Suresh: Sir, Sidharth Sir, aapka drop off point aa gaya.

Sidharth wakes up and signs the register. He opens the door and steps out. His retractable card holder breaks since Sana was sitting on it by mistake. He growls in anger. Sana was sleeping still unaware.

Sidharth: Excuse me Ms. Tanushree, will you wake your friend up and tell her to return my ID card on which she is seated?

Tanu: (nods) Sana.. Sana.. (shakes her)

Sana: Mera point aa gaya kya? (She looks around)

Tanu: Abe nahi, tera point mere baad aata hai na. Tu unke ID pe baiti huyi hai, holder toot gaya.

Sana looks at him who was glaring at her. She gets up and gives him the ID card.

Sana: Sorry.

Sidharth: Galati kar do phir sorry bol do. Pata nahi logon ka dhyan kaha rehta hai. (He murmurs)

Sana: Kya kaha? (She asks annoyed)

Sidharth: Sun liya toh pucho mat, nahi suna toh rehne do, waise bhi sun ke kya karogi?

He slams the door and walks away into the gate.

Sana: Ajeeb aadmi hai, kadoos kahi ka. Jab dekho tab kaatne ko hi daudta hai.

Tanu: Mujhe toh bada hot lagta hai.

Sana: Achcha, ek hafte mein shaadi hai teri. Iraada change kar rahi hai toh mein kar loon?

Tanu: Oye, mera baby sirf mera hai. Majaal hai koi uski ore aankh utta kar dekhe?

Sana: Achcha? Tu khudh dusre mard ko dekhegi toh chalega?

Tanu: Haan.. (smiles) Waise tu kyu possessive ho rahi hai Sidharth ke liye, kahi tujhe to usmein koi interest nahi na?

Sana: Eww.. woh khadoos aur mein? No never! I was possessive for my jiju..

Tanu: Tu ghoom phir ke mere hi pati pe nazar kyu daal rahi hai?

Sana: Oye! Abhi pati kaha huye hai.. ek hafte hai, ek tarfa chance marne de tab tak (winks)

Tanu: Huh? Sunn tu meri shaadi me mat aana.. tere iraade kuch teek nahi lag rahe mujhe..

Sana giggles and Tanu gets down at her point after giving her a quick hug. Sana gets down at her point and slowly opens the door with spare key and gets in. She freshens up and goes to sleep.
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Suresh calls her earlier than the usual time.

Sana: Bhaiyya itni jaldi, mein zara supermarket aayi huyi thi.

Suresh: Sana mam, jaldi karye Sidharth sir ne complaint kar diya hai, meri naukri khatre mein hai. Agar aap 5 minute mein nahi aayi toh main chala jaunga next point pe.

Sana: Huh? Abhi ek din huye usko aake humare cab mein itna attitude? Aati hoon bhaiyya.

She quickly starts her scooty to come back home, parks it only to find that the cab wasn't anywhere around. She calls Suresh.

Sana: Bhaiyya, aap kaha ho?

Suresh: Sana Ma'am Sorry, aapko meine kaha tha 5 minute. Abhi toh 10 minute ho rahe hai, mein Tanu ma'am ke point pe pahuch gaya. Mere naukri ki baat hai ma'am aap please naraz mat hona.

Sana disconnects the call. She was super annoyed. She curses Sidharth for being khadoos. She decides to take revenge. She takes an auto to the office. She couldn't commute with scooty as she worked in night shift. Her entire time at office was jeopardized since she was irritated due to bad day.

She reached the parking lot quickly as soon as the clock striked 3:30am.

Tanu: Arey wah aaj jaldi pahuch gayi. Abhi mood kaisa hai madam ka? Dinner pe toh bahut saddi huyi thi.

Sana: Abhi bhi waise hi hai. Khadoos ne pura din kharab kar rakha hai mera.

Tanu: Sandwich khayegi? Teri favourite Paneer wali hai, abhi garam garam pantry se leke aayi hoon. Tune dinner bhi thik se nahi kiya na aaj.

Sana: Tanu, Aur teen din mein tu bhi chali jayegi. Mein uss khadoos ko kaise jhelu yaar akele? (Stuffs Sandwich in her mouth)

Tanu: Don't worry sweetheart. You are brave enough.

Sana: Ummm.. ye lo bhaiyya, uss khadoos ko de dena. Mujhe usse baat nahi karni.

Tanu: Udi baba.. Gift? Khadoos bolti hai aur gift shift de rahi hai. Ki byaapaar?

Sana: Vyapaar? Kaunsa vyapaar? Mein koi samaan nahi bech rahi usse.

Tanu: I mean what's the matter?

Sana: Ohh!! Toh aise bol na. Teri Bengali mujhe confuse kar deti hai. Arey woh retractable id holder hai, uska toot gaya tha na meri wajah se, toh yahi khareedne gayi thi supermarket. Aur meri cab miss ho gayi. (Makes sad pout)

Tanu: Aww.. baby! Thik hai de denge bhaiyya par woh hai kaha? 10 minute ho gaye na?

Sana: (smiles) Arey haan.. Bhaiyya chalo time ho gaya, uss khadoos ki wait karneki zarurat nahi hai.

Suresh: Sir ne phone kiya tha ki woh 2 minute mein aa rahe hai.

Sana: Uski wajah se meri pickup miss huyi. Rules sirf mere liye hai kya? Time toh ho gaya na bhaiyya. Aap chalo. Uska complaint nahi chalne wala ab.

Suresh: Okay madam.

He starts the cab and it starts moving.

Tanu: Sana, bechara usko bahaar koi vehicle nahi milegi aur next cab ek ghante baad milegi.

Sana: Haan baby. Woh bechara hai, mein hi chudail hoon na?

Tanu: Sana, tujhe kya ho gaya. Tu toh hamesha hasti khelti rehti hai. Tu kyu uske liye khudh khadoos ban rahi hai.

Sidharth comes to the parking lot huffing and searches for his cab. It wasn't there and finds it going out of exit gate helplessly since he was too far to catch up. He frowns and calls up the driver.

Sidharth: Driver, aap rukhe kyu nahi?

Suresh: Woh Ma'am boli late ho raha hai isiliye..

Sana: Bhaiyya bhula lo ussey. (With frown)

Tanu smiles and hugs her.

Suresh: Sir, aap aa jao jaldi yahi bahaar exit pe khade hai.

Sidharth runs and gets into the backseat. He glares at Sana for asking the driver to leave without him not knowing that later she only asked him to stopped for him. He doesn't speak a word and shuts his eyes to calm down and sleep.
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The next two day again Sana misses the cab and takes auto to the office due to Sidharth's strict behaviour. She was irritated yet kept calm without shouting at him. She would just sleep the moment she entered the cab while going home without even talking to Tanu.

It was Friday, Sidharth boarded the cab and smiled as he occupied the seat.

Sidharth: Aaj dono madams ne miss kar diya. Chalo shanti enjoy karte hai.

Suresh: Sir, bura na maane toh ek baat puchu?

Sidharth: Hmmm.. pucho.

Suresh: Aap Sana Madam se itna kyu chiddte hai? Woh bahut achchi ladki hai. Hamesha haste khelti rehti thi. Mujhe bahut bura lagta hai kyuki harr roz mujhe unko choddke aana padta hai.

Sidharth: She is rude. Uske liye zindagi mazak hai. Time ka kadar hi nahi hai. Par mere liye time bahut value rakhta hai. Late aane se mera sara kaam pile up ho jata hai. Usse kya? Maa Baap ke paison pe aish karegi, phir kisi din shaadi karke pati ke paison pe aish karegi. Naukri toh timepass ke liye karti hogi.

Suresh: Sir, aap unko jaante nahi ho isiliye aisi baat kar rahe ho. Aap torch leke doondhne jaoge na aisi ladki nahi milne wali. Zinda dil ladki jisko zindagi ne bahut zakham diye hai. Mein 4 saal se unka cab driver hoon. 3 saal pehle unhone apna night shift ki naukri ko istefa diya tha. Kyuki unki shaadi thi. Bahut khush thi woh. Par unke maa-papa car accident mein guzar gaye. Woh bhi tab jab woh unki shaadi ka shopping karne gaye the.

Ek mahine mein unki shaadi thi. Woh ladka phir bhi ussey shaadi karne ke liye raazi tha par Sana madam ne shaadi tod diya kyuki unko unki naani ka khayal rakhna tha jo bimaar thi. Chahti toh unko vridh aashram bhej sakti thi aur apna ghar basa sakti thi. Unki nani ko kuch yaad nahi rehta. Woh kya kehte hai.. El.. El..

Sidharth: Alzheimer!

Suresh: Haan wahi.. woh hai unko. Vridh ashram chodd deti toh unko pata bhi nahi chalta, par phir bhi unka woh dekhbaal karti rahi. Jab kaam pe aati toh nurse ko dekh rekh ke liya rakha. Ek saal pura udaas thi phir apni khushi yahi humare saath baant thi kyuki ghar par unka koi nahi. Ek week se woh cab miss karne se pareshan thi aur aapse mann muthav se unhone humlogo se bhi baat tak karna chodd diya. Aaj Tanu madam bhi nahi aayi kyuki Sana madam ki nani aaj subah guzar gayi. Akele pad gayi woh ab.

Sidharth felt numb and guilty for being happy few minutes back on her absence without knowing the reason behind. He looked at Suresh, whose eyes were welled up. He realised how genuine person she was as an unknown and unrelated person was crying for her.

Suresh: Sir.. Sir.. Office pahuch gaye.

Sidharth thought broke. Suresh gave him the cab register. Sidharth filled in the details and while signing he remembered the argument he had with her 5 days back.

He got down from the cab and took a step further but he turned back to him.

Sidharth: Suresh, aap mujhe Sana ka contact address de sakte hai. Bahut guilt feel ho raha hai, mein kal mil aaunga usse.

Suresh nods and opens the small cabinet to take out the address sheet.

Suresh: Arey! Sir ye unka address hai aur yeh Sana Madam ne Tuesday ko apke liye diya tha, aap drop pe late aaye toh meine isme rakh diya tha. Socha agle din de dunga par mein bhool gaya.

Sidharth: Ye kya hai?

Suresh: Aap dekh lo sir, yahi lene woh Tuesday supermarket gayi thi aur unka pickup miss ho gaya tha.

He took a picture of the address on his phone, took the box and went to his desk. He unwrapped the gift wrapper, opened the small box and found a retractable card holder. There was a sorry card tuck inside the card holder. He felt more guilty.

The whole time at office he kept thinking about her. He behaved well with his team and colleagues as he realized that even others would be having problems in their life like himself and Sana. Everyone around him was surprised looking at his changed behaviour.

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To be continued.. ❤️❤️