" shravan. ...I wanted to talk with you. .."

" haan papa. ..tell me. ..is everything okay. .?"

His face turned to worry. ..

    " nothing. .."

I paused for a minute. ..i sat beside him and held his hands. ..

" shravan. ..have you felt  that your papa doesn't love you ..? "

" Papa. ..what kind of question is this. .? I never felt that. .i knew that my papa loves me a lot. .."

    I sighed as like my burden left me partially. ..

" shravan. ..today....i wanted you to know that whatever I had done for you is only because I loved you more than my life. ..Please. . trust me. ..and never leave me alone. ..I had no one in my life other than you. .."

    I managed to sound more or less normal. ..

  He laughed at me. ..

" Papa. ..you are behaving quite strange. ..I trust you. ..and I won't leave you even if you ask me to leave. ..because I love  my dad. .."

He hugged me. ...I patted him. ..

I bit my lips together, trying to suppress my tears that threatened to overwhelm me. ..I shook my head. ...

" shravan. ..carry on with your work. .."

I left the room hurriedly. ..

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    When I reached my room. ..I was astonished to see suman, waiting for me. ..

" suman beta. ..are you here. .?"

" haan. .papa. .."

She simply nodded. ..

After some time, she broke the silence. ...

" Papa. ..I heard you talking with shravan. ..definitely he may not know your turmoil. .. but I do. ..."

   A tear drop had sprung up in my eyes and I needed it badly. ..I want to cry out loud my mind. ..

" Papa. ..actually, I went to meet aunty. ..she was broken after hearing shravan hates her still. ..believe me. ..even now, you can set everything right. ..nirmala aunty is Shravan's real happiness. ..though he lies that he hates  aunty , his heart yearns  to be with her. .."

   I leaned at bed to hold myself. ..

" Papa. ..you are the only one who could change the past. ..you may be a reputed, powerful lawyer, but you had ruined Shravan's childhood. ..you can't deny it. .."

" do you know papa. ..you have killed the beautiful relationship with your ego and misunderstanding..."

Her words hit me brutally. ..

" and. ..this is the right time to confront everything to shravan. ..even now, you are selfish and worried about your reputation. ...why can't you tell the truth to him. ?"

I sat with my heads down. .in every way, she was right. ..

" Papa. ..it was a mistake. ..i Could understand. ..but the mistake should be corrected. ..aunty is ready to fly Australia. ..I've  tried my best to stop her. ..i failed. .only you could stop her. .."

   Her words weighed heavily on me. .the questions she asked were my own questions. ..I knew the answers which were buried deep inside heart. ..I had fooled myself by separating shravan from nirmala  to believe that I was doing this only for shravan. ..


I decided to leave my guards down. ..

" suman. ..are you sure. .?"

She nodded with welled up eyes. ..

   There was a pin drop silence ...

She sighed and Turned to leave the room. ..

" suman. ..when is her flight. .?"

Her face lit up. ...

" at 3 pm ..."

" Beta ...will you come with me to meet her. ..?"

She broaden her smile. ..

" ofcourse papa. ..I will. .."

With evident happiness she left. ..

   I could see the rain falling like thread from the roof through the window. ..the far away grass lands dissolve in a haze of mist and drizzle. ..

As a child, the rain meant an endless amusement;.in youth it meant romance; in middle age, nothing mattered except the struggle of everyday. ..but now, I felt to stand at rain. ..

  I stepped out to the balcony and waited for the rain to wash away the weight in my heart. ...

I was double determined to say everything to everyone. I had hope on shravan that he would understand me. ..I was excited to live with my family. ..my family. ..I with nirmala. ...
   

 

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