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Chapter 19
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THREE YEARS AFTER ANAMIKA WENT MISSING
Geet may or maynot consider herself married but Khurana's do and for them Geet is Maan's wife now! Whole Khurana family is waiting for Geet and Khurana offspring's return eagerly. Three years have passed but Maan has not seen his wife and his child. After that day, every year for Maan's birthday he recieves his favourite chocolate cake and a gift from an anonymous sender, but Maan knows its from HIS MISHTY! On every 1st December Maan recieves a cake but now its a different cake every year and the family knows that this is similar to their great grandchild or grand child's birthday cake. Last year they got two cakes instead of one and of different pattern each which confused even Thakur Amardeep!
Location: Khurana Mansion, New Delhi
Today when Maan reached KM he found tense atmosphere at home. With doctors and nurses running to and fro from his Dadaji and Dadimaa's room. When he enquired from Nakul he found that his Dadaji's health has taken for worse. Maan entered his grandparents' room and he found his grandfather unconscious and his grandmother and parents looking stressed.
"Doctor sahaab, inhein kya hua hai?" (Doctor what's wrong with him?) Savitri Devi asked with tears in her eyes.
"Ma'am Thakur sahab ko jo device lagi thee woh apni jageh se hil gayi hai. Kyunki woh US mei lagi thee, hum Delhi ke doctors uske bare mei jaante nahi hain. Yaa toh aap inhein phir US le jaayiye yaa Mumbai." (Ma'am, the device which was put in your husband's blood stream has moved. As it was put in US, we the doctors in Delhi are not aware of its function and properties. That's why to get it re-positioned either you take him to US or Mumbai.)
"Mumbai??"
"Haan Sir, wahan abhi ek cardiologist US se aaye hain, Dr. A Singh. Woh Yogsanjeevani Hospital mei consult kar rahe hain." (Yes Sir, recently a cardiologist has come from US for consultation, Dr. A Singh in Yogsanjeevani Hospital.)
"Yogsanjeevani Hospital, magar...?" (Yogsanjeevani Hospital, but...)
"Doctor aap medically Dadaji ko journey ke liye ready kijiye, main Khurana Emergency Chopper ko bulaata hoon. Kal subah tak hum sab Mumbai mei honge! Dad aur Mom aap yahaan rahiye. Mai Dadaji aur Dadimaa ke saath jaata hoon." (Doctor you get my grandfather medically ready to travel, I'll organize Khurana Emergency Chopper to arrive here pronto. By tomorrow morning, we will be in Mumbai. Mom and Dad you stay here, I'll go with my grandparents!) Maan came to his MSK mode and took the decision.
"NAHI! BILKUL NAHI! Mai tumhei akele nahi jaane doongi. Yaa toh apne saath Vicky ko yaa Adi ko le jaao. Warna tumhare Dad aur mai, Bauji aur Maa ke saath jaayenge! Marzi tumhari hai!" (NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! I will not let you go alone, either you take Vicky or Adi with you. Otherwise your father and I'll will go with your grandparents. Choice is yours!) Janaki put her foot down.
Seeing this avatar of his mother which was rare, but when it came to forefront there was no reasoning with her. Maan agreed to take Vicky as his father will need Adi around.
Location: HANDA HAVELI, AMRITSAR
Meanwhile in Handa Haveli, similar situation was there as well Lala GurucharanSingh Handa suddenly collapsed after dinner. Rudra had come for his annual leave to Amritsar when it happened. "Lucky, jaa Dr. Sandhu ko bula kar laa! Beeji aap shaant ho jaayiye!" (Lucky, go and bring Dr. Sandhu. Beeji please calm down!)
Doctor came and administered an injection thereby reviving Lalaji from unconscious state. Thereby calming distraught Beeji and fuming Rudra. Once Lalaji's BP became nearing normal, he dozed off.
Dr. Sandhu then said, "Parjiyaji aur Rudra mere khayal se aap Lalaji ko Mumbai le jaao. Shyaad inka operation karna padhe." (Ma'am and Rudra, I suggest you take Lalaji to Mumbai as he may require surgery.)
"Haye oh Rabba, yeh kya kar ditta?"(Oh my God, what catastrophe is this?)
"Beeji yeh aap kya kar rahi hain? Agar aap apni himmat chodh dengi toh Daarji ko kaun sambhalegaa?" (Beeji, what are you doing? If you break down, who will handle Daarji?)
"Rudra beta, tum theek keh rahe ho. Mai Savi se poochti hoon shayad usse koi Mumbai mei accha haspataal pata ho?" (Rudra you are right. Let me call Savi, she may know a good hospital in Mumbai.)
"Beeji, agar aap chahti hain ki mai wapis Amsterdam nahi chala jaaon toh aap mere saamne Khuranas ki baat nahi karengi." (Beeji, if you don't want me to return to Holland soon, then please don't talk about Khuranas in front of me.) Jaswant quitened down. "Doctor Uncle aap koi accha hospital heart ke liye Mumbai mei jaante hain?" (Doctor do you know any good hospital specialising in heart problems?)
"Haan beta, Yogsanjeevani Hospital bahut famous hai." (Yes. Yogsanjeevani Hospital is very famous.)
"Kya Daarji Mumbai tak ka safar kar sakte hain?" (Can Daarji travel till Mumbai?)
"Haan magar sirf plane se!" (Yes but only in plane!)
Hence next day Lala Gurucharan, Jaswant, Rudra and Lucky left for Mumbai.
Location: Yogsanjeevani (Khurana) Hospitals, Mumbai
Geet had been working in Mumbai for past six months and never had she got late. But today Geet had woken up late so her morning schedule went haywire. Although Geet managed to bathe, dress and feed the twins but was unable to have breakfast herself. Geet was lucky to get Meera's old and reliable nanny to look after Manu and Mini. Today Meera also had her day off hence she was in a lazy mood. Geet had never thought that her morning was a glimpse that how her life will take a 360 degree turn today. She had non stop surgeries since morning. Finally the last two cases were emergencies. The first was of an old gentleman who needed to have a device fitted to broaden his constricted arteries and next case was to re-position the already fitted device. As Geet was so busy that she was mechanically doing her job without looking at the patients' face. Finally when she threw her soiled gloves in the trash she finally noticed her last two patients recovering in the recovery room. The two patients were those two people whom she has decided never to meet again her Daarji and her Daddu. The exhaustion and stress of her surgeries; lack of breakfast in the morning and shock of seeing her loved ones after 10yrs., she fainted in the Operation Theater's locker room.
After a little while when she came around she found one of her old Professor Dr. Krishnan Subramanium patting her, "Singh, Singh get up dear!"
Geet got up and said apologetically,"Sorry Sir! I'll will update the patient's family immediately!"
"How old are your twins, Singh?"
"Two and a half years Sir. Why?"
"No wonder you are so tired. I sanction you one week off."
"But Sir..."
"Its an order! You can leave for the day!"
"Alright Sir, I'll brief the patient's family and leave!"
Geet changed her stained scrubs to her personal salwaar kameez with her white coat, then had her black coffee and tomato sandwich. After some refreshment she was feeling slightly energetic and she put on her surgical mask in order to hide her identity and went to meet Handas first. When she saw her Beeji, Rudra Veerji and Lucky Veerji from a distance, her heart wanted to just go and give them a tight hug but her brain stopped her saying that Khuranas are also present. Looking at both family from a distance she could see that there has been certain awkwardness between the two families because of her. She could see the way her Rudra Veerji was glaring at her love, her husband, her Maan!
Taking a deep breath and asking Matron to follow her, she said in her overly pronounced American accented English, "Excuse me who is with the patient Lala Gurucharan Singh Handa?"
Hearing her voice everyone turned. Beeji came near and said with folded hands, "Puttarji, Lalaji kaise hain?" (How is my husband, doctor?)
"Ma'am please calm down. Lalaji ka operation bilkul theek ho gayaa hai. Kal shaam tak unhein room mein shift kar denge!" (Lalaji's operation was successful. We will shift him by tomorrow evening to a private ward.)
Geet then went to Savitri Devi and said,"Ma'am, Thakur sahaab ki device maine theek se phirse lagaa di hai. Magar please dekhiyega ki woh talaa hua(fried) aur zyaada ghee ka khaana nahi khaayen warna woh device phirse hil sakti hai!" (Ma'am I have re-positioned your husband's device. But you have to see that he doesn't have fried and oily food, otherwise the device will again loosen.)
"Ma'am you have got call from home!"
"Excuse me!"
Once the lady doctor left, Beeji told Rudra, "Puttar pata nahi uss kudi nu dekh kar mujhe Guddo ki yaad aa rahi hai." (Rudra, by talking to that girl, I felt that I'm talking to my Guddo.)
"Beeji, woh Gudiya nahi hai. Chaliye chai peete hain." (That is not our Gudiya. Please lets go and have some refreshments. Rudra and Lucky gently guided Beeji to the cafeteria.
"Maan mujhe bhi uss lady doctor ko dekh kar Geet ki yaad aa rahi thee." (I also am missing Geet after seeing that lady doctor.)
"Dadimaa, Geet kahin bhi ho sakti hai magar Bhaarat mei nahin." (Dadimaa, Geet can be anywhere in the world except India.)
"Kyun?" (Why?)
"Kyunki usse Bhaarat sirf dard deta hai. Chaliye hum sab coffee peete hain." (Because India has given Geet lot of pain. Come lets have some refreshments!)
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