I know, I have been MIA for almost a week. I was unfortunately admitted in the hospital for some health issues, and came back home yesterday. Damn, I was sure bored there, but the doctor strictly restricted my screen time. So, I am so happy being back to my form. Though I won't be able to update regularly, because my parents feel I need rest. (I took enough rest, but they don't think so... Parents I tell you) I hope you understand my situation. But I will try my best to update soon.
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The next two days passed on quite quickly, with very minimal interaction between Ram and Priya. It seemed the day they would talk about what happened in the previous session never came, did they forget it? No, but for some reason, they procrastinated. And none of them started the assignment. The doctor's visit went well enough, the baby was healthy, a steady heartbeat could be hear, they were happy to know that. There was something missing, the spark, it had not vanished, but repressed, it felt as though both of them purposely avoided one another. Priya would wake up early, make sure the breakfast is ready, Ram gets ready for his office, they have breakfast together silently, and leave. Their car rides have also become quiet, it is usually the radio that makes noise. It is no lie that Priya and Ram miss each other badly, but are too over consumed by their thoughts to speak up.
Priya had no class on the weekends. On Saturday, Ram had to leave to the office dur to his meetings, while Priya left for the bakery. Ram wanted Priya to be at home taking rest, but he knew, she would get bored, so being at the bakery was okay with him. She was now eating a very healthy fruit salad, just scrolling in her phone, when she heard her name being called by none other than her friend. "So how does this look?!!" he asked excitedly, Priya took a look at the jewel he gave her, it was a beautiful rose gold ring with a radiant cut sapphire stone, it looked absolutely stunning. "It's wow, it will definitely suit her. She is gonna love this" Priya said looking at ring closely. "Thank god! It took me three whole days to find this. I would have called you, but I wanted to this by my own and I know you have things to do as well" he said. "So, when are you gonna do it?" she asked, "Tonight. Are you free? Do you wanna see the place?" he asked, she smiled, she didn't have anything to do anyways, "Yup, let's go" she said. He happily took her. They soon drove to a secluded beach, Krish took Priya in, and showed around. There was a beautiful white tent covered with fairy lights which were off right now, as it was still day time, and a table with a candle and rose petals around. It was a table for two. "Oh my god! This is perfect, Krish. She is gonna be totally swept off her feet. Who knew, Detective Krish Dixit had such a romantic side to him." Priya teased. "So, what are you gonna say to her?" she asked, "well, that is where I am unsure, I am scared that due to me being nervous, I would start rambling." He said. Priya chuckled, she has always seen Krish being confident and smart, seeing him nervous and confused did amuse her. "you know what, why don't we practice it. You could pretend to propose. And I'll say if it's alright" Priya suggested, Krish's eyes twinkled, "you'd do that for me?" he asked, "considering what you have done, yeah, I would. Also, I am your friend." She said. "Okay then..." he said. "I will first have dinner with her, then we'd dance to music, as soon it stops, I will get down in my knee" he said, kneeling down on one knee, he took Priya hand, "Kriti..." he stopped, "Krish, you gotta say after that" she said, he took a breath, "Man, I cant do this. What if she straight up rejects me?" he asked, "She'd be a fool to do that. Krish you truly are amazing, and you both love each other so much. I know she'll say yes, trust me" Priya reassured him. "Okay... I think I know what to say Priya." He said. "Good. Now, that we have given you the confidence, you can stand up" she laughed, he joined her. "Thank you for this." He said smiling genuinely, "No problem at all. It was a good time pass, I must say" she said. They hugged, and walked towards their car, laughing.
Unbeknownst to them, Shubham had witnessed everything, not only that, he even recorded it, far away, so that, their conversation was not audible. Smirking, he left the area before either two notices him. He sent it to Ram, 'Ram bhai, I know you are angry at us. And I am very much sorry. But I was just passing by, and I saw this. I thought, it will be better to tell you. I felt disgusted when I saw that, but I believe that you don't deserve to be betrayed by your wife, the one person you love. I am sorry once again', smiling to himself, he drove back to his home, to share this with his mother.
Ram was in his cabin at that time, just wrapping up his work so that he'd go home soon. As he got up, he got the message from Shubham, deciding to ignore it, he kept the phone on the table. But curiosity got to him, he opened his message and read it before seeing the video. He didn't believe at first, then he saw the whole video, his blood boiled, seeing Krish touch Priya's hand, seeing Krish hug Priya, and she hugged him back. As jealousy overflowed, his anger was totally blinded. He stormed out of his office. And He drove home harshly, just as he reached, he saw Krish dropping Priya. "Once again, Thank you. It really means a lot to me" he said, Priya smiled, "Anytime Krish." She said. Waving him bye, she saw Ram's car right behind. Being in a good mood, she happily waved to him, he rolled his eyes, and got out. He simply just entered inside without acknowledging her. She stood outside confused, and thought it must be office stress.She found him in their room. "Guess what-" she began excitedly, only to be cut off by her husband, "what? You spent the day with Krish? When I asked you this morning, if we could do something, you pushed me out to work, now I know why. You just wanted to spend time with him. I am sorry, if I am a hindrance for you both. Please do continue whatever you want" he huffed. "What? The reason I sent you is because I remember you telling how important this meeting is for you. And Krish? I just went to the bakery to help Sara di, but there were not many customers today, and he had come by." She said confused by his words. "Okay, so you just went out with him to the beach, off to some romantic lunch date." He snapped. "What?!" she asked, "Yeah, I know everything. Don't you dare deny it, or lie to me. Priya, how long has this been going on?" he asked, Priya just stood there baffled, was he just accusing her of cheating? Did he think she'd ever cheat on him? Did he not trust her enough, even now? "Huh, you're speechless. You are just shocked that I caught you. Trust me, I am just as shocked as you are." He spoke sarcasm dripping in his voice. "From where did you even get this idea?" she asked, "From where? From where you ask. It is so visible, the way he looks at you, the way he pines for you, I can see it." He said, "The same way you did for Vedika?" she retorted, he narrowed his eyes, "Why are you bringing her in between?" he asked, "I am not. But either you are blind or you just don't want to understand that Krish is only my friend." She said. "Really? Well, this proves otherwise" he said showing her the video. She looked shocked, "Are you spying on me?" she asked, "No, I-" she cut him, "You really think I'm cheating on you, aapko itna bhi bharosa nahi hai mujh par?" she yelled, "Priya!I don't know but What the hell is going on?" he yelled back, for the first time, the anger in his eyes scared her, his accusations frightened her, he felt different. He was not her Ram, he was not the one she fell in love with, those dreamy eyes looked darker, a shade, she despised, the same shade her father had. Of course, he is not her father, yet, there was a fear in her. She breathed heavily, as tears made way and rolled down her cheek. "I was just helping-" she started only to be interrupted by him, "Just answer me this Priya. Were you with him the whole afternoon?" he asked, and she nodded, "is this you and him in the video?" she nodded again, "But just let me explain-" he gestured her to stop. "No... I am done. I am done with people fooling around with my emotions, I am done with people taking advantage of me, I am just done. Of course, you'd choose smart intelligent, handsome Krish. He was your crush right, Priya Sood's crush." He yelled. She looked away. "I am going" she said, he looked at her, "I am going to my home. Because we both need time to think." She said, taking her bag. "Are you sure? Or is it just some excuse to meet someone?" he taunted. Deciding to ignore it, she just left.
She had texted Akki to pick her up, who immediately agreed hearing her crying. Akki had soon reached and took her to their house. Priya came in and instantly broke down crying. Horrified looking at her, Sara, sandy, and Ishaan rushed to her and made her sit on the couch. She was then bombarded with questions, unable to answer them all together, and Akki understood that. "Quiet all of you. Pri di ko akele chodo kuch der ke liya. Abhi abhi woh aayi hai. Please unhe pehle paani do." He said sternly. Sara gave her water, and she drank it silently. "I know aap sab tensed ho, confused ho. Par kya mai kal baath karo, I am just tired" she said softly. "Of course, Priya. Aa jao, you need rest. Do you want anything else?" Sara asked, she shook her head. "Akki kya hua?" Sandy asked, "Pata nahi, she just called me to pick her up. I wanted to ask her why, but hearing her cry, I had to rush" he said. "we need to give her time, she'll come to us" he continued, as they all agreed. "Akki tu kaisa hai?" Sara asked, he looked down with another set of tears forming in his eyes, "I don't know Sara di. I don't know what to do. I know Shivi is the reason why Meera Bua died, I know she owned her mistake but that doesn't change that fact. But I still love her so much, am I bad? Is it wrong of me?" he asked her, Sandy was quiet, she just got up and walked to her room with Ishaan following behind her. Sara sighed, "I know this is a rough phase for all of us. Honestly, I don't know as well Akki. We always depend on Priya for such dilemma, she always had the right answer for all this. Now, she needs us." She said. "She does, we will never leave her" he said.
Meanwhile, Ram sat on his bed, crying. He felt bad shouting at her, even though there was a video in his hands, somewhere deep down he knew she would never do anything like this. But his heart was not ready to accept this, all his insecurities finally flowed out at once. He felt guilty, empty, depressed. He needed to get away from all this. He then popped two sleeping pills, and dozed off.
Priya too cried herself to sleep. Only hoped that things will get better in the future, but will she really get what she hoped for? Will everything be alright? Thoughts clouded her mind, but for now, she wanted to push them aside and sleep. For herself and their unborn child.
The following morning was dreadful for both of them. He was all alone in the big farmhouse, while Priya was just sitting in her room, weeping. Her pregnancy hormones were all over, and she has been crying no- stop, making the other members a bit worried.
Ram had gone to visit Shivina, it has been two weeks, though they kept in touch, he wished to see her. She sat in front of him, her face looked tired, but she had a smile, so did his. "Shivi bachhe" he cooed, hugging her, they teared up, hugging even tightly. "Ram bhai?" she called out as they settled down back, "hmm" he acknowledged, "Kya hua? I mean, you don't look like your normal self." She said, he frowned, "what do you mean?" he asked, "You look worn out, and sad, yes, you are smiling, but it is not the usual smile you have. Is it something with Pri di? Did you guys fight?" she asked, he sighed, "shivi... leave that, you tell me, kaise ho tum? Tum teek ho na?" he asked, "Oooff fine, actually I am okay, doing better. Missing you guys so much." He smiled again, "we miss you too" he replied. "okay now, do not change topic, what happened?" she asked a bit sternly this time. God! Was she stubborn? that she definitely was. "Priya and Krish" he said, she knitted her brows together, "there is a video of them together" he clarified, "What? Wait, don't tell me, you accused her of cheating?!" she asked bewildered, "I may have implied that" he said looking down, "Ram bhai? Have you lost your mind?" she shouted, "Shivi! Do you know how much this hurt me?" he spoke, trying his best not to raise his voice, "Are you even hearing yourself? How could you even think that?" she said, "I have a video!" he said, showing her the video. "And how took so much effort to record them?" she asked sarcastically, "Shubhu" he said, she facepalmed herself. "what?" he asked, "I cannot believe you fell for that. See, I am not denying the video looks very convincing and with right words you can fool anyone, just like he did with you." Shivi said coolly, "Do you know something I don't?" he asked, "You know Shubham is one who asked me to do all that drama so that you'd come to Sood house to take me away. I know I was stupid, but let that reside there. Even after you knew, how manipulative and bad they are, you choose to believe them?" she shook her head in frustration, he was silent for a moment. "See Ram bhai, I don't know what's going on, but I trust Pri di, even if you don't. And I can say, she is not cheating on you, did you even give her a chance to explain?" she asked, "no..." he said, "maybe you should." She said. "Okay, now, I think even our time is almost over. Tell me, how excited are you with the pregnancy?" she asked, "I can't believe I'll be an aunt" she exclaimed, he beamed, "Very much. But now, I gotta have a talk with his or her mother" he said. "Yeah" he smiled and hugged her once more before leaving. "She really did grow up." He whispered smiling proudly.
"Jaan?! Tumara dimaag kharab ho gaya hai kya?" Brinda yelled at him. "Bri.." she cut him, "What were you thinking? Oh my god! You got it all wrong" Adi said. "What?" he asked, "Where were you when Priya told about Krish's girlfriend when we had lunch?" Vikrant asked, "Hold up, Krish's girlfriend?" he asked confused, "Ram? Seriously man? What is wrong with you? Don't you remember, she told that his girlfriend, is back and he was gonna propose?" Adi said. "I don't remember anything like this at all. We were at lunch, we were talking, and then she started about Krish, I got angry, I supposed I just zoned out." He said. They all groaned and started scolding him. "Okay okay... if that was the case, what is doing with Priya, why did he kneel down, why did hold her hand like that?" he asked, they became silent and looked at each other for a while, "What? No answer?" he scoffed, "okay did you ask her what happened?" Bri asked, "I didn't, she stormed out before I could" he said, she glared at him, "Did you even give the chance to explain? Knowing you, you would have accused first." She said. "Shivi said the same thing" he said, "well then, she is more mature than you" she said. "I should probably go to her" he said, "then go!!" Adi yelled. He was startled, tumbling with few steps he rushed to his car, driving to the familiar residence, where the last he was, when he saw Meera's body lying down lifeless.
He reached pretty quickly considering how rash he drove. It was almost night, the time was around 8pm, so he knew she would be awake. Also, the light was switched on in her room. But climbing up to her room is not possible. So, he had no other choice. He rang the bell, wishing it'd be her who will open the door, though he is skeptical whether she'll allow him inside or slam the door on his face. The door opened, and he was met with a pair of very angry eyes, and as he thought, the latter happened, before he could utter a word, the door was slammed on his face. The only difference was it wasn't Priya who did that but the youngest Sood.
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Yes yes, a fight between them. I am not too happy about it either, but I felt it was necessary to bring out his insecurities, which I am working more on it in the next one. Sandy is really sweet, but she lost her mother and she is just a kid, her loss made her a bit angry.
I really hope you liked this one. Imma gonna go sleep now..lol
Do tell me your thoughts one this one <3 Please, it really feels good reading them :D
Thank you :)