"My" Soul! "My" Love!

Chapter 15

Next day Evening

Door bell rings at Sharma Nivas

Veena opens the door,

"Anurag beta, aap! aayiye aayiye andar aayiye"

"Namaste Aunty, voh main bas yaha se jaayi raha tha toh socha uncle ko ek baar mil lu"

"Accha kiya beta, bachpan main toh tum har din yaha aate the, chalo aajao yeh hai unka room"

Rajesh saw Anurag, "Anurag beta, andar aao, kaise ho tum?"

"Namaste uncle, Vahi main aapse puchne aayatha, kaise ho aap?"

"Arrey beta mujhe dekho, all fit and fine, Par kya kare yeh log mujhe yaha se hilne bhi nahi de raha hai."

"Achaa ji, Anurag beta, hamari nazar hudthe hi  yeh kaam pe lag jaate hai, phir rest karne ka naam hi nahi leta"

"Yeh kya uncle?! aapko poori tarah rest karna chaahiye, doctor ne kaha tha na?"

"Agar kisiki baat yeh sunta hai toh voh Prerna hai"

"Arrey baap re voh na ek number ki Hitler hai!"

"Haa hu main Hitler, kyu baabaa?", Prerna's voice made three of them look at the door side. Prerna was standing there with both hands on her hips.

"Nahi Pari, esa maine nahi kaha, bas hum Hitler ki kahani bata rahe the, haina Anurag?"

"Yeah, ofcourse!!", Prerna noticed Anurag then only

"Haii Anurag, kab aaya?"

"Bas 5 minutes pehle", Then he turned to Rajesh, "Baaba ne aapka khaas dhyaan rakhne ke liye order diya hai."

"Kya? usko bata di mere baare main?"

"Voh doctor unko phone kiya tha. Then kal raat mera unse baat hua tha, unhe vaapas aane main ek hafta aur lagega"

"Sach kahu toh Hitler toh Moloy hai, aur yeh unki beti" Rajesh whispered to Anurag looking at Prerna.

"Baaba, aapne kya kaha?"

"Achaa main chai lekar aati hu, Priyu zara aana mere saath"

Prerna nodded and started walking with Veena

"Hmm Prerna, ek minute, Kuch discuss karni thi tumse"

Rajesh and Veena looked at them confusingly. Prerna noticed this, "Haa voh meri book oopar kamre main hai, main voh lekar aati hu" Anurag got confused now. Prerna turned to look at Rajesh and Veena, "Voh  accountancy main ek doubt thi toh, Anurag ki help chaahiye thi, College main time nahi mila na shayad isliye, haina Anurag?", Now Anurag got the situation, "Yeah, ss, agar mujhe pata hota tum ithni jaldi khar aa rahi toh, hum dono saath mein aate"

"Acchi baat hai, Anurag beta tum dono oopar jaao aur aaraam se padaayi karo. Main chai lekar aati hu" Veena went from there.

"Acha uncle, main..!" Rajesh smiled and then Anurag and Prerna went from there.

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Anurag and Prerna taking the stairs,

"Prerna, tumne jhoot kyu bola?"   Anurag asked in a low voice

"Aur kya kehti, yeh ki hum proof doond rahe ho!!"

"Haa, isme kya problem hai?"

"Anurag, mere khar me kisi ko nahi pata, mere aur Baaba ke alaawa, varna khamkha pareshaan ho jaayenge sab"

"Ohh, toh tum uncle se hum dono ke baare main bhi bataya?"

Prerna's eyes bulged out, "Humare baare main...!!!! kya?"

"Yahi ki main tumhari help kar raha hu", Prerna got embarrassed and looked away squeezing her eyes. She thought that in a wrong way

"Hmm nahi bataaya" Then she entered her room thinking,"Prerna kya soch rahi thi tu, paagal ladki"
Then she turned towards him, "Andar aao"
He entered while looking around her room.
"Hmm, so colorful"
"Haa, mere saath Shivi ki bhi room hai, beto"
Anurag sat on the bed, "Shivi... voh Shivani tumhari younger sister,uss din pandal main mulakat hua tha"
"Yaa, bachpan me uski bohut taang keechtha tha tum, voh bohut chotti thi na, cute, isliye tumhe voh bohut pyaari lagti thi, aur humesha uska naak pakadta tha, par voh chid jaati thi" Prerna let out a lite laugh remembering all this.
"Hmm, may be I was a little naughty kid. Khar pe bhi sab log bachpan ki kahaniya sunaata hai toh yahi lagta tha. Jab main ek saal hospital mein tha, tab baaba ne sab logon ke baare mein baat karte the, because of my memory loss. Unn sab main tumhari naam zaroor aate the"

Prerna smiled, "haa, bachpan main hum ek doosre se bina mile nahi rah paate the. Chagadthe hai, phir bhi saath main, ......!! I missed You" The last sentence came out from her mouth in a daze.
He felt really bad about himself, memory loss is such a big shit.
She realised that she said that aloud, so suddenly, she diverted the topic,
"Hmm kya discuss karne the?"
Anurag take out his phone and showed her some pics.

"Yeh dekho, yeh vo bank details hai, jisme se transanctions huye hai, and jaha tak meri research hai, mujhe esa lagta hai ki, yeh loss sirf iss baar nahi balki bohut baar hua hai"

"Bohut baar matlab?, previous year bhi?!"

"Haa, I mean less amount. So, I think jisne bhi yeh kar rahe hai, usko iss saal 50 lakhs ki zaroorat pad gaya hai. And voh yeh money ek saath nahi nikaala hai. So, kal main office jaa raha hu"

"Kon hoga?!.......ek minute, Baaba ne kaha tha ki yeh loss company ki private account se huye hai, so why not we go in that route?"

"Yeah, right. So main kal office jaake Nivi di ki under jo bhi employees hai, un sabse nazar rakhte hai."

"Bachooo, chai peelo", Veena came in between to give tea, "Anurag, Priyu kaisi hai, padaayi main?"

"Haa aunty, thodi weak hai, but its ok main hu na", Prerna's jaw dropped look made Anurag smirk.

"Achaa aunty mujhe ab jaana chahiye. Maa jaldi tension le leti hai"

"Haa beta, main bhi ek Maa hu na, aur Mohiniji ko maine dard se guzarte huye dekhi hai."

Prerna's phone rings at that time.

"Hello"

A sudden glow spread over her face ,

"Nanduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!" , 

 Anurag stopped on his track.

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