'Please ek baar confirm kar ke bata de apnay lawyer cousin se. Agar yeh sach hoa na mujh se ziada khush kismat insaan iss dunia ka koi nahi hoga phr'
Kartik emotional and excited for the news to get confirmed which he just received this morning. The wait for the next phone call is going to be a really long and tough one!
In the hall
While all the family members were seated down with a non family member on the breakfast table, there came Kairav running to the hall franatically and tears rolling down his baby cheeks.
'Mama meri mama kaheen bhee nahi hai, Mujhay mama chahiyay' He cried with hiccups and it looked like he has been searching her all around crying since minutes.
While the family members were too confused and late to react, Kartik who was descending downstairs almost jumping every two steps gathered with excitement after the confirmation of the most happy news of his life at the moment was shocked to see his baby's state.
Kartik's Pov
As I completed jumping the first half of the staircase, my heart sprang out as I heard my baby crying with hiccups and it was definitely something really serious. Without thinking a second I raced down to him and enveloped him in my arms to calm him down. The beats of my heart paced faster than usual as the thoughts of his health detoriarating clouded my mind.
'Baby, baby aap theek ho, uneasy feel horaha hai calm down baby kuch nahi hoga mai hoon na mama hain na hum sab theek kardain gay' I tried to calm my boy who was still crying.
'Aap tou ho par mama nahi hain. Kahaan hain wo? Wo raat ko bhee meray saath nahi theen aap ke paas sonay ke liyay chalay gai theen mujhay yeh gandi aunty ne bataya tha. Aur subah bhee nahi dkhi mujhay wo kahan hai mujhay mama chahiyay papa'
Each and every word escaping my boy's mouth was shaking the world beneath me.
'Where is she?' All that my mind registered at that moment. I wanted to see her, touch her, feel her presence around me. But where is she? No, no she can not leave me again. She can't! She just can't. I know she hasn't but I need to find her to prove those opaque thoughts wrong and more than that to have her back forever! Before that I need to ask all of the people here and on the first note calm my kid down.
'Look baby mama kaheen nahi gai dekho aap jaao room mai mai maa ke haath aapka breakfast bhejwata hun itnay aap wahan breakfast karo vansh ke saath mai mama ko le kar aata hun. And promise me aap roo gay nahi. I'll be back with mama baby.'
As Vansh held Kairav's hand and retreated to his room I turned back to my family and bulldozed questions. The fact that I saw both my lifelines sleeping safe and sound last night and returned to my den (that will be disclosed later) then how come this morning my naira disappeared all of a sudden. Calculating all the happenings I asked each of them but they were unaware about her whereabouts. At that point kairav's words traced down my mind that Vedika gave him the wrong information but why. I had to get my answers so shot my questions.
'Vedika why did you misguided my kid about Naira last night?'
She was shocked and I could see her turning all tensed, sweating as if she was caught but I asked a simple question. 'Answer me! I've got no time. I have to go and find my Naira' I said impatiently. To which she answered
'I thought Naira is actually in your room so I didn't let Kairav disturb your privacy.' I was taken aback because her previous actions and the current ones didn't match. So I rolled away my eyes and called all the possible places she could have been to pacing left and right in the hall.
'Kittu, wo chalay gai tou chalay gai! Usay kaunsa rehna tha yahan acha hai chali gayi.' As soon as I heard those words reaching my ears my already disturbed self got more disturbed with anger due to dadi's thoughts for my Naira.
'Haan Kartik waise bhee ab wo tumhari kuch nahi lagti.' If dadi was not enough there came my dad too in line.
And I lost it because they weren't talking about me but my Naira and our relation.
'Kuch nahi lagti? Wo mera sab kuch hai! Wo meri zindagj hai meray jeenay kee wajah hai. Pata tou mujhay ab chala hai keh wo meray bachay kee maa hai par wo meri jaan hai yeh mujhay dus saal pehlay hee pata chal gaya tha. Us din se le kar aaj tak aisa ek din nahi hai jab maine us ke liyay saansain na lee hoon. Aisa ek din nahi hai uss se pyaar na kia ho. Rooh hai wo meri usko ek kharoch tak aajaye tou mera dil aisa tarap uthta hai uska dard dekh kar. Usko dekh kar jeenay ko dil chahta hai aur na dekhoon tou raha nahi jaata. Wo sab kuch hai mera sab kuch! Agar aap ko abhi bhee lagta hai wo mera kuch nahi lagti tou mujhay kuch prove karnay kee zaroorat nahi hai.' I blasted out in front of my whole family and it was more of an outburst of years which I wanted to tell them that no one else can take my Naira's place.
'Kittu tum kya keh rahay ho?' Dadi asked as if she had never known I've loved Naira to an extent no one can ever love anyone.
'Dadi aap ke hisaab se maine ab tak kia sab par ab mai wo karoon ga jo mujhay karna hai aur haan ab ek aur lafz nahi sunoon ga mai Naira ke khilaaf.' I had to give somewhat a warning to my own family for which I didn't feel guilty because they did went overboard with certain things that need to be discussed but not now.
As I raced towards the door to exit in trying to trace Naira's location on my phone ,which was of no use because her tracker was off, I heard another voice interrupting and I just had to give my final answer.
'Kartik aap aisay nai jaa saktay.' I was shocked at Vedika's audacity to actually speak this out when I gave this big lecture about how important Naira is to me and at the point she is missing and I don't know where she is exactly. All I was praying for her safety this while and this woman comes up with her useless statement which boils up my blood.
'Don't you dare try to stop me beacause I won't. Also yeh hak jo tumhara kabhi tha hee nai wo tumhara nahi raha jiska hai mai usay laa raha hoon' I gave my final word to her and walked out of the house to bring back my Naira.
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I know there's no kaira in this chapter but I promise next chapter would only be Kaira.
