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Kaira were in their room when the heard a knock on the door.
Naira opened it and saw that there was one of the house help.
"Aap ko lunch ke liye bulaiya ja raha hai", she spoke
"Hum abhi aye", spoke Naira and the lady left.
"Chalo Karthik", Naira said but he nodded negatively.
"Kya hua Karthik", Naira asked
"I can't Naira. I can't act in front of everyone. I can't see that sadness in their eyes", he said his eyes filling with tears that he was cheating his own family.
"Then don't, let us tell them the truth", suggested Naira
"No, that driver knows I saw his face, there is someone in this house who is helping, if I reveal it to the family that am okay other people around us will get to know it as well, the information would reach the attacker, they would get to know that we are behind them.", spoke Karthik
"Tum jao mein yaha hi rahunga", said Karthik
"Main bhi yahan rukhti hun, staff se kehti hun ke lunch room mein le aye", said Naira
"Nahi Naira tum jao, Mein yehi rukta hun, tum mere liye kuch bahana bana lo", Karthik said, Naira denied at first but he convinced her.
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"Mujhe samajh nahi araha hai aap karna kya chate hai", a person angrily spoke
"Shanth ho jao Naman, sabar ka phal meetha hota hai", the other answered
"Kyun roka apne uss driver ko, nine months ago hi sarra kehl khatam go jata, Naira aur Karthik marre jate. Karthik ki wajhe se mere plans fail huye, aur Naira purre Singhania family ki jaan hai, uski maut ke baad, uski maut ke baad purra parivar pal pal tarapta, kyun unhe barbad karne se mujhe roka, dad", Naman asked his father.
"Aaj bhi tarap rahe hai Singhanias, apni pyaari si Naira ko har din ek aise insan ko pyaar karte huye dekh kar jiss ka dimagi santulan thik nahi hai", Suresh said
Just then crying was heard.
"Apka yeh decision mujhe bilkul samajh nahi aiya, inn dono ko bachiya, aur iss musibat ko bhi", spoke Naman looking at the cradle in disgust
"Kya zarorat thi unki beti ko bachane ki, phele hospital mein admit karwiya, jab doctors be kaha baby premature hai, it is going to be difficult for her to survive, toh apne apke itne paise barbad kiye iske peche, akhir kyun", asked Naman
"Kyun ke mujhe apna badla chaiye, devyani aur uss purre parivaar ki wajhe se tum aur muskaan mujh se dur chalegaye, Mein chata hoon ke woh log apni beti ko uss taqleef se guzarte huye dekhe.", said Suresh
"Toh aap iss musibat ko khatam bhi toh kar sakte the", said Naman
"Nahi mein ne apni beti ki ankhon mein khud ke liye nafrat dekhi, mein chata hun ke Naira Karthik bhi apni beti ki ankho mein wasi hi nafrat dekhe, Mishti ko bhi tumhare khilaf un logon ne bhadkiya ab toh woh tumhari shakal dekhne se inkar karti hai, hum iss bachi ke andar apne Maa papa ke liye itna zeher bhardenge ke woh unke naam se bhi nafrat rahegi, tab ja kar humara badla purra hoga", explained Suresh
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Seeing Naira leave, Karthik took out a file from the cupboard. It was a compilation of Naira's sonography, the pictures of their princess. Tears streamed down as he ran his hands softly over them, remembering all the moments from the time Naira announced her pregnancy, till that accident. All the toys he bought for the baby, all the fights he and Naira had regarding the gender, all the times he got overprotective and Naira got angry, there cute make up that followed, his daily conversations with his princess, her replying to him once she started to kick.
"I love you so much my baby, I miss you so much princess. Aaj bhi yehi lagta hai ke tum aas pass ho", he spoke emotionally to pictures.
Seeing the door knob turn, he shoved the file under the mattress and wiped his tears.
"Kya chupa rahe ho mujh se", Naira asked after looking at his expressions.
"Kya chupa raha hun, kuch bhi toh nahi", he said trying to sound as normal as possible.
"Jiss tarhe tum jante ho ke mein jhut kab bol rahi hoti hun, mujhe bhi pata hai. We both know each other like the back of our hands, so stop lying", Naira told him, Karthik stayed silent, Naira noticed the file peeking out under the bed and pulled it out.
"I am sorry", Naira apologized tears filling her eyes.
"I told you this last night Naira, whatever happened was not at all your fault. I am sorry that I was not there when you needed someone to wipe your tears, be by your side and share your pain", Karthik apologized.
"Karthik jald se jald uss insan ko dhund nikalna hoga jiss me humara accident karna ya uski wajhe se humari princess hum se dur ho gayi, uski wajhe se humari bachi humare pass nahi hai", said Naira
"Hum usse dhundenge Naira, aur jo uss ne hum se chena hai uski saza toh usse de ke rahenge.", Karthik assures
"I promise you princess, whoever took you away from us, your papa mumma are going to find then and punish them.", Karthik spoke in his heart.
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The little baby stopped crying as if she had heard her father's silent promise.
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"Am sorry Naira, tum ne itni mushkilon se khud par kabu paiya, aur maine yeh file bahar la kar tumhare sarre zakhm khol diye am so stupid.", Karthik said cursing himself seeing Naira crying badly, clutching the file.
Naira pushed back her tears and left the room saying that she wanted to finish other works left the room. Karthik knew she was just making excuses but let her go.
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Naira entered the room some hours later, she found it beautifully decorated, with flowers and candles, few which were lit, few which were not.
"Kissi ne mujh se ek baar kaha tha, ke zindagi mein toh mushkilien aati rahengi, lekin uska matlab yeh nahi ke hum choti choti khushiyan bhul jaye", said Karthik lighting one more candle.
"Aur aaj ki khushi choti nahi hai, bahut badi hai, bhul gayi kya, kal raat ko hi yaad diliya, aaj ke hi din tum meri zindagi mein ayi, sure mein tumhare, panch saal pehele aaj ke din nahi milte toh, dost kaise bante, pyaar kaise hota, shaadi kaise hoti", Karthik spoke lighting more candles.
"Happy First Meet Anniversary", Karthik wished taking Naira in his arms.
"Happy Anniversary", Naira wished back resting her head on his chest.
"Naira you know you never need to pretend in front of me, remember what you said a while ago, we know each other like the back of our hands, so there is no use of hiding anything. It is going to take us both a lot of time to move on and our princess will always be in our memories not matter how much time passes by.", Karthik spoke still hugging Naira.
"Not just in our memories, she will one day come back in our lives as well, that too soon, because she also would come back to her Mumma papa. Let's see how long Krishna ji keeps him with her", Karthik said.
"Come back baby", the two wished silently looking at the heavens.
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The little baby cooed as if she had heard her parents and was telling them that she was here and wanted to be with them, like they wanted her.
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"And yeah bahut holidays ho gaye, you are going back to the academy tomorrow. No arguments", Karthik said
"Yes Mendak", Naira answered in a yes boss tone.
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