The 'Un' Attached String

Chapter - 4

Kal raaste mein gham mil gaya tha, lag ke gale main ro diya

Jo sirf mera, tha sirf mera, maine usse kyon kho diya

Haan woh aakhein jinhe main choomta tha bewajah
Pyar mere liye kyon unme baaki na raha

He remembered his old days with Bela especially the moment when she left him 8 years ago.

Ooooo....

Humnava mere tu hai to meri saasein chale
Bata de kaise main jiyunga tere bina

Ooo...
Humnava mere tu hai to meri saasein chale
Bata de kaise main jiyunga... tere bina

Next day, Maahir came to the office a bit early as he had a very important meeting and presentation with the board of directors as he had planned to expand the business and to start the channels of direct flights from Delhi to every main cities around the world. For that he had given the responsibility of presentation to Rohit about the estimated expenses regarding that matter. In the meeting, along with the board of directors, all the departmental heads were present. While Maahir was entering the office, on the way he found Kuhu and he asked,"Rohit kaha hai?" Kuhu replied,"Vo raste mein hi hai but traffic mein phas gaya hai. Usne kaha hai tumhe sambhaal lene ko kuch time ke liye coz you know na Delhi's traffic." Maahir, while climbing up the stairs, said,"I know aur usne mujhe saara presentation kal mail bhi kar diya tha but maine usko bola tha kuch datas mujhe mail karne ke liye usne bola ke aaj kar dega but abhi tak koi mail nehi aaya hai." Kuhu followed Maahir and said,"I don't know what he's doing but tum thik to ho na?" Maahir stopped on his way and asked,"Kyu mujhe kya hoga?" Kuhu said,"Tumhaari shakal to bata rahi hai ke tum kal raat ko to soye nehi ho aur mera experience kehta hai ke that's not for work." Maahir closed his eyes and gave Kuhu a 'not-again' look and Kuhu immediately raised both her hands in a surrendering manner and said,"I'm not going to give you any lecture Maahir don't worry. Now I have officially declared your life to be 'none-of-my' business. Gadhe ke aagey been bajaane se koi faayda nehi hai." They both eneterd into the lift and Maahir patted on her head and said,"Arey vaah badi samajhdaar ho gayi hai tu to." While getting inside the conference hall, Kuhu received a message and said to Maahir,"Maahir Rohit ne tumhe mail bheja hai zara check kar lena please." Maahir took out his tab and then opened his mail and in a blink of his eye without even checking clicked on the last mail received and downloaded all the contents. Everyone inside the conference hall took their seats and Maahir greeted everyone. He asked the staffs to connect his tab to the projector and gave a welcome speech and gave a short outlook to his new idea. After the tab was connected, he explained about the project and then during the last phase, he clicked on Rohit's data. Without even looking at them, Maahir started speaking when suddenly he noticed that there was a murmur among all the people present. Kuhu, who was sitting suddenly stood up with her face covered with the cloud of shock and seeing that Maahir was a bit confused as all were looking towards the screen. He turned towards the screen and the moment he turned, his eyes became wide, filled with shock and horror. Kuhu immediately went out and called Rohit but she found that he was almost running on the way to reach the conference room. He stopped in front of the room and said,"I'm so sorry baby, I was late itna-" Kuhu cut him in the middle and said, "Rohit andar bohot bara siyappa ho gaya hai. I don't think Maahir will be able to give the presentation anymore." Rohit was confused and asked,"Kyu kya ho gaya?" Kuhu pulled him inside and pointed towards the projector screen and seeing that even Rohit was shocked. Except for Maahir, Kuhu and Rohit everyone else were confused since all of them present in the conference had newly joined the company along with the board of directors, but Maahir's condition was worst. The reason behind all thos fiasco was that the mail which Maahir downloaded was not from Rohit, but was sent from Bulbul by using Madhu's ID and that mail contained old photographs of her. The first photo which Maahir unknowingly clicked to open thinking that to be Rohit's mail, was a picture where Bela was sitting on the bed of a hospital with new born Bulbul in her arms and that photo itself was a big shocker for him. He surfed all the photos and found they were clicked on different occasions and it also contained photos of Bulbul's every birthday, the day she first went to school etc. No one can even imagine what was Maahir going through after discovering the existence of the biggest truth of his life, his daughter, his only child about which he was kept in darkness for 8 long years. His heart was filled with rage, anger, happiness. As he surfed the photos and saw Bulbul in different poses, his heart melted and a smile appeared on his face along with tears in his eyes but at the next moment, the most strange feeling which he never felt for Bela till now was hatred. Kuhu came to Maahir and knocked on his back to bring him to his senses. Maahir pointed towards the screen and said to Kuhu,"Kuhu... Kuhu... Dekho...meri...meri bachchi, meri beti... kitni pyaari hai na...Kuhu..." The words were not coming out of Maahir's mouth properly as he was at loss of words and his voice was shaking. Kuhu said,"Maahir I think you need a break!" Maahir pushed aside Kuhu and started walking out of the room in a complete trance. Rohit came to Kuhu and said,"Kuhu follow him right now!! Yaad hai na 8 saal pehle usne kya kaand kiya tha. Main yaha sab sambhaal lunga tum jaao." Kuhu herself was in such a shock that it took her some time to react as she remembered what Maahir had done in past when Bela left him. She immediately rushed to follow Maahir back in his cabin.