PART-2
In living room,Seema in disbelief:men do(2) din k lye bahir(dusre village) kya chli gaii,peeche tum ne kya kr dya.ghar men us ka khyal rkhne k bjaey tum do (2) raat office men hi rhe? ab doctor k jaa rhe ho,mujhe btao ge hua kya hai?
Maan remained quite,Seema sat next to him,softly:wo chotti hai,naa smjh hai. Is halat men chirchra pan aa jata hai.tum smjhdar ho,soch smjh k kaam lo. .wo tumhare bche ki maan hai.
She paused,smiled,got up:aa gai Geet.
Seema lovingly: Radha tum ne ise buht pyara tyar kya hai. .
She put kajal on her neck:kisi ki nazar naa lge.
She picked thali nearby,put little sindoor near her maang.
In return of Geet look,she gave her wide smile.Maan got up,turned to face them.He lukd her in amazed.She was wrapped in simple red sari,few red bangles in her hands,jhumkas in her ears.Her hairs were straightened neatly,kajal in her eyes...Instead of all this she was looking body widout soul.
Radha(maid dt brought her down):mene kya kya hai ye khud hi itni pyari hen.
Seema tk out her kangans,slipped in Geet hands.In reply of their question gaze,she smiled:ye mere lye zyada kimti hai.
Seema to Maan: deyr ho rhi hai,tum log jao,mujhe phone kr k bta dena tumhe to pta hai mujhe kitni fikr hoti hai.
In car, She quietly kept looking out through da glass window,slowly touch her flat stomach.Her eyes filled wid tears,she thought of her early days."her father had died in her childhood,because of snake bitting.She could nt recoverd from dis lose if her mother love was nt wid her.Years passed,she was living happy & content life wid her Maa.She had been working in Khurana's haveli for 8 years.Geet rememberd da day whn she went inside da haveli for 1st time,4 months ago.She informed maalkin(Seema) about her mom illness & asked for leave.Seema nt only sent her mother to city hospital for treatment but gv Geet place to live in haveli;tk her responsibility.
After one month,In kitchen Geet was preparing lunch for Maan.Radha came from bazar,she kept da grocery on table:mahrnai k paas fursat hi nhi hai mujh se baat krne kii.
Geet laughed:kya krun itna kaam hai.
Radha confused:mujhe smjh nhi aata Maalkin ne Maan maalik ke sare kaam tere sar par kyun lga dey hen?. .un k daftar men khana bhi tu le kr jati hai. .wo raat ko teen teen bje tk kaam krte hen to unhe chaey bna kr deti hai. .subha unhe uthane ki zimedari bhi tere sar. mujhe to lgta hai tu ne unhe god le lya hai.
Both girls brust into laugh,Geet: Maalkin un se buht pyar krti hai naa,un ki buht fikr krti hen. Aur shi bhi hai,wo apna bilkul khyal nhi rkhte..na khane ka hosh,na peene ka hosh bs hr waqt kaam kaam.
Radha hesitatly:ek baat pouchun? Sb theek hai naa? mene suna hai bahir se jo larke aate hen wo ache nhi hote. .mtlab tu akeli,deyr raat tk un k sath hoti hai.
Geet kept 'chamcha' down,assured her:nhi. .aesa kuch nhi hai.
She smiled widely: wo buht ache hen. She paused,made face:aur us Dev bndar se buht ache hen-ka*ina jb dkho ghurta rehta hai.
Radha laughed:ssh. .aahista bol.
She teased:aur hmari chkni chameli ko kon nhi ghurta.
Geet shook her head.She excitdly sat on kitchen counter:tujhe pta hai jb Maalkin ne mujhe kaha tha k bade maalik ki sari zimedari meri hai,hr kaam mujhe krna hai,men buht ghabra gaii thi.
mujhe dar lag rha tha pta nhi wo kese hunge lekin wo buht zyada ache hen. un men kisi bhi trhan ki koi galat aadat nhi hai. paise ka bilkul garur nhi hai. kisi k sath bhi bura vehvr nhi krte...naa zuban buri,naa dil bura,aur naa neyat buri.
Radha:sch?
Geet nodded:aur tumhe pta hai naa maalkin ne mujhe kaha hai jb tk bare maalik soey naa men un k pass hi khri rhun. pechle hafte unhune ne mujhe zbrdsti jaa kr sone ko bola. mujhe bhi buht neend aa rhi thi,par men kya krti maalkin ne to mana kya tha naa. .men whi bethe bethe so gaii. aur jb meri aankh kholi mere paas kambal bhi tha..aur wo tb bhi kaam kr he the.
Radha:tu aur teri neend.
Geet embarrasd:kal to mene chaey men shakr ki jga namak daal dya galti se.
Radha in horror:phr maalik ne tujhe danta?
Geet bite her lower lip:unhune ne chaey ka pehla ghunt le kr bilkul cartoon jesi shakal bnaii,men apni hasi rouk hi nhi paii.
Radha:pagal,phir?
Geet giggled:mujhe dkh kr wo khud bhi hns pare. . un ki muskurahat buht pyarii hai.
Radha:tu karname krti reh,mujhe maalkin bula rhi hen,men jaa rhi hun.
A month flew away,Geet was waitng for Maan.Seema came out of her room:Geet tum itni raat ko yahan kyun bethi ho?. .Maan abhi tk nhi aaya?
Geet:nhi. .maalik abhi tk nhi aaey.aap ko kuch chahey?
Seema sleepy:haan aaj Radha ne kamre men thanda paani nhi rkha.
Geet:men la deti hun.
She came back wid water jug,went inside Seema room.
Seema tk water from her:meri baat hui hai Dev se,Maan nikal gya hai wahan se,15 minute men puhnchta hoga.
Geet nodded:men khana garam kr deti hun.
Seema:hun. .ye dudh le jao yahan se mera maan nhi hai peene ka.
Geet picked up milk glass,Seema stopped her:aesa kro,tum ye dudh pilo.
Geet:nhi maalkin.
Seema lovingly:kyun nhi?apni maalkin ki baat nhi mano gi?. .apne khane,peene ka khyal rkho,kya jawab dungi men tumhari Maa ko.
Geet smiled:aap buht achi hen maalkin.
Seema:phr jaldi se dudh khtam kro.
She drank it all.
She asked him for dinner,bt he refused.He was nt able to walk properly bcoz of his drunken stage.She guided him toward his room.She herself was feeling so tired & dazed...Her senses felt so weak to protest on his touch.Her head spinned,her eyes shut,she fall on him.
Her mind awoke,she forcefully pushed up her heavy eyelids.She became petrified feeling rhythm of breath near her.Soon her mind registered some one grip around her waist.Her body turned cold,her heart refused to beat.She gatherd all her strength,slowly turned her face. . .Maan Khurana was sleeping peacefully.
She wore clothes wid shiverng hands.Her tears were nt stopping for a moment.She wanted to erase all dis,she wanted to scream,she wanted to die.She decided to go sa far from here.She was scared.She wrapped dupatta around her sinful body,ran outside bump wid Seema.
She screamed in pain as Seema pulled her hairs hardly.Seema:tum whi kaho gi,whi kro gii jo men chahti hun. agar tum ne meri baat nhi mani to men sare gaun ko sb kuch bta dungi. .tumhare charitar par itne ilzam lgaun gii k gaoun wale tumhe aur tumhari maa ko zinda jla denge.
She pleaded:mene kuch nhi kya.B
Seema smiled:wo to men janti hun naa,tum aur Maan bekasur ho. Ye sb meri saazish thi. lekin tumhari baat ka yakin koi nhi kre ga,Maan bhi nhi.
She cried:mujhe yahan kyun bnd kr rkha hai,mujhe jane do.
Seema pushed her back on hay:apni manzil k itna kareeb puhnchne k baad men har nhi manu gii.
She paused:dkho men tumhe chor dungi,tumhe to pta hai beta men itni buri nhi.
Geet stared her helplessly.
Seema:men tumhari Maa ka pura illaj kraun gi. men tumhe buht paisa dungi, tum dusre gaoun men jaa kr apni maa k sath naii zindagi shuru krna.
Geet:mujhe koi paise nhi chahey.bhgwan k lye mujhe jane do.
Seema:ek baar ye bcha is dunya men sahi,salamat aa jaey phr tum aazad ho.
Her breath caught in her throat,her eyes turned big in shock:konsa bcha?
Seema:whi jo tumhar pait men hai,Maan Khurana ka bcha?
Her face turned white,her whole world shook.
Seema:naa khud preshan ho,naa mujhe preshan kro. 9 mahine k baat hai,bcha paida ho jaey. .tum apne raste,hm apne raaste.yahan se buht dour chli jana,sb bhool jana.
She gave her warning:agr tum ne meri baat nhi maani,to tumhari maa ki saanse chene men mujhe zyada deyr nhi lge gi. Agr tum ne koi bhi hushyari ki,is bche ko ki nuksan puhnchaya to men Maan ko keh dungi k tum ne use phsaya hai tum soch bhi nhi skti wo tumhare sath kya kre ga.
She went out,asked man to lock da door from outside.
She whispered: Maa. .men Maa bnne wali hun? . .Maa wo rishta jo ek aurat ko mukamal krta hai us insaan ne dya jis ka mujh se koi rishta hi nhi hai. .
Bitter tears flowed dwn from her eyes.Seema words echoed in her ears,she hugged her knees.
Dev walked in study:bhai aap ne sign krdya?
Maan thoughts broke bcoz of his voice.Dev lukd at file whch seem untouched.
Dev frowned:wht is this? Raat gaii baat gaii,aap kab tk gam manate raho ge?
I knw u feel bad,bt aap ne hosh men to rape nhi kya naa?
You were drunk.
Maan shut his eyes in pain of disgust.
Dev:aur aap k lye sb kuch khud hi theek hogya,us ladki ne koi scene create nhi kya,mom k mana krne k bawajud wo khud hi kahien chali gaii... aur shayd ab tk to kahien ja kr suicide bhi krlya hoga.
Maan roared:Dev. .enough. mujhe akela chor do,get out.
He walked toward window,frustated ran fingerz in hairs.Just thought of smthng happend to her stabbed his heart.
Seema entered inside:chilane se sch nhi bdal jata.
Maan turned to face her.
Seema pretended to be sad:mujhe to ab bhi yakeen nhi aa rha,tum aesa kr skte ho.
He lowered his gaze.Seema:lekin is men meri hi galti hai,men tumhari trbyat nhi kr paii. kya jawab dungi men Rudr ko.
He turned his back: m sorry mom.
Seema:sirf sorry kafi nhi hai Maan.. wo ladki pregnant hai.
He turned in shock.
Dev:what ? aap us ladki se milo ho?
Seema emotinally:maan hun na,bchon ko kese un k haal par chod dun. dhundh lya mene use.
She cupped Maan face,which had turned white.
Seema:preshan mt ho ,men hun naa.men sb smbhal lungi. Bs tum wada kro tum meri baat mano ge. .tum us se shadi kr rhe ho.
Dev shock:mom bhai us do tke ki ladki se shadi krenge? . . ye sb to hota rehta hai,kya zrurt hai?
Seema:sch men nhi. .sirf jhoot.
Maan was lukng her in shock.
Seema continue:haan sirf jhut,men tumhari sgii maan nhi hun to kya hua?men tum se pyar nhi krti. men janti hun tum shadi krna nhi chahte. .Aur ek naukrani se shadi kr k men tumhari zindgi khrab nhi krungi. tumhe shadi ka jhut bolna pre ga,taake tumhare bche ko naam mil ske.
bs gaoun walo ko yehi pta chle ga,us ki maa buht beemar hai,Geet ki wja se operatn krane ko tyar nhi thi is lye tum ne us se shadi krli. ek baar bcha ho jaey phr us se jhuti shadi ki trhan jhuta talak le lena. . .koi bhi bahana kr dena,us ka cheritr theek nhi hai wagera.
Maan eyes fall on Geet who was standng at door like a stone.
Seema feelng softness & guilt in his eyes,spoke: use koi aitraz nhi,paise maange hen usne. . .men hmare waris k lye kuch bhi kr skti hun.
She added: us raat kya hua tha,sch to bhgwan hi janta hai. In chote logon ka koi bhrosa nhi hota,dil se nhi dimag se kaam lena,baki tum khud smjhdar ho.
He nodded slowly.
(flashback end)
He stopped da car in front of hospital.He came out,wait for her to come.After waitng for five minutes,he lukd & noticed she was unable to open car door.
He walked to her side,open door for her.She came out,slowly walked away bt paused.She turned in shock,found her pallu stuck in his watch.
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