Uljhe Dor (The Mehrotras book 1)

19. Bezzati

  Hey, Ganga Maiyya, ab ham kya karenge? Aarohi ki shaadi kaise todwaenge? Koi hamari baat pe vishwaas nahi kar raha hai. Jaise hamein ghar se aaj nikala gaya, ham besharmo ki tarah wapas nahi jaa sakte. Koi hamari baat pe vishwaas bhi nahi karega. Lekin is shaadi ka tootna zaroori hai.

  "Bela, tum itni jaldi wapas kyun aa gayi?"

  "Kyun, Papa? Ham bahar jaake kaam kya karne lage, aap to chahte hi nahi ham ghar aaye. Yeh hamara ghar nahi hai kya? Abhi hamari shaadi nahi hui hai. Abhi to yahi hamara ghar hai."

  "Kaisi baat kar rahi ho. Aaj shaam mein to mehendi hai na. Bohot tayyari hoga. Tum yahan ho to wahan kaam kaise hoga?"

  "Papa, aapko apni beti se zyada un logon ki fikar hai. Hamara tabiyat theek nahi lag raha tha to thoda aaram karne aa gaye. Saari tayyari ho chuki hai aur jo bhi bacha hai wo baaki teeno sambhaal legi."

  "Kya hua?"

  "Wo, hamare sir mein dard ho raha hai. Thoda kamzori sa bhi lag raha hai."

  "Jo Bela ek sau ek ke(101) bukhaar mein padh ke apni pareeksha ki tayyari kar sakti hai wo aaj sir dard ke kaaran us kaam se chhutti le li jise karna use sabse zyada pasand hai? Jis company ko mein kaam karne ke liye bohot mehnat karke apna portfolio tayyar ki, uske pehle project mein hi kamzori ke wajah se beech din wapas ghar aa gayi? Kya baat hai, Bela?"

  Ham kisi se bhi jhooth bol sakte hain lekin Papa se jhooth hamse nahi bola jaata hai. Abhi bhi pakde gaye. Ham unse nazar kaise milayenge jab ham unhe yeh batayenge ki hamein Kunal ne kaam se nikaal diya hai? Lekin batana to hoga. Hamari zindagi ka usool hai kisi se baat nahi chhupana chahiye, khas kar ki tab jab wo baat usi ki zindagi se judi ho. Hamein Papa ko batana hoga. Kal jab ham Mehrotra Mansion nahi jayenge to unhe pata chal hi jayega. Hamein unhe batana hoga.

  Lekin hammein himmat nahi ho rahi hai unhe batane ki. Pehle thoda himmat juta lete hain, phir baad mein bata denge. Main Papa ko kursi pe baithake kursi ke pichhe jaake unhe gale lagati hoon. "Kya Papa, aap hampar shak kar rahe hain? Hamari tabiyat theek nahi lag rahi thi to ham ghar aa gaye. Aur phir aapki yaad bhi aa rahi thi."

  "Tumhare Papa hain ham, hamein pata chal jaata hai kab hamari bitiya pareshaan hai aur kab hamse jhooth bol rahi hai. Koi baat nahi agar tum hamein nahi batana chahti ho to-"

  "Aisa nahi hai, Papa. Ham aapko bataenge. Bas hamein thoda wakt dijiye sab samajhne ka."

  "Bela, bitiya, hamesha yaad rakhna ham tumhare saath hain. Koi pareshaani ho to hamein batana."

  "Sabse pehle. Ham aapke paas nahi aayenge to kiske paas jayenge?"

  "Chalo, haath muh dho lo. Khana garam kar diye hain ham, laga dete hain. Jao."

  Hamne Papa ko batayi bhi nahi hai baat, lekin phir bhi aisa lag raha hai jaise hamare dil se thoda bojh utar gaya Papa se baat karne ke baad.

  Bela tauliye mein muh pochhte apne kamre se bahar aati hai. "Bela, tumhare company se phone aaya hai."

  Bela phone Prof. Narayan se phone leti hai. Dusri taraf Glam Events ki receptionist bolti hai, "Bela Narayan?"

  "Ji, ham hi hain."

  "Aapka phone switched off aa raha tha to aapke alternate number pe call karna pada. Yeh call apko yeh soochit karne ke liye kiya gaya hai ki aapko Aruna Chwala ma'am ne khud is company se nikaal diya hai. Aapki abhi tak ki salary aaplo mil jayegi. Aap aake apni salary lengi ya apne bank account mein transfer karwana chahengi?"

  "Ek minute rukiye. Mujhe Aruna Ma'am se baat karna hai."

  "Mrs. Chawla se main aapki baat nahi karwa sakti hoon. Aapko unse office mein aake milna hoga."