Part 2
Next day she woke up in a comfortable bed with a severe headache. She didn't know why her head is hurting like this. She looks around herself.
She is in her own room.
She tries to remember what happened last night, but she doesn't remember anything except that she was at the disco and the last thing she remember is she had a drink. And the realisation hits her hard.
"OHHH SHITTT!!!! That guy, he put something in my drink." She say to herself as if saying it out loud can help her remember the last night.
But it doesn't help. She doesn't remember anything.
"Ohh God!!! Why don't i remember anything?" she looks at her clothes. She is wearing her night suit. "How did I get home???" she asked herself.
"Your dad brought you home." A voice answered her question. She looked up to see her mother standing at the door with an angry expression on her face.
"Maa..." she tried but Rano stopped her by putting a hand in front of her face.
"Bas Geet. Bas. Bohat ho gaya. Arre hamne kya nahin kiya tere liye? Tujh pe kitna vishwas kiya. Kyaa isiliye? Ke tu is tarah se haemin dhokha de?"
"Par maa, meri is mein koi galti nahin hai. Maine kuch nahin kiya." She started crying.
"Kuch nahin kiya?! Tujhe kya lagta hai geet, ke kal raat ke baad hum tujh pe kabhi vishwas karenge?"
"Maa lekin kal raat aisa hua kya hai?? Maa mujhe kuch bhi yaad nahin hai. Please tell me what happened last night."
"Geet, are you serious?!" rano asked her sarcastically. "You don't remember anything? How can you geet?!!! Your dad find you with a guy in a drunken state. Unpar kya beeti hogi, yeh main achhi tarah se samajh sakti hoon." Rano is really hurt and there is pain visible on her face--pain of her husband being embarrassed in front of his own values and culture due to his own daughter.
"Tumne hamari parvarish ko sharminda kar diya geet! Tumne ye saabit kar diya, ke bade bazurg jab kehte the ke ladkiyon ko baandh ke rakhna chahiye, to woh sahi kehte the. Why did you do this geet??? I trusted you so much geet. I always took your side. And you deceived me! Tu ek ladke ke saath...chhee chhee chhee!! Mujhe to kehte huye bhi sharam aa rahi hai."
"par maa...please mujhe bataayiye ke kal raat aakhir huwa kya. Main ghar kaise aayi??please maa. Please mujhe bataayiye." She begged rano. She was already feeling like dying thinking what might have happened last night and on top of that in what condition her father has found her.
Geet thinks "Ohh babaji!! Please waisa kuch na hua ho, jaisa main is waqt soch rahi hoon."
Rano begin telling her. "Last night when you didn't come home till half past midnight, your dad and I was very worried for you. Your dad called your principal..."
FLASHBACK
Mohinderlal on the phone. "Hello, Can i talk to Principal Hong."
--"Hello principal Hong. This is Mohinderlal Handa, Geet handa's father. Sorry to disturb you this late, but geet hasn't returned from the study group till now. So i was really worried..."
--"Whattt??? There was no study group today??" realisation hit him and he disconnects the phone.
He turns towards Rano. Rano has never seen her husband so angry.
"Rano, Geet kahan hai??"
Rano is really scared. "J-J-Ji w-w-woh..." she stammers.
"RANO!!" he screams making rano jump in fear. "Maine poochha geet kahan hai??"
Rano is on the verge of tears. "J-J-Ji woh--a-a-apne, d-d-doston ke saath, d-d-d-d-disco gayi hai"
Mohinderlal was expecting something like this. But after listening to rano's words he felt betrayed and defeated. His only daughter--scrambled his values under her feet and lied to him. His wife--took his daughter's side and ditched him and lied to him. Betrayal turned into anger.
He asked rano in controlled anger "which disco?"
"N-N-Night Heaven"
He picked up the car keys from the key holder and walks out.
When he reaches the disco, he finds a guy trying to take off Geet's dress's strap down. And geet was not in her self. She was drunk. He wished he had died before seeing such a sight of her daughter.
"Geeet!!!!" he screams.
Geet tries to open her eyes to see who has called her name and saw her father standing few feet away from her.
Mohinderlal holds the collar of the guy's shirt and punches him on his face. As the guy was already drunk, he fainted with only one punch.
Mohinderlal dragged geet with him towards his car and puts her in the car and drove towards home.
Geet closed her eyes in the car and dozed off. At reaching home, mohinder picks geet up and puts her in her bed. Rano changed her clothes and puts her night suit on.
Geet is in tears but silently thanked babaji that nothing of the sort happened as she was thinking.
Geet tried "I'm sorry Maa. I'm really very sorry. I know aap donon pe kya beeti hogi. Par maa, sach mein is mein meri koi galti nahin thi. Us ladke ne meri drink mein kuch mila diya tha..."
Rano had enough. So she cut her out.
"Geet, teri galti nahin hai? Kyaa us ladke ne zabardasti tujhe woh drink pilayi thi? Nahin naa? To tu yeh kaise keh sakti hai ke teri galti nahin thi?"
Geet realises her mistake. She cursed herself for going out last night. She cursed herself for even talking to that guy. She cursed herself for drinking that drink.
Rano was about to leave when geet asks "maa, where is dad?"
"Pata nahin. Kuch kaam se bahar gaye hain."
Rano leaves and geet sat there wishing that she could turn the time to yesterday, when everything was so perfect. Her parents had trust in her. They were not embarrassed because of her. She cursed herself for being the worst daughter in the world. She prays "babaji! Please sab kuch pehle jaisa kar do. Please!!"
She gets up and goes to the washroom to take a shower. She stood under the shower, crying silently, letting all the bad thoughts drown with water and her tears. She wished she can take away the last night from her life. But wish as she may, reality is always bigger than wishes...
She changed into a white churidaar suit and goes out of her room. She saw her father sitting on the sofa talking to her mother.
Geet tried to talk to him and apologise.
"D-D-D-D-D-Dad, I'm--" geet stammered.
But mohinderlal didn't let her finish and said to Rano.
"Rano, she would not go to college from today onwards."
Geet felt tears making her throat heavy. She cant believe that her father has just punished her so severly. She knew her dad loves her very much and this such big punishment for such a small fault!! She cant take it..
"But dad--" she tried to confront him.
But mohinder lal doesn't listen to her and said to Rano "Aur aaj sham ko ladke wale geet ko dekhne aa rahe hain, tayaar kar dena ise."
Geet couldn't believe her ears. She thought 'did i just heard what I thought I heard??'
'did dad just said that some ladka is coming to see me!! As in MARRIAGE????? I cant believe this. I might have heard wrong. Dad is not heartless. He will listen to me. I will make him listen to me. Yes! I have to. I don't want to marry some random guy. Actually, I don't want to marry at all. How can I?! When I love---- No geet. Dont think about that. I promised myself I wont think about that.' Her thoughts were running fast.
"Dad i don't want to get marr--" she tried looking frustrated.
But mohinderlal didn't let her finish the word 'married' and shouted "GEEET!!!"
Just one word and geet was mum. Geet was very scared of her father's anger.
Geet started walking towards her room, crying. She heard mohinderlal saying to rano "make sure they like her. Not a single mistake..."
Geet didn't heard anymore. She doesn't want to listen anymore. In one minute, all her future, her career, her dreams, her life is shattered before her eyes. And she couldn't do anything! She cant go against her father. She was so scared of her fathers anger that if he'll ask her angrily to jump from 30 storey building, she will. Without even giving it a second thought.
but she cant marry someone. Someone she doesn't even know. Suddenly an idea struck her. She wiped her tears and said to herself. "Yes!! When that guy will talk to me in private, I'll tell him my problem. But I'll tell him not to tell my dad. Yes!!" she smiled at her foolproof plan.
IN THE EVENING
Geet was confident. She was happy with her plan. Rano enters her room.
"Geet. They are here. Lets go."
Rano takes geet outside. Geet saw a guy sitting on the sofa with his back towards her. She moves towards him.
Mohinderlal is sitting in front of the guy with his face towards geet. He saw geet. "Come geet." He says to the guy "this is my daughter Geet."
The guy stands up and slowly faces geet.
"Hello Geet.."
Geet's eyes popped open in shock. Her mind stopped working. She can't believe that HE is standing in front of her.
She said in her mind 'no babaji! This cant be happening to me...please tell me I'm sleeping'
She mouthed the word "MAAN??!!"
And then she faints...
Edited by jazzdh - 12 years ago
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