The sun was bright and distant peeks of Himalayas shone with white snow, the tall jungles of deodar and oak trees covered the green slopes,.
We will be there in short 20 minutes sir.
Came a voice from his headphones, killing the noise of engine and propeller fan.
Suddenly the house came into view and its beautiful immaculate grounds; a wave of nostalgia hit him like a rock, he suddenly fell back in his seat;
Are you OK sir came a concerned voice over crackling static noise
Yes yes I am OK you concentrate on landing
Faces of his mother and Nani rushed to meet him as soon as the helicopter landed on the splendid lawns of estate.
He stepped out and took deep breath in cool clean air, trying to blink away his tears .
A man of about 60 came forward to take his bag
Namaskar kaka kaise hain aap
Tum kaise ho beta main to acha hoon and welcome to Munsyari.
Anmol looked around trying to see what was being done to restore this splendid estate,and instead saw his younger self wrestling with family dog and his mother and Nani laughing ,
Kaka was watching him closely and touched his shoulder ,bringing him out of his trance
Come inside and have a look
Anmol went inside and inspected the renovations, house looked spectacular, comfy and homely but very traditional, way it used to be when Nani was alive, how he used to come and spend holidays long after his mother's death .His mom was only child and he was his nani's world, widowed at 40 his nani had managed the estate with help of his father; and finally she too was lost in same accident that claimed rest of his family ; He touched a picture of his nani and mom lovingly and smiled ,
you will be able to meet Tammy soon. He moved to go out, suddenly looked back at photo and softly added and ragini of course.
Anmol looked at his phone and smiled
Remembering his conversation with Tammy earlier in the day
Arrrey beta; of course I will come ,Your papa will fly straight to you he added using his hand movements to mimic the plane motion, she giggled from distance.
I can't wait papa 2 days left'
Yes sirf 2 din
A soft smile touched his face yes 2 din he said softly to no one in particular.
suddenly he turned around and found Kaka back after dropping his luggage of in his bedroom.
Kaka how are arrangements ,he asked .
Aap fikar na karein beta we have arranged for everyone to come here, everyone will be here by afternoon, they are doing puja very early at 4 am for Sadhna ji .
Yes yes
Aur kamini ji nahi aayi ? asked ramu kaka
He turned back and chuclked kaka dai maa and helicopters don't work, she is coming in car
Both men exchanged laughter.
He then went on to estate office to meet up with staff;
So when will they reach here, he asked his estate manager
By 2 sir if everything goes on plan .party starts at 7 so they would have enough time to rest and freshen up
Yes I know it is little hectic but '.I want Tammy to see this place, my heritage
Yes of course sir.
Anmol went on a long stroll on the vast grounds, passing tall oak trees,remembering his happy days ,days of sadness ,days watching ragini sleeping ,her insistence about divorce,way he had to leave the house ,that pain everything came rushing back
Ragini was sitting in garden and wondering about Papaji's insistence that Tammy's birthday will be celebrated in hills,on his friend's estate ,Mumyji was also eager as their close friend Mr. chada and his wife had already for their estate to arrange everything.
Where is this estate she wondered
Why was she feeling so restless in anticipation
Tammy was so excited and happy
Anmol aayenge kya ,did he promise Tammy.
May be he should come
He had made every birthday of Tammy so memorable, from her very first one.
She remembered how he had brought a small cake home on Tammy's first birthday ,as it was just 3 months after ranvir's death
In her rudeness she had told him off but he had softly kissed little girl's head and said happy birthday my angel,and made her cut the cake all alone and fed her a morsel.
She smiled at the thought,he has never missed any of her birthdays.
Suddenly she looked down ,a bucket of water was siting on her side,suddenly she saw anmol's reflection asking Ragini please don't make me do this ,stop me Ragini ,mujhe Tammy se door mat karo..please ragini '.
Uff she closed her eyes
Yeh aawwaz kab tak ..kab tak gunjegi mere man mein'.
a song was playing in background bin tere bin tere'.
Anmol was sitting on a bench watching distant peaks,thinking about Ragini
Mali was putting rose planters in a row his radio was playing bin tere'.bin tere'.
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Anmol got up determined to make things better for all of them and called papaji up for arrangements
Mr Chada and Mrs Chada have arrived sir
Oh thanks
Anmol went on to greet them and showed them to their room
Thanks so much uncle aunty he said later on
Beta anything for you ,we love you and Ragini and we want you to be happy together
We wil be together uncle and we will be happy.
Yes that is the spirit ..and cheers to that and they went on to discuss the party and arrangements
And anmol what are you giving Tammy this year..
Wo uncle
Both of them had tears hearing what anmol mentioned
Beta we are proud of you'
Ragini was packing her clothes ,a very excited Tammy was jumping up and down,muma one week in hills wow..
Yes beta Chada uncle has inherited a new house there so they have invited us there,we would all go early in morning beta ,so we could be there for the part in evening.
But mummy how will we go
Charted plane se beta came inderjots reply and then helicopter,so in 3 hours we will be in Munsyari.
Wow sach mein bade papa
We will all go
Ofcourse
And will partner come bade papa
Came khushi's question
Wo kyun aayega wahaan vasu asked suddenly everyone was in Ragini's room
Mummyji tamay ke birthday par un se jyada hak kisi ko nahi hai
If we could call him
No
If he comes I wont go
Well vasundhra please lets pack our bags,vacation time now.
At 1 45 pm on the said day all clan had safely landed in the estate,welcomed by Mr chada and shown to their respective rooms to rest and freshen up.
Ragini had put both khushi and tammy for a nap and laid beside them
Somehow she had felt a sudden connection with this estae,as if on landing here some one had embraced her, a motherly feeling had engulfed her,as if tender hands of mother had come and soothed her,a calm had descended over her,she had felt drawn to this house,a glimplse of a photograph in distance had made her heart skip a beat ..who were these two ladies ,but she had to rush with weary children to their rooms.
Now the kids were asleep ,she decided to go and look around,house was quiet,and huge she was lost and opened a door to conservatory,suddenly a sweet smell of tropical flowers and fruits engulfed her and she felt as if she saw a man in corner
Could it be him
She moved forward ,almost ran to his outstretched arms and hugged him,
Kahaan chale gaye the aap ,maine keh diya aur aap ne maan liya. why couldn't you get angry with me, why couldn't you refuse to go ,Tammy ko chod ke kaise aap.She began to shake him at same time hugging him tightly,suddenly she felt her arms were holding on to nothing ,she looked around ''.
Suddenly light reflected and she found herself on same spot, looking at light playing tricks on her mind ,of course she was alone here.
Suddenly she heard door open and a strong fragrance of his cologne came towards her, she inhaled deeply and thought I can even smell his cologne ,what is wrong with me, sudden footsteps startled her and she turned to se him watching her with brooding expressions from about 10 feet away..
What is wrong with me today; all I can see is him
She tried to blink and clear her vision, but he was there and slowly he moved towards her, a intent expression on his face ,she backed off in panic and found herself against the glass wall of conservatory.
He kept coming closer ,she covered her mouth to stop the sobs from escaping ,her skin looked stark white, she saw his expression changing to alarmed and he moved forward more quickly.
Ragini, she lifted her feet to leave when suddenly his arms pinned her from both sides
Ragini
Is my mind playing tricks again, but I can sense his presence, I could sense it from moment I landed in this place, but is he a illusion, why does he look so faint, why is his vision shaking, why '
She lifted her hand to touch his face and a jolt of electricity passed through her..
Ah he is here in real, suddenly her legs gave away, he moved forward to catch her
Next she saw herself waking up in her bed, was it a dream'
Did he come, I can still smell his cologne on my clothes,she got up startled,
Oh Tammy ko ready karna tha
She went forward and saw both khushi and Tammy looking like princesses and smiling Sakshi giving last touch to their outfits.
Ah Ragini did ab kaisee hain aaap
You were sound asleep and chada aunty said not to disturb you,please get ready.
Alekh and I have brought you a special saree please wear that
Arey is ki kya zaroorat thee'
No ragini didi you do so much for me,this is a small gesture .
Once Ragini left she gave a thumps up to Anmol who was standing in balcony
Ragini went to get ready and saw a shimmering cream saree with red borders in softest crepe.
Anmol loves crepe a thought came in her mind and she stilled
I should have told him to come ,she punched his number
He can't come here but I should at least tell him we were close to Missouri, he can visit Tammy may be.
She tried calling but he was not available,so she went on to get dressed.
Her elegance and grace was making moon look ordinary in comparison.
She went on to go out towards terrace where Party was being held.
Suddenly when she was about to open the door to terrace her hand stilled,she looked at a photograph ; in a open study, door was partially open and she was seeing picture's reflection in a mirror in hall; a newly married couple were smiling at her,it was a black and white photo and for a second she thought it was Anmol starring at her,but on closer look she realized the woman's sweet smile was so like Anmol's .Could it be his parents
Suddenly things made sense to her, Paapji's secrecy. Mr and Mrs chada's weired inheritance, this party on Tammy's birthday in middle of nowhere,
She looked around and went into the study; a gasp came out of her mouth ,his smiling photograph with various people, unknown faces ,yet they seemed so known, as if all were smiling at her, talking to her, her head started to spin and she turned to flee when suddenly she hit someone.
Sambhalke his arms came around her to steady her
Yeh sab aap ne'
Lets go everyone is waiting
Papa come please.. partner suddenly everyone was surrounding them, a stunned vasundhra was looking at the celebrating party,fuming in anger.
Ragini was so confused ,
Papa start the party with dance ,with mama ofcourse
Yeh sab kya hai came a angry reply from Ragini
And she turned to leave, suddenly he held her hand from behind and moved closer never leaving her wristshe came to her back and held the wrist with his other hand and softly sang'
rooth na jana tum se jo kahoon to..
please follow the song on next post...
Edited by sami01 - 14 years ago
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