gauri: what are you two doing here? mr oberoi! how many times have I told you not to stalk me? stop trying to win me back. you had 13 years but you wasted those 13 years! at least unlike you, advay didn't try to stalk me.

om: gauri, I didn't even know that you were here.

advay: oh by the way, mr oberoi is it? I remember meeting you at the park. so gauri is your wife and you had kids with her?

gauri: ex wife thank you very much.

advay: how did the cooking contest go?

gauri: cooking contest? what cooking contest?

advay: the one in the nursery.

gauri: munni never told me anything about a cooking contest.

om: kyunki she asked me first.

gauri was shocked as she heard this. she went up to om and held his collars. anger was visible in her eyes.

gauri: how many times do I need to tell you that STAY AWAY FROM THE KIDS?! they are not your kids, they are MY kids and they don't need a person like you.

om: gauri....

gauri folded her hands and said: leave me mr oberoi! just leave me! marry that riddhima bitch and forget all about me. please!

om was silent.

gauri: advay, tonight buamaa has hosted a party for lohri in town. everyone is invited but I am sure this person won't be coming. anyway will you like to come and yes I forgive you for everything?

advay: yeah sure.

gauri smiles lightly and says: great!

she goes taking advay with her and om was left upset.

he fell to his knees letting out painful tears of regret.

...

'so riddhima, will you be coming to barielly tonight?'

'yes why not? but will om agree aunty?'

'kyu nahi? he has to respect my choice. besides he actually had the guts to have an affair with you when that bitch gauri was there?'

'true, ok I will come.'

'great! bye.'

'bye.'

the person who was asking riddhima to come was no other than jhanvi.

jhanvi: it's time for you to move on om beta. you are living in that gold digger's memories. you can't torture yourself like this.

she smiles to herself

...

that night:

the oberois didn't know that buamaa was the one hosting the party. all they knew was that everyone was invited so they were coming.

town:

they went to town and saw everyone chatting and dancing as the fire was being lit. just then a tall girl entered. she was wearing black blouse and sari skirt with a sky blue pallu. she had a face shape of a camel and her hair was all down. she was revealed to be riddhima.

riddhima: namaste.

oberois expect anika: namaste.

riddhima: where is om?

pinky: om...om is somewheres.

riddhima: I will find him.

she goes from the oberoi crowd. meanwhile aarti was trying to find aadhira but unfortunately she was stuck with the entire oberoi clan. she thought for a few minutes and soon she came up with a plan to find aadhira.

aarti: mum, I need to text someone and there is no signal here. is it alright if I can go somewhere with signal?

anika: fine but be back soon.

aarti: ok.

aarti goes from the oberoi crowd and signed in relief. she then continued walking to find aadhira. just then everything was black.

aarti: why is everything black? what happened?

she felt hands on her eyes and said: hmm, I think I know who these hands belong to. aadhira?

the owner of the hands giggled and took the hands off aarti's eyes and appeared in front of her. that was no other than aadhira.

aadhira: hi aarti.

aarti: aadhira, I missed you so much.

aadhira: it's only been a few hours.

aarti: phir bhi.

they smile and hug each other when aadhira saw viren and broke the hug.

aadhira: viren is coming. aarti, go back to the oberoi crowd. I am really very sorry but you know how much viren hates the oberois.

aarti: theek hai. no problem.

aadhira: thanks. I will meet you soon once I meet papa.

aarti nods and then quickly goes as viren goes to aadhira.

viren: aadhira, who was that girl with you?

aadhira: wh...whi...which girl? I have honestly no idea what you are talking about.

viren: the one which just left.

aadhira: oh that girl! just a classmate asking me when science is due in.

viren: anway what happened aadhira? you look tense.

aadhira: what?

viren: yes. you look as if you are hiding something.

aadhira: relax, I am not hiding anything. now tell me, where is that little devil? she is not with you.

viren: which devil?

aadhira: that very small one who is three years old, very small, a chatterbox and knows how to bite mama's head off.

viren: oh that devil. she is with buadadi.

aadhira: great and I think that buadadi might need your help serving some of these guests so why don't you help her?

viren: yeah sure.

aadhira: great. bye, take your time.

viren looked at her weirdly and left.

aadhira: phew. now I can find where papa is. if viren was here with me, he would never let me meet papa and then papa would feel hurt and he would think that I still hate him. chalo aadhira, get munni and then meet papa.

she goes from there.

she finally finds buamaa and munni. munni was chatting to all of buamaa's friends as they happily listened. she goes up to them and say: hi, how are you all?

buamaa's friends: great thanks.

aadhira: umm, is it alright if I get munni with me for a while?

buamaa: where? sorry for being nosy but your mum asked me to where you kids are going at all times.

aadhira in mind: where? where? think of something aadhira. how is thinking so hard? bhagwan, give me an idea....IDEA! (talking) you see munni and I got to try some of the delicious food which you and mama worked so hard to make.

buamaa: ok fine but don't eat all of the food. your poor brother. you know every night it's always you and munni who eat the most, he doesn't eat more than half a plate. also look at you two, still skinny as a pin.

aadhira just smiles and takes munni with her.

aadhira: oh munni ki bacchi, ready to meet papa?

munni: yay!

aadhira: now where is he?

...

meanwhile:

riddhima found om in a corner looking depressed and went to him hugging him tight.

om: riddhima?

riddhima broke the hug and said: after soooooooo long, finally you are in front of my eyes. I missed you so much.

om: get lost riddhima! please! you home wrecker!

before riddhima could say anything, they heard two sweet voices chanting one word.

'papa/daddy!'

Aashiyaana mera saath tere hai na
Dhoondte teri gali mujhko ghar mila
Aab-o-daana mera haath tere hai na
Dhoondte tera Khuda mujhko Rab mila

om turned and smiled. it was his two beautiful daughters, munni and aadhira showing their beautiful smiles. they ran shoving riddhima to a side and hugged om tight.

Tu jo mila lo ho gaya main qaabil
Tu jo mila to ho gaya sab haasil haan!
Mushqil sahi aasaan hui manzil
Kyunki Tu.. Dhad.kan.. Main Dil...

he kisses their hairs as he bends down and then their foreheads.

om: how are my babies?

aadhira: bhoot accha. aur aap papa?

om: happy.

just then they heard another voice. a male voice which had shock in it.

voice: aadhira, munni? mr oberoi?

...

precap: part 2

one thing to note is that this story will soon end but relax it will be rikara in the end. just a few more chapters and then finally this story will be over. relax there will be at least a few parts of the epilogue. I hope you guys will be happy that this book is finally ending. will end hopefully in November or December.

anyway so who did this voice belong to? and what will happened in the lohri party?

target: 35+ votes and 7+ comments

was not happy with the responses in the last chapter hence I am setting a target up. also this is the second time I am republishing this chapter because it takes a century to complete a target.

guys. I am not asking for 100 votes or 200 votes. I am asking very small so complete the target. if you can complete a 200 vote target then completing my target is not that hard.