Part -134
Delhi house
Surender arranging the dolls on the shelf: Suchi , I don't know , but now I want to smile all the time, whenever I close my eyes, it is the smiling face of chudki that is coming in front of me. I can't even concentrate on my meetings. Next month I need to go abroad, maybe I will send Dev only, let him slowly take the charge, he is capable, and he knows, and it is my belief that he can take over everything , and then I will get the nectar for my years of hardwork.
Suchi: um, again started dreaming
Surender: why you said 'again', see everything happened as I dreamed ,r ght?. He married Radhika, and I said she will bring him back to us and that also happned, and now he is more responsible and he has that talent to move forward and I am sure he will surely bring glorious achievements to our business world. I can see that.
Suchi looked at those dreamy eyes, his smiling lips, an said in mind: ha I have seen it, whatever you dreamed , it all came true, and I am sure oneday this will also happen
But then with a smile she said: what if he say, he will go with Chudki
The smile disappered from his face: how can that be possible, she s svery small, and how can he manage her, I am not going because I want to spend time with her, so don't even put such ideas in his head , ok. Did I go with you all when I went for business tours? then
Suchi with a smile: um um, noone has to instill this in his head, he only will say.
Surender looked at Suchi with a serious face, but then Lechu appered in front of their room.
Lechu was looking at the changes in Suchi's room.
Suchi: so what do you say Lechu?
Lechu: what can I say?
Suchi: you think she will like it?
Lechu: I like it
Surender: here is some more
Lechu looked at the pointed cupboard and found the shelf full of dolls.
Surender proudly: you wait, and see what is coming next?
"tantadaaa" Sammy came in with two large stuffed animals
Lechu with parted lips looked at those animals for few minutes and said
Lechu: Oh my, are you planning to scare her?
Surender: what scare?
Suchi: what is this?
Lechu: nothing, mom made her prchanse while coming, and dad made his purchase little bigger as he got an assistant with him
Sammy coming near: ye, don't try to put cockroch in my meals ok. Somehow I am trying hard to change this tiger into a rabbit and you
Lechu softly: so now he is tiger, earlier you said Hitler
Sammy: Lechu, I said that only once right, and that applied when I mentioned how he is at the office but generally he is ...
Suchi: what you both are talking about
Sammy suddenly changing the topic: no mom, so are you going to keep everything in this room only!
Suender: no Sammy, let them come, and let chudki only pick the one she likes
Lechu: and the rest
Sammy: you can have it
Lechu: Sammy
Suchi: Lechu
The phone rang at the Delhi house and Lechu ran to pick it up
Suchi ran behind her: maybe it is Sushma, she told me Radhika and Chudki is there at haweli, now I can't wait to get them here, no need to wait till namakaran, we can have that here
Then looking at Sammy: come, I will make coffee, ok and thne looking at Lechu: if it is Sushma, tell her I will call back later ok.
But Lechu was standing silently
Suchi paused: lechu
She didn't reply
Suchi walked near to Lechu: Lechu who is it?
She just stood there listening
Surender was coming out from hs room
Sammy also noticed the color change in Lechu's face
Suchi went and took the reciever from Lechu"s hand and said: hello
Mohan: ha Suchi bahan, so now Sushma is regaining the consciousness, Dev is busy getting things, and we all are around. Babuji is here too.
Suchi tightening her forehead: what, I did not get it, what happened to sushma?
Surender came in : who
Suchi: vo Mohan bhayya, he is saying something , I am not getting it, he is saying Sushma gaining consciousness, what something... ha, dev is there, Babuji is there, I don't know
Sammy suddenly took the reciever from Suchi: Babuji, Sammy here,
Mohan: Sammy, one second, let me give to Dev
Soon Sammy took charge of the desperate Bhatt family , and made few calls to his near ones and within an hour he took the driver's seat, leading the family to the hospital.
Surender was trying to clarify with sammy while Suchi was in phone with Rohini
Rohini: ha , it was all fine, but then Rahdika heard a loud voice and when she went down to check she saw Sushma on the floor, and by luck Dev and babuji also came to the scene at the right time. Dev and babuji took sushma right away to the hospital. Radhika and chudki is here. I am getting ready to leave to hospital, Radhika's babuji is coming to pick me up.
Suchi: we will be there soon too. Sammy is with us. So
Rohini: ha, vo,
Suchi: is it the first time happening?
Rohini: I think so, Radhika's babuji is here, let me go ok, I will call you back once I get to the hospital.
The Bhatt family shared their thoughts while Sammy tried to make the situation light by stressing the presence of Dev and Radhika's babuji near by.
Back at the hospital:
Sushma was slowly opening her eyes, and she saw the blurred image of her babuji sitting near to her. Soon the vision got clear and she met his concerned eyes. With a smile she said: did I scare you babuji
Yeshpal tried to bring his voice out, and he cleared his throat once, but the lump did not move...
Sushma: babuji, don't give me that look, I am simply fine, I want to see my strong babuji back
Yeshpal: ha, but then a tear drop rolled down his cheek: but how long I can show that strength. My strength is you and if...
Sushma again with a smile: Babuji
Yeshpal: I am trying to bring the smile because I don't want to leave you alone in this big house, and you are giving me that smile back to give me that strength. Why didn't you tell me when you were not feeling well beta
Sushma: babuji, it is not just me, you also hide it from me , right?
Babuji: beta
Sushma: I know, I can make it from your face, I understood it, so only I did not ask you much. You don't want to ruin the happy moment in our life, right?
Yeshpal looked at her: beta
Sushma: me too babuji, after how many years I am seeing the smile, I am seeing the happiness around, if athma exist then I am sure my mom's athma will be the happiest seeing her son back, his lovely family, his son Dev and his pothi. I still feel it like a dream babuji
Yeshpal: but then what happned now
Sushma: nothing babuji, the black smoke of our past just tried to swallow me, and for that one moment I lost myself
Yeshpal: but it took hours to come back
Sushma: I know babuji, this time it left me for hours, but still it returned back to be near you.
Yeshpal: don't leave me beta, I can't
Sushma with a smile: babuji, how can I leave you now, when we have our chudki nearby, when our Dev is with us all the time, how can I leave , I want to live in this happy moment too babuji, just like you want to.
Suddenly they heard the foot steps, and went in silent
Nurse: I called the doctor, he is coming in
Sushma: can you ask him to discharge me today itself
Nurse: today! Don't know when doctor comes, you only talk to him.
Nurse: is your grandson is back, I send him to bring some medicines
Suddenly Dev jerked his head, and then walked in from behind those curtains, holding the medicne bottles in hand
Nurse: there you are
Dev shook again: ji
Sushma: oh Dev what is the need for all these, anyway we are leaving na, poor radhika and chudki, they maybe waiting for us, how could you leave them alone and come like this,
Trying to get up form the bed: you should have sprinkled some water over my face
Dev: we did
Sushma sat back to bed with her weaker body, and she found how badly her hand is chained to that plastic tubes
Sushma: oh my God, what's going on? what is the need for all these? You should have poured a bucket full of water on my face, than bringing me here
Dev: ji
Sushma: what ji, come now let's go
Dev: dad and all is coming
Sushma: you told them too!! Why? I am fine beta, I was standing near that firepit, that when it got little added fuel, it just suffocated me little bit, that is it. For that you called your dad.
By then the doctor came in.
Dev and Yeshpal walked out from the room. Dev was extremly silent, suddenly he noticed the waddling gait of his dadaji as he took his steps outside the room
Dev just held him by his shoulder and then helped him to stand straight.
His dadaji stood for few seconds to regain his strength, and then looked into Dev's eyes thanking him silently
Dev did not say anything, but helped him to move further , near to a chair. Yeshpal sat there with weaker body, Dev stood next to him, but then he noticed his dadaji's forehead sweatting lvery badly.
Dev sat on his knee: Dadaji , areyou ok, Buva will be fine.
Dadaji looked into Dev's eyes helplessly and said: I thought I am strong, but her one fall, made me to realize how old I am, and how weak I am
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thanks for reading my post, will meet you on monday here.. for now have a good weekend.
Devika
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