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Part 17
geet: ab tho bathayiye hum kaha jaa rahey hey?
maan: maa ke paas...
geet: maa ke paas?
maan: haan geet...maa ke paas...tumhe dikhane keliye...
geet looked at maan confused...
Within 10 min maan and geet reached ouskirts of the city...geet was still lost thinking about maan's words...
maan: kya soch rahe ho geet?
geet: woh...kuch nahi maan...
maan: mujhe patha hey geet...tum kya soch rahe ho...bas thodihi dher mein sab kuch tumhe maloom hoga...
After 30 min of silent journey...maan's jeep reached...a memorial garden...named...
"brindhavan"
maan: geet...hum pahunch gaye...chalo...andher chalthe hey...
geet silently got down from the jeep and followed maan...it was a beautiful place with all kind of flowers and trees...in the middle of the garden there was an orphanage...
maan went inside the orphanage...hugged each and every child...geet just kept looking at maan who was enjoying the presence of children...maan saw geet staring at him...
maan: children...dekho kaun aaya hey
All children looked at geet...and asked maan "bhaiyya yeh didi kaun hey?"
maan: didi nahi...aapka "bhabi"
All the kids came near geet and started hugging her...geet got surprised...she felt very happy...
After spending some time with kids...geet and maan came outside into the garden again...
geet: maan...aaj mujhe bahuth achcha laga...
maan smiled
geet: waise aapne kaha ki maa ke paas jaayenge...lekin
maan: hum maa ke paas hi tho aayae hey
geet stood there confused...
maan understood geet confusion...made her to sit...sat before her on knees...
maan: geet...yaha ki har phool mein...har ped me...yaha ki hawa mein...yaha ki bachon ki hasi mein...sab jaga maa hey...
patha hey geet...maa ko bachpan se phool bahuth pasand the...isliye woh khud hi yaha ek garden banaya...aur woh bachchon se ithna pyaar kartha tha ki...yeh orphanage start kiya...
jab mein 3 saal ka tha...maa beemar padgayi... ek saal baad mujhe chod ke hamesha hamesha keliye chale gayi...
daadi keh thi ki...maa ko yeh jaga bahuth pasand hey...isliye jab bhi mujhe maa yaad aathi hey...mein yaha aatha hu...mein yeh maantha hu ki maa yeha hey...
mein subha tumse kaha na ki aaj ka din special hey...
aaj mera birthday hey geet...
geet who was listening to maan's words with tears in eyes...suddenly shocked with the word "birthday"
geet: maan..aaj apka birthday hey? aap yeh baath ab mujhe batha rahe hey...
maan: calm down geet...
geet felt bad...she got disappointed as she had no idea of her husband's birthday...
geet: iam sorry maan...mein bahuth buri biwi hu...kaun sa biwi ko apna pati ka birthday date patha nahi hotha...mein ithna gadhi...duffer...
geet started abusing herself...
maan: geet...khabardhaar...tum meri geet ko dubara aise gaali dhi tho...issme uss bechari ka kya galathi hey...
geet: biwi ko patha chalna chahiye na
maan: geet...actually...i won't celebrate my birthdays...maa used to celebrate when i was young...but after that...i hated my birthday's because they remind me about my mother
hamesha iss roz mujhe bahuth dukh hotha tha...lekin iss saal pehli baar...meri zindagi mein mein kush hu...tumhari waja se...aur sirf tumhari wajah se...yeh din mere liye special hogaya...
every year i used to come here...to lighten my heart...to relieve my grief...but today...i came here to share my happiness ...with my mother...the happiness which came into my life because of u...
haan geet...aaj mera yaha aane ki wajah bhi tum ho...aaj mein maa ko apni pyaari bahu se milana chaha...isliye tumhe yaha le aya
geet felt very happy with maan's words...
geet: maan ab se hum yaha har hapthe aayenge...
maan : jho geet ne manga...woh maan kabhi bhi inkaar karsaktha hey kya? zaroor ayenge
geet smiled...
maan: chale
geet nodded saying "yes"
Both left the place ...started their journey back...
geet: maan...pitaji ke baare mein aap kuch bola nahi...
maan suddenly got angry...with sudden break he stopped the jeep...
maan: geet!!!!!!!!!...dubara tum uss ka naam mere samne math lao...samjhi...
geet: magar...
maan: geet!!!!!!!!!!!! ...tumhe samaj me nahi aatha hey kya...uska naam math lo...
maan for first time shouted at geet...geet got scared with this avatar of maan...she sat trembling in the jeep ...maan was stiil fuming in anger...tears started to flow from geet eyes...
maan looked at geet who was crying
maan (monologue): maan...yeh tumne kya kiya...geet pe chillaya...uska kya galathi thi?
usko kya patha tha? fuzul mein aaj usko rula dhiya...yeh kya hogaya mujhe...mein apne geet ko rulaya...
maan took the jeep to the side of the road...got down from jeep...stood near geet...
geet was still crying...after seeing fearful face of maan...she was not having enough courage to look into maan's face...maan noticed geet trembling...
maan: geet
geet looked at maan with tears in eyes...
maan: iam sorry geet...
geet looked down and remained silent
maan took her in his arms...moved to a lake near by...made her to sit on a near by rock...
geet sat there silently without saying a word...
maan: geet...plz mujhe maaf kardho...plz(holding ears)...
geet was silent
maan: teek hey...maaf math karo...saza dho...
geet was silent
maan: saza dho geet...lekin mujhse baath karo...mein tumhari silence bardash nahi karsaktha...plz geet...mujhse baath karo...
geet was still silent
maan: plz geet...
geet looked into maan's eyes...
geet: mujhe ghar jaana hey (tears rolling down )...
maan stood there frozen not knowing what to do...
to be continued...
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