“I can’t cm on d window...I wl cm out in d balcony but my mom is still
out dere...plz wait 4 me...I’ll try 2 c u asap.”
Pia’s message read. She was in contact with Mannu since
morning, but the reason for her absence was still a mystery. But it was enough
for Mannu to read a message from her.
Again the devil within him over powered his conscious. Was coming out
such a big issue? Isn’t she lying again? But he kept patient and waited more
and more. Till now the look into the eyes of the shopkeepers had changed and
even a gang of boys had gathered around a cigarette shop which was steps away.
Anything could have happened anytime.
The watch showed 14:00hrs. No. Now it showed 14:30 hrs.
There was no response from Pia since an hour. Again Mannu’s mind started living
with the bad old feeling.
“Is there really a girl named Pia or someone has cheated
me?”
“I don’t think i’d b
able 2 cm darling..Mum n grand ma are at the gates of the balcony...u dnt w8
nw...u leave 4 home...I am such a bad girl...4give me plzzz. I could do nothing
4 our love but i still love you..Plzzz 4give me if your heart says...”
Pia’s message again
melted the thick wax of doubt from his head. How come things over the phone
seemed so real, so usual.
“Don’t say all dis.
jus cm once Pia...I can stay no longer than half an hour.Plz cm m w8in 4 u...i
won’t go if i don’t c u...”
Mannu replied, wondering that if she can love him so much
through the phone then why she doesn’t come in front of him. Sweat balls had
again taken a hybrid form. The time had won the race again and the watch showed
02:45pm.
“From the past three hours Pia couldn’t find a single second
to see me?”
Mannu didn’t want to do so, but he started hating Pia for
all this that happened today, again, as
he moved ahead to catch the auto.
“Yesterday the coach number changed randomly and today she
didn’t even have a single second to escape the eyes of her family members and
come to see me.”
Talking to himself he walked on the road to separation.
“I love you no more Pia...You have hurt me a lot today...”He
said aloud. Tears were rolling down his eyes. The boys in the lane felt a sigh
of relief as Mannu walked out.
A thali cost him
eighty rupees and trying to keep his mind empty and eyes dry Mannu took the
first meal of the day. He was back at the railway station to board the train to
Lucknow. The announcement said that it was fifteen minutes late. Pia still apologised in messages, but he
didn’t reply. For all the lies he had
said to his parents and the whole world around him, all he got was nothing.
Nitesh and Vivi’s messages also kept on popping. He didn’t reply to them
either. It seemed as if Mannu and Pia’s
selfless love for each other had turned to a one sided romance. Oh God! When
was all this going to end? The colourful festival of light seemed so black
without her. Every thought of celebration had gone miles away.
“Where are you Pia and why are you doing all this to me?”The
same thoughts kept on wandering as he gulped the tasteless food items. The
phone rang and to his surprise it was no one else, but Pia.
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