The 'Un' Attached String

Chapter - 1

In the morning, she came to have breakfast with everyone and was sitting like a dreaded and exhausted soul. Bela, on seeing her asked,"What happened? Kya hua mere bachche ko?" Bulbul yawned and rested her right portion of her face on her palm and replied,"Nothin' mamma!! Main to bas aise hi soch rahi thi ke daddy ke baare mein pata kaise karu. Main to har raat hi sochti hu aur kal raat bhar to kuch zyaada hi soch rahi thi isiliye na abhi bhi neend aa rahi hai."On hearing the name of Maahir, Bela in a tensed manner looked at her father thinking the way he would react to it now. As presumed by Bela, Ranjit was really very angry and he scolded Bulbul, "Bulbul stop being so stubborn!! Kitni baar humne manaa kiya hai ke Maahir ka naam is ghar mein nehi liya jaayega. Pehli baat ab Maahir ke saath hum logo ka koi relation nehi hai. Isiliye ye daddy ka raag alaapna bandh karo. Stop calling him daddy!! Har roz ek hi baat samjhaana mujhe bilkul bhi pasand nehi hai." Bulbul though tolerates everytime Bela insulted him since she knew that at least she loved Maahir a lot but other than her if anyone insulted Maahir, she would never tolerate that. Due to Maahir, Ranjit had always a rocky relationship with Bulbul as he always considered her Maahir's daughter more than Bela's daughter and so Bulbul always used to refer him as DRACULA as she thinks he is a bloodsucker of her father. So when Ranjit said bad about Maahir, Bulbul was so angry at her grandfather that she immediately protested,"Dracula aap mere daddy ke baare mein kuch mat bolna mujhe ye sab bilkul bhi achcha nehi lagta hai. Agar main apne daddy ko daddy nehi bula sakti hu to phir mamma bhi aapko kal se papa nehi bulaayegi. Achcha lagega na aapko?" Bela, in a firm tone, in order to control Bulbul said, "Bulbul ye tareeka hua apne naanu se baat karne ka? Behave yourself aur abhi bina koi awaaz nikaale muh se apna naashta khatam karo aur apne room mein jaao."Ranjit completed his breakfast and then left for office after asking Bela to come to the office as soon as possible. The cook served Bulbul milk and muslie but on seeing them, she squeezed her nose and pushed away the bowl and said,"How many times I'll tell you that I don't like this garbage? Bring my paraathe and my curd."Bela pointed at the bowl and said,"Listen Bulbul, ye health ke liye bohot achcha hai,ye sab jo roz roz tum paraathe ki demand karti ho na,ye bilkul healthy nehi hota hai sehat ke liye.Ye saari cheeze zyaada khaane se you will become fat."Madhu patted at Bulbul's hair and replied,"Oye puttar is umar mein nehi khaayegi to kya budhdhe hone ke baad khaayegi? Ye sab khaane se insaan tandurust banta hai.Arey hamaare desi ghee mein jo baat hai, vo yaha ke ghaas pus mein kaha." Bela nodded her head and replied,"Ya right!!Main to bhul hi gayi thi ke naani aur nawasi ke saamne meri kaha chalegi. Jo karna hai karo meri bala se bas khaana time par kha lena. Bulbul aaj tumhaara school bandh hai so I don't want any complain against you. Do you get that?" Bulbul nodded her head and replied,"Main ghar par hi rahungi don't worry.Vaise bhi mujhe bohot kaam hai." Bela whispered,"Whatever!!" When she was about to leave, to Bulbul and Madhu's utter disgust, Reyhaan came in the house to meet Bela. Reyhaan Khurana, son of Ranjit's childhood friend and is a pilot of QUEENS AIRLINES. Reyhaan and his family shifted to Toronto to expand their business but since Reyhaan is a licensed pilot and even owns a private jet for himself, he thought of joining Ranjit's company so that he could spend some more time with the family and especially Bela since he loves her a lot. Ranjit even chose him as the suitor for Bela after she gets officially divorced from Maahir after getting to know Reyhaan's feelings for her. Bela greeted Reyhaan and asked,"Hi Reyhaan kaise ho?" Reyhaan replied,"Main thik hu par lagta hai ke tumhaara mood aaj kuch thik nehi hai." Bela smiled and raised her brows and replied,"Well vohi roz ki problem Bulbul and her daddy puran. Iam just fed up of it."Reyhaan smiled and said,"Don't worry Bela ek baar shaadi ho jaane do, jab vo hamaare ghar mein aa jaayegi she will slowly forget Maahir. Bachchi hai aur usko apne papa ka pyar bhi to nehi mila hai. Par main hu na, main vo sab kuch karunga jo ek baap apni beti ke liye karta hai."She smiled and said,"I know Reyhaan you'll do it and I respect your sentiments par main shaadi ke liye tayyar nehi hu. Ek baar shaadi karke usko sambhaal nehi paayi and I don't want to go through that heartbreak again. Vaise bhi Bulbul aur mera relation bohot zyaada achcha nehi hai aur main aisa kuch nehi karna chahti hu jisse ke hamaara relation aur bhi kharaab ho.Vo apne daddy ki jagah kisiko nehi degi, I know her. Vo itni stubborn hai ke vo apni zidd puri karne ke liye kisi bhi hadh tak ja sakti hai, bohot arrogant hai vo. Thats why Iam saying, tum bohot achche ho Reyhaan tumhe mujhse bhi achchi larki mil jaayegi so you should think about it."Reyhaan smiled and replied,"Koi bhi achchi larki tum to nehi hogi na aur vaise bhi vo abhi bachchi hai. She will be handled nicely. Just trust me!!"Bulbul was having her breakfast and watching them from quite a distance and was getting irked on seeing Reyhaan talking to her mother. The main reason of her anger was that both of them were talking and smiling since she can't tolerate him especially when he is with Bela. She asked Madhu,"Naani ek baat batao Dracula is aadmi se meri mamma ki shaadi kyu karwaana chahte hai? Itne koi handsome to ye hai nehi?" She squeezed her nose and replied,"Pasand to ye mujhe bhi nehi hai puttar, par kya kare tere naanu ke aagey kisi aur ki chalti hai kya." Bulbul said,"Dracula to vaise mere daddy ke baare mein sunna tak pasand nehi karte hai lekin aap mujhe sab bataati ho na unke baare mein tab to aapko dar nehi lagta? Khair choro!! Dekh lena naani main apni mamma ki shaadi kisi aur se nehi hone dungi. Meri mamma sirf aur sirf mere daddy ke saath hi rahegi."Saying she walked upto Bela and Reyhaan. On seeing her Reyhaan walked towards her to greet her. He gave her a chocolate and said,"Hullo Bulbul!!Nice to meet you!!"Bulbul looked at the chocolate for a second and looked at Reyhaan for the next second and gave him a fake smile asked,"Meri mamma se shaadi karne ke liye aap mujhe bribe kar rahe hai? Vaise aap agar aisa kar bhi rahe hai to koi faayda nehi hai." He smiled and asked,"Kyu aapko main achcha nehi lagta?"She nodded her head and replied,"Bilkul bhi nehi. I don't like you at all!!" Reyhaan sat on his feet and asked,"Kyu? Mujhe to aap bohot pasand ho?" Bulbul, made a face and replied,"Kyuki mere paas mere daddy hai, ha vo mujhe miley nehi par ek din to mil hi jaayenge. Har koi hamesha ke liye thore hi chupa sakta hai unko mujhse? Isiliye abhi mujhe ek aur daddy ki koi zarurat nehi hai aur daddy sabke paas ek hi hote hai do do nehi." Reyhaan replied,"Par beta aapke daddy aapke saath nehi rehte hai na aur aapki mamma bhi aapke daddy ke saath rehna chahti nehi hai."Bulbul shook her shoulder and said,"Rehte nehi hai to iska matlab ye thore hi hai ke vo kabhi nehi rahenge? Abhi main daddy se mili nehi hu na jab main daddy se mil lungi tab vo hamaare saath rehne ke liye zarur maan jaayenge aur mamma to aaj bhi mere daddy se hi pyar karti hai main jaanti hu bas daddy ko dhundh kar nikaalne ki der hai."He predicted that stubbornness of Bulbul to be a childhood fantasy and in an amusing tone asked,"Par agar aap apne daddy ko na dhundh paayi to? Aur chalo maan lete hai ke dhundh bhi liya aur agar uske baad bhi aapke daddy aapke mamma ke saath nehi rehna chahe to?" She smiled and replied,"Dhundh kar to main apne daddy ko nikaal kar hi rahungi. You don't worry about that. Agar nehi dhundh paayi to main bhi Bulbul Sehgal nehi." Reyhaan wished her best of luck and said,"To phir thik hai agar tum apne daddy ko nehi dhundh paayi to main tumhaari mamma se shaadi karunga and you can't stop me and you have to come and live with me in my house. Agreed?"She smiled and replied,"I don't have to stop you because my daddy won't let that happen."He got up and patted on Bulbul's cheek and then left towards his car where Bela was waiting for them.