Part 36
He took a deep breath like he knew his path through the darkness. He turned to look at her. She had dossed for sitting in that position. He took the blanket from the cupboard & wrapped her & slowly helped to slide into a comfortable sleeping posture, marking the first comfort in her life. It would have been a natural tendency to seek warmth & cuddle up. But she had tuned her self so harshly that even the warmth she refused to accept. Even in her deepest of sleep she just laid there not seeking his warmth, not crawling into his lap. It just gave him the glimpse of the extent to which he would have to go to undo his sins. A lone tear escaped his eyes seeing her comfortable on that floor in the cold winter in Delhi.
He left her there & went on with his daily chores. Geet woke up little latter. Meera & Dev were waiting for her with a lot of hopes. They were happy, she was with Maan the previous night & it seemed peaceful from outside. Geet changed & went to meet Daadi.
Daadi caressed her cheeks lovingly. Geet couldn't lie to her. She just hugged Daadi ma.
Daadi sighed ' u don't have to do it
Geet just hugged her tighter.
Latter in the evening Geet took blessings from Daadi. She hugged little Maanav, Meera & Dev a good buy. She wiped her tears & turned to pick her luggage, Maan carried it instead.
Maan ' challen?
She looked at him lost of words. She was bit annoyed but couldn't say anything infront of Daadi.
Meera had big grin plastered on her face as she rolled another big suitcase & handed it over to Maan.
Meera ' veerji yeh bhi
Geet gave her a confused look
meera ' mujhe se jitna huwa main ne manage kiya. Baaki sab veerji diladenge
Maan was still not very comfortable around Meera & Dev.
Geet tried to refuse
Dev immediately said ' Geet flight choot jayegi
Meera had been making Dev run crazy shopping for Geet since morning. She didn't want Geet to wear those colorless cloths anymore. She just brought as much as she could manage suits, sarees matching jewelries, bangles, anklets.. all that she could think off. She stuffed them all in the biggest suitcase she found & kept it ready to give it to her just before leaving. They knew Geet would definitely refuse.
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Their drive to airport was silent. Geet didn't say anything at home but now was not liking any of his closeness. First she thought may be he is trying to be courteous.. dropping her to airport but now he even checked in with her. He was traveling with her. ok.. she calmed herself.. fine.. he had to return to US too.. so probably. She just remained calm through out the flight.
After landing & clearing the immigration. Geet took her luggage & waited to board the bus. Maan sighed & dragged her to the parking.
Geet ' main chali javongi
he didn't utter a word. He put her luggage in his rented car & waited for her to sit. She stamped her foot angrily & got in.
Geet ' why do u have to do all this she cribbed & kept looking out of the window.
Maan drove the car to his house. Geet gave him a questioning look
he stopped the car in the drive way & started taking out the luggage
Geet ' yeh aap kya kar rahe ho?
Maan ' luggage nikal raha ha hoon
Geet ' I can see that
Maan ' phir pooch kyun rahi hoo?
Geet was fuming by now ' mera luggage kyun nikal rahen ho?
Why r u doing all this?
I told u I don't want to burden u with anything.. she almost screamed at the last sentence
Maan consciously looked around ' andar chalkin baat karen
Geet felt odd herself. She was creating a scene. Wat was wrong with her. She quietly waited until he opened the main door & settled the luggage one by one.
She held his hand when he reached to carry her luggage to the room.
Geet - mujhe samaj nahi aata aakir aap chaten kya hain
Maan looked at her ' baat merin nahi hain Geet.
Baat tumhari hain.
She narrowed her brows not following wat he was meaning
Maan sighed ' agar baat sirf merin gunahvo ki hoti tho..
he was frustrated on himself. The volcano of emotions just broke... he turned & held her.. baat tumhari hain. Tumhari zindagi ki hain
Geet jerked away angrily ' it has nothing to do with u any more
he held her arms at once in a firm grip & pinned her against the door that caught her off guard
he looked straight into her eyes ' tum mano yah na mano Geet, tumhari zindagi ki har ek phelo
har ek eshaas, har ek khushi sirf mujh se judi hain
her eyes glared back at those dark eyes which seem to fathom pain more than she could imagine.
He jerked her back.. & poked his finger on top of her heart, he didn't want to lose his temper but he was sounding definitely mad... tumhara dil chahen yah na chahen yehi sach hain
she looked at him in pain
waisen bhi tumhi ne mujhe kaha tha, tum mujhe merin kisi haaq se nahi roko ghi
he spoke softly caressing her locks away. She was taken totally a back with his words. Yes she said that.. but she expected some sanity from him, not like this force her.
Aab javo jaldi se, ek aachi biwi ki tarah merin liyen coffee banavo
her eyes just popped out in utter disbelieve.
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Edited by muskanp - 12 years ago
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