Part 4 :
Amba : Dev
Dev was shocked to hear Amba. He tries to hide his shock to not give Amba a chance of doubt. He turns around casually.
Dev : Hi Ambaa
Amba : Dev tum yahan kya karraheho
Dev : Woh main janta hoon aise bina permission ke tumhare room me nahin aana chahiye tha.. but kya he na mujhe bahut severe headache hai to pills lene aaya hoon
Amba looks a little doubtful, but tries to help him anyway
Amba : Mere paas pills hai main deti hoon
Dev notices her getting doubtful
Dev : Yeh Vidhi hai na pata nahin mere room mein medicines kaha rakhdiye hai.. to yeh guest room main bhi ek set hota tha to lene aa gaya, par mil hi nahi raha
Amba looks pleased that Dev is disappointed by Vidhi and turns around fastly to get her medical kit. She suddenly trips and Dev helps her immediately in balancing, she blushes a little and goes and gets him headache pills from her kit.
Dev : Main bhi aise hi sab maintain karta hoon , organised par Vidhi abhi aayi hai na to thode changes kardi hai.. phir mujhe rearrange karna pad raha hai
Amba tries to add ghee to the fire
Amba : Obviously Dev, Vidhi choti hai na use to itna organised banne ki aadat nahi hogi. Ab tum aur main to aise nahin hai na
Dev : Yeah right.. anyway thanks a lot.. you are a saviour
Amba looks quite happy after he leaves that not only Dev praised her but found faults in Vidhi. Dev comes down grumbling about Priya not warning him and watches Priya, Abhi and Simmi having a family moment.
Priya : I am so sorry bhaisaab.. woh Simmi ko meri zaroorat thi to mujhe jaana padha
Dev : Uff touchy touchy.. tumhare wajah se mujhe Amba ke saath touchy touchy hona padha
Saying so, Dev walks away continuing to grumble something about how he had to praise Amba. Abhi and Priya look at each other and burst out laughing. He goes to his room to see Vidhi neatly arranging their bed and feels sorry that he had to lie about her being disorganised. Vidhi notices that Dev has returned.
Vidhi : Kucch mila kya?
Dev : Haan.. yeh headache pills
Looking at Vidhi's confused expression, he went on to narrate his ordeal with Amba. Vidhi at the end of it could not keep a straight face and starts laughing.
Vidhi : Aww.. kitne cute ho aap
Dev : Tumhe hansi aa rahi hai.. ye Amba se baat karke mujhe sach much ka headache ho gaya hai.. ye pill le leta hoon
Vidhi : Nahin.. woh Amba ji ki diyi huyi cheez aap mat khana.. actually aise chote mote headache ke liye tablet ki kya zaroorat hai.. mere paas ek badiya sa tareeka hai
Dev : Theek hai madam.. jo bhi tumhara tareeka hai wahi karunga
Vidhi : Aap nahin main karungi
Saying so Vidhi immediately went away and brought oil in a bowl
Dev : Oil massage
Vidhi : Biwi ke hathon se massage karwaenge to saara thankaan khatam ho jayega
Vidhi makes Dev sit on the floor and she sits on the corner of the bed. He happily follows her instructions. She take oil and starts applying on hair first and gives a good massage with her tender fingers. Vidhi first massages his hair properly and then masaages along his forehead with her thumb applying the right amount of pressure, neither too soft nor too rough. Dev starts feeling relaxed and closes his eyes.
Dev : Wow Vidhi tumhare haathon mein to jaadu hai, kitna accha lag raha hai mujhe
Vidhi : Dekha na maine kaha tha na aapko aaram mil jayenge.. meri maa na har hafte aise hi champi karti hai.. aaj bhi karti hai jaise mai koi choti bacchi hoon.. sach kahoon to mujhe bahut accha lagta hai jab maa karti hai to main aise hi jhote moote mana karti hoon... mai bhi aapko aise hi karungi to yeh saare dawayiyon ki zaroorat nahi padegi
Upon not getting any response, Vidhi bends to check on him and finds him lost in his own thoughts with eyes brimming with tears. She gently caresses his cheek. Vidhi calls Devji.. with voice full of concern. Dev immediately leans into her touch as if he was awaiting it the most and sheds those tears which were threatening to fall till now. He lays his head on her lap.
Dev : Maa ki yaad aagayi.. woh bhi aise hi bachpan mein meri baalon ki champi karti thi..
Vidhi : I am so sorry Devji.. maine aise maa ki baat karke aap ko dukhi kardiya
Dev : Nahin Vidhi.. kya kehrahi ho.. aise thodi na hoga ki mere saamne tum apne mom dad ki baat hi na karo... meri maa ke baad itne saalon mein phir se tumne mera aisa champi kiya to bas woh puraane yaadein taaza ho gaya hai
Vidhi understands the situation and gets back to massaging his hair. Vidhi always wanted to know more about Dev's childhood, his related thoughts..good, bad, everything..now that the topic has come, she wanted to probe into it further till his comfort zone or may be a little beyond.
Vidhi : Hmm bechari Ganga maa, pata nahin aapko champi ke liye manane main kitna mehnat lagtha tha.. unhe aapke peechhe peechhe bhaagna pada hoga
Dev : Kya... bilkul nahin.. mein bahut accha behave karta tha.. ek dum disciplined.. meri maa jo bhi kehti thi main sun leta tha
Vidhi : Accha
Dev : Bilkul
Vidhi : Acchaaa
Dev : Of course
Vidhi : Aahaa
Dev : Accha theek hai, thoda masti karta tha ,may be 10%
Vidhi : Huh
Dev : Woh 50 banalo
Vidhi : Hmm
Dev : shayad 75 hoga.. haa ye final hai
Vidhi : Mujhe dekh kar kehna
Dev : Ok ok baba, 95% sharaarti tha ye fix karlo
Vidhi : Hey bhagwaan, itna kya shararat karte the aap.. mujhe sab kuch janna hai
Dev : Ha ha.. bahut masti karta tha main, hamesha sirf khelna aur kudna bas, padayi to apne aap ho jaata tha, har waqt mere upar bandaid laga hua hota tha.. ek chot kam ho jaata to dusra ban jaata tha
Vidhi : Oh god ha ha aur sunayine koi aisa kissa jo aap ko yaad ho
Dev : Haa ek baar na main ball se khel raha tha seediyon par chadkar.. ball ke peeche peeche maine bhi challan lagaaya seedha neeche wale floor par gira.. bechari maa itni pareshaan thi uss din mere chot ko lekar
Vidhi : Yeh kya kiya aapne
Dev : Yeh suno.. ek baar mai bina maa ko bataye ice cream bandi wale uncle ke saath poore mohalle mein ice cream bechne chala gaya.. Ice cream Ice cream kehte kehte aur jab tak wapas aaya mere maa papa itna pareshaan the ki papa ne to mujhe ek thappad lagaya... phir maa hi aayi thi beech mai bachane ke liye
Both of them have a hearty laugh while recollecting all childhood memories of Dev.
Vidhi : Abhi aap ko dekh kar to bilkul nahi lagta ki aap kabhi itne shaitaan bacche the
Dev : Yeh jo maine pehle kaha ki main maa ki har baat maanta tha.. woh bhi sach hai Vidhi.. jab maa beemar padgayi thi, to main unke saare baat maanta tha ye sochkar ki woh jaldi theek ho jayegi agar maine unke baatein suna to... par aisa nahi hua..woh woh
Vidhi slided from the bed to sit beside Dev and took his hand in hers
Vidhi : Aap ye saare mat sochiye..
Dev : Nahin vidhi mai share karna chahtha hoon, pata nahin aaj tak maine kisi se meri feelings nahin share kiya.. par aaj tumse baat karna chahtha hoon.
Vidhi looks into his eyes and silently nods her head
Dev : Maa ke baad papa poora focus business par lagaya tha.. kucch saalon baad unhone satya maa se shaadi ki thi.. ha main pehla thoda naraaz tha lekin nahin bataya.. dheere dheere mujhe realise hua ki satya maa bahut acchi hai aur mujhe kabhi bhi sauteli bete ki tatah treat nahi kiya.. sab theek tha abhi aur chitra paida huye.. main bhi bahut khush tha.. lekin hamare business mein bahut bada loss aagaya tha.. aur tabhi papa ke bhi tabiyat kharaab ho gayi thi.. main tabhi London se aaya tha aur aate hi mujhe poora business sambhalna tha. Papa mujhe seekhane ke halat mein nahin the.. maine jo bhi London mein seekha use yahan business khada karne mein lagaya.. shaadi bacche kucch bhi nahin socha tha.. bas apna parivaar aur yeh business... main yeh sab phir se haar nahi sakta vidhi..
Vidhi : Aap bilkul nahin haarenge.. Priya bhabhi aur Abhi bhai ka rishta sudhar gaya aur aapka aur Abhi bhai ka bhi.. bas ab business ki problem bhi solve ho jayega
Dev : Maine dekha hai apne dad ko iss situation se guzarte hue.. kaise woh din raat pareshaan hote the ki hum sab ko paison ki kami na ho.. main wapas uss situation mein apne parivaar ko jaate hue nahin dekh sakta.. especially simmi aur hamare bacchon ko..
Vidhi : Devji aap pareshaan mat hona please
Dev : Vidhi mai jhoot nahin bolunga, jab se hamare shaadi ke baatein shuru ho gaye the tab se maine hamare bacchon ke baare mein bhi sochna shuru kiya... jab tak woh jawaan banenge to main old ban jaunga main unhe kuch seekha paunga ya nahin pata nahin.. lekin at least ek financially secure zindagi to dena hai na.. tumne aur maine yeh sab paison ko tyaag de diya par hamein hamare bacchon ke liye to save karna padega na.. to jitna maine salary lene ki baat ki woh bhi to chala jaayega agar yeh business Amba ke haath lag gaya to.
Vidhi : Aapka plan bahut accha hai, hum bilkul success honge.. aur pata hai aapke bacche bahut lucky hai ki unhe itne caring papa milenge
Dev : Aur meri wife lucky nahin hai kya
Vidhi : Woh to lucky se bhi upar hai, happy hai content hai.. chaliye ab dinner ka bhi time ho gaya hai infact shayad sab humara intezaar kar rahe honge
Dev : Nahin.. sab ne kha liya hoga.. actually mujhe bhook nahin hai.. tumne itna accha massage diya ki ab mujhe neend aa rahi hai
Vidhi : Nahin nahin aise kaise chalega.. bina khaye sojaayenge to acidity ho jaayega.. thoda light khana laati hoon khalijiye aur phir aaraam se so jaana
Dev : Please main pehle bhi aisa karta tha
Vidhi : Pehle ka main nahin jaanti par ab aapko aise bhooke pet sone nahin doongi.. jaldi aati hoon
Vidhi goes to the kitchen and cries silently thinking about how much Dev has suffered and how lonely he must have been. She prays in her mind to Milapini maa to never make Dev alone again ever. Amba sees this and assumes that Vidhi and Dev had a big fight, that's the reason they both have not come for dinner too. She goes away to sleep peacefully. Vidhi sets the plate with few rotis and dal and curry and brings to their room. She sees Dev sitting on the sofa. She goes near him and fondly brings a roti piece to feed him. Dev takes the bite off her hand.
Dev : Yaad hai last time jab aise khilayithi to kya hua
Vidhi blushing : Yaad hai aur yeh bhi abhi aap ka aisa mood nahin hai
Dev : Haan par kiss to kar sakte hai na
Vidhi comes near and kisses him on the cheek
Dev : Har ek bite ke saath dena chahiye
Vidhi : Oh god aap itne sharaarti ho to pata nahin aapke bacche kaise honge
Dev : Tum bhi khalo mere saath
Both of them laugh off and finish their dinner and Dev retires to bed and Vidhi joins him after setting the plates away.
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