Gulki's World✨❤️🌍

Saw her after ages!

#Episode 5

YK: areh behen hai aapki, kyu nahi maanegi

GJ: behen hai isliye jaante hai, bohot ziddi hai vo... Adh hi jaati hai ek chiz pe... Fir... Fir kya karenge hum

YK: tab laga dijiyega ek kantap, ek kya, 4 baat manegi fir (said YK laughing in KS's style to lighten her friend's mood)

GJ also laughed at this

GJ: aur chutti?

YK: vo mil jayega aapko... aap the Gulki Joshi hai, Gulks hai, bade aram se convince kr lengi aap, Varna mai toh hu hi

Soon GJ convinced the director for a 5-days leave and left for thaana.

Meanwhile at MPT, Bandra:

Mannat had disturbed everyone present there. The only people she was good with were the children in the orphanage nearby, so the officers decided to let her spend the time there until her family came. They were all scared of the upcoming bawal that she would create on realising that her family was found.

After a while Gulki reaches MPT.

Gulki's pov:

I reached MPT way before time, papa had sent me her picture and after looking at it the very first time, I recognised her, she's the one, my mahi, mera bacha she is, my Mannat Joshi... But now she was nowhere to be seen, soon I was approached by a lady constable (LC)

LC: Gulki Joshi?

Gulki: I am

LC: aaiye humare saath, SHO bas aate hi honge, aap wait kariye tab tak udhar baith ke (she pointed at a bench in one corner of the thana)

Gulki: but, Mahi, I mean, Mannat kidhar hai?

LC: hum Bina maddam sir ke orders ke aapko usse Milne nahi de sakte ma'am

Gulki: kyu? Mujhe milna hai, abhi milna hai

LC: ma'am aap toh show kar rhi hai na inspector vala, thode protocols toh samajh gayi hongi ab tak... Pls samajhne ki koshish kijiye, maddam sir ek case ke silsile mei bahar gayi hai, bas aati hi hongi

Damn, this lady speaks as if humare show ke jaise scripted lines bol Rahi ho... Ahahh
Gulki: uhm... Mai... Mai samajhti hu... But... Milna na sahi, can I just see her? Dur se dekhungi mai bas...

LC: but...

Gulki (interrupted): Dekhiye please samajhne ki koshish kariye, aapki bhi toh koyi behen hogi, hum saalo se tadpe hai uske liye, bas dur se dekhenge... Mai kuch kahungi bhi nahi, use bas dekhna hai merko ekbaar, pls🥺
And the lady just nodded and started walking towards a direction, I simply followed her.... she had agreed, she had to, afterall I pleased her as if I was asking for oxygen for my life and soul... Which is also true in a way, my Mannat meant, means, and will mean the world to me always!

LC: ma'am, bas dekhiyega, kuch bolna nahi...

I nodded and peeped through the window in the direction where she pointed... There she was... My baby, my sister...

Gulki (whispered to herself): Mera bacha.... M...mahi...
I said as tears rolled down my cheeks, the lady signalled me to keep my volume low, to myself, I nodded and shifted all my focus back to Mannat. Soon a smile came on my face as she was dancing, what? She knows how to dance... No actually, she's teaching the little kiddos there how to dance... Woww... Kitni talented hai... Behen kiski hai... Hehe... And then something clicked in my mind and I took out my phone and recorded as they danced on final time... Then someone called mahi... I was all ears wanting to listen the conversation and thankfully the constable didn't interven this time

Lady: Mannat beta

Mannat: boliye Mrs Shukla

Lady: tum daima keh sakti ho hume, tumhe bataya na, sabhi bache hume yehi keh ke bulaate hai yaha, naam ke caretaker hai hum toh, sab hume daima hi jaante hai

Mannat: achi baat hai, but hume rishte banane pasand nhi, aapko koi kaam tha?

Kaise baat kar rhi hai ye ladki, ye lady, daima, is old enough and she is so sweet with Mahi... tch

Lady: beta kyu ukhdi rehti ho har time... Kabhi toh pyaar se bhi logo se baat Kiya Karo

Mannat: zabardasti hai?

Daima: manners kehte hai ise

Mannat: hume nhi karne follow

Daima: par

Mannat: koi zabardasti toh nahi hai na, toh hume nahi manna... Vaise bhi konsa law todh rahe hai hum... aapko koi aur kaam hai, kuch chahiye?

Hadd hai is ladki ki, ek number ki besharam ho gayi hai, areh aise bhi koi baat krta hai kya... Ise toh mai batati hu... I thought but before I could, the lady held my hands and nodded in disagreement and I sighed... Ghar Jaa ke ache se baat krungi isse... Huff...

Daima: haan chahiye

Mannat: kya? (Sounding disinterested)

Daima: aaj jaa rhi ho, is daima ke paas kuch der baith toh jao...

Mannat stood up from where she was and went and silently sat beside Daima without even responding, Daima pulled her and made her lay down with her head on Daima's lap and this time, Mannat didn't argue or even resist as if she wanted it to happen

Daima: hum tumhe bohot miss karenge Mannat....

Mannat: kyu bhai, hum toh sabki naaq mei damm karte hai naa, ab khush rahiyega sab

Daima: aisa nhi hai beta, tum Dil ki bohot achi ho, aur ye hum jaante hai, tumhari niyat kabhi galat nhi hoti

I felt proud, I was genuinely happy after hearing this from daima

Mannat: haha, aap tension na lo, ye family bhi baakiyo ki tarah kuch din mei yehi chodh jayegi merko... Fir 3 saal ki baat hai, sehna hoga aapko, fir hum Kolkata chalenge vapas... I don't like Mumbai

Daima: kyu nahi?

Mannat stood up and spoke with style
Mannat: kyuki Mannat the great jaise mahan ko rakhne ke capable sab thodi hai

Saying this, Mannat gave a broad smile and went back to the kids there. I saw daima having teary eyes, but why does Mannat think her own family would return her here? My chain of thoughts were broken when the LC called me

LC: ma'am, ye boho shaitan hai, chhote chhote baaton pe bawal macha deti hai, isliye SHO madam ke kehne par humne ise abhi tak nhi bataya hai ki aaplog yaani iski biological family mil gayi hai

Gulki: areh par

LC: ma'am hum use shayad handle nhi kr paate... So aaplog ke samne hi use batayaa jayega, please be prepared

I simply nodded, and then we both left to meet the SHO, as I heard she has arrived. I took a last glance of Mannat and left.

Aajke liye bas itna hi...

Kya lagta hai? Kya hoga aage?

Sochte rahiye...

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