*In this chapter, I may have used badipa, badima by their names. It's just the story flow. No offence(vishambar-mishti and kuhu's badipapa, rajshri-mishti and kuhu's badima, Varsha-kuhu's ma, jasmeet-kuhu and mishti's Chachi)*
Mishti:badipapa...how did you knew our location?
He sat on the sofa to tell them the whole story...
mishti and kuhu sat around him while the whole family surrounded them.
BADIPAPA'S FLASH BACK:
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That day when mishti and kuhu were lost.
Varsha:pa.I cannot find them. I searched for them everywhere.
Vishambar: Varsha.don't worry i will call police...they will find them.
he reported to the police.
After a day,
rajshri: did they found something?
vishmabar nodded no.
varsha started to cry...
varsha:i thought she would be here the next morning. but she isn't ... then it means something really bad happened to her...what do I do? he is not also here... what do i do?
Rajshri kept her hands on her shoulders.
Rajshri(*controlling her tears*): they are our kids... nothing will happen to them...don't worry...
Someone knocked the door.
Jasmeet opened the door.
Jasmeet:who?
She asked to the person standing in front of her.
That person:is mishti inside?
Jasmeet:no.she is not here.she is now missing-
Vishambar:jasmeet... what are you speaking with a stranger... beta... i guess you are mishti's friend but she is not home now... come afterwards...
He nodded and left.
Vishambar: let's wait and see... our girls will definitely come to us...nothing would have happened to them... let us be positive... god will be with us.
He tried to cheer up the family members.
Despite all his efforts, the light slowly faded away in their house.
Its been a week, and that person kept visiting Maheshwari mansion.
Vishambar got suspicious.
Vishambar: betta who are you? what is your name? why are visiting?
That person bent down to get blessings. "abir rajvansh" a sound echoed.
He stood up again. His eyes clearly avoided next question.
Vishambar: how did you know mishti and kuhu?
Abir: its...its ... during college days...
Vishambar: but they never mentioned you.
Abir: maybe they forgot.
Vishambar: maybe. but why are searching for them now?
Abir:nothing...its just... i ...i...
Vishambar sensed something was wrong.
Abir saw rajshri carrying the vegetables.
Abir:badima...give this to me... i will carry them.
Rajshri:its okay beta...i will take care...
Abir:no badima... i will carry them...
He snatched the bag from rajshri and ran inside the house...
Vishambar:he didn't answer my question.
Abir:badima...can i keep this here?
Rajshri nodded.
Rajshri: thank you.
Abir: it's okay... i will be here whenever you need me...
Rajshri:really?
Abir nodded.
Rajshri:why?
Abir: because you are badima.
Rajshri:badima?
Abir: its.. it's you are older than my mom... so badi ma...
He laughed on his own joke.
She smirked a little.
Rajshri: why are you here?
Abir: to help you!
Rajshri: but why?
Abir: you know that Krishna Ji...that you have been praying for years...he has sent me here to help you!!
Rajshri couldn't resist to smile.
Abir: finally... i could see what mishti said...
Rajshri: what did you say?
Abir: nothing... badima just text me whatever you want...don't go outside in this pandemic...I will buy things for you...
Rajshri: but your number?
Abir:i have already saved my number in your cell phone...
Rajshri: what? when?
Abir: just now...
He returned her cellphone back.
Rajshri was awestruck.
Abir: bye...see you tomorrow...
vishambar couldn't help to doubt, so he decided to follow him.
vishambar:i should follow him... maybe he knows something about our girls.
Abir didn't notice him following. He brought red roses.
That flower vendor:bhaiya... why are you buying the same flower every day?
Abir smiled.
Abir: to give someone...
Flower vendor: lucky that girl.
Abir smiled again...
Vishambar noticed this...
After that abir went for the salon building.
He stood near the stairs. He stood there for hours.
Vishambar understood he was waiting for someone...but he couldn't guess why would he wait for a person in a random building... that was not like a great public place too...
He again followed abir for the second time the next day.
Abir followed the same routine.
vishambar got curious.
He decided to confront him.
Vishambar: abir...
Abir was shocked to see him near the salon building...
Abir:badipa- how did you-
Vishambar:that is not important... why do you come here every day?
Abir: nothing just-
Vishambar:i know something is there...but you are not saying anything...what is it?
Abir:its...
He paused.
Abir: okay. you may not believe what I am going to say... but whatever I say is truth...
Vishambar: what?
Abir:mishti and kuhu time travelled to 2016... they were with me... they stayed in my house... and we found the way back to 2020... and they returned back here... and i am waiting for them.
He finished the sentence in a rush.
Vishambar: are you kidding?
Abir:no.
Abir explained the whole story to him.
Vishambar:i cannot believe this.
Abir:i know...
Vishambar: do you have any proof?
Abir: proof...
Aarav warned him not to tell anything to them.
Abir: whatever may happen to mishti and kuhu... I should not raise their hopes up...
Abir nodded no.
Vishambar: how would I believe it?
Abir remained silent.
Abir visited for next few days.
He helped them with all that he can.
He tried to cheer them up and kept them together.
Though questions raised in the minds of the family members, they wanted support like him.
Soon he became the sweetheart of the house.
Varsha: sorry beta... I said many bad things to you when I first met you...
Abir(*as he was arranging the flower case *): aunty...I understand your concern for your daughter. so don't take me seriously...I am okay...
Varsha: but how are you so sure that they will be back?
Abir:i just know.
Varsha:do you know where they went?
Abir remained silent.
Varsha:do you?
Vishambar interrupted their conversation...
Vishambar: how will he know? he is just saying that by his own intuition.isn't it abir?
Abir nodded.
He understood vishambar's heart.He didn't want their family members to get scared or hurt by saying this.
One day abir didn't come,
Rajshri walked back and forth to the door.
Vishambar: what happened?
Rajshri: abir didn't come today
Vishambar:is that a big thing? he may got busy in his family issues.
Rajshri:you are right...but still he would have texted me.
Vishambar:he will come tomorrow...dont worry...
She nodded.
She felt that abir's visit indicate her hope towards seeing her daughters.
He didn't come the next day too...
All of the maheswari's were worried now.
They tried calling him but he didn't attend the call.
Vishambar even visited that building...he was not there...
He enquired the flower vendor.
Flower vendor: he didn't come for the last few days...however I closed my shop due to lockdown...my house is here... so i kept few roses for him but I didn't see him this side.
Vishambar:i didn't even ask for his home address and in this lockdown where will i find him?! he kept the house normal which even i couldn't achieve it... where will i search for him?
Again the house went into battery saving mode.
No one spoke to each other.
They ate, slept for life's sake.
But this time the depression wave was higher than the last one.
This time their hope was gone too.
They slowly started to believe that mishti and kuhu were lost and they cannot see them again.
Though vishambar didn't believe in abir's story, he was desperate to find his daughters and his story was his last thread of hope.
So he started visiting the building himself.
Though it was lockdown, he got special permission letter from the officers and kept visiting that place.
And that's how he found mishti and kuhu.
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Mishti's eyes started to tear up.
Rajshri:but ... you never said this to us...
She questioned badipa.
Vishambar:i never wanted to raise your hopes up. because i was not sure about the story myself. that's why i never mentioned anything about time travel.
Jasmeet:but still... you could have said this to us...
kuhu was as shocked as mishti.
Kuhu: really? abir bro? here? #omg
Varsha:kuhu... you asked why i am like this? i am at least like this because of him or else we don't know what would have happened to all of us.
Kuhu hugged her mom.
Rajshri noticed mishti's face.
She rushed and sat near her.
Rajshri:mishti beta...
She leaned on her shoulders.
Mishti:he waited for me... not for months but for years...
She cried again.
Jasmeet: what are you talking ?
Kuhu:i will explain #our_side_story
She explained everything to her family.
Mishti started to cry even more.
Rajshri held her shoulder and led to her room.
Rajshri: beta...first take rest... you have come here after a lot of struggles... you should feel it right? see this is your room...
She tried to divert her.
Mishti:badima...will he be okay?
Rajshri: of course... he will be okay... isn't his name abir? he will fight anything with confidence.
Mishti: that's true but I never thought of this possibility... I always felt like I was leaving him... I thought everything would be different after 4 years... 4 years is a very large amount of time...isn't it badima? how would he remember me after this?!
Rajshri nodded.
Rajshri: it is a very big time. its how deep his love for you.
Mishti:i should find him...
She started to leave.
Rajshri stopped her.
Mishti: but badima...I even knew his house!!! I can just go and see him... that's all..
Rajshri: betta. people are not allowed to leave their houses. even vegetables are supplied to our home you know! that's how the serious the situation is. in this situation, I will not let you leave outside. after all, I am seeing you after 1 month. i will not take this risk. i understand your heart but try to understand my heart too...abir will also want the same.
Mishti realized that she is meeting her badima after 4 months...
Mishti:badima...i am sorry. i just thought about myself.
Rajshri:its nothing like that.... come here...
She showed her lap with motherly warmth.
Mishti rested her head on her lap.
Rajshri: I have so much to talk to you.
Mishti: me too. I want to tell more about abir.
Rajshri: really? what did he do? how was he in 2016?
Mishti:you know- he runs an NGO. its a very beautiful place.that's where i-
She started to tell about abir and their love story.
Her face brightened up.
Vishambar watched this from the door.
Rajshri signalled that she will take of her.
Hey guys !!!!
I was thinking of updating the time shift using each person's point of view. We saw the story through the mishti and kuhu. And this episode was through maheswari's house point of view. and upcoming episodes lets see in rajvansh point of view. Kindly bear with me.
Sometimes storm may help you to be productive I guess.( i was talking the Chennai storm)
Please help me improve!!