THERE'S ANOTHER SKY

Misal Pav

Sarna walked out of the house without answering back sidhant as she knew it would be a waste of time for her and for now, she need to reach near the building as soon as possible or she will lose the chance to meet payal and a chance to get some job too...

"aye kaha jati hai, jawab to de" sidhant called but she didn't bug and kept walking...

"laddoo chal aaj baba tujhe ice cream khilayega," he said to vishwash and kept his books aside and picked him in his arms and quickly stormed out of the house after locking it...

"baba mai tere ko us din itna bola ice cream ko tab to tune nahi khilaya to aaj kyu khila rha hai?" asked innocent vishwash ...

"kyuki vo bina dimag ki gadhi sham ke time is anjan shehar me ghumne nikli hai, sali pata nhi kya samjhti hai khudko, koi galat insan ke hath lag gayi na to pata chalega isko" mumbled sidhant as he walked behind Sarna with some distance...

"baba ye tu kiski baat kar rha hai?" vishwash again questioned him...

"kisi ki nahi laddoo, ab agar tujhe ice cream khani hai to chup rehna,thik hai raja beta?" sidhant sweetly said to his son...

"ok baba" vishawash like a dad's son kept quiet...

Sarna walked in the streets of Mumbai's local area, asking for exact addresses from the local people... some men looked at her lustfully and this thing was not going good with sidhant... he kept quiet and was ready to take action against those who will try to harm her... he knew he doesn't know her, she's a stranger to him but she is leaving in his house and he has this much of courtesy that he can help women ...

soon Sarna reached the building and sidhant and vishwash also reached there following her... Sarna stood there for five minutes and after that, she saw payal coming out of the building... Payal was also looking here and there for Sarna... Sarna walked towards payal...

"hi!" Sarna said to payal gaining her attention... Sidhant was looking at her keenly... While vishwash asked him to get him ice cream but he refused and said he will buy him later...

"yaha pass me ek coffee shop hai, waha chal kr coffee piye?" payal offered...

"ummm thik hai, chalte hai" said Sarna... They both started walking towards the coffee shop, sidhant also followed them... They enter the coffee shop but sidhant stood outside the shop...

"so Sarna, right?" payal asked to which Sarna nodded positively...

"tum yaha Mumbai me akeli rehti ho?" she asked...

"umm nhi, actually mujhe ek hi din hua yaha aaye huye, kal sham yaha pohchi thi or ek aunty hai unhone mujhe help kiya unke ghar rehne ki jaga de kr" Sarna said...

"ohh wow, it's great, waise mai bhi pg me hi rehti hu yaha" payal added... A waiter come to take their orders, they gave their orders to him and continued their conversation ...

"aapki family bhi Mumbai me nhi hai?" asked Sarna...

"nahi, actually meri koi family nahi hai, jab thorhi samjh aane lagi to pata chala ki mai anath hu or ek orphnage me reh rahi hu jise mai apna ghar samjhti thi... Fir jab 18 ki huyi to unhone mujhe mere khudke dam pr jine ke liye chorh diya... Maine bhi part-time jobs ki help se kaise taise padayi ki complete or ab finally ye job kr rahi hu" payal said... Sarna was impressed with the girl... It felt like her life is more miserable than hers...

"tum bhi batao apne bare me kuch, agar batana chahti ho to.." payal said... Sarna explained to her how she landed in Mumbai... Payal heard everything keenly, Sarna excluded her red light area experience while telling her about her journey...