Silent Love Part : 13
The clouds were getting more heavy up in the sky and covered the brightness of the sun. Dev and Gopal, stood silent watching Nani’s helper locking the main door.
Radhika still stood closer to Maheswari and her one arm was circling Radhika giving her comfort.
“check again”
The helper try to push on the door one more time, and then just nodded his head saying it is locked.
“um” saying Ammaji walked out, and the helper ran passing her, and then a car stopped in front of the gate. Nani looked at Maheswari’s face, and realizing the meaning, Maheswari moved her shoulder.
Radhika stood with her dried eyes on front of her.
Maheswari cupped Radhika's face in hers and just looked into those, and she struggled to get a comforting word out. But her heart broken as she saw a small chirpy smile on Radhika’s lips corner as if telling her that she has only this left in her for now.
Suddenly Maheswari wrapped her arms around Radhika and took her in her embrace : oh beta, I wish I could just stop you from leaving like this.
Dev controlled his emotions very hard inside, the helpless mind stood there trying to believe whatever happening in front of him is true.
The tears just fallen like a big trail from Radhika’s eyes, but no sound came out from her throat.
Nani went and sat inside the car and she gave a stern look at Gopal Das.
Gopal coming near Maheswari , touched her shoulder : Mahi, they are waiting
Maheswari loosened her arms, and then moved slightly back, and then held Radhika’s hands in hers: anytime if you need help, just remember that we are here ok, call us, ok. And ha, when your college reopens, maybe we can come to pick you up, ok. Ha, you can stay with us, ok. Um, don’t worry , we all are there with you, ok.
Radhika just kept on nodding her head in agreement with every word of Maheswari.
Gopal again touched on maheswari’s shoulder
Radhika looked at Gopal, and he gave her also a warm hug, comforting her: I know that you still did not open my gift, that’s ok, you are just like my Pari, so when you feel alone think that I am here too , ok.
She didn’t say anything, just nodded her head to his words too.
She walked towards the gate, looked at Dev’s face once. Unable to meet her eyes, he moved his gaze away
As if reading his mind, she walked out.
Maheswari and Gopal just followed, and Gopal held the door open for her. She slowly moved in. Suddenly Dev came back to reality , he felt the hard surface that he is holding in his arm, he is still holding the photo frame. HE walked near to the car door which was already closed by Gopal.
Getting near, Dev extended his hand in with the frame , Radhika looked at him
“this is yours”
As her hand grabbed it, he wrapped his hand around them, and looked into her eyes he said: take care, ok.
she just nodded her head, he saw the tear drops filling up again in her eyes but she tried to give that small smile.
Maheswari turned as she heard the closing sound of the gate. The helper of nani , was locking the gate too. She looked at Gopal and Gopal looked back at her helplessly.
Dev was still looking into her eyes, holding her hand with the photo frame.
“did you check the lock, did it locked well?’
Nani’s sound shaken Dev, and he found Radhika sliding the frame out from his hand, ….. unwillingly he let her go.
“um, let’ start’
Sound of nani, warn the driver to change the gear. Dev stood near, and the driver moved the car slowly into the road, and soon it made its forward move slowly trying to get ont he track. Radhika looked into the side view mirror, and she found his face clearly looking at their car. She didn’t move her eyes, holding the frame so close, she kept her eyes on his reflection, and as his image was getting smaller and about to disappeare she jerked her head and put her head out to look back to see them. Maheswari was standing holding onto Gopal, and Dev still in same position, not moving an inch from there, trying to grab her presence as much as he can. His legs moved once seeing her looking back, and he stretch his arm out to stop her , but then the next turn made her image to disappear from his eyes, that he stood still with that arm extended out.
“let’s go in”
Maheswari looked at Gopal's voice
“um” he showed her the way to their house. And maheswari moved slowly holding onto him.
As he turned to walk , Gopal: Dev
‘um, dad, I am coming too”
Dev still staring at the front road, pulled his hand back. He slowly turned and looked at the empty house, he went near and stood holding onto the locked gate. He looked at the pots of roses which were moved on to one side in a very disorganized way, he saw the red scooter which is parked on the very corner, all of a sudden nothing is looking well, all misplaced here and there.
He entered thru their house gate, and walked over the drive way, and as he neared the front porch, he took long stroke towards the brick fence and with one high jump he got in his neighbor’s house. He went near the scooter and moved that to the porch. He looked at the rear view mirror , it was all dusty, he cleaned them to see good reflection of his face. He tried to smile looking at them.
He looked at the corner and looked at those roses. With a deep sigh, he picked one by one and tried to arrange it the way he used to see them. He looked up and yes it is still cloudy just like his mind, the heaviness inside was getting harder in him that he wished it to shed harder on him.
“Dev, phone”
The voice of Gopal brought him back to the reality. Looking at everything in place, he tried to smile with a tear drop peek in his eyes. He jumped back into their fance and went in.
Maheswari was resting in her room, and Gopal handed the phone in his hand “ Babuji’
Dev took the phone in his hand and looked at his dad’s face
He was able to force the voice out “hello”
“what Dev, you are very bad ok, what all you said before leaving and now, after reaching there you changed your color, right? So did you tell her, what did she say?’
The tear just filled again and started sheding down, dev tried to wipe it once with his free hand and rested it back on his flank, he tried hard to bring the voice out, but he couldn’t..
“Dev, what happened, did you tell her?’
“muhum” he was able to make that sound with wiping his tears silently
“why? What happened? You said you are going to tell her yesterday itself, and then?’
“no, I couldn’t” he struggled hard to give some response, again wiping his tears
“Oh, is that because of that incident, actually after you left, Gopal called and he said the incident that happened there, and Pari was telling about them too, what to do beta, it is fate, God has His plans, we can only follow it, so is everything went well?’
“ha”
“she is mahswari’s friend, right? Pari told us, so Maheswari maybe worried , right?, be near her ok, I will ask Dadi to call her too, ok”
“um”
“Dev, now don’t waste time ok, things will happen around, but you should move on, ok, you maybe feeling bad too, right? Then think of that girl dear, how she might be feeling? What’s her name, Pari was telling me yesterday, ha Radhika, tell her, she should not go weaker with this incident, she has to walk a long path, it is easy to give up, but to gain something one should work hard, she should build that trust and hope in her, in order to overcome all these incidents… will you tell that to her?’
“um”
“and ha, now don’t make your mind heavy, go unburden it quick, and bring your love, so that , I can also see my choti bahu’s smile”
“um”
“what is this um, um, say something Dev, will you bring her?’
“um, pops”
“promise”
“I promise’
“that’s my potha., ok then, are you coming this weekend?’
“no, I can't ", but then it was getting too heavy for him to hold it, he said " ‘pops, I will call you later , ok”
“ok beta, take care”
“um” and Dev hang up. He placed the receiver on the rack and went to his room. He went near the window, the clouds started melting slowly, and as he was looking at those drops, his eyes caught the waving colors on their terrace
Suddenly he heard the voice of Padma “Radhika, it all will get wet, see it might be dry now, fast go get it”
He jerked and looked at those leading stairs, it was empty, there is no one, but the cloths are going to get wet. He looked up, it was all dark, he came out from his room quick, Gopal was busy in his office and Maheswari still in her bed.
He walked out and took that high jump, and then climbed those stairs quick.
It was the red saree of Padma which she wore for the college day function, and near to it was Radhika’s matching dress. He grabbed both in his hand, and then scanned around to find them, playing in those rain drops as it started wetting his forehead.
But then again PAdma’s voice pierced his inner mind : quick Radhika, or you will get wet too.
Hearing it, he ran fast, he stood in the porch thinking what to do with this dress now, but then, holding it tight in his arms, he jumped back into his house, and went in quick and disappeared in his room. He put the latch on, and threw those cloths onto his chair, but the red top got stuck on to his button, and cling to him. He rememberd her in that dress, sitting behind the car, they were exchanging those glances and she felt embarrassed seeing him catching her gaze, and she suddenly turned her gaze to the side.... he kneeled down, and bending his head in his knees, he streched in strongly and the 'Auuugh ' sound echoed within that four walls, and outside the heavy pour of the rain, drumming sound of the drops try to echo his agony... and tried to clear the sky, but it went on for hours, and he ly on that floor getting very weak......
The clouds were getting more heavy up in the sky and covered the brightness of the sun. Dev and Gopal, stood silent watching Nani’s helper locking the main door.
Radhika still stood closer to Maheswari and her one arm was circling Radhika giving her comfort.
“check again”
The helper try to push on the door one more time, and then just nodded his head saying it is locked.
“um” saying Ammaji walked out, and the helper ran passing her, and then a car stopped in front of the gate. Nani looked at Maheswari’s face, and realizing the meaning, Maheswari moved her shoulder.
Radhika stood with her dried eyes on front of her.
Maheswari cupped Radhika's face in hers and just looked into those, and she struggled to get a comforting word out. But her heart broken as she saw a small chirpy smile on Radhika’s lips corner as if telling her that she has only this left in her for now.
Suddenly Maheswari wrapped her arms around Radhika and took her in her embrace : oh beta, I wish I could just stop you from leaving like this.
Dev controlled his emotions very hard inside, the helpless mind stood there trying to believe whatever happening in front of him is true.
The tears just fallen like a big trail from Radhika’s eyes, but no sound came out from her throat.
Nani went and sat inside the car and she gave a stern look at Gopal Das.
Gopal coming near Maheswari , touched her shoulder : Mahi, they are waiting
Maheswari loosened her arms, and then moved slightly back, and then held Radhika’s hands in hers: anytime if you need help, just remember that we are here ok, call us, ok. And ha, when your college reopens, maybe we can come to pick you up, ok. Ha, you can stay with us, ok. Um, don’t worry , we all are there with you, ok.
Radhika just kept on nodding her head in agreement with every word of Maheswari.
Gopal again touched on maheswari’s shoulder
Radhika looked at Gopal, and he gave her also a warm hug, comforting her: I know that you still did not open my gift, that’s ok, you are just like my Pari, so when you feel alone think that I am here too , ok.
She didn’t say anything, just nodded her head to his words too.
She walked towards the gate, looked at Dev’s face once. Unable to meet her eyes, he moved his gaze away
As if reading his mind, she walked out.
Maheswari and Gopal just followed, and Gopal held the door open for her. She slowly moved in. Suddenly Dev came back to reality , he felt the hard surface that he is holding in his arm, he is still holding the photo frame. HE walked near to the car door which was already closed by Gopal.
Getting near, Dev extended his hand in with the frame , Radhika looked at him
“this is yours”
As her hand grabbed it, he wrapped his hand around them, and looked into her eyes he said: take care, ok.
she just nodded her head, he saw the tear drops filling up again in her eyes but she tried to give that small smile.
Maheswari turned as she heard the closing sound of the gate. The helper of nani , was locking the gate too. She looked at Gopal and Gopal looked back at her helplessly.
Dev was still looking into her eyes, holding her hand with the photo frame.
“did you check the lock, did it locked well?’
Nani’s sound shaken Dev, and he found Radhika sliding the frame out from his hand, ….. unwillingly he let her go.
“um, let’ start’
Sound of nani, warn the driver to change the gear. Dev stood near, and the driver moved the car slowly into the road, and soon it made its forward move slowly trying to get ont he track. Radhika looked into the side view mirror, and she found his face clearly looking at their car. She didn’t move her eyes, holding the frame so close, she kept her eyes on his reflection, and as his image was getting smaller and about to disappeare she jerked her head and put her head out to look back to see them. Maheswari was standing holding onto Gopal, and Dev still in same position, not moving an inch from there, trying to grab her presence as much as he can. His legs moved once seeing her looking back, and he stretch his arm out to stop her , but then the next turn made her image to disappear from his eyes, that he stood still with that arm extended out.
“let’s go in”
Maheswari looked at Gopal's voice
“um” he showed her the way to their house. And maheswari moved slowly holding onto him.
As he turned to walk , Gopal: Dev
‘um, dad, I am coming too”
Dev still staring at the front road, pulled his hand back. He slowly turned and looked at the empty house, he went near and stood holding onto the locked gate. He looked at the pots of roses which were moved on to one side in a very disorganized way, he saw the red scooter which is parked on the very corner, all of a sudden nothing is looking well, all misplaced here and there.
He entered thru their house gate, and walked over the drive way, and as he neared the front porch, he took long stroke towards the brick fence and with one high jump he got in his neighbor’s house. He went near the scooter and moved that to the porch. He looked at the rear view mirror , it was all dusty, he cleaned them to see good reflection of his face. He tried to smile looking at them.
He looked at the corner and looked at those roses. With a deep sigh, he picked one by one and tried to arrange it the way he used to see them. He looked up and yes it is still cloudy just like his mind, the heaviness inside was getting harder in him that he wished it to shed harder on him.
“Dev, phone”
The voice of Gopal brought him back to the reality. Looking at everything in place, he tried to smile with a tear drop peek in his eyes. He jumped back into their fance and went in.
Maheswari was resting in her room, and Gopal handed the phone in his hand “ Babuji’
Dev took the phone in his hand and looked at his dad’s face
He was able to force the voice out “hello”
“what Dev, you are very bad ok, what all you said before leaving and now, after reaching there you changed your color, right? So did you tell her, what did she say?’
The tear just filled again and started sheding down, dev tried to wipe it once with his free hand and rested it back on his flank, he tried hard to bring the voice out, but he couldn’t..
“Dev, what happened, did you tell her?’
“muhum” he was able to make that sound with wiping his tears silently
“why? What happened? You said you are going to tell her yesterday itself, and then?’
“no, I couldn’t” he struggled hard to give some response, again wiping his tears
“Oh, is that because of that incident, actually after you left, Gopal called and he said the incident that happened there, and Pari was telling about them too, what to do beta, it is fate, God has His plans, we can only follow it, so is everything went well?’
“ha”
“she is mahswari’s friend, right? Pari told us, so Maheswari maybe worried , right?, be near her ok, I will ask Dadi to call her too, ok”
“um”
“Dev, now don’t waste time ok, things will happen around, but you should move on, ok, you maybe feeling bad too, right? Then think of that girl dear, how she might be feeling? What’s her name, Pari was telling me yesterday, ha Radhika, tell her, she should not go weaker with this incident, she has to walk a long path, it is easy to give up, but to gain something one should work hard, she should build that trust and hope in her, in order to overcome all these incidents… will you tell that to her?’
“um”
“and ha, now don’t make your mind heavy, go unburden it quick, and bring your love, so that , I can also see my choti bahu’s smile”
“um”
“what is this um, um, say something Dev, will you bring her?’
“um, pops”
“promise”
“I promise’
“that’s my potha., ok then, are you coming this weekend?’
“no, I can't ", but then it was getting too heavy for him to hold it, he said " ‘pops, I will call you later , ok”
“ok beta, take care”
“um” and Dev hang up. He placed the receiver on the rack and went to his room. He went near the window, the clouds started melting slowly, and as he was looking at those drops, his eyes caught the waving colors on their terrace
Suddenly he heard the voice of Padma “Radhika, it all will get wet, see it might be dry now, fast go get it”
He jerked and looked at those leading stairs, it was empty, there is no one, but the cloths are going to get wet. He looked up, it was all dark, he came out from his room quick, Gopal was busy in his office and Maheswari still in her bed.
He walked out and took that high jump, and then climbed those stairs quick.
It was the red saree of Padma which she wore for the college day function, and near to it was Radhika’s matching dress. He grabbed both in his hand, and then scanned around to find them, playing in those rain drops as it started wetting his forehead.
But then again PAdma’s voice pierced his inner mind : quick Radhika, or you will get wet too.
Hearing it, he ran fast, he stood in the porch thinking what to do with this dress now, but then, holding it tight in his arms, he jumped back into his house, and went in quick and disappeared in his room. He put the latch on, and threw those cloths onto his chair, but the red top got stuck on to his button, and cling to him. He rememberd her in that dress, sitting behind the car, they were exchanging those glances and she felt embarrassed seeing him catching her gaze, and she suddenly turned her gaze to the side.... he kneeled down, and bending his head in his knees, he streched in strongly and the 'Auuugh ' sound echoed within that four walls, and outside the heavy pour of the rain, drumming sound of the drops try to echo his agony... and tried to clear the sky, but it went on for hours, and he ly on that floor getting very weak......
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