Pi dearest THIS IS FOR YOU!! 😉
The one part u have been waitin for for MONTHS NOW!!! 😆
Warning to all others: DO NOT READ if u love Nishkant Dixit. We dont, so here it is for the rest of us!!
Enjoy!!
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PART 40 (3)
FLASHBACK XIII
Bani had turned in her resignation from AA a week before the day that call came. They had demanded to know what happened so suddenly. Mr Ranade was quite worried. He knew she was the sole finiancial supporter of her family. Bani had often discussed her career goals with him, and has assured him that until both her sisters were done with their college and until Pia was married she will not be looking for any outside opportunities. Mr Ranade was in fact glad that, she being a 24 yr old in today's day and age is actually not frivolous and fickleminded as them, the booming Indian economy to blame majorly for young people switching jobs more than twice in a year. It was aseller's market these days in India, in professions like IT and accounting. Bani being a gold medallist, there were no dearth of headhunters, looking to pace her in bigger and better roles daily!!
He was happy Bani was confident and sane enough not to get carried away and was refusing all the offers without giving it a second thought. She was being paid over 55K a month, a very competitive starting pay as far as public accounting was concerened. B was saving a lot for her sisters' education and weddings. Her Dad had substantial loans that he had taken for her Mom's medical treatment that she had even begun paying some of. His job was just enough to help her sister and her Dad get by.
She was sure that by the time Pia was married it would be time for Rano to be married as well and being the oldest and the most accomplished and well-apid she had taken the whole family's responsibilty on her young shoulders.
Mr Ranade had started liking the courage and will power this young girl was exhibiting. He had grown fondness for her calm quiet ways, his own only child was married and she lived in Singapore ;-)! He had invited Bani home on many occasions, particularly for Maharashtrian festivals........... He wished he had had a son, and she could have become his second daughter by way of marriage to his son........
It was indeed disappointing that she was not willing to share anything about why she wanted to quit. She was basically a very private person. She shared her family's financial situation only with him. Nobody at the office knew anything about her. She had sounded a very unhappy about something...............
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B had contacted an NGO that worked on women's rights to understand what her options were. She was sure Pia was not lying. She was devastated that the person "had to be" Mr Walia. She felt like she was never going to fall in love again. Pia didnt know about her friendship with Mr walia. Why would she try to destroy it? Even if she did know, why would she do that to her?
So, what ever she said happened that nite had indeed happened. She had also gone off in a fit of anger as soon as leaving Walia Hotel to the Nariman Point police station, the station house officer had given her an incredulous look and had "gently" talked her out of pressing any charges. She had given up on that idea then. But she still felt that she hadnt adequately supported Pia and had left her wanting........ hence the NGO contact.
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B's phone rings...........
B: Hello
ND: Bete main bol raha hoon .... Papa (sounding nervous and scared)
B: Jee Papa boliye, aapki tabiyat to theek hai na?
ND: Bete tum office mein ho ya ghar par?
B: Jee office mein, kyon, Papa kya hua, kuch boliye to? (concerened)
ND: Bete woh...... bete...... maine........ mujhe......... (life daughter like father, when nervous or when in trouble, cant talk straight........)
B: papa kya hua? ( a lil impatient)
ND: Woh mera dost hai na is company mein, Sandeep Shah? Woh aur main...... kuch paise, business mein lagaye
B: KYA? Kahan se aaye paise? Papa, Sandeep to aap khud hi kehte the ki achha insaan nahi hai, Papa hua kya?
ND: Bete, usne mujhse galat kaam karwaaye (startssobbing)
B's phone slips from her hand, it falls on the mat like carpetting......... she quickly grabs it again, checks to see if it got disconnected, with nervous trembling, sweaty hands places it on her ear.
B: Papa KAISA galat kaam?
She imm fears for Rano
B: Rano kahan hai? Theek to hai?
ND: Bete Rano ko kya hoga woh theek hai (grunts)
B: Saaf saaf bataiye na please Papa (feels a lump in her throat.
ND: Beta woh Mr Mishra (Atulya's Dad) ne mujhe accounts department mein mera tabadla kar diya tha 3 mahine pehle......... Shah ka hamare ghar aana jaana shuru hua, mujhe woh theek lagne laga, Mishra sahab ka bank ka kaam main karta tha, paise jama karna lekar aana wagairah............ (Sobs again)
B: Papa plz apne aap ko sambhaliye, main kal aaoon?
ND: Aaj raat ko aa sakti ho?
B: KYA?... (starts to cry, suddenly feeling chilled to her bones in fear, very very lonely.........)
ND: Beta hisaab bhi main hi rakhta tha (grunts and clears his throat) Shah ne kaha, ki thoda thoda nikaal ke bahar byaaj par laga denge 3 ya 4 mahine mein 4 guna ho jaayenge to lauta denge...........
B: YEH AAPNE KYA KIYA?
Notices a couple of coworkers giving her curious glances at her shril outburst, she quickly runs to the stairwell, one of her co-workers is returing after a smoke break, the whole area smells like cigarettes, she makes a face, cups her hand on the receiver to drown out the echo from the empty stairwell...........
B: Papa abhi aap kahan hai?
ND: Beta ghar par hoon, magar...... (starts crying again)
B: Aap mujhe pehle poori baat batayiye (clears her throat to stop herself from crying, her heart reaching out to her Dad)
ND: Beta maine Shah ke kehne par 30 lakh se oopar Shukla sahab ke paise use de diye.............. usne kaha, jab paise dugune ya tigune ho jaayenge to woh aur main aadha aadha kar lenge........... maine socha ma ki ilaaj ka saara karz utaar doonga aur tumhari shaadi sabse pehle kar doonga. Mere dil ko yeh baat bahut buri lagi ki tumne sabse badi hokar bhi apni behano ki shaadi ke baad shaaadi karne ka faisla kiya............ kya socha tha beta kya ho gaya (he loses control again and sobs audibly). Aaj subah Mishra Sahab ko sab pata chal gaya jab unhone 4 mahine ka ledger aur bank book mangwaya....... (she can sense the fear in his voice......)
B: Papa......... papa.............. (she sobs too)
ND Mujeh maaf kar do beta....... kyon ki Mishraji police mein jaane ki baat kar rahe hain
B: PAPA, Himmat rakhiye aisa kuch nahi hoga......... Papa, meri baat suniye......... papa....(urging him to stop crying)Papa abhi Shah kahan hai? Us se paise lekar Mishra Uncle ko de deejiye na?
ND Woh saare paise lekar bhaag gaya!!!
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