MAHIR

The wind was making the trees dance.
The sweet fragrance of wet soil was making sparrows chirp on the tree branch.

The rainbow was shining in the sky. The fresh, soothing air after the rain was cherry on top.

It was a pleasant day.

I stepped inside the 'seghal enterprises'.

Not even a second and I was attacked by my P.A. Abhay.

"Good Morning Sir, Mr. Gupta has scheduled the meeting for Saturday " Abhay parroted in a business tone.

I nodded, dismissing him.

Well, that's what happens when you are the CEO of one of the top Enterprises in the country.

"Shit! I forgot my phone in the car" I tried to run but was stopped by the lift door.

I hit my head on the lift door.

Again.

I was already in the lift, I realized.

Let me call Abhay, he would bring my phone.

Wait! How will I call without a phone?

Whatever I don't need a phone I will use the office landline.

They make it so complex. Huh!

I reached my floor and called Abhay inside my cabin.

"Abhay bring my floor from the car"
I ordered him.

"Sir? " He gave me a look asking if I was sure.

What happened to him? Has he gone mad?

I raised a cocky brow at him while he stood with a confused face.

"What? I said bring my floor from... Floor? " I coughed trying to hide my embarrassment.

'Umm... Bring my phone from the car" I said in a low voice and he quickly ran out of the room as if it was suffocating him.

Why do I have to make a joker out of me every time?

I started my work when my eyes fell on the ring kept before my family photo frame on the working table.

"Bela, Gracious " I screamed open my eyes to find myself in my own room.

At the same time when I had dinner with my family after which I wore the watch.

Does that mean whatever I saw was all dream?

Bela?
Gracious?
Wheels?
Magic?

Everything was the dream? H... How is that possible?

Wiping sweat beads from my forehead, I examined the watch.

The ring was missing.

It had the place for the ring but there was no ring.

Means everything was reality?

How am I here then?

Where is Bela?

I moved towards my balcony window to get some fresh air.

It was all messing up with my mind.

I took deep breaths to calm my senses.

If it was the dream then why is the ring missing? And if it was a reality then how am I alone here? Last, I was with Bela and Gracious.

I was looking here and there randomly when I found a person trying to sneak inside.

Theif?

I quickly ran down and caught the person off guard.

He was trying to run away but I didn't let him. With difficulty, I turned the man around.

What?

It was the same old man who gave me the watch.

I was shocked, I didn't expect him but he looked happy to find me.

He sighed in relief.

"Finally, I found you. Please return my watch. I need it now. " He said grinning.

Did he know about the ring?

I asked him to wait and bought his watch.

He examined the watch with twinkling eyes but soon his face lost all the color.

"W... Wh... Where is the ring? " He asked anxiously.

"Which ring? " I tried to play as if I knew nothing.

"Please return the ring to me. It's very important for me" He said urgently.

"Fine. I will return the ring but first, you tell me where did you find that ring and why did you insert it into the watch? " I said in a deep, scary voice.

He nodded reluctantly before telling me that he found the ring near our mansion only.

He was an employee in a jewelry house so he knew the ring had a high market value which he could sell to meet his family's needs.

His manager got to know about the ring when he was talking to his wife one day, he asked for fifty percent profit in the solitaire ring to which the old man refused.

Later, the old man inserted it in the watch so that even if he is caught, he can say he lost the ring.

But all his plans backfired when his senior came to know about it. He sent goons behind the old man.

And that was the day, he gave me the watch.

He said he invested his 25 years into the watch.

This actually meant he invested his 25 years in the jewelry house being an employee but that didn't benefit him as much as the ring embedded in the watch would have.
He meant he would have earned more money than his whole 25 years of a job by selling a single solitaire bead.

I was dumb folded with the newfound information.

"What if I say that the ring belongs to me? " I asked crossing my arms over the chest.

His face turned pale.

I am sure if he had a little bit of the idea that I belonged to the same house from where he picked up the tressure he would have never given me that watch.

He bowed his head down in guilt.

"The ring is now with its owner. You can leave" I said in a no-nonsense voice.

He quietly left without saying anything.

I called him back and offered him some money which he denied earlier but later took it on my instance.

Somehow my heart didn't approve of his gloomy face.

He was in need of money definitely.

The next day, I went to a jewelry shop and ordered the same solitaire ring again.

It's been a year since the incident. But all the memories are still afresh in my mind.

Her scoldings.

Her cute face.

Her beautiful smile

And her serene face

How she hugged me saying "I want to keep you to me forever".

Her one forehead kiss always relaxed me.

Her efforts of filling me up with confidence.

Our last kiss

She said " I am proud of you"

She was proud of me. Proud.

Her eyes were shining with happiness.

The ringing of my mobile phone bought me out of my world.

" Mahir, Vish is in labor pain. We are going to the hospital " Dad said hurriedly.

Closing all my work, I quickly hopped on my car to go to the hospital.

I was trying to stay sane, I was already jumping in excitement because of the arrival of a new member.

I already bought toys and clothes for him.

I and Ajitabh even had a bet that the baby will love me more.

My thoughts wavered to the year before.

I was finding it hard to focus on the present. All I could think of was Bela.

Family definitely got to know that something was wrong with me, they tried their best to cheer me up but nothing helped.

Ajitabh's stupid pranks, Dad's commentary, vVshakha's cooking, and Mom's talks nothing worked. But seeing their efforts I tried to stay happy at least in front of them.

Three months later, Vshakha and Ajitabh told us they were expecting and that was the day where it changed everything.

The new coming of the baby filled me with positivity.

I tried hard, I improved myself. I worked upon myself and I was able to speak in front of many.

Whenever I got disappointed, only one phrase roamed in my mind ' you can Mahir Ji.'

That kept me going.

I improved finally and Ajitabh gladly handed over me the responsibility of the CEO.

The coincidence was the same day he got his result, he cleared his examination.

He was now an IPS officer, how he desired.

One day, Visakha was reading a book to the baby and I remembered I too had a book named 'the frozen princess'.

That was definitely a kid's book, I thought.

I bought it, sat beside Vish, and started reading the book to the baby.

But to my surprise, I found similar incidents which happened to me were written in the book.

It was a book of a Princess who was captured in an ice cage and then comes a prince who saves her.

There was this rabbit with him, who guided him.

I couldn't help but compare Gracious with the rabbit.

In my case, she guided me.

The book talked about mermaids, shape-shifting snakes, rainbows, and colorful waterfalls.

It was a fantasy book, more or less it just reminded me of my adventures.

Was this possible that the author of the book too went to a place like that?

Could he tell me, what happened to me?

Could he tell me where would I find the other two members of my family?

What if the story is just his imagination?

But I didn't have any other option than to contact the author.

It was the most difficult task.
The book was a 'best seller' and he was a reputed author.

After sending dozens of emails, I finally got an appointment with him.

I asked him about the book but he instantly denied talking about the book.

"Please sir let me know the inspiration for the book. It's very important to me. " I pleaded with him.

"Sorry Mahir, I am afraid, I won't be able to help you with this. " He replied politely.

"Sir, I understand your concern of not sharing the inspiration but a little hint would also be fine. " He was my last hope. I tried my best to ask him.

"Mahir, Sign a contract that you won't share any information with anyone ". He voiced out seriously.

Within thirty minutes there was a contract before me, I signed it after reading the claws carefully.

" I haven't written that book, Mahir. I was just a mere beginner who was finding it hard to feed his family. I wrote five books previously but none of them got even 50 copied sold.

My house was on the verge of selling. That's when a person gave me this book. He said it was his original. He was not a writer but he wrote the book. He asked me to modify it and sell it in my name. He didn't want a credit. The only thing which he demanded was to never contact him again. That's what I did. I was so desperate for the money that I modified the book.

Today this book is a best seller. And my other works got recognization too.

I consider that person as an Angel. "

He completed with moist eyes.

We kept talking for hours. He didn't know the person and I didn't even force him.

We were still talking about his book when I received a call before I could pick it up. The writer picked it up "he is my angel" He said proudly looking at the caller's screen picture.

"W... What... Are you sure? "

He nodded his head.

I was shocked, surprised, and whatnot.

I told him about my relationship with his Angel.

He hugged me.

He already tore the contract papers, in a simple request of meeting him.

I assured him of a meeting with him and quickly rushed home.

Finally, I will get answers to all my questions, I thought.

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Well, wait for tonight 😉❤.

Double update today❤❤.

Please ignore grammatical mistakes.

Thanks for reading ❤.