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105

Cabir knocked on the door of Manik and Nandini's room. Nandini opened the door
"Cabir,hello" greeted Nandini with a small smile and opened the door for him.
"Hi Nandini, how are you?" asked Cabir
"Good , Manik just got a call from Dhruv, he's in the balcony" said Nandini as she assumed he was there for Manik. Cabir nodded and sat patiently waiting for Manik.

"Nandini, I have not even apologized prop.."

"Please Cabir, I ve said this before as well. You definitely need to apologize but not for what Navya did. Everyone in the family specially Mamma, expected you to stand for them Cabir , not against Navya but you could have been there for them. And for that, you do not owe an apology to me" said Nandini with a small smile on her face
"I know, I have disappointed everyone but Nandini, it was like you know, you know how it is when you love someone. You love Manik and one day if he starts behaving weird , you would still think of him to be under some influence, or tension or pressure . Tumhe yahi lagega ki uske reasons hoge , until you would realize that he is just being an ass , right? Bas vahi hua. I just kept on trying to see beyond Navya's behaviour, I wanted to know what caused her to behave like that , until I realized that there is no reason, no justification and that I need to speak" said Cabir. Nandini somewhere understood what he was saying. He loved Navya, it was a different thing that she suddenly appeared to be someone unknown, not the one he loved.
"Hi Cabir" said Manik entering the room putting his phone on charge.
"Hello, Manik, come I need to talk about something" said Cabir and Nandini taking the cue that he wanted to talk about something to Manik, got up to leave

"No Nandini, to you too please sit" said Cabir. Nandini nodded and sat beside Manik .

"Guys, you know everything that has been happening is so disturbing for all of us, as a family, as individuals. And you two being you two decided to leave on the pretext that Manik wants to be independent and blah blah but I know you guys were just leaving so that the drama is gone, but for that to happen, the one who is the root cause of the drama must leave right?" said Cabir confusing the two who exchanged looks . They obviously knew he was talking about Navya but what did he mean when he said that Navya is leaving?

"What do you mean? You are divorcing her?" asked Manik looking at him unsure
"Ah how much I want to do that but Manik, I cannot divorce her right now. All I have realized is that she is very impulsive, when things don't happen her way, she goes mad. Example, us din she was about to cut her hand , how foolish. So if I do that, there's no guarantee she would look after herself and she has my baby, I cannot risk that. Once she delivers, uske baad sochunga about this divorce thing" said Cabir while Manik and Nandini nodded

"That is right but then why did you say that she is leaving?" asked Nandini
"We are leaving Nandini, me, Navya and Radhika we are going to Delhi" said Cabir shocking the two
"What? Why?" asked Manik getting up from his place
"Manik, sit down and listen first" said Cabir making him sit again
"See, it's been a mess all this while since she has been in the house and why should all of you suffer because of her, because of me. And besides, why should you leave your own house Manik?" asked Cabir

"Shut up Cabir, first thing first, I am not that great, not that selfless. If you think that I was leaving for you and your wife then let me tell you not at all. I would have gone anyways . Just that the circumstances made me realize that it should happen as soon as possible . So me leaving is not at all proportional to you staying or leaving. I would go anyways. Secondly, Cabir why should you suffer and be away from everyone because of her. We can talk and make her understand na?" said Manik getting frustrated

"Aur kitna baat karke samjhayenge Manik? Have we not tried? I have tried. Nandini has tried. All of us have tried. Hua kuch? It's enough yaar. I don't want her to continue with all this shit. She has done enough, crossed all limits and now it's time to take a decision" said Cabir getting up

"You are not going Cabir" said Manik looking at him in the eye

"Yes I am Manik" retorted Cabir

"Yaar this is not done, you can not just go leave everything like this. Every family has issues , we do not run away , we deal with it. Aise hi sab jane lage to families hi na rahe duniya me. Cabir, let's be patient , it will be fine someday" said Manik trying to be calm

"No Manik, we can not wait for someday now. It has to happen now, we are leaving tomorrow. Bye" said Cabir turning around to leave the room but Manik got in his way.

"NO" said Manik crossing around his arms.

"Manik" called out Nandini before reaching beside him.
"Let him go" said Nandini as Manik looked at her in shock.