Chapter 27
Tum bina bataye kiyu chali ayi…Daksh persisted…
My husband needed me so I had to come…aur kuch…abh tum yeha se jayo mera bahut kaam hai, ayo Rano…..
While Bani went in with Rano, Mr Suraj Randheria's eyes turned hard, he did not like Bani's attitude, Daksh was showing signs of improvement and he would not like to compromise anything which might hamper his progress…
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Pushkar was fed up with AD's antics, he had to carry out certain jobs without asking questions, Pushkar hated to carry out orders about which he did not know in detail, such things disturbed him and what disturbed him most when he was asked to wait in certain cafs handover sealed envelopes to shady looking persons who came in giving him code words and taking the packets….Pushkar was not sure how lawful they were…
Today Pushkar was waiting for the pickup person to come again, thinking about his next course of action, he wanted to work but he did not want to get entangled in any mess, no use of protesting to AD because AD thinks since he is paying him a salary he should be carrying out his orders, no questions asked…Pushkar has settled his loan, is it time to move on, thought Pushkar, lekin mai kaha jayunga, AD is such a person who can go any length to stop him specially no when he has started relying on him so much….
Hello Pushkar….
Pushkar looked up to see Raashi standing in front of him…
Tum….
Ha, I have come with my friends, our class got over early today….
Pushkar saw a group of girls and boys were taking seats at a table….any news of Pia Pushkar?
Pushkar sighed, no but the police have found out she did go towards the station….
Station…kaunsa station, kaha ke liye...
That is a million dollar question Raashi, she can go towards VT or towards Thane or any other place, millions of people are traveling by train every day the only good thing is no suicide or death have reported from the railway track…
Subh subh bolo Pushkar, Pia aise nehi karegi…
I don't know Raashi, she is a funny woman first she wanted to establish the child is Jai Sir's, then she runs away much to my surprise, knowing her I thought confessing and staying back was an easier option…
Maybe she is regretting…
Well maybe, somehow the idea doesn't gel…meri chhoro apni batayo, how are you…
I am fine…
How is Ranveer…
Raashi gave a sad smile, should be fine…o.k. Pushkar nice talking to you…bye…Raashi went back to her group, Pushkar saw a different Raashi smiling and talking with her friends they were clicking pictures with their mobiles…well Ranveer is a lucky man but does he realize that….His contact had come…Pushkar handed over the packet after verification of identification and got up, waved at Raashi who was looking this way and left the caf.
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Bani and Rano supervised the cleaners they had hired for cleaning their house, closed for so long, the garden had overgrown, the interiors had become dusty….as Rano supervised them inside the house, Bani in the garden, trimming branches, cutting the grass etc, she remembered how she alongwith her sisters and father planted some of them, specially the mango and the guava, her favourite fruit, they brought the sampling from a Mela which was being held for Janmasthami, since it was evening, her father had put the sampling in a bucket to be planted in the morning, Bani got up early next day, she could not wait to plant them only to see her father had got up even earlier preparing the bed…
Mujhe pata tha tu jaldi uthegi isiliye maine mitti taiyar kar di…la, woh poudha lekar a, gar de, Bani touched the trees she could still recollect the first taste of its fruits…
As the men worked, Bani started feeling tired, she went back to the veranda and sat down on the cane chair, closing her eyes recalling how she and her sisters played hide and seek around the house, Bani fell asleep…
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There was a message beep in his mobile, Jai was reading a file, he picked it up and went to the inbox, it was a mms msg…must be a greeting lekin what for, what is the occasion he tried to recollect, it was a photograph, Jai narrowed his eyes, Bani standing with a red rose in one hand and a man kissing her other hand…Jai could not make out the face, another beep shouded, Bani sitting on a cane chair with her eyes closed and a man caressing her face with a flower held in his hand…in this picture also he only see the back of the man and no doubt he was the same man…Jai became puzzled, a little while ago he spoke to Bani, she was supervising cleaners around her Mt Abu house…jab idhar a hi gaye Mr Walia, thora clean kara lu, repair ke bhi jaroorat hai but for that I need more time….
Repair mai baad me through contractor kara dunga, tum Pia ki pata karke jaldi a jao…
Idhar lagta hai nehi hai Mr Walia…
Jai did not care a hoot if she was not there, but thinking about Bani he kept quiet…
Bani what can I say, incase she is not there, you come back tomorrow itself…
Aur ek din lagh hi jayega, the house is in a mess….
Bus aur ek din se jaida nehi….
Jai deleted the mms and went back reading his files, did not even call back the number to find out who it can be…
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Bani was dreaming Jai blowing her hair away from her face…he was bending over her face and blowing hard, the hair fluttered….keya kar rahe hai Mr Walia aap, woke up to see Daksh bending over her caressing her cheeks with a red rose….
Tum, idhar? Bani sat up…
Tum sow rahi thi, Anamika, just like before, he said…
Bani got up, looked around, could not see his family members….
Tum kaise aye idhar Daksh….
Arushi chhor ke gayi…she had some work elsewhere…
Arushi?
Ha my cousin, my sister….
How dare she, Bani muttered under her breath….she cursed the day when she agreed to help Daksh…seeing the helpless eyes of the father, she had told him…theek hai, mai abhi kuch din idhar farm house me hu, I will help Daksh during my stay here, in Mumbai I do not have time….
Suraj Randheria was delighted but now watching Daksh's lovelorn face, Bani was not sure whether it was a good proposition at all….
Just then Rano came out…Di….
Ha bolo….
Rano hesitated seeing Daksh….
Keya baath hai koi khabar….
Ha matlab Pia ki nehi lekin Bank Manager ka phone aya tha…
And…
Well it seems he cannot handover the cheque tomorrow morning, unhe aur samay chahiye….
Mai kuch samjhi nehi, kiyu nehi handover kar sakte aur kitna samay chahiye…
He is saying he needs time to get a search report, to see if the property is mortaged to someother people…
What rubbish, Rano aisa kaisa ho sakta hai, Mr Walia was the last person to hold the property's mortage but hasn't he seen the transfer papers….it has been transferred to our name…
Yes he has, now he wants Pia's signature even or her letter of consent…
Why the hell then he say iss me ho jayega in the morning, abh itna nakhra kiyu….Rano lets go and meet him once again….maybe we can then go to some other bank….
Didi now if we go to some other Bank, we have to start the process once again, but nevertheless lets speak to the Manager once again….lekin Rano looked at Daksh….
Lekar chalte hai, I cannot take the risk of being on his own….kuch ho jayega toh mai uska ma ko keya jawab dungi…
But you did not invite him here…
Chhoro Rano, after all it is their son and it must be very tough for them to see him in this state…Bani sighed…
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Suraj Randheria smiled at the Manager, extended the envelope to him, well sometimes old acquaintences come into help, luckily for him this Manager was known to him, many years back he was posted in his village bank, both young at that time developed a good rapport, now when Bani and her sister disembarked from the Auto he had overhead Rano quarreling with the driver for over charging them, they were also carrying some property files, he took a chance, anything to delay Bani's departure from here….he thought they wanted to close their accounts here but when he came to meet the manager he got to know something very strange….Bani Walia, wife of Jai Walia wants to keep her property mortgaged, lekin kiyu…and that too she is in a great hurry, according to the Manager….his businessman instinct took over him…
Aaap yeh delay kar do…
Kaise delay karu Suraj-ji papers are o.k. and I cannot also question her liquidity, she is Mrs Walia…paisa toh mujhe mil hi jayega,,,,
Aap ko mai khush kar dunga, you just buy sometime, do something, rest I will see….
Lekin…
If you can do it, aapka yeh ehsan mai zindagi bhar nehi bhulunga, you have my word for it…
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Arushi scanned her sent messages from her mobile, she checked the no. once again, yeah it has gone to the right no. i.e the no. given by Jigyasa auntie, still no reaction, at least she expected a call from him to check from where the mms has come....Bani's face is clear, cannot be clearer and she is with a man it can be clearly understood....is he busy in a meeting, the delivery msg is also saying delivered....is he a normal man or he doesn't care as his relationship with his wife is just a show in front of others...
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Bani and Rano sat in the park opposite the bank, the Manager's attitude seemed different from the morning, now he is taking out all rule books and showing them how right he is and why he needs time whereas in the morning he had said, You are Mrs Jai Walia, Jai Walia ko kaun nehi janta and after marrying him you have become a celebrity in Mt Abu, local girl marrying such a big businessman, with my discretion I can always get a loan for you sanctioned, no issues, bus aap idhar sign kar dijiye and the cheque will be ready tomorrow...or by today evening if I can make it...
Patah nehi in matter of hours how can a person change so much...Rano commented
Tumlog idhar kiyu baithe ho, ghar kab chaloge Anamika idhar mujhe garmi lag rahi hai...
Ek minute Daksh mujhe sochne do...
Keya soch rahe ho Anamika...
Rano hamare gehna bech de?
Hamare gehna kaha hai Di, jo apna hai they are so negligible aur jo mila hai they belong to the Walia family...
Hamara family Rano, aur yeh paisa toh hum apne family ke liye hi chahiye na?
Tumhe paisa chahiye toh mera papa se le lo na unke pass bahut hai...Daksh looked at their faces
Daksh kabhi chup bhi raha karo, now
Areh beta tumlog idhar ho, mai tumhare ghar gaya tha, Daksh bina bataye chala aya, the cleaners said...
Papa, Papa Anamika ko paisa chahiye...usko paisa do....
Daksh keep quiet, Uncle we had some work in the bank so had to come
Why should I keep quiet, abhi toh tum bol rahe the tum gehena bech dogi....
Daksh it is our personal matter...
How can it be your personal matter, humdono alag thori na hai Anamika...
Keya baath hai beta, what is Daksh trying to say?
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