The 'Un' Attached String

Chapter - 13

Maahir, before leaving for the meeting, took Bulbul to his cabin and said, "Babu main abhi meeting mein ja rah ahu, aap yaha betho aur vo video game bhi hai, aap khelo. Agar aapko bhukh lage to order kar dena aur ha yaha se bahaar bina bataaye kahi mat jaana. Yaad rahega aapko?" Bulbul nodded her head and then Maahir picked up the necessary things for the meeting and Maahir left with Rohit for the meeting. While Bulbul was playing the video game, Anu came to meet Maahir at his cabin abut instead on him, seeing Bulbul she was surprised and confused as she never saw Bulbul and neither her photo. She asked, "Kaun ho tum aur yaha kya kar rahi ho?" Bulbul turned her head to look at Anu and put a pause on her game and in turn asked, "Tum kaun ho?" Anu replied, "Sawaal maine pehle tumse pucha hai to jawaab bhi tumhe hi dena parega na." Bulbul replied, "Main strangers se baat nehi karti hu aur meri mamma ne bhi manaa kiya hai." Anu was extremely irritated on listening to her answer and she said, "Main is office ki maalkin hu aur ye cabin mere honewaale husband ka hai. Now you got your answer so its your turn now." Bulbul looked at her from head to toe and said, "Oho to tum ho vo chipkali jo mere daddy ke aas paas ghum rahi ho. Main Bulbul Sehgal hu apne khud ke daddy ki beti aur vo tumhaare husband kabhi nehi banenge aur ha tumhaare never 'honewaale' husband mere 8 years pehle already ho chuke waale daddy hai so ye mere daddy ka cabin hai." Anu was avoiding Maahir for a long time as she could not handle the fact of Maahir having a daughter and that too with Bela. After Bela went away from Maahir's life, she started knitting dreams of having a life with Maahir as her husband and from past almost 9 years she had seen that dream coming true which had a crack when she heard about Bulbul. It was a big blow to her dream and her life but the blow was even big when she saw Bulbul standing right in front of her eyes. Although she knew that at one point of time this would have happened but she still hoped against it but now she could realize that as Bulbul was standing right in front of her eyes, someday Bela too might re enter Maahir's life thus completely shattering her dreams. On seeing Bulbul there, three kinds of emotions were working on Anu and that too simultaneously and they were fear, sadness and extreme rage and due to those emotions working together, she burst out, "How dare you come here?" Bulbul who was always a complete badass when it comes to replying anyone with a bad behaviour towards her, replied, "To kya mujhe tumhaari permission lekar aana chahiye tha chipkali and how dare you talk to me like that? Aise meri mamma bhi mujhse baat nehi karti hai." Anu said, "Tumhaari mamma ne meri zindagi already bohot barbaad kardi hai aur ab jab usne mere Maahir ko chor hi diya hai to vo waapas abhi tumhe bhej rahi hai taaki vo bhi uski zindagi mein waapas aa sakey." Now Bulbul didn't understand a bit of it since she knew that her parents were not divorced and so she replied, "Dekho meri naani ne kaha hai ke mere mamma aur daddy ka divorce nehi hua hai aur mujhe tumhaare baare mein sab pata hai. Mere daddy mujhse sab share karte hai aur main jaanti hu ke mamma aur daddy ke beech mein sirf jhagra hua hai aur kuch nehi aur abhi main aa gayi hu na to main apne mamma aur daddy ke beech mein batti karwa dungi bas tumhaari shaadi main nehi hone dungi apne daddy ke saath. Mere paas meri mamma hai aur vo mujhse bohot pyar karti hai aur isiliye mujhe ek aur ki zarurat nehi hai." Anu held Bulbul's arm and replied, "Maahir sirf mujhse pyar karta hai aur isiliye vo mujhse shaadi karna chahta hai aur bohot jald hamaari engagement hone waali hai. Is baar Maahir ko mera hone se koi nehi rok sakta." Bulbul thought that Anu might be somekind of mentally unstable woman and so she showed both her thumbs and replied, "Ghanta pyar karte hai!! Tumhaara screw dheela hai na isiliye tumko aisa lagta hai aur meri mamma bhi to yaha nehi hai na. Ek baar meri mamma ko aa jaane do phir dekhna upar saare Gods bhi utar jaaye na tab bhi mere mamma aur daddy ko vo alag nehi kar paayenge. Vaise bhi meri mamma to aaj bhi tumse zyaada beautiful hai." Anu was so mad at Bulbul that she picked up a vase in Maahir's room and said, "Screw with your mum!! Maahir sirf mera hai aur usko mujhse koi nehi cheen sakta hai. Do you get it??" Just at the moment, when Anu threw the vase on the floor, Kuhu came to Maahir's cabin to check on Bulbul if she wanted anything and seeing the situation she understood that something very bad must have happened and seeing Kuhu, Anu stormed out of Maahir's cabin. Kuhu slowly walked towards Bulbul and was about to enquire about the matter but instead Bulbul who was extremely and boundlessly angry asked, almost in a yelling tone, "Bua??? Kya-is-chipkali-ne-sach-mein-vase-toda-abhi-aur-vo-bhi-mere-face-par?" Kuhu nodded her head and then Bulbul stormed outside and without wasting a single minute, Kuhu called Maahir. On the other side, Bulbul followed Anu and when she got outside, she found the offices' canteen and she came to them and asked for their garbage bin. At first they were confused but as Bulbul didn't have any time to spare she came inside the canteen and picked up a packet with her bare hand from the garbage bin and again followed Anu. On the other side, as soon as Maahir received Kuhu's call, he left his meeting half way followed by Rohit and almost ran outside, as he knew that Bulbul and Anu's first meeting would have disastrous outcome but he didn't knew the rate of the disaster and so when he almost reached outside searching for Bulbul, unfortunately the cannon was fired as he found that Anu was standing like a statue with all ketchups, slices and other sorts of garbages comprising of food all over her body and Bulbul standing just opposite of her with the with the empty garbage packet in her hand and seeing that Maahir understood the scenario and Kuhu and Rohit too were standing like two statues as no one expected that she would pull such an act especially Maahir, although he was warned properly by Madhu. Bulbul put down the bin and said to Anu, "Tum apne aap ko samajhti kya ho? Tumhaari himmat kaise hui meri mamma ke baare mein ye sab bolne ki? Meri mamma ya mere daddy ko koi bhi ulta seedha bolta hai to vo mujhe achcha nehi lagta hai. Agli baar agar meri mamma ke baare mein ulta seedha bolne ka socha bhi na to aaj to sirf garbage pheka hai agli baar sach mein chipkali bana kar deewar mein latka dungi. Mujhe lightly mat lena, Punjabi hu main aur vo bhi dono side se upar se non vegetarian!! Mujhse panga nehi lena!!" Anu's situation was such like she could even kill Bulbul if possible and the moment when her eyes fall on Maahir she even got more angry as he was not talking and was only standing and watching. Anu just gave an angry gaze to Bulbul and walked downstairs and left in her car. Bulbul turned and found Maahir, Kuhu and Rohit standing there with shock in their eyes. Bulbul came towards Maahir and he asked, "Bulbul beta ye sab??? I mean... uh...???" Bulbul angrily replied, "Aapko pata hai is chipkali ne kya kiya? Isne pehli galti ye ki ke isne mere saamne vase tod diya aur aap iska matlab jaante hai?? Iska matlab hota hai ke usne mujhe open insult kiya hai, mere saamne agar koi vase ya kuch tod de na to mujhe bara gussa aata hai kyuki tod fod karna to mera kaam hai aur pata hai second sabse bari galti usne mujhse kaha ke 'screw your mum'. Batao usne meri mamma ke baare mein aisa bola to main kaise chup beth jaati? Vo meri mamma ke baare mein aisa bol kaise sakti hai? Mujhe bura nehi lagega bolo isiliye maine uspar canteen ka garbage daal diya. Par aap na daddy mujhe usey apologize karne ko nehi bolna, main nehi karne waali. Aapko pata hai khud Count Dracula tak ko maine nehi chora aur yaha usne itna sab kar liya. Meri koi prestige nehi hai aakhir isko bhi to pata chalna chahiye ke Bulbul Sehgal kya cheez hai." Bulbul somehow get cooled down made a face and said, "Daddy mera na mood kharaab ho gaya hai, mujhe na naani ke paas jaana hai. Mujhe lekar chalo, main handwash karke phir bag lekar aati hu apna." Saying she walked upstairs to Maahir's cabin. Maahir was so horrified by Bulbul's action that he dashed down on the stairs as he could not believe his own eyes seeing that form of his daughter. Kuhu and Rohit sat beside him on both sides and Kuhu cleared her throat and asked, "Maahir are you okay?" Maahir just nodded his head on both directions and Rohit said, "Kaafi bold beti hai teri bhai. Main to pakka sure hu ye teri shaadi Anu se kabhi nehi hone degi. Par main na ek baat soch raha hu, agar mujhe beti hui aur vo bhi aisi hui to?" Maahir immediately, in a horrified look, replied, "Tu usko zyaada Kuhu ke paas nehi rehne dena, uske saath zyaada se zyaada time spend karna agar mujhe mauka mila hota to meri beti aisi kabhi bhi nehi hoti. Mujhe nehi pata tha ke meri biwi aisi daayan aurat hai dekha kya bana kar rakkha hua hai meri bachchi ko? Meri saas ne kaha tha ke ye larki bohot khatarnaak hai lekin ye... Ye larki nehi ye to aatankwaadi hai. Sab kuch na Bela ka fault hai." Rohit asked, "Main to bas ye soch raha hu ke agar Bulbul aisi hai to jab Bela aayegi tab kya hoga? Agar sood (interest) aisi hai to asal (principal) kaisi hogi?" Maahir made a sad face and replied, "Bhagwaan ko bhi mujhpar taras nehi aata yaar!! Par itni khunkhaar to Bela bhi pehle nehi thi. Agar Bela aayi tab to tsunami aa jaayegi aur main beh hi jaaunga." Kuhu got up and looked at both of them in their eyes and said, "Tum dono ka na dimaag kharaab ho gaya hai. Main maanti hu Anu was angry seeing Bulbul here but usko ye samajhna chahiye ke bachcho se kaise baat karna hota hai aur listen Bulbul ki koi galti nehi hai agar koi aapki ma ke baare mein aise baat kare to gussa aana jaayaz hai aur vaise bhi bachche jab gusse mein hote hai to rationally nehi sochte hai unke dil mein jo hota hai zabaan par bhi wahi hota hai. Bulbul ko Bela ka gussa mila hai aur vo usike saath hamesha rahi hai, isiliye vo apni ma ki tarah zyaada ban gayi hai. Abhi jab Maahir tumhe ye mauka mila hai apni beti ke saath time spend karne ka to ye tumhaari duty hai ke usme apna thehraav bhi laao. You have to be very patient with her and then only you'll be able to tame her. Now get up and suit up Maahir!! You have a long way to go." Saying she left from there and Rohit put his hand on Maahir's shoulder and said, "Tumhe bohot shauk tha na ke dusre fathers ke tarah tumhe apni beti ke liye raat bhar jaagne ka mauka nehi mila ab ye tujhe din mein taarey dikhaayegi. Welcome to Papa Land Maahir Sehgal and best of luck with your Toofaan Express!!" Saying Rohit too left leaving an all shocked and frustrated Maahir all alone to make strategy of his future with his daughter.