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"Hello Mr. Khuraana ...heard about you a lot...by the way I am Geet ..Geet Handa.."..moved hand for formal hand shake ...Even Maan's emotion less blank face put her in worry .."Mr Khuraana..."
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"Diya...?" He suddenly grabbed her from wrist and dragged her to one corner where no one was around...
" Mr. Khuraana leave me ..." She was trying to free herself.. "Chodiye mujhe...help plz help.." She called for help...
"Chup bilkul chup..." He placed a finger on her lips and first time she was looking in his big broad eyes filled with lots of anger and lots of questions...She was under his spell ...In next moment she came back to reality ..." kyo ...why are you doing this to me ?...Main apko jaanti bhi nahi...just Kapil told me you are Mr Khuraana The KC MD...so I just came to greet u..." Much disturbed she said...
" Tum mujhe jaanti nahi...oh...theek hai...jaan jaaogi...lekin main tumko jaanta hu 7 saalon se...Miss Diya Bohra..." He pulled her closer trapped her in his arms...
" What rubbish...I think what I heard about you that is right...u r really Psycho ...I am Geet ...Geet Mohinder Handa ...came to India after 15 years...main koi Diya Bohra nahi..." Trying to move out of his trap she was struggling but no effect..."Kapil ...kapil save me..." She yelled..
Addi and Kapil both reached ..Thankfully no one was else at the place...Seeing Kapil in front Geet cried out for help..."Kapil plz help me...I don know why he is behaving so..."
" Mr. Khuraana plz...spare here...leave my sister...agar apko yeh deal nahi milli iska matlab hai aap aisa karegay ..." Kapil dared to mess with him ...
Even Addi second him " Sir Sir plz leave Miss Geet...hum ghar chalte hai...I know this deal was so important to u but its part of business...humme aur koi mil jaaegi..."
" You both shut up...just go away...ek baat samjh lo...this deal matters nothing for me...Agar maine yeh site leni hue...fir koi bid ...koi contract ki zaroorat nahi mujhe...Mujhe inse...I mean so called Miss Handa se baat karni hai...Now I am taking her with me and don dare to come behind me or to call police otherwise..." He grabbed her wrist and dragged her out of arena .Where Driver was already waiting for him but he made her sit on front seat and himself take the driver's seat and left...
Note -This whole red text is from chapter five to keep continuty and to clear confusion ...leave first two underlined lines after that whole read stuff is the imagination of Maan and join the chapter six after that
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" Diya...Geet kaise ho sakti hai ...how's this possible.?"...He looked at her once again put her head down still mumbling,...Instead of greeting her back...His odd behavior really struck in Geet's mind...If he was really psycho !!...
"Mr. Khuraana !!! " She hesitatingly tapped him on his shoulder.."Are you all right ?" Worried she questioned...
This brought him back to senses..."Wo wo...ha ...ha ...wo main..." His own words were failing him...
" What I was thinking about ?...If she is Diya...Why she is introducing her as Geet ?...It means if she cheated me in some why..She not gonna accept what she did..and what about me...My love for her made me psycho as the world think !! "...Continuously glaring her ...he was trying to find out a single glimpse of Diya in Geet...
" If I forcibly make her speak up reality...Just like Dr.Uncle...Yeh bhi mujhe psycho banaa degi...and also Addi told me that this so called Geet Handa or Diya came to India after 15 years...hows this possible...No I have to take every step carefully...As Diya I new nothing about her but as Geet I knew who is She and can keep eye on her..."...He sighed ...took out his handkerchief from side pocket and wiped his sweaty face...
"I think Mr. Khuraana its hard for you to admit the truth that you have lost...?" She taunted...
" Yes it is really hard to admit the truth ...But I am Maan Singh Khuraana and I admit the truth...speak the truth and make those to accept the truth who dare to cheat me...Misss Geet Handa...?" A storm was brewing inside him but some how he got a grip on own self...
"Impressive...I really get impressed by you in this first meet..." His strange behavior really surprised her...
" Kapil is right he seems really psycho...pehle ek dum chup aur aab yeh binna mangaa prevachan (long lecture )..." She thought and grinned ear to ear...
Head of the Estate Agency Mr.Raj dealing in this prime site interfered in their conversation..
" Excuse me Mr. Khuraana..I wanna request you for something...if you don mind...? " He hesitatingly said..
" Ji kahiya..." Maan unwelcomely answered
"Actually is site ki deal final hone ki kushi main humne ek choti se party rakhi hai ...Otherwise the formal invites have been sent to all including KC..I wanna request you personally to be part of it...It will b a honor...if u come..." Mr. Raj requested...
He then addressed Geet .."Miss Handa its obvious this party is in the honor of the person who got the deal and you are the one ..and I am really glad to personally invite you to be part of it..."
This somewhere hit Maan both the matters related to Diya and the deal had turned him insane and without accepting Mr. Raj's request he left the arena...Like Kapil ...Addi who was a silent spectator till now also followed him...
Driver was waiting for him outside already he opened the back door for him...But Maan himself took the front seat and asked driver to come with Addi...No one dared to ask him where he was going.
Maan crazily drove the car in high speed to reach the mountain cliff in the outskirts of Delhi...He put a break at the edge of it...
" I am not wrong ...How could I be ? ... 7 years...7 years...hav been passed and she was not with me but just her fragrance is enough to tell me that she is my Diya..." Maan pulled his hair in anxiety...
"How can I forget how she came to my life ...became my life and then took away my life with herself forever..and now when she is in front of me...She is not recognizing me...If she cheated on me ...Why...? Why...Even I can't ask her directly...why u did this to me why ? " He screamed aloud...
He dropped himself down on the bonnet of his car , was crying bitterly like mad...The old beautiful memories which turned to be harsh reality of his life were moving in front of his eyes now.
What actually happened seven years back...He was not even exactly 20 then in his teenage...Just one year was left in his BE ...An University topper and youngest among his batch mates...
Before collage starts most of students planned a trip to Coastal India.But Maan denied to be with them...Becoz he loved to be aloof...to wander in farther sites especially...He loved mountains more than sea .He always gave strange reason to his buddies that ..."He doesn't want to drown he wants to climb up...so you guys jump in the sea but mountain hills are waiting for me to be at the top"
So when he rejected the offer to be part of trip...He made a plan to explore Dehradun and near by sites this time by own...For this he told thousand of lies to his Daddi Maa becoz in such a trip she had lost Maan's father so she always got worried about him now...
Just Addi's father Mr. Shyam Kapoor ji was aware about this trip Who was KC Manager at that time and Mrs. Savitri Devi had given Maan's whole responsibility to him to look after Maan's all affairs...Maan took promise from Mr. Kapoor not to tell his Daddi about his trip...And the reality for her was that Maan was with his friends on a trip to coastal India...
From Delhi he took a flight to Dehradun and Mr. Kapoor had arranged things for him over there even a jeep as he demanded to explore the area...Around 8 in the morning he checked in a 5 star hotel...He was that much excited that even not took a little rest. Loading all necessary things he left in his Jeep.Till afternoon he was out of Dehradun toward the country side (rural area)...Pleasant weather...fresh air...lovely views...and greenery all around...was enough to attract him and under the magical spell he had forgotten everything...
He felt hungry now..First he thought to have the stuff he brought with him.But then he noticed a road side dhaba..."Jo saath laya hu ...usko nahi khaataa...may be wapis jaate jaate late ho jaaye ..Us time wo kha sakta hu...Now its better to have something at dhabba...okey what I usually eat ...not gonna get here but its fine..." He thought and parked jeep in a open space next to Dhabba...
Temperature was dropping now so after having Chole Bhature he ordered tea ..and also filled in his flask...Usually in Hilly areas sun sets early and unpredicted rain fall is a common thing...When Maan moved toward the Dehradun the sun was about to set and sudden clouds made evening more darker...
Even though the head lights were on but the narrow roads and sharper turns made it hard for him to drive. Suddenly a cyclist came in front of jeep and in rescuing him Maan lost his control and jeep hit to the tree...
He was not able to start the jeep even after many attempts..In between this it started to drizzle .."Lo kar lo baat...yeh he baaki tha...Maan Singh Khuraana u love adventure now...What gonna be more adventurous than this...?" He hit his foot against tire in irritation...
No mechanic...no help around...even due to bad weather no phone signals... He had tent as well as food so He decided to camp for nite...
After searching suitable space around.."Chal Maan jaldi kar aab ..." He set up his tent there...Arranged his bed inside ..Neatly placed his food flask at one side
Around 1 in the night ...He felt again hungry
" Is it true a free person feels more hungry...? Like me " He yawned and almost dozing got up to eat something...
He fumbled for food items ...Biscuits...Sandwich box...A little box having fruit salad ...Except empty rapper of biscuit pack he got nothing...
" Mera khaana kahan gaya...agar koi jaanwar tha yahan ..fir aaisa nahi ho sakta k koi aawaz na karre wo...If there was any theif...ja koi bhoot..." He scratched his hair thinking about possibility where his food might have gone...
" Maan yeh flask kahi jaaye usse pehle at least ...should have tea...It is needed to spend the night..." He was about to pick the flask when he found some thing sliding inside from down the tent...Maan jerked off his head to be completely out of sleep..With long painted nails was clear...it was feminine hand and then that hand put a hold over the flask and when tried to drag it outside Maan tightly grabbed the wrist and pinched it...
"uueee...uueee mar gayi ...who is devil inside ?..." A girlish voice scrammed ...
" Oh koi bhoot nahi bhootni hai..." Maan thought in a jiffy came out of the tent...
A girl was sitting outside tent holding her aching arm where Maan pinched a moment back...He was not able to see her face as her head was down...But her dense curly hair instantly attracted him...She was crying bitterly...and all the mess of leftover food around her...
" Oh so this is the thief ..due to whom I have to keep fast for whole nite..." Resting his hand over waist he said..
The girl looked upward...Even it was dark but the head lights of jeep were still on.In which he found a mesmerizing beauty in front of him...Big brode hazel eyes filled with tears...Thin lips and unruly curly hair irritating her coming again and again over her face..
" Dikhte to gentleman ho..But is this the way to deal with a girl ?...and above all in such a night...Dekho dekho kitni zor se pinch kiya aapne..aur phir mujhe chor keh rahe ho..." She showed her wrist...
A sudden change of heart...melted in a moment and he started to smile.." I admit I pinched you..but why were you taking out my food like such...From your outlook u also seemed from a good family...then what are you doing here in such a dark night aur wo bhi akele..."
" Aap kya kar rahe hai yahan..?" Instead of answering she put questioned...
" Meri jeep khraab ho gayi...weather was also not good ...there was no way to go back so I decided to stay here like this...Morning main he ho sakta hai kuch...? " he gave the reason
" I am a tourist...hiking karte karte I came so far...Even lost my way to go back...Then I found the head lights of this jeep were on...I came here for help...I just peeped in the tent...You was snoring...When I found this food ...I though first I should have some thing before asking for help..and instead of getting help ...u started to torture me.." She started to do overacting by hitting the ground...like she was much hurt...
"Plz plz plz calm down...I am sorry...Our situation is same ...I will help you and yes I am a gentleman...My name is Maan Singh Khuraana...I am from Delhi...also a tourist here..." He tried to make her feel comfortable...
" its okey..." she wiped her eyes..
"What about you..?"
" Main...main...? "She thought for a while..." I I am Diya... I mean Diya Bohra...18 years old from Shimla..." She answered
" Diya Bohra..." he repeated...
To be continued...
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