The Binding String

N I N T Y - T W O

"What happened jaan? You went to take nap with dadi dadu na?"

"Dadu is snoring loudly Mumma and I have something to ask."

"What?"

"You ordered everyone's clothes but what about Oreo?"

"Animals don't wear clothes Roohi." Raman replied while doing something on his phone.

"Don't call him an animal. He is my small brother." She jumped on her father and sat on his abdomen.

"He is an animal."

"Papa."

"Roohi."

"Papa."

"Roohi."

"Guys enough! Raman are you kid?" Ishita scolded the two after seeing tears in her daughter eyes." He shook his head and took Roohi in his arms who was on the verge of cry. "You love him so much that you're ready to pick fight with your papa. Is it Roo?"

"I love you too as well Papa but he is my brother." Raman wiped tears from her for eyes and took her in her arms. "I have already ordered your Oreo clothes too, come on we will pick up those." He kissed her cheeks and the two went to pick Oreo jacket leaving Ishita admiring her two adorbs.

For the diwali evening, the couple picked embroidered magenta pink lehenga and kurta, their little baby too twined sharara dress with her mother clothes. Ishita and Raman lit diyas in every corner of the house, it is their abode which they created together with love and peace. They smiled finding Roohi dancing with her aunt as they were lighting crackers, Romi was feeling better today and hence he took joined his wife and niece on wheelchair itself. The moment came in their lives after four years when their entire family was under one roof and the enjoying festivities together.

"It's called home, nahi."

"Yes. Our paradise." The couple replied and hugged each other adoring their family with teary eyes.

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NEXT DAY

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Ishita huffed and kept her phone aside, she was done listening this recorded tone again and again. Ishita kept her phone aside and looked at her husband who was busy in having conversation with his colleague, Kedar. Kedar Prakash Gupta is a member of financial advisory commitee and one of his confident, the couple had purchased another apartment in the Emerald Heights, and they came together for an hour just to congratulate him. Emerald Heights is a same place where her sister and mother lives, she is been trying her brother in law number since days. She had no idea if they're going to come in Emerald Heights otherwise she would have refused to accompany Raman but now as she is just a block away from her sister place, she was not able to stop herself. Her heart been in distress since last few days and eyes were eager to see her mother even if it is from distance.

"Ishita." Ishita looked at her husband and plastered a fake smile on her lips.

"Chale?"

"Jee." They bid adieu Kedar and his wife and started to walk towards parking area, when Ishita took a way towards guest parking she found herself led towards another block.