Destiny's Play-Pt XXXIII(Pg 144) 4/3 - Page 85

AMAZING UPDATES!!

loved the updates! I'm glad the misunderstanding cleared. And the birthday surprise was really cute. Poor Geet thought he forgot

Originally posted by: Lip-a-Licious

fantastic updates Opti 👏

thanks Nadia

Originally posted by: simi91

wow at list Geet & Sameera heard heart to heart talk this called true friendship Maan is dorable husband it was a cute suprise birth day party Geet was in cloud nine awesome update all three parts my dear pls cont soonnnnnnnnnnnn thanks pm

Yes, Sam is Maaneet's true friend and who can beat Maan when it comes to surprising his wife and making her day.Thanks Simi.

Originally posted by: PaintedSky

Happy Birthday Geet 🥳

Geet accepts your wishes!

Part XXXII

As the sun's rays hit her eyes, Geet opened them to find Maan still fast asleep. Realising they were sprawled on the terrace where they could be spotted by anyone coming up, she quickly got up and tried to shake Maan awake. Maan merely smiled in his sleep but did not budge an inch. Finally getting frustrated, she went up to the tap which was in one corner of the terrace and collecting some water in her palms, she walked up to him and trickled it on his eyes. Maan got up with a start and seeing Geet stand over him with her hands on her hips, grimaced at her.

"Geet... why did you break my beautiful dream? We were dancing to Kuch kuch hota hai like Shah Rukh and Kajol and you broke it before the song got over," he complained.

"Maan, if you don't get up immediately, bahut kuch honae walla hai. We are in the middle of the terrace, not in our bedroom. Do you want us to become public spectacle?"

It is only then that Maan realised where they were. He hurriedly got up and rolled up the mat. Geet ran to the water tank and tore up the banner on it. She then helped Maan to fold up the table and the chairs after putting away the plates and the dishes in the plastic cover which lay against the wall. As they carried their stuff down the stairs, they were met by Manju who was coming up with a bucket full of washed clothes which had to be dried in the clothes lines strung on the terrace. Seeing them with their paraphernalia she couldn't help pulling their legs.

"So Maan, how was the night under the sky?" she asked with a naughty smile.

Both Maan and Geet turned a deep red and rushed down without a response.

"Hey, you forgot the diyas!" she called out and burst out laughing.

"I'll take them down later Manju Akka," Geet shouted back.

Back home, Geet spun like a top to ensure that her husband was not late for work. Finally, when Maan was ready to leave, he turned around and holding her head between his hands, he gave her a big smacking kiss on her lips and thanked her aloud for being such a wonderful wife. Geet eyes widened in astonishment but soon her lips widened too in a disarming smile. Maan seeing it, held his hand to his chest to fake a heart-attack, making her giggle. He then promised to be back early for it was Ganesh Visarjan that day.

That evening, all the chawl residents gathered in front of the Ganesh idol. A puja was performed, as was done in the past nine days; only this was more elaborate as it was the final puja before bidding goodbye to Lord Ganesha. The women then sang the artis (songs of praise) and the procession with idol left the chawl with great fanfare. The chawl kids danced in front of the motorcade. The men and women followed it singing and clapping. En route they were joined by several other processions and they all headed towards the sea. The noise was deafening as loud speakers were blaring chants and songs. They finally reached Girgaum Chowpathy where there were hundreds of Ganesh idols waiting to be immersed. Maan and his chawl friends lifted the idol from the lorry and walked up to the beach. The women stood back as the men went into the waters to immerse the idol. Devotees bid their farewell to their favourite diety, promising to welcome him back into their homes the following year.

After the visarjan, Maan returned back to where the rest of the chawl crowd were standing and looked around for Geet but could not find her. He asked Manju, Sameera and the other ladies around but no one seemed to know where she had gone. Maan panicked and kept calling her name but it was difficult to be heard over and above the loud noise surrounding the place. Asking the rest of the chawl crowd to proceed home, Maan ran up and down the beach looking for Geet. It was difficult to make his way through the thronging crowd. He pushed his way through the mass of people, frantically searching for his wife. As the minutes ticked by and he had still not found her, he broke into cold sweat. 'Where are you Geet? Tum kahaan ho?' he screamed. He then collapsed in a heap on the beach, tears trickling down his cheek.

Suddenly he heard a group of people yelling that some lady who had been dragged by the waves had just been brought in by the fishermen. He immediately rushed to the spot and was shocked to the core to see an unconscious and wet Geet being lowered on to the beach by two men. He jumped to her side and pulling her on to his lap, kept repeatedly tapping her cheeks. Seeing no reaction, he thumped her chest. She brought out some of the water she had swallowed but she was not breathing. He titled her head back, opened her mouth wide and, holding her nose, he gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Soon she sputtered more water and started breathing. As she slowly opened her eyes, he heaved a sigh of relief and quickly carried her to the nearest taxi.

On reaching the chawl, he hurriedly paid the taxi walla and rushed to their house with Geet in his arms. Manju and Sameera were waiting outside looking worried. Seeing Geet with him they were relieved and quickly opened the door. Although both of them wanted to know what had happened they realised this was not the right time to ask. Once inside, he hurriedly started removing the wet clothes from her body after pulling up the bedsheet to cover her up. Sameera took out a dry nightie from the cupboard and handed it to Maan who deftly dressed his wife within a matter of seconds. Manju rubbed Geet's feet vigourously to bring in some warmth. Maan then took a towel and rubbed dry Geet's hair. In the meantime Sameera made some hot black tea and asked Geet to slowly sip it. After they made sure Geet was fine, the two ladies left them.

Maan sat beside her on the bed and looked at Geet wearily.

Geet's eyes filled up in tears and she said in a small voice,"I am sorry, Maan".

He did not respond. Instead he just stretched himself next to her and turned his back to her. He tried to sleep but visions of seeing her in that unconscious state kept flashing in his mind. What if she had drowned? How did she get to the sea? The women were all standing at a safe distance from the sea. Why did she go close to it? He knew this was not the right time to ask her these questions. She was still in a state of shock. He decided he will wait till the next day to find out more about that traumatic night.

Next morning, both Maan and Geet woke up at about the same time. Before Maan could ask her anything, Geet gave him an account of what had happened the previous night. As the men went into the sea to immerse the idols, Geet stood by watching the colourful idols being taken in. As she had never witnessed a live visarjan before, she got excited and inadvertently strayed from her group in order to take a good look at the idols. She had unknowingly gone closer to the sea and was soon pushed by the pressing crowd from behind. Before she realised she had fallen into the sea and a wave dragged her in. Luckily some men standing close by shouted for help and had alerted the nearby fishermen who went in and dragged her out before she drowned. Maan was livid with anger.

"What was the need to leave Sameera, Manju and the rest of the women? Did you think of my plight if something had happened to you? Do you know how terrified I was when I realised that you were missing and couldn't be located?" he yelled.

"I am sorry Maan. I did not mean to scare you," she said meekly, eyes brimming with tears.

"But, you did, didn't you?"He ran his fingers through his hair in exasperation. "When will you learn to be more responsible?" He got up abruptly and went about his morning routine, ignoring her for the rest of the morning.

She tried serving him his tea and breakfast but he refused both saying he did not feel hungry. After he was ready for work, he mumbled a goodbye under his breath and not bothering to look back at her, he left home.

Geet was heartbroken. She sat down and wept bitterly. There is nothing more she wanted from life than his happiness but she had ended up making him miserable. She did not know how long she was crying when she heard her cell ring. Picking it up she heard Maan's voice.

"Geet?"

She had trouble responding immediately as she could not find her voice.

"GEET?" his voice raised up in anxiety. "Are you alright?"

She whimpered that she was. After hours of crying she couldn't stop her hiccups.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you, Geet. It's just that you are so precious to me, I just can't bear to lose you. Do you realise your value to me, Geet? You are my life. Seeing you unconscious and breathless last night, my breath stopped. Please don't do this again. Please don't scare me again, Geet. I cannot take it."

"I'm sorry, Maan it will not happen again."

"And please, Geet. Please stop crying. Your tears pierce my heart. You know since morning I could not concentrate on my work, remembering your tear-stained face."

Geet wiped her eyes and told him she has stopped crying.

"Have you had anything for breakfast?" he asked.

"No. How can I eat knowing you have not?" she asked him.

"Ok, honey. I am going down to the canteen right now and I'll have something. Will you promise me that you will eat something?"

"Yes, I will."

"I'm sorry, darling. I'll be late from work. You'll take good care of yourself till then, won't you? Remember, by taking care of yourself you are actually taking care of me."

"Don't worry, Maan. I will."

Before he disconnected he blew her a kiss bringing a smile to her face.

"Are you not going to return it back?" he asked longingly. She shyly blew him a kiss, gladdening his heart.

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Originally posted by: -shamima-

Awe that was so sweet maan turning romantic because of geet and planned this beautiful surprise for her and the moment they shared together was so nice anyways great update and csn't wait to read more 😊

Geet has made Maan into a romantic. Thanks Shamima.

aww the end of this part was so sweet

That was a wonderful update..Loved it..

Awe so sweet and haha manju pulling their legs and woah that was scary when maan couldn't find geet you portrayed maan emtions at that time perfectly how he was franticly looking for her and then the pain of seeing her in that state it made him angry that she didn't take care of herself as she means a lot to him and so cute he rang cause he didn't feel right and knew she was crying so he called their love for eab other is getting deepr and more understanding anyays great update and can't wait to read more 😊