Chapter 57

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"Akka isse kya fark padta hai ke Raman bhai ko us raat ke bare me pata hai ya nahi" Mihika tried reasoning.

"Kaisi baat kar rahi hai Mihika! Fark padta hai, bahut bada fark padta hai. Woh nahi jaante ke Ruhi ke wajood ka zimmedaar koun hai" Ishita remarked.

"Agar is baat se unhe fark padta toh woh Ruhi ko kabhi nahi apnaate. Baap se badhkar pyar nahi dete use" Mihika explained "Akka....samjho is baat ko. Raman bhai koi doodh peete bachhe nahi hain jo na jaante hon ke ek bachha is duniya me kaise aata hai. Aur jab aapki accident ke baad unhone Ruhi ko apnaya tha aur aapki  zimmedari apne kandhon pe li thi, tab woh achhi tarah jaante the ke aap shadishuda nahi ho. Kya isse unhe fark padha? Nahi na? Toh ab kis baat ka fark padhega unhe?"

"I don't know Mihika. I just don't know. Is sach ko jaanne ke baad mai unhe face nahi kar sakti. Mai unke kabil nahi rahi" Ishita blabbered.

"Oh cut that crap Akka. You are being unreasonable. And I am not going to stay mum and watch the drama you arw putting up. Mai jaa rahi hoon Raman Bhai ko sab kuch batane keliye" Mihika yelled at her and paced towards the door.

"Mihika nooooooo" Ishita screamed scared. "Tujhe meri kasam hai, tu Raman ko kuch nahi batayegi" she added desperately when she saw Mihika reaching the door.

"Akkaaaa!" Mihika groaned helplessly.

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"Mihku" Ishita patted a sleeping Mihika's arm. Mihika had taken an off from work as she wasn't keeping well.

"Hmmm" Mihika hummed opening hrr eyes, disinterested. She was miffed with her sister for binding her under her swear. She so wanted to go to Raman and spill out the truth but found herself tight lipped just because of the oath.

"Ruhi ka pet kharab hai" Ishita informed at the verge of crying.

"Arey! Doctor ke paas chalenge" Mihika immediately sat upright.

"Nahi. Dawayi hai mere paas uski. Par mujhe yaad nahi araha ke dosage kitni deni hai. Aur uski prescription bhi mai ghar par" she addressed Bhalla house as Ghar, but quickly corrected herself realising her goof up "I mean Bhalla house pe bhool aayi hoon" Ishita said.

"Oh! Ab kya karein?" Mihika asked having no clue.

"Agar ho sake toh please Raman se poochkar batayegi?" She pleaded.

"Unhe pata hoga is baare me?" Mihika asked.

"Unhe Ruhi ke baare me har baat pata hoti hai" she said confidently.

"Aur phir bhi aap samajhti hain ke sach pata lagne ke baad woh Ruhi ko aur aapko nahi apnayenge" Mihika taunted.

"Mihi...." Ishita tried to argue but was interrupted by Mihika who said "Anyways chodo. Ye waqt nahi hai argue karneka. Aap wait karo mai Raman bhai ko call karke poochti hoon"

"Call nahi receive kar rahe. Shayad busy honge. Mai unki secretary se kehti hoon unse baat karaye" Mihika said when the call to Raman remained unanswered.

After talking to the secretary, Mihika told Ishita "Raman bhai se toh baat nahi paayi, woh kisi kaam me busy hain"

"Oh" Ishita sighed.

"Aap ek kaam karo, Bhalla house ki chaabi yahan rakhi hui.  Toshi Aunty subah jaate waqt de gayi thi na. Aap Bhalla House jaakar woh prescription le aawo" Mihika adviced.

"Nahi...nahi...mai nahi. Tu jaake le aa" Ishita said.

"Akka mujhe idea nahi hai ki wahan kounsi cheez kahan rakhi hui hai. Bekar me time waste hoga. Isse achha hai ke aap khud jaao aur le aao" Mihika reasoned.

"Agar koi agaya toh?" Ishita was afraid.

"Koun aayega Akka? Aunty, Uncle aur Simmi toh Chandigarh gaye hue hain. Aapke saamne hi toh bata kar gaye the ki parson shaam hi lautenge." Mihika reminded.

"Aur Raman?" Ishita expressed her fear.

"Maine kaha na woh kisi kaam me busy hain"she repeated.

"Phir tu bhi chal na saath me" Ishita insisted.

"Nahi Akka. Mai yahan Ruhi ke paas rukti hoon. Meri tabyat bhi kharab hai na" Mihika pouted.

"Hmmm" Ishita frowned.

"Hmmm kya? Jaao aap" Mihika said.

"Pakka jaaun?" Ishita asked.

"Haan na...Jaao...Jaldi" Mihika urged.

"Ok" said Ishita picking the key from the key holder.

Mihika folded her hands and looked towards the sky as soon as Ishita stepped out "Please bhagwan! Sambhal lena" she prayed.

As Ishita unlocked the door of Bhalla house and stepped in, memories began rushing to her mind one after another. She closed her eyes as some beautiful memories escaped her eyes and crawled on her cheeks.

Sighing, she reminded herself this was not the time to shed tears and aimed towards the room where her life resided until a few days ago.

She opened the chest of drawers where Raman kept all the important papers.


"Kahan gaya ye prescription? Mujhe bata kar hi rakha tha Raman ne taaki jab bhi zarurat pade mujhe pata ho ke kahan rakhi hai. Tchhhh...Ek toh mil bhi nahi raha aur yaad bhi nahi aa raha ke kahin rakhi hai" she mumbled as she ruffled through the papers in a hurry.

"Mai yaad dila doon kahan rakhi thi?" She froze in her spot hearing a voice from behind her. She looked at the mirror and found the owner of the voice standing at the door and staring at her reflection.

------To be continued-------

Too short for an update I know
Was able to manage only this as of now
Will start working on the next update soon

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