Dillagi

Dilagi_Part 7

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Agle din subha jab Meerab office pohnchi, to us ka mood pehle hi kharab tha. Us ne faisla kiya tha ke wo aaj sirf apne kaam se kaam rakhegi aur Zaviyar ko bilkul bhee munh nahi lagayege. Lekin Natasha ke irade kuch aur hi the. Natasha ko kal raat se hi Meerab ke badalte tevar khatak rahe the, aur wo use har haal mein Zaviyar ki zindagi aur is company se baahir nikalna chahti thi. Natasha subha subha hi ek qeeymati diamond bracelet pehan kar office aayi thi, aur jaan-booch kar sab ko dikha rahi thi.

Dopehar ke waqt, jab Meerab kuch documents par sign lene ke liye Zaviyar ke cabin mein gayi, to Natasha wahan pehle se bethi hui thi. Meerab ne chup-chaap file Zaviyar ke samne rakhi. "Sir, in papers par aap ke signature chahiye." Zaviyar ne file pakri aur sign karne laga, jabki Natasha bade dhyan se dono ko dekh rahi thi. Jab Meerab sign lekar wapas jaane lagi, to Natasha ne achanak ek gehri saans li aur apna haath dekhne lagi. "Oh my God! Mera diamond bracelet kahan gaya? Wo to abhi mere haath mein tha!" Natasha ne achanak pareshani ka natak shuru kiya.

Zaviyar ne fauran apni chair se uthte hue poocha, "Kya hua, Natasha? Tumhein pakka yakeen hai ke tum ne office mein pehna hua tha?" Natasha ne rona-dhona shuru kar diya, "Haan Zavi! Jab main abhi washroom gayi thi, tab bhee mere haath mein tha. Aur washroom ke baad main seedha yahan aayi hoon. Us ke baad se sirf Meerab hi is cabin mein aayi hai." Natasha ne seedha ungli Meerab ki taraf utha di. Meerab ka rang ek dum se urr gaya. "Aap ka matlab kya hai? Main ne aap ka bracelet nahi liya!" Meerab ne gusse aur hairat se kaha.

Natasha ne tanz-iya muskurahat ke sath kaha, "Oh please! Tumhare jaise 'simple' log hi aisi qeemti cheezein dekh kar lalach mein aa jate hain. Zavi, is ka bag check karo, is ne hi churaya hai!" Meerab ki aankhon mein aansoo aa gaye, us ki khuddari par bat ban aayi thi. Us ne gusse mein apna bag table par khali kar diya, "Yeh dekhein! Mera bag bilkul khali hai. Main chor nahi hoon!" Lekin Natasha abhi bhee chup nahi hui, "Bag mein nahi hai to tumhare dupatte ya pockets mein hoga. Zavi, security ko bulao, is ki scanning honi chahiye!"

Meerab ne rote hue Zaviyar ki taraf dekha, "Sir, please mera yakeen karein, main ne kuch nahi kiya." Zaviyar jo abhi tak khamosh khara sab dekh raha tha, us ka chehra gusse se surkh ho chuka tha. Wo aahista se Meerab ke qareeb aaya. Meerab ko laga ke shayad Zaviyar bhee us par shak karega aur use nikal dega. Lekin Zaviyar ne Meerab ko rone se roka aur Natasha ki taraf gusse se ghoora. "Bas, Natasha! Boht ho gaya," Zaviyar ki bhari aur ghurrati hui aawaaz goonji. "Meerab is company ki sab se imandhaar employee hai. Wo mar sakti hai, lekin chori nahi kar sakti."

Natasha hairat se cheekhi, "Zavi! Tum is mamooli larki ke liye mujh par chala rahe ho? Tumhein is par itna yakeen kyun hai?" Zaviyar ne dharalle se kaha, "Kyunke main ise tum se behtar jaanta hoon. Aur rahi baat tumhare bracelet ki, to washroom ke mirror ke paas jo cleaner khari thi, us ne abhi abhi reception par tumhara bracelet jama karwaya hai, jo tum wahan dhote waqt bhool aayi thin. Mujhe abhi security ka message aaya hai." Natasha ka chehra sharmindagi se peela par gaya. Wo bina kuch bole tezi se cabin se baahir nikal gayi.

Cabin mein ab sirf Zaviyar aur siskiyan leti hui Meerab reh gaye the. Meerab aahista se apne bikhre hue papers uthane lagi, us ke haath kaanp rahe the. Zaviyar ne niche baith kar khud us ke papers uthaye aur unhe Meerab ke haath mein thama diya. Us ne aahista se Meerab ke chehre se ek bheegha hua baal peeche kiya aur narm lehje mein kaha, "Maine kaha tha na Meerab... jab tak main hoon, tumhein darrne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Tum par koi ungli nahi utha sakta, mujh par yakeen rakho." Meerab ne rote hue Zaviyar ki aankhon mein dekha, jahan aaj sirf aur sirf us ke liye be-panah pyar aur fakar thi.