After 6 years...
On a king size bed slept a preety princesss.. the cute smile on her lips even in her sleep revealed tht how care free her life was.. no worries of tmrw harrased her.. the deep sleep had no monster to trouble...
Thr was sudden knock on the door and the king entered .. he saw his preety princess sleepn.. just went near her and kissed her on her forehead TWICE...
N thr came a voice "twice q??"
"Aree bcz it was from the king and the queen from both naa beta"
"Ohhh.. haan pappa i forget always. u hv told me this story so many tyms.. but still i dnt remember... the story of the king and his princess. The king lost his queen in a battle.. and now the king takes care of his princess.. Just lyk us na pappa..."
Raman smiled little..n answred "exactly.. just lyk us"
Ruhi hugged her dad tightly.. n kissed him on his cheeks...
Raman too kissed her and said"chalo v hv to go station.. dadi,dada,pati n nanu aane wale hai.. unhe pick jo karna hai... "
Ruhi got down the table.. it was thr regular schedule.. Raman use to feed her breakfast then use to drop her school n leave for his office.. then his maid use to pick her and take her home.. she use to make their dinner n till tht tym ruhi use to finish her homework.. n aftr pappa use to cum thy wud hv a grt family tym.. everythng was so perfect for them... but raman always missed ishita... but then her wishes and his promises were nvr overshadowed by tht grief...
He was a perfect pappa n also a perfect mumma..
Thy reachd station n picked his parents n inlaws.. thy visited mumbai as it was ruhi's bday the next day.. n raman use to feel too sad tht day.. so to b by his side..
Mrs.bhalla was so happy seeing ruhi tht she picked her in arms n was not ready to keep her down..
Tht resulted in fite betwn amma n mrs.bhalla...
Thy came home.. aftr lunch.. amma put ruhi to sleep n came n said to mrs.bhalla"santoshi.. v came here for a reason.. lets talk to raman abt it"
Mrs.bhalla agreed and called raman n made him sit in livng room wit his inlaws and parents around...
He was confused and askd the reason..
Mrs.bhalla started"sunn,puttar.. hum sub jante hai tu ishita se kitna pyaar karta tha... aur jab ishita iss duniya se gai toh tumhari duniya hi khatam hogai thi.. per ruhi.. usne tumhe jeena sikhaya..muskurana sikhaya.. per phir ruhi.."
Raman was shocked and said"ruhi.. uska kya??"
Mrs.iyer added"kya tumhe aisa nai lagta ki ruhi ko ek maa ki jarrurat hai..???"
Raman was hell shocked
Mrs iyer added"hum sub ishu ki 3 shart ko jaante hai.. aur tumne baki ki do sharte bakhubi puri ki hai.. toh phir akhri shart ka kya raman.. tumne usse vada kia tha, ki tum zindagi main aage badoge.phir se apne liye naya pyaar dhundoge..uss promise ko tumhe pura karna hoga raman"..
Raman was not willng to listen to thr nonsense and got up frm his sit but mr.bhalla made him sit and said..
"Humari baat suno raman.. zindagi bahot badi hoti hai.. aur ye zindagi akele jeena bahot mushkil..saathi ki jarurat hume her pal lagti hai..akele kab tak jeeoge.."
Raman had enough and said"buss..bahot sunn li ye bakwas tum logon ki.. maine pehle bhi kaha tha aur ab bhi keh raha hoon.. mujhe ye dobara shaddi vagre nahi karni.. plzz.. nai dhundna hain mujhe koi pyaar.. main toh tabhi apni jaan de deta jab ishita mujhe chod ke chali gai thi.. per maine aisa sirf ruhi ke liye nahi kia.. n raha sawal ruhi ka toh uske liye main hoon.. usse zindagi bhar maa baap ka pyaar doonga. Aur ek ache ghar main uski shaadi karunga.."
Mrs.bhalla wit a tear in her eye said"aur phir uske baad.. jab teri shaddi hogai thi na raman n tu mumbai shift hogaya tha.. tab akela pun hume khane ke liye uth gaya tha lekin mere saath tere papa the..ye akela pun bahot bura hota hai raman.. ye marte dum tak saath nahi chodta.. kabhi nahi chodta..
Raman just got up from his place and walkd near door...
"Apne liye nahi.. ruhi ke liye nahi.. per mere ishu ke liye.. dusri shaddi ke liye tayar hojao raman.. woh jahan bhi hogi tumhe aise akele dekh ke bilkul bhi khush nahi hogi.. uski akhri icha puri kardo raman..zindagi main aage badho raman."
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