Kolhapur Chronicles

8. perspective

"Yes Farhad, I am 100% sure. No matter how important this deal is Jayati Jewels will never be associated with a company whose CEO is known for being the racist guy who harrasses his employess every single day."

"Okay Anna, I will cancel the meeting and inform them to never contact us again." Farhad answered with command.

"What about Amma and Keerti Farhad? Everything okay or anything suspicious anywhere?"

"Everything is fine Anna," Farhad said and paused for a moment, only to speak in a much softer tone later. "Amma keeps asking me whether you called or not. Have you stopped calling her Anna?"

Raghav sighed. Everyday for the past 10 years he has been clinging to amma to beg for forgiveness and has tried every way to do that, but now he doesn't know if that is his priority. He knew the messed up thoughts in his head can be sorted by Farhad and so he decided to come clean.

"Farhad, this may seem silly but please listen." Farhad stood up from his seat in his office back in Hyderabad.

Silly? Listen? Please? What is happening?

"Anna, are you okay? I will fly right away to come and get you, what is wrong please be more clear, I'll also send-"

"Farhad, stop panicking, will you? Sit down first and tell me what aatma got into you suddenly?"

Farhad was even more confused now. "How did you know I am standing anna?"

"I guess I know you too well," Raghav smiled, but quickly covered up. "That is not the point. What got into you why are you blabbering all of a sudden?"

"Anna, you asked me to LISTEN to you! I always listen but you never tell me to listen! Also you said SILLY! Do you know how silly that silly sounded from your mouth? And PLEASE, YOU SAID PLEASE ANNA WHAT IS WRONG?"

"Stop yelling Farhad and calm down or else I am hanging up. Shut up and listen or else you have no idea of the consequences you will have to face!" Raghav spoke with authority and Farhad breathed a sigh of relief.

His Anna was back. Thankgod.

"Yes Anna, I am listening, I was asking why didn't you call Amma?"

"Farhad, you have seen me constantly requesting her to listen to me, just once, for the past 10 years. But she never did. Never did she give me one chance to talk about what happened and why I did what I did. Its, it's just-"

"I know Anna, I have been there every time you went to say sorry and returned without one. I know." Farhad wanted to comfort Raghav, but he just didn't know how. The more serious issue concerning him here was why would Anna suddenly give up calling Amma, something which Farhad would have never imagined in a hundred years.

"Exactly Farhad. But Pallavi, she is also hurt. Her life was also ruined, right?" Raghav asked hopefully.

"Yes Anna," Farhad was curious as anything to see where this was going.

"I am not saying the pain they have faced is the same, or one has faced more than another, no that is not what I am saying. My point is, Pallavi gave me a chance, listened to me, yesterday she and I had a talk. Can you believe she spoke to me without actually taunting or in anger, also she gave me work, like it felt so normal, are you understanding Farhad?"

The people around Farhad would call him a maniac for the weird behaviour he is showing right now. Staring at the wall, he was smiling ear to ear with the phone to his right ear. It felt as if he swallowed a pill of happiness suddenly which exploded in his stomach, radiating the effect through his smile.