New FF: Heer's Secret prt22 pg96 Jun9

Edited by jnawaz - 13 years ago

It was a beautiful Sunday evening; the sky was glittered with red, yellow and orange colors as the sun was settling down for the day. It had been a long and tiring day. Usually people spent Sunday's relaxing with friends and family, having a good time. However, if you were in the antiques business the weekend was more like the work week and the work week was more like a weekend; Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the three busy days for Old Treasures (Antique Shop). There was always a constant stream of customers and admirers in and out of the shop on those days. The good thing was that her work was now over and for the next two or three days she would have time to spend with the person she missed so much while she was at work.

 Her hands were full with grocery bags, her purse and a notebook, yet somehow she managed to push the kitchen door of her parent's house open. As soon as she set foot into the house she knew something was wrong; the house was quiet, too quiet. "Mom?" she called out, and waited for a response.

 

A few seconds her mother, Teji Maan, came into the kitchen. "Tum aagayi." her mother said. Teji's face was pale, and her eye brows drawn into a slight frown, but none the less a smile, be it fake, was plastered on her face.

 

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At that moment she knew what something had to be gravely wrong. Her mother never spoke in Hindi, her native tongue, unless the situation demanded it; usually that meant that something great was happening, she was mad at the world, or something had gone terribly wrong. The look on her mothers face told her it was the latter of the three. Her father, Balraj Maan, had been born and raised in Bakersfield, CA. He was a very open and modern man for his times (according to traditional Indian cultures). Her grandfather, Vinod Maan, had come to the US when he was a small child so basically grew up here. Her grandmother, Naina Maan, also grew up in the US.

 

 It was a shock to everyone when Balraj had decided to marry Indian born and raised Teji Chopra. Vinod and Naina still had strong ties to their motherland even if they were raised in the US. It was a tradition that they flew back home to see the family every two years, at least. Balraj at first didn't like it because it was so different from what he was used to. When he had started going to college the visits stopped for almost 6 years, the time it took him to earn is MBA from USC. He had finally gone back for a cousins wedding, and that is where he had met Teji. She was a bubbly, fun-loving girl that stole his heart in one glance.

 

After Teji and Balraj had gotten married they moved into a house in Tehachapi, a small town near Bakersfield, Ca. They ran a successful contract business and raised three beautiful girls. Teji was so taken by the new American culture that the totally changed her ways. She wore jeans and shirts and high heels, she took an ESL class and began speaking English. She was always the cool mom who let her girls express themselves. She was more of a friend than a mother in most cases.

 

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What scared her the most now was the fact that her mother was speaking in Hindi. The last time she heard her mom speak in Hindi was almost four, four and a half years ago. She had returned from London, where she was going to school for Art History, and dropped the biggest bombshell the family had to ever deal with. That is when the thought occurred to her, but no, it couldn't be...it just couldn't be...not now; not after all these years. Now, she was getting really scared. Her eyes quickly scanned for her three, almost four year old son. "Mom, what happened? Where is Aarav?"

 

Teji twisted the ends of her stylish scarf with her hands, "Darling..." he moms voice finally spoke, almost a soft whisper, "...tum tension maat lo. Aarav bilkul tik hai, woh aapne nana-ji ke saath fishing kaarne gaya hai."

 

She breathed a sigh of relief knowing that her son was off doing one of his favorite things, fishing with her father. It was a regular ritual during the summer for the two Maan men. The went fishing mid-afternoon, and in the evening they came back with the tales of the huge fish they caught but decided to let go because Aarav felt bad for taking them away from their families. But it still didn't settle with her that her mother was still speaking in Hindi. "Mom, if everything is alright, why are you so tensed? Is it Ashlesha or Meher?" she asked.

 

"Nahin...woh dono tik hai."

 

"Then what it is Mom? Mom, you are going to give me a heart attack if you don't tell me what is bothering you...soon."

 

Teji began to shuffle her feet and fidget even more with her scarf, "Aab main tumhe yeh kaise kahoon?"

 

The fear that had managed to die down a few seconds ago, was now back but with more force and fury. Her heart began pounding hard against her chest and her breaths became quick and shallow. "Mom, come on tell me. You are really beginning to scare me now. What happened?"

 

"Heer...woh vaapas aagaya...he's back." her mother finally replied.

 

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JAZ
Edited by jnawaz - 15 years ago

Yippeee First!! Will edit soon!! 😃 😳

hmmmmmm this one sounds interesting.... Heer has a three/four years old son.... OMG how did that happen.... i guess when she went London.... (ahem my city by the way 😆😆) something very besharam happened 😆... i loved the name Veer... sooo cute..... i want to guess who the father is but i dont know if i should here..... "Heer...woh vaapas aagaya...he's back."sorry this part made me laugh.... coz somethings gna happen now and i cant wait till it does... nothing bad i hope 😆😆😆

Jazzu this FF has alot of promise.... you have already creating suspense and a lovely atmosphere.... seems like im addicted already.... 👏👏👏 well down you have succeeded 😛
Edited by salma_786786 - 15 years ago

kya yaars...priya and sammu...i saw that i had two comments...toh main toh bhagi chali aayi...and what do i see...'will be back to comment' uff...kya yaar...got my hopes up 😭😭...aab jaldi aapni comments update karo naa...im dying to see what you have to say 😉

JAZ

Awesome pls cont. soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon 😊

-Axita 😊

OMG...awesome first part! 👏 The story seems really interesting!! 😳 I have a feeling that I'm going to hate Prem in this one! I'm sure he is probably the one who is back...and Veer is his son!! 😳 😆

Oh...no Manmeet! 😃 😆 Made my day!! 😆 Can you post the second part today too? 😳 😆 I'm dying to know just a little bit more! 😆 Please? 😆

I'm amazed how the story seems so different from Ek Paal!! 👏 😳 I hope there is a Nancy in this FF too! 😆 Anyway...continue soon...I can't wait for the next part!! 😳

Areey yaar...no worries I'll make my comments longer okies??? happy?? btw I think the title should be Heer's Raaz!! 😃

Originally posted by: jnawaz

kya yaars...priya and sammu...i saw that i had two comments...toh main toh bhagi chali aayi...and what do i see...'will be back to comment' uff...kya yaar...got my hopes up 😭😭...aab jaldi aapni comments update karo naa...im dying to see what you have to say 😉

JAZ

😆😆 had to read it properly na!!!! relax.... i lubbbb it.... im already loving Teji here.... she will be very cool to read about.....

i edited my comment above.... you can read it 😳😳

awesome first part wow
plz continue soon