“Ammo I fail to understand you.
Nobody let her grand daughter-in-law run away and that too only some months of
her marriage and especially when Bai Ji is going from here as a maid servant.”
said Jasum, Ammo’s best friend and her lady-in-waiting who came to this Haveli
with Ammo, 60 years back.
“Jasum, you will not understand,
I see another Ammo in her. Bai Ji is also as troubled and restless as I used to
be. Remember when I came here with your Kunwar Saab, I use to feel the same it
was Dadi Saab who supported me at that time and Kunwar saab learned to love me
in time but first few years were like bird in gold cage. Both mine and her
marriage is based on the money relationship brings and social standing, but not
love. But then too Kunwar Saab was better than Pranay, at least he respected me
and cared for me. You remember how he had made a rule to take me to walks every
fortnight to our estates and here this lad doesn’t even seem to bother how Bai
Ji looks let away to take her somewhere. Jasum it’s not being decked with
jewellery and clothes, it’s about feeling loved. You know even our histories
are same, motherless and rich but busy fathers. Yet I had others to love me but
Bai Ji doesn’t has anybody to love her. Let her be free. Birds always return
home even after flying the scores of sky. Bai Ji will come but now with her
conditions. Pranay needs to understand that he has married her not brought her
free funded that Bai Ji doesn’t deserve rights. He has understand that Bai Ji
is his wife so it’s his duty to keep her happy and engaged and not make her
feel alone in the whirlpool of new relations. .Lest if he would have understood
that then Bai Ji wouldn’t have ran away from here and that too in maid’s
disguise. May God provide Pranay some brains and Bai Ji some rest and peace.”
Pranay Raje Sangher was very strong person and he never
thought he will ever bend down in front of someone and that someone will be his
wife, Uttara, daughter of famous diamond merchant Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi and
now Uttara Raje Sangher. His younger brothers who was married years ago,
Yashovarman Raje Sangher to Arnika Rajprakash always said “A person can win
from world but looses from women’ persistence.”Though there was a love marriage
under which Yash fell in love with that naughty imp during their college days.
As Pranay returns from the trip, he sees that there was a
disturbing silence in the room and it didn’t have the one person who was
expected to be there. Since last 9 months, he was used to have her in the room
or else somewhere in the haveli but today he didn’t find her in any corner of
them plus people around him were little scared and Ammo was staring at him in a
very annoyed and stern manner.
Though he was really curious but didn’t know from whom to ask
about her. At last, after a lot of commotion, he finally asked Ammo about her,
to which Ammo only replied “Bai Ji left just night after you left. Since there is
no news of her .You should have known that a long time ago, 1 month and you
still don’t have any knowledge about her. You should be ashamed of yourself
Pranay find the Bai Ji and bring her back.....but this time with more subtle
way and if only she comes willingly. You should not forget she is more capable
than you; she married not for your money or status. She married because she was
looking a life partner and you need to become that. Pranay remember she is
still not Uttara Pranay Raje Sangher, she is Uttara Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi. But
I want my Bai Ji back at this place before
Teej as we have a culture that the first Teej should be in married home,
so I want her but not in a way that you drag her to this home rather persuade
her because she is not a cattle you tie in your courtyard but a river you need
to bring her with respect.”
He was confused that from where he should start searching
her, so taking the most calculated guess he called his father-in-law who as he
picked his phone and said “Pranay, my
daughter has not called me since months. I know she has married life to see but
please tell her that her old father was missing her so please call me. And for
now. I’m in London so say her to call me here in landline. Ok Bye because I was
there in a meeting.” So he cut London and her parent’s place from list so after
that he had no idea to do what?
In the whole tenure of their marriage, he never tried to know
much about her or her hobbies. He just knows the basic details. With that he
needed to start his search. He felt too guilty of himself that he never tried
to know anything about the girl……err….the woman he married.
