Main bahar aye, aur kitchen main chali gaye. Oct ka mahina tha. aur barish se hawa bhee thandi ho gaye thee. Matlab saaf tha abb sardiyan anne ko hai. Jab main kitchen main phunchi, to meri beti ne poocha. “maa kiska phone tha” maine apne aap ko sambhale hue kaha.”wo mere ek saheli ka phone tha. tum nahi janti unko. Wo kisi kaam se apne bête ke sath yahan aye thee. Aur time se wapis nahi jaa paye to, aaj raat wo yaha humare ghar par rukege. Tum thoda sa khanna jayda bana lo.
Soniya: maa theek hai. Par ghar par doodh nahi hai. Unko chai to pilani hai naa.
Main: haan theek hai main dukan se doodh lekar atti hun.
Phir main ghar ke bahar aye, to dekh barish abb dheemi padh chuki hai. Tej hawa ke sath barsih ke halki phunwar ka alaghee ahsaas ho raha tha. humare ghar ek chote se kasbe main tha aur ek ghar dusre ghar se kafi duri par thee. Main raste par chalti hui dukan par phunchi, doodh ka packet laya, aur phir ghar ke taraf chal padhi.
Main jaise hee ghar ke bahar phunchi to peeche se gadi ke awaz aye. Gadi humare ghar ke bahar akar ruki, mene palat kar dekha to usme se neeta neeche utar rahi thee. Neeta ne mere taraf muskarte hue dekha, aur phir mere pass akar muje galle se mili. “ohh rekha. Kitne saalo baad dekh rahi hun tuje.” Tabhi mere nazar peeche khade ladke par padhi. Jo taxi driver ko paise dee raha tha. jaise maine uski taraf dekha. Main ek dum se harian ho gaye.
Muje apni ankhon par yakeen nahi ho raha tha. samane jo ladka khada tha. wo muskil se mere beti se ek do saal bada hoga. Mere beti atharah se bi 2 saal choti thi Main ankhen phade usse dekh rahi thee. Kabhi neeta ko dekhati. Neeta mere maan main uth rahe sawalo ko samaj chuki thee. Usne apne honto par muskan late hue kaha. “ander chal batati hun, amit ye bag utha kar ander le ao’
Uske baad hum dono ander aa gaye. Humare peeche wo ladka bhee ander aa gaya. Maine gate band kaya. Aur ander jane lagee. Maine dekha meri beti bade hee utsaah ke sath ghar aye hue mehmano ko dekh rahi thee. Jab se us ne hosh sambhala tha. tab se pehali baar humare ghar par koi aya tha. humari jindgi bhot hee neeras hokar reh gaye thee. Jab raat hoti to, ghar main ajeeb sa santa chaa jata. Khanna khane baad hum dono apne-2 bistron par lait jate. Aur sone ke kosish karte. Naa kabhi hansi majak hota. Aur naa hee kabhi kisi tarah ka enjoyment.