PART 3
She entered the house with him, sleeping Kasak was in his arms. She saw her mother standing in the corridor upstairs watching them..
“ Maa, .. wo .. mai..”he tried to explain..
She show her hand to stop him..
“jesa tumne bola tha wese room tarryr karwa diya hai, umeed hai is baar tum dono job hi karo soch samajh kar karo..”
Prerna looked at her mother who was avoiding her and looking at him with anger and disappointment..And he like a obedient son was looking at the floor and just nodding on her words..
Their relation is more stronger than her with her mother..He has given her full rights on him..
As veena left for her room, he take her to the room, which was arranged for her downstairs itself, just below their… no.. no.. his room..
He carefully put the child in her bed and left the room as she was not present there…
He entered veena’s room who was sitting on rocking chair with closed eyes…
He sat on the floor near her feet and hold her hands in his…
“ Maa, I know ki aap bhut naraz of mujhse, I disappointed you, but maa mai kya karta .. jab Kasak, meri beti , mere sath rehna chati hai mere pass to mai kese use..” he said
“ hume tumhare Kasak ko lane kef aisle se takleef nahi hai,lekin Prerna…” she asked
“ Maa, Kasak ko kese alg kar deta mai unse, aur fir Prem aur kuki un dono ko bhi to prerna ki Jaroorat hai.., jo kuch bhi hua, jo faisle Prerna ne liye.. uska aur asar mai apne baccho par nahi hone dunga ab..” he explained
“ Aur tumhara kya, jis Aurat ko tum 5 saalon se bhulane ki kosis kar rhe ho, wo ab tumhare sath rahegi tumhare samne, wo har baat yaad ayegi tumhe jiss se tume takleef hogi..” she said
“hum nahi jante usne tab jo kiya wo sahi tha ya galat, lekin wo tum dono ki takleef ki wajha thi aur hai, sath hokar bhi sath na hone se tum dono ka dard kam nahi hoga bhad jyegaa,”
“maa mne sab socha, lekin fir jab baccho ke bare mai..” he tried to explain..
“ Aur humara kya , Rishabh.. tum dono humare bacche ho, tum dono ko ese dekhkar, hum kese rhenge.., aur tum.., tumhe hum 5 saalon se ek chote bacche ki tarha sambhal rhe hai ..lekin ab dar lagta hai , is baar kuch hua to hum nahi sambhal payenge tumhe..”
He don’t know what to say, but then they heard voice from the door step , her voice…. She followed him to talk but halt in her path after hearing mother –son conversation..
“iss baar esa kuch nahi hoga maa,I will try my best to not cross your paths,.. Isbaar , one last time trust me, mai aapke bete ke dard ka karan nahi banugi…”
And before they can respond, she bolt out of the room with tears in her eyes..
Prerna POV:
She went behind him to talk, to ask for forgiveness, at least they can live as a parents together, but her mother’s insecurity towards her broke her again..
They saw her mistakes, but not her immense love for him, 5 years.. 5 years , and not a single second of her life she did not missed him..
She loved him , more than anything in the world , he is part of her soul, she can’t breathe without taking his name..
No, she is not justifying herself, but…
She exhaled as she was standing on the window of her room and looking at the sky..
Gone were days when she talk to moon, because their love for each other is limitless like sky, she don’t have to wait for night to connect with him… it remains with her every moment, and she know they are under same sky..
Here, he was standing just above her on the same window and looking towards the sky….
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He thought that he can ignore her, that he will be able to live with her under same roof with out effecting himself..
But as the day passed it become unbearable for him to be ignored by her or to ignore her..
He cannot forget the smile on the face of his children, when they saw her first..
And he was jealous of them, how easily they forgive her, for missing five long years of their lives.. and hugged her with same love..and Kasak mingled with them as they were together from her birth..
Both start taking their separate time with the children, the time they spend together is breakfast and dinner..
She met him in the office as well, but both behave formally with each other, as she kept her words and always avoid to cross his path..
Her relation with her mother is mending slowly, as she directly or indirectly advised her on children upbringing…
Kuki and Prerna always share a special bond, which is above all,he was happy that now his daughter have her mother with her to share her secrets and so as his son, who has become now mumma’s boy..
And Kasak is Papa’s princess , who always take his side against both her siblings…, “Papa is always right”.. And her temper is just like him but her eyes are same as her mother and so her non-stop talkinghabit..
He was sitting in his study when kuki entered;
“papa, can I ask you something” she asked hesitantly..
He looked at her and closed his files and asked her to sit with him..
“papa , aap aur mumma kab tak ese rhoge, kab humari family happy family banegi?”
“ Humari family happy family hi to hai..” he told her..
“papa I know aap mumma se naraz ho, I can see that, jab mumma akele mai roti hai, jab aap humare sath hote ho to wo dur chali jati hai,jab aap ghar pr hote ho to apne room se bhar nahi ati, hume bhi wahi bulati hai…,Prem aur kasak bhi notice karte hai, but wo dono bhut chote hai..”
He sighed..
“papa , hume papa ya mumma nahi, papa mumma dono sath sath chahiye..”she said with tears in her eyes..
He put his hand on her head, indeed time and situation ,make her mature before her age.. she saw his pain and grief for his wife, she saw Prem’s craving for his mother, she saw maa’s tears for her daughter, in all this she learn to hide her problems and never mention that she missed her mother as well..
“I will try to fix it soon, aap ye sab sochna band kro aur,apni studies aur school ,friends in sab par focus karo, “he said while tickling her and she laughed and leave him after kissing on his cheek..
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Today when he was leaving from his office, he saw her on other side of road waiting for cab…
He think for a while, but gave in and went near her..
“Get into the car, we are going same place “ he said..
“No, thank you Mr. Bajaj, I can manage” she denied
“ Yes you can manage, as you always do”
Although he don’t want to taunt her but it came naturally from him..
She looked hurt at his words , but she sit on the backseat of the car..
He didn’t start the car..
“Now, what?” she asked frustrated…
“ I am not your driver” he said..
“I don’t said that you are” she replied
“ no, you don’t but you act like this..” he said
She rolled her eyes at his words “fine”, and sit beside him on front seat and saw a smirk playing on his lips..
“ now, what else is left for me to bear?” she thought..
“kuki complained about our indifference towards each other..”he started the conversation..
“Believe me I didn’t told a single word to her” she said..
He closed his eyes on her words, she was the one who know what was in his mind before words came out of his mouth, and today she is not understanding his straight words..
“ I am not accusing you of something, she can see that our relation is not normal like before..” he said
“she can, she is growing up, in fact she is our only child who knows how was our relation , before, she knows everything is changed now” she state as a matter of fact..
“ I think we, should act happy in front of them..” he said after sometime..
Act! Really, he want to act with her, so he is not 1% happy with her presence..
Tears start falling from her eyes and she turn her face to look outside..
“ you don’t answer”he asked..
“ if you want to act , I am in..” she said without looking at him..
As they reached the mention…
“mai aaj bhi aapko utna hi samjhti hu Mr. Bajaj, bas aajkal aap jo bhi khete hai wo mere upar ek ilzam hi hota hai…, to mujhe lga aaj yebhi unme sehi ek hai..”
And without waiting for his answer she left him with his thoughts..
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