Ani was still hell confused about the incident that just took a while ago and just continuously staring the girl..
Bon: zyada ghooriye mat, jaanti hu bohot zyada confuse ho gaye h aap, ye sab dekh kr...
Ani: tumhe kese pta...
This time she listened his voice carefully as last time she was busy with her fighting session.... and this voice was somewhat familiar to her...
and she immediately pulled the break in order to stop the car...
Ani: ab kya hua?? fir se koyi peeche pad gaya kya???
Bon: aapki awaaz????
Ani: oh haan, vo thoda gale me kharaash h, port se nikla to factore smoke ki wajah se coughing shuru ho gayi bs... isliye to muh pr kapda lagaya...
Listening to the reason, she thought: yeh awaaz to bilkul pati babu ki tarah thi... nahi Bondita vo yaha kese ho skte h... vo to Tulsipur me honge na... tu zyada hi overthink kr rahi h.... shayad zyada miss kr rahi h unhe... ghar jaa kr telephone karoongi....
(So the suspense is over, this mysterious girl is none other than Bondita, this might not be a suspense for you all, but still...)
Bon: oh acha, lagta h aapko smoke and dust se allergy h...
Ani- ha, bs thodi khaasi ho jaati h...
Bon: khaasi thodi ho ya zyada, health ke liye achchi nahi hoti...
Ani: I know, agar abhi ghar pr hota to kaka mujhe kahda banwa kr de dete, pr mujhe to banana aata nahi to ese hi rehna padega kuch der...
Bon: are ese kese rehna padega, aapke kaka nahi h to kya hua, me bhi Indian hu, or meri maa bhi ved thi, isliye mujhe saare ghareloo nuskhe aate h, aap ek kaam kariye mere ghar chaliye, me aapko kahda bana kr de deti hu, vese bhi aapki awaaz sun kr lag raha h aapko kahde ki bohot zyada zaroorat h, mere haat ka kahda or fir ek cup chatak masaaledaar chaye piyenge to bilkul theek ho jaenge...
Ani: are nahi nahi uski zaroorat nahi h, me raaste me kisi medical store se cough syrup le lunga to bilkul theek ho jaunga, aap ek kaam kariye mujhe kisi medical shop tak chod dijiye, aage me kisi or se help le lunga..
Bon: nahi bilkul nahi, me apni zimmedari se kabhi peeche nahi hat ti... mene aapko aapki manzil tak chodne ki zimmedari li thi... to chod kr hi rahoongi... aap bilkul chinta mat kijiye.... aapko kahda or chaye pilaa ke aapki manzil to chod dungi... and now no more discussions about it... okay???
Ani thinks: vese baat to thik keh rahi h, abhi agar kahda nahi piya , to ye awaaz le kr me apni mishti ke paas nahi jaa sakta, kya impression padega us pr, ek kaam krta hu chala jaata hu iske saath... vese bhi bohot pyaari lag rahi h... achchi bhi h... iske saath chala jaunga to thoda or time milega iske saath bitaane ka, ise jaanne ka.... ek minute Ani!!! ye kya soch raha h tu... teri Bondita se pyaari or achi koi nahi h, samjha???His trance was broken by Bondita: arre kaha kho gaye aap??? I asked will you accompany me to my bunglow???
Ani: ya sure... (smiles)
Bondita starts the radio of her car and plays a beautiful music to enjoy the ride more....
Ani was feeling the song and was just admiring the beauty sitting just beside her, whose long traces were flowing in the air and with a pleasant smile humming the song.... suddeenly he realised that he forgot to ask her about the incident that just took place with her...
Ani: vese tumne bataya nahi ki vo tumhaara peecha kyu kar raha tha or chilla bhi raha tha, jese tum uska kuch chura kr bhaag gayi ho or sabse confusing to tab laga jab vo achanak se tumse pyaar se baat krne laga... means I am still confused, kon tha vo??
Bondita laughed at his statement and said: nahi nahi me uska kuch chura kr nahi bhaagi, bs uski gaadi usse bina pooche le aayi...
Ani: matlab??? tum kisiki bhi gaadi ese hi utha laati ho???
Bon: arrey nahi nahi aap galat samajh rahe h... vo koi bhi nahi tha... they both were my bestest friends, London me akeli thi bilkul, koyi nahi tha mera yaha, tab ye dono buddhu mile the mujhe, kabhi gharwaalon ki kami mehsoos hi nahi hone di... or ye sab to hamaare beech normal h...
Ani: oh achcha... to fir vo tum par chilla kyu raha tha...
Bon: kyuki aaj meri gaadi ghar pr nahi thi... or mujhe shopping ka man tha, kisi someone special ke liye kuch bohot special lena tha... or uske ghar lautne se pehle use dena tha... to mene uski gaadi le li.. but use abhi club jaana tha apne doston ke saath, to isliye gaadi wapas maang raha tha... (chuckles out)
Ani: to tum kyu nahi gayi, matlab tumhaari bonding dekh kr lag raha tha ki kaafi achche dost ho tum log... fir tumhe bhi join krna chahiye tha na...
Bon: I know... but I don't like day parties, they are hell boring... mujhe late night parties pasand h, or meri pasand napasand voh log bohot achche se jaante h, that's why didn't asked me to join them...
Ani: great!!! acha laga tumse milke... Indian woman ho kr bhi kitni open minded ho tum... jiss desh ki aurte apne sir se pallu tak nahin khiskne deti, vahan tum ye western dresses pehnti ho, jaha aurte apna khudka kaam tak krne bahar nahin nikalti, vahan tum yaha London me reh rahi ho, gaadi chala rahi ho, jaha aurte raat ko ghar se bahar per tak nahi rakhti vaha tum night parties attend krna pasand krti ho... impressive!!! bohot different ho tum... apni life ko kese enjoy krna h achche se jaanti ho tum, vrna hamare desh ki aurton ko sthiti to tum achche se jaanti hi hogi....
Bon: jaanti hu, bohot ache se jaanti hu, un aurton ki sthiti ko bhi, or unki esi sthiti ke peeche chupe us ghatiya rudhiwaadi samaj ko bhi, unhi ki sch badalne ke liye to yaha aayi hu, apne apno se door, taaki itni kaabil ban saku ki, har bhartiye naari ko samaj me uska hak dila saku, unke ke hak ke liye lad saku.... bs kuch din or fir me humare sapne ka ek adhyaay poora kr loongi... or India jaa kr humare sapne ka dusra adhyaay shuru krna h.... or rahi baat in kapdon ki or iss lifestyle ki to kisi khaas ne mujhse kaha tha ki zindagi tumhaari h, use ghut ghut kr jeena h ya aasmaan me pankh fela kar udna h ye tumhaara faisla hona chahiye, kisi samaaj ka ya kisi or ka nahin.... or vese bhi ek kahawat to suni hogi ki "Don't judge a book by it's cover", to mene ese kapde pehne h, iska ye matlab nahi me apni bhartiya sanskriti bhool chuki hu, me aaj bhi apni sanskriti ka poore dil se sammaan krti hu...
Ani: bohot hi achche vichaar h aapke, vese myself... was intrrupted by Bondita as they reached her Bunglow...
Bon: baaki ki baatein andar chal kr kare??? mera ghar aa gaya.....
Ani was hell shocked seeing the bunglow as he recoganised that he is standing in front of his own bunglow....
Bon: arrey aap fir se kho gaye???
Ani: ye ghar...
Bon: ji haan ye hi ghar h mera... chaliye utariye or chaliye andar...
Ani was still shocked and confused that how could his bunglow be hers, but decided to ask later and stepped out of the car with Bondita...
Bon ordering to ramu kaka: Ramu kaka, driver se keh kr gaadi parking me lagwa dijiye or kisi servant se keh kr guest room saaf karwaiye, hamare guest ki khatirdaari me koyi kami nahi honi chahiye...
Ramu kaka: thik h Bondita bitiya, aap andar chaliye....
Aniruddh was shocked to the core, when he heard ramu kaka addressing the girl with whom he was continuously talking and admiring from last 1 hour is none other than his Bondita... he was feeling very proud seeing her attitude, boldness and the way she caaries herself, she turned out exactly as he wanted her to be...
His heart started beating faster.....
Bon: arrey aap fir kho gaye na... itna kiske khayalo me kho jaate h aap??? chaliye andar... andar tak aapko chal kr hi jaana padega, kyuki me servants se keh kr sirf aapka saaman andar rakhwa sakti hu, aapko nahi... (laughs a bit at her own statement)
Ani being in his own world, didn't listened what she said but still hummed at her and started following her and observing her every step and act...
Bondita entered in the house, put off her goggles and kept it on the center table and asked one of the servants- lata didi mini aa gayi kya???
Lata: nahi malkin abhi mini baby nahin aayi h, pr kabhi bhi aati hongi, unke dost ke ghar se telephone kiya tha unhone lagbhag aadhe ghante pehle ki vo vahan se nikal gayi h, to shayad raaste me ho...
Bon: hmm, thik h, aapne uska nashta bana diya na??
Lata; jii malkin, sab taiyaar h
Bon: ohk thanks...
(listen the song and feel it while reading)
Bon to Ani: aap yaha aaraam se bethiye, me aapke liye kahda bana kr lati hu.... and started leaving the place when suddenly Ani hold her wrist from behind, she turned her face in shock and asked: excuse me??? aapko kuch aur bhi chahiye kya??
Ani: tum....
Bon: sorry..... (being confused)
Ani: Bonditaaaa....... (breathing heavily due to nervousness)
As soon as she heard her name from his mouth, she felt a different but pleasuring sensation in her body as if she recognized the person behind the mask... and unknowingly her hands reached his face and removed the hanky from his face...
As soon as she saw his face, her eys widened and she froze there itself.....
Bondita started tracing his body with her shaky hands as if examining him that is he really standing in front of her or she is daydreaming and when she realized that he is actually standing in front of her, she uttered in a very shaky voice: pa..ti... babu......
Ani: Mi...sh...tiii....
Tears started making their ways from both of their eyes, seeing each other in front of their eyes...
Bondita quickly hugged him with fear that if she loosened her grip from his neck, he may vanish, Ani also enveloped his strong arms around her sleek waist and both started crying being not able to hold that much happiness....
Bon: (while sobbing) pati babu aap sach me hai?? ya me koi sapna dekh rahi hu???
Ani: nahi Mishti tum koi sapna nahi dekh rahi ho, me sach me hu tumhaare saamne.... dekho mujhe... and tried to part away from the hug
Bon: nahi me nahi chodungi iss baar... nahi to aap fir se gayab ho jaenge, har baar ki tarah... (said like child who does not want to miss her candy and tightened her grip more)
Ani chuckled at her statement but he was also crying...
Ani: nahi jaunga baba, kahi nahi kaunga ab tumhe chod kar... apna chehra to dikhao... mujhe dekhna h tumhe.....
Bon: dekh lena, kahi nahi jaa rahi me... abhi mujhe aapko achche se mehsoos to krne dijiye....
Ani patted her back with one hand to console her and tightened his grip over her waist.... But suddenly left her and widened his eyes when he listened a sharp voice from his back, "hey youuu!!! leave her and hands up!!!" he followed the order and did hands up as he felt a gun point on his back and without looking behind he said being nervous: nahi, nahi, mene kuch nahi kiya, please mujhe chod do (you know reflex action 🤭🤭🤭) but suddenly creased his eyebrows in confusion when he heard Bondita laughing her heart out and thought: is she gone mad!!! yaha uske pati pe koi bandook taan ke khada h or ise hasi aa rahi h....
Ani: kya hua has kyu rahi ho??? ye hasne ka nahi mujhe bachaane ka time h....
But instead of replying she started laughing more hard....
Person: darna to aapko chaiye mujhse, mumma kehti h jo galat kaam krte h unhe darna hi chahiye...
Just then he realised that this voice was not as scary as he was reacting and concluded that the voice was too sweet as a melody to his ears and turned back to see the person, to see who is the owner of this sweet yet scary voice and seeing whom, his mishti is laughing her heart out.. and when he saw that the gun point he felt at his back was of a toy gun and the owner of the gun was a little girl...... and that's when sighed in relief and said: oh god!!! you little angel..... you litrelly scared me...
Child: (said in angry tone) am not your little angel, I'm Mini..... pr naam Mini h iska ye matlab mat samjhna ki aapko mujhse khatra nahi h, me chota packet bada dhamaaka hu.... I can shoot you anytime with this gun... or nakli nahi h, asli h, ramu kaka ko bhi isi se maarti hu, jab vo meri baat nahi sunte... you understand!!!
Ani (chuckling a bit but pretending that he is really scared of her): oh my little angry angel, itna gussa???
and knelt down to match her height and moved his hand a bit to ruffle her hairs but she being Bondita's Mini, hold his hands in the mid way and said: don't try to touch me, I know self defence techniques, so better be careful... or else I'll kick you... mumma ne sab sikhaya h mujhe....
and ran to Bondita and stood in front of her as shield facing towards Ani....
Mini: agar mujhe ya meri mumma ko chua bhi to I'll shoot right on your this broad chest (pointing her toy gun to his chest)
Ani again chuckles and said: ok baba, nahi chunga aapko ya aapki mumma ko, but apni Bondita ko to chu skta hu na...
Mini: no way!!! you made her cry, I saw you were holding her tightly which ,ade her cry... and she is not your Bondita, she is my mumma, my maaa.... , and I'll not let anything happen to her.... understood!!!!
Now Ani understood that to whom Mini was addressing her mother.... And Bondita got nervous knowing that the truth which she wanted to hide, is gonna revealed now...
Ani with a confused look looked towards Bondita and uttered: mumma????
But instead of looking into his eyes she started looking here and there....
Ani: Bondita look into my eyes and answer why is she calling you mumma??? (with a stern voice which made Bondita realised the growing intensity of the situation)
Bondita looked down to Mini and said: baby go to your room...
Mini: no mumma, I'll not leave you with this bad uncle....
Bon (in a bit high pitch): Mini he is not bad, I said naaa... go to your room, I'll talk to your later...
Mini (being adamant); no mumma, he is bad, I saw, he made you cry... he was hurting you na... that's why you were crying hard...
Bon (being irritated, shouted) : nooo!!!! he didn't made me cry... he can never hurt me.... now go to your room or else I'll call lata didi to frocely take you to your room...
Mini got scared as for the first time she heard Bondita shouting at her... and due to which she started crying and ran towards the stairs to her room but stopping on the stairs she turned back to Bondita and said while crying: you also became bad mumma, you shouted at me... I'll not talk to you now... and ran up to her room...
Bon: (seeing her from the backside, helplessly uttered ): Minii!!! (realising what she did just now, shouted at her lifeline, and her eyes welled up)
But then she remembered that someone is waiting for the clarification ans she turned her head back towards Ani, who was standing their with a stern face and analysing this duo...
Bon (being scared just said): pati babu voo...
Ani: Bondita why is she calling you mumma???
Bon: because I'm her mother...
Ani: what???
Bon: pati babu please come with me in the room, I'll explain you...
Ani: nooo... I'm not going anywhere, I want the answers here itself, right now... (said in a bit angry tone)
Bon: pati babu please, I can't explain you here, all the servants are looking at our faces, please let's talk in the room... (in a bit slow and scared voice)
Just then Ani tilted his face to other directions and realised that there are many others who were looking at their faces and agreed her: ok!! let's go... (in a calm voice)
Bondita started moving towards the stairs and Ani was following her but she stopped and without looking back she ordered in a bit high voice yet in a polite manner: Ramu kakaaa....please kisi servant ko bhej kr, sir ka saamaan andar rakhwaiye, gaadi ki back seat pr rakha h ...
Ramu kaka: thik h bitiya... hum rakhwate h...
Bondita again started moving towards her room but again stopped in front of Mini's room when she saw with teary eyes that Mini was throwing all things of her room here and there in anger and Ani too looked her feeling pitty for her.... but both ignored and moved in Bondita's room which was just beside Mini's room...
Bondita enterd with Ani and locked the door from inside...
Ani looking staright into her eyes said: now answer me... how did you became maa???
Bon: I never wanted you and our family to know about Mini...
Ani: but why??? is she a result of any sin committed by you??? Did you cheated on me??? (said narrowing his eyebrows and in angry voice)
Bondita widened her teary eyes listening to his baseless questions thinking that how could he even think about me like that...
and questioned back to him with the same intensity: chiii pati babu!!! aap esa soch bhi kese sakte h mere baare me???
Ani: to fir bachchi kaha se aayi??? tum maa kese bani Bondita??? because I know she can't be my blood...
Bon (shouted a bit and moved towards the window feeling disguted at her pati babu): yes, she is not... she not at all your blood... but how could you think that I can cheat you, when you are my life, my world, my heartbeats, my love, my bhagwaan, my everything..... my day starts with and nights end with you, no one can take your place in my heart.... and here you are questioning on my character???? (said in one go without realising that she confessed her feelings)
But our Ani caught that word, that was continuously ringing in his ears and head that is "my love" and listening to which his eyes widened with a slight blush on his cheeks as he got his answer for which he came this far... but retreated himself understanding the intensity of the situation
Ani: no no Bondita, I didn't meant that, I just spit out whatever came in my head that time... I know my mishti can never do this to me... please forgive me, if my words were harsh to you.... I never meant to hurt you....
Bon (turning towards him feeling calm after feeling the cold breeze from the window and listening his apology); It's ok pati babu, I can understand your emotions, I know how you felt when you listened Mini calling me mumma... and that was the only reason I don't wanted you to know about Mini....
Ani: thanks for understanding me... but mishti I'm still confused that if she is not blood yet she is calling you mumma, then who is she???
Bon: mini didn't took birth from my womb, but still she is my lifeline, piece of my heart, I know it's confusing you that if she is neither my blood nor yours than how did I become mumma???
Ani listening her carefully, just nodded his head in yes...
Bondita smiled at him with teary eyes being emotional and said: it's a long story pati babu, and pointing towards the bed she said: come sit here, I'll explain you... nad holding his palms she made him sit beside herself on the bed.....
(So as usual, today's task for you guys is to guess that who is Mini??? and from where did she came in Bondita's life, please answer in the comments section, I'm noticing that you are not mentioning your guesses there, please don't ignore my requests)
pheeewww!!! So this was the longest chapter I write till now, my hands are paining like hell due to the continuous typing, but still I managed somehow to reach at this point of the story just for you guys, as I'm observing that you guys are responding to my severe requests, so it's my duty to pay back you all, and this is the only way how I can....
Thanks for reading till here, hope you guys are enjoying the story, as I said that I'm writing for the first time and that too trying to make it different from others, so please tell me whether my efforts are working or not.... and please keep supporting me and encouraging me to write further despite considering the barriers that are stopping me to write like pains, studies, household chores, parents, etc... hope you guys understands me....