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Chapter 24
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Location: KHURANA CONSTRUCTIONS, MUMBAI
Maan and Geet were just leaving Maan's cabin when they banged into a youngman wearing big spectacle framed glasses. Maan stopped at once and said,"Arre tum yahaan itni raat ko? Tum to Delhi mei the Dad ke saath!" (You are here so late at night? I thought you will be with Dad!)
"Maan Sir, Gggood evenning! Mujhe Ram Sir aur Janaki Ma'am ne bheja thaa ek din ke liye Mumbai kyunki..." (Maan Sir, I was sent by Ram Sir and Janaki Ma'am Mumbai for...) The young man discussed some business related issue with Maan. He was looking in Geet's direction again and again till Maan got the hint.
"Aao tumhei introduce karaata hoon. Yeh hain Dr. Anamika Singh. Inka asli naam hai Geet Handa aur yeh Lala Gurucharan Singh Handa ki poti hain!" (Come I'll introduce you. This is Dr. Anamika Singh. Her real name is Geet Handa and she is Lala Gurucharan Singh Handa's grand daughter!)
"Kya yeh wohi Lala Gurucharan Singh Handa hain jo pehle Hoshiyarpur ke paas ***** pind mein rehte the?" (Is he the same Lala Gurucharan Singh Handa who use to live in ***** Village near Hoshiyarpur?)
"Ji aap bilkul sahi bol rahe hain! Aap ko kaise patta?" (Yes you arte absolutely right! How do you know?)
"Kyunki mai bhi ussi pind kaa hoon." (Because I belong to the same village.)
"Toh uss hisaab se toh tum Geet ke bhai ho gaye! Aur mere saale! " (According to that, you are Geet's brother and my brother-in-law.) Maan said winking at Adi.
"KYA?" (WHAT?)
"Haan Adi! Geet bahut jald Mrs. Maan Singh Khurana bannewali hai." (Yes Adi! Geet is soon going to become Mrs. Maan Singh Khurana.)
"Accha toh iss wajeh se Ram Sir aur Janaki Ma'am yahaan aaye hain." (I see that's why Ram Sir and Janaki Ma'am are here.) Then Adi realise what blunder he has made. "Sorry Sir mujhe aap ko unke aane ke baare mei nahin battana thaa. Aap please unse matt kahiyegaa ki maine aapko battaya hai!" (Sorry Sir! I was told not to tell you about their arrival. Please don't tell them that I told you.) Adi pleaded for his mistake.
"Magar humari shaadi ke baare mei toh abhi ek ghanta pehle hi decide hua hai?" (But we decided to get married only an hour back!) Maan asked Adi surprised.
"Suniye, jaldi ghar chaliye. Pakka kuch garbad hui hai ghar par agar dono Maa aur Papa aaye hain. Bye Adi bhaiya." (Listen, lets go home pronto! I'm sure something is brewing in our family's minds as Maa and Papa are here. Bye Adi bhaiya.) Geet rushed leaving Maan to follow behind.
"Maan aakhir "joru ka ghulam" bann hi gaya!" (Maan has already become a "hen pecked" husband!) Adi started laughing in his characterstic laugh.
Maan drove as fast as legally was allowed. When they reached home they were welcomed by bawling of two toddlers. In their current state they wanted no one except Geet not even Maan. Geet got into her mother's role,"Meera kya tum please doodh garam kar sakti ho?" (Meera can you please warm some milk?) Meera nodded and left for kitchen. "Aaja mera baccha!" (Come my baby!) Geet carried both twins one on each arm and entered her room saying on the way,"Please excuse us!" Soon bawls turned into hiccups; then whimpers and by then milk had come so whimpers to suckling with intersperced Geet's voice singing lori. After an hour Geet came out exhausted and she first time saw Ram and Janaki and went and touched their feet. It was around 12:00am., when Thakur Amardeep said, "Guddo, hum itne saare log yahaan nahi soo sakte. Kal tujhe hospital bhi jaana hoga iss liye kyun naa tu mujhe aaj wapis Hotel jaane de. Ram, Maan aur Vicky hai, teeno mujhe sahara de sakte hain." (Guddo, so many of us can't sleep here. Besides tomorrow morning you have to go to hospital, so its better that you let me go to our hotel. Ram, Maan and Vicky are there to support me.)
"Haan beta, tum bahut thak rahi ho, khaana bhi nahi khaaya. Hummei jaane do." (Yes my dear. You are also very tired and have eaten nothing! Let us go!)
"Theek hai jaise aapko sahi lage!" (Alright as you feel comfortable!)
"Ek Minute! Isse pehle hi hum log wapis hotel jaayen mujhe kuch kehna hai." Maan said firmly. (One minute! Before anyone leaves, I have something important to say.)
"Kya yeh baat kal nahi ho sakti, hum sab thak rahe hain." (Can't this conversation happen tomorrow as we all are very tired!) Janaki pleaded.
"Dadaji, Dadimaa, Mom, Dad, Vicky, Meera aur Pari, Geet aur mai kal shaam ko mandir mein shaadi kar rahe hain." (Dadaji, Dadimaa, Mom, Dad, Vicky, Meera and Pari, Geet and I are getting married tomorrow evening in the temple.)
"KYA?" (WHAT?)
"Itni jaldi." (So soon!)
"Tayaari karne kaa samay bhi nahi hai." (We have no time to arrange things!)
"Dadimaa aur Maa, aap mauke ki nazakath ko toh dekhiye. Daarji haspataal mein hain aur aap band baaje ke saath meri baraat laana chahti hain. Dopahar aap sab Geet aur meri jaan khaa rahe the ki hum dono ko shaadi karni chahiye aur jab kar rahe hain toh aap ko tayaari ke liye samay chahiye!" (Dadimaa and Mom you understand the delicacy of the situation. Daarji is in hospital and you want to do my wedding with great fanfare! Since afternoon all of you have been chewing Geet and my brains to get married quickly and now that we are ready to get married quickly, you want time for arrangements!)
Geet's phone rang,"Accha mai aa rahi hoon." (I'm coming!) Looking at everyone she said, "Daarji ko hosh aa gaya hai." (Daarji is conscious now!)
"Chalo laale ko dekh ke aate hain." (Good, lets go and meet Gurucharan!)
"Thakur sahaab, aapko sirf abhi apne Hotel room mein jaane ki permission hai aur kahin nahi." (Thakur Amardeep you have only been given permission to go back to your hotel and rest not for galavanting around.) Geet said strictly like a cardiologist. Hence, half an hour later Thakur Amardeep, Savitri Devi, Ram, Janaki, Vicky and Pari left for their hotel. Whereas Geet and Maan left for the Yogsanjeevani Hospital.
Location: Yogsanjeevani (Khurana) Hospitals, Mumbai
Maan and Geet reached hospital to find still tense looking Rudra, Abhi, Lucky and Beeji. Seeing Geet Beeji immediately hugged her with relief, "Accha hai tu aa gayi. Lalaji, tujhe hi yaad kar rahe hain. Geet aisi kya baat hai jo inke takleef de rahi hai?" (Good you have come. Lalaji is missing you a lot! Geet do you know what is troubling him?)
"Beeji mai Daarji ki takleef hi door karne aai hoon." (Beerji, I have come to remove his ternsion.) Looking at Maan she said, "Aaiye Daarji se milte hain." (Come lets meet Daarji.)
"Gudiya yeh tu kya kar rahi hai. Mai isse Daarji se milne nahi de sakta."(Gudiya, what are you doing? I can't let him meet Daarji!)
"Kyun? Veerji yeh mera pyaar hain aur honewale pati. Inhei Daarji se milne kaa poora haq hai. Aur Daarji ki pareshaani aur takleef sirf yeh hi door kar sakte hain." (Why? Veerji he is my love and soon to be husband. He has full right to meet Daarji. And he is the only one who can remove Daarji's tension.) Making Rudra, Abhi and Lucky speechless.
"Guddo tu Maan puttar se byaah kar rahi hai?" (Geet you are marrying Maan?) Beeji said with tears in her eyes.
"Beeji, mujhe maaf kar dijiye! Mere gunaah ke liye maafi to bahut chota shabd hai, magar bade toh sada bacchon ko maaf kar dete hain. Yeh shaadi toh dus saal pehle hi ho jaani chahiye thee magar mere gusse, ghammand, ahaankar aur ek choti galatfahami ki wajeh se nahi ho paayi!" (Beeji, please forgive me! I know for the crime I have committed sorry is an insignificant word. But elders always forgive younger generation. This wedding should have happened 10yrs. back, but due to my anger, vanity, ego and a small misunderstanding it got postponed.) Maan said touching Beeji's feet.
Just then Matron walked by, "Dr. Singh aap aa gayeen, Mr. Handa aap ko bula rahe hain." (Dr. Singh, you are here? Mr. Handa is asking for you.)
"Mai andar jaa hi rahi hoon." (Yes I'm just going to meet him.) Geet held Maan's hand and entered ICU. Lalaji was looking very pale and weak. Geet went near and caressed her grandfather's hand,"Daarji abb aap ki tabiyat kaisi hai?" (Daarji, how are you feerling now?)
"B..e..h..tar" (Better) "Geet..pu..ttar mennu maaf...kar de ki maine tera dil dukhaya, tu sahi thee aur mai galat. Iss liye mai tujhe abb shaadi ke liye majboor nahi karoonga." (Geet, my child please forgive me. You were right and I was wrong. Hence, I will no longer force you to get married.)
"Magar mai toh shaadi kar rahi hoon." (But I am getting married.) Geet said happily.
"Kisse se?" (To whom?)
"Apne pyaar se." (To my love!) Geet pulled Maan's hand and brought him forward. "Inn se." (To him!)
"Maan puttar? Kahin tu mere wajeh se toh zabard..." (Maan? Are you doing this forcibly due to my...)
"Daarji mai zabardasti mein shaadi nahi kar rahi. Yeh mera pyaar, mera jeevan aur meri aradhana hain. GEET, MAAN KE SIWAIYE KISSI AUR KI KABHI BHI NAHI HO SAKTI !" (No I'm not getting married forcibly. He is my love, my life and my penance. GEET CAN NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE'S EXCEPT MAAN's!) Maan was speechless hearing Geet's such heart and soul touching confession.
"Daarji mai Geet se bahut pyaar karta hoon. Mai pehli baar Geet se dus saal pehle mila thaa aapke Amritsar Hotel ki party mein aur dekhte hi usse dil de beitha par tab mai iska naam, patta aur parivaar ke baare mein kuch nahi jaanta thaa. Sirf Geet ka chehra aur uski awaaz pechaanta thaa. Iss liye jab mai Handa Haveli aaya aur Geet kuch boli nahi aur uska chehra lambe ghoonghat mei thaa mujhe laga ki woh ek ajnaabi ladki jo bol nahi sakti. Maine jo dur vyovhaar Handa parivaar ke saath kiya uske liye mai maafi maangta hoon." (Daarji, I love Geet immensely. I first time met her at your Amritsar Hotel's party and fell in love with her at the first sight. But I was unaware of her name, address or family. I only knew her by her face and voice. Hence, when I came to Handa Haveli, Geet refused to talk and her face was hidden behind a long veil. Hence I assumed Geet to be a stranger. I ask you for forgiveness at my rude and ill mannered behaviour towards you and the Handa family!) Maan said with folded hands and head bent.
Just then junior doctor with matron came on rounds and Geet looked in Maan's direction and said, "Hummei chalna chahiye!" (We should leave now!)
Both Maan and Geet came out of ICU. Geet said, "Beeji, aap mere saath ghar chaliye. Veerji aap sab bhi hotel jaa sakte hain kyunki Daarji toh abhi dawaa ke asar mei poori raat sooyenge!" (Beeji you return with me home. Veeji, you all also go home as Daarji will sleep whole night under the influence of medication!)
"Accha chalne se pehle mai washroom hoke aati hoon." (Fine. I first need to use washroom) Lucky guided Beeji till ladies room.
"Rudra Veerji, aap wapis jaaiye aur Lucky aur mai aaj raat yaheen rehte hain." (Veerji, you go back to the hotel room, Lucky and I will be here!) Abhishek said. Just then Abhishek's phone rang and he spoke, "Haan bolo Hawaldaar Pinto. Kya Brij kuch vaardaat plan kar raha hai. Kahaan par? Hoshiyarpur? Theek hai mai Inspector Bhalla ko bhejta hoon." (Yes Constable Pinto? What Brij is planning some nefarious activity? Where? Hoshiyarpur? Alright, I'll send Inspector Bhalla.)
"Veerji mai Amritsar nahi aaongi woh Brij wahaan..." (Veerji, I'll not come to Amritsar, that Brij...) Geet said shivering.
Rudra and Abhi came and hugged Geet much to Maan's annoyance as his possessiveness was slowly rising, "Tu chinta matt kar Gudiya, kuch nahi hoga. Tere bhai hain tere saath." (Don't worry Gudiya, your brothers are with you.)
"Aur Jeejaji bhi!" (Now even brother-in-law is there!) Lucky quipped who had just returned.
Then Beeji came, Maan, Geet and Beeji left for Geet's apartment leaving Handa brothers in deep thought. After leaving Geet and Beeji in Geet's apartment, Maan went back to Yogsanjeevani Hospital. He found Rudra and Abhi there. Maan went near Rudra and said, "Rudra I know sorry is not enough for what all pain, insult and humiliation I have put Geet and your whole family through, but I really want to apologise and develop good relations with you three as we are going to be a family soon."
"Maan I sincerely hope that you mean what you are saying. Please don't hurt our sister anymore. She has suffered enough in past 10yrs. She is a very soft hearted romantic fool. She can't think bad of even the worst criminals! If you ever hurt her or give her pain after your marriage, you will see the worst of us!"
"Abhishek, I'll come directly to the point. What has Brij done to scare Geet so much? Geet has been such a brave and courageous girl since we have met." Rudra and Abhi looked at one another debating whether to tell Maan or not! "Boliye naa BRIJ NE GEET KE SAATH KYA KIYA?" (Tell me what Brij has done to Geet?)
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Edited by LM1991 - 8 years ago
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