Waseem swiped right and picked up the call.
"Kaisi h hamari bachchi?"
Hearing his daughter's voice after a long time made him forget all his worries for a while and brought a smile to his face.
"Salaam, Abbu. Hum achche h. Aap aur Ammi kaise h?"
"Hum to aapki aawaz sunn kr hi durust ho gye. Lekin aapki Ammi ka kuch nahi keh skte. Unki ab umar jo ho gayi h"
Zoya laughed hearing her father.
"Aap nahi sudhrenge na, Abbu. Hamesha Ammi ki taang khenchte rehte h"
"Kya karein bhai, iss umar me hamare paas krne ke liye aur h bhi kya. Kher aap bataye Aditya aur baaki sb kaise h aapke sasural me?"
"Aditya aur baaki sb theek h, Abbu. Papa aapke baare me aksar puchte h. Kehte h ki aap apne dost ko bilkul bhool hi gaye h"
"Hum smjh skte h aapke unki naraazgi. Peechle kuch waqt se hum ek maksad ko anjaam dene me mashroof the"
Waseem spoke through clenched teeth as he looked angrily at Sahir's photograph found in Zoya's room.
"Maksad? Kaisa maksad, Abbu?"
Zoya asked in a confused tone.
"Bas yeh smjh lijiye aapki zindagi se har kaante ko nikal bahar fekna hi hamara maksad h"
He said while burning Sahir's photo in his hand.
"Hum kuch smjhe nahi, Abbu"
"Yeh sb chodiye aur hume yeh bataiye ki aapko aaj subah subah apne Abbu ki yaad kaise aayi? Delhi me sb theek to h naa?"
He asked a bit concerned. Ever since Sahir ran away from the Asylum, Waseem was afraid that Sahir would try to reach out to Zoya and create chaos in her married life.
"Haan, Delhi me sb theek h. Humne yeh kehne ke liye phone kara h ki hum naraaz h aap se"
Zoya said while pouting.
"Kyun bhai, humse aisi kya gustaakhi ho gayi jo hamari laadli humse itna khafa h"
"Naraaz na ho to aur kya karen? Itne din ho gye aapko ek baar bhi hamari yaad nahi aayi. Hum jb se Manali se wapis aaye h aapne ek baar bhi apni laadli ko call nahi kra aur jb humne kara tb aapne hamare phone tk nahi uthaya"
"To yeh wajah h"
Waseem said smiling at his daughter's childish behaviour.
"Ji haan"
Sahir had escaped from him twice which had only increased the stress lines on his forehead as well as his blood pressure. That night they almost caught him at his home. But at the last moment somebody came as Sahir's messiah. Waseem had been avoiding Zoya's calls as he feared that he might say something in front of her under stress. He had forbidden Roshnaq to tell anything about his health to Zoya.
"Aisa nahi h hamari bachchi"
"Aisa hi h. Aap jhooth mt boliye"
Zoya said in a slightly harsh tone, having no idea of her father's medical condition.
"Hum aapko kaise yakeen dilayen. Hum jo krte h aur jo kr rahe h sb aapke liye hi to kr rahe h"
"Hum nahi maante"
She was adamant.
"Hum maante h humne aapka call nahi uthaya. Lekin usski ek wajah thi"
"Hum bhi jaan na chahte h aisi kya wajah thi ki aap humse baat nahi kr skte the"
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DHADKAN
Fiksi Penggemar'Dhadkan' narrates the saga of three individuals, namely Aditya, Zoya & Sahir, having completely different personalities but are connected to each other through some kind of unbreakable bond. Their heartbeats connects them to each other. |* Here is...
