CHAPTER 6
#####MAAN'S MONOLOGUE#####
"How is she doctor" I asked as the doctor came out of the hospital room geet was admitted in.
"Mr Khurana she is fine for now but---
"What"
"But she is very week, seems like she hasn't been eating properly. She has deep cuts in her arms and palm. We've done the dressing but the cut is deep it will take some time to heal completely. The thing to worry is her body also has bruises like someone abused her though they aren't recent ---
"Abused...what do you mean" I asked.
"I'm not fully sure of it as of now we need to do some more tests only then we can be certain but most probably someone has forced himself on her not once but repeatedly and this maybe the reason of her stress" she said "if you want you can go inside but she will be out for the night we've given her sedatives to sleep and Mr khurana she is in a very delicate state of mind she needs to be handled with kid gloves" she replied.
I'll kill that bas**** if it was him who hurt Geet.
I walked in the room and there laid my Geet on a hospital bed, sleeping calmly. She was smiling in her sleep like she was having a beautiful dream.
FLASHBACK
One month after their first meeting
"What on earth are you doing" geet asked.
"turns out I was wrong, till date I thought only your mind is defective little did I know your eyes also head that category, can't you see I'm hanging in mid air outside your window struggling to get in" Maan responded.
"Excuse me" she made a face.
"Excused, now will you please help me up, I have no intension of breaking my bones by falling off your window" he replied.
Geet helped Maan, who was hanging by the pipe on the right side of her room's window, to get inside the room. While doing so he landed on geet as they both fell to the floor.
"God, what do you eat Maan, get off me before you squeeze me to death" she said trying to move under him.
He held her wrists "no"
Geet let out a whimper "what do you mean by no, you have to get off of me you're not exactly cotton you see"
Maan turned to his back and now geet was on top of him "but you are"
Geet hit him on the chest and tried getting up but he pulled by her waist and held her close. Geet tried prying his hands off of her waist but her efforts were futile as Maan was in no mood to let go. Realising there was no point trying she stopped resisting and let her face rest over his chest "you know what, you're evil"
"You know what you make me behave like this so you're the evil one among us" he said as he used his hand to push a strand of hair behind her ear.
Geet pinched him on the arms and as he winced she got on her feet "now that you already
addressed me as evil I thought why not act evil" she chuckled.
"Now you mind telling me what you are doing in my room in the middle of the night" she said as she sat on her bed.
Maan went to her said and sat next to her "I was getting bored"
"So I'm your entertainment, poor me and I thought you were missing me" she teased him.
"Pulling my leg, huh" he said.
"I guess I am" she replied.
They both chuckled.
"You are right I was missing you" he said moving towards the window sill and sat there.
Geet went over to him and sat between his legs as he snaked his arms around her waist and she rested her hands on his "so... what happened"
"How do you do this, how can you always know it"
"That's love mister, what happened... did you have an argument with uncle again---
"I did not start it"
"I know, you never start it"
"GEET"
"Sorry"
"Its not like I don't want to handle the business just want to do something on my own first... I don't want to be spoon fed"
"He will understand one day"
"Will that day ever come... why can't he trust me for once... I can make it on my own and the day I'll prove myself I'll handle KC"
"I trust you"
Maan brought his face closer to her cheek and slowly kissed her as she closed her eyes "how did I get so lucky to have a girl like you in my life"
"I wonder... is my luck so bad to get a guy like you" geet said in a serious tone.
Maan got irritated and let his grip loosen around her waist but she held onto to it "just kidding Maan, why do you always get hyper with blink of an eye, you know I love you"
"Now that I know" he said as he rested his chin on her shoulder "I love you too"
They spent the rest of night talking before Maan left with the sun rise.
END OF FLASHBACK
This was the first time I saw her smiling since I came back. I walked over to her bed to sit next to her and held her hand in mine. I brought it closer to my face and kissed the back of her hand. She was lost in her peaceful dream. Suddenly her smile vanished and she became restless in her sleep. She squeezed my hand real tight.
Come back. Please come back. Save me.
Maan. Maan I need you. Come back. Maan... Maan
As she was blabbering in her dream I remembered that day. The day I left. I so wish I could go back and do things differently. I wish I could alter the past. I should have listened to her and taken her along with me.
Flash back
The day Maan left
"Can't I come along?"
"Mishti you know what this means to me--- please stop crying... how am I suppose to leave you like this"
"Then don't go"
"You know I have to"
"Take me along"
"I cannot... I can't make you struggle with me... I promise I will come to you"
"Can you not at least tell me where you're going?"
"How can I when I'm not sure of it myself"
"You have a whole empire for yourself why do you need to go"
"Because it's not mine its dad's and I want to do something on my own... I need to try myself...you know that"
"Promise me you'll come back to me"
"I will...I promise"
She hugged him as she cried her heart out. Maan was going, he was going away from her but she couldn't stop him. She knew what this meant for him and she would never come in between his dream. She would support him no matter what. She knew he would come back to her... always.
After standing there in each other's embrace for some time they broke apart. Maan wiped her tears as he kissed her on her forehead "I love you"
"I do too"
As the night took over it was time for him to leave. He kissed her one last time on her lips "I will come back to you... you'll wait for me right"
"I'll wait for you till my heart stops beating..."
He kissed her on the forehead "you promise"
"I promise... you'll find me right here waiting for you and only you"
"I love you" and Maan left with one final peck on the lips.
End of flashback
NEXT MORNING
She looked at me "Maan"
I caressed her cheek "Who did this Geet. How did you these cuts. Did dev---
Her face went pale at the mention of Dev's name. So it was him. I'll kill him. How dare he.
"Look at me Geet. He did this to you right. I won't spare him"
"No...No...I...I told you I fell"
"Why are you lying...Is it for your daughter"
"How do you know about her?"
"I saw her picture in the basement"
"Please Maan... this is my life...you have to go"
"What makes you think I'll leave you with that son-of-a-b****"
"He's my husband"
"To hell with him, goddamn it why are you still with him"
"Go Maan... just go"
"I WON'T... do you get it...I won't leave you at any cost"
A girl came in "Geet what happened. Did he---
"Meera... how did you know I was here" geet asked
"I didn't, I came here to see Pari and I saw you"
"She's in the hospital" Geet freaked out "how could you not tell me"
"I called you last night but dev picked up and you know---
"I have to go to her... where is she" with that said Geet made a mad dash towards the room
Meera indicated.
"My baby..." she said as she took a young girl some 2 years old, into her arms. She kissed the child repeatedly on her face before resting her at her chest. She just wouldn't stop crying. The nurse came in and asked Geet to leave the room for some time. Geet came out reluctantly with Meera.
Geet's mother was also there. She approached Geet but Geet raised a hand at her "don't you dare come near me"
"Beta please listen to me once"
"Don't call me your daughter. You have no right"
"Just because you say you aren't my daughter the truth doesn't change... I'm your mother."
" and I'm her mother...you didn't think once before taking her away from me... you lied to me... you forced me into a marriage... you snatched my life away from me"
FLASH BACK
'How is dad doctor?"
"I will not give you false hope... he is very critical and might not make it through another attack... as his friend and your family doctor beta I want to request you please do as he says... he will not be able to survive another attack"
"Geet how you can be so selfish your father is fighting for his life because of you... beta please say yes... your one yes can save him"
"Mom how can I say yes...I cannot marry dev"
"Geet please he is your father"
That night geet cried herself to sleep. She had no choice. She was to choose between her life and her father's life and she did what any other daughter would have done. She chose her father and sacrificed her happiness. She agreed to marry dev.
After few months... geet was now a mother to a beautiful a daughter. Her daughter, her Pari was 2months then.
"dev...I'm begging you... please don't take my daughter away... I can't live without her"
"And I can't live with her"
"Dev she needs me"
"I don't care"
"Bro how can do this... you cannot take her away"
"I can do anything to make geet suffer"
"Bro she is your wife"
"Meera...get out now"
Geet cried, she pleaded, she scremed but no one paid any heed. Her princess was taken away, away from her and she could do nothing about it. No one did anything for her, her husband took her daughter away, her father lied about his health, and her parents did nothing to save her. Her life was snatched from her. She needed him then more than ever but he was not there. She prayed for him to come back and save her but he never came. She was ruined. She was forced to live coz she couldn't die; she had to live for her Pari. Dev threatened to kill Pari if geet went near her. She was forced to stay away from her baby.
Flashback ends
She was forced to marry dev; they took away her daughter but WHY.
"What the hell are you doing here? So turns out I was right, you were missing all from home coz you were here. I forbid you from seeing her and yet you are here. I guess you don't remember what I can do. You want her alive then you'll come with me right now. Or else don't blame me for what I do next. I've tried it earlier that time she got lucky that you saved her this time I'll make sure she dies" Dev came to the hospital.
What was going on? Why would he want to kill his own daughter? Was this the reason Geet asked me to leave?
"I beg you...please ...please...let me stay... I'll do whatever you ask me ...please...I beg you...she needs me" she was barely able to talk...her sobs very getting louder and more frequent with every passing second.
She fell at his knees "I beg you... please...don't do this... she needs me... please... let me stay...please"
"Dev please let her stay... Pari needs her" Meera pleaded.
"Shut up Meera...no one here needs your opinion. You're my sister and yet you take her side. She is going with me" he yelled at Meera.
"I beg you...please...don't do this...meri bachi... my baby needs me...I beg you" Geet was weeping endlessly.
"Dev don't you have some humanity... how can you do this... first you snatch her away from Geet and now you won't let Geet see her. You're worse than an animal" Meera yelled.
"Shut up Meera" he shouted back.
He looked at Geet and pulled her upright twisting her arm behind her back. Geet winced in pain.
It was then I hit dev. No one...simply no one treats my Geet like that.
"How dare you hurt Geet?"
##### GEET'S MONOLOGUE#####
He yanked dev onto the floor. He pulled him in a standing position holding his collar and punched him on the face. Dev's mouth started to bleed. Maan smacked him repeatedly over his face. He punched him in the stomach, dev tried to hit back at Maan but instead he fell to the floor. Maan was on top of dev; dev lay there half unconscious but just wouldn't stop hitting dev.
"Maan" I called out to him. He had to stop before he beat dev to death.
Now I know he can take care of her, he can keep pari safe and i know he will.
continued.... BELOW..
Edited by -muskaan - 13 years ago
comment:
p_commentcount