Chapter 4

RainbowChaser

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“Ae gadhedi, dimag to thikane hai tera. Kya bake ja rahi hai. Subah Subah bhang chadha li hai kya tune. Abhi tak to mujhe ye bhi samjah nahi aaya ki tere sir pe ye modeling ka bhoot kab se chadh gaya or tune mujhe bhi is jhamele me ghasit liya. Kya ? Chal kya Raha hai tere is dimag me ?”

“Ohho Shiva tu khamekha me bp badha Raha hai. Or vaise bhi jab chize apne kabu se Bahar ho to peene ka shauk tujhe hoga, mujhe nahi. Mai to bas vo karne ja rahi hu Jo mujhe bahut pahle kr lena chahiye tha or vo hai khud ki pehchan apne dam pe banana. Ab dekh pure Somnath ki sabse Sundar ladki hone ka koi fayda to hona chahiye n. Akal se to vaise hi ye sari duniya mujhe dobi samajhti hai. Or Mai teri tarah Chattan Pandya to hu nahi ki itni mehnat kar saku. To ab jab mujhe apne talent k according koi kam mila hai to tujhe to Khush hona chahiye na.”

“Dekh agar tujhe ye sab karna hai to kar. Vaise bhi teri Zindagi hai or tu apne faisle lene ke liye azaad hai. Par isme mujhe Kyu ghasit rahi hai?”. 

He was glad that for once his innocent wife had decided to do something for her own self. But what he could still not get as to why was she hell bent on getting him involved. 

“Is bhootnath ko kya lagta hai? Ye mujhse sawal karega or Mai kisi bholi bachi ki tarah ise saari baatein bata dungi. Are aisa kiya to fir mera plan kaise successful hoga”. 

 Raavi smiled internally when Shiva said, “ Yaha khade khade bas daat dikhayegi ya bolegi bhi kuch?”

“Ha to sun. Mujhe is consignment k liye ek guardian figure ki zarrorat hai. Mausapa itna travel apne health k chalte afford nahi kar sakte. Maasima to mujhe bhi n Jane de, mere Sath kya chalengi. Anita di se Mai kahungi nahi. To us family k sare members cut ho gaye. Ab bacha ye parivar. To kaki maanengi nahi. Gaumbi or Dhara di ko Mai kah nahi sakti. Rishita ki nayi nayi job hai to use chutti milegi nahi. Krish ka college hai. To bacha kon? Tu. Isiliye tu chalega mere Sath”, she replied with a childlike glee.

He couldn’t help but smile as to how she had considered each one of his family even though she had never actually been treated the right way. However something still bothered him which he could not bring into clarity to pinpoint onto.

“Chal agar maan lete hai ki Mai tere Sath chalne ko taiyar hu. To badle me mujhe kya milega?” he raised his eyebrows.

“Are tere man ka to pura khyal rakha hai maine. Mai vapas aate hi make sure karungi ki hamari divorce proceedings fasten up ho jaye. After all teri or Disha ki shadi bhi to honi hai na. Or to or maine apne lawyer se baat kar k alimony ki demand bhi remove kara di hai. To tu bas ye samajh ki ye meri alimony hai jise tu legally na nahi kar sakta”.

He’d be lying if his heart hadn’t been pierced by the way she had said everything in a sing-song manner without the slightest flinching or fumbling. There divorce yet had time to take place and she already seemed far and distant. “Well, serves you right for all you did. After all you were the one who wanted all of this to happen in the first place”, scolded his brain.

He quickly hid his pain with a scowl as per habit and said, “Manzur hai mujhe. Par chuki divorce ham dono ka hai to mai jab apni alimony ki demand Karu to piche nahi hatna”.

“Deal then”, Raavi brought her hand forward which Shiva took with his signature smirk as he shook it. “Deal it is”!