FF: Ek Boond Asmaan...LAST PART+EPI, PG-34 - Page 12

PART-11

Jai looked at Krishna, she wasn't talking to him ever since they had come from the school it has been two long days, he said sorry almost million times, bought every possible gift to woo his stubborn daughter but no....she wouldn't talk to him...he realized it was silly shouting over her, but he was so defeated with himself that he vented out all his bottled up emotions on Krishna...he remembered bani's words... he has been too rude to her, he wanted to apologize to her but his huge male ego stopped him...

"Poora khatam karo krishu..." masi said to Krishna...

"Bas..." Krishna mumbled...

"Acha chalo bas...haath mu dho ke aao, aaj daadi aapko ek achi si kahaani sunayegi..." masi said trying to appease Krishna...Krishna simply got the down the chair, going towards the washroom...

"Had hoti hain jai...choti si bachi ke upar chillaneki kya zaroorat thi..." masi glared at jai...

"Main hi galat hoon...har baat ke liye...theek hain...mujhe bhi baat nahin karni usse...woh ziddi hain toh main bhi ziddi hoon...sorry bola, kitni baar bolo...main Pune jaa rahaan hoon, do teen din ke liye...apni poti ko aur bigaadiye apne laad pyaar se..." jai snarled at masi storming to his room... masi looked on helplessly...
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"Bani...kya kar rahin hain..." kiran said as she entered the kitchen, to see the milk boiling, over-boiled, fluffing out of the container...

"Haan..." realizing bani switched off the gas...

"Tu munne ko dekh...main saaf karti hoon..." kiran said shoving her away...bani went into pia's room...the baby boy was in his cot, moving his hands restlessly, making noises... bani smiled, peering over him...she tickled him, he chuckled spitting...bani wiped his mouth with the end of her duppata...

She missed Krishna badly...she wondered how she would be... she had nightmares of Krishna crying, falling sick...and she woke up drenched in sweat... she had got the address and phone number of Jai Walia, countless time she dialed the number but jai's words rang in her mind, she was nobody to advice him how to look after his child... she bit her bottom lip, not wanting to cry...

"Bani...kya hua..." kiran came in...

"Nahin kuch nahin...mujhe...ghar jaana hain..." bani said not looking at her mother, picking up her purse and mobile she left...
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Bani's throat parched as shestood in front of the huge mansion with wobbly feet...the golden name plate read Jai Walia engraved in black...with her heart thudding against her chest, she entered the gates only to be stopped by the security guard...

"Kaun hain aap madam..." he asked...

"Woh main Bani...Bani Dixit..." bani fumbled...

"Kisse se milna hain..."

"Krishna Walia se..."

"Krishna baby se..." he looked suspicious...

"Dekhiye bhaiyya...aap chahiye toh andar phone karke pooch lijiye, main jaanti hoon Mr. Walia ko..." bani tried to convince him... he called up inside and came out of his small cabin...

"Aapko andar bulaya hain...sahab toh nahin hain, par masiji hain..." he informed...bani looked relieved...
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"Namaste main..." bani folded her hands she saw the elderly lady coming towards her...

"Bani..." masi beamed at her...

"Ji...woh main...woh... "bani failed to comprehend her words...

"Kya baat hain beta..." masi asked seeing the worry lines littered all over her face...

"Krishna...kaisi hain woh..." bani asked...

"Krishna ko thoda bukhaar hain...abhi doctor aake gaye hain...so rahin hain..." masi said...

"Krishna...krishan ko bukhaar hain...kuch serious toh nahin hain na...Mr. Walia...woh kahaan hain...humme hospital jaana chahiye..." bani rambled...at first masi was taken aback but then was pleased by bani's attachment towards Krishna...

"Beta, thoda sa temperature hain...sab theek hain..." masi held her hand assuring...

"Main usse dekh sakti hoon..."

"Haan beta...chalo..."
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Masi looked on as bani caressed Krishna's forehead...

"Mr. Walia ko pata hain..." bani asked softly...

"Jai toh Pune gayaa hain, tony kab se uska number try kar rahaan hain, lag hi nahin rahaa..." masi said concerned...

"Agar aapko aitraaz na ho, toh Krishna ko main apne ghar le jaaon...please..." bani pleaded...

"Par beta...jai aayga toh aur gussa karega..."

"Nahin, kuch nahin hoga..."

Krishna opened her eyes, mumbling something...

"Krishna..." bani held her...

"Bani...miss..." Krishna's voice broke...bani simply hugged her...
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Krishna lay in her lap...bani patted her stomach...lightly humming a song...

"Beta..." masi said, bani had brought Krishna to her house, though she knew jai would fume but seeing bani so distraught, she couldn't say no to her...

"Ji..." bani asked looking up...

"Jab Krishna se itna pyaar karti ho toh maan kyun nahin leti usski baat..." masi asked...bani remained silent... just then they heard the door open, Kiran came inside...

"Ba..." she stopped mid-way watching the scene in front of her...

"Maa...yeh Krishna ki daadi hain...aur masiji yeh meri ma..." bani said dreading her mother's peculiar expression...

"Namaste..." masi said, kiran just smiled...

"Woh Krishna ki tabiyat kharaab thi toh main usse yahaan le aayi..." bani said, her eyes begging her mother to understand...

"Oh!!!" kiran didn't know what to say...

"Acha beta main chalti hoon, jai agar aayega toh pata nahin kya hoga..." masi said getting up...

"Aur beta sochna jo maine kahaa...shayad tumhe lage ki main swarthy ho rahin hoon par...tumhe dekhe lgta hain ki tumhe Krishna ki zyadaa zaroorat hain..." masi left...

"Yeh kya keh rahin thi..." kiran gave her daughter a hard stare...

"Woh..." bani explained her everything... ...

"Bani...yeh sab..."

"Maa, pata nahin yeh kya rishta hain main nahin bata sakti par main Krishna ke bine nahin jee sakti..." bani hugged Krishna tightly...

"Haan beta par, ek aise aadmi se shaadi karegi jiski biwi mar chuki hain, jiska ek beti hain..."

"Main mujhe kuch farak nahin padta hain..."

"Par beta..."

"Mera bhi toh ek ateet hain jisse main nahin badal sakti..."

"Haan par...tujhe aur ache ladke mil jayenge..."

"Par kya meri sachai jaan kar koi mujhe apnayega..."

"Lekin..."

"Please maa..."

"Theek hain lekin, woh kya naam bataya..."

"Jai Walia..."

"Haan wahin...kitna bada aadmi hain...agar usne mana kar diya toh..."

"Pata nahin..." bani stared vacantly...
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Jai switched off his cell phone... irritated he threw it away, it fell with a thud on the table... it was reema, sonali's mother... after so many years...he gritted his teeth recollecting his conversation...

"Hello jai..." reema said timidly...

"Why have you called Mrs. Kapoor...?" jai said controlling his anger...

"Jai please...I want to meet Krishna..."

"No need, who you are to meet Krishna...?"

"Jai, don't tell like that...please... "

"Nahin aapke pati ne jab sonali ke sharad ki pooja main mujhe sunaya tha ki main sonali ka dhyaan nahin rakha...uski mauth meri wajah se hui...tab aap kahaan thi..."

"Jai beta..."

"Tab kahaan thi, jab aap ke sab rishtedaar meri beti ko apshaguni aur pata nahin kya kya kahaa..."

"Suno..."

"Nahin aap suniye... aapki beti ka pagalpan jhel chuka hoon, aapko nahin jhel sakta main...agar aap meri beti ke paas aane ki koshish bhi ki toh mujhse bura koi nahin hoga..."

Not able to concentrate on his work, he decided to leave Pune and go home...
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It was late nightwhen jai reached home...

"Tony...kaun hain...yeh shor kaisa..." masi asked coming out of her room, she was retiring to bed...

"Jai sir is back..." Tony informed...masi came into the hall to see jai pacing inside... it seemed his mood was off... ...Now he would kill her if he comes to know that Krishna is with bani since a day...

"Jai...kahaan the tum...kabse tumhara phone try kar rahin thi main..." masi said...

"Krishna kahaan hain..." jai asked handing over his bag to Tony...

"Beta woh..." masi lost her voice...

"Aur aap mujhe call kyun kar rahin thi..."

"Woh..."

"Krishna baby ko bukhaar tha..." Tony said promptly from behind...

"Krishna ko bukhaar hain aur kisine mujhe bataya bhi nahin..." jai panicked...climbing the stairs...

"Ruk woh bani aayi thi..." masi said fiddling with her fingers...

"Toh..." he stopped in his tracks...

"Krishna ki halat dekh kar woh usse leke gayi apni ghar, abhi baat hui meri usse, bukhaar utar gaya hain, woh theek hain..."

"Woh bani hoti kaun hain meri beti ko lekar jaane waali...aur aapne jaane kyun diya...AAP..." jai descended the stairs with such ferocity... that masi stepped back...

"Kahaa jaa rahaa hain..." masi asked meekly form behind as jai was sprinting towards the entrance...

"Krishna ko laane..."

"Pagal hain kya, itni raat ko jaayega..."

"Masi aap..."

"Krishna biklu theek hain wahaan...kal subah jaake le aana..."

"Par..."

"Kal subah jaana jai...maine kahaan a...aur itna gussa kyun ho rahaa hain woh bani, humari bachi ki dekhbhal kar rahin aur tu..."

"Maine nahin kahaa usse ki meri beti ki aaya bane..." jai gave her a hard stare before leaving to his room...
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God bless
Dhani

P.S.: Hey guys...need a bit of help. Can you people suggest a peculiar gesture? A kind of habit or something which I can show as a common link between father and son!!! I need it as I am planning to write another story soon after my exams... Thank you...!!! I can't think of any except that stupid nose rubbing thing kekta mayi showed in KS!!!

THANKS FOR ALL THE LOVELY COMMENTS!!! (Thats exactly me, popping out of nowhere!!HA!!!)

hey dhani