Rikara- Ishq, Junoon, Deewanagi

Part 34

The next day Om came to check on Shilpa's health.

O: Namaste Aunty, ab kaisi hain aap?

S: Main theek hoon. Tum batao sab kaise hain ghar pe.

O: Sab theek hain, lekin aap ko apna khayal rakhna chahiye na.

S: Kaam bhi to karne hote hain na.

O pointing at Gauri: To isse kaha kariye na, yeh kiss liye hai. Ke yeh mehraniyon ki tarah bas baithi rehti ho aur saara kaam aap ko karna padta hai.

Gauri's mouth turned into an O and she moved towards her mother with an angry face.

G: Aap ka kehne ka kya matlab hai, hum apne kaam Maa se ke karwate hain.

O: Haan, mujhse bhi poora din apne hisse ke kaam karwaye to patha nahi Aunty ke saath kya karti hogi.

G: Acha to nahi karne the na, apne aap ke se saath zabardasti ki thi kya? Mana kar dete.

O dramatically: kaise karta, ab majboori hai karna to padega. Warna phir tumhe kaise jheloonga.

G: Maa sun rahi ho? Hum...humain inn se baat hi nahi karni.

She gets up to leave, but Om holds her wrist to stop her. She smiles looking in front but then makes an angry face and looks at Om.

O: Tumhe jhelne ke bahane bhi main hi dhoonta hoon, kyun ke tumse baat kiye baghair mera din hi poora nahi hota.

Gauri smiles and looks at him lovingly who is already lost in her eyes. They have an eye lock, unaware of the fact that Shilpa is witnessing it all with a light smile.

S: Ahmm ahmmm.

Hearing her, they come out of their world and looks down embarrassed. Om release her hand and she sits beside Shilpa.

S: Lagta hai tum dono ka jhagda khatam ho gaya hai.

O: Jhagda? Konsa jhagda? (To Gauri) Hamara koi jhagda hua tha kya?

G: Nahi to, aap ko kisne kaha Maa.

S slightly hitting her arm: Nautanki, sab janti hoon main. Tumhare bina kahe tumhare dil ki baat jaan leti hoon... Kal tumhara latka hua chehra sab bata raha tha.

Om smiles looking at them.

G: Maa woh bas kuch ghalatfehmi ho gayi thi, lekin ab sab theek hai.

S: Acha kiya jo sab suljha liya... Tum dono hamesha meri yeh baat yaad rakhna, ghalatfehmiya jintni bhi hon unhein apne rishte mein nahi aane dena aur jald suljha lena, kyun ke jitna wakt loge utni ulajhti jayengi aur rishton ko barbaad kar dengi.

Rikara look at each other and then towards Shilpa.

G: Arre Maa tu kyun senti ho rahi hai. Hum wada karte hain hum apne aur Omkaraji ke darmayan koi ghalatfehmi nahi aane denge aur agar aa bhi gayi to hum soyenge nahi jab tak woh khatam na kar lein.

O: Bilkul, aur main bhi wada karta hoon ke Gauri jitna bhi mujhse larde jitna bhi tang kare main kabhi usse jhagde ko nahi bhadne doonga aur isse choronga nahi jab tak solve na kar len.

G: Aap phir se shuru ho gaye. Maa, hum nahi pehle yeh shuru karte hain jhagda.

O: Jee nahi, hamesha tum hi karti ho shuruaat.

G: Aap...

S: Arre bas tum dono phir na shuru ho jana.

Just then realization hit Gauri.

G excitedly: Maa, matlab tu ne Omkaraji ko maaf kar diya?

S: Nahi bilkul nahi, yeh sab to main bas aise hi keh rahi thi. Aur tu.. tu ne isse agla task nahi dena kya.