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PART TWENTY - RIPENING BEANS
"Hey Sanyu! If you are free tonight, would you like to come over for dinner? I want you to meet someone!"
"That sounds good, but Parth, who is this someone?" I questioned him, oblivious to any reason of why he'd want me to meet anyone.
"She's someone special Sanyu," he added, a tone of happiness lacing his voice.
I could tell this was important to him, and so I agreed. "Umm... I have a project to work on and have to give a status update before 6pm. But I guess I can probably make it by 7!"
As soon as those words slipped out, I thought of Riaan... I hadn't been able to spend time with him ever since I started the internship and I wasn't sure if Parth would be okay with me bringing him. But this was Parth I was talking about; my best friend. It was almost as if he knew exactly what I was thinking even after all these years. "And listen, bring Riaan too. I'd love to meet him!"
I smiled, "I'll bring him along!"
Although I wanted him to meet Parth, I was now thinking about the one I was supposed to meet at dinner. Hesitantly, I added, "Parth, but what about..." not knowing what to say.
"Don't worry, she'd love to meet him as well!"
"Okay then, sounds good! I'll pick up Riaan after work and come over to yours. See you tonight!"
"Perfect, see you later!" he hung up the phone.
It was nice to have things somewhat back in normalcy once again. Setting my phone down, I began working on the assignment once again. I had already covered a few major aspects on one of the companies, and decided to read the fine print of all their deals from the past couple of years.
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*Hey Randhir, I actually can't go out tonight... Something else just came up. Mind if we go out for drinks tomorrow night?* Parth messaged me.
*Yea of course, no worries. Let me know when you finish work tomorrow and we'll decide something*
*Cool*
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"Randhir, she's going to give me the updates tonight. Do you also want her to submit the report to you?"
"No it's okay. You take care of this whole project until the time she has to give her presentation for the full report. I'll only pitch in if I think there's something extra that needs to be covered."
Vishal left my cabin, and I resumed my work. It was only after a while that I noticed a letter on my desk with no name on it.
I called Avantika into my cabin, "Do you know who left this here?" pointing to the unnamed envelope.
"No Sir, actually it was on my desk with a sticky that read Deliver this to Mr. Shekhawat please. I assumed it must have been an associate who left it, and so I put it on your desk."
"Okay thanks!" I replied as I opened the letter, finding it odd that someone wrote to me instead of emailing me.
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Dear Randhir (Sir),
I think you know who must have left this letter for you by now. I just want to say, I know I have done you wrong, not once, not twice, but countless times. But believe me when I say that I did what I thought was the best. For us, for you. Don't snort upon reading this because I'm serious Randhir. It hasn't been easy for me either, but the fact that it was I who made the call puts me at fault. And I accept the fact that it was all my fault. But please give me a chance to at least explain myself, my actions and my choices. I'm not expecting you to forgive me easily - or at all, really - but I want you to understand why I did what I did. I've loved you, I love you, and I always will love you and the only reason I want to tell you everything is because you deserve to know the truth. I know I've lost the right to ask for anything, but I care about what you think of me Randhir. And so, I hope you can find my plea reasonable enough to give me this one chance.
Love, Farzi
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I sat back in my chair, her words ringing in my head even minutes after reading the letter. Leaning my head back, I closed my eyes and contemplated the implications of this.
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I had written Randhir a letter, asking for one chance to talk to him. Although it might seem like it, it was never my intention (while writing) to ask him to come back into my life, because I know I've lost that right long time ago. But it was eating me alive to know that Randhir thinks I betrayed him. His trust. The broken soul I promised to mend was left further broken just by my actions.
It was not something I wanted, rather, it was something I needed. Just to tell him that I wanted to fight for us, that I didn't give up so easily...
Sipping my coffee, I tried to edit my report that I was to present to Mr. Solanki tonight despite my heart racing at the speed of light thinking about Randhir reading the letter... But I knew this was my first opportunity to impress Mr. Solanki, not to mention how I also wanted to make sure he didn't regret his decision either. And so, I resumed my work and pushed away my thoughts about the letter. I was going to leave the decision to him, and respect whatever conclusion he came to without forcing him for anything.
Now, it was his call to make, and I was going to accept it regardless of the decision.
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"Paaarth! Where are you?? I'm starving!"
"Viduu," I slapped her hand away from the pot. "Wait till Sanyu comes!"
"Fineee," she exaggerated. "I'll go shower quickly and then help you out in the kitchen."
"Sounds good. But be quick, they must be here soon."
"They? Who else is coming?" she narrowed her eyes at me. "You'll see soon, now go shower!" I diverted the topic. I really hoped the evening would go as I wanted it to considering my whole plan was dependent on how Vidushi will react to the situation at-hand.
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"Hey Avantika! I'm on my way to yours to pick up Riaan. I'll be there in around 20 minutes!"
"Sounds good. I'll pack his bags. But are you sure you don't want to stay back for dinner?"
"No it's okay. I'm actually going to Parth's house for dinner!" I said, excitement seeping into my voice.
"That's great! Okay I'll see you in a bit then!"
Looking outside the window, I smiled as the old memories came flushing back. Days like today when Parth and I would go out for dinner when I was fighting with Randhir and wanted to avoid him.
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"Paaarth! Want to go out for dinner tonight?"
"What did he do this time?" Parth asked without turning his head to face me.
"Ugh, don't even ask. You have no idea how frustrated I am with him!"
He chuckled, "I'll wait for you at 6pm, be ready!"
I pinched his cheek, "Thaank youu!" before leaving for class.
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I came out of the shower and headed to the kitchen, making myself some coffee. Settling down on the table as I put the coffee to brew, Parth sat beside me, taking my hand in his.
"I know this goes without saying, but please don't be so rude with her?" he requested.
Rolling my eyes, I nodded. "I'm not insensitive Parth. But I'm also not going to pretend I'm okay with everything."
"Fair enough!"
He brought over my coffee mug and we caught up with the news as we waited for Sanyukta to come.
"Parth, do you really not blame Sanyukta at all?" I asked him the question suddenly; something that was bothering me since the whole day. He turned the tv off and faced me, "Vidu, even she knows she is at fault. But I understand why she did what she did. It's really easy to judge but we honestly have no idea of the circumstances she had to endure back then..." he trailed off.
I didn't have a personal grudge against her, but I believed in standing up for one self. I knew, heck I know, how much she loved Randhir (and probably still does, if I was right in judging their relationship), but I was angry at her for running away from her problems. Out of everyone, I could've least imagined her running away.
And as if on cue, the bell rang and Parth went to open the door. I straighted out my outfit and smiled. Regardless of everything, it still felt nice to finally meet her after so long.
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"Vidushi?" I stood rooted by the entrance. Tears were ready to spill as she approached me, taking me into a hug. "This is such a good surprise!" I cried out with a smile, evidently surprised.
"It's nice to see you Sanyukta!" she said with a smile.
"You too!" and then I realized the connection. "Are you guys dating?" I practically almost screamed. Parth laughed, "You were always right, weren't you?"
I smirked as Vidushi blushed, "You guys were always meant to be," I softly remarked.
A genuine smile replaced my smirk as I congratulated the couple. It was only when I felt a tug on my jacket from behind that I realized Riaan was hiding behind me, something he'd often do in new situations.
I lifted him up in my arms and kissed his cheek. "Parth, Vidushi... This is Riaan, my son!"
Parth took Riaan from my arms, "Hello Riaan! How are you?"
Riaan looked at me, "Paath?" he questioned me. Parth began to laugh, and I joined him, as I nodded to his question. "Yes Riaan, that is Parth uncle!"
I glanced at Parth, "He knows you since the time he could start understanding things." He side-hugged me with his free arm, placing a kiss on my head. "I'm glad he knows his uncle!"
But in all this excitement, we forgot that Vidushi was standing there, shocked by the revelation.
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Wait, her son? What...? What is going on?
I walked away from the entrance and into the living room, not really sure how to react. Taking my coffee mug, I went on the balcony for a while.
She actually moved on? I couldn't help but wonder. And it was then that I remembered Randhir telling me about her wedding ring...
"Mind if I join you Vidushi?" she came from behind. "To be honest, yes, but you can join me if you're willing to tell me what the hell is going on."
I couldn't help but spill bitterness into my voice. I had seen Randhir live through the pain of losing Sanyukta. He couldn't even move on from her memories, let alone even think about moving on from her entirely. How could she justify this?
"And where's your ring?" I couldn't help but ask her.
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I swallowed back the lump that had formed in my throat. Here goes nothing.
"I'm not married anymore," I turned away from her and looked out. "I was, but I'm getting a divorce now."
"Sameer?" she prodded me, to which I nodded.
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"I don't understand why girls should be in the engineering stream," Sameer scoffed, as he angrily stared at Vidushi for bumping into him.
"Excuse me?" Vidushi remarked, "Are you jealous we took your spot from you?"
I tried pulling Vidushi back, but to no avail. "Vidu, leave it!"
"Make her understand Sanyu. You guys are wasting seats here anyway considering you'll have to leave all this once you get married."
Vidushi shook her head, "I feel so sorry for the girl who has to marry such an ass," she spit out venomously before backing off. As I tried to lead her away, she quickly turned around and stomped towards Sameer once again, pointing her finger right to his face, "Don't you dare show your face around me ever again, or I swear to god this fist will be in your face," she snarled.
I had to control myself from laughing out loud, but the look on his face was worth a glance. He was actually afraid, that too from just her one sentence. Such a coward! I thought to myself.
I wouldn't marry him even if he was the last man on the planet.
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I couldn't help but laugh now, recalling that moment. Vidushi smirked a little, but then sighed and put on a straight face. "What happened Sanyukta?"
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