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Next day, Urmila's cellphone rang as she was moving towards Dashrath's room to check for his health. She gulped looking at Lakshman's call. She gained strength to answer his call as they don't have to inform the three about Dashrath's health.
URMILA- hello..
LAKSHMAN- kitni der phone receive karne me mila..? Kaha busy ho..?
Asked Lakshman making his office bag ready. Urmila searches some words to say while Lakshman waited for her to speak. He checks with the cellphone if she is still on line.
LAKSHMAN- Urmila..??
URMILA- ha.. yahi hu..
Said Urmila in a stammer. She looks at Dashrath's room and then answered Lakshman.
URMILA- thoda busy thi Laksh.. today I got late too.. isliye..
Lakshman narrowed his eyes hearing Urmila's words. He could find that she is lying to him.
LAKSHMAN- ghar par sab theek hai na.?
Urmila's eyes grew wide hearing his next question.
URMILA- ha.. theek kyu nahi hoga.?
Lakshman nods his head lightly and answered her back.
LAKSHMAN- it's your unusual tone.. meri mila to mujhse bat karte time excited ya fir gusse me rehti hai..
Said Lakshman to tease her while Urmila lightly smile at his words. She again went silent for which Lakshman looks confused.
LAKSHMAN- busy ho kya Urmila.? Badme bat kar lo..
Said Lakshman trying to figure out what she is up to..
URMILA- aa..bb.. ok.. I will call you.. sab theek hai Laksh.. love you..
Urmila disconnect the call and nods in disbelief moving towards Dashrath's room. While Lakshman became confused at her behaviour when he heard Siya calling them.
SIYA- Ram... Lakshman...
Siya was arranging the breakfast for Ram and Lakshman on the table. She calls them moving towards the kitchen.
SIYA- jaldi.. breakfast is ready..
Said Siya pouring their juice in the glasses. Ram came there busy in his phone. He keeps his bag on the chair while Siya keeps the glass on the table.
RAM- hmm..
He forwards his tie towards Siya and was still busy in his phone. Siya takes his tie and wraps it around his neck, tie-ing it's knot.
SIYA- Ram.. today I have to visit office..
Siya started informing him about her schedule while Ram was busy in his work.
SIYA- may be sham me ane me thoda late ho.. that's why you take your keys with you..
Ram looks at her and nods in yes, smiling at her. She completes her work and checks his shirt by adjusting it's collar. He holds her from her waist.
RAM- please jaldi ana.. jyada late mat karna..
Said Ram in a request with his puppy face. Siya rolls her eyes in disbelief, smiling at his request. He leaves her hold and settled down for breakfast while Siya too settled down beside him.
SIYA- Lakshman...
Siya calls for Lakshman and he came there getting ready for his office.
LAKSHMAN- sorry bhabhi.. Urmila se bat kar raha tha..
Siya nods at him and serves him the breakfast. Ram's eyes falls on Lakshman who was sitting in front of him. He could witness that Lakshman was still busy thinking about Urmila.
RAM- Lakshman..
Lakshman motioned his eyes to look at Ram when he calls him.
RAM- kya bat hai.? Are you fine.?
Asked Ram about his health for which Siya too looks at Lakshman.
LAKSHMAN- yes bhaiya. I am fine.. why did you asked that.?
Questioned Lakshman while Ram smile at him lightly.
RAM- you seems to be tensed. Urmila se.. ladayi ki.?
Asked Ram and Lakshman immediately shook his head denying.
SIYA- then what happened.? Sab theek hai na..?
Siya asked this time getting equally worried. Lakshman looks at both Ram and Siya and their questioning face which was waiting for his response.
LAKSHMAN- pata nahi bhabhi..
Finally Lakshman breaks his silence. He took a deep breath and continued.
LAKSHMAN- Urmila was sounding tensed. In fact kal rat se. Tab to mene kuch pucha nahi but now I asked..
Ram and Siya looks confused when Lakshman told them about his conversation with Urmila.
LAKSHMAN- pucha mene usse.. ki kuch hua hai kya.. but she didn't said anything..
Said Lakshman nodding his head. Ram thinks for a while and Siya observed his reaction.
LAKSHMAN- aap ki bat hui kya bhaiya kisise.? I mean.. Bharat bhaiya.. Shatrughan.. ya choti maa.. ya papa..?
Ram immediately looks at him when he took Dashrath's name. He lightly shook his head denying while Lakshman sighed saying nothing. Siya observed both of their expressions.
SIYA- areh..? Why you both are getting tensed.? Kuch nahi hua hoga ghar par..
Said Siya trying to calm both the boys.
LAKSHMAN- bhabhi.. I hope maa ne kuch naya issue create nahi kiya hoga..
Said Lakshman looking scared for which Ram too became tensed. Though he knows that Kranti will not do anything like that but still somewhere he was getting tensed.
SIYA- no Lakshman. Not at all..
Siya denied his words with confidence. She keeps her hand on Ram's hand and continued looking at Lakshman.
SIYA- maa aisa kuch nahi karengi and I believe her..
Said Siya pressing Ram's hand lightly to give him the confidence. He looks at her who was looking at Lakshman.
LAKSHMAN- hope so bhabhi..
Said Lakshman not looking confident. Siya turns to look at Ram who smile at her lightly.
SIYA- aur rahi bat Urmila ki.. then she must be worried about office work..
Lakshman again looks at Siya who was smiling at both the boys.
SIYA- office me aaj zara kaam hai.. mujhe bhi to wahi jana hai.
Lakshman sighed and nods at Siya, though he was not fully convinced with her.
SIYA- come on.. have breakfast..
Siya started serving both of them while Ram bows down thinking about what must have happened in Raghuvanshi palace...
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The girls were in Dashrath's room, taking his care as he was still unwell. Shruti helped him to rest his back on the cushion while Manvi sits beside him having his plate in her hand.
MANVI- papa . Have something. Iske bad aapko medicine bhi leni hai..
Said Manvi forwarding a spoon towards him while he shook his head in denial.
DASHRATH- mujhe.. bhook nahi hai.. beta..
Said Dashrath holding his left shoulder and caressing it lightly.
URMILA- papa.. kal rat me bhi aapne ache se khana nahi khaya tha.
Said Urmila in a complain moving towards him with a glass of water.
SHRUTI- ha papa.. to take medicine, you have to eat something..
Said Shruti keeping her hand on his shoulder. Dashrath didn't said anything and closed his eyes feeling pain. The girls observed his expressions.
MANVI- papa.. aap.. theek hai na.?
Asked Manvi looking at him while he opens his eyes.
DASHRATH- ha bete.. me theek hu..
Answered Dashrath with a light smile on his face. Though he was not feeling well. He again pressed his left shoulder and Urmila noticed him.
URMILA- aapko.. pain horaha hai kya papa.?
Asked Urmila while Dashrath lightly nods his head in yes.
DASHRATH- pata nahi.. what is happening.. thoda.. uneasiness bhi feel horaha hai..
Said Dashrath removing the comforter from him while Shruti wipes his forehead to remove the sweat. Bharat and Shatrughan enters the room gaining everyone's attention.
BHARAT- papa..
He runs towards Dashrath and Manvi gets up from her place to allow her husband to sit. Bharat takes Dashrath's hand in his hand and looks tensed.
BHARAT- now how you are feeling.?
Asked Bharat while Dashrath cups his face with his other hand.
DASHRATH- I am fine now.. don't worry you both..
Said Dashrath looking at Bharat and then at Shatrughan. He indicates Shatrughan to come near him and Shruti gave him some space to sit.
SHATRUGHAN- aap bohot bimar lag rahe hai papa. I think we should call doctor uncle again..
Said Shatrughan looking at Bharat who nods in head in agreement.
DASHRATH- koi zarurat nahi hai..
Dashrath interrupts them gaining everyone's attention.
DASHRATH- tumhare doctor uncle ayenge, firse BP check karenge aur tum logo ko aur tension denge..
Said Dashrath nodding in disbelief while Bharat and Shatrughan gave a look at him.
DASHRATH- isse better hai. I will have this medicine and take some rest..
Said Dashrath forwarding his hand towards Urmila who was holding his medicine box. She gave him the box and Bharat shook his head.
BHARAT- not done papa. You can't ignore your health..
DASHRATH- I am not ignoring beta..
Dashrath again interrupts him. He closed his eyes to take a deep breath and then continued.
DASHRATH- agar medicine lene ke bad bhi mujhe acha feel nahi hua, then I will ask you all to call the doctor. Fine with you all.?
Asked Dashrath looking at everyone. Everyone looks at each other and then at Dashrath nodding their head in agreement.
DASHRATH- come on.. you both go to the office. Aaj meeting hai na..
Bharat and Shatrughan looks at each other and then at Dashrath.
SHATRUGHAN- we will attend the meeting and come soon papa. Tab tak.. you take your care..
Said Shatrughan keeping his hand on Dashrath's hand for which Dashrath nods at him in agreement. Both the boys gets up from their place while Bharat looks at Manvi. She blinks her eyes indicating him to not worry. He nods his head and both of them leaves from there.
URMILA- come on papa.. now you also have your food, take your medicine and have some rest..
Said Urmila taking the plate from Manvi and sitting beside Dashrath. He smile at her lightly and agreed to have his food...
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Bharat and Shatrughan were about to leave for office when their eyes falls on Kranti who was moving towards Dashrath's room from the kitchen.
SHATRUGHAN- maa..
Kranti looks at them when she heard Shatrughan calling her. Both the boys moves towards her and waited for sometime to start the conversation.
BHARAT- wo.. papa ki health ab bhi.. thodi.. kharab lag rahi hai..
Said Bharat for which Kranti lightly nods her head in disappointment.
BHARAT- we have an important meeting in the office.. isliye jana pad raha hai.. but.. we will return after the meeting gets over..
Bharat informed her about their work for which Kranti smile at him lightly nodding her head.
SHATRUGHAN- kuch zarurat pade to.. call.. kar lijiyega..
Said Shatrughan in a low voice while Kranti nods at him too.
KRANTI- don't worry.. hum sab hai yaha..
She smiles at both the boys while they didn't reciprocates her any expression. They turns to leave when Kranti stops them.
KRANTI- suno..
Both the boys turns to look at their mother. She moves towards them and tried to speak in a low voice.
KRANTI- tum dono.. apna khyal rakhna.. papa ki jyada tension mat lo..
Said Kranti with a light smile. The boys nods at her in agreement. They both again turns and finally goes from there. Kranti sighed and looks at Sumitra who was now standing beside her.
SUMITRA- office gaye dono.?
Asked Sumitra looking at the main door and then at Kranti who nods her head in agreement.
KRANTI- Sumitra... Unki tabyet me abhi bhi kuch sudhar nahi hai..
Said Kranti sounding tensed while Sumitra too gets worried looking at the direction of Dashrath's room.
KRANTI- rat bhar bukhar tez tha. And since morning he is having some body pain too..
Sumitra scrunched her eyebrows looking confused.
SUMITRA- kya.? So we have to call the doctor..
Said Sumitra and Kranti nods her head.
KRANTI- wo sun hi nahi rahe hai. I think we should not listen to him now. Ek bar unhe dekh lete hai. Then we will call the doctor..
Said Kranti for which Sumitra nods in agreement. Kranti again thinks something and looks at Sumitra.
KRANTI- Sumitra...
She stammered to say further while Sumitra kept on watching her. Kranti holds her hand and then continued.
KRANTI- should we inform Ram.?
Sumitra thinks about her words while Kranti watches her expressions.
KRANTI- wo unse bat karega to.. unhe better feel hoga..
Said Kranti with a smile and Sumitra nods at her in agreement.
SUMITRA- you are right. Ram and Lakshman dono ko bata dete hai.
Kranti gets happy hearing her acceptance. She was about to call Ram but stops her thoughts in between. She looks at Sumitra and said.
KRANTI- tum.. call kar lo..
Said Kranti feeling sad while Sumitra nods her head in agreement, not arguing anything with her. She dialled Ram's number in her cellphone while Kranti waited for him to pick the call.
SUMITRA- he is not picking up the call.
Said Sumitra disconnecting the call while Kranti shook her head lightly.
KRANTI- kahi busy hoga.. but you try after sometime..
Said Kranti again and Sumitra nods her head. Suddenly they heard Shruti's shout.
SHRUTI- maa... Choti maa....
Kranti and Sumitra looks at each other getting tensed and then at the direction of Dashrath's room from where Shruti's voice came.
KRANTI- hey bhagwan...
Kranti immediately runs towards his room while Sumitra too follows her in Dashrath's room to check him...
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Lakshman's missed his cell phone ring for the fifth time in a row. Both Ram and Lakshman were busy in their work and their cellphones were at the table ringing for so long.
RAM- place an order for the equipments from Gaziabad. Mene jo meeting attend ki thi, just have a look at its synopsis..
Said Ram while the employees nods their head, writing down the points in their notepad.
Lakshman again missed Urmila's call after which Ram gets a call from Bharat. He could not attend that and it was again a missed call.
RAM- ok.. that's it for today I think.. get ready with the number of machinaries with on paper documents.. and show it to me tomorrow..? Lakshman will handle the project part..
Said Ram concluding his meeting while the other employees nods at him in yes.
RAM- Lakshman.. please bring my phone..
Ordered Ram while Lakshman nods at him. He moves towards the table and picks Ram's phone when his eyes falls on his phone's screen.
LAKSHMAN- Urmila ke seven missed calls.?
Lakshman looks tensed. Since morning he was tensed thinking about Urmila's worried voice and now these missed calls were giving him a bad feeling.
LAKSHMAN- oh god.. kya hua hoga..? Please please.. Urmila theek ho...
Lakshman closed his eyes to pray for his wife. He was about to call Urmila back when Ram's phone started ringing. He checks with the caller and it was of Shruti.
LAKSHMAN- hello.?
SHRUTI- bhaiya.. kaha hai aap.? We are trying your call since long.. didi ka bhi phone switched off araha hai..
Shruti started yelling on the call making Lakshman more tensed. He could sense that she is crying and is scared of something.
LAKSHMAN- kya.. kya hua Shruti.? Is everything fine.?
Asked Lakshman in a stammer. Shruti tried to answer him..
SHRUTI- bhai.. pa.. papa..
Shruti breaks down saying "papa" after which Lakshman got more tensed. He thought Urmila was not well but now hearing about Dashrath he was getting more tensed.
LAKSHMAN- papa kya.? Shruti.. answer me.. what happened..?
Lakshman started getting panick and Ram turns to look at him. Manvi takes the phone from Shruti.
MANVI- Lakshman.. meri bat dhyan se suno..
Said Manvi in a calm voice. Ram turns to face the employees again.
RAM- you all have a break now.
Everyone gave him a smile and leaves from there. Ram moves towards Lakshman who was looking shocked while disconnecting Manvi's call.
RAM- Lakshman..
Ram keeps his hand on Lakshman's shoulder to gain his attention.
RAM- Lakshman.. what happened.?
Asked Ram again but Lakshman was still standing numb and tears were there in his eyes. Ram takes his cellphone from Lakshman and checks with the ten missed calls from Bharat, Shatrughan and Shruti. His eyes went wide and he looks at Lakshman.
RAM- kya hua hai Lakshman.? Will you please tell me.
Ram holds him from his shoulder getting panicked. Lakshman started crying making Ram more tensed.
RAM- for god's sake please tell me what happened..?
Ram scolded him as he was getting no response from his side. Lakshman immediately embrace Ram in a tight hug, crying in his embrace making Ram surprised.
LAKSHMAN- bhaiya... Papa..
The earth beneath Ram gets slip hearing Lakshman's words. He stood there numb in a shock expression while tears started forming in his eyes...
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