Benaam Rishta:An Invisible String

Chapter22

"No. No. Bini...Binitha.. please..! don't go. Don't say so please..." He pleaded restlessly But was in vain. she vanished amidst the fog. He immediately ran to Bondita's house but unfortunately, she already fell in the trap of destiny. She left house..left him...!

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"And after that day, I have never seen her, never seen that special twinkling star in the sky. She never shines spreading glitters of happiness in our life. Every night I look at that sky with the hope that today she will come but in these ten years it never happened. She is very angry with me...with us. Why wouldn't she? When I didn't fullfill her last wish. But I tried, I tried to find you even though you made me promise you, swore on our love not to find you. That's why I published on newspaper about Binitha's death', so that you can know the truth and come back to me. The way I used to pray for your come back, I also pleaded her to appear in the sky shining brightly but my prayers and pleadings went unheard by you both. I just failed miserably in my life. I couldn't keep anyone of you happy. I'm so..sorry. Forgive me please......"

His heart broke into zillion pieces to see Bondita's state. She crashed to the ground in agony. Countless drops of tears made their way down to her cheeks. Hiding face between her knees she started sobbing, her whole body shaking terribly. Anirudh worriedly rubbed her back, Implored her not to cry. After a lots of struggle he made her face him. Planting a soothing kiss on the forehead to calm her down, he wiped off her tears and cupped her cheeks lovingly. Again murmured sorry.

"Why are you sorry Anirudh Babu? You have no fault. You tried, which even worked. I was coming back to you but that's when life took a drastic turn and I..I forgot you all. I forgot my friend, my love. I was absolutely unaware that someone was waiting for me, that a soul was in pain because of me. I hurt you. I hurt my Binitha, her so...soul. for ten years her soul was in agony but I..I......" Anirudh hugged her tightly to his chest, rubbed her back , caressed her hair, whispered in her ear softly....

"Shhh..relax!calm down Bondita. Not anymore please. Don't blame yourself again. Please end this all. What happened has happened. We can't change it. forget about the past and think about present and future. We're back together, right?. so don't worry, our Binitha will be happy again..." She wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tighter and nodded slightly in cognition. After a while they broke the hug. Passing an assuring smile, Anirudh held her hand, saying "Bondita, let's go to our children. By the way, where is Anidita and Anirbon??"

Bondita's eyes widened in astonishment "You know their name!"

"Obviously" He smiled a little "I met them twice but didn't know they are my children" tears of happiness generated in his eyes recalling their cute face. Bondita smiled caressing his cheeks, asked...

"By the way, why did you go to Madras, was there any particular reason? "

He nodded positively, "Actually,Two years ago, Zara Khan, sixteen years old daughter of my friend Salim Khan and our Angel Anika went Missing. I suspected that they were abducted by officer Anderson, once I heard from Chandrachur, so I and Salim contacted Anderson. He came here. we tried our level best to know about his secret place but was no of use. After two days, Anika and Zara were found kidnapped by rejected psycho lovers. On the other side, In between this conflict, one of Anderson's men died and suddenly Salim also was nowhere to be found. I was cent percent sure that it was done by Anderson. Then, I appealed to the British official and a meeting was conducted in Madras with Anderson. When I reached Madras something unexpected happened. A girl and a boy, about eight years old, were begging on the street. Suddenly, some people pushed them harshly, causing them to fall near my feet. I hurriedly pulled them up.

"What happened bachcha?? " I asked worriedly while removing dust from their clothes. they both looked at me with their round puppy eyes which teared up by then. unknowingly I felt an ache in my heart to see tears in their eyes.