chapter 8

SerendipityEpisode-8Megha was bewildered after reading all this. ‘Ohh! this is why those girls congratulated me in the garden this morning...’She was shocked after seeing the mention of Supreme's Rajiv Mehra...'Ohh god... why is his name involved??... People really have no sense... After all, I refused to accept an award from him in a hall full of prestigious people... Of course! the media needs some news to chew on all day long... Will he read all this? When does he even have the time? No, its better if he doesn’t read... Although even if he reads, its ok... Why should I be bothered? Why am I thinking so much?'No matter how hard she tried the thoughts in her head could not be silenced but in the end, Megha was not one to get fascinated by all these compliments.. Ignoring all of them, she turned her attention to her work once more.“Megha!!! We have scheduled your interview for 3 pm” Purab told her, his nervousness clearly audible in his tone as he waited for her reaction..“No Purab, please.....no interviews for me... I have told you so many times ... I hate interviews... they always ask the same questions...Sometimes I feel like I should just send them the recording of my last interview and tell them that the answers have not changed at all"She smiled widely ... He was staring at her sweet, genuine smile ... ‘God! Keep her happy like this forever’.. he prayed fervently.“Please, just once ... last time... do it for me” He pleaded earnestly.“For you?” She narrowed her eyes and retorted.“Ok, ok, please do it for Dad...SWC will also benefit from this interview”He knew very well that she could never say no to his Dad... her beloved Gupta sir.“Ok...but this is the last one... and I am doing this only for Gupta sir” She agreed hesitantly, doubts still swirling around in her mind. The last thing she needed right now was to attract more undue media attention.*@*@*@*@*She was happy to see the mail from ‘Sky Tour and Travels’.. Megha had organized a Uttarakhand tour for everyone in the family to enjoy the March holidays... After forwarding the mail to Baba, she called him immediately...She discussed some important plans and necessary things to be carried trying to avoid talking to Maa at all cost....Maa's anger had already risen because Megha was not coming to the tour but after all, even Maa couldn’t say anything before Megha’s great excuse of ‘Office’.. .projects ... work ... only work ...nothing else.She had given up living for herself long back.*@*@*@*@*“You always take her side... do you really care about her or not? Ten years have passed... but she still doesn't want to forget him" Megha's maa said angrily.“She only pretends to be happy on the surface ... she has mastered the art of keeping a smile on her face all the time ... but I have often seen her sitting in the corner of the sofa at night, crying... standing outside in the balcony wiping away her tears ...I am her mother... it breaks my heart to see her like this... there is no other world for her except home and that office of hers.. she never goes out..Except for a couple of friends, she doesn’t want to meet anyone new...only work, work and work, nothing else is important to her...Even with all this success, she hasn’t taken a single day off...she should take a break...go for a tour...live life...tell me when was the last time she travelled with us??...She never attends our relatives’ weddings nor any functions.She has wrapped herself in the vault of his memories... and she is determined not to come out... Like a black hole, those memories are slowly pulling her in...The day she lost Sameer, we lost our Megha..." Maa wiped the tears from her eyes.“We may not be there with her for the rest of her life... she also needs support.. she also needs a companion... someone to fill that void in her heart...Someone to trust ... someone to confide in ... someone to be with ... life is meant to be lived to the fullest ... she has to love once more”Maa helplessly sat on the sofa...“Kavita... Megha may seem simple but she is a strong woman.. It would surely be a little difficult for a common man to get together with a self-reliant and accomplished woman like her...She doesn’t need support but companionship ... she needs a partner with an unusual personality like her own ... someone who will give her equal rights...Someone, who will respect and appreciate her work... someone who can see the beauty behind her simplicity... who will respect her opinions and decisions and will encourage her to take on new challenges...Someone who will realize that she is incomparable without her proving herself to him... He will be proud of her independent nature and will encourage her to dream higher, to grow stronger.Someone who will see the sadness in her smiling eyes...see the love hidden behind her anger.. who will never let her down...someone who will love her selflessly...Don't worry Kavitha... somewhere someone is waiting for her.. they will surely meet.. someone special will enter the blank canvas of her life and fill it with the color of his love”Baba patted Maa’s back with confident smile on his face.*@*@*@*@*Taking her eyes off the laptop, Megha looked out the window... It was pitch dark outside...The clock was striking 8 o’clock... she kept the laptop in her bag thinking that she would complete the rest of the report from home...As she was about to turn off the lights of the cabin and leave, she looked at the bunch of Nishigandha...She had asked the staff to move all the flower bunches out of the cabin in the evening...except that bunch of Nishigandha..She picked up the bouquet of Nishigandha and brought it home with her...It had been decorated in a vase in the corner of her bedroom... Maa and Baba were surprised but no one asked anything...For many days, those flowers... that fragrance... lingered in her room... accompanying her...comforting her... making her happy...But one question still lingered on in her mind...'Why Nisigandha? And who is that nameless person who sent them to me?'To be continued....© ®️ Meghana_Yadav 2021Special Thanks to friend Gayatri and my loving daughter, my buddy.Hello Readers,Illuminate the five stars of ratings with your gentle touch. Do let me know your thoughts via comments..Thanks and Regards,Meghana Yadav...