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Chapter 1: Anjaan Mehmaan
Sheher se door, pahaadon ke beech ek chhoti si jagah thi — Chandanpur. Yahan log shaant zindagi jeete the. Har kisi ka ek dusre se rishta tha. Lekin ek raat aisi aayi jo sab kuch badal ke rakh gayi.
Raat ke 9 baje ek andheri jeep ek purani kothi ke saamne ruki. Usmein se ek lamba sa aadmi utra, kaale kapdon mein, haath mein chhoti si bag aur aankhon mein ajeeb si chamak. Usne kothi ka darwaza khatkhataya.
Darwaza Suraj ne khola. Suraj, ek retired teacher, apni biwi Kamla ke saath wahan rehta tha. Dono ke bacche sheher mein settled the. "Haan bhai?" Suraj ne poocha.
"Main yahan kuch din ke liye rukna chahta hoon. Bahut thak gaya hoon," aadmi ne kaha. Uski awaaz mein sukoon tha, lekin thodi thandi si thi.
Kamla ne andar bula liya. "Itne thande mausam mein kisi ko mana nahi karte," usne kaha.
Chapter 2: Pehla Din
Agle din sab kuch normal tha. Mehmaan ne apna naam bataya — Dev. Bahut tahzeebdaar aur padhe-likhe aadmi lage. Usne kaha ke woh writer hai aur akelapan chah raha tha likhne ke liye.
Suraj aur Kamla ne uska khayal rakhna shuru kiya. Lekin raat ko kuch ajeeb hua. Kamla ne kaha ke usne darwaze ke paas kisi aurat ke hansne ki awaaz suni. Suraj ne kaha ke shayad bhanak thi hawa ki.
Lekin Dev ka kamra band tha. Woh subah tak bahar nahi aaya.
Chapter 3: Ajeeb Aadatein
Agli kuch raaton mein Kamla ne dekha ke Dev kabhi kabhi ghar ke andar bina awaz ke chalta rehta. Ek raat toh usne Dev ko seedhiyon ke paas deewar ki taraf ghoorte hue dekha.
"Dev ji, sab theek hai?" usne pucha.
"Aapko kabhi aisa laga ke deewar kuch kehna chahti hai?" usne muskurate hue jawab diya.
Kamla ghabra gayi.
Chapter 4: Padosiyon Ki Chinta
Gaon ke kuch logon ne bataya ke purani kothi mein pehle bhi ek musafir aaya tha — saalon pehle. Uske baad se kothi mein log marne lage. Koi bepanah dar se, koi behtasha cheekh kar.
Suraj ne in baaton ko afwah samjha. Lekin Kamla ka dil ghabra raha tha.
Chapter 5: Cheekh Ki Raat
Ek raat Kamla ne darwaze ke peeche se zor se cheekhne ki awaaz suni. Woh uth kar gayi, lekin sab kuch shaant tha. Dev ka kamra khula tha. Aur andar... ek purani diary mili.
Us diary mein likha tha: "Main sirf likhta nahi, main unhe jeeta hoon. Har kahani ek rooh ban jaati hai. Har rooh ek mehmaan..."
Chapter 6: Kamra No. 3
Kamla ne Suraj se poocha: "Hamare ghar mein sirf do kamre the na?" Suraj ne haan kaha.
"Phir Dev kis kamre mein rukta hai?"
Tab un dono ko samajh aaya — unhone kabhi Dev ko apne kamre mein jaate hue nahi dekha. Woh hamesha andhere se aata tha, aur wapas usi andhere mein chala jaata tha.
Chapter 7: Diary Ka Sach
Suraj ne diary detail mein padhi. Har safhe par ek kahani thi. Lekin har kahani kisi asli insaan se judi thi — aur har kisi ka anth maut thi. Har kahani ke aakhri lafz the:
"Aur tab uski rooh meri kahani ban gayi."
Aakhri safhe par likha tha:
"Agli kahani — Suraj aur Kamla. Ek purani kothi. Ek raat. Ek mehmaan."
Chapter 8: Aakhri Pal
Suraj aur Kamla ne ghar chhod kar bhaagne ka plan banaya. Lekin jab woh tayyar hue, Dev darwaze par khada tha.
"Aap log jaa nahi sakte... kahani abhi baaki hai," usne kaha.
Uski aankhon mein laal roshni thi. Uska chehra badal raha tha — insani nahi, kuch aur.
Kamla ne pooja ghar ki murti uthakar uspar feka. Achanak se cheekh ki awaaz hui, hawa tez ho gayi, aur sab kuch andhera...
Chapter 9: Waqt Ka Band Darwaza
Agle din logon ne kothi ka darwaza khula paya. Andar sirf ek purani diary thi. Usmein likha tha:
"Kahani ab mukammal hai. Mehmaan chala gaya. Magar kahaniyon ka silsila kabhi nahi rukta..."
The End