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that was fantastic suchitra ji.......but can you shed some light on who you picture as all of the characters....it would be great to put a face to a name.....once again great job....loved it...
Chapter 4
The Family
Scene 1
" Ye jagah sahih nahi lag rahi hai. Kya yahi address hai?" asked sana looking at the visiting card
" Ji Madam, Yahi jagah hai" answered the Taxi Driver
"Teek hai, ye lo" said sana as
she handed him money and got off the taxi.
A beautiful lush green front lawn welcomed her to the house that stood behind it.
To call it a house would be a
mistake as it bore a closer resemblance to the huge mansions she had seen in
Florida. The tall white pillars stood as reminders for everyone that the
residents inside of its premises were people of high stature.
Sana rang the doorbell and waited certain that her destination was not correct.
"Aap kon hai" asked a man
dressed in what looked like a uniform. He wore a red turban that matched very
well with his white shervani.
"Mera naam Sana Mehta hai aur
main Mr. Rithul Mehra sey milnay aayi hun" said Sana almost expecting the man
to deny Rithul Mehra's existence
"Aap andhar ayiye voh aap hi ka intezaar ker rahe hain" said the man as he moved aside for Sana to enter.
The living room was huge. She
could easily fit her entire apartment into it. As she looked around she noticed
beautiful wall paintings, indoor plants, lamps that seem to grow out of the
walls and chandeliers hanging down the ceiling.
"ji..?" came a voice behind
her. Sana stood up quickly and saw a woman standing in front of her. She wore a
dark blue saree that brought out her light green eyes and exemplified her sharp
facial features. Though her eyes looked questioningly at her, Sana could not
help notice that they were extremely kind. The kind that makes one spill their
deepest secrets to them.
"Hello. Mera naam Sana Mehta
hai. Main yahan Mr. Rithul Mehra sey milnay aayi hun" Said Sana
"Acha. Maakhan gaya hoga use
bulanay" Said Hansa with a questioning tone.
"Ji"
"Aap baitiye. Main dekhthi hun"
"Bhabi, Meri baat ho gayi hai
Gardner sey. Voh kal aa ker dekh lega sara kuch" said Shamita as she walked
into the living room with a phone in her hand.
"Aap?" questioned Shamita as
looked at Hansa for further information
"ji Main Sana hun aur main Mr.
Rithul Mehra sey milnay aayi hun" Said Sana for the umpteenth time.
"Rithul sey?" said Shamita giving away her excitement
"Dost ho?"
"Ji, main .. yahan .kam.."
stammered Sana not knowing how to answer that question. She could not say that
she wasn't his friend. What if they get offended? And she could not approve of
that either. She could not say that she came here to work because technically
they were partners and she had made it clear that she wasn't an employee.
"Mom ye humari nahi project ki
supervision ke liye aayi hai" said Rithul looking at Shamita. Sana looked
around to see for an invisible entrance through which he could have entered and
she saw a small arch like structure that blended so well with the wall that one
could not assumed that it was a wall design rather than an opening.
"Mr. Rithul aapnay mujhe kaha
tha ki main aapkay office main aaun. Ye tho aapka ghar hai. Phir ye address
kiyun diya aapnay" said sana now looking directly at him.
" Ms. Sana main yahin sey kaam
kertha hun and we have an inbuilt office space upstairs." Said Rithul who was now
giving her complete attention.
" I am sorry, I do not think I will be comfortable here. If you wish for us to take this project on then either I work at a proper office or don't work at all" said Sana
"Sana, aapko yahan koi takleef nahi hogi. Rithul aur shravan bhi ghar sey hi kaam kerthay hain. Aapko kaam kay waqt koi disturb nahi karega" said Hansa in a dignified tone.
" Ye bath nahi hai Mrs. Mehra-
"Aunty bula sakthi ho- aur
please yahin per kaam kariyega
"ji" said sana unable to argue
further.
Sana was not a person who could easily be convinced into doing something that she did not like but there was something in her voice that stopped her.
"Please follow me" said Rithul.
"Rithul nay aaj sey pehlay kisi ko bhi ghar nahi bulaya bhabi. Aur voh bhi ek larki ko?
Aapko nahi lagtha ki voh kuch
aur hi chahtha hai" asked Shamita suspiciously
"Han mujhe lagtha hai ki voh use pasand kertha hai aur hum sabko milwana chahtha hai. Lekin agar usney ye baat zahir nahi ki hai tho hum bhi ye nahi jathayengay ki hum samajh gaye hain" Said Hansa with a smile
"Aur mujhe nahi lagtha ki Sana
ko Rithul pasand hai" She added thoughtfully
"Lekin kiyun?" asked Shamita with a confused look that clearly stated that how could anyone not like Rithul.
"Kiyunki voh Rithul ko nahi jaanthi. Jab jan jayegi thab ki tabh dekhengay" Said Hansa
"lekin bhabi, Sana hai bohot khubsoorat. Uski aankhain, facial features kithnay achain hai na. Mujhe tho bohot pasand aayi" Said Shamita excited
" Aur khuddhar bhi maloom hothi hai" Said Hansa thoughtfully
"aapko kaise pata chala bhabi"
"thumnay nahi dekha ki kis
tarah voh koi bhi rishta agay barana nahi chahthi thi, bina maksad kay, bina
koi vajay sey. Voh tho kaam chornay ki baat bhi ker gayi!
Ye vohi kertha hai jisko apnay uper pura aatm vishwas hotha hai." Said Hansa with a satisfied tone.
"Chalo , inkay aanay ka bhi waqt ho gaya hai" she continued urging Shamita to move ahead
Scene 2
"Please come in " Said Rithul
as he showed Sana inside of a room that resembled their conference room. There
were five computers lined up against the wall side by side, a large printer,
working space in the middle of the room that had a leather recliner and table
desk made of granite with an iMAC on it.
"I hope you will find
everything you need here" Said Rithul as he pointed to the computers
"Those computers are for backups all connected to the main server so everything you do will be automatically saved. If there is a glitch then you will not have to worry.
And here is your main machine that you will use to work. The latest iMAC, best known for their graphics, of course you are well aware of that" he said with hands in his pocket
Sana sat down on the recliner
and turned on the computer with out showing any emotions.
"Its 9:30 AM ms. Sana hopefully
we will start the work at 9:00 AM- tomorrow onwards" continued Rithul with
a sarcastic tone, hoping to get some reaction from her.
"I arrived here at 8:50 AM and
it took me 5 min to reach your door , past the huge front garden. It took be
another 5 min to find a seat for myself and not to mention, the next 25 minutes
passed with me trying to explain my life purpose to your kind family members
and another 5 minutes to come up here. Of course another 2 minutes just passed by,
me trying to give an explanation about supposed lateness!" Said Sana in an angered
tone.
"Now if you will kindly excuse
me I have work to do" she said looking back at her computer
It was good that she did not
look up or else she would have noticed Rithul's expressions that resembled a
squashed toad.
Without further attempts for a forced conversation and to save his left over dignity, Rithul turned around and headed towards his cabin that was adjacent to Sana's.
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