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Chapter 1
It was 7am, alarm kept ringing, khushi could hear the sound of the non-stop alarm but could not open her eyes.
She moaned in her sleep "jiji please stop that sound" but it kept ringing, "please jiji make it stop" moaned again.
"khushi why did you put the alarm on for today?"
Payal came into the room and turned it off. She saw khushi moaning in her sleep. She went near her to wake her up. "what are you blabbering khushi? wake up!"
Khushi opened her eyes slowly and asked "jiji I'm sleepy, why did you wake me up?"
"khushi what were you blabbering and why did you put the alarm on?" Asked payal
Khushi sat up on the bed " alarm?" she looked at the clock and it was 7:15am "hey devi meyya, it's already 7:15, why didn't you wake me up jiji? I'll be late for work, that rakshas laad governer will shout at me jiji"
She was about to run to the bathroom, payal held her by her shoulders and shook her "what are you saying khushi? You don't work there anymore. Did you forget you gave in your resignation yesterday khushi?"
Than it hit her how she went to shantivan yesterday to give in her resignation. She slowly sat on the bed thinking of the incidents of the past few months.
Lucknow was a beautiful place, khushi loved it there. Living with her parents and jiji in a lovely small house with their sweet shop right beside it. Although she finished her degree in fashion designing, she never wanted to work, she always wanted to work with her babuji in their sweet shop. She loved making sweets and running the shop in their small neighbourhood and ofcourse she gets to eat her favorite jelebi whenever she wants. It was only because of her babuji's compulsion she did her degree.
Everything was going good in her life, she always thanked Devi meyya for that. She had lovely parents, caring sister and didn't face any hardships in life. She Always chirpy and playfull. Although they were classified as a middle class, they never faced much of financial crises. The sweet shop was going good, and after khushi working full time in sweet shop, it got better, they got lot of orders and did cater to big sweet shops and restaurants.
Then one day her beautifull world turned upside down. Her babuji got a heart attack and the docter said the only way is to have bypass surgery. It was a devastating phase of her life. Up until now, she never dealt with financial part of the shop or house. Her babuji always took care of everything. And now all of a sudden she felt blank, she didn't know what to do. But she knew she had to be strong and do everything she can to save her babuji.
She went through their account books and statements, figuring out everything. She cursed herself for not learning this sooner. Whenever her babuji told her to take care of their finance since she was a smart educated girl, she always used to say "babuji, you're there na to take care of us"
All of their savings went to the bypass surgery and other medical expenses.
Suddenly she was faced with selling their sweet shop to cover more medical expenses and their household expenses.
She never did imagine in her life that she would have to sell their sweet shop. She didn't have any other option. when she thought her life couldn't get any worse, another heartbreaking news came. Her buaji who lived in Delhi came with an agent to buy their sweet shop, but they wanted to buy her house also. She convinced her Amma for the deal and it was for a good price. It would cover their medical expenses and would have enough left to cover their living expenses for couple of months. They decided to move to Delhi with buaji.
In a matter of few days khushi's world had turned upside down.
She had to go away from the place she most loved to an unknown place. She was scared but reminded herself to be strong to take care of her family.
Khushi, even though she was the young one she was always strong minded.
Payal did her degree too but she was not as confident as khushi. She loved staying home and helping Amma with household chores and that's what she did.
It's been two weeks since they've arrived in Delhi. It was hard for few days to get to know the place. It was much crowded than their neighbourhood in lucknow. They found a good hospital for Babuji's check-ups. He was getting better.
Khushi was left with only one option which is to find work as soon as possible.
She sat beside her babuji holding his hand " don't worry babuji, I will take care of everything, you just take care of your health. I will find a good job, thank you babuji for pestering me to complete my degree" Babuji placed his hand on her head and gave her his blessing.
Everyday for the past week khushi would get up early in the morning and look up in the classified section of the newspaper, take a note of all the job listings, make an appointment and attend interviews. She would also search from walking around those big offices if there's any available jobs. To her bad luck she didn't get any offers. She would come back home exhausted and sad that she didn't find anything.
Payal always cheered her up and would her she would get a good job for sure.
It was an usual morning, she got up, took bath, had chai and started looking at the classified section. Then there she saw an ad. in AR DESIGNS for a PA post. She got excited, thanked devi meyya and got ready to leave. Her whole family gave her blessing.
She reached AR Designs and as she walked into the office, she felt a tingle in her stomach "hey Devi meyya why do I feel strange, I've been to other interviews but I've never felt anything like this before, please Devi meyya raksha karna"
She went into reception asked about the job ad she saw and to her luck she was the first one to come for that job. The receptionist gave her a weird look and asked to wait in the lounge and she will be called to be interviewed by ASR.
The office was big and well maintained, the male staffs were wearing neatly ironed shirt with tie, ladies staff were wearing modern clothes, some were wearing skirt and some were wearing dress pants. It had a high class feel to it and everyone was doing their job without much socialising unlike other offices she had seen. She felt kind of out of place because of her bright chudithar with pom poms. "the boss must be very strict, I hope he doesn't tell me to wear those kind of dresses if I get the job" thought Khushi.
Her thought was broken by two females talking about their boss
"Boss must be coming in any minute now, i hope he's in a good mood today, I have to ask him for a half day leave today." said priya
"what? You're going to ask him for a half day leave without notifying him before?! Good luck to you! I really hope he's in a good mood" said lata
Hearing that Khushi got scared, "now I hope he's in a good mood today"
While she was waiting, she saw her Devi meyya idol near the window. She went near it and offered a little prayer
"hey Devi meyya please let the boss be in a good mood today and he hires me. You know how much I need this job. Let's make a deal you make sure boss is in a good mood today and hires me and I'll make 2kg jelebi and offer it to you." than she went and sat in chair waiting to be called.
What she didnt notice was there was someone else listening to her prayer.
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I hope you liked it. Plz comment.
Buddy me if you want updates.
Chapter 1
It was 7am, alarm kept ringing, khushi could hear the sound of the non-stop alarm but could not open her eyes.
She moaned in her sleep "jiji please stop that sound" but it kept ringing, "please jiji make it stop" moaned again.
"khushi why did you put the alarm on for today?"
Payal came into the room and turned it off. She saw khushi moaning in her sleep. She went near her to wake her up. "what are you blabbering khushi? wake up!"
Khushi opened her eyes slowly and asked "jiji I'm sleepy, why did you wake me up?"
"khushi what were you blabbering and why did you put the alarm on?" Asked payal
Khushi sat up on the bed " alarm?" she looked at the clock and it was 7:15am "hey devi meyya, it's already 7:15, why didn't you wake me up jiji? I'll be late for work, that rakshas laad governer will shout at me jiji"
She was about to run to the bathroom, payal held her by her shoulders and shook her "what are you saying khushi? You don't work there anymore. Did you forget you gave in your resignation yesterday khushi?"
Than it hit her how she went to shantivan yesterday to give in her resignation. She slowly sat on the bed thinking of the incidents of the past few months.
Lucknow was a beautiful place, khushi loved it there. Living with her parents and jiji in a lovely small house with their sweet shop right beside it. Although she finished her degree in fashion designing, she never wanted to work, she always wanted to work with her babuji in their sweet shop. She loved making sweets and running the shop in their small neighbourhood and ofcourse she gets to eat her favorite jelebi whenever she wants. It was only because of her babuji's compulsion she did her degree.
Everything was going good in her life, she always thanked Devi meyya for that. She had lovely parents, caring sister and didn't face any hardships in life. She Always chirpy and playfull. Although they were classified as a middle class, they never faced much of financial crises. The sweet shop was going good, and after khushi working full time in sweet shop, it got better, they got lot of orders and did cater to big sweet shops and restaurants.
Then one day her beautifull world turned upside down. Her babuji got a heart attack and the docter said the only way is to have bypass surgery. It was a devastating phase of her life. Up until now, she never dealt with financial part of the shop or house. Her babuji always took care of everything. And now all of a sudden she felt blank, she didn't know what to do. But she knew she had to be strong and do everything she can to save her babuji.
She went through their account books and statements, figuring out everything. She cursed herself for not learning this sooner. Whenever her babuji told her to take care of their finance since she was a smart educated girl, she always used to say "babuji, you're there na to take care of us"
All of their savings went to the bypass surgery and other medical expenses.
Suddenly she was faced with selling their sweet shop to cover more medical expenses and their household expenses.
She never did imagine in her life that she would have to sell their sweet shop. She didn't have any other option. when she thought her life couldn't get any worse, another heartbreaking news came. Her buaji who lived in Delhi came with an agent to buy their sweet shop, but they wanted to buy her house also. She convinced her Amma for the deal and it was for a good price. It would cover their medical expenses and would have enough left to cover their living expenses for couple of months. They decided to move to Delhi with buaji.
In a matter of few days khushi's world had turned upside down.
She had to go away from the place she most loved to an unknown place. She was scared but reminded herself to be strong to take care of her family.
Khushi, even though she was the young one she was always strong minded.
Payal did her degree too but she was not as confident as khushi. She loved staying home and helping Amma with household chores and that's what she did.
It's been two weeks since they've arrived in Delhi. It was hard for few days to get to know the place. It was much crowded than their neighbourhood in lucknow. They found a good hospital for Babuji's check-ups. He was getting better.
Khushi was left with only one option which is to find work as soon as possible.
She sat beside her babuji holding his hand " don't worry babuji, I will take care of everything, you just take care of your health. I will find a good job, thank you babuji for pestering me to complete my degree" Babuji placed his hand on her head and gave her his blessing.
Everyday for the past week khushi would get up early in the morning and look up in the classified section of the newspaper, take a note of all the job listings, make an appointment and attend interviews. She would also search from walking around those big offices if there's any available jobs. To her bad luck she didn't get any offers. She would come back home exhausted and sad that she didn't find anything.
Payal always cheered her up and would her she would get a good job for sure.
It was an usual morning, she got up, took bath, had chai and started looking at the classified section. Then there she saw an ad. in AR DESIGNS for a PA post. She got excited, thanked devi meyya and got ready to leave. Her whole family gave her blessing.
She reached AR Designs and as she walked into the office, she felt a tingle in her stomach "hey Devi meyya why do I feel strange, I've been to other interviews but I've never felt anything like this before, please Devi meyya raksha karna"
She went into reception asked about the job ad she saw and to her luck she was the first one to come for that job. The receptionist gave her a weird look and asked to wait in the lounge and she will be called to be interviewed by ASR.
The office was big and well maintained, the male staffs were wearing neatly ironed shirt with tie, ladies staff were wearing modern clothes, some were wearing skirt and some were wearing dress pants. It had a high class feel to it and everyone was doing their job without much socialising unlike other offices she had seen. She felt kind of out of place because of her bright chudithar with pom poms. "the boss must be very strict, I hope he doesn't tell me to wear those kind of dresses if I get the job" thought Khushi.
Her thought was broken by two females talking about their boss
"Boss must be coming in any minute now, i hope he's in a good mood today, I have to ask him for a half day leave today." said priya
"what? You're going to ask him for a half day leave without notifying him before?! Good luck to you! I really hope he's in a good mood" said lata
Hearing that Khushi got scared, "now I hope he's in a good mood today"
While she was waiting, she saw her Devi meyya idol near the window. She went near it and offered a little prayer
"hey Devi meyya please let the boss be in a good mood today and he hires me. You know how much I need this job. Let's make a deal you make sure boss is in a good mood today and hires me and I'll make 2kg jelebi and offer it to you." than she went and sat in chair waiting to be called.
What she didnt notice was there was someone else listening to her prayer.
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I hope you liked it. Plz comment.
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