The book of snippets

Burn my house down

"Pata hai bade papa ne kya bola tha" she doesn't wait for a reply and continues, "unhone bola tha ki woh mishti aur mishti ke abir, donon ke liye kaafi hai..."

The man doesn't even turn to look at him as he drags his daughter away from this cursed house. House? Family? No they were all good.

It was just him... just him... who was cursed which was why he was letting go of such a rare treasure.

As he walks up the stairs he grew up on, he can feel several eyes on him,

As he walks up the stairs he grew up on, he can feel several eyes on him, most are confused, one is proud, one is heartbroken and one that is stolen is betrayed.

He knows it's his Badi ma, she was his until this very minute. He doesn't know anymore. He was her Heera now she threw him into the dirt and he deserved it more than anything...

He broke her Gudiya's heart, their princess' heart, his Mishti's heart, his own heart.

It would be his, even after he was dead and buried and she was happy, it would still be his to mourn.

He'd made them so many promises...  to all of them, to Mishti, to Bade papa, to Badi ma... to all of them.

'Ek bhi vaada nahin nibha paya main... ek bhi nahin' he curses under his breath throwing away his sherwani, the one that was supposed to be the symbol of all his dreams coming true.

She'd come wearing those jhumkas , the ones that meant all things good and hope to him, like she did and now they would forever remind her of the day of her greatest heartbreak, greatest betrayal... from the one she'd trusted the most.

Then he comes out and he can see Maasi and Nanko there, looking at him, they look like they've been waiting for him.

Maasi's eyes are red, she's been crying and she will continue to cry all the tears he will have to hide for the rest of his life.

He knows looking at her will probably ease his heart. But he can't take his eyes off his little brother.

He's here...

And Abir smiles.

Because the love of his life is gone and he burnt it all to ashes with his own hands.

Burnt his own hands too.

He's lost family, that's what they were to him.

His mother has lost his trust forever...

He'd lost his father just days ago...

Now his love is gone...

And he's probably lost him mom too... he doesn't know if he can ever love or trust her again...

Maasi is looking at him, there is so much love, so much guilt and so much sorrow in her eyes, it's so warm... it burns cold.

Because Nanko is looking at him like they were both kids again and Abir is sad because he lost his bike cause his mom wouldn't allow it and Kunal is worried cause he can't do anything about it.