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chapter --7
recap-----
One day when arman was in the hospital,bi phoned him'she was very tensed'..
Arman : "kya hua bi? rishima thik to hai?"
Bi : " haan beta,wo bilkul thik hai'.kitni der se bas "pappa jah !!!pappa jah !"..(pappa chale gaye)..kah rahi thi,feer so gayi'
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Arman(worriedly) : "to feer kya baat hai bi?"
Bi ( with a hesitation ) : "beta,aapne rishima ke mom 'dad ka naam kya bataya tha?
Arman : "mr.sunil sinha and mrs. Archana sinha. Mr. sunil yahan se 100 km per ek town hai,wahan ke famous college ke principal they aur unki wife professer thi.wo ajmer se aa rahe they but ajmer mein kahan se ye pata nahi chala."
Bi : "kya unka koi photo ?"
Arman : " ji,unke bag mein unka paasport tha,unhe kuch dino mein hi abroad jana tha."
Bi : " beta,aap unka wo file lekar ghar aa jao."
Arman(anxiously) :" bi ,mujhe dar lag raha hai ,meri rishima ko koi Mujhse cheen na le."
Bi : "nahi beta,aisa nahi hoga,aap ghar aao feer mai sab baaten bataungi."
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Arman went home as soon as possible '.he was very tensed''.
Bi was waiting for him eagerly'at once she gave rishima's locket to arman'."beta,ye dekho,isme kiska photo hai.."
Arman was stunned to see the pic!!..it was riddhima!! A terrible fear gripped him!...
." To kya riddhima aur sidh!! nahi ,aisa nahi ho sakta..wo yahan keun aayenge!! Aur rishima kya riddhima 'sidh ki beti hai! isiliye itni pyari hai'but riddhima aur sidh kya bus mein they!! He was shievering with an unknown terror !!!!'.he felt that he is losing his sense.
Armina woke up and seeing arman,got very happy. She clapped her little hands and uttered'."pappa'aley! pappa! "(papa,arey!papa!)
Suddenly arman Picked her in his arm,squezed her in chest and started to cry bitterly. He was repeating continuesly in his tears'"riddhima,basket,tum kahan ho?.tumhe kuch nahi ho sakta basket'.meri jindagi mujhse dur rah sakti hai par bhagwan usey cheen nahi sakte'.
Armina was so tensed to see arman crying . at first she tried to keep quiet him kissing his cheeks ,caressing his hair with her soft fingers. But knowing no any chance of it,she started to scold everyone, her teddy,doggy, doll and bi too,rounded her eyes'."pappa,chup'tedy hupp!!Dody hupp!!dolly hupp!!bi hupp!!...
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The whole day had passed, neither he went to hospital nor he ate anything. . Bi was very tensed and little armina too. she couldn't understand what was happened to her loving papa. She kept scolding her dolly,doggy ,teddy and bi too.she didn't understand who hurt her papa and her which act would make arman happy.
Next day bi came to arman and said.."arman beta,riddhima aur siddhant thik hain,wo mumbai mein hain."
Arman sprang on his bed'"aapko kaise pata?"
Bi : "sorry beta..aapko aise dekhkar mai bahut paresaan thi,isliye maine sanjiwani hospital phone kiya aur pata chala riddhima abhi wahi hai'kisi dr.rahul ne phone uthaya tha.usne kaha ki riddhima aur sidh bahut sad hain,unki beti ko kisine kidnap kar liya hai, maine rishima ke humare paas hone ki good news de di."
heard this good news , arman got his life back. but too sad realising riddhima's pain. He told in a sigh tone '." paat nahi kaise basket apni beti ko khokar din kaat rahi hagi!
Bi : " haan beta, rahul ne kaha wo tabhi se bed par hai, kisi se baat bhi nahi karti,na thik se khana khati hai'..friends ne samjhaya to bas yahi kahti ki wo ab jeena nahi chahti."
Arman got up at once'." Mujhe sidh-riddhima ko unki beti wapas karna hoga..'basket paresaan hai,mujhe aaj hi jana hoga."
Bi : " haan beta,par aap pahle rahul ko phone kar lo,usne no.diya hai."
At once Arman picked his mobile and phoned rahul.."rahul,kaisa hai?"
Rahul complained in a choked voice : " itne dino baad yaad aaya arman? Humey bilkul bhul gaya?"
Arman : "tu to sab kuch janta hai rahul'aur baaki friends kaise hain?"
Rahul : sab thik hain,abhi-nikki aur unka ek pyara sa beta,anji-atul aur unki beti aur mai aur muskan apni beti sonu ke sath bahut khush hain,but humne apne dost arman ko kho diya hai'
Arman cut shorts'.'rahul,mai humesha tum sabke sath hun..yahan kisi tarah ji raha hun ,but wahan rahta to mar jata..yaaden mujhe maar dalti."
Rahul " hmmm'isliye to tujhe wapas loutne ko force nahi karta,but we really miss you'
Arman : " chal meri baat chod.riddhima kaisi hai?"
Rahul : "bi ne kaha tujhe uski bachchi mill gayi hai!...thank god!! tu jaldi se aa ja...kya mai unhe ye good news bata dun? Wo bahut paresaan hain..
Arman : " haan,aur mai tere ghar rukunga,bash ek din, unki bachchi unhe wapas kar lout aaunga'
Rahul : "ok,arman..plz. jaldi aana'.
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At sashank's house
All were waiting for arman'.dr.sashank,nani,padma,anjali,atul'and riddhima,who was lying on the bed'.sidh was sitting near her bed. a pin drop silence was spreading the entire room..'.
Door bell rang'nani opened the door'rahul entered and then arman, holding rishima in his arm '.
Armina had caught arman tightly keeping her little arm around arman's neck'.
Armina saw riddhima and yelled with joy'"mumma'mumma..
Riddhima tried to get up from bed but unabled''
Dr.sashank(in a serious tone) : "sidh beta,baby ko le liziye."
Sidh came towards arman '
Armina looked at sidh and nodded in na." nunaa..danda'nunna'."(na na..ganda..na na)
And she tights her hold more'''..
Arman : "jao beta,apne pappa ke paas'unhe kissi karo..
Armina kissed arman's cheeks'"pappa ,kithi..thantu..(papa..kissi' thank u)
Anjali came towards arman and took armina from him'.armina started to cry bitterly'.
Anjali : "apne mumma ke paas jao beta'.
Armina looked at riddhima and stretched her arm'"mumma'
Anjali made her to sit close to riddhima'.
Riddhima lifted her sigh,almond eyes to arman ,''.their eyes met for a while and at once arman stole his glances as if he doesn't know riddhima. Armina uttered in her sweet voice..'"pappa'lub u'.." it made arman's eyes teary'..he said sidh with a wet voice'. : "dr.siddhant,maine apni life mein ek mistake ki thi,ek gunah kiya tha,hope ab aap mujhe maaf kar doge. And plz. Bachchi ka khyal rakhna,apni pyari cheez khone par bahut dard hota hai'I know it'"..saying these he immediately turned and went outside.
rahul was driving his car and arman was sitting beside him ...depressed,tearful faced..
sashank's house was now away from him 'arman felt that he had lost his everthing !!'once he had felt this after losing riddhima..and now again!!
Rishima's sweet voice echoed in his ears''.."pappa..kithi'mitthi'thantu'."
Arman wiped his tears and told rahul'"jara fast chala na'jaakar teri beti ke saath khelna hai mujhe,bahut pyari hai,bilkul meri rishima jaisi."''''''..
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punam