Kahan ho tum? Imaginary Episode #20

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orion23

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Posted: 9 years ago

Hello folks!

Here's presenting the weekend dose of imagination!

Today's episode credit in order of writing:

Zoya

Priyam

Zoya

Yagneshri

Mehvish

Zoya

And Ritu! Thank you for giving us this!

Nirmala's call had an effect on Aditya. He was guilty. Again. He looked up at Shravan who was looking directly at him. Hurt flashing in his eyes.

Shravan turned and looked at the goons who backed off a bit seeing the anger seething in his eyes. He spoke in a deathly growl, "Mujhe yahan meri gaadi mai laaye the?" They nodded. "Chabi?" One of the goons fished the keys out from his pocket and placed it in Shravan's hand. "Mera mobile?" The other guy obediently gave Shravan his phone.

Shravan then turned to Aditya and said, "I won't report this. Consider this a favour. Tell your mother to keep you away, far away from me. Cause if you cross my path or Suman's or that of anyone I hold dear, so help me God! I will kill you. Is that understood?"

Aditya merely nodded his head, his eyes downcast. With the last word in, Shravan left the place.

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He checked the time , it was 6 o'clock
" Oh fish!!! I'm late. Nanaji kya sochenge? Aur Sum..." his voice trailed off
"Mujhe kya karna usse? Use to iski bhi khabar nahi hogi ki uska pati gayab hai" he muttered to himself

"Pati!!"
The words hit him. He was married . Married to the girl who used to be his dream .Used to be!! He chuckled humorlessly

"Kaha kab kya kaise bigad gya sumo?" He sighed

Everyone was waiting impatiently for his return.

"Kya karte ho bhaiya ?? Kaha reh gye the? Pata hai, hum sabko kitni chinta ho rhi thi" Pushkar bombarded him with questions

"Chote sans le le jara." He said patting pushkar's back

Everyone gave him a questioning look..He occupied a seat beside nanaji .
Holding his hand he said " Sorry nanaji ek bahut jaruri meeting thi. Kisi se hisab barabar karna tha. " He said spitefully

"But koi baat ab main aa gya hu na . Chaliye jaldi se vidai ki rasm kar lete hai. Sumo se kahiye wo ready ho jaye" He said with a wide smile.

"Par shravan Suman to PCT gyi hai preeta ke sath." Mausiji said offering him tea

Again she chose work over him. Anger flashed in his eyes

"Phone laga zara usko , aise kaise chali gyi . Vidai karni hai uski." Nanaji said getting slightly angry

"Par bauji wo to apna phone ghar pe hi bhool gyi hai aur preeta ka bhi phone switch off hai" mausiji explained

"Heights of carelessness. His girl has no sense of self preservation. But why do I care?? "
Ofcourse you care stupid , she is your wife " his inner voice chided

"Nanaji main PCT ja raha hu. " He said getting up
Nanaji nodded

"Preeti pushkar tum log sumo ka saman lekar chalo ghar chalo .Hum dono sidhe wahi aa jayenge" he said
They nodded

"Par beta vidai?" Mamiji asked in a worried tone

"Mamiji aap ne kaha tha bina pati ke patni ki vidai kaise ho sakti hai? To uska pati aa gya hai apni biwi ko le jane ." He left smiling, leaving mamiji in thoughts

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Mamiji started off with her usual rant after shravan left. "Yeh bhi koi baat hui bhala batao! Shadi bhi chup chap kar li aur vidai bhi aaise, babu ji dekh liya apni ladli ko! Apni vidai hai aur maharani nikal li kaam pe. Ab yeh toh shravan ka badakpan hai ke kuch bol nahi raha woh."

"Manju!" Exclaimed Mamaji. "Shravan ne kaha subha shadi kar lo toh usne kar li. Kaha na shravan se sab uska kia hai. Toh tum..."

"Shadi tak toh theek hai Dabbu ke papa, par yeh ladki apni khud ki vidai mai nahi thi. Koi farq hi nahi pada ho jaise ke iss ghar ko chodd ke jaa rahi hai."

"Bas! Bohot hua manju! Bas karo." Said nana ji. "Chali gayi meri bacchi apne ghar. Ab toh uske khilaf apni bakwas band karo."

"Magar babu ji hum toh.."

"Bas... " Said the old man as he got up and retreated into his room.

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All through the way to PCT, Shravan's heart was hammering with anticipation. She had once again outsmarted him. But what could he expect from the one who always did the unexpected? She was his Sumoafter all! 'Aur meri Sumo kuch bhi kar sakti hai!
But now we are married. Ab kya?' He recalled their childhood moments where she used to describe her dream wedding and the expression on her face after they signed up in the court. His heart clenched with a knowing feeling as her broken, shattered face swam before his eyes. But he tried to dismiss it away thinking this is what she had forced him to do, leaving no other option. But that nagging feeling just wouldn't leave his mind. 'Was this really the only option? She did provide with another one, didn't she? ' His conscience kept battling within, thus he failed to realize when he reached PCT.
As he pulled the car outside the building, he felt a distinct, creepy sensation crawling his insides. Something was not right. Something was definitely amiss.
But what could it be?

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He swallowed the feeling of nervousness down his throat and makes his way inside PCT. Everything was normal, the staff were fretting over the stoves mixing in the right combination and amount of spices, there was the usual hum of the refrigerators and the occasional whistle of the pressure cooker. Everything was just as it was supposed to be.

And yet it wasn't...

Because Shravan caught a glimpse of Preeta in the far back corner of the kitchen but Sumo was missing. He was sure Mausi Ji told him that both Suman and Preetatogether left for PCT. So where was Suman, where was his wife?

"Preeta!" He yells from the door, startling the poor staff. "Suman kaha hai?"

Preeta furrows her brows in confusion, wiping her hands down on her apron. "Kaha hai ka kya matlab? Ghar par hogi."

Shravan by now was running low on patience and high on paranoia. "Woh tumhari saath ghar se nikli thi na? Phir woh kaha hai?" He all but yelled.

" Oh nahi ji, woh toh sirf mujhe gate tak chodne aayi thi, Keh rahi thi ki kuch der tak Aapka intezaar bahar hi karega. Kyu ji kya hua?"

And that's all he needed to hear before running back out the door and in search of his wife.

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He got into the car, his mind running a mile a minute. Where could she be? If she never left the house why wasn't she there? He sped his car, his direction unknown but his destination his newly wed wife. Sumo! Kya hua hoga? Aditya! That son of a bi**h! I should never have let him go so easy. It should have dragged his arse to the police station and lodged a couple of cases! He was out for revenge and one chat with his beloved mother would steer him back on course! Really shravan! How could you be so damned stupid! It's cause of you that sumo is in trouble. God please sumo ko kuch nahi hona chahiye. Saari narazgi ek taraf, Sumo ki salamati ek taraf. Damn it Aditya! Sumo ko ek kharoch bhi aayi toh jaan le loonga tumhari!

He decided to call him up and drill some sense in that fool but his phone just kept going to voice mail! Now his doubts were becoming stronger. It had to be aditya's doing. What was he going to do! He called home to check if sumo had reached there, obtaining the answer in a negative made him even more restless. He asked Mamiji for nirmala ahuja's number. Desperate times desperate measures! If there was anything she could do to help him find sumo, he would take the chance.

His phone buzzed, he answered without checking the caller ID. "Sumo kahan ho tum! Aaisa karta hai kya koi! I've been worried sick! Kahan ho tum? Lene aa raha hoon mai!"

"Bhaiya! Saans toh le lo!" Said pushkar joking. "Abhi toh shaadi hui hai aur aapka haal dekho! Khair maine yeh batane phone kia tha ke yahan sab ready hai. Aap bas sumo ko leke aa jao."

"Kaise pushkar!? Sumo ka pata nahi chal raha." He narrated everything to pushkar.

"Yeh ho kya raha hai aj? Pehle aapka pata nahi tha ab sumo ka! Mai bhi dhoondhta hoon usko aap bhi dekho. "

"Pushkar yeh sab Aditya ne kia hai I'm sure."

"Kya keh rahe ho aap! Woh aaisa kyun karega?!"

"Badla lene! Subha mujhe kidnap kia tha ab sumo!"

"Kidnap? Aap toh meeting mai gaye the na! Yeh ho kya raha hai?"

"Woh sab chodd! Pata laga sumo kahan hai. Mai Aditya ka pata lagata hoon!"

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Precap:

"Hello?"

"Nirmala Ahuja?"

"Ji bol rahi hoon, aap kaun?"

"Aapka woh beta jo aapki shakal bhi nahi dekhna chahta"

"Shravan?!"

"Haan! Sumo ka pati shravan! Meri biwi ko kahan le gaya hai aapka beta?"
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