The Story continues. Weekend retreat2 Scene17pg14 - Page 9

Suchitra, you are doing a great job. Kya kahu all the questions we have you are asking thru Viren. WOW!!! All the family members are soo ziddi hai na. They want to loose their kids but not their enimity. Isn't it true though it happens in real life too.

Viren asks yash to follow him and niveditha.
They reach a nearby restaurant.

Yash , still deeply disturbed, sits besides Nivi.

thumhay apni di ki fikr kernay ki zaroorat nahi hai yash. Mujhe pata hai, ki thumharay man may kya chal raha hai. Andaza hai mujhe, consols viren.

Yash looks up at viren. He does not really know viren very much not as he knew sidharth, but when the situation did not favor, he knew sidharth to be backing out. If that was the case with him how would viren be faithful? Can he trust him.

Main chahtha hun ki thum mujhper bharosa karo yash. Aytbaar rakho, hum sabh kuch teek ker dengay. Thumhari di aur main, says viren.

Yash does not know what to believe but, if his sister is believing this man, who is her husband now, shouldn't he give him the benefit of doubt?

Yash, thum apnay parayi per concentrate kerna. Koi aur cheez thumharay zehan main nahi honi chahiye. Ghar per waise hi kafi tension chal rahi hai , main nahi chahthi hun ki papa ko thumhari parayi ki bhi fikr ho, adds nivi.

Viren holds nivi's hand and yash's.

Sabh kuch teek ho jayega. Chalo ye coffee drink karo aur ghar jao.

Main thori dair kay baad ghar lautunga.

Viren knew that if he returned earlier then , nivi would have to face more taunts from his family. So it was best they stayed here and spent time together. There was a lot going on and he wanted to have a clear mind - as much as possible


Viren, hum abh kya karengay? dadi aur papa tho mannay ke liye tayyar hi nahi hai, asked nivi.

hmm... sabsey pehlay mujhe es dushmani kay wajay ki teh tak pahunchna hai. Nivi mujhe batao ki us din kya hua tha, viren asks her.

It was a hard ordeal for nivi to repeat all the incidents that had happened. Viren was listening to every detail with rapt attention.

Iska matlab hai ki koi misunderstanding hui hai said viren thoughtfully.
He did not want to bring up the point where sid asked all his family to get out and specially where his father had insulted her father and thrown him out. It was painful for him so he knew how hard it would be for her.
What was done was done, now they have to work together to clear the misunderstandings.

Sabsey pehlay humain ye pata kerna hoga ki us din factory main hua kya tha. jab ye pata chal jayega sari sachai khhud ba khud aa jayegi

reasoned viren.

Nivi, thumharay papa nay kaha tha ki thumhari ma ki death , papa kay ilzaamon kay wajay sey hui thi ?asked viren. There was a calmness in his voice but it was very unbearable for him to ask such questions. As his own father was being put on the stand, but to know the reality he had to find out everything.

Niveditha continued telling him everything about , dadima's accusations about Sidharth's father and his death and about her own grandmother's revelition as how , nivi's mother had committed suicide , not being able to bear all her taunts.

Viren's heart suddenly clunched tightly. Un-knowingly , viren had put nivi in the same spot. Everyday she will facing his own mother and grand mother who hate her , probably even more than they hated her own mother. How will she able to face their hateful words? will her heart take their insults?
But viren knew that nivi was not weak her heart. He had seen her rise up to his grand mother when she was put on the spot. He had confidence that she would be able to handle them and not break like her mother.

Nivi, ithna sab kuch ho gaya aur mujhe kisi nay kuch bhi nahi bataya? viren's eyes were sad. He knew that his family did not really consider him part of them but this was the final proof that his own mother did not consider him worthy enough to know the details. They all wanted him to know , what they thought was sufficient. Once again they did not include him as part of their family, an outcast.

Niveditha noticed viren's restlessness. She did not know why he was feeling that way, but she never understood why he did know the details. It had been quite a while since all this had happened so why wasn't he informed? She did not voice her opinions

Viren, agar hum papa ko bekasoor saabit ker lain tho, sabsey pehlay , dadaji kay man kay saray shaq kay ghaant khul jaayengay. Aur mujhe pata hai, dadaji aise insaan hai jo dushmanon ko bhi gale lagathay hain aur jab sachai saamnay aa jayegi tho voh khud papa kay paas jayengay aur unsey galay milengay said nivi hopefully

pata hai viren, voh dadaji hi thay jo sabsey pehlay humain milnay aaye thay , jab aap log shimla wapis aaye thay. Kithna pyar tha unki aankhon main humaray liye us din. Dadi tho phooli nahi sama rahi thi jab voh apni purani yadain taza ker rahe thay.
aur unhonay khud humaray ghar kay havan ke liye bulaya tha.

her voice had a distant sadness of loosing someone very dear and near.

Viren , meray dadaji aur thumharay dadaji bohot hi achay dost thay. janthay ho na thum... questioned nivi

Viren nodded in agreement.

nivi, hum phir sab kuch pehlay jaiza ker dengay, phir sey shimlay main Sood aur Sharma Parivaar ki dosti kay charchay hongay, said viren confidently.
?Niveditha could see the determination in his eyes and she knew that if viren put his mind into something , it was only matter of time before it was realized.

Viren , abh ghar chalayin? Dair ho rahi hai.. , nivi asked viren.
?teekh hai, lekin mera dil nahi ker raha hai janay ko. Chalo kahin aur chalthay hain. Viren suggets to nivi.

ok lekin kahan? says nivi

She looks at the confused face of viren. Ok chalo meray saat.
They both got up and start walking.

The weather was chilly and the sky was a brilliant blue with scattered powder-puff clouds. There was silence between them , as if trying to listen to the wind which might carry a message.

They continued walking not knowing their destination, then they came upon a high hill. They could see the entire shimla from the shadow of the lush green neighboring hills. It was a breath taking sight.

Wow kithni khubsurat jagah hai ye. Ithna shanth, jaise mano saray sawalon ka manzil yahi ho, said viren.

Nivi was staring at the sky, thinking about how her life had changed in matter of days.

Viren looked at her.. a perfection of beauty.

Nivi noticed him looking at her. His penetrating gaze spoke volumes. She saw him approach slowly towards her.
Her feet were staggering back , trying to escape from his pensive eyes but his steps were quicker and steady.

She did not really know how to reciprocate to his actions.

Viren came very close to her. There was no one in sight - as far as her eyes could see.

He took off his leather jacket and placed them on the spot they were standing.

Nivis heart started to breathe again- he is going to give me a heart attack, she thought.

Viren laid down with his head on the jacket and looked up at the sky, then he gestured her to sit besides him.

NIvi could not predict what viren would do any moment. His thoughts were very distant -yet very near.

She sat besides him and looked ahead where the hills met the sky.

They sat in silence-moment by moment passed. Had it been minutes or hours they did not know.

OK .. I guess thats all for this week because the next scenes have to be confrontation and finding the truth behind everything that had happened. So i am not sure if I want to write about that...

Nosuchi we are enjoying it yaar otherwise its really boring weekend no one is chatting and if you also stop writing how I am going to spend tomorrow

Suchitra don't do injustice Yaar ,it's still sunday morning & we have 1 1/2 days to spend Yaar .Please continue😃

Viren and niveditha head home, it was not as if someone was waiting up for them. Divya was probably at her maternal home for the pag phera.
Nivi absolutely had a dreadful feeling of going home but viren was with her and that was a comfortable thought.

They reach home and do not find anyone in the living room. Viren tells niveditha that he has to leave for a little while and will be back in an hour or two.
Though this was not inviting , Nivi had no choice but to agree.

She left to her room.

Viren now riding his bike is heading towards the Main office.

Not many people recognize him there as being the second grandson of Bhupat rai sood. It gave him a distinct advantage.
He goes and meets with the manager again who had promised to bring the work record of past 2 months.

Viren takes the records from him and asks him about the changes in the staff that were made 2 weeks before and after the factory incident.

Sahab, ye raha saray workers ka daily time sheet. Is main likha hai ki kab konsa worker kaam per atha hai aur kab kaam finish kerkay jatha hai.
Aur ye mukhtalif department kay hisaab sey tarteeb main likhi gayi hai.

Viren starts looking at the names and concentates on the Accounts department where he seens
Keshav sharma's name been written few days prior to the factory incident.

Manager sahab , factory per ye ghatna konsey din hui thi?

12 october ko sahab.

Viren flips the pages to the week of the 12th october and sees that keshav sharma was not working on the 11th and did not return to work after that.
and on the 11th he noticed that there were two new entries made in the warehouse section.

Ye kon hai manager sahab. ye koi naya naam lagtha hai- makhan singh likha hua hai, says viren pointing to the name besides the gatekeeper of warehouse section

ji, meray khayal main ek extra worker ko laya gaya tha us din. Aur maine ye bhi suna hai ki usi din materials main adla badli ki honay ki wajay sey seth sahab ko ithna kuch sunna pada.

kya thum keshav sharma ko janthay ho? asked viren

Ji sahab , woh bohot hi mehanti insaan hai aur jahan tak main jantha hun, voh koi aisa kaam ker hi nahi saktha jo ghair kanooni hai.

Acha tho ye maakhan singh kon hai
pata nahi sahab lekin use usi din kay liya bulaya gaya tha, jo purana chauki daar tha use chutti mili hui thi.

Viren starts thinking that there was definitely something fishy that was going on.
Acha mujeh ye batao ki ye maakhan singh mile ga kahan?

Pata nahi sahab, us din kay baad voh kisi ko nazar nahi aaya. Suna hai ki uska ghar yahin shimla kay border sey 2 km ki doori per rehthi hai.

Teekh hai abh mujhe humaray puranay chaukidaar sey milna hai. Kya voh kaam per aya hai aaj? asks viren

Ji sahab, main abhi bulatha hun.

Viren gestures in a negative. He does not want to give too many indications that there is an investigation going on by him.

Main khudh baat ker lunga aur han , ye baat jo humnay ki hai , ye humaray beech main hi rahe, tho aacha hai, warned viren.

JI zaroor sahab

Viren then leaves to go to the warehouse and sees the gatekeeper sitting on the chair outside the big main gate.

bhai sahab kya aap sakthay hain ki maakhan singh kahan hai? Suna tha ki voh yahan per kaam kertha hai aaj kal.

The gatekeeper in a surprised tone answers him back

Kon makhan singh? Nahi woh tho kaam nahi kertha yahan per.

Are aisa kayse ho saktha hai.. main ithni door sey aayan hun, mujhe tho yahi bataya gaya tha, argued viren-not willing to give up the conversation just yet.

Are bhaiya , voh nahi kaam kertha yahan, voh sirf ek din ke liye aaya tha, aur main tho jantha bhi nahi hun use. Main tho us din ghar per tha , mujhe chuti di gayi thi aur voh meri jagah aya tha kaam kernay , lekin sirf ek din kay liye.

Acha.. lekin sirf ek din ke liye kiyun. Are bhai please aap sahih tarah sey batayiye na, koi ek din ke liye thori na kaam kertha hai , viren continues.

the gatekeeper gets irritated,

are aap bhi peechay hi par gaye ho,kaha na ki nahi pata kahan hai voh. Waise us din uski vajah sey itha gharbar ho gaya tha... aur aap hain ki..

Gharbar? kya matlab hai aapka : viren asked

Kuch maal yahan wahan ho gaya tha, aur godown can tala bhi badla hua tha, aur us kambakhat nay mujhe naye talay ke chabi bhi nahi di.
Uski vajay sey mujjhe tala thorna para tha.

Iska matlab hai ki aapko nahi pata ki maakhan singh kahan hai... asked viren

are abh main likh ker dun kya?? aap jayyiye aur mujhe kaam kernay dijiye.. responded the gatekeeper irritatingly.

Viren leaves the place and ponders over what he had just discovered.

So there was something definitely fishy, he thought.
The day before the incident there was some problem in the warehouse, the lock was changed and the gatekeeper was also changed but only for a day.
The manager was saying that Keshav Sharma would never do anything illegal and was a trustworthy man.

Then why did the doubt fall on him? was he framed?

Viren was confused but determined to know the truth.

I have to find makhan singh he thought to himself.

Just lovely Suchi...just too good. You get into the skin of the characters so well, that it becomes difficult to distinguish between the ones on-screen and the ones in your story.