"Didi have this..you didn't eat anything since morning, and your siddhant sir didn't even ask you to have something..so rude"said gautham holding a spoon full of rice in front of roli who was drenched in tears..it reminded her of siddhant's words saying that he was proud of her..she got a smile.."now why are you smiling?" Asked gautham.."gautham you know what sir told me today? He said I made him feel proud..I made him proud of me gautham"said roli excitedly but her excitement came to an end when she realised what her father's decision was.."its over gautham..everything came to an end"said roli and kept her chin on her folded knees.."didi why do you worry, may not be papa but one day my jiju will come sitting on a horse and he will fulfill all your dreams"said gautham trying to console her..roli gave a wired smile and turned against gautham.."I'm not hungry..let me be alone for sometime"said roli...gautham gave a deep sigh and left the room without any option.."she looked outside at the stars through her window.."I forgot that I m not among those who have a right to have freedom, I m a bird locked in my father's cage" mumbled roli and cuddled to her pillow to fetch some sleep
The next day morning...siddhant walked through the corridor and searched for roli in the ward..."shwetha didn't roli come yet?"asked sid "no sir roli mam didn't turn up till now"said shwetha giving medications to a patient.."roli never gets late, how come today?"asked sid..he pulled out his phone from his pocket and dialed roli's number..
Roli who slept nearing dawn was sleeping on her bed and her phone kept on vibrating on her side table..and then screen showed up 5 missed calls siddhant sir..
Gautham rushed to her mom with a newspaper in his hand..."ma ma see this"called gautham in excitement.."what is it?"asked meena seeing her son's excitement..gautham showed her the front page of the newspaper which had a big picture of roli standing beside the great political leaders..meena was happy to see her daughter's pic in the newspaper..she read the line written below the pic.."special thanks to Dr. Siddhant and Dr roli for their outstanding devotion and help to all the victims" meena smiled and caressed roli's pic..gautham hugged her sidewise.."are you happy mom?"asked gautham.."yes I am..I am proud of my daughter"said meena...the next second they heard jamnalal's voice.."where the hell is today's newspaper?" Shouted jamnalal in anger...gautham and meena looked at each other ..meena seperated the first page and asked gautham to give the remaining papers to jamnalal.."but why ma? Let him see what his daughter was doing yesterday..may be he will change his mind"said gautham.."no gautham your father won't be happy instead he will be more angry to see this pic"said meena.."no ma let's try once, may be some miracle happens " said gautham and took the first paper from his mother and arranged it properly..he went to the hall and gave the news paper to jamnalal and stood there itself to see his reaction..jamnalal lazily looked at the pic and turned the page..probably he missed to notice roli in that pic..gautham felt bad and turned to go..the phone in the hall rang and jamnalal who was sitting next to it picked it up.."hello"said jamna "how are you jamna? Seems like you have become too modern now a days"said the voice over the phone.."why are you saying so bhaiya?"asks jamna.."I think you didn't read today's newspaper"said the voice.."its in my hand.why what happened "asked jamna.."see the front page..what your daughter is doing"said the voice..jamna lal quickly turned the page to see the pic.."ROLI"shouted jamna in anger..surprising gautham.."papa di is sleeping"said gautham."yes yes she must be getting good sleep after spoiling our name"said jamna "papa? Spoil? Instead she has done something to make you feel proud?" Said gautham "proud? I'm ashamed to say she is my daughter, in our house girls and ladies are supposed to stay at home and now everyone will come to know that roli has spoiled our family's image"said jamna..just then they heard a door bell..gautham opened the door and stared at the person standing in front.." Dr. Siddhant?"asked gutham.
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