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Chapter 18
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THREE YEARS AFTER ANAMIKA WENT MISSING
Location: XYZ Society, Peddar Road, Mumbai
Dr. Meera Ahuja was talking to Parvati Chopra (Pari),"Pari, when are you going to Delhi to finally live with your cousins?"
"Very soon. Do you want to send anything for Vicky Bhai?"
"No nothing." Meera said blushing.
Just then their door bell rang. Meera opened the door to find an attractive woman in her late twenties with two toddlers and Riddhima. Seeing Riddhima, Meera went and hugged her saying, "Ridz, how are you? Long time no see!"
"Meera can I please come in we have two cranky toddlers with us. Then I'll answer your twenty questions."
"Ya, ya sure please come in."
"This is my flatmate cum friend, Parvati Chopra or Pari for short." Meera introduced.
"This is Dr. Anamika Singh and her twin toddlers - Abhimanyu or 'Manu' for short
and Yamini or 'Mini' for short. They live in US and are US citizens."
After everyone was settled with their teas or coffees and the toddlers were fed and made to sleep on sofa near Anamika, Riddhima started talking, "Meers, yeh hai Dr. Anamika Singh jinhei Yogsanjeevani Hospitals ne naye cardiologist ke roop mein appoint kiya hai." (Meers this is Dr. Anamika Singh who has been appointed as one of the new cardiologist in Yogsanjeevani Hospitals.)
"Oh toh woh aap hi Dr. Singh hain jo hummei San Fracisco se join kar rahi hain." (Oh! So you are the Dr. Singh who is joining us from San Fracisco.)
"Ji!" (Yes!)
"Meers she needs a place to stay so I thought about you as your flatmate is moving out."
"Yes Dr. Singh is most welcome to stay with me but will the apartment be big enough for two small toddlers?"
"Dr. Ahuja, aap chinta matt kariye hum manage kar lenge. Aap kitna rent chahti hain?" (Dr. Ahuja, please don't worry. We will manage! How much will the rent be?)
"Pehli baat abb hum saat rahenge toh itni formality ki zarurat nahi. Please call me Meera." (Now that we are going to stay together, lets be informal.)
"Toh aap mujhe Anamika bula sakti hain yaa "Anna" jo aap chahen!" (You call me Anamika or "Anna" ,whichever you prefer.)
"Anna, I love your dressing style. US ki toh dresses ki fitting kaa jawaab nahin!" Pari said admiring Geet's outfit.
"Thank you Pari!"
"Anna, please don't get me wrong, where is your husband, I mean toddlers father?"
"Meera..."
"Nahi bhabhi, mai jawaab doongi. Meera sach yeh hai ki bacchon ke pitah ne meri sirf maang bhari thee. Aur US mein baarish ki thaand se bachane ke liye hummein ek raat saath guzaarni padhi aur uska saboot mere bacche hain. Agar yeh sach jaan kar aap humein apne ghar mein nahi rehne dena chahti toh theek hai mai kaheen aur intezaam karlongi. Bass aap se itni guzaarish hai ki hospital mein iss baare mein kissi ko patta naa chale. Kyunki Bhaarat main ek bin byaahi maa kaa jeena kitna mushkil hai mai jaanti hoon!" (No Riddhima, I'll answer! The truth is this Meera that the children's father filled my parting. After that we got caught in rain and to prevent ourselves from hypothermia we came close. These children are a proof of that. Now if after knowing the truth you don't want to rent me your apartment, I'll understand! I'll make some other arrangements! I only have one humble request that please don't tell anyone about this in hospital. Because I know how difficult is the life for an unmarried woman in India!) Geet said with tears in her eyes!
"Anna, don't worry Yogsanjeevani Hospitals, jo Khurana Hospitals ka owned hospital hai, its not this old fashioned. Nana, Nani, Mama, Mami, Maan bhai and Vicky bhai are very modern!"(Anna, don't worry Yogsanjeevani Hospitals, which is owned by Khurana Hospitals, is not this old fashioned. Grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, Maan bhai and Vicky bhai are very modern!)
"Pari tum kinke baare mei baat kar rahi ho?" (Pari, whom are you talking about?) Geet asked petrified if what she heard and what she is thinking could be true.
"Mera matlab hai Thakur Amardeep, Savitri Devi, Ramnathji, Janaki Mami, Maan Singh and Vicky Singh Khurana!"
Geet would have fainted if Riddhima would not have caught her in time. Riddhima whispered in Geet's ears,"Calm down Anamika if you want to keep your secret hidden!"
Geet tried controlling her emotions when Meera said, "I'll get some water!"
After making Geet sit on the sofa and saying that Geet is suffering from jet lag, Riddhima tried to take out some information subtly from Pari, "Oh so Khuranas own this hospitals are the same Khuranas who have Construction business?"
"Yah, yah the same one. Actually I'm moving in with them as my Mom passed away a month back and Mumbai reminds me of our happy times!"
"Pari can we request you not to mention Anna's story to anyone not even your family as it may effect her professional competence." Riddhima requested.
"Yes don't worry I understand!"
Location: Yogsanjeevani (Khurana) Hospitals, Mumbai
Today is Anamika's first day at Yogsanjeevani Hospitals. She is a little apprehensive about what will she do if she meets one of the Khuranas?? She cannot resign from this job as with the twins that to being at age of "terrible two" it will difficult to move in such quick succession hence she decided to cross the bridge i.e. think about Khuranas when she meets them. Slowly Geet's apprehension reduced and she got into the day to day functioning of hospital life.
Past three years trained her a lot in San Francisco. Under the guidance of renowed Dr. Shashank Gupta. First she started as an assistant doctor to Dr. Shashank Gupta in surgery that was as long as her health allowed. Then when her babies started growing and she started getting heavier she moved to just diagonosing and consulting patients pre and post surgery. Dr. Shashank Gupta was very impressed by her diagonosis as often her prediction were more correct than the Cardiologist who had been on his team for 7-10yrs. Her delivery time approached and she was forced to stay at home. Then after twins were six months old she rejoined the rigorous routine but didn't undertake any surgery even a minor surgery. Once twins become a year old she started undertaking surgeries initially minor surgeries with being assisted by her professors; then solo minor surgeries; and later surgeries of meduim complexities!
Geet was very lonely when she arrived in San Francisco. Her delicate physical health also prevented her from vigorous medical assignments. She was fighting her loneliness when she suddenly one fine day she banged into an Indian girl, Shakti. She had lost her parents back home and her funds for staying in US were stopped leaving her distraught.
Seeing Shakti she remembered Rajji a lot so she asked Shakti to stay with her, thereby reducing financial strain for accomodation and food on Shakti. As the girl was a bright student she was studying on scholarship thereby her academic fees were taken care! Shakti stayed with Geet for eighteen months and those eighteen months Geet felt as if her Rajji is staying with her. It was Geet's Babaji's grace that Shakti had stayed with Geet for 18months. Eight months before twins birth and ten months after twins birth. Since Shakti started living with Geet, Geet felt she is staying with her family and not a stranger. Apartment she was staying was owned by Dr. Shashank Gupta, and hence she got indirect security in form of Dr. Shashank Gupta. But being self respecting girl that Geet was she refused to stay in the apartment unless her Shashank Sir took rent from her. Shakti also gained a family and security in form of Geet. Shakti left Geet only when she got married to a youngman whom she loved.
Once Shakti left her part timer baby sitter became full time baby sitter to look after twins when she was at work. Mrs. White was an middle aged woman like Rosie aunty. Mrs. White was all alone. She was a widow and her son's didn't want her with them. In initial stages Geet missed Maan and Ayush a lot and would cry herself to sleep. But once Shakti moved in she also relaxed and tried thinking ahead about her to be born baby. But her missing of Maan didn't decrease, it felt as if her heart is being pierced with a thorn!
During the three years in San Francisco, there was not a day, night or free time when Geet didn't miss Maan. There were times when she just wanted to pick up her phone and call Maan and tell him about the twins but her maternal love came in the way. She became selfish and felt that if Maan came to know about twins he will want Geet and twins back. Although she had told Maan that she doesn't consider his filling Geet's parting as marriage but Geet was a traditional and knew importance of filling an unmarried Hindu girl's hair parting (Maang bharna). She neither could live with Maan in a loveless marriage nor let Maan take her children away from her. But one day, three months after twins birth, she could not control herself and went to a public booth and called Maan on his mobile. She heard Maan's "Hello, Hello, HELLO!", but her voice refused to come out and she quitely disconnected the phone making her realise her inadequacy! A week after the call to Maan and after three years of working in San Francisco, when Dr. Shashank Gupta and Dr. Neil spoke about this opening in Mumbai she was hesistant. But the two senior doctor's said that it will be beneficial for the twins and her. Geet did want twins to see India which she had missed out showing Ayush when he was alive! Hence, she decided that she will work in Mumbai till her children start formal schooling. Once they start Grade 1 she will move back to US. Geet's heart wanted to visit Golden Temple in Amritsar but brain was against it. Geet's returning to her motherland showed how much her native country is changed in these past 10yrs.
Location: Khurana Mansion, New Delhi
Three years have passed but Maan has not seen his wife and his child (Maybe!). It looks as if Geet has vanished from the face of earth. But one good came out of this chaos that finally Thakur Amardeep & Savitri Devi have moved back to Khurana Mansion. Since Thakur Amardeep came to know that Maan has filled Geet's maang he is at peace that finally Geet is daughter-in-law of Khurana Khandaan. Geet may or maynot consider this as a marriage but Khurana's do and for them Geet is Maan's wife now! Maan still remembers when they had recieved Maan's favourite flavour of chocolate cake in Khurana Mansion eight months after Geet went missing saying, "To the best Papa in the world, MAAN!"
Everyone was hell confused till Thakur Amardeep started dancing with joy,"Mennu cake khilaao, mai Par Dada bann gaya!" (Feed me cake. I have become a great grandfather!)
Three months later i.e. a year after Geet went missing, Maan had got a blank phone call from US . Despite of his answering "Hello, Hello, HELLO!", he got no response. Maan immediately asked his PI to trace the phone call and only information they found was that it was from a public phone in San Francisco. Maan's again search went down in vain just like he was unable to trace who had got the cake delivered.
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