Part 33 Bani becomes conscious of Jai now…doesn't know how to start….Jai, like his old practice releases her hair from the scarf…runs his fingers through it and brings her head on his chest…..
Yeh dharkan sun rahe ho, Bani….
Ji, Mr Walia....
Yeh keya bol rahe hai janti ho...
Kya bol rahe hai...
Mujhe batana parega...Bani turns around and puts her arms around his neck.....
Mujhe bina bataye chali kyon ayi…ek mauka bhi nehi diya…ane ke pehle mere dil ki hal jaroor bata doonga…..woh stupid contract phar doonga…lekin mauka hi nehi mila…
Maine soocha agar nehi ayoongi toh aap mere bare mai keya soochenge…
Jai lies down pulls Bani up in his chest…atleast jan jata labour pain ke samay jab I love you, Mr Walia chilayi thi, who saach tha….
Bani raises her head…Maine aisa chilaya tha…
Ha, lekin tab khare admiyo ne kaha, aurate iss samay kuch bhi bakte rehte hai, uske baad tumhe ek bar bhi kuch nehi kaha, even when I made love to you …toh maine socha ..shayad maine galat suna..
Bani runs her fingers through his hair, and looks into his eyes…Jai traces her lips with his forefinger…Neev ko toh itna sare mila, mujhe ek bhi nehi milega keya….Bani lowers her head and Jai kisses her lips hard…
Neev cries out 'Papa, Papa, and starts patting Jai's head…
Jai releases Bani, Keya huwa beta he asks, Neev looks from Jai to Bani, Bani to Jai, bewildered as he was not used to seeing this kind of kiss. His parents realize this, laughs and takes him in between them.
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Jai recounts to Bani, how he found his with the help of a phone call from Rano, he contacted Suzie and its Suzie who helped him to enter the house by receiving them from the airport and dropping them in the Apartment.
Bani cried on hearing masi's death but was happy to know at least she wanted Bani back in Jai's life. Jai tells how Neev searched for her, after she left, Bani hugged Neev once again to promise she will never leave him again. After dinner Bani puts Neev to sleep with the help of Jai…They finish their dinner.
Bani tells him about Bob and the conversation they had today and she trying his cell….Oh that reminds me…I forgot to switch on my phone, I promised Nachiket to call him up once I get you…
Jai switches on his mobile and calls Nachiket….
Nachiket…kabse mai intezar kar raha hu apke phone ka bhaiya…
Apne Bhabi se baate karo…
Bhabi...jaldi ajao please...mai bahut akela hu...
Nachiket tumhara akelapan to mai door nehi kar sakti....
Nachiket: Jab tak mujhe ek Bani nehi mil jata apse hi door kar loonga..
Oh no, mai toh Mr Walia ke saath busy rahungi, tumhare liye mera time hoga tab na...
Chalo kamse kam mere bhaiya ka toh baath ban gaya, bhaiya se kuch samay ke liye agar phoorsat mile aur mera hal bhi jara pooch lijiye ga...they talk for sometime exchanging news about each other until Jai intervenes, Abh rakho...mujhe bhi baath karna hai...
Jai makes himself comfortable on Bani's bed, with Neev sleeping at one side, they really had squeeze in but it gave a very peculiar feeling, with Bani lying on his chest, he felt complete….slowly he whispers to Bani…dekho Bani, I had promised your mamaji that I will allow you to study even after you married…..abhi toh tumhe Princeton se full scholarship bhi mil rahe hai…
Aapko kaise patah Mr Walia…
Suzie ne bataya…he runs his hands under Bani's nightie…mere pass ek plan hai…you see, as we had planned to open the hotel after Neev's birthday, Nachiket had got done a portfolio of the hotel and had sent it out to different travel & tourism magazines, TV channels etc. Bahut achha response mila hai…infact as we have now delayed the inauguration because of you and masi, these agencies are presurising us, kab hum inaugurate karenge, they are getting booking enquiries….
Sach me Mr Walia, itna achha response….
Hmmm Bani, infact Travel & Living channel has already done a photo feature aur abhi woh log tumhare saath bhi ek feature karna chahate hai…showing step by step how you restored the whole place….lagta hai, season me hamara hotel full jayegi….
Bani is now excited, she sits up, Mr Walia, mera pass bahut sare photos hai, in fact every kamra ka, how it was then and how it is now…..
Jai smiles…I know Bani aur response dekh ke toh yeh lag raha hai ki as soon as we open the hotel will be full….Pushkar aur Nachiket milkar have selected few of our best employees …so that they can train the new ones which we are hiring…
Mr Walia, hotel ka ek naam bhi toh rakhna hai, aap bol rahe the ek achha sa naam doodh ne ke liye…
Rakha hai na maine ek naam….
Aapne naam rakh bhi diye..Bani feels a little crestfallen, Jai had asked her to choose but she had left….
Ha…
Oh…Bani mutters and puts her head back on Jai's chest once again, you can't blame him, she thinks, I only left without informing him, after all he can't let his business suffer because of me…
Tumne poochha nehi, maine keya naam rakha….
Bani takes a deep breath and softly asks …keya naam rakha apne Mr Walia…
Bani's Haveli…
Startled Bani looks up, Jai looks into her eyes….
Yeah, its called Bani's Haveli, as it is the fruit of my wife's dream, I did buy it but its she who conceived it, nurtured it and gave birth to it…exactly jaisa woh hamara neev ka janam diya…
Bani doesn't want to hear it anymore, she hugs Jai, Jai feels her tears soaking his night shirt….shh Bani, mat row please…tumne toh mera plan pura sunai nehi…
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Around 4 o'clock in the morning a tall girl with blond hair quietly enters the Apartment…as she tiptoes in, she notices no one in the drawning room, the apartment looks quiet…god I hope everything is o.k…..Bani hopefully is not mad…she tiptoes towards Bani's bedroom, puts her ear to for any sound….hearing nothing, she turns the knob quietly…through the slight opening she sees Bani sleeping in the middle with her son at one side and her husband on the other and both hugging her….Suzie gives a broad smile and closes the door….
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Edited by tintiny - 18 years ago
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