Kunal Suspects Richa!
Part1
Background: AC and AD have met in AC's school during sports festival. They were initially surprised to see each other being so identical.. they talked to each other and found out they were both named Anand which was weird in the beginning but as they talked, they found out they were brothers. As they know the names of both their parents, it did not take much for them to connect the dots!! AC came home with innumerable questions.. he wanted to rapidly fire each question to his dad and get all the answers but he knew his dad would not talk about his mother. But he was determined now to make his father think about his mother in the hope that they would get back together. He understood his father very well and knew how to plant ideas in his brain!!
At the Chopra House
AC walked into his room with all these thoughts and questions racing through his mind and was surprised to see his father sitting on the bed and reading a book!
AC: Papa, aaj aap ghar pe ho? Court nahi gaye?
Kunal: Roj court kyon jaoonga? Koi kaam hai tho jaoonga na! Accha ye batao tum school se jaldi kyon aagaey?
AC: Woh hamare school me aaj sports festival chal raha hai papa.. isliye! Aaj se theen din yeh festival chalega.
Kunal: Sports festival? Toh tumhara cricket team ka match kab hoga?
AC: Tomorrow Morning, papa. Aap ko pata hain.. aaj Mumbaike sabhi schools ke bacche hamare school aaye the!! Aaj ham sabhi students ek doosre se mile or mera bhi bahut sare new friends ho gaye papa!!! (saying this AC was lost in thought about his meeting with AD.. he wondered if this was the right time to talk to his father about it)
Kunal: Arey tujse kaun nahi friendship karega? Tutho itna sweet hai ki tujhse friendship kiye bina koyi nahi reh sakta!!
AC: Haan, Kyon nahi?!.. akhir beta kiska hun??..
Kunal: A very warm smile broke out on his face at hearing AC's words!!
AC: lekin.. (he hesitated to say it)
Kunal: Lekin kya? Kya soch raha hai?
AC: Aaj ek ajeeb sa incident hua papa. (Kunal's gave his full attention to AC) Saare schools ke bacche aayethe aaj. Unmese ek ladka tha. Uska naam bhi Anand tha.
Kunal: Arey, isme ajeeb ki kya baat hai.. Kitne boys ka naam Anand hota hai? Yeh Lakho me ek naam thodi na hai.. Tu mujhe yeh bataane ke liye soch raha tha?
AC: Arey, nahi papa.. aap pehle meri baat tho suniye! Us ladke ka naam Anand tha aur woh bikul meri tarah dikhta hai!!!
Kunal: (A little taken aback by what AC said) Anand, woh coincidence bhi tho ho saktha hai.. Waise bhi hamare shakal se kuch logon ka shakal thoda milta hai.. natural hai!
AC: Nahi papa.. thoda milna nahi. Poora milta hai jaise hum dono judwa bhai ho!!!
Kunal: Yeh to bahut interesting hai! Tune usse baat ki?
AC: Haan papa.. baat tho kiya. Maine uske parents ka naam bhi poocha!
Kunal: Accha, Kaun hai uske parents?
AC: Usne kaha ki woh apne maa ke saath rehta hai! Uske mom aur papa ka divorce tab ho gaya jab uska janam hua!!
Kunal: (Suddenly sat up straight on the bed and was having an expression of disbelief!.. He thought of the possibility.. was that kid his son?.. was his Anand a twin?.. no.. he thought.. can't be.. the boy said he lived with his mother.. but Siddhi is in jail.. so, this must be a coincidence!!.. thinking this, he asked AC) Kya naam bataya usne apni maa ka?
AC: (pretending to think about what name the boy said).. Kuch naam bola tha usne.. Riddhi?? Ya..
Kunal: Siddhi??!!!
AC: Haan papa!! Siddhi! Aapko kaise pata chala?
Kunal: (Already dumb-struck by what he heard.. he could hardly move a muscle or answer AC)
AC: Papa.. aap theek tho hain? Kya hua aapko? (he shook Kunal to bring him to his senses)
Kunal: (Coming back to his senses).. haan.. woh maine guess kiya tha! Anyway, thumhe Homeworks nahi hain aaj? Jaake padayi karo, jaao!!
AC: Aaj tho koyi HWs nahi hain papa!! Main baahar jaa raha hun.. khelne!! (saying this AC went out of the room with a wide grin on his face.. he was happy he succeded in his attempt!!)
Kunal: (Talking to himself) Anand ne abhi jobhi kaha.. kya sach me mere do bete hain? Aur Siddhi jail se bahar hamare doosre bete ke saath hai? Yeh kya ho raha hai? Mujhe kuch samajh me nahi aa raha!! Ek kaam kartha hun.. kal subhah mein khud jail jaakar pata karoonga!!