ѕнσт 02. мєєт ρυηנαвαη gυу, мααη...!!!
He was sitting in the bar counter, ordering another drink. "Sir, bar is closed. Please try to understand." The butler requested him. 
"I'll pay you double. One last, please yaar." As he requested, hearing about the money, butler gave him another bottle. 
"Oye listen..! Where are you going? Sit here.." As he told to the butler, he refused to sit, but he insisted when the butler sat beside him. "You know who am I..? I'm Maan Singh Khurana." He was slurring as he was drunk. "You know, once upon a time, I had nothing, yeh jo dikh raha hai, aisa bilkul nahi tha mein. I was working in a company but was happy with my lifestyle. Then.. Then.." (Whatever I'm today, I wasn't like this before.) He took another sip. 
"Sir, you're drunk." The butler said worried. 
"Suno na..!" (Listen..!) Maan stopped him leaving, "Do you ever love someone?" The butler shook his head in negative. "Free ka advice de raha hoon..! Kabhi kisi se pyar maat karna. Saala, zindagi barbaad kar deta hai." (Giving you free advice, never love anyone. This love can destroy your life.) He leaned back on the chair, resting his head on back, he closed his eyes, "Jaise mera hua.. She came into my life, we were happy together then but things started to change soon, but I.. I was dumb, was an idiot that I couldn't understand it, I was living in my own dreams then she gave birth to my daughter. I was so happy. You know.." He looked at the butler again, "Pari.. Pari is her name. You know, she was just six months when Avni.." He paused. "My wife.. Oops..!" He placed his hand on his mouth. "Ex wife.. She left us. Left us for other man. You tell me who did this with her own kid? Could a mother leave their child ever? But she did.." As he said, his eyes gets moist, tears rolled out from his eyes. "And do you know the reason..? Money..!! Money really can speaks. I couldn't effort that luxury life which she found with that Kabir Rane. She left me." He cried when suddenly his phone rang, his daughter's photo displayed on the screen. 
"See.. My daughter." But before Maan could receive the call, it gets disconnected. "My daughter cares for me a lot. She's my everything. I didn't reach yet, that's why she's calling me.." As he sensed about the time, he gets up with stumbling feet. "I should leave now.. She's waiting for me."
"Sir, may I drop you?" The butler asked as he saw Maan was stumbling. 
"No, it's okay.. I can manage. Thank you." Saying this Maan walked out from the bar. 
*****
She was pacing to and fro in the Hall while everyone awake in the family. "Pari puttar, go and sleep. Papa will be back soon." Her grandmother requested. 
"No dadi.. Pehle woh aajaye phir." (Let him come first..!) She looked at the door angrily. 
"I know, Maan kyu late ho raha hai. Uss Anvi ki wajah se mera pura parivaar bikhar gaya." (Why did Maan late today. Because of Avni, my whole family was broken.) She sobbed while Pratap console her. "Gayatri, don't worry. He'll come soon."
Just then, they found the door gets opened and Dev walked in holding Maan in his arm who was senseless and hurt also. "Papa.." Pari ran to her father. "What happened to papa?"
"Pari, puttar.. Come..!" Gayatri pulled Pari towards her saying, "Let Dev chachu come in."
Dev walked in along with Maan and took him inside his bed room. Dev settled Maan on the bed and covered him with blanket. He turned back when his family waiting for his explanation. "I took him from police station."
"Police station..?" Gayatri got worried. 
"He was driving the car drunk and met with an accident." Dev told them. 
"Hey bhagwan." Gayatri cried. "Yeh sab uss aurat ki wajah se. Neither she's living happily nor she's letting my son live happily. She can never be happy." (Everything happened for that woman.) She cursed Avni for ruining her son's life. 
Meanwhile, Pari saw her father sleeping, his forehead was injured in accident. She quickly brought first aid box and cleaned his injury and placed a bandage on his wound while Maan whispered, "I'll not leave you Pari." While Pari saw a tear escaped from his eyes, she wiped them and hugged her father, "I know papa.. I love you."
The family witnessed a daughter's care for her father, everyone had tears in their eyes when Gayatri said, "Let her sleep with him tonight."
*****
Next morning, Maan twitched his eyes as sunray fall on his face, he sensed a light weight on his chest and saw Pari was sleeping hugging him tightly, Maan smiled. He was going to place her on the bed when he felt pain on his hand when Maan remembered the last night, it was the day when Avni left him and their daughter. And on the same date, on last night, Kabir proposed her for marriage in a business event where Maan was present. Though Maan hate Avni but still sometimes it really hurts him when he saw her with Kabir. And amidst all this, Maan forgot that he promised his daughter to had dinner with her but ended up having an accident in drunken state. 
"No, Maan. Not anymore. She's no one for you neither for your daughter. Don't hurt your daughter for them. She has only you." Maan slightly gets up and kissed on her hair. 
With his touch, Pari woke up. "Good morning, papa.."
"Good morning." He smiled back. 
"How's your injury?" She asked placing her palm on his wound. "Is it hurting?" Maan nodded in negative. 
"I'm sorry Pari. I couldn't come early last night." He apologized. 
"It's okay papa." She kissed on his cheek. "Papa.. Are you going office today?" She asked innocently. 
Seeing his daughter's innocence, he replied, "Yes. I've to but ek din late jaane se koi farq nahi padhega." (If I go late that will not make difference.) Pari jumped in excitement. 
"Come.. Today we, father-daughter will make breakfast for everyone." Saying this Maan lifted her in his arms and walked out from the room. 
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"Dadi.. Move.. Move..!" Pari ran inside after taking shower. "Today I and papa will make breakfast." Saying this dragged Gayatri out of the kitchen when she collide with Maan. 
"Are you fine puttar?" Gayatri asked looking at her son. 
"Yes maa.."
"Papa.. Come..! What shall we make?" Pari asked placing her finger on her forehead. "Idea.. Papa and Pari's favorite.. Aaloo ka paratha..?" She asked looking at Maan. 
"Okay, done." He politely replied and walked in to cook. During the cook, Pari helped Maan while family members adoring father-daughter togetherness... 
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