Taken For Granted

"Chapter 5"

          "Sid's side of the story"
When he was leaving for L.A his mood was completely off....he was pissed...pissed at the media for portraying him wrong just for their trp...extremely pissed and angry at all those bastards who were trying their best to destroy him...he knew each and every one of them...and could end their game in seconds if he wanted to but that was never his style.. he didn't think they were too imp to get the limelight cz of him...and he knew it was what they wanted from the start ...to start a controversy with the most popular celebrity and get some limelight...but one thing they didn't know was that sid was too clever for them...he always had a plan for every situation ...it was just that at this point he felt responsible for a lot of people and it was that burden of responsibility that made him a bit worried...but never at any point was he afraid...FEAR, one word that was not in Sidhart shukla's dictionary.

Before landing on the flight he had a meeting with his team in his office.

Manager:"Sid I don't want to give you any false hopes...this one seems bad...5 big names of the industry have tweeted against you in the past 12 hours...I think sab hi mauke ki talash mein the aor tum dono ne wo mauka unko de diya...
Abhi I think it will take a toll on your work...now the team has worked the whole night and we have two solutions ...you can tell us which one u think is appropriate...
1 : we have researched on all these celebrities aor unka sara kacha chatha humare pass ha we can give all of that on social media and show their real face to the world...
second opt is ke either you or sana should appear on media to clear the situation....or we can post an official statement on ur behalf." He informed him about the strategy they had made after working the whole night.

Sid:"Ager sari duniya mil ke sach ko jhoot bole gi Sach tab bhi Sach hi rahe ga" ...ye 5 log kiya ager sari industry bhi mere khilaf bole gi tab bhi the people who love me and like my work will support me...cz they know who I am...sari zindagi janta ke liye hi kaam kiya ha aor karta rahun ga...unke nazron mein jo izzat kami ha only that matters to me ...kisi ke talwe na aj tak chate hn na age kabhi chatun ga...inko jo krna ha jo bolna ha inko bolne do...and whatever stuff you have got against them delete all of it right now...I very well know what they want from me and am not gonna give them that...and one last thing SANA KA NAAM IS SAB MEIN NAHIN ANA CHAHYE AM I CLEAR!!! Wo khud se jo krna chahe thats her choice but this is my battle and I will fight it alone."

The whole team looked at eachother and then at sid ...they knew he would never drag Sana into it but what they didn't know was that he was not ready to accept either option.

Manager:"To phir plan kiya ha"

Sid:"Wohi jo her baar hota ha ...royally ignore these attention seekers and focus on our work...always remember if you are honest and respect your work then you get respect in return no matter whomsoever is against you... come on guys hurry up we have a plain to catch...he said with a vague smile..."everyone present in the room looked at him with pride and respect in their eyes they had never seen such a brave man in their lives.Who was not fazed by anything other than his loved ones.

While sitting on the plane he slightly pressed his head... he had not slept in the past 48 hours and he was having severe headache...he took out his phone and dialed a number.

Sid:"Hey priya how are you...maa kesi ha..are the doctors at newyork hospital taking care of her?"

The whole world called her pc except sid "pc ye bhi koi nickname ha kiya personal computer...its idiotic..he used to say.

Pc:"sid ..she took a pause..mom is no more..hum kal hi unki body ko leke India aye hn ...sorry I couldn't tell u before sare formalities aor rituals mein kisi chez ka hosh hi nahi raha".

Sid was silent for a minute:"tu kesi ha?"

all that time nobody had asked her this question but she knew how caring sid was...so she knew he would ask her that.
Pc:"jese kisi bache ko hona chahye when they lose a parent." She told him the truth with him the realtionship was of honesty and respect.

Sid:"Agr mein tujh se aek bht bara favour mangun to tu de gi?" He asked her after a brief pause....the plain was about to take off any moment now so had no option but to come directly to the point.

Pc:"sid...mom ko cancer tha and you made sure she goes abroad for her treatment...its becuase of you she died peacefully and painfree...tujhe pta ha marne se pehle bhi teri baat ker rahi thi..what you did for us agr uske badle tu jaan bhi mange ga to I won't refuse you."

Sid:"priya tu shehnaaz ke pass chali ja ...something bad happened and only you can sort things out...just be there and take care of her...as the coming days won't be easy for her ...all the media will attack her and I only trust you with her...tere ilawa mere ko kisi aor per bharosa nahi ha...tu sambhal le gi sab I know...tu jaye gi na?"

Pc was silent for a long time before she finally spoke:"I will take the next flight to Mumbai tu aram se ja L.A mein hn yahan."

Sid:"You know I love you right?"

PC:"I am sure you don't" and they both laughed out loud ...at such difficult time of their lives which showed their strength.

In the next days he completely focused on his work and nothing else and due to sana's interviews and the combined efforts of sidhearts sidnazians and Shehnazains things started to turn towards the better side.

He was in constant touch wd p.c to know how sana is doing cz deep down he always feared she would harm herself or do something stupid...it was his last night in L.A when he saw a nightmare where he opens the door of sana's room and sees her deadbody that sight made him wakeup from deep sleep his whole body was drenched in sweat his heart pounding fast and his eyes watery immediately he called p.c.

Sid:"sana kahan ha"

P.c :"Relax man what happened"

Sid:"bakwas chor aor jo pucha ha uska jawab de" his voice was becoming impatient with each passing second.He wanted to know if she was alright.

P.c:"wohi yaar madam subah se apne kamre mein bnd hn dopehr ho gai ha per nikli hi nahi." She ranted.

His heart dropped a beat...he wanted to speak but his voice choked..."tujhe bola tha uska dhiyan rakhne damit..."he scholded her.

P.c:"Dude she is fine just sleeping probably wait let me check she went to her room ..so rahi ha wo sid she whispered"

Sid:" just take the phone near her I want to hear her breathe" pta nahi kun per use dar lag raha tha ..he wanted to be one hundred percent sure before disconnecting the call.

Pc took the phone near her and sid heard her slow breaths and suddenly he could breathe again...

P.c:"khud hi bola tha u trust me aor ab kiya hua ...mere pe hi chila raha ha"she protected but the call was already disconnected.

Sid just sat there holding his head in both his hands what just happened...whatever that was the thought of her death was so frightening that he didn't even want to think about it again...the bravest Sidhart Shukla was "afraid" ...afraid to lose the people he loved...he couldn't sleep the whole night afraid to see the same dream again...
In the morning p.c recieved a message from sid.

I am coming back to mumbai meet me at 10 o clock I want to discuss a few things with you.