"Help"

On Saturday night at around 11.30 pm, I had just left the bike for home from the office and at some distance, I saw a girl wearing a salwar suit with a helping hand gesture... When I stopped the bike, an auto passed by.

I said- Yes tell me...

She said angrily, I had given my hand to the car, it had come with great difficulty in such a long time and because of you, it also went out….

I also felt bad, thinking that the girl, who was alone so late at night, got upset because of my misunderstanding...

I immediately apologized and asked for a lift, but she flatly refused, I then said it was late at night and you were alone...

But she was in an angry mood...

I thought in my mind, I am leaving, friend… then I thought, at this time, the road is deserted, the girl is alone, God forbid, if something goes wrong…

No... I should help him otherwise I will be guilty of the crime which was committed unknowingly by me. I don't know when will he get an auto.

I said, okay, until you get an auto, I will stand at a distance since it is my fault and it is my responsibility….

She did not say anything. This, almost half an hour passed and the time crossed 12. I again asked her for a lift and said that by now I would have covered half the journey, there was no use in standing here but she ignored it and expressed strange confusion. I was not in the mood to leave her alone. I wanted to be careful that nothing bad would happen to me. Then I thought that when I was so nervous, she was a girl and I was a stranger to her, how could she believe that after all, I am also a boy? And that one girl must be feeling more scared than me. Suddenly I thought of a solution. I said - Look, I too have a younger sister like you in my house and you are also exactly like me. I believe it is not right to stay here alone so late in the night, please. Ride the bike with me as far as you like, these words of mine brought her into a mood of relief and she said, you go...I will find some solution, I said, it is going to be an hour for me to stay here, auto. So there is not even a person visible far away, please come on, I called you my sister, still you are doubting me, but she again refused, then I opened my purse and said to her - Look...it has my photo on the identity card. You have a driver's license and an Aadhaar card... keep it with you and return it when you reach your home or some safe place...

He took out the Aadhar card from his purse and read...Deepak...

Yes, my name is...look now please don't refuse...your mother, father, brother and sister will be waiting for you in your house...if you do then my mother, father and sister will also be worried... Must have been...

Now let's go...

She smiled a little and sat on the bike. I asked where is your house….

She said...you keep walking, I will tell you where you will go.

The bike kept running continuously for almost an hour, she did not say anything, about 40 kilometres…suddenly she said…just stop here…and immediately ran from a road towards the colony…. Within a few minutes, she disappeared from my sight...

Well, there was peace in my mind, she reached near home...

Somehow when I reached home, it was 3 o'clock, father was getting very angry, mother and sister were also awake... Surely they all were worried and angry too... So without saying anything, I quietly went to my room. ..

The next day was Sunday so I was sleeping comfortably, suddenly at eleven o'clock my younger sister came and shook me...Brother...get up, some girl has come, are her parents also there, have you made any noise...and started laughing. ...Papa is calling me down...let's hurry up...

He is mad….I am mad…and the devil…where is the devil…

In a daze, I immediately came down wearing a vest….

I saw that the same girl from the night...and an uncle and aunt were with me...this...how did he come here after leaving her so far away and coming to her house...and my house is very far away. ...

Before I could ask anything, she came up and said...Brother...you are surprised, aren't you?... How come I am here...your purse...which has your PAN card, Aadhar card, mummy. I came with Papa...you helped me so much last night and I didn't even thank you, on the contrary, she also took your important documents...first thank you...then sorry...just like you said. I am also like your younger sister...

After this, his parents blessed me a lot and kept praising me for a long time, then they left after inviting their family to come to their place… As soon as they left, Father hugged me and said, I am proud of you. Deepak...you talked about being a good son...but it would have been better if you had told me at night itself, wouldn't I have scolded you unnecessarily...

I said - Papa...you were also worried about my well-being...then Papa once again hugged me but this time Mother and Choti also came and hugged me...

Friends, my father has taught me only one thing, being a single girl is not an opportunity, it is a responsibility...