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sidharth came out of his car and carried Guddi and her gifts up-to the door . The door was closed from inside. He knocked on it . To its response someone said 'Aati hun papa' staying behind the door. The voice seemed very familiar to him and after that the door is opened.
He saw her. An eternity passed within an instant . The earth under his feet was shaking. He could believe any impossibility at that moment but couldn't believe his eyes. He gained his normality back when Guddi said _' shab, Ye meri mumma hai.'
He put her down from his arms and looked again at her mother. She took her daughter inside and tried to close the door without looking at his face but he tried to hold the door opened. She understood he wasn't leaving so easily. She then said in stoned voice_' Andar aaiye. '
He followed her and stepped in the only room of the house. The room was clean , tidy and extremely small. There was only one bed , one almira, a cracked mirror hanging on the wall and in a corner of the room, there was a gas stove and a few containers and utensils.
He couldn't find a single word to start with. He was numb and motionless too. She said _' Yahaan mujhe koi problem nehi chahiye.'
Sidharth desperately wanted to say something. So he said _' Mujhe Kal raat birthday ka khana mila........ bohut achcha tha. Wo kheer aur halwa...... ' He tried his best to appear normal to her.
Guddi said to her mother _' Mumma dekho shab ne kitne saare gifts..... ' but her mother stopped her in the middle and ordered _' Beta tum jaake Bholu k saath khelo. '
Guddi at once got out of the house and started finding her puppy with the red buckle collar in her hand.
Sidharth was looking at guddi's mother all the time. He was trying to manage all the information that he received in the recent past so that he could figure everything out. Guddi's mother looked straight at his face and said _' Main aapse request kar rehi hu, aap yahaan se jaiye. Mujhe koi bhi tamasha nehi chahiye yahaan. Please! '
_' Tum mujhse eyse kiyun baat kar rhi ho ?' he ultimately said things that made sense to her. She replied _' mujhe yahaan koi bhi tamasha nehi chahiye. Please jaiye main haat jor rhi hun. ' she said literally folding her palms .
_' Nehi , Please, baat karo mujhse . Mujhe dur kiyun karna chahti ho tum? Bohut kuchh Janna zaroori hai , mujhse baat karo .' he pleaded.
Suddenly Guddi's mother rashes to the door . Pulling it open with a quick jerk she said commandingly _' Aap please bahar jaiye. Please. Kya aapko meri baat samjh main nehi aya? '
Sidharth could never imagine she could ever speak with so much hatred in her eyes.
He stood up and tried to touch her shoulder to calm her down but she somehow avoiding the touch shouted _' Guddi, idhar aao. '
She came running in a moment . She was extremely delighted as her puppy was looking adorable with the buckle collar on its neck. She exclaimed with joy _' Ageyi Mumma. Ye dekho Bholu kitna pyara lag rha hai! Dekho na Mumma! ' saying Guddi holded her puppy up. She was waiting for her mother to say something in appreciation .
Her mother hurriedly opened the buckle and threw the collar away. After that she threw all the gifts on the road. A few poor children started collecting the chocolates from the ground. They took the set of dolls and the dress too.
Guddi was standing still on the door step. She couldn't react for some moments. Suddenly she bursts into tears .
_' Ssshh beta, rote nehi, meri jaan !' saying Sidharth approached to take her in his arms but her mother again shouted _' Koi zaroorat nehi hai.'
_' Wo ro rehi hai ' he said. His voice sounds like a heart aching cry.
_' Wo meri beti hai. Main samjha lungi. Aap jaiye...... Please. '
This broke the wall of his patience. He was so pissed off and disturbed. He shouted
_' Main nehi jaunga . Mujhe ek jawab chahiye . Abhi, Issi waqt. Samjh main aya? ' he said with fire in his eyes .
_' Main Kisiko Koi jawab dena zaroori nehi samjhti .'
_' jawab dena hi parega Shehnaaz. Iska baap kaun hai batao. ' he asked looking at Guddi.
_' Koi nehi hai. Main hu. Iski maa bhi main aur baap bhi main. '
_' For God's sake, sach sach kaho, who is her father ? '
She just looked at him indifferently and said _' I'm not answering to any nonsense. '
He stepped out of the house and said in pissed off voice _' Tumhe batana hi parega. Jo mera hai, usko mujhse koi nehi chhin sakta. Tum koshish bhi mat karna. ' saying that he kissed on Guddi's cheeks and very lovingly said _' Tum baad main dada ke saath ayogi na beta. '
She was still weeping for her gifts. She didn't respond. Sidharth again said _' Aur bhi gifts le aunga tumhare liye, but promise me, tum aur nehi rowgi .'
She managed to smile a bit and nodded her head ups and downs. Sidharth got into his car and drove to his bungalow.
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After Falling Apart.
Fanfiction* Completed * My Second Sidnaaz fiction is here. It will be filled with emotions, drama but still as genuine as possible .
