Chapter 22

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Randhir and Viraj looked at each other. Randhir offered Parth a glass of water. 'Tujhe pata hai, Parth. You will at least need 60k to 80k for the entire trip. Kahan se arrange karega? Kaise arrange karega?' Viraj explained him. 'I will arrange them.' Parth answered with confidence. While they were brainstorming, Parth's mother entered their room and asked 'Tum logo ko bhookh lagi hogi naa? Chalo, bahar aa jaao. Khana paros deti hu. Viraj, teri favorite lauki ka halwa banaya hai. Randhir, tere liye aloo paratha kiya hai aur mere laadle ke liye chicken biryani aur palak paneer. Chalo, tum sab!' 'Not at all fair maa. Bhai ki double favorite aur mere liye sirf ek favorite dish!' Randhir faked a frown over his face. 'Auntie, you are awesome! Mann toh karta hai aapka teesra beta ban jaau' Viraj complimented her efforts. 'Naa baba naa, yeh dono sambhale nahi jaate. Tumko kahan se sambhalungi?' Parth's mother pitched in light hearted conversation. Parth walked upto her and rested his chin on her shoulder 'Khabardar jo tum dono ne meri maa ko pareshan kiya toh! Bahut peetunga tum dono ko, bataa raha hu' She smiled and patted his left cheeks with care and love. All of them walked out of the room towards the dining table. Parth entered the kitchen to provide helping hand.

Parth's mother called his name, to which he replied 'Haan, maa. Bolo' 'Parth, tumhare papa chahte hai ki tum unki business sambhalo. Mujhe pata hai tujhse Pattaya jaane ka bahut mann hai. Aur tumhare papa bhi chahte hai tum jaao. Yeh baat unhone kal raat boli thi mujhe. Jis din tumhe Pattaya jaana hai naa vo same din tumhare papa ko bangalore jaana hai tumhare saath. Jo client hai bangalore me unki saari deaks tum dekho graduation ke baad, aisa tumhare papa chahte hai. Aage tumhari marzi!' Parth's mother explained him the real reason. 'Maa, karunga. Jo tum bologi voh sab karunga. Yeh meeting postpone karne bol do papa ko. Yeh Pattaya ka plan last 4 mahine se ban raha tha. Chaha kar bhi postpone nahi ho sakta.' Parth was interrupted by his father when he said 'Voh meeting bhi postpone nahi ho sakti hai. Tujhe Pattaya jaana hai naa, tu jaa. Nahi bheja toh zindagi bhar sunayega apne baap ko. Umar bhat khosega mujhe. Bataa kitne paise chahiye?' Randhir pitched in '85k' Trio along with Viraj looked at him, wondering 'How does he know about it?' Yes, Viraj and Parth acted innocent. 'Theek hai, kal tu bank jaake apne liye international debit card bana le. Paisa subah ko le lena.' Parth hugged him tight and said 'I promise to join your business after my graduation and turn it into one of top 10 national company.' His dad jerked him away a bit and said 'Bete jaise harkate kar. Kitchen me kya kar raha hai? Dining table pe baith. Teri maa serve karegi' Yes, Parth's problem solved finally!

The day arrived when duo - father and son has to leave for their respective trip. Little did they know, only one of them would return back to their family. A week later, that one person returned back to the family to hear the demise of other. He couldn't take the news so well and cursed himself a lot.

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