The Binding String

S I X T Y - E I G H T

"Raman Puttar!" Raman eyes met with his mother who came out from the washroom wrapping her hair with a towel. "What a pleasant surprise puttar." Santhosh cupped her son face elated to see him back, her heart swollen with pride seeing him holding his daughter.

"Tune badi deri kar di beta. Kabse yeh tera intezar kar rahi thi."

"Sorry Maa." Raman replied with a chocked voice.

"Congratulations Puttar. You became dad now." Raman nodded his head and rested his head against his mother's torso like a small child. "How is she doing Ma? When did you bought her back from the hospital?"

"She stayed there for five weeks. Those were the hardest five weeks for us, for the first week we thought she couldn't make up but your daughter is a fighter." Raman continued to lullable his daughter in his arms, his eyes were not tired looking at her.

"She is! She is like her Mom. Where is Ishita, Ma?"

"She is at work Puttar."

"What?" Ram gasped astonished, he expected Ishita anger to mellow down after baby birth but he realised he expected quite much.

"She looked distressed after her birth, Ishita started to stay gloomy that's why we ask her to join her job back if she wants but she goes occiasuonally. Your mother in law shifted her, together we take care of her."

"Is she staying at my room?"

"Yes."

Raman leaned back pondering over Ishita's behaviour, he should be prepared to receive this cold behaviour from Ishita who was never prepared to have this baby.. She was never prepared for this pregnancy and the seperation didn't does anything good between them. Raman rubbed his forehead thinking about their marriage, he can feel their marriage started to slip out from his hand.

"Are she started to cry. Look like my baby boo is hungry." Santhosh took baby in her arms and swayed her she called their maid name and asked her to bring her feeding bottle. Raman chuckled looking at his mother who put bottle in her mouth. Later he met his mother in law and like his mother he received warm reception from her as well but he can see anger in his father eyes. When Om Prakash returned back along Ishita, Raman saw anger in his father's eyes for him and disappeared in his room without saying anything and Ishita, he tried to search any emotion of anger or hate in her eyes but he found none. Her cold eyes and stoic face was enough to leave a churn in pit of his stomach.

"Ishita Puttar look how cute she looks when she smile."

"Mummy Ji let me take bath first, you keep her with you." Raman saw Ishita disappearing from everyone's sight, he noticed uneasiness in her body language making him infer that she is still not comfortable with their child. "Raman Puttar you also take shower and later we will take lunch."

"Hmm."

Raman hummed as he went upstairs hoping to see Ishita but it looked like she is already in the washroom.

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"How are you Ishita! How....this all happened?"

Raman words rolled out from his mouth after so much attempts.

"None of your concern."