wanted to quit the job.
She went inside the building to albela's chamber. He was all red in anger. He had buried his head in his hands and was leaning on a table...
"albelaji, hum yeh naukri chodna chahte hain... hume yahan kaam nahi karna hai... hum kahin aur naukri doondh lenge..."
Albela's eyes shot up red.
"kya kaha niruji?"
"hume yahan kaam nahi karna hai... hum jaana chahte hain..."
Albela cooled down. He smiled at her.
"agar aap mujhse gussa hokar jaa rahi hain toh 'I'm Sorry' lekin please mat jaao niruji..."
"nahi hum yahn pe kaam nahi karna chahte hain... hume bas jaane dijiye. Ine din aapne hume sahara diya, naukri di, rehne ke liye ghar, uske liye dhanyawad... lekin ab hume jaane dijiye..."
Albela smiled. "accha thik hai... chale jayiye... lekin umeed hai aap hume yaad rakhenge..." Niru was relieved. She smiled... albela walked her to the door.
Just when she was about to go, he held her hand and pulled her inside, latched the door and switched on some loud and cheap music... Niru was shocked... before she could understand anything happening, he dragged her and pushed her on the couch.
"woh kya hain na niruji, aapko hume yaad karna hai, toh kuch yaadien bhi toh chahiye na?" he held her arms hard and said "aapko doosre aadmi ke sath nahi jaana than a, koi baat nahi, aap mere saath chaliye... kisi ko maloom nahi hoga ki hum dono yahan kamre mein kya kar rahe hain... isiliye humne acche mood ke liye music bhi chalu kiya..."
Niru struggled to get out of his hold... she then looked at the door in shock... "aap??"
When albela turned around to see who was it, she pushed him with all force and ran outside. "aye, bewakoof banati hai? Ab tujhe koi nahi bacha sakta... ruk..."
She ran outside the building on the streets... just when she was about to get hit by a truck, a man pulled her off the road and they landed on a nearby bench... he looked at her, she was beautiful... and innocent... and sweet... and scared???
"woh aadmi, bachao..." she said between breaths as she pointed to albela...
Albela saw the man. "aye hatt, meri aur meri item ke beech nahi aane ka, samjha... nahi toh itna dhounga, ke tere chehre ka color udh jayega..."
The next thing that albela knew was he was lying flat on the ground, with blood oozing from his mouth, his hands and legs ached after he was beaten up by that man. He could not even speak. He was in a terrible condition and needed medical help at the earliest before he was to be put behind bars for harassing women at the hotel... But he swore that he would seek revenge from that man as well as his item, Nirupama...
"Thank you... aapne hume us aadmi se bacha liya, aur humare baba ko bhi humare paas lekar aaye... dhanyawad..." she thanked him whole-heartedly...
"arrey nahi, aap mujhe sharminda kar rahi hain... waise mera naam SarjeRao Bhosle hai. Aap mujhe sarja bula sakti hain. Aur aapka naam kya hai? Aur aap is tarah se bhaag kyun rahi thi?"
Niru told him her name and her entire story as the three of them were having tea at a nearby tea stall.
"Oh... toh ab aap kya karengi Niru? Matlab, aap kahan rahengi? Aur naukri??"
"woh toh abhi tak socha nahi. Itna sab kuch achanak se... humne kabhi socha bhi nahi tha ke hume yeh din dekhna padega... bewajah humare baba bhi is musibat mein padh gaye. Akeli hoti, toh bhi sambhalti... lekin baba..." she was about to burst out into tears.
"aap royiye mat. Dekhiye, mera dost hai. Acchi jagah kaam karta hai. Coffe shop hai. Aap chahe toh main ussey baat karun?"
Niru was blank. She had already trusted albela blindly, and now this man... why would he help her and her baba without any motive?
"aapko kuch chahiye, koi shart ho toh pehle hi bol dijiye. Us aadmi par bharosa karke humne galti ki. Aap kyun hamari madad karna chahte hain?"
"aapki jagah koi aur insaan hota, toh bhi hum uski madad karte... aap chinta na karein. Mera dost bahut achha hai. Aap kahein toh main ussey baat karun?"
Niru thought for a while. She hesitated but then, she had no other option.
"thik hai, lekin jo bhi shart ho, pehle hi bol dijiye..."
"haan ek shart hai" he said with a serious look. "aapko humara dost banna padega... manzoor hai toh thik hai, hum aapki madad karenge. Aur agar aapko manzoor nahi, toh bhi hum aapki mada karenge..."
Niru laughed at his approach. He looked at her laughing. She was beautiful indeed. He came out of the trance and said "toh main, haan samjhoon?"
Niru nodded her head... "thik hai main use abhi phone lagata hoon.."
He called up his friend... "kaisa hai re tu? accha sun, ek ladki hai, nirupama, naukri ki zarurat hai... tu apne maalik se baat karega? Oh... achha accha thik hai... haan... thik hai..."
He looked sad after he dropped the call... he looked at her and shook his head in a NO... Niru was also disappointed.
"arrey aap itna sad kyun hai? Main mazak kar raha hoon. Abhi ek ghante mein aapko us shop ke paas jaana hai, woh maalik tumse milega aur phir decide karega ke tumhe naukri mili hai ya nahi..."
Niru was glad. "jee hum jayenge... thank you sarja... aur haan... FRIENDS???" she said as she forwarded her hand. He shook hands and said "FRIENDS..." with a bright smile...
All the three went near the coffee shop at 5.30pm.
"woh raha mera dost" sarja said as he pointed out to a guy coming outside the shop.
The guy came and greeted them...
"yeh hai pakkya, aur pakkya, yeh nirupama hai aur yeh uske baba.." sarja said as he introduced them to his friend...Sarja told pakkya about Niru and her past and the reason behind why she wanted a job and why she quit her previous job...
"Namaste niruji. Boss ander hi hain. Main jaake bolta hoon ke aap aayi hain. Jab main kahun, tab ander aa jayiye..."
"jee" she said. pakkya ran into the shop to inform his boss...
"sir woh, jis ladki ke bare mein maine thodi dair pehle baat ki thi... sir woh aa gayi..."
"accha? Thik hai.. usey ander aane ko kaho... Lekin tum us ladki ko kaise jaante ho? Rishtedar hai? Ya phir???" his boss joked with him..
"kya sir? Aap bhi na.. woh ladki mere dost ki dost hai..."
The boss turned tolook at him...he raised a brow and asked him in a teasing tone... "accha??"
"haan sir. Woh mera dost hai na, sarja, uski dost hai.."
At the mention of sarja's name, the boss looked up.
"sarja???" "haan sir, sarja.. sarjerao bhonsle..."
The boss was stunned. After these many years, he couldn't believe that he was actually hearing that name. Meanwhile the phone rang.. and the boss picked up the call...
"Deshmukh's cafe... ji haan, main chandrakant deshmukh hi bol raha hoon.. woh biscuits ke order ka kya hua, maine us waqt bhi call kiya tha.. jee thik hai, main pakkya naam ke aadmi ko bhej raha hoon. Uske haaton biscuits ka order bhijwa dijiya.. thik hai..." saying this, the boss, chandrakant deshmukh, fondly known as chandu, dropped the call...
"pakkya, us ladki ko kaho ke usey naukri mil gayi...mujhse milne ki zarurat nahi..." chandu said with a serious note in his tone...
"sir, bina usey dekhey?? Sir aap..."
"mujhe tujhpar bharosa hai pakkya... tumhe apna employee kam, dost zyada maantha hoon... abhi us ladki se kaho ke woh kal time par kaam pe aa jaye... aur haan, iss address pe jaake order bhi collect karna..." he said as he handed a slip of paper to paakiya...
pakkya was more than happy... "thank you sir... aapne us ladki ko naukri di. Mera dost bahut khush hoga.. thank you sir"
" koi baat nahi... abhi jaao.." chandu said as he smiled.
pakkya ran out to tell this news to sarja, and as he told sarja and Niru that she had got her job, they were very happy...
"chinta mat karo Niru, chandu sir bahut acchhe hain, warna aaj kal ke zamane mein kaun bina jaan- pehchaan ke naukri deta hai? Tum bas time pe pahunch jana, chandu sir daantege nahi, lekin pehle din par late pahunchogi toh acchha nahi lagega na? Aur Mumbai ka traffic, tum jaanti ho na!!!"
"thank you pakkya ji, main kal thik 9 baje pahunch jaaungi... aap fikar mat kijiye... shikayat ka ek mauka nahi doongi..." Niru said with happiness and gratitude...
Sarja was also happy to see Niru happy...
"abhi main jaata hoon, order collect karna hai..." pakkya said to sarja...
"arrey sun.. thanks yaar.." sarja said and hugged pakkya.. "tu bhi na... waise yeh Niru?? Chakkar kya hai???" he said in a teasing note while hugged him back...
Sarja just punched him playfully and said "bas dost hai..."
"haan haan, abhi tak toh dost hai..." saying this, Pakkya left... Sarja walked upto Niru and her baba and started talking something.
And just as all this joy was being celebrated outside, chandu walked upto the glass door of his cafe to see this... he saw sarja laughing with happiness as he spoke to Niru..
"so sarja, i finally meet you personally. Tum mujhe bhool gaye hoge par main nahi... main kuch bhi nahi bhoola hoon. har baat ka badla lena hai mujhe...yeh khushi ab bahut dino tak nahi rehnewali... i promise you that..."
He smiled as he looked at Niru
"mujhe aisa kyun lag raha hai ke main iss ladki se pehle mil chukka hoon... lekin yaad nahi aa raha ke kahan par..."
He then realized he had been smiling for quite a long time... his smile soon turned into a frown... then as the past events flashed before his eyes, he straightened his face and went back to his seat. He opened the drawer and removed a photo frame from it. It was a picture of a girl who was almost in her early twenties... he brushed his fingers over her picture and said to himself.
"tumhare saath jo kuch bhi hua, uska badla main lekar rahunga, sneha... toh kya hua agar sarjerao ko us waqt saza nahi mili? Usey us gunah ki saza ab milegi. Main usey saza doonga.. tumhe insaaf milega..."
And as he wiped off the tears from his eyes, he kept the picture frame back in the drawer and smiled to himself, as he thought about how he would punish sarja for his deeds which he did 4 yrs back!!!
I know, i know, flashback again... but its kinda important to know the past, isn't it? Wel, do read and comment, as it means a lot to me since it helps me improve...
Edited by dezma - 14 years ago
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