Jija meets saala
It was her 10th day in delhi. She followed her basic routine and was off to college and then combined study at nuts place with meera,riya ,yash and Romeo. Combined study was becoming everyday routine nw. Whether others made it or not geet meera and nuts were always there.
*** Handa haveli***
Daarji ' Mohinder, brij aj kaam se Delhi ja raha hai. M use khurana k yahan jaane ko kaha hai.
Mohinder - ji aap izzazat de to m bhi geet se mil au.
Daarji ' nahi tum jaoge to geet rone lagegi. Vaise bhi beti k sasural kam se kam jaana hi acha hai. M brij ko isliy kaha ki vo kuch saugat le jaega. Shadi mein humne jyada kuch diya nahi. Brij ko vahan flour mill ke kuch machines ki quotation lana hai so vo hi kar lega.
Mohinder sadly ' ji
Daarji ' Rano tyari kar le jo kuch bhi bhejna hai. Brij 2 hrs mein nikalega.
Rano hurriedly made preparation with help of tayiji and rajji. After Brij left Rano thought of calling geet and inform her of brij's visit. She tried consistently but her mobile was switched off.#Rano ' pata nahi kahan hai? Kahi college gai hogi aur brij pahuch gaya to....mobile band hi aaraha hai...#
Geet had put her mobile on silent mode in her bag and just forgot about it. She took her lectures and then went to Nuts place for exam prep.
Brij reached Delhi in afternoon. He straight way headed to Khurana Mansion. When he reached there he found no one home except the servants.
Nakul ' saab aap kaun hai hum pehchante nahi...
Brij called daadi ma and she apologised for her absence and told him to be comfortable there. She told him he will meet only geet and maan there. Daadi ma instructed Nakul with the necessary things to be done. Nakul was asked to take best care of brij.
Brij was also impressed by the grandeur of the house. It seemed like a movie set to him. He was settled in one of the guest rooms on ground floor.
Brij ' where is geet?
Nakul ' madam bahar gayi hai...ab aati hi hongi.
Brij ' maan kb taka ate hai?
Nakul ' sahib ka koi time nahi hai vo office se late aate hai.
Brij freshened and went out to complete his work. He finished his work and came back at 5.00 in evening. He expected geet to be back by now. Brij was shocked to find that geet was not yet home. She had been out for 4hrs in his knowledge.
Brij ' when did ur madam leave?
Nakul ' vo madam to subh hi gayi thi...
Brij ' maan k pehle?
Nakul ' ji. Vo college gai hai'.
Brij was fuming nw # geet is roaming alone in delhi and that too for such long hours. She has gone to college also. What for?#
Geet reached by 6pm. She was tired and went straight to her room. Nakul came in hurried to inform her of brij's arrival. Geet was terrified and happy at the same time.
She asked- dnt tell him im here i will go and meet him on my own.
Geet changed from her jeans and shirt to a traditional salwar kurta she had brought from HP.She kept the palla on her head like her mother. # geet 'thora maska lagaungi to brij veerji shayad sawaal na puche. Nakul ko maine halwa banane kaha hai. M ja k check karti hu.#Nakul was still struggling with the besan. #nakul ye halwa jaane kaise banega.#
On seeing geet everyone in kitchen was impressed by her simple beauty.
Geet ' m jo kahti hu dete jao. M khud banaungi.
She made the halwa and smell of ghee along with cardamom seeds engulfed the whole atmosphere. This was brij's favourite and that too made by geet.Geet entered the room, brij turned to see her.
Brij ' tum abhi aa rahi ho? Kahan thi?
Geet ' veerji m to bhut pehle a gai par aapke liy socha pehle halwa bana lu. Aap pehle halwa khao.
Geet changed the topic and kept on talking about family so that brij never questioned her. Brij was also happy to see geet looking so preety and told her about everyone back home.
Geet ' ab bhut baatein ho gayi hai. Aap khana kha lo aap thak gae hoge.
Geet had already given nakul a list of things to be cooked....all were brij's favourite. Geet served to brij and he ate.
Nakul ' madam aapka khana bhi lagau?
Geet ' nah m sahib aak kha lenge tab khaungi. She glared at nakul. He took the que and left the place.
# geet ' jaldi kha lo bhai. Pata nahi kb mere bahar jaane k bare mein enquiry karne lage. Babaji aaj bacha lo. Brij veerji ko pata chala mein college jati hu to pata nahi kaise react karenge. Pata nahi kadoos se milenge to dono ek dusre ka kya haal karenge. Brij veerji phone karke aate to mein bahar jati hi nahi. Acha hua mere kapre nahi dekhe. Babaji mujhe to bhuk bhi lagi hai par kha bhi nahi sakti ek to hum HP mein kabhi larko k pehle khana nahi kha sakte upar se mein apne husband k pehle nahi kha sakti.#
Brij loved the food. Brij went to his room. She wanted everything settled quickly and brij goes to sleep before maan comes. She led brij to his room and quickly escaped to her room.
Maan came home and by that time brij had gone to his room. He freshened unaware of the fact that he has guest and went to dinning table. Nakul served him food. He saw many dishes, Punjabi basically were prepared in addition to the usual. He didn't remark. He tasted a few that were prepared according to geet's recipes.
Maan ' ye acha bana hai. Aisa khana to tum log nahi banate.
Nakul ' vo madam ne kaha tha banane ko....he let it trail...
Maan ' ye khushbu kis cheez ki aa rahi hai?
Nakul ' saab besan ke halwa ki.
Maan ' serve karo. Mujhe diya kyu nahi
Nakul was serving and saying ' saab thora oily tha isiliye nahi diya. # nakul -ghee dekhte hi daatenge. Banaya madam ne data khaenge hum#
Maan ' put a spoon full in his mouth and then asked ' to thora kam ghee kyu nahi daalte.
The taste was too good. It just melted in his mouth.
Maan ' ye kisne banaya?
# maan - itna ghee hai aur dry fruits to lagata hai pura box daal diya hai. Par hai bhut acha.#
No one answered. They were terrified of the repercussion maan wud give.Maan glared . his one look was enuf for nakul to blabber out.
Nakul ' saab vo vo madam ne banaya tha.
Maan ' aj khana kya geet ne banaya? To tum log kya kar rahe the? #kisi aur ne banaya hota to dubara banana kehata par ab to kuch nahi kah sakta.# he hid his appreciation in his anger.
Nakul ' sir vo madam ke veerji aye hai to unke liye madam ne apne se banaya. Daadi ma ne phone pe hume unka pura khayal rakhne ko kaha tha.
Maan ' vo kahan hai?
Nakul ' so gae.
#maan ' accha hua so gae varna daadi ma k karan mujhe bhi baat karni parti. I hate these formalities.#
When she went to her room. She opened the bag Rano had sent her. It had geet's fovorite ladoos made by Rano. She opened more to find Rano had sent her paintings, a family photo which geet had made when she was in std 4. It was more of caricatures than painting. Geet had been too young to make proper pictures then. Geet stuck the photo to her heart and cried. Tears wetted her cheeks. Brij came to meet her then.
Brij ' y r u crying?
Geet was surprised to hear brij she started crying. She didn't move to hold brij as she feared him and never went close to him.
They shared a special type of relationship. Brij was caring and possessive about geet but when it came to discipline and family values he had no second thought before hitting geet. It was same for rajji too. Brij's family values were mere narrow mindedness of brij. He forced orthodox rules over the ladies of the house in name of tradition and made them follow by physical force. Geet also cared for brij but feared him bcoz he had beaten geet or got her punished by darji on many occasion.
Geet was missing family terribly and in flow of emotions said ' Veerji mujhe HP le chaliye na...m ma papaji k paas jana hai. Aap unko le k kyu nahi aye. Mujhe HP jana hai.
Brij ' tujhe yahan koi taklif hai?
Geet ' nahi. Par mujhe le chaliye na......she cried like a small girl.
Brij ' teri shadi ho gayi geet ab tujhe yahi rahna hai.
Geet ' mujhe le chalo. She was wailing now.
Brij had come to ask her where she had been the whole day. So he wanted to cut the crap and get his answer.
Brij said lovingly' le jaunga. Pehle ye baata tu aaj kahan gayi thi?
Geet ' m college gayi thi veerji. She said innocently wiping her tears. TRAPPED.
Brij in anger ' tu yahan a k apne par dikha rahi hai. Handa parivar ka naam duba degi.
Geet ' nahi veerji m kuch bhi galat nahi kiya.
Brij gave her a tight slap and geet fell on the bedside. he was not used to get replies from geet. Geet hit the flower vase kept on the table near by, which spilled on the bed. Water and white lily flowers were scattered on the bed and floor. The vase broken and glass pieces spread across the room.
Brij spat in anger ' yahan aak teri jaban bhi chalne lagi hai. College jaane lagi hai. Saari izzat dubo degi.
*Just then maan entered his room. He heard something fall. He came to geet's room from the terrace entrance. She somehow got up.
Brij held her hand and told her- mujhe tumko thik karna aata hai.
Maan saw geet trying to get her hand out of brij's grip weeping.Maan walked fast towards geet
he glared' tum kaun ho?
Brij left geet and straightened himself ' m geet ka veer.
Maan ' to aise kya kar rahe ho?
Brij ' tum ise nahi jante. Isse thik kar raha hu...
Maan ' vo tumhare mill ki machine nahi hai jo tum use thik kar doge.
Brij ' tumko isse sambhalna nahi aata. Ise control mein nahi rakhoge to bigar jaegi. Tumko malum hai ye din bhar ghar se bahar thi?
Maan came closer. He saw the imprints of brij's finger on geet's cheek. He held geet's face turned it to show it to brij and said in anger ' aise thik karoge...tumko sharam nahi atta ek larki vo bhi apni behan ko marte hue?
Brij again holds geet's wrist twists it and says ' larkiyo ki aukat hi yahi hoti hai. In par control na karo to bigar jaati hai. Tumko larki sambhalne nahi atta.
Brij was really testing maan's patience now.
Maan held brij's hand and said very firmly ' uska haath choro.
Brij ' vo meri behan hai m jaanta hu uska kya karna hai.
Geet was by now shivering out of pain and fear. She had never seen maan so angry. Brij has always been so cruel. He always needed darji's strict orders to retrieve from his actions. No one else in the whole house had the guts to talk back to brij or stop him. Geet's mind after seeing this fight was going numb. She cudnt think even.
Maan cut off brij and said out loudly in anger ' vo Maan. Singh. Khurana ki biwi hai. Tumhari behan thi. so use hath lagane se pehle mujhe se baat karo. Mere hote hue use koi chu bhi nahi sakta. Hath choro mein last time kah raha hu.
Geet was stunned to hear maan.
Brij defied him ' nahi chora to......
Maan didn't let him complete his statement and gave him a tight slap across his face. The intensity was so much that he fell on the ground. Geet also stumbled by the force. Maan stabled her by holding her shoulder. Geet softly rubbed her wrist where brij held her. It was turning dark red due to clot.
maan held geet by her elbow and took her to his room. It wasn't tough as geet willingly walked with him. She was limping on her right foot. She cud feel something piercing thru her left foot. When they reached the room maan left her hand, she slowly limped on one foot to reach the bed. It seemed the nearest thing to sit and see her foot. She tripped as she was jumping. Maan held her by her shoulders. He supported her with both hands and helped her to sit on the bed. She immediately lifted her foot and saw a small glass piece stuck in her foot. She pulled it out.
She gasped ' aaahhh. Her eyes were shut and she held her foot tightly to stop bleeding and lessen the pain.
This is very natural instinct for us to hold the place of pain and if able we try to press it which in no way lessens the pain. But we do this.
Maan saw blood dripping from her foot he kneeled down near her. He touched her foot gently to see the intensity of cut. It was not very deep but bled.
Maan- y did he slap u?
Geet ' he never needed reasons for this.
Maan ' y dnt u fight back. Tum sahti kyu ho?
Geet ' u dnt always have an option...
Maan ' but u must stand for urself. Tumko har samay ek saviour kyu chahiye. Y cant u be ur own strength to fight. Y do u need support of one or the other person. He spoke while he brought the first aid box from the dressing room (attached to his washroom) this is a big world and u have to fight alone.
He started cleaning her wound.
# geet ' abhi 2min pehle kaha meri biwi hai hath mat lagana or dekho abhi kah raha hai tum akeli ho. Pata nahi kya kahana chahta hai.#
Geet said ' i will clean it.
Maan ' i will do it. Sit straight.
He knelt, lifted her foot with one hand. He slowly wiped the blood with cotton. The touch was causing pain. He then picked up the antiseptic. Geet started twisting her foot to release it from his grip anticipating pain. He held her foot more firmly. He didn't wanted to be tough on her as she was in a lot of pain. She held his wrist to slow his motion. He lifted his gaze to look at her. Geet had shut her eyes so tightly as that wud evade the pain. Maan tried to clean the wound with antiseptic. With his every movement geet tightened her grip. Maan softly blew on it to ease her. He bandaged her foot and left the room. He went downstairs and asked nakul to clean geet's room.
PRECAP
While he was walking geet cudnt resist staring at him. His firm jaw line, rough stubble, fixed deep eyes. Oh his features were so sharp. He laid her gently on the bed and her staring was broken.
Maan ' tum aaj yahi so jao.
sorry ... the update is late and all messed up i dnt knw what has happened to my laptop. it is making my editing cruelsome.GGGrrrrr
PART 16
Edited by sanjeevani09 - 13 years ago
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