Never Let You Go

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In another City...

Naina woke up seeing the little girl sleeping peacefully cuddling into her... giving a soft peck on her forehead a soft smile spread on her lips missing someone, "jab bhi iska chehra dekhti hoon pata nahin kyun lekin Sameer ke bohot paas hone ka ehsaas hota hai... lagta hai jaise Nehu Sameer ki hi parchhayi ho, bilkul ek jaise... maana donon ke beech koi rishta nahin lekin shayad mere dil mein inn donon ke liye bilkul ek jaisa pyaar hai... isiliye Nehu ki har baat, har aadat mein mujhe Sameer ki hi jhalak nazar aati hai... kabhi nahin jaan paayi ki mein Sameer aur Nehi mein se kisase jyaada pyaar karti hoon..."

Naina getting up slightly pulled out a mobile from side drawer which she always kept hide from others... it was her old mobile which she never turned on since the day she left him but always keep it with her as treasuring their memories stored in it... seeing their picture in her mobile she caressed screen softly with her fingers on his face, "aapki yaadein sabse chhupa kar rakhi hai... mein jaanti hoon aaj nahin toh kal mujhe Nehu ke sawalo ka jawaab dena hoga jab voh apne Papa ke baare mein puchhegi... mujhe ummid thi ki aap mujhe ek din dhundh hi lenge aur shayad hum phir se ek saath apne pariwaar ka sapna poora karenge, apni Nehu ke saath... lekin aapne apne pyaar ke saath apni zindagi ki nayi shuruaat kar li aur ab toh aapke paas aapke pyaar ki nishaani bhi hai... ek din maine ek Maa bankar apne bachche ke liye aapse dur jaane ka faisla liya tha lekin yakeen maaniye aapke liye mere dil mein base pyaar mein kabhi kami nahin aayi... aapko paana meri kismat mein nahin lekin aapko pyaar karna mein kabhi nahin chhod skati, isiliye shayad aaj Nehu ki har baat mein mujhe aapki hi jhalak nazar aati hai..."

खुद को किसी की अमानत समझ कर,

हर वक़्त वफ़ादार रहना भी इश्क़ है!

Her chain of thoughts disturbed hearing the soft knock on the door... covering the little one with duvet she opened the door seeing Swati standing there holding her phone... she said yawning lazily, "Naina, kab se tera phone baj raha hai... tu ne shayad baahar hi chhod diya tha..." she handed her phone which was ringing for quite some time...

Naina came out from room clicking on green button seeing the caller's name, "Hello Dsouza uncle... kaise hai aap..." she greets the person nervously looking at Swati, who was laughing slowly covering her mouth knowing the storm coming ahead towards her...

Mr Dsouza replied sarcastically, "tumhare rehte mujhe kaise kuchh ho sakta hai... tum akeli kaafi ho mere sar ka dard badane ke liye Ms Naina... aur ab toh lagta hai ek din heart attack karwa kar hi maanogi..."

Naina getting worried asked, "aapki tabiyat kharaab hai kya... aap kahein toh mein Doctor arrange kar du aapke liye... ya koi medicine bhijwa du... ya mein khud hi aa jaati hoon..." she was all willing to give any possible support to him...

Mr Dsouza shouts, "don't you dare to change the topic... tumhara kal ka karnaama pata chala mujhe... how could you do this... apna nahin toh kam se kam mere business ke baare mein toh socha hota... ek din tumhari yeh pyaar bhari samaaj sewa mujhe barbaad kar degi..." he continued scolding her for her love adventure last night...

Mr Dsouza is the owner of that farm house where Naina was working as a wedding planner... he is an old retired Major from army and staying with his wife alone in city... last night he was out of town and was not aware that in his absence Naina managed to eloped the bride and let her get married to her lover... since wedding didn't happen and this chaos was created by the wedding planner appointed by him, the girl's parents make a big fuss and refuse to pay balance amount...

Since the day Naina and Swati came back to Swati's ancestral house and staying in Goa, Mr Dsouza and his wife considered them as their child and really adored them a lot... they had a special soft corner for little girl also who spends most of her time with Mrs Dsouza whenever Swati and Naina were busy at their workplace... Mrs Dsouza, always support the girls to handle little one giving suggestions as per her own experiences, as an elder...