A Single Breath – Part 25

Geet went to her room and started reading the letter. It was written in the letter that first of all, she will have to leave her job. Geet thought for a while. She got an idea. She went to the guard and explained the whole plan to him. He became more than happy to help Geet. Now both started waiting for Jagan to come back.

At the same time at Maan’s house,

The phone call that Jagan had received was made by Savitri. “Why have I been called here?” Jagan said. “Do you know how important work I was doing?”

Savitri smiled in her mind, “I know very well. You have run away fearing your son.  “If I won’t remember my husband in trouble, Then whom will I do?”, Savitri said miserably. 

“Trouble? What trouble has come to you, for which you remembered me?”

  “Now, if this is not a problem, what else is this? The whole business of your dear son is ruined. You don’t even know what your son do?. That day when you came home, just went on talking about marriage. Did not even ask about your son.”

“What does our Manu (Jagan used to call him Manu) do?”

  “He had worked hard to open a liquor factory. His factory used to run a lot. But the government banned the liquor. He had taken so much debt. The whole business was drowned. He even sold this house but still could not repay the loan. Now every day all the creditors dance on his head for money. EVen for 4 days, your son has run away from fear of them.

“Huh! The millionaire son runs a liquor factory. He did not get any other work to do?“ Jagan said hatefully. 

“You left me alone in the village. In some way, by doing the work as a maid to other’s houses, I got Manu educated till tenth. And also,he is exactly like you. Who would give him a good job?”

“So what should I do, why am I called here? Tell me quickly.” Jagan said in the midst. 

 “You are his father. You have so much money. Pay off my son’s debt”.

  “Pay off his debt?” Jagan laughed. “That too of the runaway son? I had asked you about marriage that day. If he had married, then you would all be playing in lakhs. .But now, I have no money for you”.

Don’t liet. I know very well that you have earned money by cheating. If you do not help my son, then I will go and tell the police everything.” Savitri threatened .  

“I am not afraid of the police. And don’t call me here ever”. Saying this, Jagan left from there in anger.

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Jagan came back to his house. It was evening. He was sitting in his room doing some work only when the sound of shouting came from outside. The guard was shouting loudly. Jagan came out after hearing the noise.

“What’s going on here”, he asked furiously.

 “Sir see this”, the guard was pulling Geeta forcefully and bringing her to Jagan. “Sir, see what I have got with her. She was trying to run away with this bag”. Guard showed him. Jagan saw that the bag was full of money and the jewellery

“Sir, when you were away, this girl stole and was running away. I caught her by chance”

“But you said this is your sister.”

  “But she is not my own sister sir. And how would I know is that she came to the city to thieve”

  “No sir forgive me. Now I will never do this”, Geeta said crying.

  Jagan went towards the phone saying she should be given to the police

  “No sir forgive me don’t hand me over to the police,” Geeta said, joining her hands.

“Sir, why do you fall for this mess? I take it myself to the police”, the guard said

 “No sir no sir forgive me sir, forgive me, please do not give me to the police, sir forgive me. I will never make such a mistake now sir.”

 “Okay, I will not call the police. Go from here” Jagan himself wanted to be away from police. So he said and got busy with his work again.

 Both the guard and Geet come out. “Thank you Bhiya, you have helped me a lot”. She expressed her gratitude

 “Don’t say thank you madam” Guard was more than happy to help her. 

 Geet smiled. From now on, she had to wait for the next episode.