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Dard wo kafi na tha...
Jo dard dene aaye ho...
Sanse he bacchi hai mujhe main...
Kay jaan lene aaye ho...

Maya's P.O.V

It's already 05:40 PM and I have to go home, have been overtimeing since last 4 days, I was about to open my car door, when my phone rang, I took it out, it was my mom, I pressed the phone between my ear and shoulder, and opened the car.

"Hello Ma, paripona"
"Hello beta, aaj ghar aaja na please, akele"
"Why ma?"
"Tereko ladkewale dekhne ane wale hai, 7:30 pai, 7 baje tak aaja"

She said and I sighed, strapping my seatbelt.

"I can't Ma, I don't want to meet another guy, please for god sake I am happy being alone, can you stop getting potential candidates for me!"
I said, my mom can't stop finding guys for me, matrimonial ads, sites, online dating, rishtedar, her kitty party friends, and now even mahule ki Auntyia, everywhere she tries to find me a groom.

"Beta, bahut muskil se rishta mila hai, tu ek bar ladke se mil to le!"
She said.

"Nahi bola na Ma, I don't want to marry"
I said trying my level best to avoid this meeting.

"Maya, mere bacche, I know you are independent, but main janti hu yeh zindagi akele katna kitna muskil hai, tere papa ji ke sath divorce ke bad zindagi main jinta akelapan maine dekha hai main nahi chahati tujhe bhi dekhna pade, abbhi umar he kay hai teri, 24 sal, beta please ek bar mil le"

Here we go, emotional blackmailing, my mom dad divorced when I was 16, I remember it clearly, a simple sign on paper, and it was over in front of my eyes, the two people I used to think are the perfect couple was shattered, my dad cheated my mom for 4 years! And I hate him for that, even if he was the best dad to me but still he can't be the best man for my mom, i stopped believing in love, but when someone made me believe..... he also broke it.

"Okay ma, just for you, Mayasvee ko bhi le au?"
I asked.

"abbhi na he laye ti better hoga beta, pahle ladka dekh le, 7 baje se pahle a jana, love you"
She said and hung up.

I looked at the rearview mirror, and sighed, I dropped a massage to nanny to stay with her, and drove towards madh island, my mom live in madh island where our old bungalow is, and my office is in bandra I have my apartment there, only 20 minutes from my office, but madh island is 1 hour away, and the traffic.

It was almost 6:50 PM by the time I reached, my mom's bungalow looks like a house straight from a Bollywood movie, a beautiful garden with many different flowers, a tree with a swing, a 2 storey small and sweet place, filled with memories, I parked my car in the driveway and and saw my mom on the foyer, she came to me and hugged me.

"Mera baccha, kasi hai tu?"
She said hugging me.

"Abbhi to acchi hu, ladke ko dekhke bas ghar chali jaugi, Ash must be waiting"
I said, and she pulled away looking at me with a sad smile.

"I won't stop you, go to your room I have picked an outfit for you, change okay, I will see the preparations, chai abbhi-abbhi gas pai rakhi hai ma jati hu"

She said going in, I sighed and went in putting the keys at the keyhole, and went in my room, and looked at the beautiful floor length suit, my mom really wants me to get married, I looked at my phone, and unlocked it, there was a  voice note from Ash's nanny, I opened it.

"Mumma app please jaldi a jana, hume kal school bhi jana hai!!"

Ash's sweet voice filled my ears, I smiled.

Keeping my phone aside I went to the bathroom and changed into the outfit, I heard car horn in our driveway, opening of door, footsteps, and greetings being exchanged.

I went outside, and then to the kitchen, my mom was pouring tea in cups, 6 cups of a beautiful crockery, and another tary of snacks, my mom looked at me with a small smile.

"Nazar na lage kis ki meri bacchi ko"
She said taking a bit of kajal from her eyes and putting a small dot under my ear.

"Mom is it necessary?"
I asked referring to this meeting.

"Beta, I just want Mayasvee to get a father figure, and you a partner"
She said.

"Mom, always happens the opposite, as soon as they come to know about Mayasvee they run away"
I said with bitterness, I have seen so main potential grooms in last 3 years, not a single one of them want Mayasvee.

"Beta yeh chai leke ana"
She said going out with the other tary, I sighed, she is never gonna give up, picking up the tray I carefully walked out towards the sitting area, a not so old looking couple chatting with mom, I looked at the other side, and saw... the one who made me froze on my spot.

His familiar eyes met mine in a shock, I can hear veins pumping in my head, and my heartbeat increasing unhealthy, everything around me was suffocating, as if some have pulled out the oxygen from my lungs, the tary felt so heavy and my hands started shaking, it fell on the floor with a thud, breaking into pieces like my heart years back, my mom's voice filled me as if trying to pull me out of the trance, but it didn't worked, and then it was all black I felt like sinking into a deep ocean.

"Maya...

Was the last thing I heard.

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Sorry for a melodramatically terrible chapter!
This is the first chapter with the dhum tana na na na effect,

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