Just then Adi's phone rang.
Adi moved away to take the call.
"Geet, had you enough of your brother's talk? Send him home and I will marry you." Rahul whispered in her ear. He had gotten his chance when Adi was attending the call.
Part 29
Adi finished his call and came to Geet.
"Let's go Geet. I told him and he is coming to get you."
Geet knew if he comes, he will be able to persuade her to leave this place and leave her plan in the middle and go with him. No, but she can't do that, she wanted answers first, before she had the courage to face him. He will have one look at her and know that she was in dilemma but won't understand what she was going through. But even to him she can't explain the war of the inner feelings going on within her. She will have to leave before he came.
"Nooo'.Adi'you did not tell him, tell me you really did not tell him" holding his collar Geet shook him, "why oh why did you have to tell him'..I can't face him just now'I will have to go away before he comes. Rahul I will meet and talk to you later" saying she dashed from there.
She rushed out of there and banged straight into him.
"Kyun Geet badi jaldi mein ho. Kahin jana hai? Main pahuncha du?" Maan asked her.
"Maan tu...tum yahan, itni jaldi kise paunch gaye? Adi ne abhi toh phone pe baat ki thi."
"Tum bhool rahi ho mere pass Satellite phone hai jis ki range sere India mein hai, main apni jeep chala raha tha aur Adi se baat bhi kar raha tha."
Adi walked out calmly.
"Thank God, you are right on time Maan Sir, now you only handle her, I have to go and help Dadi."
"What's going on Geet? Why did you come here and will you tell me why did you refuse to marry Dev? And what's this with Rahul?" he asked her.
Continuing without a pause, "If you did not want to marry Dev then you should not have agreed in the first place? Why did you break his heart Geet? And you left Khurana mansion without informing anyone? Though she was angry with you, even then Dadima got so worried when you left that she had an attack of High BP. You did not think even for a second about Dadima before going away like this?" Maan kept on getting angry and angrier with each question and Geet got more and more emotional with each one, she had tears in her eyes when she heard about Dadima.
"O Maan, how is Dadima? Is she ok? Did you call the doctor? What did the doctor say?"
"What does it matter to you Geet? Let her die if she wants to, why should you bother? After all she is nothing to you. We all do not matter in your eyes Geet that could be the only reason for you to leave us like this. You know, the moment I read your note to Dadima, I was scared you would do something stupid to yourself. But never for a moment did I think the stupidest thing you would do, would be this. Coming to Rahul's place alone. Why Geet, tell me why Rahul? Answer me Geet before I loose my cool"
"I don't know where to start Maan. I did not want to hurt Dadima Maan, believe me, it was never my intention to hurt Dev either. I don't know what life wants from me Maan but trust me you do not want to know about it." She replied, her voice reflecting the pain her heart was going through.
"You can trust me Geet. Please tell me what happened, so that I can help you?" Maan asked in his most frustrated voice.
"Just know that now I am not worth the effort Maan. Please go away from here, now no one can help me"
"First let's get out of here, and then we will talk Geet. Come on lets go"
"No Maan, I am not going anywhere. I am getting married to Rahul and that to today itself."
"Geeet, you can't marry Rahul. You do not know what type of a person Rahul is?"
"I have no choice, Maan. I refused to marry Dev. I can't work in Khurana constructions any more. I have left the only secure place I knew. But more than that I am not worth any other man now. I have done something which I should not have done before marriage Maan. I have committed a sin. And the only punishment of that sin is I marry the person with whom I have committed the sin. I have slept with Rahul before marriage Maan. At least I think it was Rahul Maan. I do not know with whom I have slept and who that person was. On the engagement day We became intimate. I thought it was Dev that night. And later on also on other nights I thought it was Dev. But on the day of the wedding it was Rahul when I went to the room and it was Rahul I hugged thinking him to be Dev. When I talked to Dev he denied ever getting intimate with me. That means all these times it was only Rahul. So now I will have to marry Rahul. Baauji would be so disappointed in me; I did not follow his traditional values which he had instilled in me Maan. Ma would have cried silently and hung her head in shame at my behavior, Maan. Thanks God, they have passed away, what face would have I shown to them? How could they have held their heads high in the society after my deed Maan? But do you know the worst thing I have done? The worst thing is I do not know the name of the man with whom I have spent the last 7 nights? Now you see my problem, Maan."
"But why did you come to Rahul alone?
"I had to find out whether it was Rahul or no. I had thought I will be able to find out if I flirted with him a little and then leave. But it all turned upside down. It never crossed my mind that Rahul will try to take advantage of me finding me alone. He refused to tell me anything until I send some nights with him, but when he saw Adi he has agreed to marry me. And marring him now is the only way I will be able to find answers and atone my sins"
"But why marry Rahul for that, Geet? There are other ways with which we can find out about that person and you answers. There is no need to marry him"
"No Maan you do not understand, this body is a soiled body and I can not take it to someone else. For me there now are only two options, marry Rahul or death."
The tears that flowed from her eyes hurt him. He wished he could take away the pain she was going through. After all he was her best friend.
"No Geet, don't think like that. If you want there is another way. You can marry me."
She could not believe her ears, "What did you say?" she whispered.
"Marry me Geet. We will deal later with Rahul."
She can't do this to him. She can't spoil her best friend's life.
Backing away "How can I do this? I can't spoil your life. What will Dadima think? What will I say to Dadima? What about Sunny? No. Maan I can't do this to you" saying she backed away, turning she ran from there.
Thoughts churned inside her. She knew Maan would not allow her to marry Rahul. And she could not marry Maan. She didn't want to destroy his life by marrying him. She would not destroy Sunny's happiness. Sunny would be devastated. No she could never do that. She had lost the support of Dev long back. She her derelict, destitute life was not worth giving it to anyone leave alone Maan. Now the only thing left for her to do was to destroy her desolate being. She ran. She could hear the sound of feet following her but she ran faster. She ran past the trees, along the bank of the river to find a place where her she could silence her churning. And then she jumped.
"Nahi Maan. Mujhe chodo"
"Chup Geet, bilkul chup. Ab tum kucch nahi bologi."
When he had seen her run, he had the presence of mind to unclip the phone from his belt. He had followed her and when her figure had disappeared in the water, unbuttoning his shirt he had thrown the phone and his shirt on the ground. Removing his footwear had only taken seconds. It was good that he had jumped right after her. He shuddered to even think what would have happened if he would have been few minutes late. As it had been a little difficult to find her in the darkness but ultimately he had pulled her out. She had struggled and struggled to be left alone but it was him she was dealing with. And when she had told him, "Nahi Maan. Mujhe chodo" he had lost his anger on her, silencing her with his look.
"Chup Geet, bilkul chup. Ab tum kucch nahi bologi."
Bringing her out of the water, he had laid her on the bed of leaves on the bank of the river.
And He had told her his final decision about marrying her. She had been unwilling but he had not listened to her. Calling Adi to make the arrangements he picked her up again and put her in his jeep. Taking her to the cottage at this time of the night was the only solution he could think of and he had not wanted to give Geet too much time to think about.
All the arrangements made, he had told her to freshen up and change as soon as she had gotten up in the morning. Taking her to the temple he had called Adi. As soon as Adi had seen them coming he had arranged for the Shenahiwala to start the music and some ladies had started sing the songs sung during the wedding. They had a traditional village wedding and now it was time for them to go and meet every one as Mr. Maan Singh Khurana and Mrs. Geet Maan Singh Khurana.
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Edited by crystal-rose - 13 years ago
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