Prakash was fuming, he was so mad at Padmini that he was ready to shake her and put some sense into her head,
"Are you crazy?" He screamed while walking from one end to the other, "Arre think like a mother? You will never take such a decision if you truly love your daughter..."
"I am thinking like a mother and I do love her that is why I want her to stay away from all of this... the best way she could do that is to go stay with Shreya for few months..." Padmini repeated her decision regarding Manvi again,
Manvi who was returning home after spending time with Pooja froze in her spot,
"Padmini, don't make me do something which I would regret of, stop this nonsense and go in," Her father yelled and Manvi clutched her books tightly, her father had never spoken to her mother like this, they rarely argued and Manvi was feeling solely responsible for whatever was happening between them,
"Papa..." she called out without thinking much further,
"Beta... you go in... Your mother is not in her senses," Prakash who was upset tried saving Manvi from the situation,
"I'll go papa..."
"What?" Prakash was beyond shocked,
"I'll go to mausi's for f... few months," she stuttered gathering her courage to speak,
Prakash was speechless, Padmini gave him a look as she went inside and Manvi ran to her room without sparing a second glance to Prakash.
Prakash sat on the sofa with a thud, he didn't understand what was happening in his house anymore.
...
Manvi closed the door behind her as she closed her eyes, what did she just do? She walked forward and held the chair tightly, what did I do?' she repeated, not finding a way out, something in her wishing hard for all of this to be a dream... a dreadful dream from which she would wake up in a few minutes... she waited... she waited as she held her breath and pushed the tears back, this was a dream... everything would be fine...' she thought, but gasped when someone knocked on the door, this isn't a dream...' she muttered,
Padmini looked at Manvi as she opened the door and her heart went out for her daughter, her face was so haggard that it made her look older and thinner, she could see that Manvi was looking at her but wasn't realizing her presence, what was all this doing to her daughter?
Padmini said nothing but turned to leave and came face to face with Prakash who was looking at them; she avoided him as she entered their room, Prakash following her in,
"Padmini... You can't do this our daughter, Can't you see what she has become for barely a week... sending her way means keeping her away from the world she has been for all these years, keeping her away from us, from her friends, from Vanshika ji and..." Prakash stopped,
"Why did you stop ji? Say it... and Virat... What are you thinking? She is being immature... Aap bhi? Think about her age... I'm not saying that he is bad... I'm just saying that she won't be happy with him,"
"You don't know that Padmini..."
"I know how my daughter is and I know who will make her happy and who will not..." Padmini argued,
"You can't say that without knowing everything about them, and why aren't you thinking about the other plus points,"
"What plus points? I don't see any plus points here..." Padmini was now getting irritated; she didn't want to give up.
Prakash followed Padmini who was walking around the house while acting busy, he knew that she was trying to avoid this conversation but he wasn't ready to give up either.
