He unlocked his phone and show a pic to her. A lady carring a 1½ year old girl in her hands both have innocent smile on their face. Naina looking the pic. "Chahat..!" He says with glassy eyes. "Ji..?" Naina looks at him with blank expression. "Meri beti Chahat aur meri wife Niyati." He introduced the ladies of pic to her. "Bhut cute hai aapki beti!" She says adoring them. "Hai nahi... Thi.." "matlab" naina looke at him in shock. " Hum ahemdabad me rehte the. 2 sal pehle mai aur nanu kisi kam se Gandhinagar nagar gye the. Do din ho gye the, chahat bhut roti thi mere liye. Us din humari wedding anniversary thi par mai kam me itni buri traha fasa tha ki ghar jaa paya. Niyati ne socha wo Chahat k sath humare pass aake hume surprise degi aur hum milke anniversary celebrate karenge. But.... She met with major accident. Gadi buri tarah jali hui thi jab mujhe pata chala mai bhagta hua waha gya but they are no more. Even mujhe last time unka face bhi dekhne ko nahi mila. Jab maine unki half burn body dekhi mera nervous breakdown ho gya. Postmortem k bad jab... jab unke antim sanskar ki bari aayi mujhe kuch bhi nhi pata maine kya kiya aur kaise kiya. Maine apni bachhi ko apne hi hathon se dafnaya. Meri niyati, jiski hasi se meri life chalti thi use jalaya." He says all this crying. "Bas Mr Maheshawari... Mai... Ab aur nahi sun paungi please...!" She is crying and pleaded him not to say further b'coz the pain he is sharing with her, she also feel that.
"Niyati aur chahat k jane k bad mai jeena bhul gya. 3 mahine... 3 mahine maine khud ko room me band rakha. Mere nanu ne bhut koshish ki mujhe bahar lane ki but meri will power hi khatam ho gyi thi. Hoti bhi q nhi jisne apni dedh sal ki bachhi aadhi jali hui dead body ko hath me uthaya ho usse jindgi jeene ki umeed bhi nahi ki jaa sakti hai. Kitni tadapi hogi chahat aur niyati us aag me. Chahat ki chhekhe meri kano me gunjati thi. I lost my sences, nanu ne door todwa diya aur mujhe hospital leke gye. 1 mahina mera treatment chala. Mujhe psychiatric treatment me bhi rakha gya almost 2 mahine bad jab mai recover ho ke ghar aaya then i realised that sab kuch barbad ho raha tha. Business me loss nanu ki health kharab. Tab maine khud ko sambhala. Khud ko kam me budy kar liya itna ki Niyati aur Chahat ki yad hi na aaye." He is still crying and says all this.
"Mr Maheshawari aap ye sab." Naina didn't complete her sentence. "Us din aapki Chahat ko dekha to mujhe meri beti dikhi. Uske aansu... Mujhe chubh rahe the. Mai chahat ko bhul hi nahi paa raha tha. Fir maine school aana shuru kiya lunch time me mai aur chahat garden me sath baith ke lunch karte hai." He add these further. "Oh.. to aap wo special friend ho. Jinke liye Chahat aloo paratha banwa k le jati thi." She says smile but her eyes are still teary. "Haan, actually aapke hath ka khana khane ki adat ho gyi hai in 10 dino me." A little smile spread on his lips when he says that. "Naina ji mai Chahat pe taras kha k nahi mai aapse shadi karne ko keh raha hu. Mai sach me aapki bachhi ko apnana chahta hu. Uske liye har wo chiz karna chata hu jo maine kabi apni bachhi k liye socha tha. Take your time. Agar aapka jawab na hai to bhi koi problem nahi hai mujhe bas meri ek shart aap please mujhe chahat se milne se mat rokiyega. Please...!" He requested her. " Mujhe time chahiye..!" Naina says in blank expression. " I tell you take your time, ye mera number hai feel free to ring me anytime and for anything. I'll be always there for Chahat." He writes his phone number on tissue paper pay the bill of their coffee and leave from there. Naina grabs that paper put it in her hand bag and leave from there.
After reaching at home naina narrates everything to Jenifer. "Isse achha aur kya ho sakta hai bachha, dekh agar tu kisi aur admi se shadi karti hai to iska koi assurance nahi hai ki that man will love Chahat as father. Aur whi sameer wo khud tere pass aya hai ye keh rha hai that he want to be a father of Chahat aur to usne yaha tak keh diya ki agar tu shadi k liye nhi taiyar hai to kam se kam um dono ko milne se mat rokna. He is gentleman in real. Uska dil tadap raha hai apni bachhi k liye. Man jaa beta is shadi k liye apne liye na shi chahat k liye." Jennifer try make understand the situation to her. "Mom, i think you are right. But pehele mai Mr Maheshawari ko apna past bataungi. Uske bad jo unka faisla hoga wo mujhe majoor hoga." Naina want to share her dark past with him before any commitment.
