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Part 3
Everything Terrible is something that needs our Love. - Rilke
Around 11 am in the morning an Amazon green 4WD Renault Duster was seen in front of Nibholi Orphanage main gate.
A young robust man got out of it and stood in front of the gate looking at the name board held high above it. He looked around the green beautiful surroundings of the village and stretched his arms wide n bent a bit backward to relieve his sore muscles. He was driving wildly for the last nine hours continuously whole night...his body was aching. He bent his neck left and then right slowly relaxing his stiffened nerves and then took firm confident steps towards the gate to enter the territory of the Orphanage.
At Singhania's Mansion at Nibholi Village :
Sir ...aaj aapko 11.30 baje town mall pohochna hai ...Orphanage ki ladkiyan and Mother Dorothy aaj wahan jare hain. : the Secretary reminded Mr. Viral Singhania. Mr. Viral was having his morning breakfast sitting on the giant dining table all alone.
Han mujhe yaad hai !!!...aur koi appointment aajke liye hai kya Mr.Joshi ?? aaj aur kaal do din ruknewala hun main Nibholi mein ...i wanna take some rest and give my whole time to the orphanage only. Sari meetings n appointments postpone kardo ...I don want any video conference also. Mumbai wapas jake I will resume my work.
Jee Sir !!! I will take care of that. Its 10.30 now. Toh kya main 11 baje driver ko gadi nikalne bol dun???...town mall pohochne mein aadha ghanta to lag hi jayega ...Mr. Joshi asked.
Nahi !! ladkiyan wahan mall mein apne liye kapde pasand karegi ...thoda time dena chahiye unko Kyun Mr. Joshi ...? Mr. Singhania smiled a bit ...main lunch time pe pohochna chahta hun ...unki dresses selection bhi hojaygi tab tak and fir ek achha sa restaurant mein Mother Dorothy main aur ladkiyan luch karenge eksath ...fir wapas ajayenge.
Ok Sir . toh we wll start at 12 pm and reach at mall around 12.30. is that ok Sir ??? Mr. Joshi asked .
Yes ...perfectly Ok ...Mr. Viral left the dining room and went inside.
At the office room of Nibholi Orphanage:
A thin man aged around fifty was sitting in the small office room of the Orphanage wearing a round big speck upon his nose. His name was Charlie and he was Mother Dorothy's right hand in the Orphanage. He was busy in checking different files kept in front of him on the table bending his head down when Raghu reached at the entrance of the office room.
Raghu put down the hood of his jacket from his head and removed his sunglass form his eyes and knocked the door...tok tok...May I ...come in ...plz?? Main ...ander aa sakta hun ???
Charlie raised his head from the heap of files and adjusted his specks on his nose. He gazed at Raghu top to bottom and then let out a "I know everything " smile.
Haan !!! Ander aa jao ...aur baitho yehaan ...Charlie ke samne...Charlie pointed to a chair in front of him.
Raghu moved and sat on the chair in front of him. ...wo main ...yehan ...wo ...Raghu was about to say that he had come to meet a particular girl of this Orphanage and wanted to marry her. Suddenly he realized he didn't know her name and it won't be right to show this man the picture saved in his phone and ask about her. Was this man somehow connected to the unknown person who offered him this deal through mail???...and if not then how was Raghu gonna explain about the picture that he had saved in his phone???...he thought and stopped abruptly and looked at Charlie shutting up himself.
Charlie again gave him that "I know everything" smile and gave a fat file on his lap. tumhare umar ka chokra ...yehan pe ek hi baat ke liye aate hain ...sabko shadi karneko hota hai ...haha...yeh file mein sari ladkiyon ki photo hain ...jin ladkiyon ki baat pakki ho chuki... ya hone wali hai ek do din mein unke photo mein tick mark diya hua hai ...unko chodke jo bhi ladki tumhe pasand ata hai ...wo bata do.
Ladki pasand karneke baad ...phir Mother se milneka...Mother chokda ko dekhti hai ...uska character uska profession kitna kamata hai family kaisa hai kahaka hai sab dekhti hai ...aur phir jake decision leti hai ke chokda us ladki ke liye sahi hai ke nahi !!! agar Mother ka examination pass nahi karte ho toh chokda tumhe wapas ghar jana padega samajh gaye ???
Aur agar exam pass ho gaya toh ?? Raghu asked stopping his breath.
Hmmm...uske bad Mother permission deti hain ladki se pahlibar personally milneko ...Charlie giggled.
Aur uske baad ...shadi ??? Raghu asked again curiously n restively.
Han ladki ne agar tumhe pasand karliya toh sidha shadi ...waise mother ekbar haan bol de toh Orphanage ki koi bhi ladki kisi chokde ko na nahi bolti ...aisa kabhi nahi hua aaj tak . Ladkiyon ko Mother pe khud se zyada bharosa hai !!!...Ma hai jo unki !!!!...Charlie smiled generously.
Raghu opened the file...he didn't know why his heart started thudding with the thought what if he found tick mark on that particular girl's picture ...?
Raghu turned over the first page ...it was not her.
He started turning the pages quickly ...he was feeling that restlessness again rising within him.
Soon Raghu completed scanning the whole file...there were number of girls' picture who had a tick mark on and few girls who didn't. But what the hell he thought ...there was no trace of his target's picture in that fat file.
He closed the file with a loud thud and looked at Charlie with half frustration and half irritation who was scanning his face minutely: KYA hai yeh ??? yehaan pe toh uski photo hai ich nahi !!!
Kiski photo ??? Charlie asked with a confused face.
Mera matlap hai ke aisi koi ladki ki photo iss file pe hai ich nahi jise dekhte hi apun ko shadi mananeka man ho jaye ...: Raghu rectified himself sharply.
Charlie chuckled and then handed him another file...: dekho shayad iss file pe tumhe tumhari soul mate nazar aa jaye ...jise dekhtehi tumhare dil ki ghanti baaj jaye ...
Raghu took the file eagerly and on the fifth page he found her. In the photo she was looking straight at the front with a serious face...and she had a tick mark on her photo. There was no information about the girl written on the page ...not even her name !!!...may be for the girl's safety ...Raghu thought to himself. Only a note was written beside it about the boy who was selected for her. The boy's name, profession and address were written over there. Raghu memorized the information within a blink n thought...: iss loche ko raste se hatana padega.
With a stern face and stubborn tone Raghu said : mereko YEH ladki pasand hai...apun ko issi ladki se hi shadi manana hai !!
Charlie looked at the photo and said with a sorry face : sorry yehan kuch nahi ho sakta ...kyunke isse milne toh ek ladka aur uska family kal araha hai ...ladkene Mother ka examination pass kar liya hai ...bat pakki hi samjho.
Baat pakki hui ya nahi ...mereko koi fadk nahi padta ...iski shadi toh nahi hui na ...shadi toh iski merese hi hogi !!! apun Mother se baat karunga ...jo bhi unka exam wagera hai wo sab keliye apun taiyar hai !!!
Aap bulao Mother ko. ABHI !!!...Raghu stated his determination n intention clearly to Charlie.
Charlie : Abhi mother nahi hai yehan ..ladkiyon ko lekar Town mall gayi hai...fir lunch karenge Mr. Singhaniya ke sath ...wapas aneme sham ho jayegi... ek kaam karo tum sham ko ajao...dekho tumhara luck tumhe sath deta hai ki nahi!!!
Raghu was curious to know more details ...but he made a flat face and tone and asked Charlie : yeh Singhania koun hai ?? aur sab ke sab mall kyun gaye hain ??
Mr. Viral Singhania ...nam to sunahi hoga ...bare businessman hain ...desh videsh mein unka karobar faila hua hai...wo iss Orphanage ka trustee bhi hain...Charlie blurted out a bit creating a frown on Raghu's forehead. Mr. Singhania ne aaj sari ladkiyon ko khud ki pasand ki dress khareed ne ko kaha ...isiliye sab mall gaye hain...sabki shadi ho jaygi chali jayegi yehanse ...isliye gift hai unke liye Mr. Singhania ke taraf se!!!...
Thik hai ...main sham ko ata hun ...saying this Raghu came out of the office...he was sure that girl had also gone to the mall along with other girls. He decided to reach the mall immediately and meet the her.
He was rushing towards the main gate when he saw a cute little girl around 4 or 5 year old was trying to pluck n pull few lotus flowers bloomed in a pond with a stick. The stick was not reaching any of the lotuses and the girl was bending more n more towards the pond increasing the risk of falling into the deep water.
Raghu changed his direction towards the lotus pond and sat beside her and said : Oye Chutki ...de... mereko de teri chari...tujhe wo fool chahiye na ??apun nikal ke deta hai. tu rahne de.
The little girl stood in front of him stopping her attempt n looked at Raghu with a frown and then started scanning him thoroughly. Raghu shook his head seeing her expression n said : abh aise muh fulake dekh kya rahi hai ?...tu abh bohot choti hai ...aise pani me akele akele jhank nahi marneka samjhi !!!...agar gir vir jati toh??
But the little girl didn't change her facial expression. Raghu placed a soft feathery punch on her chubby cheek and pleaded : abbey ...teri chari de yaar ...ful chahiye ki nahi??? This time she gave him her stick hesitantly.
Within few seconds the expression of the little girl started changing as Raghu pulled out 6 lotuses one by one from the pond and gave it to her...: dekh isse kaam chalega tera ?? ya aur bhi chahiye ??? aur chahiye toh mereko pani mein abh kudna padega ... Raghu made a face.
The little girl giggled happily and said : nai !! aur nai chaiye ... thaaank youuu bhaiya...yeh 5 lotus mere liye aur yeh pink wali tumare liye hai...she handed over a beautiful pink lotus to him...aur mera naam chutki nahi CHILLY hai !!!
Raghu smiled a bit placing another feathery punch on her chubby cheeks n asked:... Waise ek baat bata Chilly !!! itne sare lotus leke tu karegi kya ???
Yeh lotus meri Antara didi ko bohot pasand hai ... Mother ne kaha kal unka special day hai ...isliye main yeh unhe kal dungi to wo bohot khush ho jayegi aur mujhe puppy degi...Chilly explained her plan to Raghu and then suddenly placed a heavy kiss on Raghu's cheek...Ummmaaa!!!!
Raghu was taken aback with the sudden shower of Chilly's affection. He was not used to get such behavior from anyone. He rubbed his cheek n asked : yeh kisliye ???
Chilly smirked with pride : yeh Chilly ki puppy hai ...lotus ke liye!!! ...saying this Chilly ran away from there remembering her other important works in life.
Raghu stood up holding the beautiful pink lotus weirdly in his hand...neither he held a flower before ...nor he was ever gifted a flower in his life.
He kept on looking at the beautiful flower enthralled in God's gorgeous creation and touched its petals lightly to feel it. He didn't know why it reminded him about the girl. He raised the lotus near his face and inhaled its aroma ...the pleasant light aroma of the lotus mesmerized him giving him a tranquil happy feeling.
He left the Orphanage soon and started his Duster towards the town mall. It was 11.45 then. He should reach the mall by 12.15 he thought.
Within 20 minutes his 4WD Duster reached the town mall. It was quite a small mall compared to any mall of Mumbai. He quickly parked his car aside...put on his hood and entered the mall. He was craving to see his target in front of him ...he could feel bizarrely that she was in the mall ...but couldn't trace her out from the crowd.
Raghu was searching for her every corner of the mall ...his alert focused eyes were roaming each n every inch of the mall. With the passing seconds his craving n restiveness to see her in front of his eyes was increasing high n higher in his system.
He came to the second floor and suddenly his heart stopped in
anticipation... A young girl was standing in front of a mannequin in a comparatively less crowded place. Her back was towards him. A part of her long thick brown silky hair was flowing down her back. Her fair buttery skin was glowing in a simple green sleeve less cotton salwar kamiz and a pink dupatta. Her dress was loose enough but still couldn't hide her perfect delicate curves on her body.
Yeh wohi photo wali ladki hai ...his brain gave him indications. He wanted to see her face madly n be hundred percent sure that it was her ...he took few more definite steps towards her and a mirror in front of her showed her reflection to him. Raghu froze right then and there staring at her. His intuition was right it was that same photo girl standing so close to him live.
The girl was lost seeing a saree on a mannequin. She was so engrossed in the saree that it made her completely unaware of the rest of the world. She had a faint mesmerized smile on her face ...her big serene innocent eyes were fixed on the saree. Her hair was caressing her face covering her eyes a bit ...her body language told Raghu that she was hesitant to touch n feel the saree.
Raghu looked at the saree... he liked it ... yeh pahnegi toh achhi lagegi ...he thought.
An irresistible smirk appeared on his face ... he wiped his mouth with his wristband once with his eyes fixed on her n moved more near his target. He bent on her a bit from behind her and said in his deep husky voice ..."lovely". He was not sure he appreciated her or her choice.
The girl got startled heavily and tried to move away and look back...but her proximity did something to him. An unknown strange urge to touch her n feel her made Raghu grab her both wrists in his fists firmly making her still and then immerse his head on her hair n shoulder inhaling her aroma deeply.
She smelt exactly like the pink lotus that he kept in his car upon the dashboard. Her body aroma made him lose his self control...he nuzzled lightly on her shoulder tightening his grip on her wrists and muttered deeply "Naam Kya hai tera ???"
He felt his action made the girl scared ...she was froze for few seconds and then started trembling badly. She started wiggling in his hold like a trapped deer and the moment he loosened his grip on her ...she made her free and ran away far from him. Raghu looked at her running figure and ran after her. She stopped after some time taking heavy breaths n turned around slowly n shakily. Raghu swiftly moved behind her again. Raghu was watching her each n every move minutely when she further stepped back n tripped. Raghu was about to hold her in his arms but she managed to stable herself by grabbing a mannequin. Raghu decided to come in front of her...but stopped as it might definitely scare her more.
He was still in dilemma when he saw few more persons coming towards her ...he mixed with the crowd and kept a watch on them. He saw Mother Dorothy and guessed that it was her and also recognized Mr. Viral Singhania. He was approaching towards Raghu's target along with his few armed body guards. Raghu knew him very well ...as Mr.Viral Singhania was a renowned public figure...all the business magazines n news papers of India tried to cover him for every important and unimportant issues. Be Young or old each n everyone in India knew his name and his business empire. Mr. Viral was like a living legend in Indian society. He was tremendously respected and worshipped for his righteousness and honesty in every field of his life.
Raghu heard each and every conversation between Mother and Mr. Viral and got that his target's name was "Antara"...he liked the name ...it sounded so rhythmical to him. He already knew from Charlie that a boy was coming with his family the next day to meet her which Mother confirmed to Mr. Viral. A crooked smile appeared on his face ... the name profession and the address of the boy flashed in his mind. He slid his fingers in his thick black hair once...he had lot of things to do ahead one by one maintaining a specific array and continuity.
He saw all the girls along with Antara r heading towards a Chinese restaurant in the mall with Mr. Viral and Mother Dorothy. He noticed Antara was roaming her eyes here n there in the crowded mall n still trying to detect the person who did that wayward behavior with her.
He didn't follow them further ...and decided to leave the mall. He was about to leave the mall when something stopped him. He returned to the mannequin wearing that red beige and gold combo net saree. He entered the showroom and asked to gift pack that saree for him. He paid the bill using his card and soon left the mall with the gift pack.
As he sat on his car his phone bipped a msg...Welcome to Nibholi...thank you for accepting the DEAL.
The msg came from an unknown number. Raghu immediately called someone and gave the number to identify the messeger n locate his territory.
He was on his way back to the Orphanage when he received two information. The first info was about the msg...the number was a fake one ...he was texted through internet and the IP address indicated a place around Goa. Raghu banged on the steering as this info was not leading him to any particular person.
The 2nd info was about the mail that he received yesterday. The mail was sent from Italy as its IP address indicated that the mail was generated and sent from a computer situated in Italy. Raghu shook his head n ran his hand through his thick hair in deep analyzing thoughts : akhir hai koun yeh banda ??? kya chahiye usse Antara se ???
Bas Ekbaar Antara hath mein aajaye !!! fir dekhta hun kaise chupta hai tu merese. Jis bande ka kaam leta hun...uska rag rag se wakeef hona zaroori hota hai...aur yehan toh kuch patahi nahi chala abhtak ...akhir wo khudko itna kyun chuparaha hai ????
Raghunath ke sath kaam karna hai toh apunke samne ana hi padega ...chahe tu swarag mein baitha kyun na ho...Antara ke sath tera kya chakkar hai ...yeh raaz toh apun kholke rahega !!!
Raghunath ka usool hai bina shakal aur bina jaankari ke deal final NAHI karta !!!
To be continued...haha
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