35. Backasswards

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'Itni der ho gayi hai ye aaye kyun ni... Message ka bhi jawaab ni de re... Theek to honge na... Kanhajiii dhyaan rakhjo...' , Anupamaa roamed in the hallway. It was 10 and Baa was sitting in the drawing room reading her monthly gossip magazine. Everyone else had long retired into their rooms.

She was hungry and the wait was getting stretched and Baa wouldn't let her eat before Vanraj. The door was open and she would go out to check as she hears any voice. She yawned and went to her room.

Another half an hour had elapsed and she was getting more and more desperate to tell him the truth. She roamed in her room fidgeting her hands with the edge of her pallu and her body startled at the sudden shriek.

"ANUPAMAAA!!!!", Vanraj shouted as he slammed his bag harshly on the floor and the sound of the metal container hitting the ground from inside the bag reverberated.

Anupamaa turned to the door. "Kya hua inhe...!!", holding her pleats, she ran downstairs panicking to see if he's fine.

Her flight was stopped by his angry look. His face was all red and Leela had left her usual spot and stood by Vanraj not knowing what happened. Dolly and Baapuji came out too.

"K...y...a... Hua...?", she asked stepping closer to him.

"TUMHE NAHI PATA KYA HUA...??", he shouted.

"Vanraj...", Hansmukh tried to speak up.

"Baapuji main Anupamaa se baat kar raha hoon... Mujhe karne dijiye...!!"

"K...ya... Hua... Kya... Hai?", she asked.

He held Anupamaa's upper arm tight.

"Aah... K..ya.. kar... Re hain...", she tried freeing her hand.

"POLICE STATION KYA KARNE GAYI THI !!", he asked in his high pitched tone.

Her face went pale. This is definitely not how she had planned to bring this matter to his knowledge and all of a sudden her entire script vanished from her head.

"BOLO KYA KARNE GAYI THI....!!!!", he shouted again and her entire body jerked.

"Ma..in... V...o... V..o... Bata..ane.. wali... Thi...", her voice trembled.

"KAB BATAANE WAALI THI !!??", he pressed her hard.

"Aaahh... Ss... Main... Sacchi... B.oli...", her voice hitched as his scary appearance was hurting her confidence to speak.

"Bhaiii aap kya kar re hain please chhoriye unhe lag jaayegi... Ek baar unki baat to sun lijiye...!!", Dolly tried intervening.

"DOLLY!!! BEECH ME NAHI !! CHHOTI HAI TO CHHOTI BAN KE REH!! AUR TUM... BOLO KYUN GAYI THII POLICE STATION!! ", Vanraj squeezed her arms more.

"Aaah.... Aaahh... Lag... Ri hai... Chhor... Dijiye pleajj... Bataati hoon.... Ba...taati...", she shivered akin to a leaf and he left her with a jerk and she balanced herself right on time.

"BOLO!!"

"H.a..n... han... Vo... Main vo..."

"JALDI!!"

"Haan vo... Co.m... com... Complaint... Karaane... G..ayi... Thi... Vo... Vish..al... Ke... Kh..i...laaf... Vo... "

"MANA KIYA THA NA MAINE... POLICE KA CHAKKAR NAHI CHAHIYE MUJHE!!?"

"V...o..."

"MANA KIYA THA KI NAHI!!"

"Haan haan!... Haan... Ki... Kiya... Tha...", she licked her dry lips.

"To kaise himmat hui tumhari......... Poori baat bataao... Baaki sabko bhi to pata chale ki mujhe bhi koi shauk ni hai ghar aate hi cheekhne chillaane ka...!! Bataao kya kar ke aayi ho college me!!", Vanraj shouted.

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