THERE'S ANOTHER SKY

Taunts

PRECAP: Sarna goes sightseeing with her boss, Samrat. Sidhant had got his first meal order for a party...

"Good evening sir" Sarna greeted her boss Samrat to get his attention, as he was busy dictating something to employ in the hallway... samrat turned towards her after hearing her voice... he looked at her from top to bottom and then faced... He warmly smiled looking at her and dismissed the employee he was talking to before...

Sarna is wearing a maroon colour Anarkali suit, going beautiful with her pregnancy glow, although she had covered her baby bump with her long dupatta in such a manner that one has to take a closer look to know that she's pregnant... her slim figure helped her more to keep her baby bump away from the eyes of the world, but she wondered how long she could hide it?

"good evening miss Deol, you are looking pretty" he compliments her but she doesn't feel that magic that she had felt a half hour ago when sidhant had complimented her... shrugging her thoughts she thought to avoid more than work talks between them...

"Sir, shall we go? I have to return home on time too" sarna asked politely as she thought about others waiting for her at home to spend time, especially vishwash, her laddu, okay sidhant's laddoo too... she thought...

"hmm, let's go.." he said and they left the office premises and reached a restaurant soon in his car...

"so miss sarna, you have to stick with me for the evening and take all the important notes around... I want to buy this whole building but the problem is, the owner is an old man and he is not ready to sell this darling of his to anyone just for some money, so you have to.......... " he kept dictating her work which she has to do today evening as they walked out of the car and came towards lift...

The only thought coming in mind of sarna was, when will she go back home and meet vishwash, aayi and aaji and sidhant too...

They went inside the party hall and soon people started greeting Samrat and he kept introducing her as his employee... sarna was feeling bored...

"sir mai sirf half hour ruk sakti hu, uske baad I need to go back home, you know I need rest too during this period," she said indicating her baby bump... he nodded understanding her reasoning... soon host announced couples to come on the dance floor to dance... an elderly man who's a party it was, came to them and asked Samrat to go and dance too...

"um... would you mind dancing miss deol?" Samrat asked her after so many attempts of the old man making him dance... sarna visibly gulped and suddenly words of sidhant rang in her mind (uss machar se dur rehna)...

"miss deol?" she came back to reality after hearing Samrat's voice...

"umm sir I can't, you know.." before she could say further, the same old man started speaking...

"oh come on young woman, a dance don't harm," he said and pushed them to the dance floor...

Samrat held her right palm in his left and kept her left hand on his right shoulder and placed his right hand on the small of her back...

"just five minutes miss deol then you can leave the dance floor and have something to eat," he said in her ear as the music was loud... sarna smiled slyly and nodded her head positively...

"Mujhe nahi pata tha aisi parties me bhi dance karna hota hai" she said awkwardly in his ear as if it was only a business party for a celebration of business success... samrat chuckled hearing her...

"well miss deol this is my first time too dancing at a business party, maybe this old man is too happy," he said going near her ear... sarna smiled and nodded positively... They soon came back from the dance floor and Samrat took her to the buffet for dinner... Although sarna didn't want to have dinner there as she thought to eat with everyone at home her pregnancy mood made her eat more than enough at the party...

It was around 9 pm when sarna returned home in Samrat's Car as he urged her to drop her back... Sarna carefully climbed the stairs and after entering the home she greeted Aaji, aayi and vishwash as they were waiting for her to have dinner...

"chalo abhi tu aa gyi hai to khana bhi kha lete hai" Aayi said...

"Aayi nhi, vo aaj mai jaha gayi thi kamse maine wahi kha liya, vo mere boss ne bohot zid ki na isliye" sarna explained...

"are to kya aise halat me ab tu bahar ka bhi khayegi, ham log tera intezaar kar rahe the kabse ki bechari jyada time laga kr aayegi kaam se bhuki hogi or tu to khub pait bhar ke aayi hai" Aaji taunted her as she didn't like her working outside for late...

"are koi baat nhi aayi tu kaheko chinta karti hai, ab pahle jaisa time nahi raha, sidhant bhi to dekh abhi tak nhi aaya na, to jab vo der tak kam kar sakta hai to sarna kyu nahi, sarna beta tu ja soja kapda badal kar, thak gyi hogi na" aayi said... Sarna smiled weekly and nodded before going inside the room...

"Bappa ye aaj kal ke bache" Aaji spoke but Aayi cut her words...

"Kya aayi tu kaheko chinta karti hai, chorh na" aayi said...

"hmm... Mai aaj tere bhau ko phone ki thi, usko bola hai ki ab aa kr mujhe leja, itna waqt ho gya tere ghar rehte huye ab apna ghar bhi ja kr dekhu" aaji said...

"jaisa tujhe thik lage aayi, pr tu wapas jarur aana hamse milne"

Here sana felt her heart heavy due to her pregnancy mood swings... She felt sad because of aaji's words... But because of tiredness she soon fell asleep...

The next morning when sarna woke up she didn't find sidhant beside her... She did her morning chores and then asked vishwash who was getting ready, about his baba...

"Baba to subha hi chale gaye kaam pr" sarna thought he must have gone to get stock... Without thinking much she helped vishwash in getting ready and also prepared breakfast for everyone before going office... Her day went in a blink and when she came back home she found aaji packing her things in her bags...

"Aaji aap kahi ja rahi hai?" sarna asked in confusion...

"kyun teri saas ne tujhe bataya nahi? Waise to bohot sagi banti ho ek dusre ki, kal kaise teri taraf dari kar rahi thi" Aaji taunted her which made sarna feel embarrassed...

"sorry aaji pr aayi ne kuch nahi bataya mujhe.." she said...

"Aaji tu bhi kisse puch rahi hai" Sarna heard sidhant's voice coming from the kitchen... He comes out with two cups of tea in his hands, one he gives to Aaji and the other keeps to himself...

"jo log ka bahar ghumna firna khatam na ho, dusro ke sath nachna or khana hi khatam na hota ho unse ghar grahisti ki jankari ki ummid kaise rakh sakti hai?" sidhant taunted her too making her feel bad...

"Chalo kisi ko to samjh aata hai ki kya sahi hai kya galat, warna mujhe to chinta khayi ja rahi thi ki mere jane ke baad to sab hatho se nikal hi jayege" aaji taunted sarna again...

"jo hath me hai hi nahi ho niklega kaise?"sidhant spoke in a low voice which aaji couldn't hear properly but it was audible to sarna... His words made her eyes fill with tears... Sidhant looked away from her when she took a glance at him, but his ignorance made her tears fall silently from her eyes...

"Sidhant tu kabhi jayega apne kaka ko lene, vo aane wala hoga bus istand, ja jake le aa usko, pichli bar bhi mushkil hui thi kitni ghar dhundhne me" aaji said to sidhant...

"han aaji bas chai pi kr ja rha hu, tu bata kal raste me khane ko tere liye kuch lau?" he asked her...

"are nahi, mai budhiya kya khaungi, apni baiko se puch vo kya khayegi, aaj kal bahar ke khane ki adat hai usko" aaji said taunting sarna, who was just standing there silently...

"are aaji mai tere se pucha, tune nahi khana kuch to koi baat nahi, chal chalta hai mai" he said and walked past sarna... Sarna quietly went inside the room and shed tears till she felt a little better...

After some time sidhant returned with his kaka and soon it was time for dinner... They all had dinner and sarna was happy that at least now they all were eating together with happy faces, although sidhant was ignoring her...

At night during sleep time, sidhant went out of home saying he had some work, sarna slept thinking that how her having dinner for one day outside made Sidhant and aaji upset... And why sidhant was saying that she is always busy dancing and eating outside, was he there and saw her? Or someone told him about this? Her never-ending thoughts made her tired and sleepy... After some time she slept with some dried tears stained on her face...