CHAPTER 5
Everyone was crying and praying that Abhi just gain his conscious soon before 48 hours. And Jo was admitted in the next room as she fainted on hearing this news. Soon Tammana reached the hospital and was also shocked to hear the news. After some times Aparajeeta just asked
Aparajeeta: Who the hell was driving the car?????
Venu: ARJUN JHA
A single word enough to make Aparajeeta all numb….. When Tammana saw this she just came and supported her and said
Tammana: Car was registered in his name but we still don’t know full detail there was his fiancé and brother were too in the car.
Aparajeeta: Which brother??
Tammana: I think his name was Deepak Jha….
Aparajeeta: And now what’s the position of case.
Tammana: Arjun Jha has claimed that he was driving the car when accident happened.
Aparajeeta: So rest assured it was not him. It was either Deepak or Naira driving it as if it was him some other man would have been in jail instead of him, since it was some who he considered his own he is in jail to ensure their safety in any circumstance.
In Police Station….
The police station was really a small and dingy place with a typical government office look, with pealed wall paint, paan stains on the wall, an ever irritating fan, typical phenol smell and tic tic of an old typewriter and in the cell the person sitting was looking as out of place as a Swan among crows………. Arjun Jha in the cell of police station was looking like the photoshopped king among the beggars….. He was in his 3 piece Grey Prada Suit stitched to perfection, Patek Philippe watch, Berluti shoes and Cartier glasses…….
Just then he shouted to the constable
Arjun: Can’t this fan spin fast???(irritated)
Constable: Aiyyo Muruga…. This government fan….. no fast only slow…. I bring table fan….. Wait…..( said the tamil constable in his broken English)
Just then another constable came who knew English and Arjun started speaking to him…..
Arjun: It’s ok….. By the way what’s your name??
Constable: Name ma……. Mangalampalli Balamurali Govinda,
Arjun: Such a long name can I call you Govinda only…..
Constable: Here everyone calls me Gopi sir…. you can also call me that sir.
Arjun: Ok so tell me Gopi, the woman who came to ask about the case, was she the child’s mother. And tell me why inspector sir was so upset on seeing her….
Constable: Ho sir you don’t know whom your brother has hit with the car. You don’t know who his mothers are…..
Arjun: Mothers as in…… I always heard “you don’t know who his father is” this is new
Constable: Arrey sir in that boy’s case it’s different…. He has four powerful mothers, a goon for uncle and a crazy lady for his granny…..
Arjun: What??? Please tell me in detail. The mad women who came here for case was his mother….or rather one of them…
Constable: She is one of the four people who consider him as her son, but his real mother is the famous doctor, Dr. Meghna Narang more of a mental patient than a doctor I must say…..
Arjun: Then the Lady who came here……( he was really curious now)
Constable: Well Sir she is a famous lawyer Tammana Shah, who has never lost a case. She literally hangs a person; kill him many times in court before the judge tells his judgment. You have to hire best among the best lawyer to be saved as this time she would be fighting for her son and your chance of escape is slim………….
Arjun: And who are the other two………..
Constable: Well sir one is Josphine Mark who is the soul sister of the local goon Murli Anna. She is in some bank I think. And the last one is Aparajeeta Boose who works in some advertisement company of the crazy lady Mrs. Kashi Devi Iyyer his grandmother. Miss Boose is more of a detective and social worker than than some ad person..
Hearing the name Aparajeeta Boose, Arjun was really shocked all the other names just faded away from his mind. He felt like someone has poured acid on his already wounded heart. He needed answers to sooth it and this time he was going to get them, and he would do anything to reach the answers and this chapter of Miss Boose from his life. This time he was going to win no matter what the price is. But before that he needed few more details…. So he again asked….
Arjun: And what about his father??
Constable: Well all the ladies in his are single…… Who consider all the men as their enemy…..
Arjun: Sir Can I please use your phone to make few calls…
Constable: Sir it’s actually not allowed but since it’s a great man like you I am allowing it please don’t let me be in any problem
Arjun: Ho yes I will see to it
Arjun just took his phone and just made a quick call to Kolkata and asked his friend Purab to reach Chennai as soon as possible….. He was a man on mission now and was felling a new energy coursing through his veins………..
Meanwhile
In Hyderabad….
Ruderash Narang reached the Hyderabad Airport at 9 am and went to see his grandmother directly. His dadaiji Mrs. Surekha Surya Pratap Narang was a lady of iron will and stone line decisions. She was a force to be reckoned with. But today she was laying in the ICU with a oxygen mask and innumerable wires and tubes. The heart attack seems to have attacked her soul rather than her already weakened heart.
Mrs. Surekha Surya Pratap Narang
Even in the hospital bed and in the sterile atmosphere she was not quit but issuing orders to the duty nurse and doctors, they were really afraid to go to her. Ruderash who reached hospital by 10 am was really amused to see the scene in front of him. A scared doctor, an almost fainting nurse and his hysterical father, it was worth a million dollar.
But as soon as he reached Lajjo his dadiji’s friend cum servant just breathed a sigh of relief, she knew that now since Ruder Baba has come Suerkhaji will surely calm down. After her husband only her grandson had the power to calm down Mrs. Surekha Surya Pratap Narang otherwise she never cared for anybody……. Even her son was like a mouse in front of her……….
As soon Suerkhaji got the information of her grandson’s arrival she seemed to calm down and ordered the duty nurse to bring him in……
Suerkhaji: How are you? And when did you arrive?
Ruderash: What happened my Suki…… I just went for few days and what condition you have made of yourself…
Suerkhaji: What to do there was no one to take care of me….. my every dear ones left me….
Ruderash: Come on now Suki don’t be so dramatic it does not suit your image…..
Suerkhaji: Well who care for the image of this irritating old lady with her one leg already in grave…
Ruderash: Ho come on…. Just shut up now….. save your dramatics for Mr. Vijay Pratap Narang…… I know you will even out live me….
Suerkhaji: Yes that’s my heart’s desire but I think my desires seem to be a burden even to my heart so it just went on a strike.
Ruderash: Now you just stop it Suki……
Suerkhaji: What I am saying is right Ruder….. My old hands seem to lose the grip…… I don’t think I can hold on for long….
Ruderash: Now you are going too far…… You know you can’t leave me what will I do without you….
Suerkhaji: That’s why I ask you to marry soon so that when I go you may at least have a shoulder to cry on….
Ruderash: Not that topic again Suki…..
Suerkhaji: Ok…. Ok…… I will not speak about that but can’t you fulfill my last wish of seeing my family together for one last time before talking my last breath……. Is it too much to ask for.
Ruderash: Ok Suki if that’s what you want I will do it for only you…. But I can’t make any promises……
Suerkhaji: Ruderash…..
Ruderash: No Suki what you want now that I can’t do I really get scared when you call me that….
Suerkhaji: Its nothing like that….
Ruderash: Come on don’t beat around the bush just tell me….
Suerkhaji: I want to see my whole family that includes Maya too….
Ruderash stilled hearing her name after all this years. The pain which he tries to bury each day just resurfaced with a single name……. And along with it comes the pain which he tries to kill each day….
Suerkhaji: I know beta you are angry on her, even hate her to core for what she did……. But everything apart she is still my granddaughter and all alone…… Everyone needs a second chance dear…… I know it’s hard to forgive her but just find her for me to find out the reason why we need to hate her…… She too has gone through a lot just like you once, for no fault of her……
Ruderash: You still believe her to be innocent somewhere right…….
Suerkhaji: Don’t you too….. After all who knows the pain of being misunderstood more than you…..
Ruderash: But she just vanished we don’t know where she is……
Suerkhaji: If we search we can find even God…… this is just your sister…..
Ruderash: You really think I never tried to find her Suki…. She went with someone who was most precious to me….. And for that I will never forgive her…… she never even allowed me to talk to her once…. Even she was not ready to listen to me once……..
Suerkhaji: I know beta….. I want you to find her even if it’s just to clear the misunderstanding and then you can have peace of mind….. and start afresh… you both disservice at least this much…. When I see my grandchildren happy than I can die in peace and go back to my husband with a smile…..
Ruderash: Now you just stop this death chant Ok…… I will try and find her ok now just rest and don’t give the doctor here hard time……..
Suerkhaji: I did nothing to doctor he just shouts…..
Ruderash: well I saw what’s happening….. So just be a good girl and rest I will come in evening…. ok
Suerkhaji: Bye Rudy….. And try to get sleep in your bed…………
Ruderash: (rolling his eyes) Yes…… What else I do……
PRECAP: Who is MAYA…..