PART - 9Maan read his Dadi's dissappoint face. She saw him scaredly.'Maan...',her voice chocked in her throat in fear of coming situation.
'dekho tum pareshan mat ho main baat karta hu dadima se.i m sure wo mweri baat ko samjhengi.',He said confidently.
Both ran behind her. Dadima was sitting on a rocking chair in her room,losting in her own thought world. Maan steadily move towrds her. Geet stood near the door. He sat near Dadima and placed his hand on hers,but she snatch back her hand and turn her recented gaze.
'dadima i know apne jo b suna usse apko dhakka laga hai but pls pehle meri puri baat sunn leejiye.',Maan pleads softly.
'ab kya sunane aaye hai ap Maan? Jhoot pe jhoot ap bole ja rae hai wo b ek aisi ladki k liye jo na jane kiske bachhe ki maa banne wali hai?e,she snap back.
'pls dadima isme Geet ki koi galti nai hai.aap bina pura sach sune kisi decision pe kaise pahunch skti hai.'Maan argued but in a tender way.
'aap pls Maan pe naraz mat hoiye unki ko galti nai hai.'Geet broke her silence to defend him.
'ap to chup hi rahiye.apse to hume waise b koi umeed nai thi,lekin ye karengi aap ye b nai socha tha. Or Maan aap? Apne b humse jhoot bola hume dhoka diya.'she blamed both.
'nai Dadima aap galat samjh rai hai.mai khud apko sab kuchh sach batane wala tha.'
'kab? Bachhe k paida hone k baad? Maan pls leave me alone na to hume kuchh sunna hai or na kuchh janna hai.',she orderd bossily.
'dadima main apko bina sach bataye nai jaunga,firr chahe apka jo b faisla ho. Lekin main Geet ka sath b nai chhodunga.',Maan stood up and told her everything from the day one happned btween them. He told everyting without hiding. Dadima hear stonly. She dont react over anything. She sat silently and stare with her blank eyes. Even Maan dont get what she is thinking right now. Wheather she believed him or not. Geet trying to speak up but Maan held her hand and leave her room with her. Whole KM dipped in a gloom. Geet felt guilty. She blamed herself for this mess. Dadima too lost in her thoughts and Maan get tensend dont know what she decided for Geet. As he cant leave both. He raoming in his room and thinking about the solution of this prob. Whole night spend restlessly. Next day Dadima dont came for.bfast. Maan feed her forcily and went office coz Dadi denied to talk to anyone. Maan felt fussy. He get disturbed. Day passed very sadly for all 3. In eveng when he came and found the same dullness,his heart wrenched. As much he tries to make all happy,sit goes round up. His health himself was not well. Today he coughed too with sneezing.
'Maan apki tabiyat to kal se b zada khrab ho gai hai.',she said with a conserned.
'oh!thats all fine.no need to worry about that. Dadima ne kuchh kaha?',the more he cared about is his dadima.
She nodded no and his face turn long. He went for a change. Bot hardly eat anything. Geet gave him a medi.but he denied as he cant. Geet now feeling more guilty. When he slept on floor she came to check him. His forhead his burning with feaver. Geet immediately covered him and switch off the ac. She think for whole night and make up her mind.
Next day she wake up early i the mrng and packed her belongings to leave the KM. Before Maan awake she left the room and straight went to dadima's room. She leave letter there and moved out. Dadima come out from washroom and her eyes caught the letter. She read and find that Geet is leaving KM,forever. She also apolozise and pleads to Dadima that she forgive Maan as he he needs her most. Dadima eyes welled up and she ran outside. Geet was alredy reached to main gate,when she hears Dadima's voice. She is calling her. Geet turned and saw her coming with pace step towrds her. Geet alarmed for her as she dont want troubling her anymore. She ran towrds her to stop her,but in this her ankle twisted and she falls down. Dadima's eyes widned and she came more fastly to hold her. Geet is wincing in pain.
'ye kya kiya apne beta? Apko pata hona chahiye is halat me bhagna apke liye sai nai hai. Lag gai na apko?',Dadima scold her but politely. Geet forgot her pain and saw her affecionate eyes. How much pain she gave to this lady but forgotting everything she only cares about her.
'aunty main theek hu.'
'chup bikul chup,ek to hum aunty nai dadima hai samjhi aap or dusre app kahi nahi jayengi. Ye apka ghar hai or aap yahi rahengi.'she shut her mouth. Meanwhile Maan too came there. He saw her in pain. Dadima orderd him and he took her inside in his strong arms. Dadima quickly made kara for Maan and boiled oil for Geet. She come in their room and gave glass him to drink so may he get som relief. She sat near her anddipped her fingers in oil to gave massage to her.
'pls aunty,(she stared)i mean dadima.aap pls ye mat keejiye. Main khud kar lungi.',she felt bad and awkwrd both as this elderly woman doing massage to her twisted foot...
PRECAP- DADIMA'S DECISION.Edited by richadhami - 12 years ago
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