Part-7
Malhar was looking at Kalyani’s sleeping figure,his eyes fell on her beautiful face that smudged with tears.”She has gone through a lot because of him in this tender age” He thought…He had often experienced emotions ranging from sadness to anger to wanting revenge when he got betrayed but what he is experiencing now is indescribable. He wanted to go back to when things were normal but nothing was going to be same again. He doesn’t want to see tears in her eyes because of him and he knows handing over moksh’s responsibility to Kalyani is a big step and if this is what she wants he will do it. After caressing his son for the last time, he picked up his bag, looked round the room as though leaving it.
Sampada came into room and saw that kalyani was sleeping. She slowly walked towards Moksh’s cot
Moksh…dekho tumhari aai tumhe lene aayi hai, ab tum apni aai ke sath rehoge… she said slowly and looking at kalyani.. ab tumhe aur iss aaya bai ke sath nahi rehna hoga..
Moksh woke up and started crying.. Sampada got tensed as his continuous crying could wake kalyani, she hurriedly strode out of the room..
Kalyani woke up listening moksh’s cry and she saw Sampada was taking moksh with her. She ran towards sampada to stop her but her feet stumbled and fell on the floor.
Sampada kaha le jaa rahi ho mere pillu ko..
Pillu.. pillu… she cried…
Malharji dekhiye na Sampada humare pillu ko lekar jaa rahi hai.. Malharji rokiye sampada ko … she screamed and tears ran down her cheeks…
She sat up and looked around and when her eyes fell on moksh’s cot, he was sleeping soundly, only then she realised that it was just a dream.. a bad dream…
Getting up from the bed she walked towards his cot.
“Tu to mere paas hi hai pillu” he smiled but didn’t wake up that only filled her with relief.
“Main kitna darr gayi thi ki wo sampada tujhe mujh se dur le jaa rahi thi aur tujhe hasi aa rahi hai..”She held him in her arms and kissed his both cheeks..
“Thank god ye bas ek Sapna tha…par us sampada ka koi bharosa nahi hai..” she had worried look on her face.
Kalyani took Moksh to her bed and lied beside him, hugging him close to her chest, she went to sleep again.
Next morning, she found a letter on table in which Malhar left for her. She frowned as she read the letter. He wrote that he going away from here leaving his son to her. She never thought that he would leave his son whom he loved more than his life. He hasn’t mentioned that where he was going. Kalyani was anguishing about whether she’d made the right decision.
When Malhar entered in the house it looked spick and span because everything was in its place. He was surprised to see kalyani there, giving instructions to helper and she herself was busy in arranging things.
Kalyani… tum yaha kya kar rahi ho ?? He asked in irritated voice..
Main yaha safaai kar rahi hu.. she told him casually
Chhodo ye sab aur jao yaha se.. he ordered her
Akele nahi jaungi yaha se.. aap bhi mere sath chalenge tab bhi main yaha jaungi she replied…
Main kahi nahi jaane wala kalyani… maine tay kiya hai main yahi iss ghar me rahunga.. Tum mujhe saja nahi dogi na to yahi meri saja hai apne tute sapno ke beech apne bachhe se dur rahun.
He found a way to punish himself as she overlooked his faults, he deserves to suffer the pain of living without his son for his whole life. He told her that in this way I can atone for my past sins then he looked at kalyani anxiously, as if he hoped she’d corroborate this but she had a far-off look of disbelief. He strode from the room, and kalyani followed him..
Wah Malharji … aap apne aapko saja dene ke liye ye sab kar rahe.. yaha tak pillu ko bhi chhod ne k liye ready ho gaye. Kya ho gaya hai Malharji aapko???
Jo bhi kuch bhi hua hai usme pillu ki kya galti hai… Use kis baat ki saja de rahe hai aap.. Boliye.. Malharji jitni jarurat pillu ko meri hai utni hi aapki bhi hain… she said in pitiful voice and he stared her without a word.
She strongly disapproved of his decision leaving them alone and made it clear to him that he has to come with her. She saw that for some reason of his own he was determined not to come, so she stood up and said “aap nahi aana chahte hai… koi baat nahi… main aur pillu hi yaha aa jayenge.. jaha aap rahenge wahi hum rahenge..
There was silence in the room, he was unable to understand what life wants from him. Whenever he finds a way to punish himself, she comes there to stop him..
And the irony of his life that with whom he dreamt to live with love, left without thinking about him and whom he only gave pain and hatred she is here to live with him …
How rude can life be with him??? He thought…
I don’t know how but I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,” kalyani said determinedly to herself..
Edited by Priyapriyu - 3 years ago