The Only String Attached

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I was working on my system and I heard Mahira crying. I took her in my arms and came to lobby.

"Mummaa", she was crying holding me tight.

Thank god she dint ask for Mahir.

"Come on baby, you should drink milk",I said cleaning her up.

I took her to balcony with her milk bottle and pista. She daily eats pista at this time. I wonder how she eats with just incisors.

I sat on the swing and made her sit on my stomach. She was drinking milk holding her bottle.

"Mumma finish", she said showing her empty milk bottle.

"Mahira is a good girl",I said kissing her forehead.

I was opening pista shells for her and she was playing with my top button.

I was putting one by one in her mouth and she was chewing them slowly playing with my button.

"Mummaa", she was showing me my mangalsutra.

"No baby. You should not touch it",I said putting it inside my top.

She pecked my lips and was giving a big smile.

"Mummaa dadda weh", she asked while looking at the door.

"Dadda is at work Mahira",I said kissing her.

"Mummaa daddaaa weh", she asked showing her puppy eyes.

Mahir will reach NY tomorrow. I can't even call him until then.

"Arey Mahira,Yuvi brought new puzzle game for you baby",I said taking her inside.

We both sat down on the carpet and I opened the puzzle game for her. It was a numbers game. We need to put those numbers in their correct from.

I made her sit in front of me and kept that game in front of her.

"Mahira we learned numbers right. Now tell me how to put them in their correct places",I asked her.

She was staring at them, she took 2 number and fixed it in it's place.

"Very good Mahira",I said clapping my hands.

Even she was clapping her hands.

"OK next one",I said and she kept 5 number in it's place.

"Well done baby",I said.

We were in our own world playing game together. Soon it was dinner time and I went to mix Mahira's food and she was busy playing that game.

"Mahira food time",I said showing her bowl.

She crawled towards me and I made her sit on my hip. She was still on my hip and I was mixing her food holding her.

"Today Mahira will eat while sitting on mumma's hip",I said.

She was clinging on me and I was feeding her.

The house is looking so empty without him. I'm missing his presence, missing his sent, missing his everything.

I made Mahira sit on the table and showed her empty bowl.

"Mission complete",I said showing her empty bowl.

She was smiling showing her incisors. I wiped her face and changed her clothes. I don't have the appetite to eat. I was waiting for Mahir's message. But there was no ping from him.

I was doing the dishes and I heard my phone ringing.

"Mumma",Mahira was calling me to pick my phone.