The 'Un' Attached String

Chapter - 24

After Maahir left from there with Kuhu, Bela was sitting around at a corner alone and was thinking about what Kuhu had told her about Maahir after she left him. Bulbul, in a tip toe movement, stood behind her, with a plate of food in her hand and said, "Mamma ye lo dekho main na aapke liye paneer tikka laayi hu, aap taste kar lo." Bela looked at her plate and smiled and asked, "Tumne khud kitne taste kiye?" Bulbul smiled and replied, "Abhi tak ek bhi nehi kiye dono saath mein karte hai." Bulbul and Bela tasted the paneer tikka and Bulbul made a face and replied, "Kya bekaar banaya hai sab kuch, isse achcha to daddy bana lete hai. Pata hai maine daddy ko bola hai, Kingston ko chor do aur apna restaurant banao, hit ho jaayega pura. Mere daddy jaisa khaana koi nehi bana sakta hai." Bela looked at the time at her phone and replied, "Par abhi na ye starter khaane ka time nehi hai, tumhe abhi dinner karna hai." Just at that moment, Madhu came to Bulbul and said, "Bulbul kabse main tujhe dhundh rahi hu, tere khaane ka waqt ho gaya hai na? Chal mere saath. Dekh main Maahir ki tarah nehi hu jo plate lekar tere peeche peeche daudungi." Bela looked at Madhu and asked, "Maahir uske peeche plate lekar daudta tha?" Madhu replied, "Daudta? Ye larki agar ek niwala hall mein khaati thi to dusra apne bedroom mein, teesra video game khelte huye. Jab ye nakhre karti thi to hum to daat dete the isko, par is ladke mein itni patience hai, ke vo ghanto plate pakar kar khara rahega Bulbul ke peeche lekin kabhi ispar nehi chillata hai bas 'puttar kha le', 'beta kha lo' yehi ratta maarta rehta hai. Kabhi kabhi pata hai sochti hu ke agar Bulbul India mein paida hoti na to I'm sure Maahir usko zameen par per nehi rakhne deta." Saying Madhu took Bulbul away from there leaving Bela alone. While she was sitting alone with the plate in her hand totally lost in Maahir's thoughts, suddenly her chain of thoughts broke when Reyhaan came to her and gave her a hand and asked, "Will you dance with me?" Bela looked shocked and asked, "What?" Reyhaan pointed to a direction and said, "Dekho na waha saare ladke ladkiyan dance kar rahe hai aur maamiji ne bhi bola hai to ask you out for a dance, chalo na please." Bela replied, "Reyhaan, I'm not feeling very well, please don't mind." Reyhaan still insisted and replied, "Arey chalo na dekhna tumhe achcha feel hoga." Saying he almost forced Bela and took her alongwith him. On reaching there on the dance spot, just like other couples, they also imitated their footsteps while Mrs. Sarna and Ranjit exchanged meaningful and happy looks looking at them. On the other side, while Bulbul was having her dinner under Madhu's observation, suddenly her eyes fall on dancing Reyhaan and Bela and seeing that, having dinner became her second priority and was about to leave in rage when Madhu grabbed her hand tightly and asked her to stop and said, "Jab dekho tab Phoolan Devi kyu ban jaati hai? Ab kya ho gaya?" Bulbul angrily replied, "Dekho na naani waha Chimpanjee meri mamma ke saath dance kar raha hai. Mujhe jaana hai." Madhu lightly slapped on Bulbul's head and said, "Dance karne se kya ho jaata hai? Bulbul main bol rahi hu tujhe ab bohot zyaada ho raha hai, tu bachchi hai, bachcho ki tarah reh na, teri ma koi choti bachchi nehi hai vo apna dhyaan rakh sakti hai aur yaha main hu, tere daddy hai. Tu abhi agar yaha se uthi na Bulbul, aaj maine khud teri taangey tod deni hai." On that warning, although, Bulbul was both angry and offended for some time, but she didn't dare to retaliate and quietly finished her dinner. After having her dinner, Bulbul was sitting in the dance area making a face and looking at Bela and Reyhaan while they were dancing, not exactly she was looking but was giving X-Ray vision to Reyhaan so that she could grab him if he gives any kind of wrong move. Seeing her sitting like that, Daksh came to her with two bowls of kulfi and then sat beside her and said, "Bulbul dekho main tumhaare liye kya laaya hu, your favourate kulfi." Bulbul made a face and replied, "Maamu mera kulfi khaane ka bilkul bhi mood nehi ho raha hai." Daksh asked, "Bulbul kulfi nehi khaayegi? Aisa kaise ho sakta hai?" Bulbul replied, "Dekho na maamu vo Chimpanjee meri mamma ke saath dance kar raha hai, mujhe achcha nehi lag raha hai. Vo to naani ne kuch bhi karne se manaa kiya hai varna main to na abhi dekh leti unko. Main bas yaha beth kar wait kar rahi hu, kuch bhi wrong kiya na unhone, main sachchi bata rahi hu Chimpanjee ko seedha zoo mein transport kar dungi unki family ke paas." While Bulbul was sitting and closely observing Reyhaan and Bela, at one point of time, he put hand on her waist but Bela was continuously thinking about something else and her past moments with Maahir that she didn't even realize. Reyhaan thought that Bela was not feeling bad and so his hand travelled from her waist to her back to pull her more close and seeing that Bulbul remembered what Madhu had taught her about good touch and bad touch and also what to do when someone gives bad touch. She immediately got up and pushed Reyhaan away from Bela so hard that he fell on the ground. Seeing that the music stopped and everyone stopped dancing and Bela was too surprised for a moment to act at first but when she gained her composure, she asked, "Bulbul ye kya badtameezi hai?" Bulbul looked at Reyhaan angrily and then at Bela and replied, "Mamma ye aapko bad touch de rahe the." Hearing that, a light murmering started inside the hall and Bela was way too shocked at that and she asked, "What do you mean?" Bulbul replied, "Naani ne mujhe good touch aur bad touch ke baare mein bataya hai, unhone kaha hai ke kaha kaha touch karne se vo bad touch hota hai. Chimpanjee aapko bad touch de rahe the, vo aapke kamar mein haath daal rahe the phi raise karke peeche lekar ja rahe the." Reyhaan got up and replied, "No Bela I was not doing anything like that. Trust me, shaayad Bulbul se koi galti hui hogi." Bulbul said to Bela, "No mamma I swear main jhut nehi bol rahi hu aur main kabhi jhut nehi bolti hu, ye aapko bad touch de rahe the." Reyhaan, by that time was also getting offended and said to Bulbul, "Dekho Bulbul beta, main jaanta hu ke aap mujhe like nehi karti ho aur aap bohot baar meri bohot insult kar chuki ho lekin maine aapse kabhi kuch bhi nehi kaha lekin abhi aap jo kar rahi ho vo bohot galat hai, aap jhut bol rahi ho, you're lying." Bulbul angrily replied to Reyhaan, "Jhut aap bol rahe hai aur aap aise kaise mamma ko dance ke liye lekar gaye? Aapne mujhse permission li aisa karne se pehle? Jhuthe aap hai aur aap bohot gande hai aur naani kehti hai jo log girls ko bad looks aur bad touch dete hai unki na bohot zor se pitaai karni chahiye." Ranjit was witnessing all these things for a very long time and when Bulbul made that statement, he just lost his cool and stormed in the middle of the scene and gave a hard slap on her face which made her fall down on the ground and seeing that Bela screamed aloud, "Papa ye kya kar rahe hai aap?" She pulled up Bulbul and hugged her in her arms but Ranjit was completely mad in anger and separated her from Bulbul and grabbed her by one arm and said, "Main aaj vohi kar raha hu jo mujhe bohot pehle kar lena chahiye tha. Har baar main sirf aur sirf apni beti ka chehra dekh kar is larki ki har galtiyo ko nazarandaaz kar deta tha lekin aaj jo isne kiya hai na uske baad isko chorna bewakufi hogi." Saying he gave another tight slap on another cheek of Bulbul and with that, Bela's patience limit just crossed and she pushed Ranjit away from Bulbul which shocked Ranjit as he didn't expect that retaliation from Bela. Bela kneeled on the ground and hid Bulbul in her arms whose condition was very pitiful as her face had turned red and the slap mark was clearly visible on her face. She immediately called Daksh and then asked him to take Bulbul to her room and she would come soon with the medicine and when Daksh left with Bulbul, Bela slowly walked towards Ranjit and said, "Meri beti badmaashi karti hai, shararat karti hai lekin jhut nehi bolti hai, vo jhuthi nehi hai aur aaj aapne jo kiya hai na uske saath iske liye main aapko kabhi maaf nehi karungi aur agar aaj Maahir ne kuch bhi kaha ya kiya to main usko bhi nehi rokungi." Saying Bela left from there.