Hi friends,
Merry Christmas to all of you..🌲
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"Mom.. Do you know who is prettiest in these pictures", a six years old Piya asked Swara.. "Who Piya?" "You.. See how nicely you are smiling" she squealed happily, continued looking at the photo album of Swara and her friends, taken during Swara's college days. Swara looked at her daughter and smiles genuinely looking at her smiling face. She caressed her daughter's little head and was lost in her thoughts. She wasn't really concentrating now on what Piya was saying while Piya was too busy looking at the photos and blabbering continuously.. She is always energetic to keep talking non stop whether the other person listened to her or not. She is like this even when she has fever..
Swara was thinking about the old beautiful memories. How happy they were before that tragedy. Before her husband's death. Her husband Sanskar Singh, lost his life in a car accident. The news left Swara shattered and she still couldn't gotten over it. She herself doesn't know how she survived. Had it not been their daughter she would have died on that very day when she learn't about her husband's death. Even now no one knows how broken she was, how she is managing everything, how she manages to live for her daughter.
Piya was very small then that's why doesn't remember much about her father. For her, her mother is everything.
Swara has decide to continue living in her place. The place that has thousands of memories of her and her husband and their daughter. Their house wasn't some mansion but for Swara it was more precious than any palace. She and Sanskar had bought this beautiful house together before their wedding.
Her parents and other relatives had asked her to come back but Swara didn't want to be the subject of all the sympathy from them and others and more importantly she doesn't wanted the marriage proposals and the continuous pleadings to get married again, move on in life, life is too long, she is still young, how long she will live alone, Piya needs a father, etc, so she refused to go back to her parent's place.
She doesn't want to get married to someone else. She got many proposals who were ready to accept her and Piya wholeheartedly but she couldn't forget Sanskar and doesn't trust anyone with her daughter. She tries her best to fulfill all the duties and wishes of Piya, to give her both a mother and a father.
She is an independent hard working woman. A gynecologist by profession. Her routine was to get up early in morning, get ready and get Piya ready for school, have breakfast and make Piya eat hers, pack lunch for them, drops Piya to school and then leave for hospital, stay till evening and even at night during emergency cases and then go back home when it was time for dinner. During emergency cases Piya used to stay at hospital in Swara's cabin over night. Sometimes it becomes really difficult for Swara to manage time for her daughter. She hated herself when she had to leave her daughter for long hours just to have some extra money. She is doing all this for Piya but still it couldn't replace the guilt. Piya do long for her mother but she never complains. She is a matured girl at such tender age. She understands her mother. That increases Swara's guilt of not being a good mother to Piya. She cries silently and Piya scolds and consoles her whenever she catches her. She used to wipe her tears, cups her face with her tiny hands, looked in her eyes and says "don't worry mummy, I'm with you. Everything will be fine. You are strong. You can do it." Swara just used to smile at her huge words and hugs her tightly. And thinks how brave and matured their daughter is. She feels proud of her daughter.
"Now enough Piya.. Its late now.. Come lets sleep." Swara said coming out of her reveire looking at the time.
"okay mummy" Piya replied and lies down on the bed next to her mother. Swara puts the quilt over them and both falls asleep.
Next morning,
As usual Swara got up early got ready and goes to make Piya ready for school.
Swara : Piya, baby get up you'll get late for school.
Piya : Mummy Today I don't want to go to school.
Swara frowned : Why?
Piya : Bas yunhi..
Swara : Uff.. Their is only one problem with my daughter. She never wants to go to school.
Piya : No mummy.. I go to school everyday just today I don't want to go..
Swara : Why not today?
Piya : Because today is Sunday.
Swara : hmm!
Piya stands on the bed and hits her forehead and shakes her head.
Piya : Today is holiday. No one goes to school today. What should I do about my mummy. She always forgets such things. Mere bhulakad mummy.
Swara smiles : Okay baba I'm sorry.
She holds her ears...
Piya (pretends to think) : Hmm okay.
Swara : Thank you.. Now go get ready for breakfast. I'll make you your favorite dish.
Piya nods and goes to washroom.. Swara put back Piya's school uniform and places a frock on the bed for Piya and then she went to the kitchen to make breakfast for them..
Suddenly she heard Piya..
Piya : PAPA..
Swara was hell shocked..
Swara : Papa.. whom is she calling papa?
Swara runs outside the kitchen and was startled at the scene in front of her. She felt a sharp pain.
Piya was hugging someone, crying happily. He too was hugging her back. Tears were falling from his eyes. Times passes so soon. How fast Piya grows up. He thought.
He looked at Swara, who was standing in front of him like a statue. He broke the hug and runs to Swara and hugs her tightly. "Swara I'm so sorry. Swara say something please. Swara." He broke the hug and cups her face calling her name and talking continuously.
Swara honestly don't know what to say or do.. Just then her daughter runs to them and pulls Swara's hand..
Piya : Look mumma, papa came back. Now he will stay with mumma and Mehar.
Piya looked at him and he nods..
Swara somehow controls herself : You.. you are alive?
She asked while tears were rolling from her eyes..
Swara : How? I mean..
Sanskar : Wo..
He explained her everything. They mistook someone's else dead body to be his. Dead body's face was destroyed beyond recognition. He meet with an accident but he didn't died. Some people took him to hospital. Doctors treated him and saved his life but slip into coma for 5 years. Just now he woke from coma. He tried to call Swara but her number was changed.
He came straight away here to his Swara and their lovely daughter, their Piya.
Swara cries and hugged him. He hugged her back. She couldn't describe her happiness. Her Sanskar, her love, her husband was back. This is a miracle.
Sanskar : I'm so sorry Swara. Because of me you had to suffer so much..
Swara (cries): No Sanskar.. I'm so so happy you are back. I can't even tell you. Thank God Sanskar you are safe. I missed you.. I love you so much Sanskar.
Sanskar (cries) : I love you too Swara.
The trio were beyond happy. This was their new chance. The beginning of a new chapter in their life.
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