DESTINY (on hold)

1: Lies

The weather is cloudy, you can see lighting, few drops of water are falling from the sky, it is like a warning for all the umbrella less people on the road to find themselves a shelter or to run as fast as they can to reach home, it is almost 7 PM everyone who earns bread butter for their family is coming back, Sharma Bhawan was also one of the houses which waited for their money makers to come home and rest.
You could see a girl of maybe 19 - 20 prancing around the verandah of her house, it is 7:15, her father who is a sweet shop owner in the city always comes by seven and now that it is late her anxiety is rushing up, she is trying his number but that too is out of network coverage, "calm down Monya, it's just 15 minutes he will come maybe stuck in the traffic," said her mother and elder daughter in law of Sharma Bhawan, that did calm Monya down but she was still scared, also it was raining what if her father's scooter slipped, as soon as this thought came into her mind she wanted to slap herself.

"no nothing bad is gonna happen," she thought to herself.

Monya's this fear is because in the past, when she was a child her father got into an accident and that was the only time her father came home late.
She, at last, chooses to sit on the sofa and wait.

"Monya, come here beta (son or daughter) please fry the chips for me," her aunt called her it was tea time for everyone and tea and rain did go very well together,

"Don't worry beta (son or daughter) Bhaisab (elder brother here referred to husband's elder brother) will come."

"I know Chachi ( Aunty) I am just scared for nothing, but I can't help it" her aunt was about to say something but she heard a voice from the verandah "we are home" it was Monya's father's voice, she calmed down and started to fry chips, her aunty too smiled a bit because her husband Manyata's Uncle came with him.
This was Sharma Bhawan one of the calmest and happy houses of Banaras.
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Manyata was now back in her room; she was looking towards the tickets for Rajasthan and was calculating the money she would need, it has been her life long dream to visit Rajasthan, she even applied for Rajasthan Universities to study but her family have the opposite reaction on listening to Rajasthan, it's almost like they hate Rajasthan, but today Manyata or Monya was going to rebel and go to visit Rajasthan with her college friends everything is set, just a lie need to be told,
"You have been selected for MUN in Delhi and is going with your other college friends nothing more nothing less, and if aunty wants to talk to mom no tension she wills and also doesn't forget to make them sign the no-objection certificate because that's what will actually make them believe that this is true okay," Manyata remembered her best friend Kanika's plan for mission R as they all called it.
Manyata breathed in the air and gathered her courage not to forget her puppy dog eyes look and went in for the mission.
"Maa... Maa listen MAA"
"What"
"Mom I am selected for MUN and I need to go Delhi but Kritika, Kanika, Pragya, Prachi will be with me ... So mom can I go" "please?!"
"Yes"
"Maa please, I swear I will be safe and sound,"
"You can go."
"I swear I will be in the hotel and a group of five, please... Wait, what?! ..... I... I can go??"Manyata made a confusing face.
"Kanika's mother called me in the afternoon and told me everything," said Shushma Sharma Manyata's mother
"Yay, that means I can go... Yayyy"
"No this means you have my approval, now go ask your father because his decision is the last," said her mother
Manyata's shoulder slouched, her mom was easy to talk with, she always had difficulty talking with her father, she loved him, he loved her but still, there was a thread like a line in between their relationship and communication, she again breathed oxygen and gathered her courage and bolted towards her parent's room she looked at the double door and tried to knock but was at fail, she tried to recite all her lines that what will she say to her father.
"You can come in, Manyata" called her father, Viswanath Sharma never called her Monya like her mother, he prefers Manyata rather, "yes Papa" she entered the door to her parent's room " you want to ask something?"
"Yes, Papa I have.. have been selected for MUN in Delhi by my college, can I go?!"
She said all this in one breath; her father was silent, "beta but it's dangerous to go Delhi it's too far and certainly not the safest."
"Papa, kritika, Kanika, pragya, prachi are going with me, please let me go,"
"Kritika is going with you" Rajesh Sharma; Manyata's father voice went up, to which she nodded vigorously.

"but beta it is not safe, I don't know go ask your mother," said my father in an unsure voice one could see lines of frowning growing on his forehead,

"Please Dad I promise I will be good and will come back in one piece, and Kritika, Kanika, Pragya and Prachi will be with me Nah, " I said or kind of begged Manyata.

"I'll talk to Kritika's parents, first consult with them okay," said Rajesh Sharma, Manyata did a victory dance in her mind cause she is now going to Rajasthan, Uncle and aunty will convince her father anyhow.

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