CONCERNED
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Jeet entered inside his room and saw Bhavna near the window and looking outside , showing her back to him ...
Jeet nodded his head disappointingly and moved towards her ...
JEET ( pressing her shoulder and said softly ) : Bhavna ...
BHAVNA ( hurriedly wiped of her tears and then turning towards him ) : Yes , I was just coming outside only , I ...
JEET ( cutting her in a soft tone ) : You are missing Danny very much , hmm ... ?
Bhavna looked at him with teary eyes and just silently nodded her head ...
JEET ( smiled and said ) : Then why did you let him go ... ?
BHAVNA ( wiping off her tears ) : This was a golden chance for him to make his future ... so for my insecurities I can't spoil my son's future ( trying to compose herself ) because he after going there fell sick that's why I am a little bit tensed otherwise I was ok ... ( looking at Jeet for assurance ) right ... ?
Jeet it gave her a slight assuring nod , wearing a small smile and just smoothly wrapped her in a consoling hug .. tears rolled down from Bhavna's eyes in speed ...
BHAVNA ( in a wet tone ) : You always do the right thing , we should not send their children too far from us ...
JEET ( softly e while rubbing her hed ) : Achha , but when Danny will become a renowned singer then he will have to do many foreign tour then will you not allow him to go anywhere ... ?
BHAVNA ( while separating and said in a fake angry tone ) : When did I tell this , now whole life I can't tie him with me and keep him with me ... now he is a grown up boy. ..
JEET ( chuckled a little ) : Ahaan , that's a very good thing that at least you now know that he is a grown up boy ... then you are not going to London for him ...
BHAVNA : May how much children grows up but for their parents they still remain a small child ... you have seen right he fell sick so quickly , still now he is a small boy ... he can't even take care of himself properly ...
JEET ( nodded while smiling ) : Now let's go outside , Mohina must be waiting for us in the dinner table ...
BHAVNA ( while nodding her head ) : You go outside , I will just come after washing my face ... if she will see me like this then she will get worried about me ...
Jeet noted while patting her cheek and left from there and Bhavna made her way towards the bathroom to wash her face ...
MOHINA : ( after seeing Jeet coming back ) : Papa , where is mummy ... ?
JEET ( while moving towards the dining table ) : She is coming only ...
MOHINA : ( nodded and then said in a low tone ) Mummy is missing bro very much , right .. ?
Jeet looked at her and then silently took a deep breath and same time they noticed Bhavna coming out from the room ...
Jeet signalled Mohina , who nodded and went inside the kitchen while Bhavna too headed towards the kitchen when ...
JEET ( stopping her ) : Bhavna sit down , Mohina will take care of it ...
Bhavna nodded to him and then sat beside him where Mohina also joined them ...
And they all started taking their dinner silently when Mohina to change the atmosphere ...
MOHINA : ( initiated ) Papa is it written in our hands that's who will go in which profession ... how much we will be successful in our lives and that's all ... ?
JEET ( looked at her and said ) : Who told you all this ... ?
MOHINA : ( casually ) In my class there is a fellow called Nandini , she only told all this ... she truly believes in all this ... ( excitedly ) you know she was telling that from our birth to our death what all will happen all a written in this secret lines ...
BHAVNA ( strictly ) : Is see your friend ... ?
MOHINA ( shook her head in no ) : No mummy , she is only my class fellow ... I don't like her very much ... she always talk about the fantasy world and stri remained in her home world only ... you know where ever she sees any palmist she goes there to show her hand , once she also forced me ...
JEET ( interrupting her in a low but angry tone ) : Have you also ever did this ... ?
MOHINA : ( laugh lightly ) Papa I have no intention to get beaten up bye mummy that I will do this type of thing ... I was just asking like that only ... and I also don't believe in this type of things ... and also there is a phrase ignorance is a blessing , if some things get hidden from us then it's better ...
JEET ( totally quite for a few moments and then said in a soft tone ) : Mohina this palmist , this all are fake , they are only a way of earning money and we should not get into all this ... ( in a deep tone ) because whatever is written in our fate , that only happens ... ( taking a sigh ) may whatever you do you can never change that ...
Bhavna looked at him where pain was clearly visible ...
Bhavna took a deep breath and then to divert his mind ...
BHAVNA : Mohina is your packing is fully complete ... ?
And then she looked at Jeet from the corner of her eyes and found him again engaging with his dinner , and she smiled in satisfaction ...
MOHINA : Yes mummy , my all packing is complete ... ( Bhavna nodded while Mohina added childishly ) with all your question and answers I forgot to tell the main thing ( to Jeet ) papa you know that mummy is also a palmist ...
They both looked at her in confusion ...
JEET ( asked her in a confusing tone ) : What do you mean ?
MOHINA ( naughtily ) : Now see na papa , mummy knew from the beginning that when bro I will go outside he will immediately fall sick that's why she send the two bottles with him so that he can use them ... so now we can tell that she is also a palmist , because she can for-see ...
Jeet smiled while nodding his head ...
BHAVNA ( in an angry tone ) : Mohina stop all this your talking and now keep your mouth shut and finish your dinner ... I will not like to hear your voice anymore during dinner ...
Mohina looked at her mother's face and seeing the typical shut up call which her mother uh uh usually use for her children , he thought it is the best option to take it because of knowing the exact consequences of disobeying the call ...
After the dinner got over , they went in the lawn where soon Mohina too joint them holding coffee cups for all ...
And after serving to her parents , she too got seated beside Bhavna and Bhavna looking at her body language took sigh and ...
BHAVNA : Do you want to ask something .. ? ( Mohina nodded her head instantly and Bhavna added ) ask ... ?
MOHINA : ( excitedly ) Bro instead of getting affected by the weather changes what all he inherited from papa ... ?
BHAVNA ( undeliberately ) : Singing talent ...
Jeth looked at her in shop while she too I was also shocked on her reply and after glancing once at Jeet , she moved her head down ...
Mohina looked at her and then at him in a broad excited smile ..
MOHINA ( to Jeet happily ) : Papa you also know how to sing , we didn't know that because we we never heard you ...
JEET ( taking a deep breath ) : Because I never sang any song it's just in our marriage reception I sang a song and your mother uh is talking about that only ...
BHAVNA : Hmm , really your father sings very well ...
MOHINA : Please papa sing for me a little ...
JEET ( interrupting her ) : No Mohina I am not going to see any song , when you will meet your brother then listen from him only ... alright ...
MOHINA ( insisting him ) : But papa , that will be bro's voice and I always hear his songs ... please na ...
JEET ( trying to avoid ) : But Mohina I really don't know how to sing ... in the reception I just hummed a song little ... ( Mohina moved her head down silently looking gloomy and Jeet looked at her and then towards Bhavna , Bhavna gave him a slight nod while requesting through eyes ... Jeet sighed helplessly and said ) okay I will do what you are saying ... ( Mohina instantly looked towards him with glowing face and a smile came on two faces too and Jeet added ) I am not singing a song , I will tell a poetry ... tell do you agree .. ?
MOHINA : ( instantly ) : Okay done ... now please tell us of poem , we will here a song later on ...
Bhavna chuckled while Jeet nodded disappointingly and then seeing him , clearing his throat , the two you really got seated in silence ...
Jeet started telling a poem while grabbing Mohina's hand in his hand ...
While reciting Jeet looked at Bhavna and give her a smile and then wrapped his arm around Mohina's shoulder and taking her in a soft side hug ...
After finishing the poem he opened his eyes while slightly jerking his head and looked towards Bhavna and give him a smile filled with love and promise and in return received the same smile with an assuring nod from her ...
MOHINA ( clapped her hands happily ) : Wow papa is such a person who hides things very well ... I never thought that you can be so much good ( excitedly ) one more poem please ...
JEET ( threatening her ) : If you will not go inside within 1 minute then tomorrow's plan is cancelled ... no one will go anywhere ...
MOHINA ( instantly while standing ) : I was going only in my room to sleep ... or else I will not be able to wake up early tomorrow , good night ...
And she immediately left while Jeet and Bhavna broke into a smile while looking at her back ...
Bhavna moved her gaze towards Jeet and found him already looking at her in a small smile ...
BHAVNA : What are you looking at ... ?
JEET : ( softly ) I am looking at my wife ...
BHAVNA ( smiled and said ) : Your poem was really very good , I also ...
JEET ( interrupting her in a serious tone ) : That was not just a poem , it was our journey of life ... ( in a strong tone ) I really feel satisfied and blessed to have you Bhavna and I admit today that Ram sir took the right decision for me , very right ...
BHAVNA ( in a smile ) : Not only you , date of the right decision for us ... ( Jeet nodded in a soft smile while Bhavna standing ) you also take rest a bit , Mohina will wake us up early tomorrow ...
Jeet laughed lightly while standing and then moved towards his room while Bhavna moved towards the , grabbing the cups and soon went in her room after cleaning the whole kitchen and checking Mohina ...
Before sleeping she first talked to Danny and asked him about his health and after giving him a few more other instructions and getting satisfied from his side , he too lay down to sleep ...
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