Chapter 15

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Next Morning

"AAAACHOOO!" Manik sneezed for the 10th time. His family members who were sitting at the table turned to stared.

"Manik....tujhe zukhaam kaise ho gaya?" Kavita asked her grandson. 

"Woh...main kal raat bheeg gaya." Manik said, not really lying but also not telling the complete truth. Everyone was surprised hearing that.

"Kya?" Cabir stood up and walked over staring at Manik like he grew an extra head. "Tu bheeg gaya? Like...paani mein?"

"Nahi...apple juice mein." Manik rolled his eyes. 

"Oye...attitude mat dikha.. Galat kaha keh raha hai Cabir? Tujhe toh barish mein bheegna acha hi nahi lagta. You always bring an umbrella aur tu kisiko bhej ke gadi darwaze tak laata hai...phir bheeg kaise gaya?" Raj asked.

"um....main der tak kaam kar raha tha toh sab chala gaya. isi liye mujhe khud jaana paara gadi tak....and I didnt know it was going to rain, toh umbrella gadi mein reh gaya." Manik lied.

"Der tak? Par tu toh aaj office se jaldi nikal gaya tha...tab tak toh barish shuru bhi nahi hua tha." Abhi commented while Manik mentally cursed him.

Everyone looked at him with a questioning look.

"AACHOO! ACHOO!" manik sneezed again.

"Tum log bhi na...yahan mere bache ki tabiyat kharab hai aur tum sab usse interogate kar rahe ho." Nyonika spoke up, scolding everyone. "Ab koi sawal nahi karega Manik se..."

"Love you Mom." Manik thought to himself as he sniffled.

"Amma..aap chukti ko kaara dijiye. Usse theek ho jayegi woh." Mukti was talking to Naina as she came down the stairs.

"Nandu ko kya hua?" Jhanvi asked.

"Zukaam. Paata nahi shayad kaal bheeg ke aayi hai yeh ladki aur bas...tabiyat kharab ho gayi." Mukti explained, hanging up the phone.

"Usse bhi?" Cabir asked, giving a suspiscious look to Manik.

"Usse bhi matlab? Aur kisse zukaam hai?" Mukti asked.

"ACHOO!" Manik sneezed, right on cue. 

"Him..." Abhi laughed. Mukti was surprised at the coincidence.

"Haye baghwan...kya kaare hum inn bachon ka." Nyonika sighed. 

"Kaara khilaye Badi mom aur kya?" Mukti chuckled. "Wahan Nandini ko bhi wahi khilaya jaa raha hai."

"Hmm...sahi bol rahi ho tum Mukti. Main abhi baana ke aati hoon." Nyonika said.

"No Mom! No Kaara!" Manik whined. Nyonika ignored him and went into the kitchen to make the kaara. Meanwhile, Cabir was very suspiscious so he decided to text Navya.

Text Msg

C: Hey baby..

N: Morning Cabir! Kaise ho?

C: Main toh thik hoon...I head Nandini is sick?

N: Haan she got wet last night aur zukaam ho gaya.

C: Acha yeh batao...Nandini kal raat ghar kab aayi?

N: Yehi kuch 1-1:30 am...kyun?

C: Manik bhi...and you know what? Manik ko bhi zukaam ho gaya.

N: Usme kya hai? Woh bheeg gaya hoga jaise Nandini bheeg gayi. Kal baarish ho raha tha na.

C: Tum samajh nahi rahi ho Navya...Manik ko bheegna pasand nahi hai. In fact he hates it, he takes every possible precaution ta ki woh NA bheege. 

N: Tum kehna kya chahte ho?

C: Kuch toh gadbad hai inn dono ke beech mein. They havent been argueing like they usually do.

N: Thats a good thing na?

C: No...upar se Manik hates holi par aaj uske chehre pe colour laga tha. Then I saw him come out of the GIRLS washroom, office mein. PHIR Nandini ko usne jaldi jaane diya aur khud bhi jaldi nikal gaya and THEN dono bheeg gaye aur zukaam ho gaya.

N: Actually....kal Nandini bina kisiko rang lagaye office ke liye nikal gayi. She doenst do that...she loves holi aur humesha sabke saath holi khelne ke baad hi nikalti hai ghar se. Also...woh kab nikli kisi ne dekha hi nahi. Its like she was hiding from us.

C: SEE! Main bata raha hoon kuch toh bada wala jhol hai.

N: Hmm....maybe you're right. Par kya?

C: Paata nahi...we should keep an eye on Nandini & Manik...tabhi paata chalega.

N: Ok deal.

*Txt Ends*

Meanwhile, in an abandoned building....

A person entered and met with an elderly lady. This person was the same person who had attacked Nandini.

"Im sorry Amms...uss Nandini ko maarne mein, main kamyiab nahi tha. Lekin next time, I WILL kill her." The person said.

"You better....2 saal pehle usne bhaag ke meri izzat ki dhajiya uda diya."  The woman, Shailaja Murthy sneered. "Uski vajah se main tumhare baap se kiya hua vaada puri nahi kar paayi....aur ab woh vapas aa ke wahi galati kar rahi hai jo Mukti ne ki thi! Main woh hone nahi de sakti...agar woh meri marzi se shaadi nahi kar sakti toh usse marna hoga!"

"Dont worry Amms....woh sirf aapki nahi. Meri bhi gunnegar hai. She ran a way the day before our wedding....Mom dad had to leave the country because of all the rumors going around." The guys said. "TK doesnt leave the people who betray him...kabhi nahi."

Yes, the person was none other than Pandit Trilok Chaurasia....the groom that Shailaja had fixed for Nandini. Pandit was a good 10-13 years older than Nandini but he was Shailaja's student and she favoured him alot. 2 years ago, Amms promised his parents Nandini would marry him and becasause Nandini was beautiful and youne, Pandit couldnt wait. He had lusted over Nandini for years and finally his dream would come true....except that Nandini ran away a day before their wedding and Pandit was furious. Along with his parents and Amms...he had also left the country but came back when he found out Nandini returned.

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Pandit Trilok Chaurasia (36 yrs): A business man, once Shailaja Murthy's student and trained in classical singing under her

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Pandit Trilok Chaurasia (36 yrs): A business man, once Shailaja Murthy's student and trained in classical singing under her. Lusts after younger women and doesnt like being betrayed or insulted. Will do anything for Shailaja and to satisfy his ego. Just an evil, bad person.

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Note: Thoughts on this chapter?

Dont worry guys this Pandit track will end very quickly (probably in the next chapter or so) Amms will stay a bit longer but mostly this story will be funny.

Do you think Cabir & Navya will find out what MaNan is hiding?


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