PART - 1
DAY time,busy streets and cars running in some kind of marathon when i saw her first. A very high speed car was going to hit her and she was walking like a zombie,ignoring her surroundings. I thought she might do some effeort to protect herself but i was wrong. She walking in her lane, and in her tune. Her face was gloomed,eyes were dead.
"beeep.." A sharp sound and she came back in her senses might be. Not because of the sound but because i pulled her to me,to save her. Car ran away and she was staring me like i am a alien or commit some crime by saving her.
"di you ok?" one girl came in a pace and he put her on her feet. "di you ok na? Where are you going?" She was worried and her sound ensured how much.
"Pari..." he called her.
Hearing a familiar voice she turned to a man who just save her sister. "Maan thank you so much." she hugged him to show gratitude. "i cant express in words what would i do if you dont came on time." her hands still trembling with fear.
"i thought you are in India and who is she?" Maan's eyes lingered on that innocent face who still stand unaware about any thing. She was not less then a living dead body.
"Maan she is my cousion sister Geet. We arrived monday morning. I brought her here for outing... Any ways thanks once again. I will catch you later." Pari dont want to talk in front of Geet so she made an esacpe with her. "chale di?" she asked and Geet only nods in yes. No sound coming from her.
Both walked away. She vanished from my sight but not from my mind. There is something more i her silence and dead eyes which pulling me towards her. Sudden curiousity enriched inside me what was happened to her which made her like this? Or it was the effect of new place. May be i am over thinking. May be she felt lonely in the cold atmosphere of Canada. May be... But this preduictions definitely not the answers of my queries. I too moved from the place with the memories of this incident but i am curious. After coming from office i a made call to Pari. My best and only close friend. We like each other. I love spending time with her. Since the day we become friends we always hang out,when ever we got time from our busy schedule.
Maan invite her for dinner. Pari first hesitate to leave Geet alone in this new place but when Maan insist she cant resist her self and agreed. She do all the arrangements for Geet before leaving for dinner.both met at the place and start talking.
"tume wapis aaye do dinn ho gaye and you dont even bother to inform me." Maan complaints.
"i am sorry Maan. I want to but wo di ko lekar itna tensed hu..." pari apolozise and told him about her problem.
"you mean Geet? Pari you never told me about her before and now suddenly you brought her here. Is any thing wrong with her? I mean when i saw her in the morning,i found her sad and life less. Correct me if i am wrong." Maan finally asked what he wants to know. Her dead eyes piercing his soul.
"no Maan you guessed right. Di is my maternal uncle's only daugter. I m not very much in contact with my cousions who lived in India. You know i was born here and never visit India. Bas kabhi kabhi di se baat ho jati thi. But not much. Two years ago di was married to a military man. On the day of marriage he got an emergency call. Dev jeeju left di on their first night as country needs him more. Her in laws took her with them. Though that atmosphere was new but her in laws aint bad. They were treating her good. Then..." she turn silent. Her throat choked.
"then what?" Maan's eyes narrowed.
"then we got a news that jeeju died on the duty. Di ki mehandi b nahi suki thi and she lost every thing in a swift moment. After his death his family's behaviour towards Di changed over a night. They not only start cursing her but treating her like some animal. Sinister keh a bulate the Di ko." her eyes turn wet and made Maan's heart squeezed. Maan raised a tissue and she wiped off her tears before they rolled out. "six months tak Di beared their torture and then our relative came to know about this. He informed mamaji about all and mamji brought her back with him. But the person he brought with him was not Di. She was like the way you noticed her,so mamaji called me. I brought her here. May be new place me she will to forget her past." Pari told him everything.
"Disgusting. How can they blame her for their son's death." His instinct told him that some thing happened with that girl but after hearing the truth his heart ached for her. Unknowingly her pain effects him badly.
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