PART-34 shimla:
next day morning around 10am krishna was packing their baggage.pratigya woke up on her own and try to got up from her bed.but she could not.she felt very weak.her head was pounding with pain.throat was hurting , eyes were irritating...she fall back on the bed again with no strength to get up.
krishna was watching her from his corner of his eyes.he don't have the guts to face her directly ....by doing so he don't want her to broke down again.he desperately want to help her but he did not. he knew she is not going to accept his help. she may become wild too.it is better to keep away till she becomes normal.
he don't know how to make her under stand that rolli is evil.he don't have any thing to prove himself that he is innocent.he thought it is better let her calm down.after some time when she is in good temper he can explain her.
some how she manage to got up on her own.'it is true krishna love more than one.i should try to accept this and prepare myself to live with this truth....'she made up her mind and went to wash room.by the time krishna called the room service.
pratigya came back and sat on the edge of the bed.room service boy knocked the door.krishna opened the door and told him to serve for pratigya .the room boy pushed the trally near pratigya .there was vegetable soup,hot milk with bread sandwich.she really need to have some thing hot.her throat was hurting her badly.she had some soup.
krishna completed his packing and kept one set of neatly folded white salwaar with red dupatta on the bed. without saying any thing she took that salwaar and went to take shower.after her hot water shower she felt much better.soon krishna checked out and drive to delhi.they did not spoke to each other. they reached saxena house late night...without having any thing both went and fall on the bed.
next day morning:
krishna was very tired cuz of his long drive.by the time he woke up it was bit late.he looked around and found pratigya missing.he came down to the dinning table for his break fast.jugnu served break fast to him.(now jugnu is working in saxena house along with nandu kaka. pratigya is calling him jugnu kaka🤣....)
krishna:'pratigya ka breakfast hogaya..?'
jugnu :'ma'am saab office bhi chale gayeh...'
krishna:'kya...?😲'he too hurried to office.
office:
krishna was busy with his work till 1.15pm.he completed his work and went to pratigya 's cabin for lunch.pratigya was busy working.she was wearing a crimson red printed silk sari which was gifted to her by gunniya. it gave her a bridal look.certainly she was a delight to look!no women has ever captured his attention for so long.
she did not care to look at him.on the tea table lunch was kept in a hot pack.he went and opened the hot pack. the food was untouched.
krishna:'thum lunch nahi khaye?😲😡'
pratigya :😔...she did not answer which made krishna angry and sad.'how i am going to convince her...'he was worried and went out of her cabin with heavy heart.
krishna's cabin:
adarsh was sitting and studying .adarsh is a 19 year old boy doing his B.BA., in the evening college.
krishna:'make tea for me...'
adarsh:' sir aap lunch nahi khayeh?😕' he asked with concern.
krishna:'if possible make tea for me ...other wise go and do your studies...'he told him strictly.
adarsh likes and respect krishna very much cuz krishna never treated him as his attender.he treats him as his younger brother.soon after his father's death adarsh discontinued his studies and joined this office.krishna is the one who took him to the college and admitted him in B.BA.,and regularly paying his fees for him.when krishna and pratigya got married adarsh was the most happiest person.
adarsh:'if you don't mind i would like to share my food with you...😊'he said doubtfully.
krishna:'you too did not eat your food?😲.don't you know that you should not study with empty stomach.go and have your food and then study.before that i told i would like to have tea...'
evening around 4.30pm in krishna's cabin.
shaline:'sir i would like to go home early today...'she asked his permission.
krishna:'yeah.. you can leave...wait a minute..some time before aranya asked permission..why ?what is special today?...everybody want to go home early...'
shaline:'sir..don't you know that today karvachauth hai.we are all fasting. that is why...'her answer made him feel some one hit him hardly on his head.'oh!..that is why pratigya was wearing the grand red sari...she is fasting too...😲'he realized.
krishna:'adarsh...check whether pratigya ma'am left ....'
adarsh:'no sir she is still there....'
after that krishna want to finish of his work fast.but by the time the work was over it was 5.30pm.he came to know from adarsh that pratigya left the office 15 minute before.
when krishna reached home it was around 6pm.while entering itself he called jugnu .
krishna:'jugnu ...pratigya ma'am kay leyeh khana lagao..'
jugnu :'abhi tho mai unn kay room mai rak kar aaya ...'
krishna climbed the steps two two to reach pratigya 's room.
he searched for pratigya .she was standing near the big wide window with no grills looking forward for the moon.the sun is yet to set.by that time krishna quickly removed his shoes ,sacks ,fresh up him self by washing his face and changed in to his casual dress.
pratigya did not give attention to him.she was holding a photo tightly to her chest,standing near the window and staring at the sky.she was looking sad and her face was longing for some thing.
krishna took the white ceramic plate in which food was served and went near to pratigya .pratigya did not care look at krishna.
krishna was hurt to see pratigya holding a photo to her chest tightly like a child.he under stood that she is missing her mother...she needs some one to share her pain...some one to understand her ....console her...she need some one's hand to wipe her tears ...some one's shoulder to lean on ....some ones lap to rest on...miserably she was missing all.the very thought of it brought tears in him.
he hid his tears and took little food in his hand and try to feed her.she gave a painful look at him and turned her face away from the food.when krishna tried continuously she pushed the food from his hand.
krishna:'please pratigya ...don't show your anger on the food....you are fasting...'he tried again.she pushed his hand away from her face.
krishna:'ghalati maine kiya hai na...thum apne aap ko sazaa kyun thay rahi ho...thumai jo karna hai muchse karo...'
krishna:'please ...muchay ek mokha tho bolne ka...'he tried to caressed his cheeck with his trembling hand.before he could touch her cheek she pushed his hand.
krishna:'pratigya ...please subha se thum kuch nahi khaya hai...your health will get spoiled....' his concern towards her made more angry.she pushed his hand with anger again.
this time when she pushed the food the ceramic plate slipped and fall down on his foot and brokek in to countless pieces... hurting his big toe.his toe started bleeding.
so far she was stone faced.when she saw his toe started bleeding she could not maintain her anger towards him...tears automatically stream down her cheeks.the photo what she was holding slipped from her hand and fall up side down.
krishna's face shrunk with pain.but he did not opened his mouth.he fold his one leg and sat down to clean the food stuffs and glass pieces.he don't want to call nandu or jugnu ...and let them know the things happening in their bed room.
pratigya was still standing there with tears looking down krishna cleaning the floor without minding his bleeding toe.while cleaning few glass pieces pierced his fingers.he looked at his fingers ...the pain he felt in his finger was negligible in front of the mental agonist he was suffering.
he took the upside down photo carefully thinking that it may be pratigya 's mom photo..when he turned and saw...it was his own photo he was terribly shocked.. 😲.shot of gilt pierced his heart.his eyes filled with tears.he got angry on him self.he collected all the glass pieces and food stuff and put it in the dust bin along with his photo.
he went out limping without caring his bleeding toe.after some time he came back with other food plate.pratigya was still standing near the window.he went to her limping and try to feed her again.this time she did not refuse after all she loves him and she can't withstand his suffering.she opened her mouth with tears and ate the food from his hand and broke her fasting.
krishna:...thanks...😭'
pratigya :'..thum..thum...oo...ladki...rolli kay paas nahi gayeh...?😭'she asked him in broken voice.she spoke to him after two solid days.
krishna:😲...he was taken aback with her question.he never expected this question.'she is thinking that he went to rolli to break her fast...!😲...he was completely desperated.his heart combust into a zillion pieces.without saying any thing he kept the food plate on the window sill and walked away limping with wrenching heart💔.'god!...how i am going to make her understand...'😭he felt hot tear wiggle its way down his cheek.
he took the first aid box and sat on the bed .he fold the bleeding leg and kept it on the other leg and started dressing his wound by himself.
he wiped the blood with cotton .while he went to put the blood stained cotton in the dust bin he noticed that his photo was missing from the dust bin which made him under stand the depth of pratigya 's love . he silently cried with broken heart🥺.
phone rang:
cuz he could not get up immediately pratigya went and took it.after hearing the voice she switched on the speaker and kept the receiver down.
phone voice:'..thank you so much krishna for coming and blessing me personally and breaking my fasting...i love your gift too...'before the voice continue pratigya disconnected the phone.
when krishna heard rolli's voice he froze.... a kind of heat pooled in his belly and quaked... , next moment his anger on rolli raised.
with anger and tension he pressed the toe which he was dressing forcefully so that he want to his physical pain to over shoot his pain radiated in his heart.the blood dripped down on the floor from his toe.
Edited by shumi. - 15 years ago