An Evening Encounter Part 2

Heer knocked on the door fearfully.. then a middle aged man opened the door.. and as soon as he opened the door he shouted... can't you see the time?? Be thankful your aunt is not here otherwise she would have been outside... But after seeing that hero-like man with Heer, he kept his mouth shut. That uncle is my boss, the owner of Group Industries. Heer said making an excuse. Well.. well the one who appears on TV. Yes uncle.. Come inside sir... Heer's uncle said looking at the rich man. No... thanks, I came to drop Heer in the bus, Miss Heer, I am leaving. You come to the office tomorrow... Saying this, Dev took his Range Rover and left. Heer's uncle looked at Heer angrily and said... Firstly, it is night time... moreover, this is not the way to be with a boy, Heer. You know your aunt's nature, right?? It is good that Sarla has gone somewhere. Go and do the work that is left, otherwise when your aunt comes, she will kill you if she comes to know. Heer quietly went inside the house. Heer was a normal girl who grew up in a village environment. But she was educated very well. After her father and mother died, her aunt and uncle brought her here in greed for land. Heer was like an angel. And the other one was Dev Randhawa, in whose name companies and restaurants were run, the most eligible bachelor and a well-known name in the world of business. Heer was an employee in his company. The night was getting darker. There was a deep silence all around. Dev was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. And Kalpana was of only one face, his heart was chanting her name. Every person falls in love once in his entire life. He too had fallen in love. But don't know why, when he came to know about love, he was surprised as well as happy. At the same time, the feeling of happiness had brought peace to his heart. But a thought came to his mind.. Am I burning with a one sided feeling?? Because whenever he came close to her, Heer used to shy away from him. Dev always came close to her but she used to run away. Heer was so beautiful that anyone would fall in love with her. But Dev was not like everyone else. He had fallen in love with Heer's heart and not her beauty. Heer came home and completed all the work. His fatigue was killing him. But Heer did not want to face aunty's anger at all. Heer's uncle and aunt lived in Mumbai city. Who had only one daughter and son. Daughter Riya and son Soham. Riya was younger than Heer. But from her words and face, Heer looked years younger than her. By the time Heer finished all the work, it was 9 o'clock in the night. Ever since Heer came here. Since then Sarla started taunting him. While getting up, sitting, sleeping, waking up, he had only one thing to say. Taunting Heer. Heer was fed up now. His parents had taught him to live with his head held high. Don't be a burden on anyone. Now Sarla aunty started crying in front of Heer because of the responsibilities of her children. Riya, your father also made his niece sit on my chest to spread the moong. Mumbai's expenses are not easy. A young son, a daughter and their marriages and marriages. And the expenses of their education are separate. Firstly, we did not know how we were supporting ourselves. On top of that, the only daughter of the deceased brother and sister-in-law also had to be brought here and buried before us. I am telling you that we don't have that much money. We will bear the expenses of this also. Find your own account. Aunty was talking to Riya. But the topic of the conversation was Heer. After listening to aunty, the morsel going to Heer's mouth stopped right there. Went. Her parents had fed her with dignity. Whenever she insisted on something, she would agree. Heer's house was not very big even in the village. It was a small house. It had a small courtyard with two rooms and Heer's favourite place in the corner of the courtyard. A bougainvillea vine on which red and white flowers bloomed. Next to it was a jasmine tree on which white jasmine flowers bloomed. Whose fragrance filled the house. Heer never insisted on anything in life. She only wanted to study in an English medium school. Her parents agreed to her insistence. Heer had completed her MBA. Heer's father had only one brother. Whom her mother used to call... You have an uncle and aunt. But her uncle and aunt never came. Neither to meet her nor to her house. Heer's life was going on like a dream. She would come home from college and sit in her small house with a veranda and talk to her mother for hours. In the evening, everyone would eat together. But good times don't last long. It was an evening when Heer was sitting under the vines of her garden after taking a bath. Heer always used to say that whenever flowers bloom in her garden, they are a symbol of goodness. But today no flower had bloomed in her garden.