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PRLOUGUE
" Most people think that love doesn't stand the test of time - that it is eternal only as long as it lasts - but love is an unquenchable flame. It is only the fires of momentary desire that burn too fast and go out far too quickly without leaving behind a single trace.
Llarjme, Missing Variables "
{ 1992 } Luckhnow
'jaldi chalo ,unhe dard shuru ho gya hai.'
come fast ,labour pain has started) laxmi cleared the sweat covering her face as run fast to match her steps with her husband of ten years , Hari prakash . This ten years have taught her two things about her husband 1.he is a loyal servant to the Raizada just like his father and his grandfather was. 2. He is a great human being which are quite rare these days .
Laxmi entered the palace like home "shesh mahal" from the back door , she can never stop herself from gawking at the grand decore of every room of the palace , old antiques which has its origin back to 1200s AD . Her thought come to a halt as her husband drags her to the guest room where lay the heavily preganat women screaming her heart out , sweat beads forming over her head .
laxmi's eyes travel to other occupant of the room . A worried looking Arthi raizada sat near the women trying to calm her down while clearing the sweat off her with white cloth . A 6 year old arnav stood holding his mother's sari , his incocent eyes closes everytime the women screms . I know even after hours of cajoling , he would not have buge to leave his mother as usual . He was just like any other boy of his age except he cant speak ,he hadnt spoke a word since she has seen him they have consultanted a lot of doctors & pundits for the reasons but nothing potential had come out .
Laxmi came near the stranger women and bent down near her , requested her to take deep breaths and push hard . Arthi madam leaves the room with arnav leaving me and rekha , another servant to assist me . After one hour of pain , screams , deep breaths hustle bustle , finaly a loud cry resonate in the palace .
I hold the tiny angel in my hands . She has so bright skin , raditing from a eternal glow . Her eyes are closed as she now take deep breaths in her sleep . She has helped delieved a lot of kids in her life but no child look as etheral as this one . She has that aura that want to keep her near you always . she kisses her forehead loveingly .
As she see the strange women sit and bring her hand forward to hold the baby in her arms , she imediately obliged . The women glowed instantaly looking at bundle of joy in her arms . Laxmi had loved this moment the most in her life . This unbounded joy ,unconditional love that mother holds for a child .
She saw arthi enter with arnav by her side at the same time . Her eyes dancing with emotion of happiness .she had always loved children .she is the most inocent soul laxmi had ever scene in her life . But inocent souls are the most haunted arent they .
Arthi cooed the the baby girl in her smiling , siting beside the strange women whose face was still raditing from the glow .
'Khushi' the stranger women had ecohed the name with such affection that the baby had opened her eyes the same moment with a smile dancing on her small pink lips .
Everyone's attention was at baby khushi , her hazel eyes capturing the world inside them as the world gaze at her with so much love and affection .
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'Ku..khushi!'
Laxmi had felt the world stop in that moment . Everything had stilled in the full lunar night , glowing with a magic of its own . Than inevitable had happend , eyes that were once busy praising little bundle of joy , were imdetiately shifted to the other inocent creature present into the room , who had stood near his mother , whose gaze were still on the little angel as her smiled grew wider every second .
'What you said arnav . Say it again!'
Arthi raizada heart had stopped only to be beated at the speed of light afterwards . Her eyes had glowed with a emotion that is hard to describe . A mother who had heard her son spoke for the first time , his words were not "ma" but at this moment it doesnt matter . All that matter was her son had spoken after years of wait ,after years of hurt & pain she had endured . She shook her head to shake off the past moments to dull her happiness.
Giving back khushi in her morther's arm , she pull arnav in his lap kissing his cheeks wity affection as she said him to speak ojce more just once more , hoping that this was not her figament of imagination.
'Khuushi'
Arnav had said this name uncountable time . He had smiled every time this word had made its way out . He had slept near the baby whole night enclosing her tiny hand in his .
The moment has been nothing but magical .as if after years of darkness light had finally made its way out .
Laxmi had been a silent spectator of this moment and her faith in god had grown ten times more than .
Long standing winter had gone at last , as spring had rejoiced the land in its beauty in its happiness . Love had made its way only to be grown thousand times more in future .
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