PART 19
Maan moved away from Geet. Her big brown eyes were having some unknown effect on him. They were captivating and mesmerizing, like they spoke for themselves. And right now, he was seeing surprise mixed with confusion in those large eyes.
He moved a little far from where she was standing, and faced to look towards the river. He was struggling to control his emotions, when suddenly his eyes caught some movement near the bank.
He looked closely and found some people searching something along the river's bank. He immediately got alert. In the way they were searching the place, there was no doubt that they were the same people who did that accident earlier. They may have come back to ensure nobody escaped. Maan was hidden by some bushes, so he was not in their direct vision.
Maan now wanted to find out, who actually these people were, by whom were they sent to kill him, coz Maan had no doubt that this attack was meant for him. Even earlier, there had been some attacks on him, but he considered all this to be a part of being a businessman, and never got affected. After all, he is Maan Singh Khurana, who is not scared of anything in his life. Handling these handful of crooks were not a big deal for him. But this time it was different, it was not just him alone, Geet was also there with her and he could not risk her life. They were still in danger and he had to ensure her safety. After all it was he, whom they wanted to harm.
He saw one of the men making a call. He inched closer to him, noiselessly, moving under the cover of the bushes. He wanted to listen to his conversation.
"Boss we have thoroughly checked the place. There is no sign of anyone her. I think this time we got her"
Maan was shocked. '"HER", what does he mean by that. Woh mujhe nhi, Geet ko maarna.. par kyun? Koi Geet ko kyun maarna chayega? Aur jis tharah se yeh baat kar rha hai, isse to aisa lag rha hai, ki yeh pehali baar nhi hai jo ki inhone Geet ko maarne ki koshish ki hai. Yeh log pehale bhi.. Aisa kya kiya hai Geet ne and kaun hain yeh log. Kya Geet ko pata hai ki yeh loog uske peeche hain?"
The voice of that guy broke his thoughts.
"Nahi boss, please cool down. Humne iss baar koi galti nhi ki hai. Humne sab jagah aache se check kiya hai, aur hamare do aadmi iss waqt uss car tak, uss ladki ki dead body hi check karne gaye hain.."
But just as he spoke those words, a man, in diving suit came hushing towards the first guy and told him that they were unable to find the bodies, anywhere near the car.
Clearly the person on the other side of the line had heard it and he instantaneously started shouted, on phone at the first guy. The first guy got scared and immediately gave instructions to start a search in the jungle for the girl.
"Geet.. woh to waha aakeli.." he sprinted towards her. He saw her still standing by the tree. He rushed towards her and grabbed her by her waist. He covered her mouth and looked in her eyes, when he sensed she was shock at his sudden move and was about to scream out loud.
His one gaze was enough to silence her. She kept on looking in his eyes, getting lost in them. She didn't even realize that he was slowly moving them along the bark of the tree, hiding them from the view of the pursuers. He broke the eye contact, to check their position. The pursuers had moved a little further. He again looked towards Geet to meet her questioning eyes. He still kept his hands on her mouth, started moving his head closer to her.
Geet was already shocked by his act of grabbing her suddenly and so closely. She tried to protest, but he covered her mouth. She was already fighting to understand her emotions. There were some feelings she was feeling, which were unknown to her. He started moving closer to her. She got more scared. As his head approached her, she felt helpless and just closed her eyes, fearing his next move.
He brought his lips near her ear and whispered silently "Geet, woh log, jinhone hamara accident karne ki koshish ki thi, woh abhi bhi humme yahan jungle dhoond rhe hain"
She snapped open her eyes and her body went rigid. What was she thinking, rather what was she expecting. She could not believe herself.
He sensed the stiffening of her body and read it as her reaction due to fear of those goons. He tried assuring her, consoling her, not aware of what was actually troubling her. He pulled his face back to look back in her eyes and spoke softly.
"Geet, tum gharabao maat. Main humme safely iss jungle se nikal lunga. Tum bas mujhpe bharosa rakhna, aur mere saath saath chalna"
She was realizing the situating they were in and did not know what was going to happen to them. What if they got caught and those people again tried to kill her. She could not understand, why would someone want to kill them.
But his reassuring words made her feel a little better and she nodded her head slightly, but a little fear was still evident in her eyes. He realized that his hand was still covering her mouth and instantly removed it and looked down, feeling a little conscious himself, the way his body was pressing hers, against the tree. He moved back a little.
He again looked up and said "Chalein Geet"
She just nodded her head. He brought his hand towards her to take her hand. She looked at his hand and hesitantly put her hand in his. He grabbed her hand tightly and started moving deeper in the forest.
Music....(u'll like it more if u play this song in the background, while reading the following portion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwfCMvo19s8&ob=av3e
Ooo...
Ek sooraj nikla tha
Kuchh paara pighla tha
Ek aandhi aayi thi
Jab dil se aah nikli thi
Dil se re
They ran deeper into the forest, in a direction opposite to where those goons had gone, but one of the goons saw their retreating figures and started pursuing them.
Geet's feet caught up in something and she slipped and fell, but Maan picked her up quickly, and hid them both behind a large stone. They both were kneeling and he was holding her in his embrace, close to his chest, hiding them. When they heard those men coming closer, she got scared and grabbed his collar with her one hand and closed her eyes tightly. He sensed her fear and pulled her closer to him, tightening his hold on her. When they heard those pursuers pass by, he looked towards her face.
Dil se re dil se re
Dil se re dil se re
Dil se re
Dil to aakhir dil hai na
meethi si mushkil hai na
Piya piya
Piya piya piya na piya
Jiya jiya jiya na jiya
Dil se re
She was clutching his shirt tightly and her eyes were tightly shut, she was holding her breath. She slowly opened her eyes when she felt his hold loosening. She looked up. Their faces were very close to each other and his breadth was fanning her face. She looked into his deep eyes to find her own confusion reflecting in them. Both of them were fighting their own emotional battle, raging deep within them. Both of them had hurt hearts, a past which was painful, which made them close the gates of their hearts for forever. But what could you do when you meet that one person, who is meant to be your soul mate, how can your heart fail to recognize it, how can it fail to increase its pace for it, not crave for it, not feel its beats.
A distant rumble in bushes broke their eye lock. They got up quickly and again took a different direction. They were running, hiding behind the trees, behind stones, trying their best to make those men loose their trail.
Geet was pretty exhausted due to her near drowning experience and her wound had also started to bleed again, because of the fall. She did not have much strength left in her and had already started falling a little dizzy.
"Geet main un gundon pe nazar rakhta hun, tum bas mere peeche hi rehang aur mujhe follow karna" with that, he left her hand and went a little ahead to look at the positions of those men. He signaled Geet to follow him silently, keeping his eyes towards those men only. He moved forward, silently, assuming that Geet would be following him. Least did hi know that Geet had already given in to the exhaustion and fallen unconscious there only.
He keep on moving forwards, making sure, they were not seen by those men, but after some distance he realized something was wrong. He turned around to look at Geet, but was shocked to not find her behind him. He panicked.
Do patte patjhad ke pedon se utrey thay
Pedon ki shaakhon se utrey thay
Phir utne mausam guzre vo patte do bechaare
Phir ugne ki chaahat mein vo sehraon se guzre
Vo patte dil dil dil thay
Vo dil thay dil dil dil thay
A strong wind suddenly started blowing. He was looking for her madly, tracing back the path he had come. He could not call out her name as it may catch the attention of those men. He was fearing if they had not already found her. "Geet, tum kahan ho, please mujhe mil jaao, please" he said to himself.
Dil hai to phir dard hoga
dard hai to dil bhi hoga
Mausam guzarte rehte hain
Dil hai to phir dard hoga
dard hai to dil bhi hoga
Mausam guzarte rehte hain
Dil se dil se dil se dil se
dil se re
He saw her unconscious form lying at the roots of a tree. Dried leaves had blown over her due to the strong wind and were covering her. He rushed towards her, "Geet.." he felt a strange pain in his heart, to see her this way.
Dil hai to phir dard hoga
dard hai to dil bhi hoga
Mausam guzarte rehte hain
Dil hai to phir dard hoga
dard hai to dil bhi hoga
Mausam guzarte rehte hain
Dil se dil se dil se dil se
dil se re
He tried waking her, but she did not. His eyes fell at her wound, which was now bleeding profusely. He lifted her and supported her shoulder on his chest. He tore a long strip from her dupatta and wound it around her waist. He was just about to lift her up, he felt someone's hand over his shoulder. He left her instantly and laid her down softly. He got up and was about to turn around, when a hard punch landed forcefully on his cheek. He got a little shaken from that sudden attack.
"Aaye mister.. hamari tumse koi dushmani nhi hai. Tum bas iss ladki ko chood aur khisak le yahan se, hum tumhe kuch nhi karenge" the man threatened him.
But by then Maan Singh Khurana had already braced himself. He turned and punched that guy straight in his face, that broke his nose instantly, and he started bleeding profusely. Luckily his other companions had not come there yet. Maan started beating him. "Bata, kisne behja hai tujhe yahan Geet ko maarne ke liyia, kiske liyia kaam karte ho tum log, kyun maarna chate ho tim Geet ko" But the man didn't say anything. Maan beat him, till he became unconscious. He left him and moved towards where Geet was lying, and picked her up.
That very instant, it started raining heavily.
Maan looked towards that unconscious man.
"Isske saathi jada door nhi honge, aur aab to baarish bhi shru ho gayi, mujhe jald hi hamare liyia koi safe jagah dhoondh ni hogi"
Precap:
Maan Geet in the 'safe place' 😉
Next Part : Part 20
Financial markets and global economy
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