AFTER A FEW HOURS

MURTHY MASION

Manan had returned back to the mansion after spending a joyous time with his friends in the out house. He settled down in the living room and started watching TV. Soon his precious TV time got interrupted with a ring on the bell. The ring on the bell didn't sound as pleasant as it used to sound. It sounded as if the person in the other end of the door was impatient to enter. With a irritated look dangling on his face, he got up and went straight towards the door and opened it wide open.

To his surprise or anger, a bunch of people just barged into the mansion and went stood in the middle of the hall, turning around as if they had never seen a place as big and beautiful as this. The thing that fueled him was that these people had just barged into the mansion without even welcoming or at the least looking at him. They just went and stood there as if they hadn't seen him there.

He stomped his feet and went and stood right in front of them. And roughly pulled a lady's hand. She was really old and plumpy but he didn't care how old she was. All he cared about was how dare she and the rest got in the mansion like that.

Manan (shouting while looking at her): How dare you enter my house? Who the hell are you and what are all of you doing here.

Old Lady (without looking at him): Aree beta tumahra memsab kahan hai. Usse hame milni hai. Tum idar kaam karene waliki beta hoga na. Jao jaake use bulao.

Manan (while jerking her hand): I am not any servants son. How dare you consider me like one of them. Can't you see my clothes and my accessories.

Old Lady (glancing at him and then continuing to look around): Accha beta I am soory. Mene socha ki idar ki nuakar ke kapde itna accha hi hoga.

Manan: you.... Answer...me...

But there was another women who interrupted the two. She pulled him towards her and she leaned down on her knees, right in front of him. Tears were flowing out of her eyes. Manan was confused by the sudden tears coming from her eyes. But somewhere he felt like to rub off those tears. So did he do the same and nodded his head side ways gesturing her to not cry. She smiled widely at him. Another man came and put his hands on her shoulder and said.

Man: Why are you crying darling like that.

Women: Its him...its him. It's our grandson Ronit, our grandson. I remember his face. We saw him on a video call on Swara and Laksh's engagement day party. And by his gesture today, I am sure it has to be Nandini's son. No one other than Nandini's upbringing can do this.

Now Manan was really confused. First a few people barge into his house and an old lady call him a servants son. Then another women comes to him and starts crying on seeing him. And then that lady calls him her grandson. Was it a movies that was going on that he hadn't any idea of was his thoughts. But he had to clear it right now.

Manan: Could you people please tell me who you are and what relation do you have with my mom?

The lady was non other than Neyonika Malhotra and the man was Ronit Malhotra. But before she could answer to his question someone gaped. It was coming from the stairs. It was Nandini who was standing there with utter shock written on her face. Behind her, at a distance was Manik. There wasn't any shock written in his face. It was clear that he knew they were going to be here. Nandini was soo in tears.

Manan was now really very confused. But more than that he was angry on the fact that these people who he didn't know had made is mom cry. He slowly moved towards the stairs At the same time Nandini ran down the stairs, crossed Manan, and went and stood in front of him.

Manan was shocked at the fact that she had not stopped at him. He looked at Manik, who was smiling on looking at Nandini with his hands on either side of his pocket, and got angry. He turned around and went and stood few strides away from Nandini. Nandini looked at the old lady with teary eyes.

And soon to Manan's surprise she hugged the lady with all her might. The old lady rapped her hands around her. Soon Nandini moved away from them and moved towards another couple who was of Neyonika and Ronit's age and hugged them. Soon she broke apart from them and hugged another guy who was around 25 years old. She then went to Neyonika and Ronit hugged them who rubbed off her tears.

Manan was now fed up of this melodrama so he went and pulled Nandini away from them and glared at her gesturing her to speak up. She looked at him and then smiled at him. She then hugged him and twirled him around. She joyfully pulled him apart and kneeled on her knees.

Nandini: I got my family back Manan.... I got them back.

Manan (confused): what do you mean by that.

She started pointing to each of the person over there and told him.

Nandini: That one over there is my grandmother your grate grandmother. Those over there is my Chacha and Chachi, the only people who were with me after my parents died. They are your grandparents. The young man over there is my brother, your uncle. He couldn't speak for a long time but now he is fit and fine and he can talk. And the other two are Manik's parents, your grandparents. I hope you understood. I had left them 10 years back and now I get to see them. But one thing is there and that is that, I had seen Manik's parents on Swara and Laksh's engagement.

Manan looked at them and faked a smile at them. But they didn't care if he was fake smiling or not. They just went towards him and all of them together hugged him tight.

Manan (p.o.v.): Its going to be a very hard time for me now. Hope these gigantic people wouldn't strangle me to death.

PRECAP: ALL OF THEM TI SETTLE DOWN AND TALK. ALL THE ELDERS TO PLAN MANAN'S BIRTHDAY.

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