'Haan mein abhi vasu aunty se baat karke aa raha ho. vasu aunty ne ragini ko job se nahi nikaala!'
'What i don't understand, lekin jab mein bahir aya tho mom...' Ranvir said
'Woh ragini ko sirf warn kar rahi thi. Patha hai teri wajah se yeh important contract humare haath se jaa saktha tha aur vasu aunty ne usko zimedaar tehraya.' Explained alekh.
Ranvir didn't know what to say. He just looked at alekh confused.
'Phir ragini ne...' Ranvir managed to say
'Usne jo bhi kaha apne khosh mein kaha. Tujhe niche dikhaane ke liye nahi. Woh bohat khudaar ladki hai ranvir. Naukri gavade gi lekin apni izzat kabhi nahi beche gi.' Said alekh
Ranvir sat on his bed; he was feeling slightly guilty, only slightly.
'Yaar woh ek middle class family se hai. Is kism ki cheese usko bohat affect karthi hai. Woh ye job sirf apne parivaar ke liye kar rahi thi. Ye job uski majboori hai aur yaar tune uski majboori ka fyda uthaya. Woh yeh kabhi nahi bhool paygi.' Said alekh
Ranvir sat on his bed in silence. alekh left his room leaving Ranvir in deep thoughts. He was feeling guilty now, very guilty.
'Mom ne usko nahi nikaala woh khud...' thought Ranvir to himself.
Meanwhile ragini had reached her house. She went into her room, threw her handbag and fell on her bed crying. She was deeply hurt. This job meant alot to her but not more than her self respect. She didn't know what to do, she was too drained out. She eventually fell asleep crying reflecting on all the happenings of today.
Whilst Ranvir there was still in his own thoughts. He couldn't stop thinking about alekh's words
"vasu aunty ne usko nahi nikaala!" alekh's words echoed in ranvir's ears
"aap chahthe hai na ke mein ye naukri chor do? Aapko meri shakal se nafrat hai na? Theek hai chor do gi ye naukri...waise bhi main aap jaise insaan ke saath kaam karna bhi nahi chahthi jo kisi ki izzat nahi kartha ho." ragini's words echoed in his ears.
"usne jo bhi kaha apne khosh mein kaha. Tujhe niche dikhaane ke liye nahi. Woh bohat khudaar ladki hai. Naukri gavade gi lekin apni izzat kabhi nahi beche gi."
alekh's and ragini's words kept echoing in his ears which were adding to his guilt and confusion. He covered his ears to block the sounds; he couldn't find any answers to his thoughts so finally drifted away into a deep sleep hoping everything will be back to normal tomorrow.
The next morning, Ranvir woke up quite early and decided to go to work. He reached his office at 8am. Everyone was surprised to see him there and that too so early. As he walked in everyone got up and greeted him good morning in shock. He very politely responded to their greetings and walked upto the reception desk.
'Rita, ragini ko bolo mere cabin mein aye' said Ranvir to the receptionist and was about to head to his cabin when..
'Par sir, ragini ma'am abhi thak aye nahi' she said
Ranvir stopped and remembered yesterday's happenings. He thought to himself 'kahin ragini ne sach mein naukri tho...'
'Woh 9 baje aathi hai' interuppted the receptionist before Ranvir could complete his thought.
Ranvir breathed a sigh of relief as he hoped that she'll be here after an hour.
'Okay theek hai jab woh aye mujhe bata dena' he said to the recptioinst.
'Okay sir' she said and Ranvir again started heading to his cabin when Rita called him again
'Sir...' he turned around
'What is it Rita?'
'Sir woh aap yaha pe...aur woh bhi itni jaldi?' she asked with a hint of nervousness
'Woh...' said Ranvi He thought for a bit 'woh mujhe kuch kaam tha...aur waise bhi tum kaun hothi ho mujhe poochne wali? Ye mera office hai me kab ao kab jao ise tumko koi lena dena nahi chahiye okay. Apne kaam pe dyaan do' he said getting angry
'Sorry sir' she replied
He walked off in anger and entered his cabin and sat on the leather chair.
'Mein kyun aya ho yaha pe?' he asked himself. he didn't know the answer to this question himself. 'shayad kal jo huwa...mein ragini se maaf...nahi nahi' he brushed his thoughts away 'mein use kyu maafi mango ga, meine kya kiya hai. Maafi tho usko maangni chahiye, usne mujhe thapar maara hai'. He said 'haan mein isleye office aya ho, use maafi magwane' he said trying to assure himself that that was the reason of his restlessness although he wasn't convinced.
In his thoughts he didn't realise the time until he got a call from alekh which startled him.
'Hello, kaha hai tu?' asked alekh
'Mein office mein ho yaar' said Ranvir
'Kya office mein?' asked a startled alekh
'haan woh kuch kaam tha tho socha...'
'Kaam aur tujhe aur woh bhi office mein...itni jaldi?' wah lagtha hai ragini ke thapar ka tujhe zor ka jhatka laga hai' he said giggling.
Hearing ragini's name he looked at the clock 'mein tujhse baad mein baat kartha ho alekh
'Arey par sun tho...' Ranvir disconnected the phone and from his cabin phone phoned the reception.
'Hello rita, ragini ko ander behjo.' He said
Par sir, ragini ma'am abhi thak nahi ayi.' She said'What?' he said looking at his watch. '10 baj rahe hai aur ragini abhi thak nahi ayi?' he asked
'Ji sir patha nahi, usually tho woh time pe poonch jaati hai aaj patha nahi kya hogaya' she said
'Okay' said Ranvir disappointed and put the phone down. He was feeling upset and had a hint of fear in his mind.
'What if ragini ne...' he thought.
He sat in his cabin for some more hours in deep thoughts when a phone call interrupted him.
'Hello?' he said
'Kaha ho tum Ranvir?' asked vasu
'Woh mein...abhi ghar aa raha ho mom' he said and disconnected his phone, grabbed his jacket and walked out.
The next day he again went to his office early hoping that ragini would be there today but his hopes would again break. The same routine followed for the next two days. He would go office early in the morning, wait for ragini for hours, remain in deep thoughts and then return back home disappointed in the evening.
On the fourth day he was sitting in his room thinking.
'ragini 4 din se kaam pe nahi ayi. Kahi usne sach mein tho ye job nahi chordi kya?' he wondered.
'Chor di tho chor di, tu kyu itna soch raha hai ranvir' he said to himself. 'Tu tho yehi chahtha tha na ke woh ye job chorde tho phir itna soch kyun raha hai uske bade mein...tujhe kya farak partha hai woh aye ya nahi aye'
He was trying to wrestle from his weird thoughts and feelings. He was trying to make himself understand that ragini's absence doesn't affect him, infact he was happy about it, but was he really happy? Being unsuccessful from fighting with his thoughts he decided to ask vasu about ragini. Maybe she knew about her whereabouts.
'Mom...' he said standing at the door of vasu's room. She was sitting on the chair reading a novel
'Arey Ranvir, aao na kya baat hai?' said vasu putting the book down and taking her glasses off.
'Woh...' hesitated Ranvir
'Kya?' asked vasu
'Woh mein...'
'kya baat hai ranvir kuch kehne aye the kya?'
'nahi woh..haan...woh...nahi...' he stammered nervously
'Ranvir kya huwa?'
'Nahi woh mein...mein poochne ne aya tha ke...aapki tabeeyat tho theek hai na mom' he finally managed to blurt out. He didn't know how to ask vasu about ragini. What would she think, what if she found out about what happened between Ranvir and ragini
'Meri tabeeyat?' asked vasu confused 'meri tabeeyat ko kya hona hai ranvir, tum theek tho hai na kaise sawaal pooch rahe ho'
'Nahi woh waise hi maine socha kaafi dino se aapki tabeeyat ka nahi poocha tho...'
'Huh? Main tho theek ho Ranvir lekin tum kuch theek nahi lagrahe? Sab theek tho hai na?' asked vasu
'huh? Yes mom. Im fine mujhe kya ho sakhtha im perfectly rocking.' He said trying to look normal
'Acha? Lag tho nahi raha?' she said walking upto him
'Nahi mom woh bas...'
'er ra...gi...ni...' he managed to say quietly
'arey haan..' said vasu cutting him off 'main tumhe patana hi bhool gayi. ragini ki tabeeyat theek nahi hai tho usne ek hafthe ki chothi li hai'
Ranvir felt slightly relieved; one because vasu didn't know anything that happened between them that day and two, that maybe ragini didn't quit her job. But at the same time he was getting slightly worried "ragini ki tabeet theek nahi hai" he thought.
'Ranvir...ranvir?' said vasu waving her hand in front of ranvir
'Huh?'
'Kya huwa?'
'Kuch nahi mom, kuch nahi' and he walked out of vasu's room
'Ajeeb ladka hai' thought vasu and opened her novel again.
ranvir went back to his room and started thinking...again!
'ragini ki tabeeyat theek nahi hai?' he thought.
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