Chap 19 The Most Beautiful Gift !!!!!!!!!!

    Rimjhim’s gift was another surprise of the day. Ghazal opened the packet, her curiosity turning to surprise and then complete shock at seeing the contents. It was her own diary which she had given to Vaibhav on the day before he was leaving for that fateful business trip to USA. , which proved to be his last. Along with her diary, there were loose sheets of paper, with neatly typed lines, none other than her own poetry compiled beautifully. Her eyes got blurred with tears, realizing what Vaibhav had planned to do for her.
            There it was, all her old poetry collection, including all those poems, she had shared with Vaibhav, and one which she had thought lost with his sad demise. So this was the surprise, Vaibhav had talked about in his last conversation with her , just before returning to India. He was planning to get them compiled in a book, a dream which was lost forever.
            She was lost in her thoughts, when a knock at her door brought her back from her reverie. Vrinda was calling her. She quickly wiped her eyes , putting the diary and sheets away in the bedside drawer and opened the door. Vrinda came inside the room, holding a tray with tea and biscuits. Her darling doll had recently learned to make tea, which she now handed over to her with a sweet smile. Keeping the tray on the bed, she hugged her doll, holding her close and kissing her on the cheek.
               It had been a week, since they had come to their old house. Arun had got a call from his site, asking him to reach there by the beginning of the next week. That left them with just two days, after which they would go back to their own cosy little house. Since that call, Ghazal had sensed a hint of sadness in Arun’s eyes and Vrinda too looked a little put off but said nothing. Her little doll had grown up into a very sensible young girl and she was proud of her.