📞- Hello?
Kiya- Mumma!
📞- Hello? Kiya? Beta, Kya hua? You're alright?
Kiya- Mumma...
📞- Yes darling?
Kiya- Aap kab aaoge?
📞- Tum jab bulaogi main aa jaungi beta. Don't worry.
(Kiya thinks for a second, then replies with a short Hmm.)
📞- Wahan sab kuch kaisa hai? Tumhare papa?
Kiya- Acche hain.
📞- Toh phir Kiya sad kyun hai?
Kiya- Muje accha nai lag ra.
📞- Kya hua my darling?
Kiya- Aap kab aaogi?
📞- Main jaldi aa jaungi, beta. And we'll go home. But mujhe batao, what happened? Tum ro rahi thi na? Kisne rulaya meri Kiya ko?
Kiya- Kisine nai. (relieved)
📞- Han?
Kiya- Maine apne nails bite kar kar ke chont laga li. Aur khana nai kha nai payi.
📞- Matlab you haven't eaten your lunch?!
Kiya- I have... Papa ne khila diya.
📞- Accha? Yeh toh bahut acchi baat hai? (trying to lift her mood) Papa dhyaan rakh rahe haina Kiya ka?
Kiya- Han (happily)
📞- So Kiya is not sad?
Kiya- Hmm.
📞- Good girl. Aur suno, kabhi bhi you feel sad na, call mumma. Ok?
Kiya- Toh aap aa jaogi?
📞- Of course.
Kiya- Okk (cheerfully)
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Mini- Dheere chalo, Arya. Gir jaogi. (She has hold Arya's hand.)
(A snacks seller comes shouting from the other side)
Mini- Excuse me. (They walk out of compartment, where she helds Arya a bottle)
Arya- Yeh kya hai?
Mini- Issey pan mein acche se dal do. Then sit. Ok?
Arya- Ok?
(Arya closes the door.)
Mini- Handle tightly pakadna, Arya! I'm standing here. (Voice comes from outside.)
The smell inside the that cubicle could easily pass out anyone. She opens the bottle and with great disgust spills it everywhere.
. . .
Mini- No way you are giving up so easily Neil Oberoi. (speaks to the phone)
📞- It's not about giving up. It's not about me. It's about her.
Mini- What about her?
📞- Everything... And look, humne jo bhi bhi kiya, wakeel dhoonda, case lada, court ke chakkar kaate... Isha ko bhi maaf kar diya. Kiske liye? Kiya ke liye hi na?... Aur agar Kiya hi khush nahi hai mere saath so.... what's the point?
(Mini listens helplessly)
Neil- You know, she started crying when I tried to feed her. (His voice cracks) She just wants her mumma, mere saath rehne ko ready nahi hai.
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We Are In It Together
Fanfiction"You said aloud everything I was seeking to say for years. Thank you Mini." Her brows quiver. "Thanks, for being my voice." he hisses. "You don't have to thank me and all..." she says it softly, "I will always speak for you." Her eyes look direct in...
