Forever Yours

Chapter Sixty Five

"Maama ka card?" Samyukta asked, surprised.

Shehnaaz nodded, taking the credit card out of her wallet. "Sidharth ne bola tha rakhne.."

"Mama apna card mujhe kabhi nahi dete the."

"Tujhe kabhi kisi cheez ke liye mana bhi nahi kiye hain maama. Jitne laad usne tujhe kiye hain, kisi ko nahi kiye honge." Her mother said playfully.

Samyukta grinned. "Haan toh mein unka pehla pyaar hu." She exclaimed proudly. "But the point stands, merko kabhi apna card nahi diye woh."

"You're too young for that right now. Samjhi?" Aarav said firmly. "Accha hai Sidharth ne kabhi tujhe card haath mein nahi dia."

Samyukta shrugged. "Han jaanti hoon Papa. Mujhe chahiye bhi nahi unka card. Woh card de denge toh mein unko poore mall mein apne peeche-peeche kaise ghumauingi." She grinned.

"Aaj mujhe ghuma lena apne peeche-peeche. Kya chahiye tujhe?" Shehnaaz asked.

"Dono miyaan biwi bigaad ke rakhe ho isko. Naa toh bolna aata hi nahi hai issey." Neetu said, shaking her head at the elder of the two girls.

Shehnaaz pressed her lips together, "Iski shakal dekho didi. Iss shakal ko na kaise karte hain? Aap hi batao."

Samyukta wrapped her arms around Shehnaaz, sticking her tongue at her mother. "Meri maami sabse best hai."

Neetu shook her head.

Samyukta dragged shehnaaz towards one of the shops in the market square, causing the others to follow behind. The Lal Chowk market in Srinagar was bursting with excited chatter.

They entered a huge shop, dealing in Pashmeena, Silk, Partoosh and Cashmere Shawls, sarees and even suits of varying beautiful colors and embroidery. The women immediately got immersed in looking through beautiful shawls and sarees while the men helped them in making their choices.

Sidharth was still shooting. He had called Shehnaaz and informed her of a slight delay in their Packup for the day half an hour ago and had assured her that he'd be back as soon as he could. Shehnaaz had taken that opportunity to explore the market of Srinagar with the girls. Raj and Aarav had decided that accompanying the women to an impromptu shopping trip was better than staying in and waiting for Sidharth.

They informed Sidharth of their whereabouts and decided to meet Sidharth & Raghav directly at the restaurant where they would be having their dinner at nine in the evening, assuming that the shooting will conclude by then.

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It was 7:30 in the evening and the sky was beginning to darken, The Lal Chowk Market had begun to light up. Sidharth had joined them only a few minutes ago, along with Raghav who had it seems made it his life's mission not to leave Sidharth's vicinity at all.

"Shehnaaz saheen bolti hai, bandar hai tu. Kabse mere se chipka hua hai, jaise agar alag jaayega toh mein gaayab ho jaaunga." Sidharth scoffed playfully, making Raghav pout.