Never Let You Go

Hide and Seek

Naina sits quietly keeping her eyes closed feeling so helpless... her life was simple and relaxed till today morning but now everything has changed... seems all these years of her attempts to keep herself insane turned futile... with just one glimpse of Sameer and his presence around she lost all her sanity and peace...

Swati pacing here and there in room frustratedly asked keeping her hand on her waist, "tu bolegi kuchh yeh sab kya hai... I mean kaun hai voh baahar jise Nehu itne pyaar se gale laga kar apna Papa kah rahi hai aur tu usey rok bhi nahin rahi... I mean aise kaise koi anjaan hamari bachchi ke itane kareeb aa sakta hai... aaj tak toh tu ne kabhi aisa hone nahin diya..." she was highly confused seeing Naina so quiet, as in past she had never allowed any stranger to come across near her little one... she was always very protective towards her being single parents... it was always Swati who keep her in control to not to overburden Nehu with her over possessiveness...

Naina slowly opened her eyes looking at Swati... she doesn't know how to say but now things are beyond her control, and she must unleash the secrets she hid for so many years from her... taking a deep sigh she replied, "he is Sameer... my husband..."

Swati remained shocked as never heard anything earlier about him and unable to recognize... she asked, "your husband... matlab your ex-husband... par achanak yahaan kaise... aur Nehu... tu ne Nehu ko uske paas kyun jaane diya... tu ne toh kaha tha that he has moved on and he is married now... aur tu achanak mili kahaan unse... aur mili bhi thi toh ghar kyun lekar aayi... I mean tu ne mana kyun nahin kiya..." unknown to Naina, she had always hated the person who left her best friend in pain alone and move on in his life. 

Naina replied mockingly, "mere chahne se kabhi kuchh hua hi kahaan hai... aaj bhi yeh sab achanak... I mean mujhe kuchh samajh nahin aa raha ki Sameer yahaan achanak kaise aa gaye aur ab voh mujhse kyaa chahte hai... I am more surprised ki Nehu unhein kaise jaanti hai... maine toh kabhi unke baare mein Nehu ko kuchh nahin bataya aur naa hi kabhi unki photo bhi dikhayi thi... infact Nehu ne kabhi mujhse apne Papa se milne ki zid bhi nahin ki lekin aaj achanak Sameer se mil kar voh itani khush ho gayi ki mein usey rok bhi nahin paayi... lekin usne unhein pehchana kaise... aur voh unhein Papa kyun kah rahi hai..."

Swati replied sitting next to her, "haan voh actually aaj subah hospital mein ek incident hua tha..." she narrates whatever happened and how Nehu was insisted trying to convince all that she had met with her father... "mujhe laga shayad yeh uska bharam hai ya phir voh hamesha ki tarah masti kar rahi hai... isliye maine iss baat ko itna seriously nahin liya..."

Seeing Naina so surprised that how can Nehu called a stranger her father, Swati told her, "lekin aaj poora din Nehu bohot upset thi... uski aankhen har waqt jaise kisi ko dhundh rahi thi... na usne shaadi enjoy ki aur na hi kisi se koi baat ki... poora din bas gumsum si baithi rahi... isiliye toh mein usey lekar ghar jaldi vaapas aa gayi... mujhe laga shayad uska man nahin hai ya shayad voh tujhe miss kar rahi hai... lekin ab samajh aaya voh tujhe nahin apne Papa ko miss kar rahi thi..."

Naina said slowly, "lekin voh Nehu ke Papa nahin hai... ab kaise samjhau Nehu ko ki yeh sab uska ek bharam hai jo jaldi hi toot jayega... meri bachchi phir se akeli ho jayegi... Sameer ka apna ek pariwaar hai aur voh jaldi hi unke paas vaapas chale jayenge toh Nehu ko yeh jhuthi ummid dena sahi nahin hai... aaj tak usne kabhi mujhse koi sawaal nahin kiya lekin Sameer ke jaane ke baad mein kaise usey sambhalungi..." she cried thinking how much all this will effect on her fragile heart... how will she explain to little one that Sameer has no blood relation with her and he is not her father... she was more surprised on Sameer's behaviour that why he is showering his fake love and affection who will later break her little fragile heart...

Swati asked confusingly, "lekin jis tarah Sameer itne pyaar se Nehu ko gale laga rahe the mujhe nahin lagta yeh sab dikhawa tha... I mean shayad voh sach mein usey pyaar karte ho... tu baat toh karke dekh..."