The 'Un' Attached String

Chapter - 30

Bela was resting in her bed when Madhu brought Ranjit to her room. On seeing him, Bela was overwhelmed and ran to her father's arms and Madhu said, "Aap dono betho baate karo main chalti hu aur ha yaha main apne jamai ki beizzati bardaasht nehi karungi." Saying she left from there and then Ranjit without breaking the hug, asked, "Aaj kaisi tabiyat hai beta?" She replied, "Main thik hu papa!" Ranjit hugged her tight and said, "Jab tu hospital mein thi na mera bachcha meri jaan to tere us cabin mein hi atki thi. Main aur kuch soch hi nehi pa raha tha tere alawa. Par tu itna kyu pee rahi thi? Tu to Canada mein lagbhag chod hi chuki thi peena except for parties, phir achaanak kya ho gaya aisa?" Bela remained silent and seeing that Ranjit broke the hug and replied, "I never expected this indisciplined and irresponsible behavior from you Bela. How could you do this? Meri aur Madhu ki kya haalat thi vo tum soch bhi nehi sakti ho. Tumhaari ma sahi kehti hai ke khud ma ban gayi ho lekin bari tum aajtak nehi hui ho. Apne aap ko hamaare jagah par rakh kar dekho kaisa lagta hai? Aisa kya peena ke haalat itni kharaab ho jaaye?" Bela continuously stared at him for sometime and then replied, "Papa aapko chupaane ki koi zarurat nehi hai mujhe pata hai Reyhaan ne mere drink ko spike kiya tha aur usne mujhe rape karne ki koshish ki thi." Hearing about that Ranjit was shocked as he knew that Maahir would be telling her about this when she was perfectly fine and mentally fit to grasp this news but was extremely angry on Maahir, the moment Bela told him that she knew that. Ranjit said, "Usne kaha tha ke vo tumhaare thik hone ke baad sab kuch bataayega tumhe par nehi chahta tha ke tumhe pata chale, I didn't want you to go through that trauma. You know that's why I never liked him!" Bela replied, "Papa usne nehi bataya tha mujhe, Bulbul ne galti se bata diya aur aap mujhse kyu chupaana chahte the ye baat? Aapko kya lagta hai ke sach zindagi bhar chup sakta hai? Nehi! Kisi na kisi zariye mujhe pata chal hi jaata, so jo hua bilkul sahi hua." Ranjit thought of not arguing about that anymore as there was no point and as Bela had come to know about that, so as he was extremely guilt stricken, he said, "Beta ab jab tumhe pata chal hi gaya hai to... I want to say something..." He held Bela's hands and continued, "I'm really very sorry beta! Mujhe sach mein nehi pata tha ke Reyhaan aisa insaan hai, main to bas chahta tha ke tum khush raho, apni zindagi mein aagey baro. Tumhaari ma sahi kehti hai, tumhaare saath jo kuch bhi hua uske liye main hi zimmedaar hu. Mere paas to tumse maafi maangne ke liye bhi lafz nehi hai." Bela held back Ranjit's hands and replied, "Ye aap kaisi baate kar rahe hai papa? Aap please... aapko maafi maangne ki koi zarurat nehi hai. Main kabhi ye baat sapne mein bhi nehi soch sakti hu ke aap mera bura chahte ho, aap ye sab baate apne dimaag se nikaal do please." When Bela said all those things, Ranjit was relieved and at the same time, he was surprised as Bela behaved exactly the same way and told him exactly the same things Maahir had told him she would behave and say. Ranjit thought of having some other discussion and said, "Ab to shaayad tumhe yaha 6 mahine rehna parega and if you want tum hamaare bunglow mein shift kar sakti ho, I'll make all the arrangements." Bela replied, "Papa I'm perfectly fine here! Vaise bhi Bulbul apne daddy ko chod kar bilkul bhi nehi jaayegi aur phir wo yaha aayi bhi to usike liye hi hai aur Maahir bhi yaha se kahi nehi jaayega kamsekam us ghar mein to bilkul bhi nehi. Aap fikar mat kijiye main yaha bilkul thik hu, mujhe koi taklif nehi hai, bohot araam se hu." On the other side, after the completion of all the tests, Maahir came out of the hospital taking Bulbul but she made such a face as if, she was not tested but was operated on due to a wound. Bulbul was very angry on her father as he promised to save her from injections but instead he didn't say the doctor anything and only patted her while she was crying with pain. Maahir, on seeing her face, asked, "Bachcha tabse aisi shakal banakar rakkha hua hai. Ittu sa to khoon liya hai aapka, maine dekha." Bulbul looked angrily at her father and replied, "Maine bhi dekha hai purey 4 bottles khoon le liya mere andar se aur aapne kuch nehi bola. Aapne to kaha tha aap zyaada blood lene nehi denge lekin aap bas mujhe chup karwa rahe the, aap bhot bare waale jhute ho, main aapse gussa hu. Itna saara blood le liya, mujhe bara weak feel ho raha hai, bhukh bhi lag rahi hai." Maahir covered his mouth and then said, "Arey ha Bulbul baby ne to aaj subhe se kuch bhi nehi khaaya. Chalo jaldi ghar chalte hai! Mamma bhi to bethi hai na, mamma to Bulbul ko chod kar nehi khaayegi." Maahir deliberately raised that topic so as to watch Bulbul's reaction and as he expected, she became sad and then both of them got inside the car. While driving, Maahir, on seeing Bulbul's sad face asked, "Kya hua bachcha mera sad kyu hai abhi? Ho gaye na tests saare, ab to Bulbul ka khoon koi nehi lega, na?" Bulbul nodded her head and replied, "Nehi kuch nehi hai." Maahir chuckled and said, "Mera baby to jhoot bolne mein bohot poor hai, utri hui shakal hi bata rahi hai ke Bulbul thora pareshaan hai." Bulbul replied, "Mujhe mamma se nehi milna hai." Maahir asked, "Kyu?" She replied, "Maine mamma ko vo sab bataya to mamma hurt ho gayi na aur vo phir kal raat ko kaise kaise behave kar rahi thi, mujhe bohot dar lag raha tha. Maine mamma ko aise pehle kabhi nehi dekha, main mamma ke paas nehi jaaungi varna vo phir se hurt ho jaayegi." Maahir, in order to pacify Bulbul, said, "Ha mamma kal thora panick ho gayi thi but vo aapke vajah se nehi hai. Actually humne aapki mamma ko nehi bataya na kuch bhi, wait kar rahe the ek baar vo thik ho jaaye to uske baad hum bata dete par... usse pehle hi aapne bata diya aur unko janna chahiye na unke saath kya hua? Naani kehti hai na yaad hai we must never lie to our family. To aapne to bilkul thik kiya jo kiya." Bulbul made a sad face and asked, "Par mamma to hurt hui hai na?" Maahir then replied, "Hum injection jab lagaate hai tab dard hota hai na? Par usse hamaari bimaari jaldi thik bhi ho jaati hai to mamma ko thori takleef hui thi par ab to mamma bilkul thik hai aur vo subhe aapko dhundh bhi rahi thi par mujhe to aapko yaha lekar aana tha na to abhi hum waapas jaakar pehle mamma se milenge. Ok? Aur aap par to ye responsibility bhi thi ke aapko mamma ka dhyaan rakhna tha. Yaad hai na?" Bulbul sadly agreed and Maahir said, "Very Good! That's like my baby aur ha mamma se aisi roni shakal bana kar nehi milegi Bulbul varna vo sochegi ke daddy ne Bulbul ko rulaaya hai." Bulbul again returned to her old mode and replied, "To technically to ye baat sahi hai na, aap mujhe doctor ke paas injection khilaane le aaye hai to mujhe pain to hua hai." Maahir had a good laugh as he pulled her puffed cheeks.