Traces From the past

Part- 1

Hampstead, 2023

It is a beautiful double storeyd house .. shining in colours of yellow with a blue door ..a small garden enhancing its beauty and a swimming pool on the corner...but there is something different inside the house its filled with the photos of a beautiful lady all over..

Morning ,06:00 am
  A boy and a girl around 3 years of age came running and hugged a tall handsome man who was standing on the kitchen counter , wearing an apron ,preparing bf..he  picked them up and made them sit on the tabletop.. They wished gm to each other hugging each other...
Man- ruhi, ronak aaj toh aap dono bina uthaye hi uth gye...
Ru- yess papa...
Ro- papa aaj school nhi Jaana..
So the man is obviously rohit..
R- kyun...hw nhi kiya kya.. he pinched his nose..
Ru- mujhe bhi nhi Jaana..
R- test h kya aaj..
Ru and Ro- nhi ...
R- phir..
They bend their heads down. Rohit holds their chin and asked softly ..
R- kya hua...aap dono hamesha mumma ki tarah drama kyun krte ho...seedhe seedhe bolo..
They hugged him.
Ru- papa aaj mother's day h..mam ne sbko apni mumma ke saath aane ke liye kaha hai..
Ro- aur hamari toh mumma hi nhi h...aap hmesha kehte ho na ki hmri aankhein mumma ki tarah h, aapne ghar mein mumma ki photos bhi lga rkhi h..pr mumma kahaan h..
Rohit had tears in his eyes but he couldn't cry in front of them..they both r also on the verge of crying..he caressed their hairs.
Ru- sb bacche apni mumma ke saath rehte h phir hum kyun nhi rehte..

This is not the first time they r asking these questions ..but as usual rohit has no answer..

R- beta mumma hamesha aapke saath h..
Ro- phir woh hme dekhti kyun nhi h...hmse milne kyun nhi aati..
Ru- woh hmse pyaar nhi krti kya..
R- nhi beta aisi baat nhi h..mumma aapse bht pyaar krti h..bs woh abhi hmse milne nhi aa skti..
Ro and Ru- pr kyun..aap hamesha yhi kehte ho..
He don't have any answer to their questions...so he tried to change the topic ...
R- aap dono ne brush kiya..

Both of them also knew that rohit is changing the topic but they understand , they have seen their father crying at nights, their is no night he had slept peacefully, he always had a smile on his face but they knew he is broken from inside...

Ru and Ro- nhi..
R- toh phir jldi se kro..wrna aap school ke liye late ho jaoge...aur haan aap aditi chahchi ko lekr chale jaana woh bhi toh aapki mumma jaisi h..they nods..

He picked them up and went to the washroom..
They r jumping in the tub and splashing water at each other .

R- acha chlo ab bht ho
gya...jldi se ready hona h...

Rohit made them stand on the bed and start dressing them..
Ro- papa shirt ki button toot gyi..
R- phir se..aapki button roz kaise too jaati h...
Ro- pta nhi.. ajeeb button h..
Rohit starts tickling him..
R- acha button ajeeb h ya aap roz tod dete ho..
He started laughing...
R- dusri shirt pehen lo ...m hospital se waapas aakr theek krunga..
Ru- papa mere baal..
R- ek min ..i m coming..
R- ronak yeh pant pehno tb tk m aa rha hoon..
He went to ruhi and start making her two ponytails..now its a 2 min work fr him as he is used to it..after that he combed ronak's hair
R- ho gya..
He made them sit on the bed and tie their shoe laces..

R- yeh lo lunch aur water bottle..aur lunch khtm krke aana..

Till then aditi and ajit came..
Aj- ready
Ru and Ro- yess.
He made them sit in the car..
Ad- bhai maine aapse kitni baar kaha hai ki m yeh sb kr dungi..pr aap kbhi sunte hi nhi hain..
R- aur maine bhi bht baar kaha h..ki ruhi aur ronak meri responsibility h..itna toh m kr hi skta hoon..aur waise bhi jb m hospital mein hota hoon toh tum hi toh krti ho..
Ru- chachi jldi..we r getting late..
Ad- ha..m coming..

They went to school. After that rohit went to the room he cleaned the room that ronak and ruhi had messed up totally..his eyes fell on sona's photo..it was their photo when they had gone for tracking ..he remembered how sona is scared of climbing. She was holding him tightly in the whole journey..and after reaching she started beating him fr bringing her to such a dangerous place...she smiles remembering..

R- sona sb toh kitna acha tha phir tum hme chod ke kyun gyi..
Till now he had broken down completely..
Tum meri glti ki saza ruhi aur ronak ko kyun de rhi ho..dekho unki taraf woh apni mumma ke pyaar ke liye roz tadapte hain..m bht koshish krta hoon pr m unhe maa ka pyaar phir bhi nhi de pata.. please wapas aa jao..mujhse aur nhi hota...pls pls pls waps aa jao..i promise m dobaara woh glti kbhi nhi krunga..mere liye nhi toh kamse kam ruhi aur ronak ke liye toh waapas aa jao....
He was sobbing till he get a call frm hospital..he wiped his tears..and picked up the call.
Nurse- sir.. there is an emergency..
R- i m coming .get the OT ready...

His hospital was not as big as sippy hospital but its enough for him..as his first priority are ruhi and ronak and he wanted to give them as much time as possible..

TBC...
So this is the first time i have written something suspicious..hope u like it ..also u might have lot of questions and answers will be given in the next chapters...