NOTE: every thing in Blue is present tense n every thing in Italics or Pink color is Flashback
60 Kms to Shimla,
A man in his thirties was
standing near a tree and was busy watching Sunset. He was trying to calm
himself n was trying to talk with the silence of nature. He was in deep
thoughts and thinking of how he will face the girl once again in life. The man
to himself, 'I m here In shimla, to meet
the girl who taught me smile, but today I m not able to make up my mind to meet
her'to fulfill her 1 wish. How will I face her again 'after what I did to her??
Its just because of me that she was living in guilt all so long, but I have to
go to her n free her with the guilt. Irrespective of what I feel, I need to
just be with her in her last moments. Uski itni si guzarish ko mujhe fulfill
karna hi hoga'.
Thinking so he left for her house
in his car. The driver was driving the car. He asked the driver to drive fast,
as he was suppose to reach Shimla ASAP. He was sitting n just wondering what
happened just a day ago.
1 day before,
Arjun rawte was sitting in his cabin, when his secretary informed him
that ACP sameer rathore wants to meet him urgently. Arjun wondered y he wants
to meet him. Arjun in his mind, "Sameer'.but y now..Wat is he doing here after
all that'kahin wo phir se wahi baat to karne nahi aaya."
Lost in his thoughts Arjun moved out of his cabin n went in the
conference room. Arjun,"Good morning ACP rathore..nice to meet u after a long
time.", saying so he forwarded his hands for a formal handshake, atleast Arjun
can shook hands after meeting his long lost friend.Sameer Rathore was not at
all astonished with the way arjun behaved. Infact he didn't even expected a
handshake from him. Sameer shook hands with him. Arjun,"So Mr Rathore'kuch
khaas kaam. "
Sameer,"hmmm kaam to bahut khaas hian Ar'.Rawte". He preferred calling
him Rawte over arjun, n this was not gone unnoticed by Arjun, but Arjun chose
to ignore.
Sameer,"Arjun wat I want to say is, mujhe kal hi Shimla se call aaya
tha, commissioner sir ka. She wants to meet u just .."
Before he could have finished his sentence, he noticed a frown on Arjun's
face. Arjun immediately spoke up,"Rathore.. I think u shud become a lawyer. Tum
phir usko defend karne aa gaye."
Sameer, "Arjun lemme finish atleast.."
Arjun,"Sameer, mujhe kuch nahi sunna '.i told u I don't want to see her
face ever in my life. Phir koi bahana banana aaye ho then just leave."
Sameer,"Arjun ..main koi bahana banane nahi aaya hun, '.She wants to
meet you once."
Arjun(literally shouted),"but why..to insult me..or to insult my dead
wife once again." Saying so he just went outside the cconference room.
Sameer saw him going out n spoke to himself,"Arjun, 1 baar meri baat to
sun lete.but today I cannot afford ur anger to ruin things for her damn it, for
every 1 of us. Today u have to listen to me 'tum chaho ya na chaho."
Suddenly the car came to a screeching
halt. The driver went outside to check what happened. Here the man was in his
car. The driver informed him after 5 minutes,"Arjun Sir aage landslide ho gaya
hain'.it will take time for roads to get cleared. Ab we have to wait here'because
dere is no other way." Arjun,"Kya 'yahan kisi local se poocho ki kya forest se
ya phir koi aur shortcut which we can take." The driver went to ask some chai
waalas. Arjun also went after him, "bhai sahib..Shimla jaane k liye koi aur
raasta mil sakta hian'.mujhe raat hone tak shimla pahunchna hian'"
Chai waala man,"dekho bhai sahib,
aap yeh jo peeche jungle se raasta hain 'aap isko le lo. Chal kar jane ka
raasta hian 10 min ka. Phir Jungle paar kar ke 'apko lift le lena shimla tak
ki. Aap raat tak pahunch jaoge."
Arjun did what he said, he went
to the car, n took his wallet, his service revolver n asked the driver to wait
till the Jam gets cleared. He asked him to directly reach 'Agantuk mansion'.
The driver nodded, but reference of the name of the mansion, brought fresh memories
of the young lady. He smiled thinking about her infectious smile n her way of
talking.
Arjun took the path which went
towards the woods. He was accompanied by some more passengers. Arjun again
started thinking about his conversation with sameer.
Arjun was in his cabin n speaking to a photo, "Roshni , dekha tumne..he
again came today to defend that girl. Wo samajhta kya hain apne aap ko. Wo
ladki jisko baat karne ki samajh nahi hian'jisney tumhari itni insult kari'.main
uske paas jayun..wo bhi usko milne."
Sameer entered his cabin. Arjun saw sameer and tried moving out of his
room. Sameer held his hand , said,"U r not going anywhere rawte'until I m done
with wat I have to say." Arjun,"u think I m gonna listen to u." Sameer,"U think
u have a choice'" Arjun,"wat the hell sam'.shayad tum bhool gaye ho 'den I would
like to tell ki roshni tumhari behen thi..jiski insult usne kari thi." He said, "Mujhe
aaj bhi sab yaad hian'but I think tumhara dimaag kharaab ho gaya hian'.Arjun
usne jo kuch bhi kiya ..anjaane mein kiya tha '.She didn't knew ki roshni was
no more..n she by mistakenly hurt u by doing all that. N as far as I remember
she had felt sorry for what she said, n she has been asking for forgiveness since
then. Aur jahan tak Roshni k bhai hone ki baat hian '.i also as a brother
cannot tolerate ny 1 speaking ill of my sister, but when I saw her genuinely
feeling sorry I forgave her instantly. N lemme tell u I m not going to take any
wrong words for her as I consider her as my sister." Sameer spoke up all in one
go. Arjun frustrated by sameer's talks said,
"okay she wants forgiveness'tell her dat I forgave her..but please I cannot
meet her" Saying this Arjun started moving out of his cabin, when he heard
something which shook him completely.
Sameer,"Arjun u wont meet her even if its her last wish...uski Aakhri guzarish ..." Arjun turned and asked, "what did u just
said" Sameer,"yes she s dying'.she is always lived with the guilt of hurting u.
She had this big burden that she hurted the person, who protected her so many
times. Ever since u left her, she always urged to meet u n ask forgiveness. N
now 6 months back, doctor recorded her with a heart problem. Her heart is not
functioning properly. She punished herself by not letting any1 of us know about
her problem. She didn't took proper medication. Last week, I found about her
health when she fainted. Luckily I was dere in shimla that tym, so I took care
of her. Doctors gave up. They have said that she hardly has 3-4 days left. "
Arjun was listening to all that sitting quietly. He asked,"but Sam 'y don't u people
go and consult doctors abroad. " Sameer,"Arjun uske dad is a MLA, tumko
seriously lagta hain ki unhone nahi kiya hoga. We have tried every thing. Arjun
dekh 'yesterday she called me n told about her last wish. Uski Guzarish hain ki
she want to meet u, the person she always loved'..Arjun itni si guzarish hain
uski..please fulfill dat"
Arjun snapped out of his
thoughts. The woods ended n he was trying to get a lift till shimla. Soon a
truck came n he asked for lift till shimla. Arjun sat in the truck, which was
filled with Local artists. The journey started n arjun was lost in his chain of
thoughts. He recalled the time when he came to shimla n how she n arjun took
lift in a truck. A smile came on his face recalling the past memories.
PS: i m ending it here..next part would be soon ...
honest reviews please
Edited by tani23 - 11 years ago
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