REALITY CHECK CHAPTER 6 PAGE 32 - Page 11

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Chapter 2

It must be near eight or nine o clock , the fire is burning low as alligators lies with his head resting on his paws , and watches wall. Akash was moored beside an old bathing ghat of the river , almost in ruins , the sun had set and sky was filled with the moonlight . on the roof of the boat the boatmen were at their evening prayers . against the bright back ground of the western sky their silent worship stood out like a picture . the waning light reflected on the still surface of river in every delicate shade of colour from gold to steel blue as he sat alone on the steps of the ghat which were cracked by the far reaching roots of a banyan tree . a feeling of sadness began to come over him , he had just burned his father 's body it seemed like a bad nightmare earlier this morning he was just chatting with his dad over a cup of tea and now he was no more in the world god has separated him from his father as only a bit of ashes remained in the pocket of his white washed serwani as his dry tears covered his face but he started to hear a voice he looked upwards it was Jaggat , his face had a dilapidated look as he sat beside akash on the steps and asked in an quivering voice

JAGGAT:akash bhai today I am in a fix and I need help you already know my financial condition and so you are the only person I can turn up to I promise to..

AKASH:you need money

JAAGAT: yes but I promise I will return you actually I

His words were cut short as akash placed his hands in his pockets and than handed a big juicy bunch of notes to jaggat and said

AKASH:take this I do not need them anymore I saved them for baba 's treatment but I think we do not need it anymore you can take it

JAAGAT:I promise bhai I will return you this money

At this akash looked at jaggat as passed a smile then rubbed his back saying

AKASH:you consider me as a brother and its my duty to help my bro I do not need it back now rush and make use of this as time waits for none

Jaggat eyes were swelled with tears in this alone world there was only akash whom he called his own who helped him through each thick and thin of his life and even today when jaggat was all alone he stood by his side like a pillar , jaggat inner emotion flooded from his eyes as he pulled akash for the tightest hug while almightly admired the senerio humanity was still alive in human hearts

when the long evening hours was over as akash finally returned to his home , that evening none spoke just occasional sobs was heard from jai , she was younger with a softer heart , for her accepting this things was hard she could not detach someone so easily neither could manyata or akash but they knew there life had to move as it is filled with smiles ,and sorrows they headed to their rooms to spend a lonely gloomy night , manyata slept with jai curdled in her arms pacifying the heart while akash took sips of the bitter liquor to minimize his pain , as tears accompanied him and all memories of his baba came into his eyes he curdled himself on the cold floor holding the photo and cried his heart out , a man so helpless was never been seen but finally his tears stopped as he felt a soft warm hand on his shoulder he looked up to see it was manyata her face pale and her beautiful eyes swollen with tears as he kept the glass aside and helped her , they sat beside each other followed by a silence as manyata finally spoke

MANYATA:akash it is too late I think we should you should go off to sleep

Akash laid his head on her lap while she ran her figure into his hair as tears wetted her salwar and he cried like a small kid begging

AKASH:manyata I want my baba back I cannot stay without him please manyata take me to my dad remember how during child hood every Sunday he used to take us to beach and he never missed even one pta meeting though he understood very little of the English they spoke till as on the mention of my name a glint of joy was seen in his eyes I want those days back manyata I want baba back

She silently listened to him as she was aware that he needed to out burst his inner pain as finally after four hours of mourning he finally composed himself he looked into her eyes and then he extended his hands and asked with love and passion in his eyes
AKASH:will you marry me manyata?
she passed a warm smile that could even melt the heart of snow monster and said touching his face
MANYATA:yes i will marry you akash?

They locked their hands and as manyata rested her head on his chest and he shoved her hair their face revealed their inner joy as a cute blush played on manyata face they continued to stare at the beautiful moon which too seemed to smile at them ,

It hurts and it hurts really bad , uday had not the slightest idea why his body hurt so bad and why was all his muscle sore , he could not even move a single bone and after many attempts finally he was able to open his eyes he found himself in a white washed room with saline in his hands , he tried to get up but failed again he was weak like a water bubble and his head ached so bad , finally he recalled the past incident as his blood boiled and now his inner pain took over his physical pain tears swelled in his eyes it was after his mother 's dead that he let his eyes get moist the word echoed in his ears piercing his heart , his mother was murdered by his FATHER and the guilt too arose he had destroyed an entire family who had been innocence , as he let the tears roll off his cheeks and he looked at the ceiling , for the first time he felt so lonely he felt so alone he had everything still today he realized that actually he had nothing at all but soon he composed himself as he saw the doctors and nurse heading to him , they did his check up and left after that he felt much relieved his pain to an extend was lessen , he just was about to close his eyes for a nap as he saw a teenager boy dressed in shabby and ragged clothes in his room , it was jaggat he pulled a chair near to his bed and sat there , for long they examined and judged each other and finally the long silence was broken by uday

UDAY:you saved my life?

JAGGAT:yes by giving 30,000

UDAY:seems like that amount matter a lot to you

JAGGAT:to my assumption you are a rich brat you spend your entire life in your father money so you will not understand here we live in chawl survive on a ten rupess bara pao and we work to live our life so for us each paisa count

UDAY:what do you do?

JAGGAT:I am a drummer in a nearby bar

UDAY:you like playing drums?

JAGGAT:no my wrist aches but I do not have any other option

He said trying to avoid eye contact it was true that jaggat was poor but he rejected being helpless infront of nayone except for his akash bhai as uday looked at his hands his palms were badly wounded uday could understand the pain the little soul have been growing through as he asked

UDAY:ok don't worry I have a job offer for you

JAGGAT:what kind of job

UDAY:you see I am an investor I will invest money on you now so with that money you will go to school and study and later become something big and repay me

JAGGAT:what kind of investment is this ?

UDAY:investment in future profit and only to assure that you do not run away I will keep you with me

JAGGAT:but how can I trust you what if you cut my body part and send me to the street to beg

UDAY :why do you think a rich brat like me need to do this? Ok if you still do not believe me take here 60,000 double of what you payed for me today in the hospital so now can I be trusted ?

Jaggat counted the money and looked into his eyes a part of his heart said this man could be trusted not because of the money but his eyes spoke so as he took out the 30,000 from the bundle and handed as he said

JAGGAT: I am just taking the amount I needed the rest is yours if you can trust me to this extent so can I you be taking this so that someone trust does not break on me and about the contract I do agree but only on the context if I am allowed to come here is my chawl every day

UDAY:I am investing on you , more like a project but you are no slave you are free to do what you want by the way what is your name?

JAGGAT:my name is jaggat and yours ?

UDAY: I am yuvraaj uday veer singh

At the very mention jaggat froze to the ground as uday shook him and said

UDAY: go jaggat somebodies trust is waiting for you

As jaggat left the room still a bit disturbed and nervous as uday looked out of the window and a smile played on his face

Time flew and now one complete month had passed uday was back into the palace with a brilliant plan of destruction against his father since the time he had been back giriraaj had gone to states for some business deal and here uday continued with his work did not even let giriraaj have a hint that he was aware of the fact that his father was behind the attack now even jaggat stayed with him , as promised each day he attended school and on his request uday put him into the same school as jai and let him be in his chawl as long as he wanted to , jai and other did suspect on such a change in jaggat but he remained humble and loyal to uday , he lied that finally his only living brother who was a business man in dubai came back to india and was looking after him , and here actually jaggat developed a brotherly relation with uday , both had their childhood accompanied by sorrows and loneliness so they found a family in each other companion, they played cricket ,watched movies and jaggat told him about his crush to which uday laughed thinking how love sicken his newly made brother was unable to confess even his feelings ,and even uday did his bits now he spend his night alone , the stoned prince was finally melting it was another cold evening as he looked out of the window , his wounds were still so fresh as he took an oath
"i swear ma i will pay for my sin they will get what they want "

As his eyes fell on a card lying out from jaggat school bag he unfolded it to open the secrets of his life it was of a marriage that was to be held the next day his mind stayed calm till he read those names inscripted on the card he was rooted to the ground as he spoke shivering

UDAY:that means the girl I met that day was Rajkumari Manyata

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