Mere Humsafar

Chapter three

Abhira was slightly surprised when she was gifted a new phone by mishti massi. Apparently swara had broken her old phone by mistake while she was asleep and that's why she was being gifted a new phone. All her contacts have been saved in a new phone except a few. She found armaan and poddars missing but abhira did not question it. She knew her family had deliberately not saved the numbers of them, she also did not deem it necessary to think of asking about them. She thanked her massi for the new iPhone and chatted with her for a few minutes. Muskaan mami had come later to massage her hair, Abhira happily let her do it hiding her emotions. It has been months, she had someone doing these things for her. After her mother, abhira never thought she would ever have the privilege to get motherly affection from anyone but god had been kind with her and gave her this family.

During dinner, naksh informed abhira that she needs to transfer her internship to another law firm.
" They are family friends beta, their law firm only fights for justice and is very clear on their principles. I have already spoken. You can join after two days"
" But why nanu? I'm doing well in my current firm " Abhira argued. She did not want to take advantage of her current family status.
" I know " Naksh agrees but continues speaking," don't you think the line of professional life and personal life in your current firm has been broken already which lead to problems in your life. I would have let you continue but I don't want you to return to the place where they don't know the meaning of professionalism "
Abhira became quiet hearing it. She knew nanu was referring to charu and dev sir incident and he was being right to be concerned.
" Abhira don't think you are taking advantage of our family status. We can only help to climb it up to you how much higher you want to reach " kriti assured her.
Abhira nods her head after a moment.
" What's the firm name I would be working for?" She asks much for everyone's relief.
" Raichand firm " Naksh answers her and speaks about the owners of the family. How closely related to the singhanias were to them but also assured her that they were very professional to their work and will never treat her special. Abhira listened for a while and was convinced that she was going to the right place for an internship.
" Abhira di, that's enough na. Nanu you too" swara says " can we talk something else"
Everyone decided to divert their mind to other topic much to swara's delight. Kairav talked about his construction business, swara about her fashion show. Abhira took part in conversation. In poddar house her opinion was treated very badly but that was not the case in her new family.

Abhira was getting read to sleep when naksh, kreeti, muskaan and kairav came to talk to her.
" We will be going to the poddar house tommorrow" Naksh says her " the divorce papers are ready abhira"
Naksh gave her the papers. Abhira takes it half hearted.
" With which self respect you left the house, with same self respect you sign and throw the papers on poddar beta" Muskaan says to her cupping her face.
" Don't compromise with that one thing which your mother would never want you to do in your life - your self respect and dignity. Your mother learnt it in a hard way that her self respect was above everything but you don't. A realtionship which will ask you to throw your self respect and dignity should end before it harms you in a way that you can't recover"
Muskaan 's words affected abhira a lot. She nods her head. All left the room making her understand in their own way. Abhira should have been happy that her family valued her self respect and her more than thinking about her married life but she was in a emotional turmoil. She took a deep breath, looked at the divorce papers and signed it. She kept the papers here and went to her bed and laid on it thinking about her memories with the poddars and armaan. How much ever happy memories she had with them all were tainted with bad memories which she got from them. She can't forget how everyone turned against her even people she thought would never. She closed her eyes, she had ended that chapter of her life. They did not matter anymore, she had signed the divorce papers. After sometime sleep eludes her completely and she falls asleep.
Unlike abhira, none of the poddars could sleep. The phone call had disturbed them, the person speaking on the other hand seemed angry. Armaan could not make out this sudden relatives of abhira. He was confused. Kaveri poddar for first time in life felt something wrong was going to happen. But for the poddars the night passed with restlessness and anticipation.