Chapter 89
Kunj was shocked.. Twinkle was on TV...there were numerous mikes around her looked like a press conference... something like that...
He increased the volume...
"Mrs Sarna... kya Kunj Sarna dar k maare chup k baith gaye hai... kyuki vo case har gaye hai..."
"Kunj sarna darne valo mein se nahi hai... aur rahi baat case ki to uska abhi tak koi faisla sunaya nahi gaya hai..."
"Mrs Sarna but saare saboot Mr Sarna k khilaaf hai... toh aap ko ab bhi lagta hai... ki aapke case jitne ka koi chance hai..RT ne toh party bhi throw kar di hai...apne clients k liye..."
"Jit se pehle jit ki khusi manana...aur haar se pehle haar maan lena...ye dono...ek kamzoor insaan k traits hai..."
"Lekin... abhi toh case khatam bhi nahi hua.. ki aapke 50% clients... company k projects suspend kar rahe hai..."
"Toh usme un clients ka hi loss hai...aur unhone projects vapas leke ye saabit kar doya hai ki unko humpar kitna bharosa hai.."
"But isse.. company ka kitna loss hoga... uska andaaza hai aapko...is loss ki bhar paai kaise kroge aap?,,.employees ko fire karke... ya unki salaries affect hongi..."
"Employees ko fire karne ka sawaal hi nahi uthega . Aise mushkil samay mein.. unka sath hi humko company vapas.. stable karne mein help karega..aur salary.. agar affect hongi toh vo.. overall staff ki hongi including Kunj Sarna himself...thank you... thats all..."
Kunj couldnt believe what he saw... what he must be doing..standing in front of those media ...his wife was doing it... but how did she reach there... and wow... how well she handled them... even he couldnt have done it... she seemed so much affected... by all the drama today.. but on TV she was strong...
Twinkle left from house... making her mind firm... about her decision to face the reporters... Akash had told her... about the sotuation and some1 needed to speak up or... their silence would give a wrong message... atleast the clients who were still intact in the projects needed some assurance...
So just thinking how Kunj would have handled the situation she did the same way... remaining calm...
"Mam... filhaal toh sab shaant ho gaya hai... but company abhi se affect hone lagi hai..."
"Vo muje pata hai Akash.."
"No mam... aapko nahi pata... ki kitni affect hui hai... aap ko... lag raha hai... ki sab thik ho jayega... and... all.. but jo clients Kunj sir ne...do saal mehnat karke...confidence mein liye the... vo back off kar gayr hai... jo humare sath hai unme se kuch hi badi parties hai... baaki sab majboori mein hai... kyuki unke paas aur koi option nahi hai... agar... aise hi raha... humko clients nahi kile .. funding nahi mili... toh... agar ek week bhi kaam band raha toh... there will be loss of crores...aur fir case jite ya haare... banks hi humari company band karva dengi..."
Akash said in one breadth...feeling irritated as how... his Mr Perfect boss was no where to be seen... and his wife was... atleast there but not understanding the point...
Twinkle was taken aback by Akashs outburst... he was senior to her and still called her maam...coz she was his boss' wife...she just nodded her head...
"Mein Kunj se baat karti hu...vo tumse..detail mein discuss karega.."
...Sarna House...
"Twinkle kamse kam bata k toh jaati...ki kaha ja rahi ho... mein "
"Kya tum chalte mere sath aur gusse mein aake reporters ko do chaar thappad lagake...case aur kharab kar dete"
He was dumb...she very well knew about his anger...and the state he was in...
She turned around... and.. started walking..
"Tumko.. Akash se baat karni chahiye... company ki condition tum soch sako usse kaii zyda kharab hai..."
"Muje idea hai Twinkle" ofcourse he knew... he had faced it two years back...already...
"Toh aise.. bacho ki tarah baithe kyu ho yaha par..."
"Mein kaha bacho ki tarah baitha hu...?"
"Tumse baat karna hi bekar hai"
"Twinkle suno ek min meri baat"
She tried to walk away... out if the room but he grabbed her in time...
"Muje baat nahi karni"
"But muje clear krni hai kuch cheeze"
"Koi zarurat nahi hai... tumhari life thi... tumko jo karna tha kiya tumne... muje explanation dene ki zarurat nahi hai..."
"ENOUGHH twinkle..."
She shivered a bit... he wasnt loud but did sound deadly...
"Tumko baat hi nahi sunni...agar aisi koi baat hoti toh bhi mein kyu chupaata...batao muje...mene Alisha ko do saal pehle kab dekha vo yad nahi... toh kaise uski baat pe bharosa kar sakti ho tum"
She was quiet...
"Dekho muje Shuklaji ne bataya hai... ki do saal pehle jab ye sab hua.. recording ki date... us din MahaShivratri thi... toh usi ka celebration chal raha tha... and mene Singhania aur unke employees ko usi k liye invite kiya tha... ab... muje saare employees thodi yad rahenge...n mene notice kiya recording mein ki... mein nashe mein tha... tumko vo recording mein mera voice odd nahi laga...vo isliye kyuki mene bhaang pi rakhi thi... and usi mein.. unhone muje phasaya "
Twinkle looked... at the side thinkimg deeply...and absent mindedly spoke..
"Toh tumko toh yaad hi nahi hoga us raat ko kya hua hoga...isliye tumko...Alisha yad nahi.. and.. uske sath kya kya hua..."
"He was now irritated...
"Arey yar... mein yaha tumko samjane ki koshish kar rha hu... aur tum ho ki...ulta hi soch rhi ho..."
She looked deeply in his eyes... and spoke..
"Kunj.. tum khud se pucho... agar tum nashe mein the... aur .. jis tarah se us recording mein baat kar rhe the... kya... 1% chance nahi hai ki... tum behak gaye ho.. mein ye nahi keh rhi ki.. tumne galat kiya ya tumhare charactr par sawal nahi utha rahi... par..socho nashe mein.. tum kitne kho jate ho... is baar bhi MahaShivratri mein.. tum mujko..."
She stopped.. at the thought of the tiniest possiblity...of something happening...
Kunj now looked firmly in her eyes...and said with a genuine tone..
"Twinkle... mein nashe mein bohot kuch kar sakta hu... par.. tum jo soch rhi ho vo kabhi nahi kar sakta... vo revording mein bhale hi meri awaaz hai... but...somethings not right...Twinkle... and.. kya tumko mujpe itna bhi trust nahi hai.. ki tum us recording ko nazar andaaz karke.. soch sako...mein jo keh raha hu.. uspe bharosa kar sako..and.. tumko agar.. ye lagta hai.. ki mene tumhare sath bhi is baar shiv ratri mein.. aise hi sab...
Toh.. ye samaj lo ki tumhari baat alag hai.. tum meri biwi ho Twinkle... and mein jo kuch bhi kar raha hounga.. vo.. hak se kar rha hounga..."he said it holding her cheeks...
And.. she for once wanted to believe her heart... she had made a mistake... not believing him once.. she wasnt going to repeat it...and even if what all people said was true... even then she knew that Kunj wasnt in his senses and... whatever happend two years back.. was not anything intentional... and he never lied to her...
It had been two days... and the share prices fell drastically...the company was already going in debt and.. due to ruined status no one in the near Amritsar were ready to help the Sarnas...also the other firms of Sarnas headed by... Anand and Manohar.. showed some side effects... to which Usha and Manohar dint leave a chance to blame Kunj ... there was no way out... and Kunj knew that the local support was lost... to get back on the track he needed new partners... and.. new ventures...a lot of work was to be done.. in less time... also.. due to other pending cases the hearing date was scheduled late so.. they got the time to figure out... what went wrong... and.. a way to... atleast save the case... Shukla.. got the recording checked.. by differnt labs... also.. they hired some private detectives.. to keep a check on...Alisha..she shitfted.. to a posh appartment over night after the hearing.. and was living luxuriously... she bought a new phone and.. sold.. the other phone to a local dealer... the private detectives...got hold of her old phone.. and handed it to shukla...after checking the data on the phone... it was intact and.. by what he found...
Shukla had a smile on his face...