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ummh many thanks for your messages..ummh how can I stay away from you all ?.. so dropped by to say.. haan! will UD. FA.. chapter 17.. tomm..
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Mishal Raheja as Dutta Patil

Fettered Affection ~ chapter 17

"A thousand times good night"..Shakespeare

Days progressed and routines were followed. It was confirmed that stability had finally surfaced in Dutta's life.He was becoming less and less a man looking for some direction. Where his job was concerned he certainly gave all the proof of exemplary work. He was punctual , consistent and hardworking. Never once did he take days off, the need never arose. With regards to the lucrative side of affairs, finances seemed to amass, shortage of any sort never appeared. In the wider picture, Dutta Bhao was fast becoming a powerful man, who was well placed , but most of all revered by the ordinary, the common, and the lowly .To confirm his larger than life image, his mother, was often in his absence visited by the needy locals with some requests and issues they wanted, passed by him for resolving. Hence, things had never looked good for Dutta's family.

For Dutta himself, there was the professional side whereby he was getting more tolerant with his Boss Jeera, as a hopeless case of fashion, freak and frivolity with very little grey matter but plenty of hot air..Yes Jeera and his jokers now just bounced off Dutta's thick hide..Dutta was confident that he was the apple of Jeera's eye..the brain behind his operations. That he as DP, would continue to work on his own terms. So far he had not put his killer lady love to annihilate anyone in the shady deals he did.. there was no need , he preferred talking, and frequently based his actions on the policy of thinking outside the box.

Then there was the other side of his life, which was untitled, but it contained a certain person, who now residing under his roof. He did come across her, that was but natural as they lived in the same place. As far as it mattered to him, his attention would fall upon her casually as the situation required. Kali gori too interacted with him during meal times, or comings and going times.. yes there have been the odd occasions where their meetings were slightly out of the ordinary.. but there was no denying that when he returned home after his nightly shifts , she some how as if by magic, would appear out of no where.. now he would be very dense not to notice that...hummm.

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Dutta and Baji walked into the house, past mid night and Dutta, patted Baji's back lightly ,"go crash now , me to will shortly, but going to check in the kitchen first. Baji smiled knowingly," yeah sure, you might come across yours truly.."he muttered, and made way for the stairs that led to his room. Yes Dutta had seen the floor length curtains, move and he smiled as she slowly emerged from behind them and stood before him innocently.. he walked towards her slowly ,his arms held behind his back. He stopped before her at a decent distance,"hummm, to tu sau nehi ? ab kya problem hai thujhe? "as if to mirror his action, she too tried to show confidence by holding her hands behind her back , but when she noted his bemused expression she brought her arms forward and interlocked her fingers, "no, koi problem nehin, just woke up by a noise came to check, that's all."He doubled his chin and looked into her eyes, "and you expect me to buy this story humm?, the thing is Naku , this is not the first time is it?jab bhi main ghar laut ke ata hoon kam se, I don't have my mother to face , but you.."he said accusingly. Worse still she blushed, and he firmed his mouth and slowly moved his face to the side , away from her face."Saab why are you acting as if you have been a bad boy playing naughty games outside..and have just returned home,". He moved his head back towards her and glared into her eyes," I am not a bad boy!tune kya meri badness dekhe hai hummh? main tu apne kam se kam rekhta hoon , tu hai ju mera ana ka intezaar karte hai...ok!, and another thing I don't play games, I execute assignments, under the special duty task force around this area!", he replied caustically. Naku, tittered, "what? as selling cars? she teased and he arched forward with his finger in her face ,"ayeee lardki! tu kya jana kitna demanding and precarious hai mera kam ? and she moved his finger slowly with her tiny palm,"tu batoa na , that's why I am awake, to learn more about you.. yes tonight! and all the other nights Naku wants to know as much as she can !.He shoved his face more in her face and she pulled her neck back," why you want to know? you fancy me or what? waise lagta tu aisa he hai".. Naku, covered her face with her palms , and mumbled from behind , no not at all", he piped up courage and gently held her wrists and pulled her palms away from her face, and looked into her wide eyes.."no? zarre mujhe dekh ke bol..Naku, ke tu mujhe like nehi kerti.. hummh,"he inched forward, "hell no! I just find you a fascinating person,ap ka dress sense, ap ke moods, ap ka breakfast mein taste, ap ke kam kerne ka tarka.. night shifts , aand.."she stopped, and he threw back his head and chuckled," and the way I look at you, hummh? he added to embarrass her.. and sure enough she blushed and was rendered speechless for the moment.He took delight in that and continued,"phir why do you lie? you see I can read your eyes, bahut lies bolte hai tu.. pasand tu kerte hai tu mujhe..and thujhe pata hai what annoys me about you", he explained, tera raat raat bhar jag na! mera ana jana pe tabs rekhna , mera sona jagna pe nazar rekhna, main kya phenta hoon, us pe nazar rekhna, aur.. ye ke I think I too like you.."he confessed suddenly and she turned to leave, and he inclined forward and grabbed her lower arm just above the wrist,"not so fast lardki, mera dil abhi nehi bahra tera se.. you see tu aye apne marzi se , aur jaye ge meri marzi se", and he pulled her towards him, and put his finger on his lip, as he pointed to the raised up step of the outdoor area.. they walked through the upright softly lit border lamps, that flanked the smooth long tiled floor.. he pointed his palm for her to sit down.. and once she did, he sat beside her tilted at a decent distance. She played with her hands twisted and untwisted her tiny fair fingers. His narrow hooded eyes watched them and suddenly he raised his head and palmed his stubble face.."ok tu ju roz raat ko jage rehte hai tu seems to me you like my company , ummh like talking to me... but Naku , let me have you know I don't talk a lot, you see I demand for explanations and then I listen, so you can say Dutta is a good listener".. Naku turned her head sideways towards him and with a certain fondness for what he confessed,"waise regarding speaking, you are not so bad Saab, and yes I do like your company.."she admitted.Then Dutta went tongue tied.. ummh ab kiya bolon is kali gori ko..? is ke beauty pe remark dena kuch cheap aur chejhorrapun lagta hai.. he struggled.. he sniffed a bit and pushed up his sleeves with his palms and then turned to face her.. looked into her hazel green eyes tenderly, blinked his eyes once ,and moved his head away from her face again,"ummh how is your work going Naku, everything ok? he asked for the sake of conversation, and he noted she lowered her eyes and bit her lip.. probably thinks mujhe lardki log se baat kerne nehi ati... he cleared his throat and raised his head and caught sight of the moon, and sighed," dekh chand kaise nazar ah raha hai, like an opalescent globe, pata hai apne purna ghar mein , I used to sleep on the terrace and I would focus on the moon..and stare myself to sleep,". she smiled at his admission, "and now? you still have a terrace , ab nehi ap chand ko dekhte...", he felt mischief take over and he looked at her face,"ab mera pas tu beitha hai tu main chand kyon dekhoon ga", Naku didn't know what hit her.. she blushed and lowered her eyes.."Saab aap romantic ho raho ho?"she giggled. With sided eyes he replied,"romantic aur woh bhi tera saath, nehin to.. tu khawab he dekh!".. he said curtly and moved his face to the side as she started at his stubble square jaw," then why did you give a reference to my beauty that you don't look at the moon because I am sitting beside you"she protested..he moved his head towards her and clarified,"ummh I, ummh, I ummmh.. I don't know why I said... ummh may be I was making an effort to be nice to you.." he chuckled. Naku, shook her head and studied her palms perched in her lap,"ohhh ok" she said disappointed. Dutta shifted his bottom to face her comfortably his strong lions folded.."ummh waise Naku, I like having these convos with you in the middle of the night.. when no one is around.. how about you?"Naku nodded her head and bit her lower lip, no she would not answer, as it was he was full of himself. Funny, but the two of them ran out of topics to share yet they sat facing each other on the step with slightly curved bodies in a state of muteness. Yes but every so often he would gaze into her large green eyes, with his contracted lion like looks. Nothing complicated, just pure and simple approval and consent towards an undefined affiliation. The souls connected via the eyes, something that was sown was awaiting the seed to spilt and then grow..for that to happen, a waiting was imminent. Dutta broke the visual link up and lowered his eyes with,"waise how do you feel if I change my working hours, from middle of the night to day time hours humm?he asked his eyebrows knitted together slightly. She giggled hiding behind her palms,"phir tu problem hoga Saab, you won't get to see me, main kam pe hoonge..what a shame for you" she said cheekily, he almost was going to... but retorted.."tera liya shame.. tera Saab nehil mile ga thujhe ghupshup marne ke liye.." Naku giggled and then with rather a worried expression she blurted, "Saab are you really going to change your working hours?" he looked at her, with a serious expression, "of course not, do I look thick to you?.. not going to give up making double, treble, money during night shifts!".He paused as he noted she appeared sad.. and then continued," besides teri daily report bhi to lene hote hai mujhe..."and with that he stood up and leaned towards her and commanded, "get up now chatterbox and go to your room now! she raised up her head and looked up at him with her big doe eyes, he caught on to her eyes and.. slowly moved his palm towards her... this time she placed her four fingers in the dip of his wide pink palm and slowly his fingers closed around them, and with a gentle tug he brought her up to her feet and placed his hand gently on the small of her back and both walked away from the small outside sitting area in the blue peacock area of the house...from the terrace Baji's phantom figure moved surreptitiously and disappeared into the shadows of the night..

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Babi had woken up early for her puja and she heard a sound, but dismissed it as nothing, for who in the right mind would dare to infiltrate this fortress of a house with it's cctvs and real life body guards. But Babi was not born yesterday, her daughter Naku had just graced the bed with her presence. Babi entered her daughter's room in time to find her hugging her pillow lying on her side in going to a sleep mode. Babi stood in the door way then stepped into Naku's room and closed the door behind her. With her hands perched militantly on her hips , she spoke stridently,"ayee Naku, tu ab sone ke tayeeri ker rehe hai? uthne ke saame! raat ko sau nehi kya re tu?, Naku moaned, onnnh sone de na Aye thure der aur", Babi walked towards her daughter and tapped on her arm," dekh Naku, tu ju kar rehe woh thek nehi!"Naku suddenly threw her pillow and sat on her bed cross legged and looked across to her mum full of alarmed guilt,"kya bol rehe hai tum Aye..? main kuch samjhe nehi.."? Babi sat on the end of her daughters bed and gave her a sharp look,"main ye bol rehe hai ke tu jo chup chup ke Bhao se milne ko jaata hai raaton ko , tu kya samjhte maine ne kal janam liya hai.? main sab jano" Naku's eyes were a little petrified, as she was complacent within herself about who would know about her clandestine meetings with Saab. But it seemed, that from the word "who" her mother with her sharp eye was exempt. Naku blinked once and felt her mother's arm,"Aye tu kya bol rehe hai main kuch ne jaano?,".Babi pushed her daughter's hand away"ayeee Naku mera saath koi hoshiyaari nuko! tu sab jane re...!"she yelled, and Naku in all innocence yawned, "ab tu baat nehi batie ge tu sone he de Aye pata nehi kya ho gaya hai thujhe",she complained. An irate Babi at the end of her tether, gripped her daughter's wrist, with hot words,"dekh chorri tu ju sapna dekh rehe hai, is ghar ke bhau bune ke, woh ek na ek din totein ge tu dekhna main tera ko bole" she warned with her palm pointed in Naku's face.. "pun Aye asi koi baat nehi, main tu dekhne jata Saab khana khien ge ke nehi, bas aur tu koi aise baat nehi,"denied Naku, lest her mother's anger was fuelled ..Babi, nodded "dekh meri baachi ju nehi ho sakta us peeche kyon jaana Dutta shahib, chand hai asaman pe he teekh hai ! zameen pe nehi retha..woh kahan aur tu kahan, apne auqat mein rehe Naku, humare pas tu apna ghar bhi nehi, Bhao ke diye hoi ghar mein rehte hain..tu thek hai kam kar dete hai Saab ka, pun ye bhool ja ke woh thujhe apna buniya ga! aur ye bhi sooch log kya khaien ge ghar mein rehne aya aur apne beti ko ghar ke malak se lagaan kar diya! umeed hai thujhe meri baat samjhe ah gaye hai Naku!? chaal abhi uthe aur kam pe jane ke liye tayaar ho"Babi said in no uncertain terms to her daughter, and took a deep breath, got up and left the room.Frustrated Naku grated, she could have said loads in defence especially in his defence, but she chose to be quiet. But this she was clear about that her mother was not in favour of her getting to close to Saab. Alongside she wondered, if his mother too disapproved of her.. oh what was the point.. and she propped herself up and emotionally tired she stood up and embraced the day..

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Baji had amassed enough motivation for his forthcoming actions.. So the following day , after the night before , he made way towards his mother's room. Bhao had an informal local surgery, whereby locals brought their problems to him in person..Kaley had gone with him, and Baji was ordered to stay back and work from home.. so what better work could Baji be involved in than shifting a few puzzles in his beloved Bhao's life. Being part of a family set up also entailed knowing the customary practices of the family members, like now Baji knew AS, would be at the conclusion of her scripture readings.. He knocked lightly at the door, and upon invite stepped into the room. His mother looked across to him lovingly."haan Baji ah ja kya baat hai, aaj subah subah he tu..?"she wondered. Baji, thought some decorum and gravity should be maintained as the last thing he wanted was that what he was going to talk about should be set aside as facetious nonsense.Thus he cleared his throat "Aye Saab, kuch baat kerne the ap se"..began Baji..he noted she became weary and that was not the point to make her anxious, so he reverted back to the lighter touch."dekho AS, is ghar mein kya ho raha hai ap kuch nehi janti, yoon samhej lein jab aab sab sau jatien hai tu bahut kuch hota hai ghar mein.."he threw in. AS looked at him and suggested, "tu is mein pareshan hone ki kiya baat hai? camera lage hoi hain ghar mein, unhe ja kar check kar Baji.. Baji shook his palms and head,"nehi AS! aisa lotcha hai ke camera pe nazar nehi ata! pun haan aagar ap thek se check karien tu, saaf nazar ata hai... meri tu nazar ap jante hain bahut teez hai", he reported.AS, laughed and raised her palm, "ab kuch batie ga bhi saf saf ke ,hum tu na jaane teri paheli" she give up..Baji sat on the edge of her bed, and looked keenly into her eyes,"ho AS, main bata hai, woh apne note kiya Bhao aur Naku ko? kuch tu pak raha hai doone ke darmaiyeen, "he began only to be interrupted by the sudden entry of Kala and Roops, "hayeee so cute na? Bajirao having a gossip session with AS, oyeee! how dare you exclude me and Tai out of this session! yelled Roops as she slapped Baji's shoulder. Baji turned to look at her and then turned to AS,"dekha ap sab ne, jab koi kam ke baat hote hai ye Roops ke baachi ! ah jati hai, kam kharab kerna ke liya...upar se badtameez bhi itne,"!he protested, and Roops, stood beside him,"tum na mujhe badtameez bola! khud kiya tum gentry class ke ho Baji rao mind it !she said with a click of her fingers!.AS raised her palms,"chup karo tum dono! Roops ghup, Baji kuch Dutta aur Naku ke bare mein bata raha tha".. she reminded every one. Kala , smiled and in her stylish flair, reported,"haan Baji, I have noticed, the stolen gazes they give each other, are you thinking what I am thinking?, she asked. Baji nodded,"ho Tai! but for the minute I want to know what AS is thinking,"he replied.Kala, put to use her position in the family and commented ,"AS, is likely to think what we think, and we think, Dutta needs to settle down in life, lardki hamre samna hai, dekhne mein tu lagta hai ke pasand karte hain ek dossere ko, baki AS , ap bhi sooch lien is bare mein" she suggested. Baji on hearing, chirped, "oh most definitely they like each other, woh..."he was about to say they have nightly rendezvous',but controlled his wild tongue. By now AS had ascertained what was being suggested,"haan humna bhi note kiya hai, humien tu ye lardki hamesha se pasand the, Bappa ne phele he ise humare ghar bhej ka apna faisla suna diya hai.. bas humien intezzar tha ke Dutta ke tarf se koi ishaara mile humien" she disclosed. Roops clapped and raised her palm to Baji, "de talli Baji! tu baat paaki!", Baji went.." areee , shor maat macha, phele AS aur Tai Dutta se baat tu karlien formally! phir ju yehra bole ge I am the last person to know, ye meri life ka decision hai! vaghera, vaghera,!..Kala agreed,"yes Baji is right, Dutta has to be approached about it, at the first given opportunity ..till then we all need to keep a lid on things.."

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Now the main stakeholders of the PN were on the lookout for the arrival of the dark knight, the Sher of PVadi, the undisputed yehra, kadhoos of the hearts and minds of both the nobility and the commoners... at last the tall dark frame of Dutta entered the hall and his head turned slowly his right and left, as he checked out usual designated areas of his house, the dining table all done up for service, ummh handiwork of kali gori, no doubt.. his narrow eyes rested, but his feet carried on with the leisurely walk.. till his older sister called from the landing above the main curved staircase that led to the first floor retiring rooms of the family member," Bhao, uppar aye ga? AS, bola rehien hain thujhe!"she called out. Dutta scratched the side of his nose and pulled his lips downwards, now what does she want with me? he thought, she should know I fulfil all my tasks for this household, tu aisa kiya ho gaye she wants to talk to me.. unwillingly he climbed the stairs sluggishly and nonchalantly entered his mother's room with his arms loosely held behind his back. Kala looked across to him, and remarked as she saw his cold face," now why do you look so off Bhao?,Dutta moved his eyes towards her and commented coldly," I have accounts to do with Baji in my study, thus don't have time to listen to idle chatter, Tai , besides you know I am not the one to say much.. "Kala walked over to him and felt his shoulder with her hand, and looked into his eyes,"Bhao , just relax , who knows it might be a topic after your own heart.. so come sit AS, wants to share something with you".Awkwardly Dutta sat on an arm chair in his mothers room , and leaned forward and rested his lower arms on his propped up slightly parted knees, and slowly he raised his head and looked at his mother,"bolien kya baat hai..".AS looked at her son.. she knew they were not close, yes he looked out for her , but never felt he needed to come to her like a son.. his exchanges were on bits of information that he needed to give her.. as the elder of this household. So she was to tread carefully. She would refrain from asking him questions about what he felt about Naku, as he was likely to give a stroppy answer.. so exercised the parental approach.. which would if she was lucky, encourage him to speak..."Dutta, hum chate hai ke tu ghar basa le. lardki hai hamri nazar mein" she announced decisively. He lowered his eyes and stared at the floor.."hummm, tu mera lagan ke baat hai, pun itne jaldi bhi kya hai AS? mera shaadi ke bare mein kya vachar hain, ye tu ap ko pata haina ",he grumbled.. Kala , intervened ,"tell us then Dutta, we want to know.."she goaded him on, he flared his nostrils and turned his head slightly.. "well Tai not for me! marriage I have seen, my parent's, a pathetic one for sure.. enough to put any one off ,let alone me, a child out of that so called marriage!" he said disgruntled, full of bitterness that showed on his face. AS fought back a few tears, and attempted to calm him down, "dekh Dutta , hum janata hain tu ju kuch bhi bol raha hai sab thek hai, pun zaroori nehi ke tera saath bhi waise he ho ju mera saath hoya.."Dutta roared, "pun Aye! mera ragoon mein us aadmi ka khoon hai! and he suddenly held his face in his palms...Kala quickly came towards him, and put her arm around his hunched shoulders."Bhao no you are not like babba, sun tu le phele woh lardki kaun hai.."she said moving her palm gently on his back.He turned his head and looked side ways at his sister.."hummm ju bhi ho pun meri nazar mein bhi hai ek larki.."he said softly and AS's dabbed her eyes with her pallu and uttered.."Naku...". Dutta remained in the inclined position and mouthed the word,"Naku..?"and slowly with welled up eyes he looked across to his mother perplexed, and she nodded,"haan Dutta hamari nazar mein tera liya hamesha se he Naku the, bas teri rai jaanne the.. agaar tu haan kar de tu hum bhi kush ho jayien ge, kyon ke ab ye humari umar hai ke hum apne pota potian khelien.."she pleaded.. Dutta stood up and corrected his pathiani folds and simply said .."haannn" and walked out.Kala put her arm around her mother's shoulders and confirmed, "AS, Dutta ke iss haan ka matlab hai Naku use pasand hai, tu ap ab Babi ke saath baat aage chalien.".. both mother and daughter smiled..

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Dutta, walked out of his mother's room and headed towards his den and shouted, Baji!. Baji came running.."kya hoya Bhao?"Dutta, slanted his head and cockily replied,"kuch khas nehi , pun kuch ho zaroor jaye ga.."he said quietly, and Baji leapt at him and clung to his wide chest! "areee saach mein? Bhao tum ekdum champion ho!".Dutta folded his arm and boxed the back of Baji's head, "so now I know who has been doing the ground work!.Baji came away from Dutta's chest and looked at his face,"ju bhi ho pun tu kush tu haina?"he smiled. Dutta looked down into the hall from his balcony and then folded his arm to check his watch.. Baji was swift to note his action, and commented,"kis ka intezar ho raha hai Bhao?.. Dutta held the bannister of his balcony and retorted,"when you know then why the hell are you asking?".Baji teased, "no I just wanted it to come from you, for I know if I say something that is not bubbling in your brain, then I will end up getting smacked in the face with your trigger happy fist!".Dutta turned his face and felt his stubble, "the thing is Baji it's pretty late past seven in the evening, that Kali gori should have been home by now.. ummh why don't you go and check the annexe to see if she has arrived yet.."Baji knew better than to argue and he turned to leave and Dutta yelled "check her favourite haunt the kitchen as well!.Dutta meanwhile stared down at the entrance too.. Sethji emerged in the hall and on seeing Dutta looking down from his balcony, yelled "woh Bhao! mera Aye bole Bhao ko batao ke Tai abhi tak ghar nehi aye!.."Dutta heard and came tapping down his wooden stairs only to be faced by a hysterical Babi, beating her chest and crying her eyes out,"Bhao kuch karo Naku abhi ghar wapis nehi aye! mera tu dil dhoob raha hai! kuch ho na gaya ho usko? ooohhh Bappa! she wailed. Dutta stood still, dumb, just watching this frantic mother, and he folded his arm and wiped his moist brow, finally he doubled his chin and stated,"dekho mausi tum chinta maat karo, kuch nehi hoya hoga use?" he consoled. Kala and the rest of the family rallied around Babi, but she continued louder, till Baji knocked sense into her, "dekho mausi thumhare is roona dhoona se hum sooche nehi sakte"! Dutta asked Babi,"koi phone kiya usne ap ko?"Babi shook her head helplessly as she sniffed.."nehi kiya Bhao, na he hum ne kiya, humare pas uska number nehi hai isilye tu ap ko bata rahi hoon", she cried. Dutta creased his brow and spun his neck towards Baji and bellowed "phone kar use Baji abhi ke abhi!". Baji phoned but there was no reply.. just an automated message..."it has not been possible to connect your call", an impatient Dutta roared, "ab kuch bake ga bhi tu BAJI!!!" Baji mumbled something incomprehensible as his jaw dropped and Dutta pulled out his phone and dialled and yelled "it has not been possible to connect your call!!, kya ye beti hai ap ke mausi!! apna number ghar waloon ko bhi nehi diya! haad hote hai laparwai ke! samhajte kiya hai apna ap ko woh? na ghar waloon ka khayal ke uske ghar na phoochna par kitne chinta ho sakte hai ap ko!..."Babi nodded her head and cried "Bhao ap jao na jeep mein, dekho uske kaam par",Dutta flared his nostrils and bellowed KALEYYY! JEEP nikal and he looked at Baji "chal! let's go look for her!" and he took quick long strides down the hall, his chest jogged with force and hyped tension. But as he turned the corner out of the hall he breaked! as Naku banged straight onto his chest with a heavy jolt and he looked down into her bewildered green eyes, brashly he pushed her away and roared, with great might,"tuuu!!!! ah gaye thuijhe ghar ke yaad! ab chal under aur samna kar apne Aye ka!" he snarled and dragged her by the arm into the hall and literally threw her at mother, with a loud booming voice,"ye lo mausi laut aye hai tumhari laadli! ab phoocho is se kahan the!" commanded Dutta with flashing eyes. Babi in turn pushed Naku to face her,"areee chorri kahan pe the tu?, tu thek tu hai? and she felt her daughter's face with her hands, and hugged her than pushed her back to face her.."kuch pata bhi hai ke kaise kaise bure khayal aye maan mein Naku! itne late tu ghar laut ke aye".Babi asked a tad calmed down after seeing the safe return of her daughter. A fuming Dutta, yelled as he pointed at Naku, "mausi ise phoocho kyon late aye!mujhe bhi janana hai, mere ghar mein rethe hai ye!"he demanded. She turned to him, a little vexed, "Saab mein over time kam kar rehe the.."Dutta shouted back"thek hai ! par phone tu kar sakte the tu?? kyon nehi kiya bol!?? he glared dangerously at her..Naku walked slowly towards him and stood before him, looked up boldly into his eyes and said clearly, "network nehi tha..." but for him that was not enough, "tune office ka phone kyon nehi use kiya ??"and she looked annoyed as he made her out to be devious before all, his family and hers but replied, curtly, "woh bhi down thein", fuming he replied "tu chor aise jaga se kam where the damned phones don't work!, and equally angry she answered, "I am not prepared to leave my job! I cannot afford not to have a job!", hyped up even more he barked, "job se zayeeda thuje dhamak ke zarorrat hai!,simple se baat hai no one in this household has your contact number! koi tu guvarner nehi laage ke top security number hai teri! ju tune kisi gharwale ko nehi diya".While Dutta's family stood amused at his tirade at Naku, and Babi too stood cowed down by his whipped up rage, Naku, pointed out,"ap ke pas tu hai mera number... aur Baji ke pas bhi..tu why didn't you check", Dutta was far to annoyed at her answer, and he glared at her, turned and began to move but before that , he announced,"jao apne apne kamre mein sab! tamesha khatam!. As people dispered, Naku looked helplessly at Baji,"woh Baji Saab bhaut gussa mein hai ab kya karoon?"Baji pointed to the kitchen,"Dekh, make him a cup of tea , to chillax him ,ja!he encouraged..

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Enraged Dutta slumped into his turquoise green single seat settee. With his elbow digging into the hard wooden arm rest of the chair , he palmed his face gently with his fingers,"yehri choori uppar se seena zaroori",he muttered as his angry eyes stared at his centre table.The click of his door, forced him to take in her presence before him with a pot of tea,"ab kya lena aye hai tu Naku, part 2 of my gussa, which I have to say is every bit justified! you are clearly at fault !"She mumbled a haan, and put the hot cup of tea on the table..and looked across to him over the steaming cup.. with a tiny smile. He glared at her with his narrowed eyes and moaned in his guttural voice,"chai serve kar lena se your wrong does not become right..."She stood up and nodded, and he carried on, "have you any idea , how your mother was losing the plot sick with worry, no one knew why you were late ,or with who you were, have to say this is the height of irresponsiblity on your part, try not to repeat this.. .ummh I feel responsible for you Naku.." he confessed, paused and then continued, "you live in my house under my care that's why..."he clarified.. Naku bent down and pushed his cup of tea towards him,"haan Saab, woh ghalti ho gaye maaf kar do.. pun genuine reason tha.. but if nothing else ap ka haq apne pe dekh ke aacha laga.."He gently raised the cup of tea to his lips.."Naku, this time I have been a lot more lax in my reaction..."he said firmly, and she gazed at his firm face, wondering what he meant... to be continued. Hamlet53~ 19.7.13.

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Precap ~" are you going to tell me what is the meaning of this behaviour Naku?,

NB.. this update is dedicated to Ivy and Bart whose names have turned Red..ladies the colour Red spells of passion, life, and energy that which you have given to the Laagi forum..and now we hope you will continue to do so, all the way to the next level..

thanks for all your get well good wishes..ummh UK remains in the grip of heat wave.. I know what a hoo-hah! but the truth is any temperature soaring or diving from the ordinary throws us Brits completely. hence hammie is not the only one who is being grilled.. what a shame the truth is I was born and bred in Pakistan, where the temperature is close to 40's, alas! something has changed within me... love you all.. Hamlet53.

Originally posted by: tamanna1391

update dutta becoming powerfull and being famous in his area for his kindness nakku dutta continuas meetings

dutta finding nakku in kitchen again


and there little romance liking are dutta ji loving bhi jaldi hogaconfrontation
baaji spyaing his bhau and to be vahinibabi trying to stop nakku but dil hai ki maanta nahin
baaji trelling aai sahib about tasha

aai kala talking about approaching dutta
aai sahib kala baji talking about marriage to dutta and dutta angry because of his parents's marriage condition and his becoming like his father

finally they got dutta hmmmnakku late babi worried and informing dutta

nakku come dutta outburstnakku answering back dutta annoyed
and nakku making tea to calm him
but dutta warning

nakku confused