A Single Breath – Part 21

I could not live there alone. So I also left that village and came to the city with Maan where my relatives lived. I tried hard to find you but failed. ” Savitri sat down tired. She became very sad remembering her past. She started saying again. “Then many years passed. Raised Maan with the jewels given by your mother. Because of her only he is at this place today. But I never forgot you from my heart.”

Geet was listening very carefully till now. It is not that she did not believe in this story, but still there was doubt in any corner of her heart. How would she believe? Even though that person was not his uncle, he raised her for 20 years. Never let her miss her parents.

Savitri read her face. “I know you still can’t believe it. Wait, I show you something. She came with an old picture.” Look it was clicked on your first birthday. Kalyani and Ranjeet were in the picture. Kalyani was holding little Geet. Jagan and Savitri were standing on the other side. Jagan was holding Maan. 

Geet had no doubt now. Seeing her mother and father, she started crying. Savitri also extended a box towards her.

“What is this?” Geet asked wiping her tears.

“Your assets. Your mother’s jewel. We mortgaged it. Was not sold”

“But how did you find all these things? How did you come to know about my kidnapping plan? ” 

“Perhaps fate wanted to unite us. We came to this city because of Maan’s job. One day Jgan might have seen me on the way. After finding the house, he came to meet me. I did not know at that time that Jagan had become Pratap. Maan was not at home at that time. Jagan asked nothing about his son. 

On that day too, he did not come to know about us, but had brought the proposal of marriage.

“Marriage?” Geet asked surprised.

Yes. Marriage between you and Maan. The dream that he could not fulfill years ago, he wanted to do now. So that Maan gets the right to your property. And the property of the house remains at his hands only. But I again refused. I had no refusal to marry, but denied his ulterior motives. “

Geet was listening to everything seriously, but she got a little clumsy after listening to marriage with Maan. Manan’s heart also started beating differently. But neither of them expressed.

“What happened then?” Geet asked to suppress her blush.

“When he was returning, Maan saw him sitting in the car? He asked me why Pratap Singh came here? I was a little surprised at first.” Pratap Singh? Who is that? “I asked.

Maan said that he is one of the richest people in the city. He previously lived in London. Now lives with his niece Geet. I was very surprised that Jagan has gone this far to cheat to everyone. My tension raised. 

Should I tell Maan about him?  He is a pride police officer and his father is such a big criminal. So I hide the truth. But, I forgot that Maan is a CID officer. He had already read my worried face. .

“Ma, you didn’t tell? Why did he come here?” He asked again. 

“Nothing son. They actually came to meet you. We are new in the city,so he has come to ask if we have any problems in this new place?”  I lied. But I was sure this lie was not acceptable by Maan. But I didn’t want to face him further, so left the talk in the midst.”

“But I knew something was there she was not telling me” Now Maan joins the conversation. “I understood there was something fishy. I had been told about Pratap Singh in the office, that he is the big name of the city. He also owns some illegal businesses. And that person I had seen in my home. It could not be avoided.