The 'Un' Attached String

Chapter - 18

M : (He was scared as he knew about all her activities and so he swallowed the lump) "2 days hai na baby main packing bhi kar lunga aur ghar ke baaki ke duties bhi khatam karke main 2 din baad hi apne baby paas aa jaaunga. Ok?"

B : "Jabtak threat na do na to matlab koi kuch karna hi nehi chahta hai. Thik aap aa jaao main aapke grand welcome ki tayyari karti hu."

Maahir laughed forcibly to pretend to be normal and then the call was disconnected from both sides.

Next day, Bela too was holding the papers on one hand and was sitting on the hall by digging the fingernail of her other hand on her head when Madhu came to her and said, "Mujhe pata hai abhi yu kya soch rahi hai lekin main tujhse us baare mein koi sawaal nehi puchne waali, par mujhe na ek baat janni hai aur vo ye hai ke tu apni life ka koi bhi decision apne papa se puch kar aajkal nehi leti hai to..." She sat beside Bela and continued, "Tere papa ne tujhe India kaise aane diya?" Bela looked at her mother as if she was seeing some kind of alien and continuing that expression, she asked, "Really mamma?? This is what actually concerning you now?" Madhu, too was shocked on hearing Bela's question and she said, "Ha bilkul!! Tere papa ne tujhe yaha aane diya ye soch kar hi to main itni surprised hu. Vo to mar jaayenge lekin tujhe India kabhi bhi nehi aane denge." Seeing Bela nodding her head hopelessly Madhu replied, "Dekh puttar agar tu ye soch rahi hai ke is court order ke liye main pareshaan hu to tu bilkul hi galat soch rahi hai kyuki main jaanti hu ke isi mein meri naatin ka bhala hai aur main is faisle se bohot khush hu." Bela, in a sarcastic manner replied, "Of course mamma vo to hamesha se hi aapka chaheta hai upar aapka so called jamai hai, ab har saas ki tarah aap to usika side lengi na. Aapke liye to vo hamesha se hi 'best jamai' hai. Musibat to mere sar par aayi hai na aapko usse kya." Madhu looked at her and replied, "Oye bol to aise rahi hai jaise ke tera pati tere saath rehne ko mara ja raha hai. Main isliye khush hu kyuki kal se meri bachchi bari khush hai aur ye khushi to uske chehre se kho hi gayi thi aur vo jamai nehi ek lauta jamai hai mera aur best jamai hai to hai. Jitni shiddat se tu usse nafrat karti hai vo bhi utni hi shiddat ke saath tujhse nafrat karta hai ha vo alag baat hai ke main jaanti hu ke ye dikhaava hai but ha jaise aajkal tu Bulbul ke saamne uske baap ki beizzati karti hai na vaisa usne kabhi kuch nehi kiya." Bela would have replied something back to Madhu but at that moment, Bulbul jumped into the scene and said to Madhu, "Nani nani pata hai maine kal raat ko na daddy ko phone kiya tha na main to batana hi bhul gayi ke daddy na yaha aane ke liye ready hai, vo mere saath rehne aayenge." Madhu and Bela both were shocked and Bela asked, "What?" But Bulbul didn't look at Bela and continued talking to Madhu, "Daddy pehle confused the par main bhi to main hu, thora sa dhamkaaya na to line par aa gaye, bola hai 2 days ke andar vo aayenge hamaare saath rehne." Madhu was so happy to hear the news and said, "Mujhe pata tha Maahir kabhi mana kar hi nehi sakta hai aur vo tere liye kuch bhi karega. After all..." She looked at Bela with the corner of her eyes and with a tint of taunt in her voice for Bela said, "Mera best ek lauta jamai jo thehra!" "That's it!", Bela uttered those words after getting up and continued, "I'm going to find a lawyer to file for a stay order. Main us aadmi ke saath nehi rahungi aur ha..." Before leaving from there, Bela continued, "Papa Sweden gaye hai business ke kaam se isiliye main yaha aa paayi hu and I swear agar papa hote na to in sab ki naubat hi nehi aati." Madhu looked at Bela and said, "Bol to aise rahi hai jaise abhi tu bahaar niklegi to tujhe lawyer mil jaayega. Lawyers to gate ke bahaar tera hi wait kar rahe hai." Bela replied, "Well I do have contacts here!" "But usse bhi aapko koi faayda nehi hoga bhabhi!", Everyone looked at the direction and found Pratham coming in and seeing him coming, the happiest person on the earth was Bulbul and he gladly jumped and stood in front of him and said, "Pratham uncle daddy ke baad ek aapko dekh kar main sabse zyaada khush hoti hu now a days but mere ek question ka answer do, what is stay order?" Pratham made Bulbul sit on his lap as he took his seat and replied, "Stay order ka matlab hota hai ke agar court koi order deta hai usko stay karaana matlab a sort of stop karna taaki vo order manne ki zarurat na pare." On hearing that, Bulbul jumped off Pratham's lap and said to Bela, "Aap mere daddy ko yaha nehi aane dena chahti hai? Mamma main aapko bata rahi hu main aisa bilkul nehi hone dungi aur agar aapne aisa karne ke baare mein socha bhi na to main ghar se bhaag jaaungi." Bela immediately replied, "And I'll make sure that you're properly shackled up with your bed sweetheart! Mujhe monster bolti ho na now don't pull the real monster outta me!" Bela had sudden coldness in her eyes which even make Bulbul shiver for a second but of course, she herself was bearing the DNA of her mamma monster and so she replied, "Uske liye to mujhe pakarna parega na mamma, main na bhaag kar daddy ke paas chali jaaungi aur phir kabhi kabhi waapas nehi aaungi." Pratham laughed and said to both the ladies, "Itna zyaada sochne ki zarurat hai hi nehi kyuki is order par koi stay order lag hi nehi sakta hai." Bela asked, "Kyu?" Now there came the real suave lawyer Pratham who played just the same trick with Bela which he played with Maahir of course with two different point of views. He stood up and said, "Vo isliye bhabhi kyuki Maahir ne shaayad aapke saath bohot galat kiya ho lekin aapne bhi Bulbul ko 8 saal usse dur rakkha hai. Galti chahe kisise bhi hui ho aur chahe vo galti kitni bhi bari kyu na ho, apne bachche ke existence ki baat jaanne ka haq har ma baap ko hota hai aur ye reason kaafi hai stay order ki appeal reject karne ke liye. Agar aap log divorce ke liye bhi appeal karte na to kamsekam 6 mahine ka time aapko court vaise bhi deta kyuki aap dono itne saalo se ek saath nehi hai." Bela looked like a wounded tigress when Pratham completed his sentence and then he concluded finally, "Aap kisi bhi lawyer se consult kar sakti hai, sab aapko yahi kahenge." Bela, out of extreme anger threw away the paper and said, "Kabhi kabhi mujhe ye lagta hai jaise ye sab na ek planning hai aur is planning ka mastermind Maahir hai." Pratham chuckled and replied, "Agar Maahir ke paas itna dimaag hota to pehli baat aap dono alag nehi hote aur Bulbul Canada ke bajaaye India mein paida hoti." Instead of replying anything, Bela left from there and Suhaani, who was watching the scene came after Bela left and she hugged Pratham and said, "Baby do you know kya kamaal kiya hai tumne? Main hamesha chahti thi ke Maahir bhaiya aur didi ke beech mein sab thik ho jaaye. Par didi ka temperament dekha hai kaun baat karega unse? You did the best thing you know!" Madhu too said to him, "Sachchi puttar in dono ne... matlab kya batau tujhe main...." Pratham replied, "Main jaanta hu buaji, main inki puri love story detail mein suni hai Kuhu se and one thing I know ke inke beech mein sirf pyar nehi hai balki ishq hai ishq aur kis hadh tak hai ye koi nehi keh sakta. Ye jo bachpana ye dono kar rahe hai na ye bas dikhaava hai apne andar ki asli feelings ko chupaane ka kyuki inke dil ki gehraayee mein kya hai ye inko khud ko nehi pata hai. They're dying to stay with each other kyuki agar aisa na hota to Bela bhi move on kar leti aur Maahir bhi Anu se shaadi kar chuka hota. Agar uparwaale ko in dono ko milaana nehi hota to Bulbul yaha kabhi nehi aati. Duniya mein jo kuch bhi hota hai uske peeche koi na koi vajah hoti hai. In dono ke pyar ki jo chingaari hai na vo 8 saalo mein dab gayi hai, bas isko hawa dene ki zarurat hai aur jabtak ye saath rahenge nehi aisa kabhi nehi hoga kyuki jab ye dono saath rahenge to ek dusre ke saath hone ke liye ye dono tarsenge dekhna ajeeb ajeeb aur atrangi bahaane dhundhenge ek dusre se ladne ke liye, ek dusre ko neecha dikhaane ke liye kyuki maine in dono ke dimaag mein aisa beej boya hai na ke ye dono Bulbul ke liye kam ek dusre se badla nikaalne ke liye saath rahenge aur phir... jab aag aur petrol ek saath ho to explosion mein waqt kitna lagta hai." Suhaani and Madhu both clapped and Suhaani put her arm on his shoulder and said, "Kya baat hai pyar mein PhD ki hui kya? Itni knowledge...!!" Pratham replied, "Vo kya hai na baby law ki paraai mein psychology ka paper tha vo maine bara dhyaan se padha tha par..." He looked at Bulbul, who was listening to them like a fool and was just tossing her eyes between the three of them got her eyes fixed at Pratham as soon as he looked at her and then Pratham continued, "Aaj to main yaha par Bulbul se baat karne aaya hu kyuki agar mujhe Bulbul ke mamma papa ko milwaana hai to Bulbul ka to isme bohot hi important role hai." He again sat down on the couch and held Bulbul's hand and said, "Bulbul beta abhi main jo kuch bhi aapko kahunga aapko bohot dhyaan se sunna parega aur agar aapne vaisa vaisa kiya to I promise you ke aapke mamma papa ko kabhi aapse koi alag nehi karega." Bulbul nodded her head in agreement and then Pratham continued, "Dekho beta aap jaante ho na ke mamma aur daddy ke beech mein thore issues hai aur jab aapke papa yaha aayenge aapke saath rehne to shaayad aapki mamma hamesha gussa karegi aur ye bhi ho sakta hai ke vo aapke papa se baat hi na kare aur is ghar mein bhi shaayad aapke papa ko kuch log pasand na kare." Bulbul immediately replied, "Mere daddy ko na sirf mamma aur auntynaani pasand nehi karti hai aur baaki sab mere daddy ke fan hai." Pratham said, "To aise mein aapko apne papa ka bohot dhyaan rakhna hai taaki koi unko yaha pareshaan nehi kar sakey..." Before even Pratham could complete his sentence, Bulbul said, "Karne ke baare mein soch kar to dekhe, usko main cockroach ka soup nehi peela dungi." On hearing that and seeing Bulbul's expressions, Pratham just could not stop laughing and Suhaani replied, "O hullo halke mein mat lena isko, usdin mom ne apne kuch friends ke saamne Maahir bhaiya ki thori buraai ki thi to Bulbul ne jitna saara snacks tha unke plates par saare un ladies ke upar geera diye aur literally unko bhaga diya aur phir mom ke phone ko utha kar bathroom mein le jaa kar flush kar diya." Bulbul immediately replied Suhaani, "Ha to?? Dracula ka to samajhme aata hai, mamma unki beti hai, auntynaani ko kya problem hai? Mere daddy ne kya unke plate se unka favourate khaana chura kar kha liya tha? Vo mere daddy ki buraai karne waali hoti kaun hai? Vo jab bhi aisa karengi na main tab tab unke saath aisa hi karungi aur mujhe koi regret hai. Mere daddy ko agar kisine bhi pareshaan kiya ya unke baare mein bad bad bola to main unki life hell bana dungi.""That's my girl!!" Pratham appreciated Bulbul's spirit and then said, "Bas mujhe aur koi tension nehi hai baaki na aapki naani, maasi aur main sambhaal lunga. You just don't worry! Aap na bas ek aur cheez dhyaan rakhna ke mamma aur papa ye 6 months ek saath rahe chahe kuch bhi ho jaaye." Madhu said, "Tu uski fikar mat puttar ye hai na isko apne ma baap ki dukhti rag ka pata hai aur isko usey achche se exploit karna bhi aata hai." Pratham pulled Bulbul's cheeks and then asked her to get prepared for her father's welcome and also said that he himself will bring Maahir there. When Bulbul left, Pratham said to both Suhaani and Madhu, "Buaji aur Suhaani aap dono ko ek bohot hi important baat ka khayaal rakhna hai ke Maahir aur Bela kabhi bhi ek dusre se baat kiye bina nehi rehne chahiye kyuki jabtak baat nehi karenge, chahe jhagra hi karle tabtak unke andar andar ki chingaari ko hawa nehi lagegi. Unko tarsaana bohot zaruri hai so you both have to take care of that." Suhaani and Madhu both agreed to Pratham.