PART 14
As Alizay cuddled against Angad on a warm Sunday evening leaving Angad question himself ask himself again and again ,…. Is it possible to find her?
It was the beginning of the 3rd year when Alizay was brought home and exactly 2 and a half years since Angad started the search for her respective family. A year ago Angad found out that 3 out of 4 people from her family passed away in a harsh accident. he went to her old house and inquired about anyone else in the family who would like to take the responsibility and custody of her, but while he was there he wanted to runaway and hide Alizay somewhere no one could find her. They would stay happily ever after playing ludo and piggy back,leaving other half of him say "NO" its not right what if someone comes and creates problems afetrall she would there's more than mine.So he decided he will look for "HER" the lady mentioned by the servant at the house.he will have to go himself because of the problems with the visa and the legal matters with Alizay.
Angad named the litte girl Alizay because 3 yrs back whenever he would call her by her original name she wouldn't respond but when Alizay was said she trun around with glowing eyes..Alizay called him 'Daddy' for some reason.despite of everyone telling her that he ANGAD KHANNA isn't her daddy she would frown for a matter of 2 seconds and then continue on saying it.Angad couldn't deny he loved it a lot himself, being called 'daddy' by an adorable angel like Alizay was definitely something any man or woman would await.to wrap it all up he was her daddy and she was 'daddy's angel'.that was the thote which wrapped all those negative thoughts up and that was all he cared about ,the fact that he was her daddy and she was daddy's JAAN..
After twisting and turning on the bed for about an hour he sat up staright on his huge bed with hazel brown eyes wide open and a head of thick brown messy hair.sighed,stood up and walked across the room to the left side where his desk stood, sitting on the chair for awhile motionless trying too relax his mind.he had no clue but something inside was worried,worried about an unkown fear about something he couldn't pin point.Longed for someoneto talk to,to sharehis feelings with,to tell 'THAT SOMEONE' about how he spent all these years oh …how much he longed for someone beside him,hug him,to please him,pamper him,tease him on simply nothing and love him.hug him kiss him whenever 'that' person felt like not him.
Placing his hands at the back of his head like his head was a warm cup of coffe in it and wanted to keep the mug from falling with wanting to keep their hands warm aswell.With a sudden urge to look at the year books of hish school aswell as the university,his hand moved toward the lamp without letting him know ,switched it on dragged open the brown coloured drawer,second from the top.moving his hand towards the books and ulled out one of them which apparently was his highschool's.
The grip on the black coloured book was loose which allowed it to kiss the floor,the book fell with a loud thud.papers flew all over the floor.the fan on the white ceiling gave the papers another chance to move around and check out the room,scream out the past to the whole world.
As Angad toured the whole room collecting the papers,Alizay woke up crying,Angad placed all of the belongnings on the desk and a paper weight on top of it .on the way to the side of Alizay he switched the fan off,sat beside her and stayed there until she was deep in the world of dreams when she didn't utter a single word he knew she had a bad dream …after reassuring that she was fast asleep he stood up but realizing ,Alizay was holding the sleeve of his white cotton kurta.smilling at the kid before him he freed his hand from the tiny grasp and walked back to his desk..
Walking back to the bed with a load of 10 letters in his hands seemed like forever. He couldn't wait till he read all those letters after 8 years he had locked away everything which reminded him him of her.
After almost 8 years he went to his old room,sitting on the rocking chair just staring at the room,slowly drifting away from the real world.
Anjali was walking around the house worried looking for Angad.the last thing she could think of was about his room,the old abandoned room.but here feet took her there,not wanting to though the way Angad came in here.Shocked yet pleased Anjali entered the room carefully,trying not to startle Angad she placed her soft glass bangled hand on his shoulder.
Despite if her being so careful Angad cried "Alizeh" getting startled.Anjali's hazel brown eyes welled up with the salty water,walking in front of him placing her hands on his knees she kneeled down and cupped his face .Half of her happy upon him unlocking the room and half sad.After a 2 min silence he placed her hands on her lap and walked away leaving Anjali staring at the half open door he just exited through.
Looking at Angad who was sitting on his bed with his hands in front of laying flat. He was staring at the lines in his hands, "bhabi meri to haathon ki lakeeron ne hi mujhe dhoka de diya". Anjali with a thought of talking to him closed hi hand on hi left hand but pushing back the idea she just hugged him,Angad who had been controlling for uncounted days broke apart the balloon of tears and sadness blew out.
Kripa was sitting on Aaliyah's bedher face placed on the boat of her hands staring at aaliya who was blabbering continuously walking back and forth dumping stuff in a suit case and Kripa moving her head as a kid in whichever direction aaliya hopped to.she looked like a little girl who was sitting on the bed looking at her mommy doing her chores.
She seemed so happy outside but only she knew how she ahd spent these 3 yrs of her life … even she didn't know what was she sad at leaving her 2 best friends back home? Yes that's what it was ..her best friends. No it was something deep in her heart ,deep deep down inside.
"yea you're having fun aren't you? Seeing me all frustrated and troubled,honestly if it wasn't for my jobi wouldn't have been leaving,I hate that man" aaliya said fuming.
"aali chhoro naa..shukar karo you get to once in a while main to 3 saaal se yahin hoon you get to move around atleast" Kripa tried her best to caml her down and make her feel better.
"oh hello… you don't like moving around remember"Aaliya stopped nidway to the sofa where her purse sat.
"I will kill bhai he was the one to convince me to come here" aaliya's all day radio started again
"huh..haan" Kripa nodded her head claiming yes she got whatever came out of madame aaliya's mouth.
"haan kya? What did I say?" aaliya asked while putting her bag in the trunk of "toyota's new vits" and closing it.
"wohi the usual stuff" Kripa was now sitting in the car
"Kripa tum bhi naa"
that day aaliya left for Vancouver she had to go on some business tour for 2 weeks where she had 2 confrences to attend those 2 confrences had to last 3 days each giving her only a day to rest then all of the next week was a workshop for the students of pshcology.Kripa was closing her shop for a week due to the renovations.Christmas was 2 months away and she wanted to change the stuff around in her little shop.
2 days passed easily on the third day she sat on the bed ,confused nored yet relaxed and that relaxation was bugging her she was so used to the stressed life yet happy to have gotten sometime for her self.Angad was sitting with alizay on his lap in their bedroom
"daddy why do you have to leave?" Alizay asked him putting her hands around his neck.pulling Alizay away he wiped her tears and kissed her ofrehead.
"Angel daddy has to go…he has an important buissness conference there he promises to bring u back loads of chocolate and dolls for you and he'll call you everyday" Angad sounded sweet and daddy like.
"Chachooooooooo…."there comes anu.. she ran into his arms kissing his cotton shirt.
"ji chachoo ki jaan" Angad kissed her forehead while straightening her skirt.Anu handed Angad an envelope.both of the girls standing hand in hand fiddeling with there skirts looked at Angad.
He took the card out from the blue colored envelope which the two angels had painted on with a "U" upside down to show a sad face,smilling Angad flipped open the card which read:
Chachoo/Daddy
We will miss you a lot bring back chocolate and the crazy frog toy please.
Luv you a lot
Anu and Alizay.
The writing was horrible it took him 15 mins to read the card and he was awestruck pulling both of them in a bear hug he carried them down stairs
Angad left for Canada on the 8th of October with a hope and a fear in hi heart.
Standing outside the huge pearson international airport ,tired,frustrated,angry.checking hi watch everyminute it was killing him with a huff and a frwon pasted on hid face he took hi luggage and stood against the cold stoney wall.
It was only 30 mins ago he was in the plane waiting to meet hi sister.his custom and stuff just took 10 mins and these 20 mins seemed like forever.Angad you were never this impatient.an hour passed he tried calling her several times the house phone; no one was picking it up and her cell phone seemed to be switched off
hey guys how r u all happy navratri and ramadan mubarak here is ur first treat for the weekend!
Kabhi Neem Neem Kabhi Shahad Shahad
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