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Part 2
Madhu watched the tearful reunion of the three with tears in her eyes . She walked towards the trio knowing that many questions needed to be answered . But not now and certainly not here in the middle of the airport with people gawking at the dramatics that were sure to unfold. She smiled and approached them calling out to them. Gunja and Rishii were surprised, "mom!!!!" and they hugged her. "When? ", "where?", "how?", "you and lajjo?", "together?" the questions came inarticulately as they could not yet believe what they had seen. "Later. Lets go now", Madhu said and started to lead them out of the airport.
Meanwhile the siblings , now out of their initial shock , carefully looked over at Lajjo. Their eyes widened as they took in her appearance. Lajjo wore a magenta turtleneck over a pair of black jeans and boots. A white long overcoat completed her ensemble and her hair were longer, straighter and pulled in a ponytail. They followed them in a surprised silence only to be surprised yet again as Lajjo gracefully slid in the drivers seat of a Mazda SUV. They looked at each other and shrugged. "Later ", they murmured with a wry smile and sat in the car to enjoy the ride both literally and figuratively. "What next?, they wondered ," What will Lajjo now shock us with? ".
Once the car got on the highway Lajjo slightly shifted to talk to Gunja and Rishi. "Kaisa laga humrah surprise ?. Hum keh rahe the na, madhu aunty ,dekho kaise shakal pe barah baje hai. Rishi bhaiya kono girlfriend banayi ka?Aur padhai aur ganit ka ka haal hain? Abhi bhi dabba gol ka?. Aur Gunja kono boyfriend banaye ho? Aur shaadi abhii bhi bhaagti ho ka? ", she laughed as she chatted continuously while Gunja and Rishi just stared at her silently. "Arey ka hua?. Aisey ankhein phad phad ke kahe dekh rahe ho? Hum hi to hai lajjo. Kono bhoot thodai hai? ". Now all joined in the laughter. Thank god thought rishi and gunja atleast some things remained the same.
With the same ease of yesteryears they got into inane conversations leaving out the serious issues for now. They spent the ride fooling around, laughing and teasing each others just like they used to. The car suddenly stopped and Lajjo exclaimed "Aiyyo dada! Jamuniya ko aaj hum kuch khilaye nahin toh tabiyat kharab ho gayi shayad" and began her mumbling and speaking continuously. Gunja and Rishi laughed at her familiar rambling even as they wondered about jamuniya'.
"What was Lajjo's cow doing here and what had happened to it?", they wondered in confusion. Seeing Lajjo lost in her eccentric rambles they looked at Madhu for an explanation "Jamunia ??", they asked. Madhu knew what they thought and laughed. What she told them next had them stumped . Rishi almost had an aneurysm while Gunja dissolved in bouts of hysterical laughter. Apparently Lajjo missed her cows or friends so much that she had named her Mazda SUV jamuniya'. To Rishi the idea was preposterous to gunja hilarious. Only Lajjo , they thought , only their Lajjo could be so crazily sweet and funny to equate a luxury car to a cow. They looked on in affectionate amusement as Lajjo started fiddling with her phone unaware of how they had reacted.
Soon a patrolling car approached them and an officer got down to enquire about their hold up. Gunja and Rishi were dumbstruck as they watched a completely different Lajjo. Lajjo had turned into a beautiful siren. She pouted, harmlessly firted and batted her eyelashes as she explained their problem to the officer. The officer was spellbound and offered some spare fuel. Lajjo graciously thanked the officer. The officer said, "sure Cherie anything . But be careful the next time". Lajjo laughed prettily and said,"I wont. And I wouldn't have done it today if I hadn't been insanely busy and in a hurry. Here Bob let me thank you properly. " Lajjo handed two tickets to Bob and said, "these are tickets for tomorrow's show. Bring your wife along and im sure you'll have fun." Bob blushed , thanked her and left.
"Phew!" exclaimed Lajjo "close call Madhu aunty . Kim will be proud. She sure has taught me well ", she and madhu laughed. Lajjo turned towards the back and saw Gunja and Rishi staring at her with open mouths. "errrmm ", Lajjo blushed. "later" gunja said and once again they started joking around.
Meanwhile Gunja and Rishi were still trying to reconcile what they had seen to what they knew of Lajjo. Lajjo had transformed from excited and childlike to a sensual woman and back to the childlike Lajjo, so effortlessly ,right infront of their eyes. They wondered what all had changed in these past 5 years. Her appearance and style had changed dramatically yet Lajjo had retained her youthful exuberance , innocence and warmth. Observing her they were confident that it was only the packaging that had changed but the essence of Lajjo was the same. Perhaps the once raw diamond had only been polished.She was different yet they could connect to her easily in the same way they had connected 5 years ago. Yes later' she would be answering many of their questions. But for now they continued to talk and laugh away.
"Later" thought Madhu as she watched them, later' there would be tears and pain, hurting and healing, questions and answers but for now madhu was happy to see the laughter, the teasing ,the ease and love flowing between the three.
"Later ", thought Lajjo, "later she would have to explain away everything. Later she would have to think once again of the life she had left back. But for now she was happy to talk to her beloved friends and only supporters in her cold yet classy family in law. They had seen beyond her appearance and village upbringing to the heart that lay in her. They had accepted and loved her for who she was. She would love them forever. She could laugh and be herself with them . Just be sonbarsa ki lajjo with them".
Edited by vivre - 11 years ago
