Hey people! As the we all the going through a very hard time in history of mankind...still it brought some moments of respite to the nature from pollution atleast...I thought bring the same peace to life of two our favourite characters maan and geet...hope u will enjoy
***Lockdown ***
“Mridu come to mumma baby” she cajoled the little girl extending her arm to take over her 14 month old daughter from her father.
Mridu shook her head snuggling more into her father. Indicating she was in no mood to leave her father. The proud father ensconced the child more lovingly holding her protectively supporting and caressing his daughter head gently.
Maan she need her feed" she informed him. It had been more than hour. He has been playing with mridu. He kissed her little temple. He loved holding her daughter. The most divine and serene emotion he ever come across consciously. It wasn't every day he was throw with such divine opportunities.
They got divorced when geet was carrying their daughter. She didn't let him get a whiff of his impending fatherhood. Else he would have tried to mend their relation. Perhaps.
They had an arrange marriage. After initial days of attraction toward each other. Their marriage began to fall apart. Much earlier then they realize She was from family with lots of love and affection floating her ways. She desired one from the maan. Maan whose world revolve around his dadi and business hardly had any time for geet. It was only night when he could spare few hour for her. Dutiful for physical and materialistic need. After giving her four year of her life. she decided to call off the marriage which he hadnt protested.
“Let her be geet I’ll feed her later after a while"
It irked geet the most. When he goes all chummy with Mridu. She stomped and marched to nearest sofa. Threw of the metallic glass to show anger.
he ignored and gave few kisses to her small head here and there. There was something about this little cherub that gave immense peace and calm to his tormenting soul. When she was first handed over to him the day she was born. He felt the solace seeping through him. Her tiny hand held his finger. Maan who known to be ruthless man felt protective toward his daughter.
Geet sat on the sofa gawking at maan. She determined to get her daughter back. Since the day he had come. He had been hijacking most mridu moments. Earlier she made sure to keep mridu with her in pretext of feeding her as he was unaware that mridu was big enough to take liquid and mashed food. Also her own milk wasn't enough to sustain the growing child. Neither she was lactating enough.
Geet got caught when she had been spoon feeding mridu and he had entered her room without knocking asking for charger. She had been so engrossed that couldn't catch what brought that infamous smirk of his.
“Oh my mridu has started taking food" he tickled mridu small tummy as he leaned and picked her up and the lying bowl.
I'll feed her" he declared then it come knocking on her. He had caught her excusES to keep with her. And the smirk said caught you liar!
Since the day he had made sure to feed his. No.. no.. her daughter whenever she approached her. Only getting her at night.
Geet was feeling lonely, depressed, stressed and what not. Maan had landed at her place to visit mridu when 21 days of lock down was announced due to covid 19 pandemic. It hadn't been case If maan hadn’t landed at her place at Bangalore just before lockdown was announced. He could not go as All means of conveyance suspended. Unwillingly she had to allow maan , her ex-husband to stay in her small one BHK flat.
Day one mridu was all cranky to stay with him or away from her mother. It geet gave immense pleasure and satisfaction. As if her daughter avenged her by ignoring him.And she fondle her more lovingly showing of the mother daughter bond.
Day 5 equation seemed to change a bit. She found him changing mridu' s diaper and she let him do that while she was having formula milk from bottle.
“She was crying geet...where were you? he told and asked her as he found her behind him. In her bed room.
Geet didn't reply. They hardly talk unless a necessity. She took the baby from him almost snatching. He was hurt. Her act pained him. Mridu is his too. More than him mridu had been hurt more. It triggered her wailing. He looked away tears welled up his eyes but he ignored her cries leaving the room. He will do some office work he resolvedGeet tried everything from cartoon and toy but the poor baby cried more shedding fat tears. Neither the father nor mother bear her crying finally forsaking his resentment for geet. He extended his arm to mridu. She instantly jumped and after a while she fell asleep.
That day she realised even mridu wasn't immune to msk. She has taken liking toward him and her heart shanked.
The earlier liking had turned duo father and daughter the magnet and iron. Like the sand everything seemed to slip out of her hand.
Overwhelmed she sobbed silently.
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to be continue...
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