Irresistible

60. KarEena's Kareena

Meenakshi Singh Silagaur heaved a sigh a Kareena pulled at her glasses. Her cries echoed through the huge hallway. She had been like that for a couple of days now. Crying. Refusing to eat. All she uttered was yuki at frequent intervals. Meenakshi realised that she'd be like that until she met the duo again. Her phone rang and one of the helpers attended it on her gesture.

"Namaste dadi ma." Karishma said slowly and Meenakshi huffed in relief. Karishma had finally called as she'd expected.

"Bolo Karishma beta. Kaise ho tum? Haseena kaisi hai?" Kareena belched her Cerelac with her tiny tongue out. I'm too old for this she thought to herself.

"Haan woh hum ka hum Kareena se- humare matlab AAP se aap se milne aah sakte hai." Karishma asked timidly.

"Ye bhi koi pochne waale baat hai beta?" Meenakshi enquired.

"Woh hum aur Haseena bahar hi hai Dadi." Karishma admitted and Meenakshi smiled.

"Aate hai." Karishma said, disconnecting the call. Meenakshi carried Kareena and gestured to one of her trusted servants to bring her the papers and the person seemed to understand what she meant.

Karishma and Haseena walked inside already looking at Kareena with priceless smiles as they had missed her a lot. They weren't aware that the little one had missed them a lot more than they had. Kareena with drooping eyes looked at Meenakshi as she carried the lil one to the duo and it was Haseena that Kareena first seemed to jump to. Kareena's laughter now echoing through the same hallway Karishma pouted at the lil one for preferring her better half over her. After all she was her saviour. But then Kareena caught hold of a couple of Karishma's hair strands pulling her with her towards Haseena. Karishma scooched in adjusting her hand around her wife to be so she stood close enough to not hurt herself from the strands securely held by Kareena. Haseena smiled at Kareena's gesture. She felt as if the lil one just knew how to deal with her Bhaukal Singh, just the way she did. And that made her happy.

"Aapne miss kiya humko jaan?" Haseena asked in a cute voice and Kareena cackled again at simply being spoken to by Haseena. Karishma slowly relieved her hair and walked to Meenakshi taking her blessings and Haseena followed her suit as they took their seat opposite to dadi. Kareena's delight was short lived for the lil one seemed to be already drooling in sleep on Haseena shoulder as they engaged in light conversation. The servant returned with a brief and Meenakshi sighed not knowing if she could convince Haseena and Karishma.

"Karishma Haseena, hum tum dono se ek darkhast karna chahte hai." She said.

"Darkhast? Dadi ye kaisi baat hui. Aap kahiye bas aur hum karenge." Karishma said and Haseena nodded seconding her.

"Humara haal kuch theek nahi hai. Humko pichle hafte ke baadh yakeen nahi hai hum kuch saal kya kuch maheena bhi thik payenge."

"Dadi! Aap kaheen nahi jaa rahi hai. Upar se Kareena hai aapke liye. Aur hum hai na. Aapka khayal-"

"Haseena beta ye sab bas baatein hai. Sunne me acha lagta hai tasalli milta hai par sach toh sirf hum aur humari rooh jaanti hai." Haseena shared a look with Karishma. Truth be told Meenakshi did look weak. She seemed to be holding on to her life by a thread.

"Isiliye hum aap donon se kuch maangna chahte hai."

"Aap joh maangegi, woh hum poora karenge." Haseena reassured and Karishma held Dadi's hand nodding with glistening eyes.

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Karishma drove them back to Haseena and her home. She wanted to believe nothing had changed, except that the tiny sleeping human strapped to Haseena's front said otherwise. She changed gears and held Haseena's hand and Haseena ran her thumb on her forefinger, assuring her and herself. Of course they both were a wreak. Meenakshi Singh Silagaur has thrown a curve ball neither of them had expected.