#1 : His Life
"We love you beta. We will always be there with you in your heart." Renuka said and smiled
"No Mom. Don't go. I can't live without you. Please Mom. Please." Randhir mumbled in his dreams, sweating profusely. He shook his head from right to left.
"Mommm..." Randhir woke up with a jerk raising his hand up as if stopping his Mom and Dad from going somewhere.
Another Nightmare.
Randhir frowned. He looked at his watch and it showed 6:15 am. He knew he won't be able to sleep more, though he badly wanted to do. He pulled out the covers and stepped down from his bed.
After zipping his jacket, Randhir tied his shoe laces and ran downstairs. He saw his Chachi, Naina was cooking the breakfast.
"Good Morning Chachi."He greeted her.
"Good Morning Randhir." She flashed her teeth and then continued her cooking.
"Where's Parth?" He asked while drinking water.
"Still sleeping."
Randhir chuckled and an idea popped in his mind. He need to wake up his brother. He filled his bottle with water and ran upstairs to Parth's room.
"Kamine, you disturbed my sleep last night and now you are sleeping peacefully here." Randhir walked to his brother and opened the bottle cap and turned it down thus emptying all the water on his face.
"Aaahh.." Parth groaned and sat up with a jerk.
"Randhir..."He gritted looking at him.
"Baad mein mar lena. Get ready, we need to go for jogging." Randhir said and sat on the couch. Parth quickly changed and came out to a garden for jogging.
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"Parth, come on. Are you tired?" Randhir teased his brother as he stopped in middle to breathe. They were running since half an hour and had almost taken 10 rounds of the garden. Randhir wanted to run for some more time.
"Yes. Because we are not like you. We are normal human beings who get tired after running 5 rounds of such a big garden." Parth said and sat on the nearby bemch.
"You wanna say that I am an alien?"
"Umm maybe. You may seem like a human but I am sure you are not one. You are an alien."
"Shut up Parth. I was thinking to go back home walking. What say?" Randhir grinned as this idea flashed in his mind. Parth's eyes went wide.
Walk to home??? That too 10 km??
Nooo!!!
"Please Randhir. Stop thinking such nonsense stuff. We are going back by our car. That's final." Randhir chuckled over his brother.
Randhir and Parth are brothers, though cousin but they love each other a lot. Randhir is only 10 day older to him. They had lived the life together. They had wemt to their school together, sat together and shared almost every secret with each other.
Parth started the engine and Randhir drank water from his sipper. Parth drove the car back to their home.
"Randhir, Anna was asking about you."
"Anna who?"
"Anna Mickelson. That topper from IT branch. Sometimes, I am very much envy of you. All hot girls drools over you but you never pay them attention. And here, I pays them attention but they ignore me because of you."
Randhir chuckled.
"Stop laughing. I am serious Randhir. If you don't want those girls then clearly tell them. Atleast I could have one of them as my girlfriend."
"Should I say to chachi that her son is planning to bring a foreign daughter in law for her?"
"I know you won't do so. Did you forget about Maira?"
"Hmm. That was a mistake Parth. We were not meant for each other but still I didn't broke up. You know, there was not a single day when we won't fight. But still I didn't had the courage to break up. But now, I am happy that I saw here with that Erick. They are perfect for each other." Randhir said and smiled.
Maira was studying with Randhir in their high school. Maira had proposed Randhir and he accepted her proposal. But they were not happy together. They always fought over small things. But neither of them spoke about breakup. As they didn't wanted to loose the other.
One day, Randhir was passing by his classroom and he heard someone moaning. And what he saw broke his heart. Maira was making out with Erick. He didn't said anything and went from there but in his heart he felt happy that now he won't have to bear her. The next day Randhir broke up with her.
Parth opened the door as they entered inside. Randhir sat on the couch and drank water. Parth went to fridge and took the sticky note written by Naina.
Going to office.
Will be late tonight. I had made the food and its inside the fridge. Just warm it up before you eat.
Bye
Love you both
Naina Shekhawat.
"Mom's in office. Lets have food and then go to college." Parth suggested. Randhir nodded and walked up to his room for a shower.
*
"Ma'am, someone is here to meet you." Nina, Naina's secretary said.
"Let them come in."Naina said.
Naina Shekhawat, Kabir Shekhawat's wife. Parth's Mom and Randhir's chachi. She came to Shekhawat Clan as Kabir's wife but now she is his widow. The day when Randhir lost his parents, Parth lost his Dad too. After that incident, Naina had been handling the family business in Chicago. While the Indian branch is being handled by Kabir's brother, Avinash.
"Bhaiya.." Naina beamed as she saw her brother, Nirman, after so many years.
"How are you Naina?" Nirman asked as he sat infront of her.
"I am fine Bhaiya."
"I can see Naina, you are not fine. I know you still miss Kabir." Naina's eyes started welling up as she remembered the moments she had spent with her love.
"Thats all past Bhaiya. For now, I am a single mother of Parth and Randhir. Renuka Bhabhi always said, Naina Randhir is just like your son. You also have the right on him as much as I have on him."
"Hmmm. How are those two boys?" Nirman asked. Though he don't have any blood relation with Randhir but still he loves him equally as he loves Parth.
"They are good. Today, they will be graduated." She said and smiled
"Is it? That's really great."
"Umm Naina, I think why don't you send them to India? I mean now Randhir is 23. And now he is eligible to handle the family business. He is the heir of Shekhawat Empire after all." Nirman said
"I know bhaiya. But the thing is, I am scared. I have nothing to loose but them. I can't send them to the place where their parents died." Naina said and looked away.
"I understand your concern Naina. But till when will you try to protect them? They had now became mature enough to take care of themselves. I think you should let them go there." Nirman said
"I think you are right Bhaiya. One day or the other, they have to face it." Naina said and sighed. She had decided what she will do. She would send them to India.
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