Chapter 16
Roshni watched him, he still cannot believe it seems…the wait is over at last ….…Roshni climbed up…
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Bani sat in one of Pia's friend's house, she had come to her maayka for her delivery, she was giving Bani some free advices, while Bani heard them shyly, Pia teased them, informing them about her and Ajit's plan etc, while they chatted, Bani's thoughts went to Jai, he did not inform her about the exact date when he and Roshni will be back from Goa, she somehow did not find it right to inform him in the middle of his holiday with Roshni…it was after dark, when Pia, Rano and Bani returned home, they crept their way into the house, they did not want Kiran to find out that they are late, after Bani's news, Kiran wanted Bani to be very careful and had forbidden her to go out anywhere…..
Bani, O Bani it was one of her Chachi shouting….their's was a big house with a courtyard in the middle clearing demarking the outer and inner house…..
Ji Chachi….
Udhar peechhe ki darwaja se kaha se a rahi hai…
Oh kuch nehi, Rano aur Pia ko bulane gayi thi...
Ja Ja bare bhaiya tujhe bahar ke kamre me bula rahi hai...
It means that her father has summoned her to the drawing room, but why she wondered, it was normally the domain of the men folk where they sat, had their meetings, smoked, met up with friends etc....
Aap ne mujhe bulaya bauji…
Dekh kaun aya hai...
In the low voltage light of the sitting room, she saw the form of her husband standing, they stared at each other for sometime till her father's voice broke the spell, beta Jai ko kamra dikha de aur ramu se keh ki gari se Jai ki saman nikal de..
Mera koi saman nehi hai…
Tum ruku ge nehi beta...
Ha mamaji rukunga jaroor baas samaan nehi laye...actually khabar milte hi mai nikal aya, kisi ko kuch nehi bola, aap jara ma ko inform kar dijeye...woh mere kapre kal ate waqt leke ayenge...
As Bani took Jai to the inner house, the ladies welcomed him, they soon got into act of making him comfortable, though Jai wanted some private moments with Bani, he guessed he had to wait till he retired for the night…
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Roshni was informed by a happy looking Dai Ma that Jai had reached the village and will only return after the wedding and she has been asked to take his clothes in the meanwhile
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Jai lay in his vest and borrowed pajama's waiting for Bani to come up but no sign,
Munna, areh o Munna
Jai raised himself to see Bani youngest uncle, not much older than himself, entering with a metal glass, Piyega...
Nehi chhote, nehi piyega…ekbar piye the, dubara shaadi karna para..
Aaj pine se kisi se shaadi nehi karna parega…
Sahi hai lekin Bani abhi atehi hogi, usse pasand nehi hai, mere pitai ho jayegi...
Chal chal usse pata nehi chalega...du ghut pi le, raat ko ishkh karne me maaza ayeega...
Nehi chhote jabardasti math karo, Bani se mujhe bahut sare baath karna hai...
Itna din baad milke tu baate karega, ishkh nehi karega, itna achcha khabar ussne tujhe diya hai...
Jai smiled, dono karunga...
Mujhe toh baate waate karna nehi ata....
Chhote chhote...thank god they were calling out for him...Chhote made one last request before departing...Jai went back to his horizontal position, what is wrong with Roshni's mobile, it is switched off and she is also not in the house, he hated writing sms(es) nevertheless after sending her one he felt a lot better…..
The noise of bangles made Jai look towards the door, Bani was entering with a mosquito net in hand, she entered and locked the door, he could hear giggles outside the room, must be her sisters following her…Bani gave him a shy glance and started putting up the net, Jai got up to help her after they finish, Bani turns towards the dresser to take out her bangles…Jai hugged her from behind, put his head on her shoulder and caressed her stomach with his palm….
Mujhe tumne khud kiyu nehi batayi…
Kaise batati aap toh chhutti me gaye the…
Phone kar sakti thi…
Aap ko disturb nehi karna chahate the…
He turned her around…tum mere biwi ho, disturbance kaise…
Aaap bhul rahe hai, aap Roshni ji ke saath the…
Tum mera majboori ka maazak ura rahe ho….
Surprised Bani looked up at him, Roshniji aapka majboori hai…
Nehi meri zindagi, he replied…
Yes she knew it, over the last four months she has seen them together, at times they don't even need to speak to know about the other's mind….
Toh mai keya aapka maj…Jai kept a hand over Bani's lips, tum mere dharkhan ho, mere saas…
Toh aapka majboori kaun hai…
Mai khud, kaash mai apne aap ko do hisse pe baat sakta....
Bani put her hands around his neck, aap khush hai, she asked shyly wanted to see his expressions for herself….
Jai looked into her eyes…they were filled with happiness…..
Issh khush khabari den eke badle me mujhe keya milega…
Jai inserted his hand into his pajama pocket and got out a plantinum chain, the small conch was held at a pendent with a loop encrusted with a red ruby, as he put it around her neck, he told he personally picked it up from the beach for her, aur jeweller bol rahe the that the shape is very auspicious.
Bani watched her reflection on the mirror and fingered the pendent, it was not only a unique gift but something he has chosen himself personally, Bani met his eyes through the reflection, he picked her up and went towards the bed….
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The moon flooded room, Jai pushed Bani's hair back from her face, her bare body glistered with sweat, with no a.c and Jai's lovemaking, Jai fingered the pendent now nestled in her bosom….
Khush…he asked…
Hmmm aur aap….
He put his palm on her stomach once again, kabhi nehi socha that I will be a father one day…
Kiyu Roshniji was saying she had to abort in college, she said hesitantly…
Ha, that was during our initial days of togetherness, we hadn't thought about getting married….
Usse kuch complications ho gayi unko keya….
Nah….
Tab?
Exact reasons toh patah nehi, Roshni doesn't want the responsibilities of a mother….
Kiyu…aap kiyu nehi poochha aapka toh haque banta hai…
When you a very close to a person you cannot always question her, sometimes you have to understand things….
What went wrong…
Roshni had a brother, very good in studies, he got a scholarship to study abroad, after he left initially he kept in touch, came once or twice later he snapped all ties with his family….they used all possible methods to get hold of him but he simply vanished, it happened during the initial days of our marriage, her father fell sick and her mother disoriented, before her father passed away his eyes only searched for his son aur aaj Roshni's mother is there, once a famous socialite, she hardly ventures out of her house…he released a deep sigh…
No wonder he did not force motherhood on Roshni, instead shared her pain silently like a true lover, Bani put her arm across and hugged him.
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Roshni deleted all Jai's messages from her mobile, inspite of her foul mood it felt good to know that Jai was searching for her, o.k. let him be worried, a little worry will do no harm, the bell rang, the waiter brought her breakfast….he just cannot take me for granted, jaise hi suna that he is going to be a father, he ran to her…kiyu couldn't he wait for the morning….initially she went to Jigyasa's house to share her grief, but Jigyasa again told her the same thing, she got fed up hearing it all over again so left for a hotel in the city, most peaceful….I have to do something about it…Roshni started eating her breakfast, dialed her mother, spoke to her for sometime, no use of sharing her feelings with her, nowadays she doesn't understand these things, her mother wanted somethings from the shop, items mainly for her pet dog, Roshni made a list then opened her handbag to put it in, her hand came across a visitng card, ' Pushkar Sukhla', Roshni remembered Jai's words to him, get in touch with Bani, Pushkar, she misses you, Roshni smiled well it might be some use to her…
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After the wedding, Jai returned with Ma, Bani will return after few days on an auspicious day, though Jai did confront with Roshni for switching off her mobile but did not pursue the matter, he was too happy to get into a fight, Roshni noticed that he spoke to Bani for long time on the phone, she did not get to hear what he was speaking but heard one or two sentences like what she had for food etc., he has already made an appointment with the doctor and once she is back they will go together. Roshni noticed Jai visiting several web sites regarding pregnancy and child birth….suddenly Roshni felt left out from Jai's life…
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