Part 9:
Geet is tagging along with dadi and they are at this shopping mall.
Dadi: hum Maan se pooch pooch ke thak chuke hai ke wo hume mall le jaye… har baar jab hum kehte hai hume maal jaana hai.. kehte hai.. aapko jaane ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.. Maan Singh Khurana mall ko aap ke paas layega…
Saying this they walk into a saree store where they are greeted by the owner and taken inside and made to sit.
Geet: dusht daanav ( under her breath)
Dadi: arey bhai hume bhi toh baahar jaane ka mann karta hai.. !
Geet: ji dadi…iss baar na.. aap unse mat kahiye ga.. aap mujhe boliye main aapko le chaloongi … jahan bhi aap ko jaana ho.. lekin aap ko apni sehat ka bhi toh khayal rakhna hoga …haina?
Dadi: pata nahi geet magar, mujhe aaj kal lagne laga hai.. ke aap meri side se kam, aur Maan ki side se zyada bolne lagi hai…
Geet looks away trying to evade the question.
Geet: aisi koi baat nahi hai dadi main.. main toh.. aaj bhi unse….
Dadi: bahut pyar karti hai na?
Geet blushes and says… " main wahan se saree leke aati hoon"
Dadi smiles … as Geet runs away from there.
Just as she is about to go to the other side she turns around and notices a person she knows. As she comes closer she realizes it is Gurvinder Channi's husband. She is shocked. After recap of all the things that had happened to her at Hoshiarpur, with Gurvinder trying to help her escape, them finding channi's remains… and finally brij getting caught.. Geet has tears swimming in her eyes…
Gur: geet! Main tumhe kahi dino se contact karne ki koshish kar raha hoon.. tum kahan ho?
Ge: tum yahan kya kar rahe ho?
Gur: main Hoshiarpur se tumhe hi dhoondne aaya tha… finally mujhe tum aaj mujhe mili ho….
Ge: Main tumse abhi baat nahi kar sakti…..
Gur: yeh lo mera number… mujhe tum jab time miley call kar lena…
After this, she notices that dadi has gotten up and she sends him away…
Dadi notices Geet talking to his guy and gets a little suspiscious. She comes to geet who has lost all color in her face and asks her what happened.
Dadi: Geet beta aap theek toh hai na?
Geet: ji.. ji dadi.. main theek hoon!
Dadi: wo koun tha?
Geet has no words. She doesn't know what to say…
Geet: koi nahi… koi address pooch raha tha…
Dadi half believes her and then says… " aapne kuch pasand kia?"
Geet: nahi dadi.. meri pehli pasand humesha galat hoti hai… ( all dazed)
Dadi finds it kinda odd…
Geet: dadi, ghar chale? Warna Maan sir gussa ho jayenge….
Dadi asks her once more if everything is okay and Geet finally decides she will put up a brave front and she smiles and they walk towards the car.
Once back home, Geet is standing by the window thinking of bumping into Gurvinder. She wonders why he had been looking for her. Should she call him…
Geet: mere ateet ka wo hissa main peeche chod chuki hoon na babaji…. Shayad wo mere pariwaar ke bare main koi important baat batana chahta ho… aur fir wo channi ka pati bhi toh hai… main usey call karu? Maan sir ko batau?
She decides finally to call him and find out what it is. What if it was something not that important?
She slowly unrolls the small piece of paper that is crumpled and dials the number. The person on the other hand picks up the call and Geet says..
Geet: mmain Geet…
Gur: Geet! Accha hua tumne mujhe call kia.. main actually tumse kuch important batana chahta tha…
Geet: mere pariwaar waale.. sab theek toh hai na?
Gur: geet kya tum mujhe ek baat mil sakti ho? Main phone pe tumhe ye sab bata nahi sakta…
Geet thinks for a moment and decides she would. She nods.
Geet: ek baar ussey mil loon… uske baad main maan sir ko sab sach sach bata doongi…
Just then there is a knock at the door.. as Maan enters…
Maan: kya baat hai… dadi ke saath bahar kya chali gayi.. Maan Singh Khurana ko tum bhool gayi…
Geet is a little uncomfortable… she vaguely smiles and says… "main aapke liye kuch laayi hoon…"
Maan: mere liye?
Geet: ek minute rukiye main abhi laati hoon…
Geet disappears as Maan waits for her.. a few moments later she returns with a bag. He opens it and finds a kurta …
Maan: Kurta? Lekin main toh kabhi kurta pehenta hi nahi hoon…
Geet: issiliye toh main yeh aapke liye laayi hoon.. kyunki.. mujhe dekhna hai aap isme kaise lagte hai…
Maan nods and puts the cover aside and comes forward to hold Geet's hand asks her…
Maan: toh tumne kya faisla kiya hai.. apne padhayi ke bare main…
Geet: sir main architecture karoongi… take aapke company main apki madad ho sake…
Maan: tum padhayi mere liye nahi apne liye kar rahi ho geet.. tumhe jo pasand aaye tum wo kar sakti ho..
Geet: sir, ab tak jo maine aapke saath kaam kia hai.. mujhe accha lagta hai.. hum logon ke liye ghar banate hai.. aur iss main, agar main logon ke liye unke sapno ka ghar bana sakoon issey accha kya ho kya sakta hai…
Maan: sab ki chodo.. humare ghar ke bare main kuch socha hai tumne…
A sudden sting of nervousness goes through geet as he says "humara ghar…"
Geet: hhumara ghar?
Maan: zindagi bhar issi out house main rehna ka iraada hai kya?
Geet: nahi sar.. main to sabke saath rehna chahti hoon.. ek aisa ghar jahan sare parivaar waaley.. ek haath haste ho, khelte ho.. har such dukh ko baat kar… main aap jaisi nahi hoon jo sab hote hue bhi…ji aise out house main aake rahoon..
Maan looks away… suddenly his face as lost all color.. " Geet kuch aur baat kare?
Geet: sir kya hua? Maine kuch galat keh dia kya?
Maan: nahi… mujhe bhook lagi hai… kahin bahar dinner kare?
Geet:itni raat ho gayi hai.. aaj yahin pe khaate hai na sir? Aur waise bhi maine dinner bana dia hai apne liye.. agar aap thodi der rukenge.. toh main aapke liye bhi dinner banadoongi…
Maan: chalo ek kaam karte hai… saath main dinner banate hai…
Geet: main jaanti hoon aap kyun mere saath dinner banana chahte hai…
Maan: kyun?
Geet: kyunki aap mere paas aana chahte hai.. aur… ( she says this super fast and then realizes what she had and shuts up)
Maan: tum kehne ki koshish kar rahi ho ke tumhare paas aane ke liye bujhe koi baha chahiye? ( comes close to her as she steps backward , finally till there is a wall)
Maan comes real close to her… and she loses a grip over her emotions… she closes her eyes tight.. as she thinks he would kiss her…. She is ready to be kissed by the looks of it.. Maan also is taken in by the moment and wants to kiss her.. but looking at her and the way she is tensed, he smiles…
Maan: predictable cheezen karna Maan Singh Khurana ke fitrat main nahi… fir kabhi… ( he loosens his hold over her and moves away… as she slowly opens her eyes…and smiles awkwardly…
The next half an hour goes in the kitchen with Maan actually teaching Geet a couple of things, while she also tells him some of the stuff she knows.. She wants to fetch something and she climbs the chair, as usual cant hold herself and falls down and Maan is there in time to hold her…
Maan: kabhi kabhi mujhe lagta hai, tum isi liye gurti ho take main tumhe sambhaal sakoon…
Geet straightens herself and says… "aisi koi baat nahi hai sir…"
Maan: koi itni baar girta hai kya?
Geet makes a face and is about to walk away when Maan pulls her back towards himself and says… "tum mujhse kitna bhi door bhagne ki koshish karo, waapis toh tumhe mere paas hi aana hai Miss.Geet Handa….
The last words of Maan bring Geet back to reality as the words "Handa" resound in her ears… she becomes a little uncomfortable…
During the dinner also she is quiet now and smiles occasionally… Maan wants to ask her but she puts it off…
Maan: Geet! Sab theek to hai na?
Geet: mere sar main dard ho raha hai sir…
Maan: sir main dard? Ek minute main tumhare liye tablet laata hoon…
Geet: nahi sir.. neend bhi bahut aa rahi hai.. so jaungi to kal subah tak theek ho jayega….
Maan: nahi Geet… ek goli le lo…
He goes inside to get the goli…and makes her have it… he kisses her good night and leaves for the day…
As soon as maan leaves the house Geet wakes up and again and thinks of meeting Gurvinder and she cant sleep as she is really worried. Kal subah kuch bhi karke mujhe ussey milna hi hoga….
The next morning, Geet leaves the outhouse early. She meets Gurvinder at some coffee shop.
Gur: bahut khush lag rahi ho geet.. accha laga yeh dekh ke…
Geet smiles… " tum kuch batane waaley the….
Gur: haan geet…! Actually tumhe toh pata hai.. jab tum wahan se chali ayi, aur brij chala gaya… hoshiarpur main sab badal gaya.. darji ki jo izzat hai.. uske bare main sab baat karne lagey.. wo toh aaj kal kuch bolti hi nahi… maano jaise unki jaan hi chali gayi ho…
Geet has tears in her eyes… ( she remembers her darji, standing tall, a man of pride and self prestige. The way he had sit her when her dupatta gets left behind)
Geet: aur maa aur…
Gur: dono theek hai… infact dad-i-, I mean Mohinder lal ji ne hi mujhe yahan bheja hai… unhone ne tumhare liye itni saari chaanbeen ki.. aur unhe ab pata laga hai.. ke wo ladka India aa chukka hai.. aur wo infact Delhi main hai…infact…issi silsiley main, main yahan aaya hoon, tumhari madad karne.. usey dhoondne main…
Geet: lekin yeh sab tum kaise jaante ho…
Gurvinder cant meet her eye… he looks away…
Geet: nahi.. mujhe batao…
Gur: jab tum wahan se chali gayi thi.. gaon ke saare log tumhare parivar pe ungliyan uthane lage.. sab log pareshaan they ke Rajji se shaadi koun karega… aur .. maine… tumhare parivaar ke izzat ko bachane ke liye.. usse shaadi karli.. kyunki tum dono ne mere liye itna kuch kiya..
Geet is shocked… ":rajji ki shaadi….aur wo bhi itni jaldi….woh to sirf… 16 saal ki choti bachi hai… koi mahan kaam nahi kiya tumne…"
Gur: main jaanta hoon…18 saal ke hone tak wo apne parivaar ke saath rahegi.. aur main yahan Delhi main kaam karoonga.. aura b uss parivar ke bete hone ke farz se.. main tumhari madad karne aaya hoon…
Geet: kya ajeeb zindagi hai.. jinhe zindagi bhar apna parivaar maana unhone kabhi saath nahi dia.. lekin jo kabhi paraye tha.. ab kitne apne lagne lagey hai.. ek tum aur ek…Maa.. ( she stops)…Tum yahan job dhoond ne aaye ho na? main tumhari madad karoongi…
Gur: aur main tumhari Dev ko dhoondne main madad karoonga…
Geet: accha gurvinder, bahut der ho rahi hai… mujhe chalna chahiye… main tumhare job ka kuch soch ke fir call karoongi..
When Geet reaches office Maan has all questions for her…
Maan: tumhara sar dard kaisa hai? Main tumhe lene ghar aaya tha.. aur tum chali gayi thi.. kahan gayi thi tum geet? ( all questions innocently asked) …
Geet: main.. wo.. kisi dost se milne gayi thi?
Maan: dilli main dost?
Geet: haan, humare hoshiarpur se.. subah call aa gaya tha aur main milne chali gayi… ( without looking into his eyes as she knows telling him half the details would mean, he would doubt her)
Maan: to tumne mujhe bataya kyun nahi…
Geet: wo main itni jaldi nikal gayi thi na .. issi liye.. sir.. wo project ke saare files tasha ko hand over karne hai… main aati hoon…
Just as she is about to leave.. she turns and tells him…
Geet: sir… main soch rahi thi… jab main college chali jaungi.. yahan mera kaam karne ke liye koi toh hona chahiye na.. mera matlab hai.. koi imaandaar insaan.. jispe aap depend kar sako…
Maan: lekin tum yeh job nahi chod rahi ho na…
Geet: haan sir, main toh afternoon ka shift karoongi.. college ke baad ka.. subah ke kaam ke liye.. mere dimag main ek naam hai.. aap kaho to…
Maan: uske bare main dekhenge Geet… abhi ke liye tum jao…
Geet turns to leave.. but she is all fidgety…
Maan: geet…
Geet turns…
Maan: pucca na? sab theek hai na? pata nahi kyun mujhe lag raha hai ke tum mujhse kuch kehna chahti ho par.. keh nahi paa rahi ho…
Geet: (in her mind) babaji.. yeh humesha mera main kaise padh lete hai… jaldi yahan se nikal ji geet… aur aaj shaam ko unko sab aaram se bata dena.. aur uske baad… sab theek ho jayega….
Without saying a thing she walks away from there….
Maan: isko kya hua…. kal raat se aisi kyun hai….. mujhe lagta hai.. mujhe iske liye kuch karna chahiye.. jissey iska mood change ho….
Maan dials Dev's number… " Dev mere cabin main aao… nahi… ( in his mind, yahan ayega to Geet dekh legi) … ruko… main hi tumse milne aata hoon"
A while later in Dev's cabin…
Dev: bro aap yahan pichle aadhey ghante se baithey hai… idhar udhar ki baatein kar rahe hai… kya baat hai? Aaj aapne poore staff ko holiday de di hai kya?
Maan: nahi .. no.. main bas tumse ..wo.. tum.. jo events plan karte ho.. kaise karte ho?
Dev: events? Kyun aapki wo secretary… humesha wo hi to aapke liye sab plan karti hai… usne mana kar dia hai ya…
Maan: Dev … !
Dev: ooooh!! Yeh sab usi key liye hai?
Maan: Dev maine aise kab kaha… tum zaroorat se zyada bol rahe ho…
Dev: okay okay bro.. bas.. itna jan lo.. kisi ke liye agar kuch karo .. toh .. kuch aisa karo.. jo uske dil ko choo jaye… baaki yeh decorations.. yeh shaano shaukat… nothing bro.. nothing…
Maan has an idea.. and he smiles as Dev says this….
Dev: aapne bataya nahi yeh kiske liye planning chal rahi hai…
Maan: wo.. ek .. bahut hi important client hai.. anyway thanks Dev.. accha laga tumhe kaam karte hue dekh kar…
Dev thanks bro!
Maan comes out and says.. " toh Miss Geet Handa… ab dekhna.. main tumhare chehre pe Muskaan kaise laata hoon"
Precap: Geet tells Maan about Gurvinder, and tells him he is the one she has proposed for the job-Maan feels a little uncomfortable- but he still gives him the job! With gurvinder coming into the office, would tracing Dev become easier for geet?
Love,
Niha
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