The Only String Attached

2

"Uncle, can I talk to Bela for few minutes"? asked Yuvi and my head shot up in his direction. This is not going to be good now.My dad nodded, I and Yuvi started to heed towards the garden.

"How are you Bela"? asked Yuvi with a calm face.

"I..I..am not.. not..ok" saying this I bursted out  into tears sobbing heavily.

"Hey...Bela it's ok, calm down", saying this he took me in a hug.

"I already told you Bela, see now it happened as expected", said Yuvi. I looked at him with a blank face.

"I...I can never do one good thing... which is good for everyone...I always mess up things.I...I can never", saying this I started to cry. Yuvi took me to a nearby couch and made me sit.

"Can I say one thing which you can do good for everyone"? he asked me. I nodded at him to continue.

"Marry Mahir bhai Bela!" said Yuvi and tears started pooling again in my eyes.

"Not this Yuvi, I told you two years back that Mahir loves Bani, not me. That was the reason I left my everything and ran away like a coward. No one can be happy after knowing that I love Mahir, no one can. And now  you all are asking me to do that mistake which I din't wanted to do two years back?

"Are now everyone happy"? asked Yuvi making me shot up my glance towards him.

"Tell me Bela? Is everything happening according to how you thought? Nothing such thing happened, no one's happy and you  made your own assumptions and left?" asked Yuvi with a sad expression.

"If you are scared about  one thing, let me tell you that one thing, everyone except Mahir bhai knows about your love for Mahir including Bani bhabi", said Yuvi and I was out of words.

"Yes Bela, mom got to know about it from your dad and she informed about this to my dad when she was on the death bed. And I guess one day Bani bhabi overheard your dad's conversation with you in the phone. That day she went to inform your dad about her pregnancy and she heard about it", said Yuvi and all the color drained from my face.

"Di knows about my love"? No, this was not good... not at all good.

"Bela let's discuss about it later, but first you have to fulfill the promise you gave to Bani bhabi, you have to marry Mahir bhai, now only you and Mahira are the ray of hope in Mahir's bhai life", said Yuvi. Before I could say anything Andy uncle started..

"Bela now it's not just about his child, it's even about my child, I can't see my son in that condition as a single parent, and he lost all the women he loves in his life. Please Bela marry Mahir and become his support system, I know that you even loved Mahir but your decision of running away was not justified", said Andy uncle with pleading eyes.

"Beta you loved someone once but you din't get a chance to express your love for that person, but now you got a second chance to show your love for him and everyone in this world will not get a second chance like this", said my dad with tears.

"But Bani di....., she herself asked you to marry Mahir bhai",stated Yuvi.

Yes, I promised my sister to look after her family. I can't run away now. I can at least do this much for her. And I don't want Mahira to be deprived by mother's love just as we sisters were. And I decided to marry him and rest I'm leaving it on the god.

"Ok dad....I...I..will marry him and look after Mahira", I said.

We all started to heed towards Mahir's home. He opened the door and we all went in without looking at him. I can feel that he is staring me but I decided to look away. This house is same as it was two years back. Nothing has changed. But what surprised me was there was not even a single picture of Bani di. Then I realized, this man should not turn into a cold hearted man.

MAHIR

My sleep was disturbed by continues ringing of the doorbell. I opened the door and found my family members along with her. What does she want now? After leaving me alone and taking our happiness for two years. I was staring at her but she din't dare to look at me.

"Mahir we need to talk to you", said my dad and I heeded towards the study to talk. I went back to my room to check on Mahira and I was surprised to see Bela rocking her back to sleep.I returned back to study and found our family doctor Polo aunty who did Bani's delivary. I greeted her with a smile and took a seat.

"Mahir you have to marry Bela for Bani and Mahira", said my dad and Bela's dad in unison. I gave them a cold look.

"Uncle why din't you marry again  when Bani's mother passed away, and dad why don't you marry again as mom's no more"? I asked, shock evident in everyone's face.

"Mahir, child my situation was different when I lost my wife. I had my parents and my wife's parents to look after my children, but now you don't have your mom neither my wife is alive to look after Mahira," said Bela's dad.

"Do you want any random nanny to look after your child Mahir"? I lost your mom recently and my children are matured enough to look after themselfs , but Mahira is just three days old baby, don't you think about her Mahir?"asked my dad in disbelief.

"Mahir, I was in your situation years back, and now I don't want you to go through the same pain I had child. Yes, Mahira will have you but one day she will ask about her mother, what will you tell her?"asked Bela's dad with a teary eye.

"Mahir, I'm your well wisher and I too want you to marry Bela, because parenting a girl child without a mother is a horrible situation to every single parent, think about it Mahir", said Polo aunty caressing my hair.

"Why din't you inform me about Bani's pregnancy complications aunty"? I asked.

"Because she asked me to do so and I can't overcome my professional ethics Mahir", said Polo aunty caressing my hair. And suddenly we hear Mahira crying and I stormed out of the room and others followed me. But I halted on my steps near the entrence when I saw Bela cooing Mahira in her arms and started feeding her milk with the milk bottle. Mahira was very loud when she cries and she stopped crying when Bela was murmuring  sweet words to  her. She did her burp and setteled on the couch showing her back towards us. I guess she is not aware that we all are here watching her.

And I did what I should do right now, and I said those words loudly so everyone in this room is aware about it. {and I guess you all know about whom I'm talking about}

"I WILL MARRY BELA",I said and saw her body posture stiffening hearing my words.

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