Chapter 4
At the venue :-
With Preet :-
"Why did he did that"
"Come on Preet! He was just trying to help?! Didn't he say? He didn't know--"
"For God Sake Neha! He is the Wedding Planner!!" Preet said, emphasising the word Wedding Planner. After the roka Preet and Neha were arguing about the coconut incident. Though Neha and - that wedding planner- said that it was an accident , that he was just trying to help and was unaware of the consequences, Preet was still not ready to buy it...to believe it
"Neha he is a Wedding Planner, who is he fooling he must have some knowledge -about the rituals and traditions. Even though he is from the city, there must be some people in the city who still believe in ritual and traditions. And from what i have heard this is not his first time, planning a wedding!"
It's not only that Preet notice something that others didn't. His smirk. After the incident when he handed the coconut to Gunjan, where Amba started to shout at him and Manu had to interfere, in the commotion, no one noticed that the planner was smirking; an evil smirk. It sent a chill down her spine, just thinking about it . Something was definitely not right about that planner. She had to talk to Mannu Shah Ji about this. Preet gave up arguing with Neha and went to look for Manu.
She went in the mandap, where she saw Lakhan and Tej arguing over something;as usual as this was not a new thing .From childhood Preet had always seen both her cousin arguing or fighting over sometimes or the other. Lakhan stormed out of the mandap, flustered and annoyed where as Tej stood where he was with a wide smirk.
"Veerji." She called out to her cousin.
"Hmm...What is it?" Tej asked Preet.
"Where is Mannu Shah Ji?"
"Mannu? He went with Ravi Chachi and Babli to watch the Performance "
"What performance ? "
" Areey! The pahujas have brought some celebrities with them to perform for today Function. So he went to see their dance performance with Raavi chachi and Babli . "
"Oh ok. By the way, what's wrong between You and Lakhan veerji? Did you two had a fight??"
"Oh, that." Tej chuckled " It's nothing. Don't worry, we don't have any fight. I was just having a bit of a fun talk with my little brother "
Preet looked at Tej, who was now looking at the direction where Lakhan had left with a wide grin and a mischievous glint in his eyes .Preet just quietly nodded her head and headed out of the mandap, and towards the stage looking for Mannu. She had been aware as what Tej fun talk was about .That Tej was teasing Lakhan , 'I hope he didn't make fun of his interest in music' Preet thought worriedly. Tej like his parents, disapproved Lakhan's interest in music. Always said this was all girly things,just like his parents. Balvindar also used to tell Lakhan that singing and dancing doesn't suit boy that it's what girls do; ONLY girls do. Preet never understood there point. Music was an art, what has gender got to do with it? Preet never understood and most probably never will.
Preet came out of the mandap back to the noisy side of the venue away from the much quieter atmosphere of the mandap. Tej said that Manu had gone to the stage, but now the question is: Where exactly is the stage? Preet mentally slapped herself for not asking Tej for directions as now it might take forever for her to find the stage. Nevertheless, she started to walk towards the stage, going through random direction all the while cursing herself for her stupidity. She thought of asking direction, but then thought against it seeing villagers strange behaviour. Preet felt something was fishy as all of thepeople; both men and women were from Pavanya clan and they were behaving as if they were drunk, which was weird as Neha had told her that there were no bhang or any kind of drug allowed or served for today's function which is why she was able to move around freely in the first place or else Maan Singh wouldn't have let her go out of his sight. Heck, he wouldn't even have let her out of the house to attend this function. It took her a couple of minutes to find the stage.
A lot of people were gathered around the stage, watching the performance of a celeb whom Preet didn't know. Among them, Preet saw Manu standing with Amba and Jagan. ' There he is! '"Shah Ji!" Preet called out to Manu, but cause of the loud music Manu didn't seem to hear her. Preet again called out to Manu. And was about to go to him, when suddenly Rajveer blocked her way, the weird feeling again returned ' Oh no! What does he want now' Preet thought?
" Hey! You ok. You look a bit stressed. "
Preet didn't replied tried to avoid him
Mein bhi na, I didn't even introduce myself, I'm Raj, Rajveer."
'I already know your name, ' Preet thought. She ignore Raj and tried to get past him only to have him block her way again.
"Arey! Itne pyaar se apna nam bata raha hu, and you are ignoring me"
"Look, Please I'm in a hurry. So let me pass" Preet said, trying to be polite and hoping he will leave her alone now , but instead Raj asked the reason for her hurry and even offered to help her. Preet politely declined his offer and excused herself going past him. But this time Raj grabbed the end of her dupata from behind preventing her from going.Preet looked at him in shock and fear, holding the other end close to her chest.
"Soniyo, even your dupata doesn't want you to go" Raj said flirtiously , moving his arm in a circular motion wrapping the fabric around his hand, gently pulling Preet closer towards him . "What the hell do you think you are doing!" Suddenly an angry voice boomed . Preet turned around to see an furious Manu standing with an shock amba.
Raj froze in shock. Manu stormed towards them, tore away the dupata from Raj and handed it over to Preet who quickly grabbed it and put it on her covering her chest . Mannu grabbed Raj collar "Kagaj ke phool, teri itni himat! First you almost ruined my sister roka cause of your ignorance and now you are misbehaving with my friend!!" with that mannu raised his hand and was about to hit him but Amba stopped him.
"Stop Manu! Don't create fight. Samdhi ji is here. So don't create a scene.I'll the care of him"
"But Mummy Ji-"Manu was about to protest but Amba cut him off
"Mannu! Mein ne kaha na that don't fight! So don't, now take Preet to ravi, while I'll put some sense in this moron."
Manu clenched his fist and glared at raj. Reculantly he left, gently leading a affrighted Preet away. Preet slightly turned around and saw Rajveer giving mannu a dirty look while amba scloded him"Are you ok?" Manu asked Preet. Preet shook her head negatively.
" it's not right..." Preet
"What? " Manu asked looking confused
" By all odds something is not right with that guy Shah Ji!"Preet suddenly cried out
Mannu jumped at Preets sudden reaction "Who? Rajveer?"
" Yes! Him. Whenever he is near I always get this bad feeling, a very bad one. And after what happened In the roka, now I'm sure that my instinct are right"
"Wha--"
"He was smirking Shah Ji! The coconut...He did it all on purpose. Please trust me Shah Ji! He is not a nice guy. He is not how he looks like, he-" Preet rambled on
" Preet, just calm down! Relax! Take a deep breath. And now tell me what's wrong " Preet took a deep breath trying to calm her down. After which she explained to manu what she saw during the roka, the weird feeling she felt when Rajveer was around. Along the lines Preet told manu about the drunk clansmen and women . Manu patiently listed everything and then gently said " Don't worry I trust You! And don't worry I promise you, by tomorrow this guy will be out of the pind ."Manu assured Preet. "And as for the drunk men I think I know who is behind all this".
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Sorry for the late updates. I'm really sorry for any grammatical errors
Edited by rani7131 - 7 years ago
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