𝑺𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔.☑☑☑☑

𝑺𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝟏𝟔

No proofread.

Leela Palace.

Isha stood in Ajay's room with a look of satisfaction on her face as she watched Khushi and Payal hug Ajay.

She was happy to see them together like they were on the past but she wasn't about to let her guard down even after reading Ajay's letter a few hours ago.

Flashback.

Isha arrived at her suite to find Ajay's nurse relaxing on the couch whilst watching television.

The nurse flinched and immediately stood up when she saw Isha.

"Where is my husband?" Isha asked sternly as she sat on the arms chair exhausted and a bit weak from the blood that was drawn from her for the DNA test.

"He fell asleep not less than an hour ago. " The nurse responded as she took a brown envelope from the center table and handed it to Isha who frown and snatched it from her.

"I thought the new medicine no longer makes him drowsy so why is he sleeping by this time of the day? " Isha asked angrily making the nurse gulp nervously and immediately kneeled crying which confused and concerned Isha at the same time.

"Am really sorry Mrs Gupta...... I tried to stop him but he won't eat or take his medicines so I had to let him do it...... Please forgive me and let me keep my job....... My family depends on my salary to survive. "

"What did you do to my husband? " Isha yelled getting up from her chair and the nurse flinched backwards as she pointed to the brown envelope she gave to Isha.

Isha immediately opened the envelope to find a letter, she opened it and saw a horrible handwriting and she lifted her gaze from the letter to the nurse.

"Mr Gupta wanted to write this letter for you........ He spent an hour and half writing it and that's why he is tired and immediately fell asleep after his meal and medicines. " The nurse explained and Isha signalled her to leave and she scram out of there fast.

Isha sat back in her chair and started reading the letter.

"My lovely jalebi, my tomato,my chubby cheeks Nimi. " Isha's eyes teared as she remembered all the cute and annoying nicknames Ajay used to call her in the past. "I haven't been a good husband since I woke up....... I wasn't there for you when you lost our son just like how I wasn't there when we thought our baby girl died...... I saw how devastated you were when we thought our baby girl died and you almost died but Payal's presence saved you and remembering how you bonded so well with Payal,I know in my heart Payal is our baby girl....... You have been through hell and a good, kind and caring angel like you shouldn't have been through all that...... Am so sorry that I let the urge to see our chutki again over power my sense of understanding........ I know you think you are alone in your fight against Arnav but you are not alone........ I am here and will never leave you but my love, your hatred is diverted at the wrong person but I understand why because he is not only the son of Arvind, he is our son in law and you are afraid he would cheat on Khushi like Arvind did to his wife with Garima whom I hate and blame for all of this......... I know you wanted so bad to punish Arvind but he is dead and Arnav being the closest thing to him, you want him to pay for his father's sin......... He is not his father, yes he was horrible to our daughter from what Mohan told me but he changed for the best....... We can make him pay another way but punishing in for Arvind's sins is wrong and I am proof of this......... My father was a human trafficker and a rapist but did I turn up the same way. " Isha shook her head no crying uncontrollably. "No right....... Also another example is our good friend Shashi, his father was an abuser who murder his mother by beating her to death but look at how different Shashi grew up to be........ Your parents were the best parents in the world but look at how Garima grew up to be........ Our parents may influence us a bit but they don't determine who we become....... At the end of the day, it's all our choice to make....... Please give Arnav a chance but I want you to know , I chose you. " Isha smiled through her tears reading his letter. "I chose you my tomato....... But you need therapy only this time, I will be with you all the way...... I promise to get well faster so that I can hold your hand through it all...... I love you Nimi. "