Chapter 32
Prithvi grilled sujoy well enough but all he could confirm from him was the marriage fiasco and the mala story. Today he has asked sujoy's father to come for his statement who has stopped answering calls after he found out that sujoy is going in for a long time for his crimes. At first he stayed in total denial that his son cannot do anything like this but when upamanyu and mala were mentioned as witnesses, his statement changed which indicated his efforts to try to completely cut off his ties to sujoy.
Prithvi wished that sujoy's father would stop by at police station but he has little hopes. And it turned out that he was right. Later that morning, he found out that sujoy's parents has left town without any word leaving sujoy to face his judgement alone.
The visitor for sujoy came as a surprise. When contable announced a visitor, it was the last person sujoy expected to see.
Sujoy~ "Mala... tum yahan kya kar rahi ho? Yahi dekhne aayi ho ki tumhe dokha dene ke baad meri kya halat hui hai? Tumhe pata chal hi gaya hoga ki mere apne maa-baap ne bhi mera saath chod diya hai. Sahi hai... mere saath aisa hi hona chahiye. Main galat tha, aur mujhe mere kiye ki sazaa mil rahi hai. Mala tumse sirf ek request kar chahta hoon." He paused to hear something from mala but she stayed quite so he continued. "Tum achi ho, isliye main chahta hoon ki tum mujhe bhula kar apni zindagi mein aage bado. Main tumko koi khushi nahi de saka par ab tumhari kushi aur nahi cheenunga. Main tumhari maafi ke layak to nahi, phir bhi, I m sorry mala." Tears swelled up in his eyes that he truly was guilty for what he did to her. He turned around and went back in his cell to hide his tears from her.
Mala went to prithvi and told him something before handing him a packet from the hospital. The packet contained mala's scan reports and a letter for sujoy that she wanted to give him but decided not to before she met him today. But after hearing his heartfelt apology, she decided to give this packet to him and let him decide if he wants to still accept her in his life.
Prithvi tried to convince her to not believe him easily but mala seemed sure that sujoy will be a changed man after his time in prison. Today was mala's first day at her new job that rahul helped her with. Mala had specifically requested to start her job at a lesser significant level while she brushes up her music talent with upamanyu. Thus mala got a job with an advertising agency that produces small compositions for small businesses and companies. It was a new step for mala to try to live her life as an independent woman.
After finishing breakfast, rahul's phone buzzed. It was payal's text:
"Important meeting in an hour. Producers and sponsorers want to discuss something about new album. Bring maanvi with you."
His smile widened as he thought that producers wants to sign them both for new album. More chances for him to sing with maanvi. That also meant more live performances.
Maanvi~ "Ab kiss girlfriend ka message pad kar itna zyada muskura rahe hai Mr. Sabarwal?"
Rahul~ "Ab kya karogi jaan kar Mrs. Sabarwal? Hai koi purani girlfriend."
Maanvi~ "Acha ji... tumhe to kaha tha ki tumhari koi girlfriend nahi thi. Phir ab kahan se yeh purani girlfriend aa gayi?"
Rahul~ "Sahi keh rahi ho. Isko girlfriend nahi keh sakta, yeh meri girlfriend se thodi zyada hi hai. Abhi ek ghante mein milne bulaya hai to jaana padega."
Maanvi's jaw dropped "Wo hoti kaun hain tumhe milne bulane wali! Kehdo ki tum busy ho to milne nahi ja sakte."
Rahul loved his cute jealous maanvi so he teased her little more "Par wo itne pyaar se bula rahi hai, main manaa kaise kar doon? Acha nahi lagta hai na kisi ladki ko manaa karna."
Maanvi picked up a pillow next to her and threw it at rahul which hit him and accidentaly made him drop his phone. Looking at broken phone, maanvi first felt sorry for over-reacting but when her eyes met his, her expressions changed.
Rahul~ "Yeh kya kiya tumne? Mera phone tod diya."
Maanvi~ "Acha hua! Jo tum bar-bar ladkiyoon ko message karte ho aur milne jaane ki baat karte ho, tumhare saath to aisa hi hona chahiye."
Rahul~ "Acha hua? Aur agar koi important call hua ho to? Tumne to mera phone tod diya to ab main kaam se related calls kaise karunga?"
Maanvi~ "Usme bhi meri koi galti nahi hai. Tumhe ladkiyoon ke message padne se pehle sochna chahiye tha. Aur ek baat aur Mr. Sabarwal... khabardaar kissi ladki se milne gaye to!" she threatened.
Rahul~ "To kya? Kya karogi?"
Maanvi~ "Uss ladki ko to main baad mein dekh lungi... pehle tumhe nahi chodungi." She starts to leave when rahul pulls her in his arms. She falls in his laps and he puts his arms around her.
Rahul~ "To mat chodo. Waise bhi chahta kaun hai chutna?" His flirtacious glittering eyes knew all sorts of games to play and mesmerize anyone with their charm.
Maanvi smiled for a moment but then controlled herself "Chahta kaun hai chutna?... Abhi to bada uss ladki se milne jaana chahte the? Ye sab naatak karke agar tumhe yeh lagta hai ki main tumhe dusri ladkiyoon ke saath ghumne jaane ki permission dungi to Mr. Sabarwal aapko bahaut badi galat-fehmi ho gayi hai. Kyunki aisa kabhi nahi hoga!" she tried to get up from his lap but he kept his arms firmly around her.
Rahul~ "To Mrs. Sabarwal... aap maanti hain ki aap mujhe kissi aur ladki ke saath nahi dekh sakti? Aur agar mere saath koi aur ladki ho to aapko jealousy hoti hai?"
Maanvi gazed in his eyes for a moment, breathless. Then replied "Haan hoti hai, to? Biwi hoon main tumhari, haq hai mera. Isliye iss baare mein mazaak bhol kar bhi mat karna, nahi to main..."
Rahul placed his hand on her mouth "Shhh... kuch mat kaho. Tumhe kuch bhi kehne ki zaroorat nahi hai, kyunki main khud bhi yahi mehsoos karta hoon." His words reduced to mere whispers. "Agar mere alawa kabhi koi aur tumhare kareeb aaye to mujhe acha nahi lagta hai. Kyunki tum sirf aur sirf meri ho."
They closed eyes and let their foreheads touch. they stayed like that until maanvi's phone buzzed this time. She picked it up to read the name on caller ID, it was payal.
"...Maanvi, tum dono abhi tak ghar se nikle ki nahi? Maine rahul ko adha ghante pehle message kiya tha ki important meeting hai aur tum dono ko aana hai. Rahul ka phone nahi lag raha hai to usko keh dena ki abhi tumko lekarke office aa jaye. Please don't be late, it is very urgent..."
Without waiting for response from maanvi, she disconnected the call. Maanvi looks up from her phone screen and notices rahul staring around the room playing innocent.
Maanvi~ "Tum seedhe-seedhe keh nahi sakte the ki payal ka message hai? Ulta aur kahani bana rahe the ki girlfriend ka message hai. Rahul tum to na..."
Rahul smiled "Agar seedhe-seedhe keh deta to mujhe yeh kaise pata chalta ki tumhe jealousy hoti hai? Phir tumse romance karne ke liye naye bahane dhoondne padte."
Maanvi remembered morning incident when rahul scattered water from his hairs. "Aapko kabse romance karne ke liye bahano ki zaroorat padne lagi? Aaj subah hi to bada romance kar rahe the aap. Tab to aapko koi bahane ki zaroorat nahi thi."
Rahul~ "Ab special someone ke liye kya hai na her baar naye tareeke dhundane padte hai. To thoda bahaut to chedna chidana chalta hai."
Maanvi~ "Theek hai. Chalo ready ho jao payal ne hume jaldi se meeting mein aane ko kaha hai. Kuch urgent hai to zyada late mat karo, ready ho jao." She grabbed his arm and pulled him up from bed to get ready to head to that meeting.
Shaleen has been trying to get just one chance to talk to sponsorers and producers but everytime he got the same old response
"...sorry Mr. Shaleen, I m currently very busy. Please talk to my assistant or secretary for making an appointment. Then we can discuss about what ever you want to talk about..."
Shaleen was upset about this kind of treatment for a rising star of sabarwal house.
"How could they ever treat me like this? I m Shaleen sabarwal... name itself should speak for me but here I m asking for appointment from their secretary and assistants. What the hell this world has come to? Certainly this needs to be fixed. Dad is such a useless person that can never be relied on for anything. Rahul is a fool who never even takes notice around himself as his work has always been done for him. Maanvi is a gutter trash who don't even deserve the name sabarwal but she is getting so much attention all because of rahul."
He was deep in his thoughts and pulled out his pills from his pocket and ate one.
"All this success that you are enjoying so much is because of me! I put all my efforts to promote your songs and albums my whole life. If I had given even ten percent of those efforts to my own singing career I would have been so much better singer than you right now. But no problem, nothing has changed. I can still turn it all around. All I have to do is put my efforts to my career only and we will see how long you will last without me rahul. And I will be the one standing at the top on the music industry enjoying my life like you do right now."
A voice spoke from behind "Such big cloud castles, but do you really think you are a match to rahul's talent? All your life you gave up to support your brother and his career but would he do the same for you? He wouldn't even look at you now that he wants to raise his wife to the same platform as himself. Such talents both of them, all their life they had best people to train them. Who gave a damn to train you?"
Shaleen~ "Who is it? Show your self!"
Voice~ "What does it matter who I m? It doesn't change anything even if you see me. I m no one. Question you should ask is; who are you?"
Words from from an old past echoes in the room.
"...how many times have I told you that you are doing it wrong? Look at your brother, a true talent! Whereas you, I have never faced a disappointment like you before. No matter how many times I or your brother demonsrates it, you still do it wrong. You are a hopeless case. My dad always said that some people can work hard and with proper discipline can bring out the singer inside of them, but no one can help the person who neither has the talent nor discipline to build one. Look at rahul; gifted, talented and has the discipline to make his singing shine better than anyone else. You on the other hand can never be like him..."
Those words were Raj's to a sixth grade student; Shaleen. Rahul was in tenth grade and already making his name in the list of young rising stars of the music industry.
Shaleen~ "Shut up! Leave me alone! And take your nonsense with you. I don't need to hear any of this because I know who I m and what I m capable of." He yelled to the empty room.
Voice~ "Do you?"
Shaleen turned around to see his reflection in the mirror.
Voice~ "You are nothing Shaleen because I m a mere refection of you. We are one and the same; a no one. You want me to go away; but I cannot as I m a part of you, always live inside of you. How will you ever make me go away or shut up? I can only say what you know in your heart. Hence I m a truth from deep within you. You can never run, never hide from me. You say you know who you are. So tell me who you are Shaleen without the sabarwal name? Atleast with that name, you get an audience. No one will come to you for any other reason. It is time you change, as you cannot change the world that you are trying to make a name for yourself in."
The voice leaves after leaving an echo of these words.
"...The tree that doesn't bend to the storms gets rooted... Grass that cannot get dense enough will be trampled on and not rise again... only a person who knows when to change with the situations can live a life of their choice..."
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