Chapter 15 - The Cracks
Mr Bose and Mr bajaj spent their time playing with Sneha and Kukki. Kukki had a project to draw the solar system and Mr Bajaj was helping her out with it and Playing with Sneha at the same time. Suddenly Kukki got up and stood in front of Mr Bose who was watching something on television.
āYou know how to colour?ā showing her crayons.
āYes,kind of?ā
āThen stop watching tv and make yourself useful.ā And she gave her the crayons and made him color half of the solar systems. Mr Bose started doing and Rishab made a face told you.
After sometime Kukki was complaining about stomach ache and Rishab called the doctor immediately. His fear was confirmed that it was the stomach bug. Rishab spent the entire day cleaning vomit and changing her and trying to make her relaxed.She had asked once for Prerna but he made excuses that mom is on the way and then Kukki was fast asleep and she didnāt ask for her. He had the urge to tell Prerna when she called but he could she was already stressed and what is the point. Itās nothing serious itās the stomach bug it will fix itself there is no point of troubling her. Plus, he had the nanny and staff so he let it go.Around 6 am next morning he was able to get both the girls to properly sleep.
He was having coffee and was somewhat sad as this is the first time, they were missing the morning coffee ritual. He was also concerned as they would at least video call each other but she hadnāt called. He let it go thinking she might becoming back so network issues or something and even he was dead tired. He was about to go and have a nap when Mr Bose came.
āYou should have called Prerna. Kukki needed her.ā
āIt was not necessary aur main tha unke paas. It was just the stomach bug. Agar kuch serious hota I would have calledā
āI donāt understand why she needs to do this. They both need her they are way too small. She can do this after some yearsā
āCome on Uncle please. I know you are concerned about Kukki but she is fine now. Kukki theek hain aur Prerna bhi aanewali hogi. I need to take a nap before the girls wake up because I am dead tired and you should too. We all are tired.ā And Rishab went to take a nap. He woke up around 9 am to find Prerna still had not come. He tried calling her and when she didnāt reply he was worried. He didnāt want to leave the girls alone at home. Just then Prerna called and he informed Rishab that she was at the police station. He was surprised and asked for the address. Mr Bose said they should go but Rishab was just not comfortable leaving them completely alone so he asked Shivani to come and as soon as she came, he left for the police station.
He reached the police station in record time. Mr Mehra was already there and was taking care of everything. As soon as Prerna saw him she got up to go towards him but was stopped by a lady cop while she kept pleading. She was asked to go sit with some other people. She had a mild cut on her arm just the sight of her like this threw Rishab off the edge.
He didnāt even wait for the inspector or the lady inspector took Prerna aside covered Prerna with his jacket and took Prerna out from there and when they objected that the papers are not ready, he gave him one glare which was enough to shut them down completely. They were about to get inside the car when the media crowded them and Rishab and Mehra both were surprised as to how they knew about this.But he knew soon the clients, he knew they were problematic but to go to this extent. He will handle them tomorrow right now she needed to take Prerna home as she was dead scared. As soon as they were in the car Rishab hugged her without caring about the fact that they were not alone in the car and kept assuring her that everything will be ok.
They reached home and as soon as they went inside, Prerna was sure something is wrong. I mean there were no games anywhere near the dining table and the television was of with no carpets or rug.
āPrerna,are you okay?ā Mr Bose asked
āRishab kya hua hain Kukki sneha theek hain na?ā Prerna
āChandu pani lao and first aid kitā Rishab
āMainekuch pucha aapse. Mujhe pani nahin chahiyeā Prerna
āAap please pehle relax kijiye. Kukki had the stomach bug but now she is ok.Prerna!!ā Rishab but Prerna was not listening and went straight to the room.Kukki was sleeping peacefully.
āAapne call kyun nahi kiya mujhe, maine kaha tha aapseā Prerna. Rishab went near her and put a hand on her mouth and took her out of the room to their room.
āUth jayengi, bahut muskil se soyi hainā
āAapne call kyun nahin kiya āand Rishab hugged her tightly. āThey are fine they are fine she is fineā. He made her sit on the Sofa and got her a glass of water.
āAap mujhe call karti aur bolti wapis aneko agar main kisi trip pe hota. It was a small issue. Mujhe aapki fikar hain. Aap theek hain? What happened?ā Rishab
āI was so happy after the event. I thought ki I will come home and we can celebrate but they were so insufferable from the start but somehow, I managed and all was good but then some drunk guests started misbehaving with the workers and it just went completely out of hand. They have refused complete payment and woh workers ko chot lagi who alag. Upar se Yeh sari press media they are saying that it was all my fault ,meri koi galti nahin hain and and why are they dragging you into all thisāPrerna
āIt doesnāt matter. Media main coverage ke liye ya news ke liye Mr Bajaj ki wife ka tag use kar lenge but they wouldnāt dare malign your company name and that I will make sure.ā
āMujhe kaha malum tha ki these clients are these disgusting people.ā But the look on Rishabās face told her everything.
āAap jaante the aapne bataya kyun nahi mujhe ya roka kyun nahin. Meri galti hain you said to be careful but I was thinking about how profitable it will be but I will have to learn how to deal with people like these. You wonāt be there all the timeā Prerna
āHaan but aaj jo hua who isliye hua kyunki aap Mr Bajaj ki wife hain not because of your work, yeh baat itni badi isliye hui kyunki Mrs bajaj was involved. Meri galti hain maybe I should tell you such stuff. Mrs bajaj ke tag ke saath aapko jyada problems hogi.ā Rishab
āThis bad press everything how will we handle.ā Prerna
āDonāt worry about it. I will handleā and he took the first aid kit and started cleaning her wound on the arm. The last days exhaustion took over Prerna and she leaned into him completely and didnāt realise when she fell asleep. He carefully placed a pillow below her head, covered her with blanket. And Mr Bajaj handled the situation. The next day Prerna received a check with the total amount. They had even paid for all the workers medical bills and there was no more news in the press nothing at all. Prerna wanted to ask Rishab how he did it but he just said āI did what had to be doneā
āRishab Kya kiya aapne? Main sirf janna chahti hoonā
āThey were running a food products and beverages company and it had not cleared certain guidelines for peopleās health. So, either they pay for all losses or I will make it public.ā Prerna looked at him stunned but then just smiled.
āItna mat sochiye, hota hain start main yeh sab. I am not doing any favours okay.Just trying to take care of my familyā Rishab
āThank you and I promise I will be careful next timeā Prerna
They were all having breakfast and Mr Bose was playing with Kukki. She was now warming up towards the old man and Prerna was very happy about it. But prerna had also noticed a certain silent treatment from him since the day of the event.
āGood morning Rishab. Prerna yeh Wefit food and beverages ki company wahin hain na jiske liye you did the event.ā
āYesā
āSurprising it got sealed in one day for not following government guidelines. Isnāt it Rishabā and Rishab tried to just smile avoiding eye contact with Prerna.
āWhat?āand she took the paper and started reading it. āAapne bola tha Kiā Rishab made a face like being caught
āBut you took the money they owe me in return for this informationā Prerna
āI did not reveal it to the press it just anonymously went to the inspection committeeā Rishab
āRishab par yeh bahut badi company thi I mean a lot of people kaam karte the. Un sab kakya hoga and Just for this.ā Prerna
āPrerna you deal with people as the people are. There is no other way and there will be casualities always. Nice work I must sayā Mr Bose. But Rishab was looking at Prerna and he was sure that Prerna did not like it. But just the sight of Prerna like that yesterday had made him mad and nobody hurts his family.
āNice work? woh casualities nahin they are people and families and a lot of them who can be suffering. There was no need for this. Take this I will somehow recover the lossessā returning the checks to Rishab and walked out towards the kitchen.
āUnhone jo aapke saath aur un workers ke saath kiya kya woh sahi tha.ā Rishab
āNahin par yeh bhi nahin hain aur aap yeh baat jante hain warna mujhe khud bata deteā Prerna
The conversation was taking a bad turn and all could feel the tension. Suddenly they could hear Sneha crying and Rishab rushed to her room.
āPrerna you should be proud of the fact that your husband loves you so much why are you making a big deal out of it.ā Mr bose
āI am sorry uncle but You donāt use this way to show loveā Prerna
After sometime Mr Boseās lawyer came to meet him. Nitya Tiwari ā smart sophisticated formal work clothes and a beautiful pony tail swishing with her high heels.
āAre Nitya hello. Yes, the documents I needed to sign. Come have a seatā Mr Bose
āHello sir. Kaise hain aap.ā Miss Tiwari
āFine fine meet Prernaā Mr Bose
āMrs Prerna Rishab Bajaj of course. Aapko kaun nahi jaantaā Miss Tiwari and Prerna shook her hand
Just then Rishab came with Sneha.
āNityaā Rishab
āHello Rishiā Nitya
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