Part – 36
Going back to Geet’s story…
That was when Geet was in her adolescence not being much exposed and desperately looking for opportunities to enjoy her so called freedom as an adult, that’s what automatically gets into your heads when you turn 18…
When you are believed to have the maturity to decide a nation’s future then you should be able to decide your own future too, haina?
It’s like a alarm set to notify you that you are all ready to face the world and take charge of your life….
Manali trip was the first outing for Geet after she entered college…
Geet didn’t get to join either her friends or her batch mates to the other trips for her outings are strictly restricted by her family…
Initially Geet never wished to go out as she knew her family’s mindset…
She started requesting their permission later but only to be threatened to stop her studies…
Geet never missed out any chance to explore at the college campus…
She actively participated in all the college festivals and won a lot of them…
Geet loved the appreciation and recognition of her talent and hard work, which she has been yearning for, for her family never encouraged her to even learn anything new that is not part of the curriculum…
They believed that girls are raised only to be married off at the right age and until then they can study as a time pass…
And the office bearers wanted Geet to take part in the Manali inter-college meet and win accolades for their college…
Geet was just waiting for such an opportunity… .
She lied to her family that she is going for a study trip which is part of her engineering course and went to Manali…
Geet was so excited and looking forward to make her own identity which she accomplished successfully…
Their friends started to tease them as the most cute couple of their college and thus started their relationship…
They started meeting for coffee and going to movies with friends as a gang…
They were made a couple by the people around them and they started taking it seriously only when Dev had to go to Mumbai for his PG and they didn’t know what they want for themselves…
Dev proposed and promised to marry Geet after he finished his PG and settled down with a job..
Geet planned to join PG thinking that they could get married after she completed her PG by which time Dev would have comfortably settled…
But then Geet’s family got to know about Dev and started suspecting Geet…
They restricted her from going to college itself and allowed her to continue her studies only after she agreed to marry...
Daman was the one they chose for her before Maan and Geet cleverly stopped him by sending her pics with Dev to him…
Daman ran away and thus Geet escaped…
She did the same thing with Maan but fortunately or unfortunately Maan didn’t see the pics…
Geet learnt that Maan was not suitable for married life and so kept postponing his marriage as he couldn’t share his secrets with his family due to his self esteem…
That is understandable and so Geet used his weakness for her benefit and thought that Maan would be the safe bet to take a calculated risk in order to escape from the dreadful marriage trap set by her family…
Geet thought she could wait until Dev settles down and easily get a divorce from Maan as there would be no reason for him to not let her go anyway….
That was all Dev’s master plan actually, after Geet told him what she got to hear about Maan’s weakness…
Dev then proposed this arrangement and made Geet to accept his plan so that they could buy some time until they can settle down properly without any problems else Geet’s family would never let her marry Dev…
Geet still tried to warn Maan by sending those pics but Maan went ahead and came to see her even then, knowing very well that the girl is in love with someone else (according to Geet).
That’s when Geet too decided that she would take the risk…
She thought Maan should have seen her as the safe bet just like her…
Maan might have thought that he need not have to reveal his weakness, for that girl loves someone else and would stay away from him obviously…
That’s why Geet stayed away from Maan from the beginning…
Geet finishes narrating what happened…
Maan is flabbergasted after what he just found out about Geet…. He is still in deniel mode that this must be his dream and not the reality…
Geet keeps watching him standing there dumbfounded…
Geet: kya hua? Aap ki bolti kyun band ho gayi?
Maan remains still….
Geet holds him and tries to shake him out of his shock…
Maan looks into her eyes with sheer disbelief…
He has learnt from these few days that he had spent with Geet that she is a day dreamer, and she keeps talking about her career and future, neither bothering about her present nor about the fact that they are married for real…. She lives in a world far from the reality….
Geet: aaise kya dekh rahe ho?
Maan turns around and tries to leave…
Geet stops him ….
Geet: meri puri baat ko toh sunke jao
What’s there to hear more?
Maan has heard more than enough he wanted to…
There is nothing to hear after knowing that Geet doesn’t love him as he was believing…
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