Promise of luv

13

Smiling for the world,living despite grief,bouncing back every time life tries to pull one down- if only it were as easily done as said. The most painful is to see those who had never let anything pull them down before,no matter what they are faced with,give up.

Sometimes,to find sunlight,we need to go through the densest and darkest of forests. Sometimes,we seek sunshine not for ourselves,but only for the ones we love.

Running away from our responsibilities only makes it more difficult to handle when we eventually decide to come back.

Rajveer- mujhe kuch nhi sunna hai. Itni si baat tumhe samjh nhi àati hai kya??

Rajveer thundered over the phone. It was not the first time Huda had called him to talk about Naina. He regretted  his decision of letting him know where he was going and how to contact him.

His regret began from the very first call he received from Huda, telling hum there was something urgent he needed to know about Naina-- the woman he was trying so hard to forget.

Huda- par sir yeh important hai.. i assure you it is

Rajveer- ho sakta hai..par mujhe akela chod do. Kya itna bhi nhi kar sakte???

Huda- sure sir. But first u need to listen to---

Rajveer- I DO NOT WANT TO. I've told you this a zillion times,and i am not about to tell you again. You call me one more time for this,and you are fired.

Huda- then fire me sir. BUT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME. I cannot let this happen,when i can see it in front of my eyes- how unfair this is. Aapko lagta hoga aapke employees andhe h..but WE REALLY ARE NOT. Hum dekh sakte hai..sun bhi sakte hai...

Rajveer- kya kehna chahte ho tum???

Huda- i have heard from the older employees what happened between you and that girl- Nandini...and then I saw what happenrd between you and Naina..

Rajveer- isse tumhe kya??? Do u realise how close you are to getting fired??

Huda- i considered myself fired already. Khone k liye kuch nhi hai.. just listen- aapko yaad hoga woh cheque jo apne mujhe Naina ko dene k liye diye the?? Mainr usse woh de diya tha,but Naina ne woh paise kabhi liye hi nhi.. yahi baat nai kab se aapko kehna chahta tha

Rajveer- what bullshit! I have the documents with her signature on it,which says she received the cheque. I know she got it.

Huda- haan...usne cheque to liya tha aur invoice pe sign bhi kiya tha.. BUT SHE NEVER CASHED IT. mujhe last wk pata chala..jab company expenses check kar rha tha...

Rajveer was no longer listening to him. A thought took birth in his brain. Naina.

All this while,he had thought that she had accpeted his cheque,just as he had expected. But it turned out that she had  never taken his money. And she had never tried to contact him either. That meant she was not after his wealth, after all. He strangely elated  as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulder. He was seeing Naina in a new light. She was not the woman he had accused her of being. She was different. She had loved him truly with no pretence and definitelt not for money.

And then he was hit by the horrible things he had said to her before leaving her, ABANDONING her, with a child on the way....

It had been--- he mentally calculated---- over four months. Thirty weeks. That means seven and half months. The thought took him back to the time he had asked Naina who the father of her unborn child was.

He felt terrible. He had accused her of horrible things and had abandoned her at a time when she needed him the most. He cursed himself over and over again for being so blind........for not recognising love when it stared him in the face.. Maybe it was too late to go back....