Devil's Jaan ✔️

36. Mera Baccha

Aap ye bataiye ki aap itne shant jaise hain .. aap

( Tell me why are you so calm about all this? )

Dr : dekhiye 3 mahine pehle meine Jo nurse bheji thi vo nurse vapas aagayi thi. Puchne par kaha ki aapne kisi aur nurse ko appoint kar liya hai.

(The nurse I sent came back 3 months ago. When asked, she said you guys appointed a new nurse.)

Everyone was confused.

Rajveer: nahi humne kisiko appoint nahi kiya. Jab vo nayi nurse aayi thi usne kaha ki aapne usko bejha hai.

(No we didn't appoint any. The new one said you sent her.)

What?! Now I get it. Someone is definitely targeting our family.

Then we finished all the formalities and took dadu's lifeless body home to perform his final rites.
But Adhiraj went somewhere saying he will back in a while.
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Everyone was numb to even speak anything.
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Next day

Author's pov

All the relatives were informed dadu's demise. Most of them were her including Smita maa's friend and her chudail of a daughter. Karan was also there. But he didn't speak to adhiraj. It was only Kabir and his other friends talking to Adhiraj, While Dishika's friends were sitting with her.

After sometime the last rites were performed by papa and chachu.

All this while neither Adhiraj nor Dishika shed a single tear.
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At evening

Everyone had left expect the mother-daughter duo and Dishika' family. Everyone was silent and Adhiraj was nowhere to be found. Smita got a glass of milk for Dishika and lime water for others. Then...

Rupal: are yeh kya chal raha hai? Saas bahu ke liye kaam kar rahi hai?

(Oh my. What is happening here? Mother-in-law is working for daughter-in-law)

Everyone looked at her. Only Dishika noticed Shweta smirking.

Gayatri: Rupal yeh kya keh rahi ho tum?

(What are saying Rupal?)

By then Dishika finished her milk and got up to go find Adhiraj and check on him. She started walking wowards stairs when..

Rupal: kaisi bahu ho tum? Kahan chale gaye tere manners? Ya maa baap ne kuch sikhaya hi nahi ?

(What kind of a daughter-in-law are you? Where are your manners? Or did your parents didn't teach you anything?)

Shweta: mama, middle class family tho mannerless hi hote hain...She is such a curse for this family.

(A middle class family is mannerless only right?)

Rupal: Haan beta. Sahi kaha. Ye bachcha aagaya aur Ranjeet ji chale gaye. Agr yeh yaha nhi rehti tho Ranjeet ji humare sath hote.

(Yes you are right dear. Just as the child came, Ranjeet ji left us. Had she not been here, he would been here with us alive)

Everyone were shocked. Dishika's family felt embarassed. Her brother and sister-in law were raging like a bull.  Tripti was about to open her mouth when...Dishika walked back and went straight to Shweta. And then...

A loud sound echoed through the silent living room and Shweta's face had turned to the side.

Dishika: BAS!!! BOHUT HOGAYA TUM MA-BETI KA!!! Kya kaha aapne(she turned towards Rupal)? Mere manners?! Kya galat Kiya hai Maine? Main apne pati ko dhundhne ke liye ja rahi thi... Kyunki subha se kahin dikhai nahi de rahe hain ...Aur saas-bahu ki bath tho  pehle aap samajhiye. Agar aapko bahu aapke ghar ke kaam karne ke liye chaiye toh please go ahead. Par hamare ghar mein ham bahuo ko apni beti tarah maante hain. Aur tum?  Mere bacche ko doshi thehra rahi ho dadu ke death liye ? Pathetic.. aur Mannerless mein? Humare Ghar ke jis pyaar aur vishwass ka yahan tum mazak uda Rahi ho na vo tumhare Zindagi mein kabhi nahi aa sakta beacuse you don't deserve it. And main apne middle class hone pe na bahut khush hoon kyunki tum jaise paise walon ka sabse bada problem kya hai pata hai .. " jeb mein paise hote hai na toh duniya dukan dikhthi hai.. jo hai nahi . Ek free ki advice de rahi hoon " yeh baat apni dimaag mein bithalo ki kuch bhi bolne se pehle socho aur  dekho ki khud tum kitne Pani mein ho warna dubte zyada waqt nahi lagega . Samjhi ?