The Binding String

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"Dr. Shalini?"

"Yes. Is it Mr and Mrs. Bhalla? Welcome." Ishita Raman greeted the lady doctor with an awkward smile before closing the door behind.

"Good Morning doctor." Raman Ishita greeted doctor simultaneously before taking visitor seats.

"Nice to meet you Mr and Mrs Bhalla." The doctor welcomed the couple enthusiastically and asked them to make themselves comfortable. Raman undid the buttons of his business coat before making himself comfortable and started to roam his eyes around the cabin. The cabin was neither small nor big, divided into two parts the outer side of the cabin was designed as waiting lounge occupied with L-Shaped sofa, a coffee table along some couple of magazines, few indoor plants decorated at corners of room and a water dispenser. The glass partition was kept which separate the waiting lounge with doctor chamber. The chamber had nothing special, it looked like typical doctor chamber as expected. Done with pastel shade over wall, the one side of wall was covered with the frames of appreciation certificates, the other side of wall had the wooden almirah filled with the different medical books and maybe case files as well.

Dr Shalini Iyengar he mouthed the name in audibly after inspecting the room. Ek aur madrasan. Lagta hai meri zindagi mein madrasiyon se hi paala padna likha hai. Ek madrasan se nou saal pehle mila tha toh aaj tak bhugat raha hoon, aur ab ek yeh doctor. Pata nahi yeh mera kya karegi.

"Shall we start Mr Bhalla?"

"Yes sure." Raman whispered embarrassed of going out of zone rather than focusing over councilling.

"Doctor is it necessary to have sessions?" Ishita interjected in middle didn't letting doctor to start.

"Kyon kya hua? Don't you want to give fair chance to your marriage?" Shalini questioned smilingly looking at couple.

"No actually we are living separate from last year and we are comfortable with the arrangement already and.." Ishita flumbled due to nervousness, she realised she was running out of words but she was sure that she doesn't wish to have the councilling at any cost.

"So that I doctor. Maybe we don't get along together but certainly I'm not at all interested in having councilling with her." Raman spat arrogantly looking at his wife.

"What do you want to mean? Am I dying to mend things with you?" Ishita spoke through gritted teeth while a scowl appeared on her face.

"Trust me darling I have no such intentions for our marriage." Raman replied plastering a fake smile over his lips enough to make his wife mad.

"I hope you remebered that you're sitting in my office Mr and Mrs Bhalla." Dr. Shalini Iyengar intervened in middle, her tone became stern, her body posture appeared hardened. The welcoming smile over her face earlier converted into a scowl enough to make the couple mouth shut.

"Councillings are not just to make marriages work Mr and Mrs Bhalla. Sometimes it's just for to make the couple sort there issues. Councillings doesn't guarantee you to end up together, it may help you growing as an individual." Shalini explained her point with patinece keeping her tone stern as she kept previously.

"So....shall we start?" The doctor asked with a smile this time, hoping the couple to co-operate with her.

"Yes?" They replied in unison realising they have no option left.

"Okay so Mr Bhalla, let's start with you. Tell me something about you."

"Don't you know about the famous CEO of PSR?" He tried to flaunt himself about the doctor.