PART 5
It was 9 pm. Siddhi was just getting ready to retire to bed with a book, Suddenly her phone rang!
Siddhi: Hello!
Kunal: HI.. woh siddhi.. main yaha.. woh.. why does she always hurt me..
SIddhi: Kunal? Are you all right!
Kunal: No.. siddhi i know i shdnt .. maybe i am bothering.. but can you please come here.. i really need someone to talk to..
Siddhi: Sure Kunal! Tell me where you are.. I'll just come there..
Kunal: Marine Drive.. i am sorry i..
Siddhi: Enough of sorries.. I am coming there
When siddhi reached marine drive she saw one man sitting alone, away from the crowd and she knew it was kunal. She went up to him and placed her hand on his shoulders.
He looked up and she saw a man who looked so hurt and broken. He was drunk and his eyes were red. His face was lined with tears. She sat down next to him. For a while she said nothing.
Both pf them sat in silence focussing on the waves crashing against the shore. Kunal finally spoke
Kunal: Why?? why does she do this? She never understands me!!
Siddhi: Richa Mam?
Kunal nodded
Kunal: After you left Richa came to the office. At first she acted all happy for my firm and was talking sweetly. Then she started questioning me on why I fight so many cases pro bono and dont focus on making money. When i told her that I'd run my firm my way she finally said what was in her heart. She mocked me and said that my firm doesnt even deserve to be called a firm! That i make less money than a junior associate at Thakral Associates.
He paused for a moment to look at siddhi. It suddenly struck himthat he was sharing the most intimate details of his life with someone he had just become friends with. While he felt a strange peace and comfort in doing so, did she even care? But one look at her earnest and sympathetic face and his doubts were quelled.
Kunal: She then went back to her age old rant that i should apologise to her father, let him set up a firm for me and THEN and only then we should get married!!!
In one go she discredited me, my work, my principles everything..
Here I was beginning to feel that maybe i was capable of doing domething.. but maybe she is right.. i am a looser and my firm..
Siddhi: Kunal stop calling yourslef a looser!!! you keep doing that.. and this firm is a remarkable success because it helps both the rich and poor get justice!
Siddhi looked so passionate and determined as she said this that he couldnt help smile. Seeing kunal look better siddhi continued
Siddhi: Kunal i shouldnt be saying this.. but.. i will.. kunal do you love richa ma'am and does she really love you?
Kunal: What do you mean? We were college sweethearts and..
Siddhi: You were.. but i am asking you if you ARE in love with her! Dont mind my saying this but I have never seen either of you trying to work past your differences. Richa mam never accepts the fact the principles are of utmost importance to you and you never seem to accept that money, luxury and fame are important to her..
Kunal: I never thought about it..
Siddhi: Kunal I am younger than you and have seen less of the world. But I loved a man deeply too and I know if Anand was alive we would never have let our differences anf ego become more important than our love and I cant understand how you and Richa Mam let it
Kunal was silent processing everything that siddhi had said
Kunal: SIdhhi you wont belive it but i have never asked myself if i still love richa. We were college sweethearts and i was crazy about her then. But over the years I alwats ASSUMED that i still loved her but never really questioned myself if what i felt for her was really LOVE..
Siddhi: Well why dont you think about it? And get some closure on your relationship. Either get together or move away. Stop torturing yourself!
Kunal: I will and waise you are smarter than I thought. I guess working with me has finally rubbed off on you 😉
Siddhi playfully hit Kunal and he smiled at her.
Siddhi: Ab Chale Mr. Gold Medallist Lawyer. Its getting cold.
Kunal felt embarrassed as he suddenly realized that he had called her all teh wya from Sion to hear her ranting.
Kunal: Siddhi i am so sorry i called you here at this time..
Siddhi: Phir sesorry! God you never learn. Its completelyy fine. Though if you are feeling so bad why dont you do something for me!
Kunal: Hann definitely bolo na!
Ssiddhi: Lets go and have Natural's ice cream! Your treat!
Kunal was more than happy to fulfill this wish. He was amused to see siddhi transform from a mature women to a child in the ice cream shop. She had a hard time deciding which flavout she wanted since she loved all of them.
Finally she chose the tender cocnut flavour. She happily ate her ice cream while kunal kept staring at her. After she finished hers she looked up and saw that kunal hadnt even started his.
Siddhi": KUNAL!!! Your ice cream is melting away, its a sin to waste ice cream
Kunal: Well why dont you have mine too?
She was reluctant at first but after a bit of pushing she agreed and happily finished his ice cream too. They then made their way home. Kunal insisted on dropping siddhi to her house at sion.
They parted ways at the bottom of her building
Malik House. Kapil opens the door.
Siddhi: Bhaiya woh i am sorry i am late.. i got..
Kapil: I never asked you!
Siddhi: Bhaiya woh
Kapil: I think i have mde it clear that we dont exist for one another
Siddhi: Bhaiya its been two months and you behave as if i dont exist!
Kapil: I am sorry but i thought you had made it ckear that its your life and we dont have a say in it. I am just respecting your wishes...
By this time siddhi's eyes were brimming with tears and she ran to her bedroom crying.
Kapil turned to see kunal standing at the door. Siddhi had forgotten her phone with him and he had come to return it. he had ended up listening to the whole conversation
kunal: kapil how can you?
Kapil: How many times do u have to tell you not to interfere?
Kunal: I dont want to! But you are hurting siddhi!
Kapil: Not more than her decision to keep the baby is hurting her!
Kunal: What do you mean?
Kapil: She was kicked out from her job. Last week her best friend from law college got married. siddhi was conveniently not invited. She has no present. She has no future! No man will ever marry her..
Kunal: But she will have her baby.
Kapil: A baby who will be called names since the day he/ she is born. Kunal its not just me. Behind her strong face siddhi also worries.. maybe not for herself but for her baby. Kunalji.. i love my sister a lot. I also know that she hasnt made a huge mistake. But her punishment is too big. I dont want her to make her life hell.. At least i cant support her...
Kunal: Its a strong decision and we should support..
Kapil: What if this was your sister? would you still stick to this idealistic line. I also respect the fact that she wants to take responsibility for her actiobs.. but i cant see her destroying her life in the process..
Kunal had no answer. He left the phone and went away.
Kunal (thought) wht a fool i am. Just becayse she puts on a strong face i forget how troubled and difficult her life is. Instead of trying to bring happiness in her life i was burdening her with my stupid problems.
She still halped me, She has given me some impportant issues to think about. I will think about my relation with richa. it will either be in or out this time
PRECAP: Richa: HOW DARE YOU SIDDHI???
Siddhi: Mam what did i..
Richa: DONT ACT ALL INNOCENT.. JUST BECAUSE YOUR DEAR FIANCE KNOCKED YOU UP AND DIED AND YOUR LIFE IS RUINED DOESNT MEAN YOU DESTROY KUNAL AND MY LIFE.. STOP BRAINWASHING HIM..OTHERWISE!!!
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