FF - Ek Duje Ke Liye, Ch 35, pg47 updt on 15.12 - Page 13

hmmm so D;s caring for nakku😳😳😳.....amzing

looking forward for D's enemy n Tasha's interaction😳😳😳😳😳

lovely FF👏....

dont worry abt Pm's tiny...doesnt matter😉

(can i ask ur name...wht shuld call..tin or tiny its really sound diff😕...if u ok den only😳)

Actually my real name at home is Tinni😛 You can either call me Tin or Tinni whatever you wish...otherwise Jayati, the name I am known in the greater world 😃

@BOLD...hmm intresting😉......

ok ,,, Tinni is real name nice😳...lyk it...

I hope you had a nice weekend. Over the weekend I posted one of my old stories on Love and Courage called The Veil, in this forum. If you wish to check it out here is the link https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/laagi-tujhse-lagan/1543438/short-story-the-veil-part-ii-updt-23-11 Do let me know how you liked it so that I can post rest of the parts. Now here is today's update;

Chapter 15

After dinner, Ayi Sahib instructed that Babi and her husband alongwith their son should shift to the next room immediately….

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Due to security reasons Patil Niwas was never lit up from outside during the night except for special occasions…But Ayi Sahib and her daughters had decorated the house very esthetically various corners were lit up with soft lightings or with candles floating in urns…one such place was Dutta's favourite was the stone seat in the courtyard around a raised platform which was used as table during very private parties which Dutta had at times, otherwise on it a big bell metal urn was kept with floating candles….

Sitting on the stone seat with a glass of port wine after dinner, Dutta watched the floating candles, faint scent of the aroma of the flowers petals in the water reached his nostrils…looking at the water he saw Nakusha's face floating, the dark and ugly one then the pretty one, he blinked his eyes, they vanished….Dutta rubbed his forehead, when his Ayi brought the proposal of Nakusha for him, he was shocked for she chose such a girl for him….no not because she was not fair but because she looked very unattractive with her funny eyebrows, he realised his mother understood why he did not want to get married to attractive girls…first it was Sulekha, he later came to know that Sulekha's father was already eyeing for a political future and a policeman son-in-law, he had zeroed on Sampath who was new to the locality with a promising future, hence another reason for Dutta to be brought in, while Dutta worked for him, Raghu Bhau got busy making forays for his new life….he was hoping with a political career and policeman son-in-law his old age woud be relatively easy till Dutta went to jail and got released…..

Three / four years flew by taking revenge and expanding his territory, his only regret was Sampath was transferred way out of his reach otherwise he would have taken quite a pleasure in teaching Sulekha a lesson or two…around that time his biggest rival became Anna, both were trying control the sea and the land, Anna inspite of being from Hyderabad had come to Mumbai with big dreams at a young age, he landed at Mumbai's dockyard, a den of criminals and to be criminals, where the strongest rule and they did not follow any rules of the game…Anna was rising star of the dockyard and Dutta wanted to control the sea for he thought Mumbai & the Arabian Sea were synonym of each other…their interest clashed….

One afternoon Dutta and Bajirao were returning when on a lonely stretch of the road they saw a girl running and a man on the bike trying to catch her, a woman in distress, true to his spirit Dutta asked Bajirao to stop the girl so that they could pickup the girl…..after beating up man on the bike, they offered the girl to drop her to wherever she was going….

Sitting at the back seat, the girl narrated her name was Supriya and how she a teacher in the nearby school had gone to the next locality to meet one of her sick students, while returning the bus in which she was travelling broke down and since she was not very far she thought she is walk down, this man was following her for quite sometime and she was ignoring his advances and after reaching this lonely stretch he got desparate….

Dutta was driving the car, he noticed through the rear view mirror that she was an attractive woman, dropped her in her house, she offered them tea….over tea she informed she stays alone here as it is her job, her parents live in another city and from time to time they do visit her and she goes to visit them…she also said being a girl staying alone is not easy…..

Why don't you get married, you seem to be qualified and not bad to look at…Bajirao had commented…

She had laughed, an attractive laughter, husky too …yes one day I will as I love children and want my own but I also want to chose the father of my children, I do not believe in arranged marriages…

As they got up to leave and got into the car, she came to see them off, you have got very kind eyes Mr Patil…..

Dutta was taken aback, then said well you hardly know me….

I can read eyes, after all I am a teacher, I am not mistaken….Dutta had smiled as he drove away he kept looking at the rear view mirror, she was standing watching the car….

An interesting girl, what say Bajirao….

Hmmm lagta hai soon she will get father of her to be children…Baji had commented cheekily….

Dutta punched him….

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Supriya brought back cheer to Dutta's life, she was witty, she told him about her dreams, to build schools for the orphans, for their first date they went to an orphanage to distribute some goodies…Dutta discovered that Supriya and his Ayi both loved doing charities, while his Ayi it was the women and their needs, for Supriya it was homeless children….she told Dutta, he should not engage himself so much in his work that one fine day he realizes that he has missed out on all other things of life…

Her words were so convincing, Dutta discussed with Bajirao jitna hai, usme hi khush rehte hai, aur kitna chahiye….so lets make with Anna and tell him the sea is his….

That evening he proposed Supriya…she accepted…Dutta was happy, it was one of the finest days of his life, Anna promised him that he will be his life long friend and Dutta got a girl whom not only he likes but his family too…Supriya's parents arrived to meet his family and declared that their daughter had chosen well, …the date was fixed, after which they went returned to be back before the wedding, shopping started …over the weekend Supriya stayed with them, the house was buzzing with laughter and activities….next morning Supriya told Dutta she would go back to her house to bring a few things, Dutta offered one of his cars and escort, she refused…all in good time Dutta, let me lead and enjoy my ordinary life for a few more days, don't worry I will be back by the afternoon….Dutta dropped her till the bus stop….

It was in the late afternoon after he returned home his Ayi asked where was Supriya….wasn't she with you….for she has not returned yet, I thought maybe you two have gone somewhere together….They tried her mobile, it was out of reach….Bajirao and Dutta left for her quarters out of the town, the house was locked….

She must have gone, maybe we have crossed each other…..Bajirao observered….

Yes maybe…Dutta stood on the veranda looking around, the house had a look of neglect…the veranda was dusty, the potted plants were dry, he narrowed his eyes, she came here in the morning, must have stayed here for a while, kum se kum paodho ko pani toh de sakti thi…..

Shall we go to the school and ask if she had been there….jab aye hai toh patah karke jate hai…

But today it is closed na, didn't she say they have a long weekend, today is the foundation day or something…Bajirao remembered…

Hmmm phirbi…chalte hai…dekh lete what kind of school it is…she wants to continue working for still sometime…..they walked across the school to see children leaving the school….Dutta was shocked….Bajirao went inside to find out, only to return to say Bhau they are saying they do not have any Supriya Chitnis as their teacher….are you sure is this the name she said….

This is the only one government school in this area….Dutta started sweating….

They went back to the house and broke open the lock…except for a few furniture there was no evidences of anybody living….

Bajirao ran to the market….he made enquiries….ha a lady had taken booking of this house with 3 months advance payment, he was told by the landlord who had a shop in the market….but her name was not Supriya Chitnis…neither she was a school teacher but a research scholar doing research on environment….

It did not take long for Dutta to realize he was taken for a ride but why and by whom was the question…soon he found out it was Anna, he wanted to divert his attention from the dockyard….Supriya or Chitra her real name was actually the wife of Anna's right hand man and an actress with a Marathi Theatre Company….Needless to say Anna had made the same mistake like Raghu bhau…Dutta once again turned back to his former self but this time Anna had to leave Mumbai city, Chitra and her husband were given salil samadhi i.e buried alive in the sea…

Dutta emptied the glass, looking into the urn….no his findings said Ganpat was not a very honest man, he had been involved in various petty crimes and was a drunkard…maybe that is why he and his family had to shift their locations so many times…Babi was once accused of robbing a necklace from the house she worked but that was not proven....their daughter Pari, who was supposed to have been kidnapped according to her parents actually had run away with her tutor….then of course sold to flesh traders….there was some grey shades there, nothing big, Dutta would have ignored them provided they did not hide about Naku's true beauty, he was simply too scared to get hurt further, they say once bitten is twice shy and he was twice bitten….

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Putting down the glass, Dutta got up crossing the hallway he went towards his room, which was on the other end of the house, he lived alone on his side, being a man he needed his territory…or so thought his mother…

Ayi ayi mere kamre me Sethji ko sone de na…a voice pleaded with her mother….

No Ayi Sahib has instructed that you will sleep alone in your room…aur dar kis baath ki, we are just next door….

This room is bigger than the kholi aur mujhe needh nehi ayegi, I am not used to sleeping alone….

Adat ho jayegi…it is not difficult….

You come and sit till I fall asleep then…Nakusha pleaded….

Mai? Oh no I am very tired and sleepy too…Naku samjha kar…..agar....matlab….no no it is not possible for me to defy Ayi Sahib….

Putting his hands in his trouser pockets, Dutta climbed up the stairs…Ayi Sahib what are you upto? He asked to himself softly….

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