"What the hell is....we don't know?....Ha ....behnchod....usko nahin maloom toh kisko h...", speaking ,Sidharth had left to the balcony.He did not want to scare Shehnaaz off.
It was late night that he had been woken up from sleep by ringing of his phone.It was his manager kaushal, they had been working together for a long time.Someone had shared a video from the sets, when Sidharth had faught with Shikha .Looking at it , it seemed that Sidharth had almost launched himself ,attacking on a poor helpless woman .All people on sets seemed to stop Sidharth, slowing that Shikha needed to be protected from him.There was no back story , no audio, whatsoever. That had created a massive storm on social media. His new show was coming ,and Shikha too featured in it.Sidharth did not want to belive but it was happening, someone from the sets had shared it. Of course, the production team denied any information about this,but ,Sidharth knew ,in showbizz negative publicity also worked.And that was actually being done ,his name and stardom was used to draw attention.This was not what Sidharth had wanted; but it had happened.
"Sidharth kya hua h?", Shehnaaz asked walking to the balcony.
He was still agitated, this is what he hated about his profession. With a cigarette held between his fingers and a trail of ash in the tray,Shehnaaz knew he had been smoking for a long time.
Sidharth had first smoked ,when he was a teenager,,purely under peer pressure.Thereafter it had been on off,but as his journey in showbizz progressed, so had his companionship with smoking.
"Subah subah kyu smoke kar rahe ho?",Shehnaaz asked taking the smoke from his hand.
He looked at her ,she had no clue of the events.If she had ,would she still stand besides him? The video had gone viral and once again everything related to Sidharth was put to question. His integrity as a person , his violent tendencies? People called him names ,some even defended him .
"He has always been a Chauvinist, what else do u expect him to do...putting other people down,by joking about them ....its his daily routine"
"He can joke about anyone...but can't take it from anyone"
"Such a weak ,narcissistic man he must be?"
Twitter was full of tweets like these
Sidharth had read all those tweets, people kept talking .He wonderd why nobody cared to ask for the other side of story?
"Kuch nhi ...abhi jao tum yaha se...",Sidharth answered her.
"Kya hua h bolega?" ,she questioned again .
Sidharth had a bad experience with all these ,women usually sympathized with other women ,so would Shehnaaz; he thought, at least after seeing the video and past that was being dug up.
"Shehnaaz jao ...abhi nahi..." ,he didn't want her to go...but if stayed God knows what would happen.
"Sidharth...bta na?", Shehnaaz was trying to help ,but it was further irritating Sidharth. He had a habit of overthinking and bottling up .She touched his hands ,trying to break the ice he had created.,when Sidharth suddenly jerked her hand back.
"Kaha na jao yaha se ...samjh nahi aata kya?"he spoke at a volume higher.
She lost balance and almost fell ,as Sidharth left to the room.She was startled, what did she do to get such a response.She closed her eyes ,letting the hurt sink in ,and then released a breath out.That was it ,she was over it , she understood basic dynamics behind human emotions.
She had later left to the hospital, doing her daily work .Her profession was a pious one ,involving healing .She tended to what ever came , a dog ,a cat, a parrot , a tortise ,even snakes.
Being able to know under what kind of pain others are in without any words spoken ,well Shehnaaz had a professional degree training of 8 yrs in that .
