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CHAPTER 23
ALL THE NAMES & PLACES ARE FICTITIOUS (if any resemblance to persons & places is purely coincidental). Any royal titles, MEDICAL TERMS, MEDICAL PROCEDURES, MILITARY TERMS, MILITARY PROCEDURES, LEGAL TERMS, Punjabi terms, architectural terms, IT terms & programs, office hierachy, wedding rituals, etc. are from my imagination hence THEY ARE NOT TRUE. PLEASE DON'T BASH ME !!!!!
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Maan woke up to a pounding sound which he was unable to understand whether it was coming from his head or his suite door. He got up groggily to find himself in his birthday suit with his clothes strewn all over the floor. He haphazardly wore his shirt and trouser as the banging was increasing. Luckily he was in the Presidential Suite so no other room was there on this floor. He opened the door with difficulty and saw blurry images of his grandmother and mother on his doorstep which stunned him. After recovering from shock, he stepped aside to let them in. "Maan aapne phir sharaab pee hai?" (Maan you have again started drinking?) Dadimaa said seeing Maan's dishevelled state.
"Dadimaa, aap bilkul Anjali ki tehara baat kar rahi hai!" (Dadmaa, please don't talk like Anjali!)
"Anjali kahaan hai?" (Where is Anjali?) Sumitra asked in clipped tones.
"Apne ghar hogi aur kahaan?" (She will be at her home where else?) Maan said and hiccuped.
"Sumitra pehle iska nasha uttarte hain aur phir isse baat karenge!" (Sumitra lets first get rid of his hangover and then we will talk to him.) Dadimaa ordered.
Sumitra ordered a glass of nimboo pani for Maan. After having it he felt his eyes could focus and finally he could see his grandmother and mother clearly. "Mai jaakar naahe ke aata hoon aap breakfast order kariye!" (I'll go and have a shower while you order breakfast.)
When he reached his bedroom he finally was able to see the whole room which was looked as if it had been ransacked. His jacket, shoes, socks were lying all over the place, cushions and pillows torn and scattered on the floor, crushed flowers from flower arrangement wilted on the floor and amist all this there was a small piece of beige cloth lying on the carpet, he picked it up and looked at it. The cloth piece looked like a ripped off piece of a woman's saree blouse. Then he saw the other side of his bed's sheet crumpled and having blood stains, black marks of kaajal and something shiny next to it. But he could not remember anything that happened last night. The blood stains were proof enough that he had stolen a girl's virginity. The question was "WHO IS THE GIRL?"
After taking bath and having breakfast, Maan felt better. Now his grilling started,"Maan hum samjhe the ki paanch saal pehle hue haadse se aap kuch samjh gaye honge. Magar hum galat the!" (Maan I had thought that after the incident which happened five years back, you would have gained some sense. But I guess I was wrong.) Dadimaa said in a disappointed tone.
"Maan aap ne ek baar bhi Khurana khandaan aur Geet ki izzat he baare mei nahi socha yeh sab karne se pehle?" (Maan you never even once considered what will repercurssions be on Khurana family and Geet's honour?) Sumitra said in an accusing voice.
"Khurana Khandaan? Geet ki izzat? Is mei Geet kahaan se aa gayi hai?" (Khurana family? Geet's honour? Where does Geet come into all this?)
"Yeh tasveerein dekhiye aur bataaye ke iss se kiski izzat badhegi?" (Look at these photographs and tell me whose prestige has increased?) Dadimaa threw copy of few newspapers in front of Maan.
Maan was shocked to see Anjali and his photographs in passionate and romantic poses.
"Yeh kab hua?" (When did all this happen?)
"Maan, jhoot bolna bandh karo. Yeh kal raat Khurana Constructions ki New Branch ki Inaugration Party ki pictures hain." (Maan don't lie! These are pictures of last night at Khurana Constructions New Branch's Inaugration Party!) Sumitra said with anger.
"Magar mujhe kuch yaad kyun nahi ?" (Why don't I remember?)
"Kyunki tum sharaab ke nashe mei dhuth the. Tum jo bhi karo tumhari marzi magar agar humari Geet ki izzat yaani Khurana Khandaan ki izzat saare aam uchaali jaayegi toh hum kadapi sehan nahi karenge!" (Because you were totally drunk. I don't care what you do with your life. But I will not tolerate if society points finger at our Geet.) Dadimaa said fuming.
"Iss sab mei Geet kahaan se aagayi?" (I still don't understand how Geet is involved in all this?)
"Oh! Hum toh bhul hi gaaye, ki MD sahab ne toh apni byaahta patni ki muh dikhai bhi nahi ki hai! Sumitra isse Geet ki tasveer dekhao!" (Oh! I forget, MD Sir doesn't even know how his legally wedded wife looks? Sumitra show him Geet's photos!)
Sumitra handed him a packet and said sternly, "DEKHO!"
Maan sat on the sofa and opened the envelope and a number of photographs spilled out shocking Maan!
Before Maan could reply, Dadimaa said,"Tumhari wajeh se humari hasti-khelti pyaari laado aaj ek jeeti-jaagti zindah laash banke ghoom rahi hai. Kabhi Suzy, kabhi Anjali, kabhi Ganga, aur kabhi Gina bann kar, aapna naam aur roop badhalti hai. Tumare parivaar ke ehsaano ki keemat chuka rahi jisse woh Rahul, Dev aur Naintara, Khurana parivaar ko koi nuksaan naa paunhchaya aur hum sabka jeevan surakshit rahe!"
(Because of you our carefree, happy go lucky doll is roaming like a zombie. She is sometime Suzy, sometime Anjali, sometime Ganga, and sometime Gina, changing her identity and looks! She is repaying your family's obligation by protecting YOU and Khurana family from Rahul, Dev and Naintara's evil deeds and life threats!) Dadimaa said and finally broke down in tears!
"Maa, aap shaant ho jaaye! Maa, chaliye aaram kariye aap safar karke bahut thak gayeen hain. Maan humare liye ek kamra book karo." (Maa, calm down! Maa, come and and rest you are very tired after travelling. Maan book another room for us!)
"Kamra book karne ki kya zarurat hai Maa? Iss suite mei ek aur room hai, aap dono wahaan aaram kijiye jab tak badha kamra saaf nahi hota!" (What is the need for another room? This suite has one room, why don't you both go and rest there till the master bedroom is cleaned and made ready?) Maan said softly as he was very ashamed of his act last night.
Once Savitri Devi and Sumitra went to rest, Maan got all the newspapers and checked the torn blouse piece and the earring with photographs and got proof that he had made love to his sweetheart, no not only sweetheart but to his wife, Geet. Now he understood why Anjali or Gina's voice felt so familiar to him. Finally in true sense Maan and Geet were husband and wife. How he wished that he saw Geet's photograph before, then he would not have looked at Sameera twice and this five years seperation would never have occured? Maan now realised why world gives more importance to experience than academics. Whether its work related or family related, what our own experience teaches just theoretical knowledge cannot. His family was right about Geet and also Sameera. His elder were able to see Sameera's hollow personality which he could not. He was a fool to get smitten by the artificial physical appearance of Sameera and reject an angel like Geet.
Maan called Adi to take Gina, no Geet's mobile number. Adi said, "Sir Gina Monday se Khurana Constructions nahi aayegi kyunki usne naukari chodh di hai. Iss liye usne apna SIM badal diya hai aur uska naya number mere paas nahi hai."(Sir, Gina will no longer report for work on Monday as she has quit Khurana Constructions ! She has also changed her SIM and I don't have her new number.)
"AISE KAISE NAUKARI CHODH SAKTI HAI? KYA USNE TEEN MAHINE KA NOTICE DIYA HAI? (How can she suddenly leave the job? Has she given three months notice?) Maan thundered.
"Haan Sir! Gina ne Mr. Malhotra ko isteefa aur notice pehle hi de diya thaa. Tab tak yeh merger bhi nahi hua thaa. Mr. Malhotra ki request par usne teen ke bajaaaye chaar mahine rehne ke liye raazi hui thee!"(Yes Sir! Gina had given her resignation letter and notice to Mr. Malhotra even before this merger. It was on Mr. Malhotra's request that she agreed to stay for four months instead of three!)
"Tumhei yeh baat maloom thee?" (You were aware of this?)
"Haan Sir! Maine aapko yeh baat bataayi bhi thee. Par shayad aap bhool gaye ho kyunki uss din Mr. Malhotra ki family ne yahaan par bahut tamashaa kiya thaa! Ho sakta hai ki uss chilam-chilli mei aap ke dimaag se baat nikal gayi ho!" (Yes Sir! I had even informed you the day Mr. Malhotra's family had come and created the scene. Maybe in that chaos it slipped from your mind!)
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Edited by LM1991 - 8 years ago
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