AARZOO

Chapter 9

Geet's POV

Today is the voting day.

And I still haven't decided whom to vote for. My family is supporting someone else while Ranbir urged me to vote for his party.

We went to the voting booth and voted. I am not telling whom I voted for.

"Bas ab jaldi se yeh LJSP wale haar jaye." Mom said, praying to god and my eyes widened. Well because I prayed to god for LJSP to win when I couldn't talk to Ranbir in the morning because he was busy. So I prayed to god that he wins and gets free so we can talk more and maybe meet.

"Mom why don't you say that only the best for the state wins? All these politicians are same and what if LJSP is actually good for us." I said nervously and turned to see the three men glaring at me. Oops.

I looked away and continued cutting onions for dinner.

"That party can never be better. Especially with that man sitting on top. If Ranbir Raghuvanshi would have not been there, I would have at least considered it. But that man will never get approved by me." Dad said and I looked at him with shock.

He doesn't approve of him as a leader, how will he approve Ranbir as my- No that's not gonna happen anyways. I am not going to let my feelings grow.

"Why are you saying this all of sudden?" Asked Karan eyeing me suspiciously.

"Um because all party's are the same. They all have a darker side. All of them are involved in illegal activities." I said.

"I agree that all are beads of the same necklace but this Ranbir is the lord of all. Do you know what happened yesterday? An election officer found proofs of LJSP distributing money. He complained it to his seniors and now he is missing. We all know where he is now and because of whom. Ranbir even managed to buy the media." Karan said and I looked at him with shock. Sometimes I don't believe we are talking about the same man here.

"I think you are saying this because of your stupid friends. They are like the rest of the youth, crazy for him. Don't listen to them and don't you dare take his side in front of me." Karan added with a warning and I nodded.

Wow they already hate him.

"Karan why are you talking like that with her? She is your sister. And keep your politics out of my house." Mom said scolding all of us.

At night I was talking to Ranbir when I asked,"So what happened to that election officer?"

"How do you know that?" He asked surprised.

"With three men very interested in politics, how can I not know such things." I said smiling.

"Hmm then nothing to worry about that man. I had told my men to take care of him and so they did." He said.

"Take care? Means what exactly?" I really want to know what he does that my dad hates him so much.

He sighed heavily and said,"Just making sure that he is never again seen in this world. And now stop this topic or else you won't be able to sleep at night. Don't tell me if you get nightmares then."

I sensed that he doesn't want to talk to me about this.

"Okay you must be tired,maybe I should hang up now." I said licking my lips. I don't want to make him angry.

"Geet" He said my name with a husky voice that made my heart flutter and a foreign feeling to settle in my stomach. I hummed in response.

"I am not angry. I just don't want us to talk about politics. After dealing with all this for the whole day, when I talk to you I want us to talk about normal things. Please don't misunderstand me." He said and I smiled .