SS:The Delhi Story Part 7 page 9 updated - Page 2

Gopi did cry her heart out and was blaming herself for losing her stuff. She wouldn't stop until kamna had put her foot down and told her to sit in her cabin quietly while she went to sort somethings out. Later when Kamna had finished her work she took Gopi home and introduced her to shyamu kaka who looked at gopi as if she was his daughter. They had dinner and Kamna got Gopi settled and gave her clothes to wear. Kamna told Gopi that she would take her out tomorrow shopping and she could get whatever she needed but avoided to tell Gopi why she brought to Delhi. Kamna thought Gopi needed rest and told herself that tomorrow she would break the news.

The next morning Gopi got up bright and early like she does at Modi Bhavan and started to look for the mandir in Kamna's home. As she went through the hall upstairs she was curious to see many of the room still under renovation. She came across a room in the middle of the hall and saw it was a huge bedroom with a king size bedframe in the middle of it. The room was smelling of fresh paint and the colour and aroma in it was making gopi curious. She realized that this room was going to be Kamna's bedroom after she got married after 2 weeks.

Gopi: So this is going to be the new couple's room. Its beautiful. Its just has the perfect blue and purple combination. I know Aditya Jiju loves blue and Kamna ben loves purple and the colour in so perfect for them. Hmm, Ahemji and devarji love green and Kamna ben and kinjal ben loved purple. That kind of say it all how they are brother and sister.

Gopi had look around all the other rooms and realized that there was something familiar about the colour of each room. Each room had a hint of colour that every member of the modi family had. Her room had some hint green and light coffee brown so that meant the room is for her and Ahem. She went downstairs and just before going into this beautiful garden she saw a glossy white mandir with krishna's idol. The colour was so nice and sweet but it had no decorations around it. So gopi decided to decorate the mandir and do the aarti.

Gopi was singing when the whole house woke up and came down to see what was happening. Kamna still in her night clothes make to see gopi with the aarti. On the other side in Modi Bhavan ahem woke up as if something was calling him and went down to the mandir and thought to himself why is going singing aarti this early in the morning. When he went there he saw that the lights were still off and nobody was at the mandir. He wondered why he came down like this.

Here gopi finishes her aarti

Gopi: ...hey gopal Krishna karu aarti teri.

Shyamu kaka: waah what sweet voice I heard today for the first time in life. Bari betiyah you just made my day so good.

Gopi: thank you kaka.

Kamna: shyamu kaka. You like ahem's wife a lot don't you.

Shyamu: of course I like her kamna dikhri. Who can never like this pyaari little girl.

Kamna: Shyamu kaka I know it is very early in the morning but could you tell rajni bai to get some breakfast ready. The worker will arrive a little early and we have less time to get things started.

Shyam: ok I'll go. (All the others leave with him to do their work)

Kamna: gopi why are you up doing this so early? Do you know its only 6 right now. Didn't you sleep last night?

Gopi: I did sleep. I had the best sleep ever but...(gopi was feeling that she was missing Ahem and lowered her gaze)

Kamna:..but you were missing your chores .. and your family.. and .. (kamna was no focused on Gopi and smiling). Anyways since you are up there is something important I need to discuss with so lets go to your room.

The two girls walked to gopi's room and Kamna shut the door and told gopi to sit. Gopi sat on the bed curious and afraid of what was going on. Kamna sat facing gopi and started to talk.

Kamna: gopi do you know why you are here in Delhi?

Gopi: ji..woh... I have to help prepare this place for your shaadi.

Kamna: Yes everybody had told you that but to tell you the truth I had to lie a lot to get you here.

Gopi: ji? I don't understand..

Kamna: let me explain. I lied to my mamis that I needed you here to help with the renovation of the house. I have everything and everyone who will do that. All you can do is add finishing touches to the place. Which makes it pointless for you to be here for 2 weeks.

Gopi: ji?.. does that mean I have to go?

Kamna: no you are staying. Gopi I am going to offer you something and whether you accept it or not you will be staying here until I get married.

Gopi was astonished becasuse no one had offered something to her before. But she kept on listening to what kamna had in mind.

Kamna: gopi while you are here in Delhi I would like to educate you. I know what you might be thinking, but let me make it clear. You don't have to get a degree or diploma or any certificate for this. It is for your own self. This is to give you the basic necessity that every person in this country should have and that is a basic education.

Gopi: but kamna di, I could have got it in rajot at my home but why here and why like this? You didn't have to lie to maaji about it.

Kamna: I know I didn't have to lie but I had my reasons. I will explain them to you later but I need you to trust me. I am doing this for ahem. I want him to understand you not just take you for granted. I don't want him to call you gawar and useless all the time...(seeing gopi face that how come kamna ben knows this)... yes yes I know this and I know many things like you sleep on the floor and that ass (gadhe) sleeps on the bed like a royal pest.

Gopi: that was our secret and nobody was supposed to know that'

Kamna: Gopi can you hear your bloody self?.. how can you expect no one to know? Everybody in Modi bhavan knows you sleep on the floor. You think revati nani kept her mouth shut about this when she saw with her own eyes. No gopi she went ballistic, she wanted to strangle her own pota (grandson) in bed for this.

Gopi started to cry at the thought that nani had seen this and told everybody. Nobody said anything to her though because of ahem anger.

Kamna: that ass was lucky that I didnt see this with my own eyes. I would have thrown him out the window.

Gopi: Please don't say like this Kamna ben. He is right though I don't deserve to be his wife...(crying)

Kamna: no gopi there is nothing wrong with you. Ahem doesn't deserve to be your husband, he don't deserve you. He calls you gawar while he himself is the gawar. And nani mami is trying to help you in every way that she can but she needs to lighten up and get rid of this "my son is the world to me" concept because it is not helping.

Gopi: so you are offering me a chance to educate myself to do what?

Kamna: to be aware of your surroundings, to smarten up, for yourself so that you can fight for yourself so that no one can pull you down. So that maybe once in a while you can throw some responses at Ahem for his short comings.

Gopi: So its for me to decide whether I want this or not?

Kamna: yes. I am not going to pressurize you. I do have a few conditions though.

Gopi: What are they?

Kamna (thinks smart girl this gopi, no she is not dumb but very misguided): my conditions are you are not to tell anybody that we are doing this. Absolutely NO One not even mami, not even rashi, not even ahem and so on. Zippo no one must know. Number 2 you will talk normally as you do to everyone in the family as you and so that they don't suspect anything. You will do no chores in this house I mean it when I say no household chores unless I tell you to. Until unless I say you can tell people you will keep your mouth shut about it. And lastly there are no strict rules here for you. You can enjoy yourself here doing whatever you feel like. just think that this is your mother and father's home where there is only freedom for you.

The last statement brought tears to gopi's eyes she would live here as if her parents were there. But she had to decide.

Gopi: I will think about it and let you know soon.

Kamna: good. I like your answer anyways we have to get going. We are having breakfast then we are going out shopping. Hopefully your luggage should arrive by this afternoon and the airport personal will send it here. So don't worry about that ok.

Kamna then left gopi to think over the whole situation and what to do about this matter.