Chapter 29: Finding a way

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11 months ago
London

"Na jaane kab wo din aayega, jab aap mere khayaalo se nikalkar, mere dil se aapki tasveer ubharkar mere aankhon ke saamne aayegi."

Cladded in a navy blue chiffon saree with a wide strapped floral blouse, her long hair waved up shifted on her right shoulder, she kept on uttering dreamily, sitting on the bench near the wishing pool where she had spent some final moments with her Sakha Babu 8 years ago, her eyes casted towards the evening sky, her one hand holding an icecream which was on the verge of melting down from its cone.

"Usi din ki pratiksha mein hu main."

"Waah!" Bondita was snapped out of her dream world when her best friend Amartya exclaimed this who was sitting beside her and continued "Kya lines hai. Ye likh do apne Sakha babu ko, turant aa jaayenge." She tapped her own forehead out of embarrassment and giggled. "2 din baad convocation day hai. Uske bad tum Hindustan chali jaaogi. Toh abhi bhi apne Sakha Babu se imaginary baate ho rahi hai?" He teased her. She licked her icecream before it melts down and said "Kisne kaha ki I was imagining him? Paas ho yaa door, hum dono aaj bhi dil se jude hai babumoshaay. Wo mere khayaalo mein hi nahi, meri rooh mein hai aur..."

"Bond!" They heard someone calling her. Recognizing her voice, Bondita stood up and smiled widely towards the figure that was approaching them wearing a peach knee length hooverette dress along with a batik scarf. But after seeing her worried expressions, Bondita's smile faded away. "Why is this flapper looking so dull today?" Amartya asked Bondita lightly adjusting his spectacles to which she shrugged her shoulders.

"Liz, Kya hua?" Bondita asked her. "My parents fixed my marriage with Daniel..." "and you agreed?" Bondita asked in between furiously. But she just looked down tears flowing down her glowing cheeks. After sobbing for few moments she uttered "How can I agree, when they didn't ask me. They just fixed it. Aur wo bhi 2 din baad hai. I tried to talk to them about him but it was too late."

"I have a plan. But before that, are you willing to do anything to get married to the one you love?" Bondita asked holding her shoulders. "Yes." Was her immediate answer. "Toh tum baaki sab mujhpe chhor do." "Bond it's really difficult..." "But not impossible." She snapped her with a bright smile and continued looking at the sky "when there is a will, there is always a way. Bas thodi mehnat karni hogi aisa mere..." "Sakha Babu kehte hai" Amartya completed her sentence grinning. She blushed hearing this.

They both laughed seeing her expressions and between them she saw him as well, wearing a navy blue shirt and suspenders attached with the off white pants, laughing with these two. Seeing him she creased her eyes placing her right hand on her waist. Ofcourse she was yet again hallucinating him.

But then even she started laughing heartily along with them without caring what what life has instore for her in future.

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