Part 9
Sid: Even now nothing is lost. If you want we can still settle abroad.
Roli: No Sid, this is a beautiful place to stay. I have never seen this place before.
Sid: Think about it. If you stay here, there will be a lot of cowdung here. There is a lot of water problems here and you have to fill your buckets early morning before 8 am. Else you have to wait until evening. I am saying this as you are not used to village life. We don't even have the attached bathroom. We have to go to the terrace and have our bath outside as the bathroom is there.
Roli: We have made enough money. We can renovate this house and take a rented house for the time being.
Sid: Fine, we will try that but if it does not work out then we have to go back to the US.
Roli: Fine.
Both of them are in search of a rented house.
Haya
Harman: It's been a long time we are at home.
Soumya: That's true but our main office is in the USA. Though I stayed in this village I was envious of others but never demanded anything from my parents. But they sent me for the classical dance classes despite the debts. They had gone out of the way for me. But after experiencing the USA, I feel we can lead a better life.
Harman: Well, I am expanding my business. Once things are settled here, we will go back.
I have one empty house now which we can give it on rent.
Harman places an advertisement on the paper.
Roli and Sid see the advertisement and come there.
Sid: We are looking for a rented house as we are renovating our house.
Harman: No problem. You can stay in this house. You need not pay me anything but I only expect you to maintain cleanliness.
Sid+Roli: Sure.
The next day the renovation work started. Sid with the entire family shift to the new place. Harman and Soumya give them all the facilities.
Roli and Harman are happy with the Indian condition while Sid and Soumya wish to go back to the USA. Both Roli and Soumya find it difficult to adjust in the village but Roli refuses to give up.
Roli meets Soumya at their room.
Soumya: How do you find this place?
Roli: It is very beautiful. I have never seen this greenery anywhere.
Soumya: I never knew you would like this place so fast. I remember those days when you were making fun of classical dance & you used to call me a village-girl.
Roli: That was the mistake I made. We get lots of fresh air here. In cities, there is so much of traffic & pollution.
Soumya: I agree with your point. Tbh, before coming to the USA, I was suffocated here as there weren't many opportunities here. It was only through the telephonic interview I got there. I wish I was in the USA. But my husband likes this place & wants to develop this state before going there. He wants to eliminate unemployment.
Roli: That is really great. My husband wants to go back to the USA.
Soumya: I think Sid wants to do something in life. He has been my neighbor & has been thinking high. I know him pretty well. But if you think practically, life does not run on emotions. You are accustomed to city life & landing at a place where you have to wait for the queue to get water would be strenuous for you. Sidhant loves you very deeply. He cares for you.
Roli: Yes, that is the thing.
Soumya: Harman told me how he helped Sid to impress you in the USA.
Roli: Oh is it? Tbh, I had liked Harman but he was giving more attention to you. He did western dance so well without any ounce of clumsiness. This incident reminds me of Partner movie in which Salman Khan helps Govinda to woo Katrina. The latter was very clumsy but succeeded in impressing a stylish girl.
Soumya: I appreciate you that you have fallen in love with village life but you need to think about your goals & ambition. I have always seen you as a stylish girl & I hope you don't compromise on that.
Roli: No way.
Harman meets Sidhant.
Harman: How are you?
Sid: I am not comfortable here. Please transfer me to the States.
Harman: I never knew you would change so much.
Sid: I always had a dream to settle abroad. Originally, my parents were in Delhi but they had come when my grandparents were ill & no one was there to take care of him. I was quite happy there but had to compromise for their convenience. My parents wanted to go back but to keep to their last words they stayed back to take charge of the property. So they stayed back.
Harman: I thought you were a villager but you have proved me wrong. We will go to the USA. My wife loves that life.
Sid: And my wife has fallen in love with the village life.
Harman is shocked. He said, "She has fallen so much in love with you that she is willing to give up her identity & individuality."
Sid: I know & I don't want her to do that. She has been struggling here waiting for the queue to bring water & carry such a heavy bucket. The distance is little long but she has been carrying it without anyone's help. She does not my help either. I want to keep her like a queen but she is working here like a servant. I cannot see her like that. But she refuses to give up.
Harman: Did you tell her the truth as to how you wooed her?
Sid: No. I don't want to lose her.
Harman: She won't leave you as she loves you very deeply. You tell her the truth. By the way how that renovation is going?
Sid: It is fine. Once it is done, I am thinking of going back. I hope Roli agrees.
Harman: Just do what I say. I like this place but I can adjust anywhere.
Sid: Yes, I will tell the truth to Roli.
At the end of the day, Harman meets Soumya whereas Sidhant meets Roli. Both of them are in their rooms.
Soumya: I met Roli. She told me that she likes village life. I told her that you helped Sid to woo her.
Harman is shocked: Why did you tell her? I told him to tell the truth to Roli. You have made such a big mistake. I hope things are fine with them.
Soumya: I didn't know that you told Sid to tell her the truth but I told Roli to keep it to herself till Sid confesses it to her. Roli is fine with my advice.
Harman: But she is quite impulsive & she blurts out.
Soumya: She was like that but love has changed her.
Harman: I hope things don't change the other way.
On the other hand, Roli pretends to be ignorant of what Soumya told her.
Sid comes to Roli & said, "I want to confess something to you."
Roli: I know you will say I love you & I will say I love you too.
Sid: That will always be there but I have hidden something from you.
Roli understands but says, "Tell me."
Sid: Harman helped me to impress you when we were abroad.
Roli smiles.
Sid is shocked at her reaction.
He said, "You didn't get angry."
Roli: I know that. Soumya told me. Just as you hid this fact from me even I did the same. So accounts are settled. From now on, our relationship should be transparent.
Sid: I know that you love me but there is no need for you to change for my sake. I love your originality. I want my stylish & city girl Roli back. If I get that from you, I will think that you really love me.
Roli: The same applies to you.
Sid: I am originally from Delhi but my grandparents were living here. We only stayed here because it was their last words. My parents are bound by that but I am free.
Roli gets shocked.
Harman's business picks up at Haryana. Things settle quickly. All 4 of them decide to go back to the USA
Edited by kavsy - 7 years ago
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