if Wishes were horses Part 30,Page 79,3rd November - Page 17

Part 9

Dialogues are in purple and thoughts in red

So…..all settled…..how are you liking Singapore?

It's been more than a week and you only found time today!!!!

Why do you expect me to always take the initiative….you too could've called

Didn't want to….and wish you had taken lesser initiatives……..

Wow!!! confessions of a drama queen!!! you seem to be grabbing my mantle!!!!

BS Gunju!!!! cut the c***!!!!!

Whoaaa!!!! give yourself a break Khanak!!!!

How are you doing?missing you like crazy!!!!

What am I doing with life Gunju….this isn't me….. the most most implausible candidate locked in a relationship with a moron s******* my life royally!!!!

Shaan tor husband khanak!!!! Orokom kore bolish naa!!! Khub bhalo chhele!!!!( Shaan's your husband,don't talk like that,he's a very nice guy)

Taahole tui bye korli naa keno( then why didn't you get married)

Because I can't!!! because I've been stifled!!! Because my goddamn life has gagged me and because I've seen him looking at you!!!! (Gunjan slammed the receiver!!!)

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Shaan failed to deduce the reason for Gunjan's urgent call to come down to Kolkata!!! With practically no leaves left,he managed to squeeze out the weekend….

After meeting the elders,Dadi Maa asked Shaan to see Gunjan in her room….the subtle knock on her door was answered by the eyes which had already made a part of his heart her abode!!!!

The least you can do is exchange a few pleasantries….don't you think? I fail to understand this soreness between the two of you!!!! Is there something else that I'm not getting!!!!

Wow!!! Gunjan at her wittiest best but know what!!! it sucks big time(Shaan couldn't help but notice the disgust in that voice…..she can't even stand the sight of me!!!!)

Khanak was getting ready to leave when Gunjan gripped her right hand with all the strength she could gather…..It took no time for her to understand that Gunjan needed her….

You two need to talk I guess….will come back later……

All three of us need to Khanak!!!! Okay there's something that I need both of you to do!!!!

The clueless souls stared at her waiting for her to elucidate further.

Okay….under the present circumstances I don't think I can go ahead with our wedding plans,Shaan!!!

I understand Gunjan!!! Was the SOS to tell me this? You could've done so over Skype!!!

No Shaan!!! I want to you to get married to Khanak on the same day that we were supposed to!!!!

The grisly silence choked the walls and the room suddenly looked too tiny and claustrophobic!!!!!

All three waited for the other to react,failing miserably with words……silence wreaking havoc all over!!!!

Do you even know how obnoxious you sound Gunju!!!! Even cheap thrillers do better than this…..have you completely lost it? Never knew Diabetes retards your brain…..

Khanak's trembling demeanor was blinded with rage and her eyes spewed fire!!!!!!

Khanak…please calm down….I think you are over reacting…..

Oh don't you dare try and stick your neck in between the two of us Mr. pompous or you'll regret you said what you did $!!!!!

Khanak barged out of the room storming the door behind her and the pandemonium it created could be heard all over the house!!!!!

So Shaan……what do you think? Isn't this the best piece of news you've heard in recent times?

Are you out of your mind? This is the most ludicrous suggestion one could make!!!!!

Really!!! But your eyes validate everything that I just said……In fact these eyes have been telling me so much……

Shaan…..are you in love with Khanak? And please don't try to be modest or make yourself a martyr!!!!!

Gunjan….we are engaged and we'll get married someday;

I've had too many patrons in the past few months;so please spare me the persecution!!!

God!!! How I wish it was true!!! But I guess he has other plans for me!!!!

Shaan; don't shy away from your feelings….it might be too late….. (every pore in her suddenly clogged themselves making it difficult to suck in the air….)

I know this is awkward for you but I can bet my life on Khanak….she's the most genuine human being I've ever come across…..what we share is timeless…..

If you don't mind;can I ask you something?

Please go ahead!!!

How did you get an inkling about my feelings for Khanak?….. Were I that transparent? (dreading what she was about to disburden….)

I saw that unmistakable twinkle in your eyes the day we got engaged and I knew I wasn't the one…..

Then why did you go ahead with the engagement? You could've called it off……

Greed; Shaan!!! And a misty hope for a day when I would earn the twinkle back!!!!

So are you ready? Coz I need to to break this to our parents and Khanak's as well!!!!

I don't know!!!! I'm too tangled right now;not able to think!!! ( But I know one thing; she takes to me to a surreal world everyrtime I look at her…..)

All that transpired in the evening left her comatose!!! She hated herself,Gunjan and that guy who was at the root of all this!!!!

Life suddenly has unleashed it's sinister profile;was at it's horrifying best!!! The equilibrium had started tilting and everything seems to be weighed down under an ugly envelope of uncertainty!!! She felt as if she was being solicited and her rationale molested over and over ultimately throttling her!!!! What was absolutely preposterous was that it was her friend who was ordaining her life;how she was going to live her life and knitting it with the man who was supposed to be hers only!!!!

Does she expect me to fill up for her as I've done all these years!!!! Complete her assignments,proxy for her in college so that she wasn't disqualified and debarred from examinations!!! But I did all these because she didn't keep well most of the times and I had to do it!!!! So is she expecting that I'll be doing the same forever!!!! That I'll start leading her life and pretend everything is hunky dory!!!!

What was Gunjan trying to do? it was nothing but daft,preposterous,infantile!!!! I need to make her see…..

Has she lost it completely? why did she prove once again that she can't rise above mediocrity!!!!

No; I need to go and talk to her….. I have a very bad feeling about this entire fiasco!!!!

Kejriwal House

Dadai Maa was about to rest her quaint muscles when Gunjan walked in…..

Dadi; can I sleep with you today?

Know what Dadi!!! Shaan loves Khanak aur main chaahti hoon ki dono shaadi karle( and I want them to get married….)

The declaration was nothing but a detonator which erupted this soul which was giving up everything that could've been hers forever!!!!

All Dadi did was let her hold onto that snug feeling which only she could provide………

Tonight hell had broken loose and impact would be far and wide and invade hearts forever……………..unleashed emotions would call a tsunami and change things forever!!!!

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