Stars and Fireflies - Manan

Chapter 47

Malhotra mansion

"Raj ye kya tarika h, manik aise bhi batae australia kaise ja sakta h " dadi said to raj the next day when she came to know that manik left for Australia yesterday evening .

"Buaji mere baat hui h usse vo bolra tha workers ka kuch issue hogaya h vaha isiliye usse urgently jana pada. Koi ghr pe nahi tha isiliye bata nahi paya. Do teen din m ajaega" raj said while having his breakfast.

"Par raj do din hue h uski shaadi hue ve aur ye mujhe bilkul pasand nahi aya manik ka ye tarika, usse nandini ko apne saath leke jana cahiye tha"dadi said sadly not at all liking manik's behaviour.

"Haan dad atleast vo nandini ko hi lejata apne saath" Cabir said making urvashi roll her eyes at the care they all are having for nandini.

"Maybe usse ahsas hogaya hoga ki apne uski life kharab kardi h nandini ke saath uski shaadi kar vake." Urvashi said making every body look at her with annoyed expressions.

"Urvashi agar acha nahi bol sakte toh bura bhi mat bola karo" dadi said.

"Glt kya bola maine ap hi dekhiye kha h vo ladki kl se apne kamre se bahar bhi nahi nikli h koi maharani h kya vo" urvashi said making dadi angry. She without saying anything went from their leaving her breakfast in between.

"Urvashi kabhi toh chup ho jaya karo" saying this raj also left.

"Dekhliya tumne Cabir m sach bolte hu isiliye kissi ko mere baat pasand nahi atta. Ab tumhi btao maine kuch galat bola kya" urvashi asked.

"Mom please let it be" saying this Cabir also left from there leaving urvashi alone smiling.

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"Nandini beta" dadi called while knocking on their door.

"Ji dadi ji aiye na ap knock kyo karre ho. Kuch kaam tha toh ap mujhe bula lete" nandini said.

"Nahi beta koi kaam nahi h " dadi said while looking at her pale face.

"Kya hua h aise room m kyo baithi h" dadi asked making her sad again.

"Kuch nahi dadi ji bas aise hi" she said avoiding look at dadi.

"Acha idhar dekh mere taraf"dadi said while making nandini look towards her.

"Manik ko miss karre h" dadi asked. Hearing manik's name tears brimmed in her eyes making dadi worried.

"Arre kya hua beta rote nahi h" dadi said while side hugging her.

"Bas bas mere pyari bete h tu toh aise thodi rote h dadi ha na aane de usse khair nahi uski aise kaise tujhe chood ke chala gaya akele." Dadi said in an attempt to console her.

"Nahi dadi ji unki koi glti nhi h..."nandini said.

"Acha fr kiski galti h" she asked making nandini look at her with guitly.

"Mere" she whispered with tears streaming down her eyes.

"Ehsas h na tujhe apni glti ka" dadi asked making nandini nod her head in agreement.

"Sahi karna chatte h usse" nandini immediately bobbed her head in a yes.

"Toh fr chinta kaise ansu poch aur jab vo aega usse baat karna. Thoda stubborn ha vo lekin dil ka bhut saaf h. Aur jin logo se vo pyar karta hana un keliye kuch bhi kar sakta h. M nahi janti ki tum dono ke bich ka hua h par itna jarru jante hu agar tu usko sab kuch sa hsa h btadenge na toh vo tujhe jarrur maaf karega. Bahar se mere mannu bhut hard dikkat h par andr se bilkul soft h ek chotte bache ki tarah. Pura bachpan usne bina maa ke bitaya h" dadi said shocking nandini with her last sentence.