"Sometimes we need fantasy to survive the reality."
"But what if you wake up one fine day and discover that fantasy was the actual reality all these time?"
"That's impossible!"
"You never know."
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A NE...
"Well it's a second hand one which I brought from one of my colleagues, but it's in quite good condition,"Advay said.
"Darling! Stop explaining them this and tell them the real thing,"Celia said from the kitchen's window.
"Oh! Oh! Right. Yes..."Advay said and then looked up at the twins and added,"Happy Belated Eighteenth Birthday, kids."
Cedric and Avira ran out of the room immediately and rushed downstairs, sprinting and hopping around in joy, and they rushed outside into the lawn and ran towards their Dad at once, giving him a tight hug together.
Advay hugged them back while giggling and kissed their foreheads one after the other before asking,"liked the gift?"
"Loved it!"the duo replied happily.
Celia clicked a pic of the trio, standing near the kitchen window, while Advay said,"listen kids, you two are adults now and you two have always been wise children. But still I would like to warn both of you regarding certain things. Consider these as the rules that you both have to follow till we stay here."
"What are those, Dad?"Cedric asked.
"Rule no.1- Do not go into the forest alone or even together. Stay away from the depths. Rule no.2- There might be instances when me and your Mom won't be at home, and you two will have a home alone day or evening. Do not come out of the house unless we are back. Rule no.3- You have the car, you will travel by it wherever you go. And be back at home before it gets dark. Loitering outside after 7p.m will not be allowed here. And that's it!"Advay said.
"Dad! Basically we are grounded, aren't we?"Avira asked with a frown.
"Yeah pretty much! Dad, you have never imposed such rules on us before. Why now?"Cedric asked.
"I know you two might be annoyed. But this is for your safety. This is a complete forest area. I don't want you two to face any kind of danger. Tarha tarha ki janwaar hain, in fact criminals bhi aate jaate rehete hain forest ke through. Wherever you go, forest ke ouhr toh jaana hi matt. You can go to the central town. But please try to forget your previous lifestyle for the timebeing. Ekbar graduation complete ho jaaye phir jiss bhi University mein jaana ho chale jaana, wahi usi sheher mein rehena. We won't say anything. You both will be quite more mature by then. Parr tab tak humari baatein maan lo baccho,"Advay pleaded.
Avira and Cedric looked at each other and passed each other a nod and then looked at Advay and said,"okay Dad!"
"That's like my kids!"Advay said while caressing their faces, making them smile.
"Abb yeh lo keys aur Cedric will drive, okay Avira? Don't fight with him over the keys,"Advay said.
"Daddddd! This is not fair,"Avira said while Cedric chuckled and dangled the keys in front of her eyes, teasing her.
"Uh ho!"Cedric said while looking towards the sky as a big drop of rain fell on his hand.
"Chalo chalo let's go inside. It's going to rain again,"Advay said while pulling the duo back into the house immediately, and it started raining as soon as he shut the main entrance door.
Cedric and Advay sat at the livingroom while the former switched on the TV, and Avira walked upstairs and went up to her room after saying,"Cedric! Wifi deh."
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