Ek Ajnabee Haseena

chapter 5

Ishita got up to the sound of shehnai and trumpet, celebrating yet another wedding down the wedding court. she sat upright on the bed, noticed the mattress dushyant slept on last night, still on the floor. She remembered offering consistently, to sleep on the floor, but he didn't comply. The mattress and sheet he brought in the polythene last night, was still there. She got off the bed, walked over to the window, giving the clear view of the marriage court.

Dushyant was dancing with the band, as he lifted a child up in his arms, and placing him at the back, continuing to walk on his way to the court. ishita just smiled at him, before walking back to the room, grabbing her phone.

She started to look up rohan's number, before dialling it, and to her surprise, it was answered this time.

"hello." The call was received by the women, to ishita's surprise.

"hello?" she questioned again, as ishita immediately hung up.

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Tarika, who had slept on the bed, as her hand was on rajveer's, when she was woken up by the knock on the door. Tarika got up immediately, as she found abhijeet in front of her gaze.

"office nahi jaana?" asked abhijeet, as tarika looked at the clock, it had already hit eight in the morning.

"arre, pata nahi itni der kahan se ho gayi...aankh lag gayi achanak se..." tarika got up, pulling her skirt back, and fixing her hair.

"koi baat nahi, aapko metro ya bus leni hoti hai kya?" asked abhijeet, as tarika nodded in agreement.

"metro.." replied tarika, as abhijeet's mouth formed an 'oh'.

"woh toh chali gayi hogi..." stated abhijeet, as tarika nodded in agreement.

"aa jaiye, main aapko chod deta hoon..." offered abhijeet, as tarika was reluctant to accept.

"mere liye time pe pahaunchna zaroori nahi hai...aapke liye hai, joh main samajh raha hoon..." stated abhijeet, as tarika accepted, seeing no resort.

"cab aane mein bhi time lag hi jayega..." informed tarika, as they both walked out of the ward.

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Kavin stepped inside his cabin in the train, with two cups of tea in his hand, as purvi was still asleep. He placed them both by a little table by the window, as kavin started to shake her in order to wake her up, which she did unwantedly.

"chai aur pakode laya hoon...." offered kavin, as purvi looked at him with annoyance.

"nanital kab pahaunchenge?" asked purvi, as she grabbed a cup of tea.

"bas, abhi do station door hai, phir toy train lekar upar jaana hai..." informed kavin, as purvi started to eat the pakodas.

"pata hai mummy kya boli thi jab bola tumse shaadi karna chahti hoon?" asked purvi, as kavin shook his head in no.

"keh rahi thi, foreign affairs mein hai ek ladka, friends colony mein rehta hai, jahaaj mein lekar jaya karega...yeh toh abhi railway mein clerk, tumhe saari umar train mein dakhe khilayega..." recounted purvi, as kavin just looked at her with disbelief.

"haan, matlab pati ko saal bhar na dekhna manjor hai, ki jahaj mein jayengi..." retorted kavin.

"arre aur nahi toh, woh apne 8 paas chodkar chale jaate plane mein...8 chutiyon mein jaane ka option hai hamare paas?" argued purvi.

"arre maa baap alag sheher mein rehte hain, koi emergency ho jayein..pata hai railway ki aisi ticket kitni mehengi padh jaati hai?" argued kavin back.

"arre main bhi kya behes kar rahi hoon tumse, air india toh bhik gaya, ab wahan bhi nahi lekar jaa sakte!" exclaimed purvi.

"acha isliye itna jal rahi ho....tumhari behen gayi thi na honeymoon ke liye paris..."remembered kavin.

"taiyaar hone mein tum mujhse zyada time lagate ho, bahar jao toh aisi train, upar se tum tum ho....maine kya galti kardi..." reminisced purvi, as she started crying, as kavin moved to her bed.

"purvi...arre roo mat yaar, main arrange karlon, plane ka trip.." assured kavin.

"baat woh nahi hai...sab keh rahe the, mujhe phir soch lena chahiye ek baar, phir kuch ho jayein tumhe jaise ajay ko..." paused purvi, before finishing the sentence, as kavin went ahead to give her a hug.

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Abhijeet, on the driving seat, was drving seat, had his eyes fixed on the road. Tarika, on the passenger seat, kept looking outside her window.

"toh, aap kya karti hai?" asked abhijeet, as tarika moved her eyes to him.

"ji, woh department head hoon, finance ki..." informed tarika, as abhijeet couldn't help but express how in awe he was of her.

"arre wah, aap toh itni intelligent nikli..." remarked abhijeet, as tarika chuckled.

"aisi koi baat nahi.." replied tarika.

"aise mat kahiye, finance mein itna accounting aur economics lagta, itni calculations hoti hai...mere se toh kabhi nahi hoti thi school mein bhi..." informed abhijeet.

"toh aap kya karte hai?" asked tarika.

"legal consultant hoon...freelance.." replied abhijeet.

"arre toh usmein bhi toh kitna dimaag lagta hai...aap bhi..." answered tarika.

"kahan, tarika ji, joh college mein padha tha kanoon, bas wahi toh samjhana hota hai logon ko.." replied abhijeet.

"kanoon bhi toh badalte rehte hain, ab badai wakil ya accountant ke bina koi corporate tax bhar sakta hai aaj kal..." remarked tarika.

"haan, pata hai, woh khabar aane ke baad, business set hai ekdum..." stated abhijeet.

"chaliye aapke liye toh bahaut badhiya hai..."concluded tarika.

"ji, yeh...bas aa gaya aapka office..." noted abhijeet, stopping the car in front of a huge building, as tarika got out of the car.

"thanks." She said, before going inside, as abhijeet drove off, after she went inside.

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Author's note: guys, thanks for all the love and support for the story, really has been keeping me going.