30 Decision Maker?
Part 30 Decision Maker?
The next morning
Khushi came out of her room and got ready for the office. She saw breakfast ready on the table. Without giving heed to it, she walked towards the exit.
"Khushi, have breakfast. I prepared your favorite breakfast," Garima said.
Khushi didn't reply and continued walking. Garima stopped her by clutching her hand.
"Khushi, I didn't expect this issue would go to this extent. I thought about only your betterment"
Khushi removed her hand, looking at her plainly. She went out, leaving Garima with disappointment.
RM
Arnav came to the dining. The kids were already there.
"Good morning, guys" Arnav smiled.
"Good morning, Dad" They responded with dullness.
"Dad, how is Khushi, Didi? Is she all right?" Shali asked.
Arnav nodded yes.
"Will you bring her here tomorrow?" Shamli asked.
"tomorrow? Why?"
"Tomorrow is Saturday. The day after tomorrow is Sunday, holiday. It will be super fun to be with her"
"She is getting only one free day. She would have many work to be done on that day. How could she come here?"
Their faces hung.
"We will go to Amusement Park on Sunday. Ok?" he tried to make them brisk.
Before they asked him to take Khushi with them, Arnav looked at Dadi and said,
"Ask Laxmi Didi to get ready, Dadi"
Dadi looked at the children whose face lost their charms. They stood up finishing the breakfast.
"Bye, Dad" They walked out.
Arnav was looking at them all the way. He gulped down hard. He didn't know how to make them understand. He saw Dadi looking at him.
"Did Khushi go to Ashram last evening?" She asked.
Arnav knew Nani would have called Dadi.
"There was a problem in her house"
"Then, why did you interfere in it?"
"Her mother thought she was in RM. then what would I do?"
"Why did her mother think so?"
Arnav was stuck.
"Does she know Khushi loves you?"
He nodded yes.
"But how? Did Khushi tell her?"
Arnav nodded yes.
"If she had that guts, then why did she go to the Ashram?"
Arnav was stuck again. Yes, why did Khushi go to the Ashram? Didn't she face Garima in the office gutful? Than what made her take such a decision?
"Did they fight?"
"Her mother came to AR to fight with me"
"Is it?"
"Mmm... Khushi cut her hand off and made her mother leave the office"
"Did she cut her hand?"
"She is crazy..." Arnav rubbed his forehead.
Dadi smiled.
"What so funny, Dadi?"
"You realized only half of the truth"
"What truth?"
"That, she is crazy..."
"Means?"
"The full truth is, she is crazy about YOU" She smiled.
Arnav was silent.
"So, you also love her..."
Arnav looked at her rigidly. He knew Nani would have passed their conversation details to Dadi. Before Dadi said anything more,
"She would like to leave Delhi..." Arnav said.
Dadi was shocked.
"It's because of you?"
"Maybe..."
Cutting him,
"Must be..." Dadi said.
"I can do nothing, Dadi"
"Don't do anything..." She spat fire on him through her eyes.
Arnav stood up, leaving the breakfast unfinished. He didn't know what to do. He was not ready to think of marriage. At the same time, he didn't know why he felt a tug in his heart when he thought about sending Khushi off of Delhi. He never was confused like this. He always made decisions just like that but now he was struggling to decide what to do.
AR
Arnav stopped the car in the parking lot and walked to the office. He got into the lift where there were already a few members. He saw Khushi rushing in. The lift door was supposed to be closed. He pressed the button and the door again opened. Khushi got in smiling at him.
"Good morning, sir"
"Good morning"
She stood facing her back to him. Arnav closed his eyes feeling the mild lavender smell of her. He opened his eyes jerking when the door opened. He stood straight gulping down. When they reached their floor, Khushi walked not waiting for Arnav who followed her. Khushi walked, crossing the receptionist, throwing a smile who stood up and wished Arnav good morning.
Khushi headed to her cabin. Arnav came to his cabin and called Khushi. She went to his cabin as she knew he would inquire about the last night's happenstance.
As she expected,
"Is everything all right, Khushi?"
"Yes, sir... everything is all right"
"Is your mother upset with you?"
"She was... is... and will be..."
"She will understand"
"Hopefully"
"When will we have to send Mehra's file?"
"I will send it today, sir. Before that, I will send it to you for the final check, sir"
"Mmm... What Aman is doing?"
"He is handling Gulkarni's deal"
"Did he start?"
"Just yesterday"
"Mmm... by the way, why did you go to the Ashram all of a sudden? Were you scared to face your mother after what happened in the office?"
Khushi nodded yes.
"I was scared to face her not what happened in the office. I was scared about her plan to make me say yes"
"Plan? What plan?"
"She was planning to do emotional blackmail. She scripted a drama in which she was ready to commit suicide"
"Whaaaat?"
"Yes... Naveen was the director of the drama"
"How do you know about it?"
"My friend found it out and told me"
"Did she hear it?"
"Mmm... she heard and alerted me. that's why I didn't want to go home. I'm sorry for choosing the Ashram. I had no place to go. That's why I went there"
"That's ok... But, when you know it was a drama, you could have handled them, instead of going to the Ashram"
"I could have... What's next? They will plan for another drama. I'm really tired. I just thought to put a full stop to their nonsense. That's why I decided to handle them in another way but I didn't expect they would trouble you"
"That's not a big deal. It's good they troubled me. that's why this issue came to an end"
"How do you say it came to an end?"
Arnav frowned.
"Do you think they will nag you again?"
"Not exactly... at the same time, I can't be confident"
"They will not dare after the assistant commissioner's interference," Arnav said confidently.
"Mmm, did you check if there is any vacancy?" She asked.
Arnav got stuck for a second and nodded yes.
"I did... as of now, there is no vacancy in any of our branches" he lied. He didn't even inquire about it.
"What about our Foreign branches, sir?" Khushi asked.
Arnav looked at her stunningly.
"Foreign branch?" he frowned.
She nodded yes.
"Are you crazy?"
Khushi didn't reply because she didn't know in which sense he asked that.
"Do you know how hard it will be to fix yourself in a foreign country? From the food to climate, everything will be different. The temperature will be minus degrees...! it's not as easy as you think" he said in a bit high tone.
"That's ok, sir" She didn't back off.
Arnav tightened his jaws.
"Please, do check, sir"
"No... wait for the vacancy in other branches of our company," he said strictly.
She said nothing and left the place, leaving frustrated Arnav. He had no clue why he became restless. He ran his fingers in his hair.
Aman saw Khushi heading to her cabin. He rushed to her.
"Khushi, how are you? is there any problem at your home?"
"No, sir... no problem"
"Then why are you looking dull?"
"I asked for transfer..."
"Transfer? But why Khushi?" Aman was shocked.
"I would like to be away from my mother, sir," She said looking somewhere.
"What ASR said?"
"He said there is no vacancy in any of our branches"
Aman frowned.
"I'm even ready to go to a foreign country but sir said it will be hard for me"
"Did he say?"
Khushi nodded yes.
"He is right, Khushi. It's very hard to settle down in a foreign country"
She nodded and left. Aman headed to Arnav's cabin. Arnav looked at him.
"Why did you lie to Khushi?" Aman came to the point of not beating around the bush.
"When did I lie?"
"Didn't you tell her that there is no vacancy in our branches?"
"Look, she is distraught. No decision will be good if it is made under pressure"
"From when did you start making decisions about Khushi's life? Who are you to decide what's good for her, ASR? Are you a decision-maker?"
"Aman, she has no one to stand for her..."
"You should do that only if she is fine with that. She wants to go away from her mother. Why are you troubling her?"
"She will be all right in some days"
"What if the condition worsens? Will you take her responsibility?"
"If she doesn't feel better, then I will send her on transfer... ok?"
Aman glared at him.
"Why are you glaring at me?"
"Neither you won't accept her nor will you let her go... right?"
"I did that for her betterment"
Aman chuckled sarcastically.
"Betterment? She will be better if she is away from you. That's what she is trying to do"
"She wants to go from her mother"
"It's not true... She stayed with her mother when she tortured her like hell. Now, after we solved the problem with the help of the AC, why does she want to go? It's because she understood that she could not forget you being with you. That's why she is running from you"
Arnav gulped down. Didn't he know that?
"You are wrong, ASR" Aman walked out.
Arnav closed his face with his palms. He was angry with no one but with himself. Why could not he let her go? Khushi, Aman, kids, Dadi, Nani, no one was happy...! Of course, he was also not happy...! Because of him...! He knew that.
To be continued...
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