'Ghost of Thoughts'
"There must be some ghost indeed. I should tell this to someone in the family or the matter will only get worse if that ghost made Arnav bhaiya marry some unfortunate girl. What will happen when he will be out of that ghost's clutches..he won't accept the marriage then." With a horrifying groan he exclaimed," No..No ..I should tell this to someone..." Hp was playing along with ghost of thoughts or rather thoughts of ghosts as he didn't realize that he had entered Anjali didi's room without any reason.
Shyam returned from RM's security check. As the VIP, VVIP and celebrities were invited to the wedding, security was the prior most task to be considered. So shyam had agreed to look after security and was doing his job very well. He had just gone to confirm if everything was under control and returned to his room with a satisfactory grin. He then saw HP standing in his room shocked , surprised, startled, frightened and having much more other sorts of expressions playing 'paint my wall' on his face.
He called out, "HP, Anjali is searching for you downstairs. What are you doing here?"
HP turned back with some unwelcomed thoughts and sighed heavily after finding only Shyam jijaji standing.
Now watching at his condition Shyam was forced to ask the question which rather he would have never considered asking, "HP,Tum theek ho? (are you fine?)"
"Ji..Ja..Ji...Woh..Arnav Bhaiya..Bhoot..Marriage" He was trying to utter some coherent sentence but was failing terribly.
"Dekho HP, I am not understanding a single word you are saying. What are you trying to tell me?" Shyam asked calmly.
His calm voice must have made HP feel secure as his heart rate was returning to normal. HP thought Shyam jijaji was the correct person to break the 'actually' Breaking News.Telling this to Anjali didi was the last thing he could ever think because ,by hearing the news that her Chote is thinking about getting married,either she would suffer from a cardiac attack due to extreme happiness or she would be hysterical by the thought that some ghost has captured her Chote and start running to various temples. Talking to Mamiji will turn into adding another achievement to Gupta's 'Hall of Fame' in black magic records. Since Akash's marriage had been fixed his insane acts were highly cherished with enough encouragement so talking to him was never an option. HP could not stress out himself anymore by thinking about probable outcomes if he reveals this news to Dadiji or Mamaji. So the best solution he could find was Shyam jijaji and so he decided to pass on his tension over the shoulders that better knew how to toss it off sooner.
Hp spoke with hurried pace,
"Some ghost is forcing our Arnav bhaiya to get married jijaji", saying this he let out the pressure through a relieved sigh yet projecting his concern.
Shyam was expecting HP to tell new found method of ASR to pour out his anger on poor HP. But what he heard was out of this world. He could just show sympathy to the mental state of this loyal worker who was a constant stress buster for ASR. So instead of showing the shock he was in,he just asked an interrogatory question,
"What did happen that made you think like this HP?"
"He just asked me if I would like to get married?????"
"Then where comes the question of ghost forcing your Arnav bhaiya to get married??"
"Because He told me that he and Akash bhaiya will be getting married."
Now before he could give another incoherent reason to his derived conclusion which would make Shyam pull out his own hair , The lawyer Shyam Manohar Jha grabbed first opportunity to show his sharpened talent and took the grip of this cross examination.
"HP, can you describe me what exactly happened when you entered Arnav's room ?"
And this time HP grabbed the opportunity to speak the words without counting them which he never had done in these many years of his service. He narrated the story exaggerating ,animating so that jijaji gets convinced over his genius conclusion.Shyam listened the story filtering his every exaggeration,without noticing his animated way of description and controlling his laughter after hearing his conclusion.
Finally he assured HP to relax and trust him regarding this matter.
"HP, you really did very well job by telling this to me. Now you don't worry. I will do something. And just remember no one other than me should know the important piece of news you have." Shyam was not a famous lawyer without any reason. HP left the room priding himself for an incredible job done. Indeed he was the perfect match for this perfectly crazy family.
And that was the time for Shyam to play a cupid and show Anjali that she is not the only best matchmaker. He processed towards his Sale Sahab's room.
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ASR had studied his exclusive project thoroughly as per his usual dignified work pattern. He claimed to know all the ins and outs of Khushi Kumari Gupta. He seemed to have pen down all the pros and cons of this proposal. The only flaw that could be unpredictable was her craziness. But that was the point which was making the deal more interesting. Otherwise plus points were more enough. Her feisty nature,strength to stand for justice, daring to follow her heart irrespective of impeccable situations..These were the things he had always admired secretly. Now another thing gladly adding up to pros list was that his family would support his decision this time unlike Lavanya's time.That didn't mean he would not had gone against his family for Khushi but there was no such need. His family was already in love with this crazy girl.'She really knows very well how to conquer the hearts', he thought smiling inwardly. And this time this girl has almost won ASR's brain while conquering the other organ was out of question. Some credit had to be given of course.
List of plus points was a longer one actually. Her beautiful doe shaped hazel eyes which depict every emotion of her heart, those petal soft lips which form her signature 'O' when shocked, her long black silky smooth hair, that nose which is ever ready to get painted in red whenever she turns into feisty mood, that innocent face ..and...
'ahem, ahem! That was not exactly in the scope of project research ' His brain reminded him.
ASR didn't pay two hoots for its gratitude which was unusual of him but then stopped counting the plus points.
He had never believed in marriages and never cared if anyone bought his arguments at that . He would not mind to have live-in relationship with Khushi. But she was not any other girl. She was Khushi..his Khushi! She had strong faith in marriage system. She would never agree for something like live-in,he was pretty sure. He would never want to hurt her beliefs. He would never expect her to change her own views for him. So after going through numerous thought processes, he had come to the conclusion that marrying her was not an bad option even if he doesn't believe in it. He just knew that he will never regret his decision in life because he was sure none other girl had affected him as she did n no one other than her would manage to do that...as he could Love only her...forever...!
"Love? What the? I don't love her."
"Then why are you marrying her?" Asked his brain.
"Because the project research report clearly states so.."
"Is it?"
"Ohh, keep your mouth shut.."He snapped.
Arnav couldn't believe out of all the things,his own brain can be a pain in a** at the moment..he swore under his breath n started pacing along the poolside.
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