PART 8
Manav :- I am asking you something Purvi.
Purvi looks down, she is frightened.
Manav :- Look at me…
Purvi looks at Manav, she is in tears. All she can say is Baba I…
Manav :- You think of me as your father right, then tell me…
Archana :- Manav…let me…
Manav :- Don't. I don't want to hear anything from you…you have only lied to me until today. How many times did I ask you? Manav yells…How many? Did you tell me? No. So today, I don't want to hear anything… I am talking to Purvi, and I want to hear the answer only from her.
Manav :- Answer me…
Archana and Purvi are both crying, Tej comes near Archana and holds her.
Sachin :- Baba…
Manav:- ENOUGH. I AM ASKING PURVI. Purvi tell me.
Purvi still keeps quiet. Tej and Sachin has never seen Manav this angry.
Manav :- Are you going to tell me or
Manav is about to slap Purvi…..
Archana :- Manaaav…
48 hours earlier
Purvi :- I am asking you something.
Soham :- Well, you see Ma'am Sab.. mujhe bhukha lagi thi…so I come to eat paani puri. There is a great stall nearby.
Purvi :- You like paani puri too???
Soham :- Yes…it's delicious. Why?
Purvi:- Nothing…you haven't told me yet, why you saved me?
Soham :- Let's talk while eating.
They each order a plate. The guy brings it to their table. He is looking at Soham to pay. Soham looks at Purvi.
Soham :- Ma'am sab…can you pay? Well you see, since my kidnapping plan has gone bad thanks to that boyfriend of yours, I am kind of short of money. 3 crores short. If not I would pay.
Purvi pays the boy and orders another plate for Soham.
Soham :- What great food…How I wish I can eat this kind of great food every day? Thank you, for paying…you are a kind person Ma'am sab…
Purvi :- It's Purvi…
Soham :- What?
Purvi:- My name it is Purvi, stop calling me Ma'am sab…
Soham quietly watches her.
Purvi :- You haven't told me why you saved me.
Soham :- That's easy, if I didn't everyone would blame me for what happened to you and I would be back in prison. So you see, I was actually saving myself. Are you going to tell me why your sister wants to hurt?
Purvi :- No, I don't trust you.
Soham :- Why lie, Purvi. If you didn't trust me, you wouldn't be sitting here. You would have run home. If you didn't trust me you wouldn't let me call you by your name. You don't want to tell me because you don't know me not because you don't trust me.
They eat quietly. Both watching each other. Both wanting to know more about the other person. Both not willing to take the first step.
Soham :- Come let me walk you back.
Purvi :- There is no need, you have done enough for today.
Soham :- No.no. I am not letting that pagal ovi sent anyone to hurt you. I am not going to jail again.
Purvi accepts, she is scared thinking about what Ovi might do next.
Soham :- You are not telling, that boyfriend of yours, what happened. Are you?
Purvi :- How
Soham :- if you wanted to tell, you would have called him by now and asked him to come in his big car to pick you up.
Purvi :- I can't…it will cause a lot of tension in the house. There is already a lot of tension and problems in the house. I can't add more.
Soham:- can I ask you something else? Why are you staying in the K house, while your parents in the D house? Are you the good child who looks after every one?
Purvi :- I am adopted.
Soham :- No wonder when I first checked out Manav, you bio did not pop up, and I was thinking there was something wrong with my research work. I knew it, I could never be wrong.
Purvi is amused by Soham's behavior. He is different she thinks. Usually when people listen to the fact, she is adopted they make fun of her, or they start to judge her differently. Not him.
Soham :- That's why you stay separate, your parents don't love you as much as they love their real children.
Purvi:- No my parents are great. I could have never asked for better parents. Even if my biological mother was alive, I don't think she would love me as much as my aai loves me. You know my mother is great…Purvi tells him about Archana.
Soham :- She sounds like my Maayi. My mother also loves me a lot.
They are outside the D chawl.
Soham :- I better go. If your father sees me here, he will get angry so will you mother. Take my phone number.
Purvi :- For what.
Soham :- So, that we can kidnap people together.
Purvi stares at him.
Soham :- I know you are scared. I can see it in your face. Next time, if you want to go out but are alone, you can call me. I will come.
Purvi :- Thanks. She gives him her number as well.
Purvi gives him 1000 rupees. Soham doesn't take it.
Purvi :- Don't worry it's not Arjun's money or my father's money. It's mine. I worked for it and I am not giving it to you because I pity you. I am giving it to you because I don't want my dada to go hungry. I want him to eat as much paani puri as he wants but not too much until you fall sick.
Soham :- Brother? Really. No girl has called me brother before; they are always scared of me.
Purvi :- Of course, they are scared of you. You kidnap people for a living.
Soham :- That's true. Thank you for the money, see you tom.
Soham takes the money, as they go their separate ways neither are aware of the bond that connects them.
