Part B
Chapter 4
C- You love me naa
M- of course I love you
Maan says hugging Charu back and patting on her head
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Geet is sitting on the huge bed inside Maan’s room
She is wondering, itni kya baat ho rahi hai behen se
In her thoughts she goes back to the time when 5 years back she decided to trust Maan….she decided to trust her heart more than her mind…..everybody said Maan was playing with her heart to destroy Akhil, but her heart believed that the love she felt was true….the man who taught the meaning of love cannot be an imposter
She had almost blindly trusted her heart that day when she let Maan go
She was risking being caught by Akhil
She was risking being used by Maan, where Maan could just disappear from her life
She was risking everything
Maan went that day
She didn’t know where he went or whether he will come back or not
Whether she did the right thing trusting him or not
In the meanwhile, she remained working with Akhil but also searching every detail about Maan Singh Khurana available
She got to know about his business, his family and the fateful accident of his sister and her friend
She started checking the phone that Maan gave diligently
Without fail started to check her mail and social media
But all in vain
It’s been 6 months without any contact from Maan
Her faith in Maan contacting her was fading; when she realized that she was 24x7 either with Akhil or with her family
Even Maan would want to contact her he won’t be able to
She told her family and Akhil that she is going to join aWomen’s yoga class on weekends
They agreed to it and believed her
But she was finding it hard to believe the craziness she was indulging in with just faith in her heart
Every weekend she decided to travel to outskirt of the city in lieu of her class and would wait in the dhaaba where Maan and Geet once went to have lunch
She knew it was their place, nobody else knew about it except Maan
It had been consecutive 4 weeks with no breakthrough and no contact
She was starting to question her life choices when the Dhaaba owner decided to abruptly keep an envelope and a phone near her and go about his chore
She takes the phone in her hand and plays the video she finds in it
The screen illuminates with Maan’s face
Her hands are clammy and shaking seeing Maan after so many months
In the Video, Maan is also teary eyed
It seems like he inside a office wearing a corporate suite
She relieved in her heart seeing then he is safe
Geet; who was zoned out with shock seeing Maan diverts her attention to the video trying to make out his words
Maan was teary eyed and she also felt a lump in her throat
Geet still remembers his words from the video:
“Geet! I…I am so proud of you!”
Those lines still make her emotional.
Nobody ever said that they were proud of her except Maan, not even her father
“I am so proud to be your boyfriend! My Geet…my brave Geet!I love you so much. I am sorry to have made you wait this much. I will tell you why…I will tell you everything. There is a letter with this video. The letter will tell you everything. I sent this video too to make you believe that its really me. We will contact through like this for now only…till I find a way todo what I came for. Geet, I miss you…worry about you…every moment…..but don’t worryI also keep an eye on you…nothing can harm you….nobody can treat you badly. I am there. But honestly I need some time to figure out how to finish what I came for…I beg for your patience….I will come and take you with me…I will I promise”
The video had ended. The letter contained all the history about him and why he came for revenge. She had researched about it thoroughly so knew most of it but Maan’s real emotions and motives she could understand clearly through the letter
The letter also stated what he truly felt about her and how truly he loved her
She was instructed to delete the video and give back the phone to the dhaaba owner and also destroy the letter
She didn’t need the letter, every letter she memorized by heart
But she decided to shoot a video on the phone and instructed the dhaaba owner about it
She knew it will reach Maan
In the video she shared her firm resolve to help Maan to finish what he came for and that she now had researched enough about the incident that what Akhil did was beyond forgivable
She even shared that she has now decided to continue Maan’s incomplete plan by being in the fore-front and do everything needed to take his revenge
After continuous weekly to and fro communication with Maan through video and letters she could even convince Maan, who was reluctant to use Geet for his plan that she was the perfect person to execute his plan because she knows Akhil very well and Akhil feels she is too weak and helpless to do any such thing so Akhil’s guards will be down in front of her
Maan had no other choice than to agree but with the condition that she will not any unnecessary risk and his people will always keep an eye on her for her safety
She comes out of her thoughts as Maan enters the room
G- Kya hua?
M- Kuch nahi
G- Pareshaan lag rahe ho. Charu ne kuch kaha?
Maan sighs and looks at Geet while sitting beside her
G- She doesn’t like me naa
Maan doesn’t know how to put it
M- Maine use samjha diya hai. Its just you are connected to Akhil and she has a past with Akhil so…but don’t worry she is very matured
Geet looks down
G- Your nanu told me how much your sis means to you….and I also know you decided to avenge Akhil just for her….and we…we met because of that….I…last think I want to do is come between you and your sister
Maan takes a deep breath
M- Geet, you have to understand that it is correct that my sister is very close to me. But that doesn’t mean you are not important me. I don’t understand where this aspect of choosing between you two comes and why does it come?
G- No…emm...I mean…we haven’t promised anything yet…so…..if…I mean I don’t want to make anyone from your family unhappy…specially if it’s your sister who is so valuable to you
M- Who said there is no promise? I must not have communicated it to you yet, but I have made a promise to you in my heart that I will marry you, Geet; and I will honor my promise not because of just my sense of responsibility and my gratitude for what you have done for me and for my family, but for the love that I have for you. And that love, if not greater but is not less than the love I have for my family. You are not an option Geet, you are my choice
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