MaNan:NEVER LET YOU GO{Completed}

CHAPTER 47

It had been more than 24 hours since Nandini had slipped into coma & Manik didn't even move a bit. He simply kept on sitting in front of her & stared at her. The next day, Dhruv, Aliya & Cabir went to him & Dhruv said,
Dhruv: Buddy.... Get up, at least freshen up & eat something... U hvn't had anything.
Manik: Guys I m fine... Plz leave us alone!
Aliya: Manik enough... Stop being so unreasonable! Eat something...
Manik: Aliya I-
Aliya: Manik loving someone is great... But sorry to say your love for each other seems stupid to me... I can't get the logic. how can suffering urself can keep u happy."
Manik looked at her but didn't give any reaction when Aliya continued,
Aliya: Manik last time Nandini got ill due to lack of food & now u r doing the same.
Manik didn't give any reaction to her & looked towards nandini. Dhruv held Aliya's hand & all three of them moved out.
Aliya: Cabir why didn't u say anything to him??
Cabir: I don't know about u guys... But I clearly know that when it comes to Nandini, Manik doesn't listen to anyone. We have to do something, we all know he is not gonna hv anything without Nandini.
Dhruv: But Cabir, he'll get ill himself by doing this... He hasn't even moved from that place.
Aliya: What if we call Kavya here? Manik never says no to anything that she says...
Cabir: I think this might work... Navya is at home with the kids, I'll call her & tell her to bring Kavya & Sameer along with some food for Manik.
Dhruv: Yeah!!
Cabir moved to a side & called Navya when Aliya said,
Aliya: Cabir... Nyra too is at ur place na!! Tell Navya to bring her as well, Manik seemed to be attached to her also..
Cabir simply nodded at it & called Navya. About an hour later, Cabir stood outside Nandini's room 7 said to Kavya.
Cabir: Kavya see Chachi is not well & chachu is very sad, so go to him & tell him that chchi will be alright soon. Ohk!! And yes Chachu has not had anything, so make sure that he eats something.
Kavya: Ohk Daddy!!
Cabir: Chachu's Good girl... Now go in!!
The cute little 9 yr old, slowly opened the door & entered the room to see Nandini lying down on the bed & Manik sitting on the chair by the side of her bed. She slowly walked towards him & patted on his side. Manik left the little hand on his side 7 turned to see her standing there.
Manik: Kavya!! What r u doing here?
Kavya: U & Chachi didn't come to meet me so I only came...
The little girl answered cutely & moved to the other side & climbed on Nandini's bed. Manik looked at her do so & made her comfortable.
Kavya: Chachu what happened to Chachi??
Manik: Baby chachi is not well!!
Kavya looked at Nandini & kissed her cheek. She turned to Manik & said,
Kavya: Come here!
Calling him closer, Manik bent forward confused at her & she said,
Kavya: U also kiss her...
She pointed at Nandini's cheek.
Manik: Kavya-
Kavya: Chachu do na!!
Manik simply kissed Nandini & then moved back up to see Kavya smiling.
Kavya: Now chachi will get well very soon.. She knows na we r waiting for her!!
Manik smiled for the first time in the past 24 hrs & hugged the little girl with tears in his eyes. Cavya & Dhruliya saw this from outside & got tears in their eyes again. Cabir gave a plate to Sameer & Nyra each & asked them to get in. Both the four year olds got in, without even knowing what were they supposed to do. Kavya saw them & got down Nandini's bed, she took a plate from Sameer & took it to Manik,
Kavya: Chachu plz eat something!!
Manik: Kavya baby I m not in a mood right now.
Kavya: Chachu what if chachi sees that u are not eating & thats why she gets angry & doesn't get well. So u hv to eat na....
Just then nyra came forward & and took a sandwich forward towards Manik to feed him. Manik looked at her & and smiled slightly,
Kavya: Chachu plz na.. Eat it!! See Nyra is standing so cutely.
Manik smiled at her & then slowly had a bite from the sandwich. They made him eat it fully & then Cabir walked in. Manik looked at him & said,
Manik: U couldn't do it so u used ur daughter....
Cabir simply smiled & then Navya came in & took the kids away.
Cabir: Manik... Go home!! Freshen up, get some sleep.... I m here!!
Manik: Cabir I-
Cabir: Manik.... U need to be fine!! U can't loose hope right?? U r The Manik Malhotra, Nandini's Monster, u need to be alright.
Manik: Ohk!!
Just then Abhi got in & said,
Abhi: Cabir u too havn't had rest, u also go... I m here with Nandini.
Cabir nodded at it & then took manik home. Both of them reached the Malhotra Mansion & Manik went to his room. Cabir too got into the guest room as he didn't wish to leave Manik alone. Manik had a bath & tried to get some sleep, but how could sleep come to him when Nandini's warmth was not there. He had a habbit of hugging her & sleeping. But today, she wasn't near him. On the other side, Cabir too was tried but for him also sleep was far far away as his mind was busy thinking something.
Cabir: How can this be a accident. Manik gets all his cars checked every week, then how can the engine get jammed at the same time when the brakes failed. There is something very wrong which was going on & still no one has any idea for it. I need to find it out, why am I getting such a strong feeling about all this!!
Cabir kept on thinking about it for about an hour & then got up & walked out.
Servant: Sir, u need anything??
Cabir: No... I just need to talk to the driver.
Servant: Sir... Driver??
Cabir: Yes... There were two drivers na, so where is the other one, isn't he here??
Servant: I'll just call him.
The driver came inside & saw Cabir sitting in the living area.
Driver: Sir u called me??
Cabir: Yeah... I wanted to know when was the last time Manik's car was checked?
Driver: Sir... Manik sir has ordered to check all the cars every week so we checked them four days back.
Cabir: Four days back!! That means 3 days before the accident?
Driver: Yes sir!
Cabir: Ohk u can go...
As he walked away Cabir said to himself,
Cabir: Impossible.... This can't be an accident. Someone had plotted it so that it could look like an accident. But nobody except Manik & me knew that Nandini was going to be in that car. So why would anyone try to hurt Nandini by messing with Manik's car?
Rama gave him a coffee & he continued thinking more & more after which he finally said,
Cabir: Manik's car was distrubed... Does that mean that the attack was actually planed for Manik, and Nandini got trapped in it at the last minute..... But how can I find out whether I m thinking in the right path or not.
He was sitting there when suddenly he heard the sound of Manik's guitar from upstairs.
Cabir: Manik!!
He got up & walked upstairs towards the Manik's room, from where the sound was coming. He entered the room but found it empty. He moved further in & heard him singing,
"Saathi rey thoda thehar jaa
Abhi raastein kuch badal se jayenge
O saathi rey thoda thehar jaa
Yeh paanv bhi ab sambhal se jayenge"
Cabir walked towards the balcony & saw him sitting on the ground, surrounded with a no. of jars filled with fireflies, which were glowing to the brightest. It was a perfect ambience, but Manik had tears in his eyes.
"Phir wohi barsaat hogi
Aur ashq saare dhul se jaayenge
Roshni din raat hogi
Aur sab jharokhe khul se jaayenge

Yaara tu hi toh bandagi hai
Yaara tu hi dua
Yaara kaisi ye berukhi hai
Kyun judaa tu hua

Kehna tha aur kya kya mujhe
Neend kyun aa gayi phir tujhe

Na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na.."
Cabir saw his condition & got tears as well. He knew manik was in pain, but only one thing could heal his pain & that was Nandini.
"Hmm saathi re thoda thehar ja
Abhi mausam ka badalna baaki hai
O saathi re thoda thehar ja
Kuch door saath chalna baaki hai

Phir unhi raaston pe
Tere mere kadmo ka milna baaki hai
Dard mein, ranjishon mein
Sang bujhna aur jalna baaki hai

Yaara tu hi toh bandagi hai
Yaara tu hi dua
Yaara kaisi ye berukhi hai
Kyun judaa tu hua

Haan tere aur meri darmiyan
Ab bhi baki hai ik daastan......"
As he finished he rested his head on the wall & closed his eyes.
Manik: I need u... I can't let anything happen to u!! I can NEVER LET U GO.... Never ever!!
Cabir removed his tears & called him out,
Cabir: Manik!!
Manik opened his eyes & turned towards him.
Manik: Yeah!! Buddy.. Come!!
Cabir walked closer & sat next to him on the ground.
Cabir: Awesome balcony bro!! Why don't u ever let anyone come here?? I mean not even us....
Manik: This place is not meant for anyone to come & visit. This is the place where only I & Nandini sit & enjoy our nights. With my stars & her fire-flies around. U knw she has always believed that whenever these fire flies glow they symbolise true love & I had promised her that I'll make sure that they always glow for us. I don't know if this theory is true or not, but I one thing that I hv to make them glow for her. Whenever we sit here, we stare at those shining stars along with these glowing flies.
Cabir heard him & patted his shoulder, & thought to himself,
Cabir: I hope that Na gets all well soon & both of u sit here again & enjoy ur nights.
Soon they went back to the hospital, where manik stayed along with nandini, while the others went back home. Cabir reached home & saw Navya in Kavya's room trying to make Kavya & Nyra sleep. And the moment he saw Nyra, a thought striked his mind, "Daniel!!!"
He left the room & went to his room. Soon he had his dinner with Navya & then they got to bed when Navya asked,
Navya: Cabir... What happened?? I m seeing that from the time u r back home, u seemed to be thinking something!!
Cabir: Nothing!!
Navya: Bolo na Cabir.
Cabir: Navya why is Nyra staying here?? Where is Daniel?? I didn't see him yesterday as well.
Navya: Yeah... Daniel has gone to Canada for some work & he had asked Nandini if Nyra could stay with her, but now that nandini is in the hospital, I convinced Nyra to stay here...
Cabir: But when did Daniel leave??
Navya: Yesterday Morning only... Nandini had told me!!
Cabir: Does daniel know about Nandini's accident.
Navya: I don't think so!! Coz no one remembered to call him... But why r u asking??
Cabir: Nothing... I was just wondering how come a single father who has left his daughter at someone's place, hasn't even called to talk to his daughter even once in two days.
Navya stayed quite for a minute & then said,
Navya: Maybe he is busy in his work... I think we should concentrate on nandini for now!!
Cabir heard her & closed his eyes but now this Daniel was not getting fixed in his mind.
Precap: Cabir talks to the police about Daniel & they try to find him.