Part -4
Madhu walks out of the airport with her family and finds many taxi standing in the taxi stand,Madhu walks towards them when Padmini askes her
" Madhu,where are we going to stay now?we have already sold the house in Mumbai after you went to Assam and As Malik joined that pine company,he went there to stay and rented a house,so.....where are we going to stay now "
Madhu thinks for a minute and asks the driver to drive them any good cheaper lodge ,
"Ma,I have already discussed with the company,they will provide us accommodation for living and there is also optional bus facility for the employees to reach the office,I think we will go to this lodge,get ready and then I will attend the office ,we will decide this later on,"
Madhu walks out of the bathroom dressed in orange plain sakwar,she begin to search for her kalmkari dupatta,she asks the kid lying nearby laughing at her,
"Hey you,did you took it "
The child begin to giggle when Madhu pokes the stomach with her hands,
"Ma.......no go baby.....mhiss ma"
The kid gives the dupatta which is hiding in the pillow.
Madhu walks out of the lodge with the office address written in a slip and gets into the bus to go to the office.Roma plays with the kids for sometimes and sees Padmini lost in thought keeping one child in her lap.
"Hey paddo what is the matter dear,why are you staring the ceiling lost in thoughts ,why are you crying now ,everything is going to be OK."
Padmini holds Roma hand,
"See her ,she is just 25 Years,when all the girls of her ages are living well with family or thinking to start their career,get married ,my daughter here is always in between problems,now I regret so much for compelling her to get to come to this Mumbai to study,if she studied in Delhi,there wont be all this happenings,I am worried about her,how long can a women live alone with kids,what will she do without any support here again in Mumbai,she is still a kid playing with the kids as if she is also a small kid,she will cry when the kids cry,she ....."
Roma consoles Madhu not to worry about anything ,
RK reaches his aunty's house in Delhi and sees her lying in the bed with high fever,RK sits next to her and caress her face,
"Pabbo,why are you crying on seeing me,you must laugh seeing your Rishu,don't worry ,nothing is going to happen to you now,you will be fine "
He comes out of the room and sees his mother busy talking to the home nurse,she nod seeing RK and walks with him to the guest room.
"Why pabbo is unwell,what happened to her suddenly,she. ......she was fine last time when I come to visit her,she was healthy"
Radha sees him with a sad smile,
"Rishab,it is almost 5 years ,you last visited her before 5 years,you don't know about our problem,you are overly concerned only by your job,she is suffering from last stage cancer,she is taking chemo for the last year and now........now she doesn't have more time,My sister doesn't have her own family,she is alone ,she always wishes to see you married and with children but just leave it "
RK stands shocked by the news which he heard from his mother,he thinks about how he was overly concentrating on the business.he sits thinking about marriage and the face which he always wanted to forget comes to his mind,"madhubala".RK lies in the bed trying to sleep for sometimes but feels very sad.
"Excuse me sir,I came to meet the HR manager of the company,I got this mail from your office,"
Madhu shows the confirmation letter to the receptionist,and waits for her reply,before the person tells her wait to meet the manager,someone shouts Madhu's name,
"Madhubala.......,hey Madhu,how are you ,Long time no see Madhu",
The only thing Madhu prayed to the God after reaching Mumbai is to not meet any of the people whom she knows from past but it seems that god doesn't plan her something like that,there stands Shikander Bhatia,the CEO of Bhatia Industries in his red coat and white shirt.he reaches her in just two big steps and hugs her happily,
"It has,been almost baby years,I couldn't meet you,how are you,why are you here,how is Padmini aunty and Malik uncle,how is your husband,I heard from some of your friends that you got married,how is your husband,where is he?,did you come here to see me sweety,you look the same like before,you are gorgeous Madhu"
Madhu sees the chatter box talking without taking a breathe with a complicated emotions,she feels like crying and laughing at the same time.she sees Shikky's assistants staring at her with wide eyes,
"Hey Dipali,come here ,meet my friend Madhubala,she is my junior from college,why are ....... you are staring at her like this,Do you....guys you know her before,"
Madhu remembers Dipali but not this version ,a girl with braces in her teeth ,really long black hair around her waist,Madhu sees her now with a shorter hair kept under a professional high ponytail,yeah Dipali is Madhu's friend in school who disappeared in the starting of 12 th
"Hi Madhu,how .....how are you ,its been quite long time ".
Shikander pulls her to his room along with Dipali following him,
"you guys talk ,I will come after a moment,"
Both the ladies remains silent for a long time without talking,
"its been 10 years Dips,sorry dipali,you said that you will be back Monday but vanished ,where were you all this years?"
Dipali smiles ,
"long story made short,my parents divorced ,I came here to Mumbai with my grandmother,they .....they don't want me ,I completed my studies after an year break,I....I was mentally exhausted,I completed a professional degree and now I am working as this dumb's assistant"
Shikky laughs talking over phone abs hears Dipali telling,*Dumb*
"Who is dumb?"
Both of them stares at him without answering,he feels very energetic on seeing Madhu and begin to bombard her with same questions,
"Shikky,I actually got mail from this company ,so I came,it is ...."
Shikky laughs happily on seeing her being selected in his company to work,
"Super we can work together,where are you staying now?,I will send you my driver and Dipali,you can stay in the quarters,go with her Dips,why are you taking your Scooty key "
Madhu and Dipali enters the lodge room and Dipali stuns on seeing Madhu's children.she sees her friend and the kids,trying to find similarities between Madhu and the kids,
"Don't tell me that these are .....so boss was right,you are married with children".
Madhu takes the bag and makes Roma and Padmini go with the kids and replies,
"With kids but....not married ,I am unmarried,its little bit complicated"
Dipali begin to start the scooty and Madhu sits in her back explaining the matter shortly,she hides RK's name.
Shikky personally comes to see the arrangement and finds a cute kid playing with a toy in his car,
"Hey who are you?",
he tries to check the kid's face and feels a odd familiarity,he gets confused and goes from there to see the arrangement.
"You are shifting to Mumbai,good but where is your husband,I like to meet him and tell him that he is very lucky to get such a beautiful wife and this.....is this your child looking very nicec,hey kiddo tell hi to uncle",
Dipali laughs seeing him trying to start a conversation with Madhu's child ,the kid just ignores him and begin to play without giving him any face,
"actually ........why are you laughing Dipali ,are you happy to see your boss being ignored by a child,very ruthless,hey Madhu this is how you teach your child"
He greets Padmini and assures her not to worry about Madhu anymore ,
"I will send Ganga Thai,she is the daughter of my nanny,she is around 65 this year,she will look after your kids,she won't charge any amount and accept what we offer ,she loves kids"
Madhu starts to work in Shikky's company from the very next day,
RK wakes up after taking a short nap and sees Radha busy in kitchen,
"Sorry mom,I fell very tired and just dozed off,are you cooking food,you ......you go and sit with aunty,I will order food "
Radha dismiss the idea with her smile,
"A mother always loves to cook food for her children,she feels happy when the child tastes her home cook food,Rishab ,could you postpone all your works and be with us for two to three months because Pabbo can't live pass the time,she will be happy if you are together with her in your last days."
RK nod yes and goes to see Pabbo.
Padmini kisses her grandkids before getting into the train,
Thank you Ganga,I am leaving my daughter and these children with you,you must take care of her,she is looking like a very strong women but my daughter is more of a child then these fellows,she often cries,she actually have no idea about child parenting,you must help her",
Ganga smiles and assures Padmini not to worry about Madhu,
"You don't worry madam,I will look after Madhu and the children like my own kids,I will take care "
Madhu begin to live her life in Mumbai with the help of Shikky and Ganga Thai.
"Hey Madhu,do you have any idea about whom this dumb is loving ,he is very secretive with a diary and often peeks at it ,do you have any idea?"
Asks dipali standing in the entrance of Madhu's cabin,Madhu goes through the accounts and surprises on hearing Dips's voice.she haven't seen Shikky and her for the past few days due to excess work.
"Shikky loves someone,it is a news to me,he behaves sometimes like a fool,sometimes like a true gentleman but he is such a nice man,"
Says Madhu on seeing the disappointment in Dipali's face,she leaves after chatting for some more time.
Two months later,
Madhu wakes up from bed and finds her kids missing,she frantically searches for them and finally finds them playing in the balcony with ball.she sits next to them and try to strike a conversation but in vain.she hears a knock at the door and goes to find her kid's nanny Ganga standing there with her bag.
"You dont worry beti,I will look after the kids,you get ready to go to office "
Madhu gets ready and waits for Dipali for sometimes and finds her missing,Madhu begin to walk towards Dipali's apartment which is situated in next street and finds her sitting and crying in the house alone and her grandmother trying to pacify her,
"Hey dipali,any problem dear "
Madhu sits next to her and hold her hands ,
"One boy came yesterday and asked me whether I wishes to marry Dipu to him,I was startled by his approach,he seems a good one but this silly girl doesn't want to get married and is crying now "
Madhu sees Dips and tries to think about the person when the man himself comes in,
"Good morning Madhu,I searched for you in your house,Ganga Thai told that you left ,I .....I am willing to marry Dips ,you convince her "
Madhu feels a headache coming,she tries to persuade Dipali and finally give up after a while,she signs Shikky to follow her out,
"You must wait for sometimes,you shouldn't make her worry ,you wait....
Everything will be fine ,"
RK comes out of airport and finds his driver waiting for him,
"You must think of marrying and start a family",
his aunty's last words ring in his mind.he sits with closed eyes and suddenly wakes on hearing the driver scolding an old lady,RK walks out of the car to find a old women sitting and crying in Road and a child of two to three years trying to lift her with hubby little hands,he offers her help and makes her stand,
"She only came suddenly sir"
Murmurs the driver on seeing his own boss trying to help the lady,
"Gangu Thai,let us go home choon,baby want to see sis".
RK pats the child and offers lift to the lady and the little child.
Shikky sits in his office and stares at the empty seat of Dipali,she is taking leave for the second day,he thinks to call Madhu to ask about Dips when a handsome figure enters his room .
"Hi Rishab,when did you come from Delhi,"
RK sits opposite to Shikky and sees him upset about something,He sees the file kept in Shikky's table and finds the handwriting very familiar.he thinks about the asking about the handwriting when Shikky's phone rings,
"What ,ohhhhhh why.......how.....OK OK ,I will come there,I will come now itself,yeah now itself "
He runs from there leaving RK alone in the room.RK feels neglected and leaves from there angrily ,
Tell you dumb boss to just forget me"
He shouts at the receptionist before leaving to his own company .
Shikky sees Dips still very tired and with reddish eyes,he offers her a tissue,
"You don't know anything about me,I.....I was once in treatment for stress,I came from a broken family,my parents,they just got divorced when I was 17,I have .....I don't believe in this marriages,I don't want you to feel bad for me and marry me ",
Shikky sees Madhu showing thumbs up from distance,he tries to talk without feeling tensed but at last begin to blabber something unrelated,Dipali sees him confused,
"Why this oncle is shuttering,shall I go and proper to Dips aunty instead of him "
Asks Madhu's kid who peeks that them from distance making Madhu stunned to the core,he remembers RK talking in similar way and continues to see Shikky wasting the chance of talking,
"I....i don't how to propose,I think it is better to talk to your grandma,so......I talked ,you don't mistake .....hey Dipali listen,I love you ,I want to marry you,come let's get married,I don't care about your parents or their divorce,I assure ukh that I ......don't want to ......,I"
He sees her getting up and begin to stammer when Dips hugs him crying.
Shikky waits for RK in his office and finds him not at all interested to see him,
"Hey rishab,please ya at come out of your damn room,I am getting married this weekend and I want you to come,why are you angry with me,don't be silly"
Rk sits in his room and adamantly not opening the door,he gets surprised to hear about Shikky getting married so soon.he think about opening the door when Shikky leaves after shouting at him,
"If you don't come then just forget me ",
RK opens the invitation kept in the table and finds him marrying Dipali,he tries to think about the girl who always help Shikky when he do any mistake,he even saw her once when Shikky was hospitalized due to fever,she came to buy him medicines and ....RK feels like the marriage is a good thing.he thinks about himself and hears a knock at the door ,gets surprised to see the old lady and the kid in the entrance of the room,
"That day I couldn't thank you properly for your help,I found about you through your driver,came to thank you properly,this baby also wants to meet you,so we came to see you "
RK plays with the child for sometimes before sending them by his car,he thinks ,
If I had a child ,then the kid will also be like this very cute ".
Madhu sits with Dipali and helps her in selecting the wedding saree and other purchases ,she comes out of the shop along with bags and sees Shikky waiting for them in the car parking,She talks with her for a minute and rushes to find Dipali,he comes back with a parcel ,.RK comes out from the restaurant after having a lunch with his clients and stops on seeing Shikky being busy talking with someone ,he assumes the person to be Dipali and leaves from there,
"Madhu,this dress is for you,you must wear this in the day of my wedding ,these are for the children,in my family usually the groom's sister need to take active participation in the wedding,but I don't have one ,so I request you to be my sister and do everything,"
Madhu feels like crying and hugs him with tears,Dipali hugs them and three of them smiles happily,
RK reaches his home and calls Shikky,
"When is your wedding ,I want to come,,if i am not coming then who is going to stand with you as family,you dad seems to be busy in Japan doing thesis and your grandpa who gave a fool like you ,his inheritance is in ashram ,so I think about coming, I saw you today in......"
Shikky snaps at him,
"You don't want to come ,I have found a new sister and she will do everything for me from decoration to preparation,you .....you actually don't want to come,you know who she is,she is...."
RK angrily cuts the call and feels angry towards the unknown new sister of Shikky,
Edited by janani04 - 3 years ago
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