Ishita was looking at the portrait while Raman was just praying that she dont recognise herself when she said -its very pretty, kaash complete hoti toh samajh aaya that who is she?? She said making Raman sigh in relief.
Raman -actually these days, I get very less time toh complete nahi kar paaya, wapas chale, der ho rahi hai. Maa shayad mujhe dekhne aayi ho. He said making ishita look at him.
Raman -maa roz mujhe raat mein do-teen baar dekhne jarur aati hain.
Ishita smiled and said -lagta hai aapko aaj bhi bachcha samjhti hai.
Raman -nothing like that, mere papa ki death sote hue ho gayi thi,toh thodi darr gayi hai. She feels good seeing me breathing.
Ishita -i am really sorry, I didn't know about it.
Raman -its OK, wapas chale. He asked to which she nodded. Both walked back to their rooms, ishita wished him good night and went to her room while Raman too went smiling. Both got settled in their beds thinking about each other and slept.
Next morning, ishita called gulabo to know when she will be back as ishita has no clothes to change.raman picked the phone and said -hello madam.
Ishita -gulabo, when u will reach home??
Raman -it will take sometime, waise bhi aapko ghar pahunchane mein time lagega. He said and hit his head in frustration.
Ishita -tumhe kaise pata, Main Kahan hoon, aur mujhe kitna time lagega.
Raman-arey madam, hamare ghar ke saamne Kahan achcha hotel hai, aap gir hi hongi naa.
Ishita -haan, OK u try to come soon. Mere paas kapde nahi hai toh change.
Raman -oh ,I will try to come soon, madam ji. He said and hung the call. He thought for a while and called someone.
On the other hand, ishita went to freshen up. She thought to repeat the clothes and change after going home.
After an hour, she came out only to see many clothes in her room hanging on the hanger.
Ishita -yeh kahan se aaya, she thought and walked to the closet and saw a note.
I thought u must not have clothes, so ordered few for u. Not knowing ur taste too, so ordered clothes of my choice. Pick the one u like.
Raman bhalla
Ishita smiled reading the note and said -not bad Mr bhalla, I am impressed. She said and start selecting the cloth for herself. She picked a blue colour suit knowing well that it's his favourite.
She changed into the suit and went out only to see toshiji alone on the table. She went to toshiji and said touching her feet -good morning aunty ji.
Toshiji smiled seeing ishita and said -good morning puttar ji, bahut sonne lag rahe ho.
Ishita smiled and said -its all because of raman, aunty ji. Unhone mere liye dress bhejwayi, warna mere paas toh kapde hi nahi the pehnne ko.
Toshiji -achcha, waise mere puttar ki pasand hai bahut achchi. She said and pecked ishita's temple.
Ishita smiled and both settled on the dining table.
Toshiji -dekh aaj bahut kuch veg mein hai, infact saara breakfast hi veg hai. Raman ne kaha aaj specially veg banaya jaaye, as u don't eat non veg. Toh sab tere khaane laayak hai, kha lein.
Ishita -raman ko aa jaane dijiye, sab saath mein khayenge. She said making toshiji nod.
Both waiting for sometime and then saw raman coming down wearing a black shirt with blue formals. Ishita look at him and got lost in his look. He was looking very handsome in that attire. Ishita was just lost in him while Toshiji smiled seeing her.
Toshiji -lagta hai isse bhi mera raman pasand aa raha hai, good good. Matarani sab kuch achcha kar dena. She prayed and raman came down stairs. He hugged toshiji and said -good morning maa.
Toshiji -good morning mera puttar, matarani tujhe har khushi de.
Raman smiled and said kissing her temple -u r my only happiness maa, bas aap hamesha khush rehna. He said smiling and then look at ishita and said -good morning ishita.
Ishita smiled and said -good morning raman.
Raman -aap bahut achchi lag rahi hai ,hope u liked the dresses.
Ishita -they were beautiful. Thanks for them. I picked this one.
Raman -ur welcome but all dresses r for u.
Ishita -no no, I can't all.
Raman -toh hum kya karenge, Main toh nahi pehan sakta. Aur naa maa.
Ishita -return kar dijiye.
Raman -thats pretty good idea, but Raman bhalla yeh nahi karta. U have to keep it. Hamari taraf se gift samajh kar rakh lijiye. He said to which toshiji too insisted making ishita nod.
They had breakfast together and Raman said -maa, meri bahut important meeting hai. Toh I have to go. Ishita, aapko mera driver drop kar dega, aur aapko car bhi aapke ghar pahunch jayegi. Hope u won't mind, I really have one important meeting.
Ishita -its perfectly alright raman, aap bilkul jaiye, mujhe bilkul bura nahi lagega. She said smiling and raman was going when his phone rang, he put hand in his pocket to take out his mobile and a bunch of keys fell down making ishita and Toshiji look at him.
Raman picked it in a jiffy when Toshiji said -yeh kiski chaabhi hai puttar.
Raman -woh ,woh, woh maa. Hamare farmhouse ki chaabhi hai. Mere kuch clients aa rahe hai toh unke stay ke liye.
Toshiji -oh, but tune kyun li hai. Mujhe de de, Main driver se bhejwa dungi.
Raman -nahi maa, kuch special guest hai. I personally have to receive them. Mujhe jaane do der ho rahi hai, he said and was going out when he heard ishita saying -u know aunty, mere ghar ki key mein bhi aisa hi key ring lagaa hai.
Toshiji -i think tumhari aur raman ki pasand bahut milti hai. She said and both smiled while Raman said -kyun nahi same key ring hogi, jab key same hai. He said and went out in a jiffy as he has to reach Ishita's house before her.
After an hour, ishita reached home and saw the house was already open. Gulabo was doing work.
Ishita saw her and said-achcha hua, u came back. Now tell me, hows is ur son, tabiyat thik hai naa ab uski??
Gulabo -haan, ab thik hai.
Ishita -waise kya hua tha usse, u know I don't even know that u have a son. Kabhi bataya nahi tumne.
Gulabo -haan, woh yahan rehta nahi naa.mere pati ke saath ludhiana mein rehta hai, waise aapko bahut pareshaani hui hogi naa mere kaaran. Mujhe maaf kar dijiye madam ji.
Ishita -nahi, aisi koi problem nahi hui,i was fine, tum aise beech beech mein jaa sakti ho, I will adjust. She said smiling thinking about Raman taking her home, making Raman aka gulabo smile too.
Gulabo-bade muskura rahe ho, gulab ki tarah laal ho rahe ho. Kahan the, Kiske saath.
Ishita -kuch bhi gulabo, nothing like that. Tu kaam kar apna,let me get ready.
Gulabo-ready sheady to lag rahe ho, bolo naa. Ab bata bhi do. He said teasing ishita making her blush.
Ishita -raman ke ghar thi main.
Gulabo-achcha, toh aisa kya kar diya that u r smiling like this.
Ishita look at gulabo and said -woh itne achche hai, mujhe samajh mein nahi aata, how can someone be so good. Matlab apni maa se itna pyaar, it felt so good. Ekdum alag hi hai .she said looking at nowhere like lost in his thoughts.
Gulabo smiled and said -i think aapko pyaar ho raha hai, Raman ji se.
Ishita look at him and said -tujhe bhi aisa lagta hai kya??
Gulabo -tujhe bhi, aapko bhi lagaa kya??
Ishita -i don't know, ek ajeeb ehsaas hai. Feeling like living close to him forever. Yeh ehsaas pehle kabhi nahi hua gulabo. Aise lag raha hai jaise koi meri saanson se rooh mein utar raha hai, jaise koi mujhe mujhse cheen raha hai. Jaise koi mere liye mujhse jyada important ho gaya hai. Yahin pyaar hota hai kya, gulabo. She said looking at him making him happy to no need.
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