CHAPTER 26
She is running around fast while chiming her anklets in her small legs intentionally, so she is also trying to find her by identifying her place by the sound of her anklet. She is repeatedly shaking her anklets and moving her small legs to attract her attention. She screams in joy.
"Search me quickly..."
She always likes her sweet, lisping words, and she is forced to smile. A huge smile appears on Avishka's face. She is blindfolded, and even when she is smiling, her beauty is not diminishing with that piece of cloth on her eyes. They are in the back garden; that's why she knows nobody will come here at all. She places her scarf on her head without covering her face, and she is blindfolded while playing with Aashi.
"If I catch you soon, what reward will I get?"
"First, catch me."
She giggles loudly, expressing her love for playing with her. She quickly starts looking for her through her giggle voice, and after a while, she starts looking for her by spreading her arms, as she knows she is very close to her. She quickly wraps her arms around her and bursts into laughter.
"Caught you..."
There, the sound of their laughter echoes loudly, and she finds herself laughing even more as she removes her blindfold and sees her angelic smile, a sight that always brings her peace. She covers her face a little bit as she removes the blindfold. The little girl immediately begins to laugh more while kissing her cheeks. She is simply staring at her, smiling with immense satisfaction, when she suddenly realizes that someone is watching her closely. Because of this, her eyes immediately go upwards to his room's window.
His sharp eyes are on her, and he is drinking coffee while looking at her, causing the smile on her face to gradually fade. She covers her face properly, and she knows Prakram is not looking at her with any bad intentions. He always admires his daughter's smile and happiness. That's why he keeps checking her activities, but she still feels uncomfortable sometimes whenever she finds he is looking at her, and she only starts talking to Aashi, caressing her softly with so much love. His eyes are calculating everything with great precision.
"Prakram, are you listening or not?"
His mother's voice catches his attention; he is still looking outside but listening to her too.
"Today, you're heading to Orissa, and in 15 days, you'll be heading to Australia. There, you are going to stay there again for two to three months, and you will be comfortable because you know that Aashi is with us, so you do not have to worry about her."
Prakram is very upset after hearing all these things, which is why he turns towards his mother and tells her.
"Fine, this time Aashi is going with me, and you do not need to take care of her at all; I will take care of her myself."
"I didn't say that."
However, I have reiterated what you've already heard: Aashi will be accompanying me to Orissa and Australia this time. I am taking her nanny with me. In this time period, I will see if I really want to get married. I really need to examine why, without marriage, I can't take care of my daughter."
Sandhya is unable to say anything. He quickly leaves from there. Aashi and Avishka are still playing in the garden. Avishka is twirling around, holding Aashi in her arms, and her laughter is resonating throughout the garden. As soon as Prakram reaches there, Avishka leaves Aashi down with care and starts leaving from there with her head bowed, but Prakram tells her without looking at her.
"I don't know whether mom told you this or not, but whenever Aashi goes somewhere with me, you will also have to accompany Aashi, pack your luggage, we are going to Orissa, and Armaan will come to you, give him your details because after that we have to go to Australia, and this is very important, and if you have any problem with all these things, then tell us immediately because there is no need to do any job in the future.”
Prakram is very much troubled by Digvijay and Sandhya's constant pressure, which causes him to angrily speak his words and leave, which Aashi is also listening to. She immediately comes and clings to Avishka's legs and tells her while crying.
"You go with me everywhere and don't leave me at all, Mumma. I love you.”
Avishka immediately picks up Aashi and hugs her in her lap.
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Prakram sees Avishka and Aashi sitting in front of him, who are looking outside the window of the plane, and Aashi is the happiest because it is her first journey, due to which she is beyond happy. And continuously screaming with joy.
"Papa, we are flying... Look at the birds.”
Prakram is very happy to see her excitement, so he comes and sits on the window seat right in front of her and starts telling her everything. She clings to the glass window so that her nose sticks to the glass, and she is laughing at this. Aashi regularly holds Avishka's long scarf in her small palm, displaying a slight fear that prevents her from moving away from Avishka's lap. The way Prakram is telling everything to Aashi, Avishka's eyes automatically go to him; she can see him clearly through her veil, and she can also see the image of her father in his face, which is exactly like him. He never left her alone while explaining everything to her, and he was very loving towards her.
Hearing her father's words, Aashi starts clapping, due to which Avishka's attention comes back towards her. She jumps happily in her lap, due to which she also starts smiling lightly. Prakram also takes one look at her smile and then starts taking his daughter from her lap, but she clings to Avishka completely and tells him.
“Mumma will save me... You want to take me away from my mom.”
Prakram knows very well that Aashi did not like this at all. He spoke angrily to Avishka and said that if she could not go with them on the journey, then he would make arrangements to switch her. For this reason, Aashi had not spoken to him for two hours, but since boarding the plane, she has been in constant communication with him, expressing her happiness.
"Sorry, I was angry, so I said that I am not taking you away from your Avu, okay?"
"Mumma…"
The insistence on calling Avishka her mother sometimes leads to very strange situations for both of them. At this time, Avishka is looking at him through her veil, and Prakram is trying to see her face hidden in her veil. In a moment, both of them turn their faces away from each other, and Avishka stands there, taking Aashi in her arms so she can move around a bit before putting her to sleep. Prakram also understands her situation very well, so he doesn't say anything further. He leaves the area where Armaan is working and sits close to him while he is working on his laptop. Arman then promptly informs Prakram.
“Avishka said that she does not have any of her documents with her, so she cannot go to Australia, so I told her that we can get a fake passport made for her. She did not give me any answer; it's like she said nothing but wanted to stay with Aashi but was not even ready to say.”
"Do whatever you want to do because Aashi will not go without her; the better we both understand this, the better.”
“Sir, I have understood, and you can see for yourself that what three nannies could not do, she can do it alone very easily. The truth is that Aashi is comfortable with her and wants to live with her; because of this, everything is easy.”
"Hmmm. Did you complete the tasks assigned to you?
"Sir, I am worried about this. We are fully prepared from our side, but I do not feel that the intentions of the gang in front are right. The most significant issue is that Aashi is accompanying us, which leads me to believe that you made a poor decision this time out of anger.
"You know very well that Aashi cannot get even a scratch.”
"I know very well that in your presence no one can do anything to your daughter, but you are forgetting that even if you do not attack women and children, the person in front of you is an absolute animal; he does not care about anyone.”
"If this happens, this time I will not spare him."
Armaan just nodded his head. Prakram tries to peek behind the curtain. Avishka is still walking around with Aashi in her arms, even though she knows very well that Aashi is asleep, he has often seen that Aashi is asleep despite this, Avishka often keeps Aashi close to her, lovingly caressing her. Seeing this, a slight smile appears on his lips because now he also appreciates the bond between Avishka and Aashi very much and has started appreciating it.