Ghum hai kisi ke pyaar mein… Nayi kahani naya safar (Part 10)

The moment Virat and Ashwini stepped out of the Goa airport ….Virat felt an unknown sense of calmness which he felt after a long time. They headed towards the hotel as they were really tired and wanted to catch up sleep. The next day both of them left for the headquarters which was a drive of 45 minutes from the hotel they stayed at. The headquarters was a beautiful one …..it had an open garden in front and from the terrace one could get a view of the sea as it was just a few minutes away . Ashwini and Virat loved the headquarters and they quickly started setting up the house. It was almost evening when Ashwini suggested that they go to the nearby market for grocery shopping as they needed groceries and decided they would have dinner outside. They quickly left for the supermarket close by and while purchasing the groceries Ashwini bumped into Barkha . Barkha was shocked looking at Ashwini and quickly composed herself and forced a smile as she never wanted to forgive her Sai’s culprits.  Ashwini too was surprised looking at Barkha and gave a genuine smile, she asked Barkha what was she doing in Goa….as she knew that Barkha was from Gadchiroli and had a house there. Barkha politely told that the house in Gadchiroli was her parents house and she had a house in Goa as it was her dream to live in Goa . She loved Goa. Also Ashwini was surprised that Barkha had worn modern clothes instead of traditional clothes.

Barkha took her leave quickly and left. She sighed a relief when she reached home.She quickly closed the door and called out for Usha and Sai. Hearing Barkha’s voice Usha came and asked her what was the matter to which Barkha asked about Sai’s wherabouts. Usha told that Sai had gone with her friends for dinner and later they would be heading to the beach to spend time together. Barkha then told Usha about how she bumped into Ashwini and was worried if Sai meets Virat…..She was worried about Sai as she didn’t know about  Sai’s reaction as it took her almost a month to come out of the trauma that she had divorced Virat. Usha worried and prayed to Bappa and told that he shouldn’t play cruel games with her daughter as she had suffered enough . Even Barkha joined Usha and prayed that now he should fill Sai’s life with happiness.  Sai and her group of friends which even had guys went to the rooftop restaurant which faced the seashore as it was their favourite place to spend time and enjoy hangouts. They ordered their favourites and were enjoying,….At the same restaurant, Virat and Ashwini too came but they didn’t want to eat at the rooftop so they were in the A/C hall where soft music played.

After Sai shifted to Goa she had changed her dressing sense .She no longer wore kurtis and Saree but used to wear modern dresses and had started dressing like a college going girl infact it was Barkha who had forced her to change her dressing sense and used to take her to the malls where she made sure Sai bought the latest and trendy dresses. Infact her best friends Swarna and Naina also taught her a lot about modern dressing sense. Sai and her friends quickly gobbled up the food that was served on their plates and quickly left the restaurant.while leaving,  Virat’s back was facing Sai but Ashwini saw her figure since they were a little away from the entrance……She felt she must be hallucinating as she used to miss Sai terribly. At the beach the young college friends enjoyed singing and enjoying their time.

Ashwini and Virat too then came to the beach were they were taking a stroll silently. Ashwini decided to break the ice and told Virat that she met Barkha but her behaviour was surprising…….She kinda ignored and went away hurriedly.  Virat then consoled her by telling that she may be over thinking as Barkha Tai may have some commitments too . Ashwini nodded. Meanwhile the group of friends decided to head back home as they had to attend hospital the next day…..They left only Sai stayed back as she wanted to enjoy the dancing waves .She sat on a bench and was completely absorbed in the beauty of nature and was busy listening to soft music playing in her headphones. A few minutes later Usha called up Sai to know about her whereabouts as she grew worried…..Sai told her that she would be coming home right away and left……Hearing a voice familiar Ashwini turned back to look at the shadow of the retreating figure she tried to follow but was not able to as Virat called put for her. Meanwhile Sai reached her cycle and started cycling back home. Ashwini’s mind constantly kept thinking of the voice she heard and knew that she had heard it somewhere but was not able to recollect whose voice it was. Virat noticed that Ashwini was lost somewhere…He asked her what happened why did she seem lost…..Ashwini told that she was lost in the beauty of the moonlight falling on the dancing waves and was just absorbed in it. Virat smiled and they headed back home

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