Bela returned to her room with special medicine for Mahir and found him silently looking out from window. She put medicine on table and hugged him from back.

Bela: Mahir!

Mahir: Hmmmmm!

Bela: Kya hua mere baby ko? Mood kharab kyu hai?

Mahir: Please mat puchiye. Main bata nahi paunga. I am still not able to beleive myself.

He again sneezed. Bela turned him.

Bela: Okay! Sorry tumne pahle bhi bola tha mat pucho par maine pucha. Take your time. Till then ye medicine le lo. Vikku ko utha ke leke aai hu.

He nodded and hold it.

Mahir: Isme se ajeeb si smell aa rahi hai.

Bela: Medicines hoti hi gandi hai aur tumhe cold ho raha hai to vaise bhi tumhe ajeeb hi lagega. Medicine ki bottle mein se hi lai hu main. Drink it...

She sat on her bed and saw her phone vibrating. Mahir silently kept cup at a side without taking the medicine.

Bela: Sumi maa ka call aa raha hai Mahir.

Mahir takes phone from her hand and cut the call.

Mahir: Mujhe baat nahi karni unse.

Bela: Kyu? Main kar leti hu.

Mahir: Nahi! Aap bhi nahi karoge 

Bela sees her phone.

Bela: Haww! Kyu? Ye dekho 20 missed calls.😯 Mujhe pata kaise nahi laga phone baj raha hai.🤦🏻‍♀️

Mahir: Abhi bhi nahi baja tha. It was on silent mode.

Bela: Hata diya maine silent mode se ab par kya baat hai Mahir? Kuch to hua hai I am sure. Tumhara mere ghar rehna is fine but Sumi aunty ki itni missed calls? Tumhara mood kharab? Kya

Mahir: (snapped) Bola na 1 baar mujhe nahi karni iss bare mein baat. I want to forget all.

Bela: (little shocked) Mahir tum!🙁

He keeps hand on his forehead.

Mahir: I am sorry..I am sorry... Please... Mujhe aise nahi bolna chaiye tha.

Bela: No! I am sor

Mahir: (interrupts) Let me go to your guestroom. Varna pata nahi aur kya kya bol du?

Bela: Jo bolna hai bol lo but tum kahi nahi jaa rahe. I won't let you be alone.

Mahir: Samj kyu nahi rahe aap ki

Bela's phone again rings.

Bela: Mahir baat kar lo na ek baar, Sumi maa itni baar call kar rahi hai to koi baat hogi. Vo pareshan ho rahi hongi.

Mahir: Kya baat karu main? Itna sab chupaya hai unhone mujh se ab kuch hai baat karne ke liye?

Bela: Kya matlab? Kya chhupaya hai?

Mahir: Aap nahi manoge na bina baat jane?

Bela nodded in no and she pulled him on bed and again hugged him then they lied on on bed and Bela put her head on Mahir's chest and he hold her by waist.

Bela: Batao ab!

After a minute.

Mahir: Sona aapne kabhi mere father ke bare mein nahi pucha?

Bela: Tumne kabhi khud se nahi bataya to I thought

Mahir: Ke vo nahi hai. I also used to think same.

Bela: Kya?

Mahir: But I was wrong.

Bela: Matlab?

Mahir: Aapne Andy Sehgal ka naam suna hai?

Bela: Ha! Vo hamare top rival hai aur vo uss tender ki meet mein bhi to aaye the jaha humne tumhe CEO announce kara tha. Unka kya?

Mahir: Mera full name Mahir Sehgal hai.

Bela: Haa janti hu.

Mahir: Aur mere documents mein mere father ka name Anand Sehgal likha jata hai.

Bela: Ha... Par tumhare father ka aur Andy Sehgal ka kya lena dena?

Mahir: Think Sona! You are very sharp. Connect... Mahir Sehgal! Anand Sehgal! Andy Sehgal! Kuch strike kara?

Bela: Matlab? Seedha seedha bolo. Ye meri intelligence ka test lene ka time nahi hai.

Mahir: Well Andy is short for Anand... Andy Sehgal is my father.

Bela: What?😱

Mahir: Yes!  Shocking but yes... Main ab tak believe nahi kar paa raha. Mujhe hamesha se lagta tha mere father nahi hai kyuki bachpan se hi main khali meri maa aur mama mami ke sath raha hu. Mere father ke bare mein kabhi kisi ne mujhe kuch bataya hi nahi. Maine kai baar pucha jab main chota tha but kisi ne answer nahi kara. Sab topic change kar dete the. Bada hua to samj mein aaya ke they don't want to tell me. Aur assume kar liya ke vo nahi rahe isliye koi baat nahi karta unke bare mein jisse unke bare mein jaan ke main sad na ho jau. But reason kuch aur tha.

Bela's phone again rang.

Mahir: Switch off kardo isko aap.

Bela: Okay! Okay! Kar rahi hu. Shant ho jao.

Mahir: Main shant hi hu Sona.

Bela: Tumne kabhi ye nahi socha ki ho sakta hai tumhare father zinda ho kahi, separate ho chuke ho tumhare parents?

Mahir: Socha tha... Kai cheeze aai thi mind mein aur puchne ka try bhi kara par jawab nahi mile. Mumma se puchta tha to unka answer hota tha ki khali hum dono hai ek dusre ke liye aur mama mami, baki koi nahi hai. Phir maine puchna aur sochna chor diya.

Bela: Par tumhare father ke bare mein janna tumhara right tha.

Mahir: Unko nahi batana tha. Jitna zaruri tha bata diya. Jo kuch bhi hua tha uske baad bhi. Vo pura connection torr sakti thi par phir bhi mujhe mere father ka name bataya. Mere grandparents ke bare mein sab bataya. She changed her name but not mine.

Bela: Abhi to tum gussa the maa se aur ab bol rahe ho sahi kiya.

Mahir: Nahi! Gussa main ab bhi hu. Unke action galat nahi the but mere se ab tak chupa ke rakhna sach galat tha. Aur uske baad sham ko Mr Andy Sehgal ke samne jo bola na, I don't like that.

Bela: Kya bola?

Mahir: She said that I can go with my father. She won't mind. Aise itni asani se kaise bol sakti hai vo?

Bela: She must have meant that ki tumhari choice hai ki tum apne father ke sath time spend karna chahte ho to jaake unke sath reh sakte ho.

Mahir: I wish yahi hota matlab but unke exact words kuch aur the.

Bela: Kya the?

Mahir: Maa ne bola ki khali office mein hi kyu sath mein time spend karna?  Sath hi le jao. Itni badi badi baate kar rahe ho to puri zimmedari lo. Itne saalo se to mere sath tha tumhara beta. Sari zaruratein(needs) maine puri kari hai, akele pala hai. Ab tum karo sab.
I don't have any problem agar Mahir apne father ke sath jaye to.

(She said this because she thought Andy khali apne business ki wagah se bol raha hai. He don't care otehrwise. She wanted to see his reaction only.

And whatever the situation is but truth is that Mahir is his son and he can choose to go with his father. She cannot stop him forever to meet his father. )

Bela: What?😱 Maa aise kaise bol sakti hai?

Mahir: I also can't believe that she actually said that.

Bela: Unhone aise kyu bola? Aur itne saalo tumhare father kaha the? Ab achanak se yaad kaise aa gayi?

Mahir: He said he didn't knew where we are. Vo tab se dhoond rahe hai hame aur ab jaake mile hai hum.

Mr Sehgal chahte hai ki main unhen 1 chance du thora milu aur baate karu unse, vo sirf mujhe unki life mein wapas chahte hai aur side by side bolte hai ki main unki company join karke unka business handle kar lu India ka kyuki unka jo  beta hai

Bela: (interrupts) Vo to tum ho, unke bete.

Mahir: I am not talking about me. Unka dusra beta. Reason mere parents ke bech ki drift ka.

Bela: (again interrupts) Reason? Par tumhare papa chor ke gaye the na to vo reason

Mahir: No! Maa chor ke aai thi unhen kyuki mere so called father ghar mein ek dusri lady ko leke aaye the because she was pregnant, with his child and that child is his other son.

Unka jo vo beta hai jiske liye unhone meri maa ko dhoka diya aur hum dono ko jane diye aur dobara pucha nahi. Unka son India mein nahi rehna chahta. Usne kisi blonde foreigner se shaadi kari hai bhaag ke jo India mein nahi rehna chahti. He want to settle in London with her and Mr. Sehgal don't want to leave India and handle his business here himself aur unki age dheere dheere zyada ho rahi hai. Abhi itni nahi hai but future mein he needs someone to take over his business in India and handle everything.

Bela: Mahir maa ye kaise? I mean business join karne ke liye haa karna alag baat hai but baki sab? She can never mean it.

Mahir: To bola kyu? Bina mean ke koi baat nahi boli jati Sona.

Bela: Phir tumhare father ne kya kaha?

Mahir: Mujhe nahi pata. Uske baad main bina kuch sune ghar se nikal gaya tha.

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