Bhagwaan and the "surprise gift" - Part 2

The story so far...

Bhagwaan has been asked by Bhagyawaan to buy her a "surprise" gift of more than 12 lakhs since Priya has been gifted a diamond necklace by her husband J. He is now travelling to Bangalore to buy it from the same jeweler on MG Road. The problem is that Bhagwaan has no money but does not have the guts to tell his bitter..sorry..better half..Now read on

After a sleepless night on the train, Bhagwaan finally reached Yeshwantpur at about 9 am in the morning. The train was late as usual. The only good thing was the pleasant weather in Bangalore. He caught an auto to go to his friend's house in Sahakaranagar (after the usual haggling & arguments over "50 rupees extra" which he lost). One he reached his friend's house, he had his bath and breakfast. He decided to visit the jewelry shop to see if he can get something for a bargain.

Suddenly, he heard a ring of the temple bell as he was walking outside - it suddenly stuck him. His friend  Ganesha! He had helped out in the past and Bhagwaan had completely forgotten about him. He went inside the temple and prayed to him with the usual terms and conditions (Rs 101/- and coconuts/banana). Feeling a bit more relieved, he walked towards the auto stand to get an auto to go to MG Road.As usual, the auto drivers were sitting around playing cards ignoring the customers. He hesitantly asked them if they could please take him to MG Road. A couple of them were nice enough and said they were going to Yelahanka and could deign to take him there, if he wanted. Finally, one of them took pity on him and said he will take him (wont get passenger from there Saar - hence one and half times of meter Saar!).

He reached MG Road and entered the jewelry shop. A beautiful young lady did a namaskar to him and asked him if he wanted coffee/tea/fruit juice. They promptly took him to the necklace section. The glittering lights and ambiance made the necklaces shine brighter than what they actually were..He liked one and pointed it to the salesman. He was pleasantly surprised to see that the price was very reasonable and he could actually afford it. The pleasure was short lived when the salesman said "That Saar is the making charges which is 10% of the total charges". He realized that he had no hope and Ganesha was his only resort. He quickly slipped away from the shop. As he was going out, there seemed to some sort of commotion near the entrance. He thought there must be some film shooting going on since some actors were dressed like cops. He quickly went back to his friend's house, again paying 1.5 times the meter fare (no passengers getting from that side Saar!).

Bhagwaan took the train back to Hyderabad (with the usual berth exchange with an old man who said he could not climb up to the upper berth). He reached home riding home an auto of a ruffian who seemed to double up as a auto driver.

He reached home prepared for the worst. As he entered the house, he saw Priya and J in the house with Bhagyawaan. What was most unusual was that Priya was crying and J was trying to console her and Priya was actually blasting off J. He was dumbfounded to see the scene. Slowly, he understood what had transpired. Apparently, the necklace gifted by J which was shining brightly at the beginning was slowly losing its color and now looked more like silver in color. The necklace was fake! 

Bhagyawaan asked him "Did you buy my necklace? I hope you did not because I understand the shop was selling fake jewellery and was raided by the police yesterday"

Bhagwaan (quickly recovering): "Oh yes. The minute I saw the necklace, I realized it was a fake. Only a trained eye can easily make out the difference and only fools will make a mistake" (giving a meaningful glance to J).

Bhagyawaan was so thrilled by his intellect and let me just close the curtains on the scenes afterwards since some kids occasionally come to my blog!

The next day, Bhagwaan woke up feeling relaxed and stress free after quite a few days. He glanced at the news paper and here is what he saw

He had a second look - Ganesh Gowda, Vignesh! Then it stuck him - his prayers to Ganesha had been answered! He thanked Ganesha again for pulling him out of a major crisis again. Of course, he will ensure that the agreed terms and conditions will be met.

He went back to his emails to check if that widow had transferred her husband's fortune to him but alas....!!