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Chapter 5
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
-Frank Herbert.
Maan: the bane of my existence 'Geet'.
She slowly walked through the corridors of the mansion alone. This was her routine everyday now. Sunlight was streaming through the tall windows and the marbles were glistening. It was perfect; everything was kept in perfect order. The silver wares were gleaming, the paintings were laid out beautifully, and she could see the reflection of her shadow on the floor. More than a mansion this place looks like a palace, a beautifully hidden palace in the heart of Delhi.
For her though this was not a palace, it was a very well kept mausoleum. Other than the footsteps of the servants and herself there was no other noise no laughter no joy, just the birds chirping outside and the random traffic noise. She sighed thinking 'sometimes the silence and the loneliness becomes a living disease in your heart. It eats you away from the inside with depression and anxiety'.
She reached the stairs now, tried to hold the railings and climb down slowly. But her memory was taking her back to those happier days. Days when there was laughter in this home, there was happiness everywhere. She was clutching the same railing where children slid down the banisters and running around much to the difficulty of their parents.
They are all grown up now and become men in their own rights. She reached to sit on the couch in the living room, laid her head back and sighed. Those were some of her happy memories of this place.
After her son's death everything changed, her first grandson became the head of the family in a very young age. He took over the business at its debilitating state and brought it to being the top most construction company in India today.
Her second grand son was the notorious ladies man; all the ladies titter around him while they leave a wide berth around the first one. The third one, she smiled at the thought. The third one is a full on prankster. He keeps playing jokes and teasing his brothers all the time, does not know the meaning of fear at all.
They were all she was left with... in the family now. But none of them are together anymore. It all happened few months ago when Vicky decided to travel the world and maan not happy with him being so far away from family. Vicky was not happy, he fought with maan and left anyways.
Dev came back from Canada two months ago with severe gambling debts where he has mortgaged all his belongings in Canada. Maan was not happy listening to that, he had saved devs hide multiple times during the past. But this time he had reached his limits.
Maan takes his responsibility as an elder brother seriously, but this news came at the heels of Vicky leaving and maan was disappointed in them both. Adding fuel to fire, this was a gambling debt which he totally detests and the idea of his brother being in debt disturbed him more than he was willing to admit.
He warned dev never to warm the footsteps of the khurana mansion again with such a disturbing habit. He refused to pay off the debts; his final words to dev were 'you got yourself into this mess get yourself out of it' and he walked away. Dev left immediately after with his wife back to Canada.
She came back to reality when she heard a jeep rumbling through the drive way. Finally, she thought maan is back from his camping trip. This grandson of hers was a loner, he wasn't like this earlier. Once upon a time he use to smile, laugh at the silliest of jokes and was nice to everybody.
Today getting a word out of him is an herculean task, all his joy evaporated with past events which is another story she dint want to think about now as maan would probably come to meet her and she dint want to look upset or unhappy to him.
He probably would go to the outhouse first and refresh himself before he comes to meet her, she sighed again this is another contention she has to live with. She got up to check with the staff if food was ready for him.
***
Maan jumped out of the jeep in one easy motion and walked angrily to the outhouse doors. He was annoyed, annoyed with himself and his stupidity. 'Why did he have to save her, Oh? Why?' he has asked himself this question a million times now since the night.
Everything started simple; he was buying some plantations in hoshiarpur to expand his personal shares. He travelled there a few weeks ago trying to fix the issues on the ownership. Things started going downhill for him when he realised that the owner of the property is a woman and she was not willing to sell the property while he has already paid for it.
He was inside the outhouse now, trying again to control his anger before he has to go meet his dadi. She would not be happy seeing him this upset or angry. So he took a deep breath and told himself, 'maan forget about her, she is not worth so much of your time, efforts and patience. And with all your past experiences you know she never was'.
But initially when he saw her the first time he never thought she will have such an impact in his life. Even when he was trying to save her he did not think beyond anything other than saving her. He tried protecting her; make her aware that what she was going through with her family was not something she has to put up with.
He almost felt the pull in him when he saw her beaten and battered lying unconsciously in the hay barn the other night, he couldn't see her so lifeless when she was always arguing with him heads on. But he was so angry with her the next morning when she asked him to stop the jeep and said she dint want to go to the police.
He was angry then, angry like he had never been before in his life. Here he was trying to help her get justice and she was throwing it back in his face. He wanted to shake her to get some sense into her, but he left her there.
Maan quickly ripped his shirt off and threw it in the general direction where the laundry basket was kept and turned the shower on full cold. He needs to calm down; he stepped into the shower and let the cold water freeze his thoughts as it was freezing his muscles.
He walked out of the shower, feeling much better and much calmer than he was. He wiped himself briskly and walked to his closet when his mobile rang. He picked it up,
"Hello"
"G-G-Goodmorning sir, this is A-Adi speaking"
Adi, his right hand man in khurana constructions
"Yes tell me Adi, what can I do for you"
"S-S-Sir, just wanted to inform you, that I am leaving t-t-tonight for London. We have some issues with our L-L-London project so I thought I shall personally check everything".
Maan thought for a moment, he needs to get away from the memory of hoshiarpur for sometime and what better way to do it. He quickly told adi, "Adi, book me a business class ticket to London too. I am coming with you, it's a very big project and very important for our business and KC cannot afford anything going wrong. Mail me my itinerary in one hour and I will see you in the airport tonight".
Adi quickly acknowledged it and hanged up.
Daadi is not going to be happy, he thought to himself. Once he was ready he walked to the main house to meet her and discuss his decisions with her.
When he met her he smiled, Dadi the one woman he respected admired and idolised. He grew up in her shadow and she taught him everything he knew about business today. For him she was a woman of very strong will, tenacity and perseverance.
Never has there been a moment when she has not succeeded if she puts her mind to it and there are exceptions of course but most times she always won.
As he predicted, she was not happy with his decision to go to London as he just came back from his camping. And after a lot of arguing, fighting, cajoling she agreed to come with him to London and stay in the khurana house there while he is out and about his business.
He dint mind dadi, she knew how he gets when he is in to work and she is not the nagging type who wants his attention. She was going to be fine. He quickly called adi for another business class ticket.
***
He walked back to outhouse after his meeting with dadi, claiming he needed to pack. Once he was alone thoughts of her assaulted him again, but he ruthlessly tamed it down and pulled his clothes out to pack. Once he was done he powered his laptop on to make sure there were no urgent mails for him.
In the silence of that moment he thought again if she was ok now. After that incident that night, he couldn't shake off the feeling that it was momentous. Whatever happened between them was going to be imprinted in his memory forever.
She refused to leave his thoughts and mind. She was the one responsible for his distraction and his agitation he finally ceded and accepted he was worried about her worried if she was still alive or at the mercy of her family.
But he has to stop now he thought to himself, no matter how much the world develops and advances some women never change. Especially this one, even when someone was willing to help 'no' she won't listen.
He was getting angry again, he couldn't believe she made him feel this emotional about someone. She was the bane of his existence, 'Geet' he whispered.
***
Two Months later
Geet was smiling as she got ready, today was her day. She finally was going for the campus interview. Two months ago, she joined the institute on pinky's suggestion and as she said she was able to complete her course in the shortest time possible and passed with flying colours and now she has a diploma in corporate secretaryship.
In fact she was among the top 3 in her class, she was happy that she was able to achieve so much. She couldn't be more proud or happier and all the credit for her success goes to pinky and uncle who were her constant support and strength. When she faltered with depression or home sickness they picked her up and made her feel home once again. She can't thank them enough in this life time or the next.
She reached the institute promptly on time and walked to the reception to get her interview schedule. The receptionist said "hi geet, how are you today. You have been short listed by some of the best companies in the city"
"Here we go; they are Khurana constructions, Indian paints, and National cements Company".
"I am doing fine and thanks for organising the schedule for me", she chirpily answered. Everyone here liked geet, initially there was a little bit of misunderstanding as some found her old fashioned in dressing but everyone here came from similar family backgrounds and once they got to know her they were friendly with her.
So she quickly scanned all the company details and the information provided for her. She was happy that she was shortlisted in KC, pinky asked her to apply for the company. Geet knows a bit about the company too as she and pinky have discussed and concluded it was a good company.
By the time she finished with her job interviews, she had two job offers in her hand. One from KC and the other from IP both for the secretary position of the Managing director. Now she was not sure which one to go with. Pinky was working in KC but the offer she got form IP was a lot better.
They were promising her a promotion in a month's time if her job performance was good and after the promotion she could get twice the salary. Even the salary offered now was twice as much as KC.
She has to finalise by today as it was Friday and job starts from Monday. She wanted to call pinky, so she found the pay booth and called pinky at her office. It was late afternoon and pinky would be in her tea break.
"Arey geet, what are you saying you got two jobs offers. Congratulations" she was sounding so excited and geet felt bad to inform pinky that she was planning to take up Indian paints.
But before she could do it pinky asked, "So tell me which offer are you taking"
Geet was silent for a few minutes and then explained all the terms of the offer.
Pinky immediately said "IP sounds better geet, I will miss you here but you should take what is best"
Geet felt better now, "I was thinking about IP too"
"That's good geet; let's have a party in the home tonight and celebrate. Chal I have to go now will see you in the evening. Bye!"
Geet hanged up feeling a lot better; she walked up to the water cooler for some water. Just when she was finishing she met adi sir, the man who interviewed her for KC. He seems to be a pleasant and polite gentleman.
He smiled at her, "geet right"
She smiled and nodded.
"So how are the other interviews coming along, any more offers".
She smiled and said "good thank you and yes a few offers"
"That's very good, any company in specific"
She wasn't sure if she should tell him, but since she has already made up her mind about IP, she had to explain why she was declining this job offer so they can find someone else. So she thought its better if she has this unofficial chat with him now than going through a big explanation later.
"You probably might know, India paints"
"Oh! That let me give you a word of caution geet. I normally don't do this but you seem to be a genuine candidate and you have been honest with your answers and I appreciate honesty"
"IP's current fiscal budget is at an all time low; their shares have already come to the market for sales at the lowest it has ever been since they have gone public. Their annual budget showed a lot of loopholes and flaws and it looks like they have overestimated the current projection of profits"
"There is already discussion of takeovers or mergers in the markets and the key stakeholders are looking at potential buyers, in fact KC is being considered too"
Geet was listening to him but just a few words into the conversation he lost her, she really dint get a word of what he was saying. She understood the basics of what he was trying to say but not everything. So she pretended to listen while she lost focus and started day dreaming.......
.........So he continued, you are getting what I am saying geet. Geet quickly got back to reality and guiltily looked at him. "Sorry could you please repeat the last bit"
He politely repeated, "IP may not be in the market for long as its losing business and they may be taken over or closed soon. So I was suggesting you to consider your options"
"Anyways got to get back now for more interviews. Good luck geet", with that he walked away with a smile.
Geet smiled and nodded thankfully at him but she was confused now, he was a well educated man and his suggestion and caution should have merit. She sat by the chair in the hallway. She looked at the two offer letters in her hand trying to decide what she should do.
Her mind has stuck to IP since the beginning; she should make up her mind soon. After a while she decided to go with her intuition and see where her heart leads her be it good or bad.
She opened the letter on her right and signed it. She dropped it in the reception later so it can be passed on to the correct company.
So........ she thought to herself on her way back home 'A new journey begins......'
**********End of chapter 5*********
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P.S - Now that we got the reading out of the way😛, I would like your comments about Maan. Have i made him sound similar to that of geet HSP and justified his characterisation......let me know....... also leave other comments with whatever you feel about the story.😊
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