Kavita's Submission [COMPLETED]

Chapter 28

Third Person's POV

Opening the door of the storeroom, when Sameer enters inside, he is shocked to see the room empty.

"Kavita, kahaan chhupi hai? Bahaar nikal," he says, opening the cupboard and looking around behind and under the desks and tables in the room to look for Kavita.

But he does not find her anywhere.

Too angry and shocked to find her gone, he storms out of the room. "Maa, pitaji, Surili, Smriti, sab log bahaar aaiyee."

"Kya huwa, beta? Chilla kyun raha hai?" Damyanti asks, looking worriedly at Sameer.

"Haan. Itni shubhah shubhah kya aafat aagayi ki aise chilla raha hai?" Mahinder asks, frowning at his son.

"Aafat yeh aagayi hai, pitaji, ki Kavita bhaag gayi hai. Upar kamre mein nahi hai," Sameer replies.

"Arey, aise kaise bhaag gayi? Tune thik se darwaja band nahi kiya tha?" Damyanti asks, feeling disappointed.

She had thought she would make Kavita the maid of the house. She was a pliant woman, after all. She would have mutely accepted the taunts and also would have done all the house chores. That too for free.

"Lagta hai muft ki naukrani ab milegi nahi." She sighs, shaking her head.

"Tujhe naukrani ki padi hai," Mahinder bellows, getting angry. "Maine toh Surili ke aane ke turant baad kaha tha ki uss Kavita ko uske baap keg har bhejdete hain. Agar waisa karte, toh kamse kam usse kharidne ke liye uske baap ko jo jameen di thi, woh toh wapas mil jaati. Par ab woh hi bhaag gayi, toh kaise jameen lunga main? Uska baap toh yahi kahega ki kharida jo tha usse pehle wapas karna hoga."

"Chup kijiye aap log," Sameer shouts, raking his hand over his hair. "Yahaan meri Kavita chali gayi hai, aura ap logon ko naukrani aur jameen ki padi hai? Aur maine pehle bhi aapse kaha tha, pitaji. Main Kavita ko yahin apne paas rakhunga. Uske baap ke yahaan toh katayi jane nahi dunga. Isliye jameen ko bhool jaiyye aap."

"Haan. Bhool hi gaya tha main. Socha tha ki jameen ki badle tere liye rakhail aur teri maa ke liye naukrani mil gayi. Lekin woh bhaag gayi hai ab. Meri toh jameen muft mein chali gayi," Mahinder says. Disappointment lining his tone.

Smriti, who was standing at a corner of the aangan, is stunned to hear her parents.

'Inhe Kavita bhabhi ki kuch padi hi nahi. Ek ko muft ki naukrani chahiye, ek ko jameen ka daam wasulna hai, aur ek ko rakhail chahiye,' Smriti thinks, feeling disgusted by her own parents and brother.

Just then, Surili arrives there, stifling her yawn.

"Itni shubhah shubhah aap sab log kyun itna halla macha rahe hain?" She asks, furrowing her brows when she senses how tensed everyone seemed.

"Kya huwa? Sab thik toh hai?"

"Kavita bhaag gayi hai," Sameer answers Surili.

"Oh! Toh isliye sab log pareshan hogaye hain," she shrugs, not affected even a bit by the news. "Uss pe aap logon ne jitne atyachaar kiye hain, mujhe toh hairaani thi ki woh bohot pehle hi kyun nahi bhaag gayi."

"Surili, tujhe maine iss ghar mein rehne ki izazat jarur di hai, lekin bhool mat ki main kabhi bhi tujhe iss ghar se bahaar nikal sakta hoon. Apni had mein rehna sikh," Sameer says to Surili, barely controlling his anger.

Surili smirks at him and shakes her head. "Achchha? Bahaar nikalenge mujhe? Chaliye nikaliye, Sameerji. Abhi nikaliye. Phir aap bhi dekhiye main kya karti hoon."

"Bata kya kar legi tu? Bata," Sameer is about to charge at Surili, but Mahinder holds his hand, stopping him.

"Abhi iss sab ka waqt nahi hai. Apne kuch aadmi le aur gaon mein Kavita ko dhoond. Kuch aadmiyon ko uske gaon bhi bhejdena aur kehna ki uske gaon aur uske baap keg har ka chappa chappa chhan maare. Ek baar woh miljaaye, toh teh karenge ki usse yahin rakhna hai ya kya karna hai," Mahinder tells Sameer.