Blessed: The Abandoned Wife

The deal

Daivik: Spiritually, these sound the same....The message from the monks was more personalized but indicated correcting mistakes.

Jai: I am surprised by how similar the message from the two sounded.

Darsh: This is uncanny bro!

Aditi: (looking at the cards) That is true...your card says 'the naughty one'!!

Darsh: (looking at Jai) Save me from Dits!

Jai: (hand on heart, bowing to his wife) I am completely in her clutches! She is my wife and life! I cannot help you here, naughty one!

Aditi: (glaring at her husband) What is this Vic? And what are you blabbering with this guy?

Jai: (putting his arm around her shoulder and trying to distract her) I think it is time we return home! Kids have school tomorrow morning...

It was decided that Soumya would take Dyuti to her house. Aditi expressed concern about her going alone. Soumya had recently learnt to drive and they wanted to make sure she reached home safely in the night.

Viren: Shall we send someone along? Who can we send? Daivik? Darsh?

Darsh: I can follow her car. I will drop her home.

Before Viren could nod his head in agreement, Darsh had already grabbed his jacket and started to follow Soumya out of the house. Aditi, Daivik and Jai stared at the walking Darsh in shock, but Anita smiled. They strapped Dyuti in the passenger seat and Soumya drove her hatchback. Darsh followed in one of the sedans to her house. He waited till her car entered the porch and from a distance saw Soumya helping Dyuti out of the car and into the house. Soumya looked for him as she finally locked the car to go inside the house and Darsh waved a bye at her and quietly left. Soumya stood outside the door for a few minutes seeing him leave. And only when he was out of sight did she go back inside.

In the meantime, at the other end of the city, Shubhi had returned home to see her mother waiting for her in the living room. Though Shubhi looked more composed and had stopped shivering, her mother knew that the panic attack might have returned. It had been years of support that had helped Shubhi 'normalise'. That she was able to talk about the incident was in itself a big step for her.

The moment mother and daughter stepped into Shubhi's room, Shubhi hugged her mom and broke down.

Shubhi: (crying) He...he wanted to snatch away my daughter!!

Shubhi mom: Wha? Who?

Shubhi: That man! her father! I hate that man!!

Shubhi's mom: What happened? Did you meet him?

Shubhi: Yes he used the birthday party as an excuse to meet me!

Shubhi's mom: There is nothing wrong in that...he...err...seems interested in you...

Shubhi: Yes he offered marriage!

While Shubhi's mom gasps, she settles her daughter on the edge of the bed and sits across from her on the chair, still holding hands with her. In the meantime, her father has entered the room but stands near the door not sure how to handle this emotional state of his daughter.

Shubhi's father: If he has troubled you...

Shubhi's mom: He proposed marriage again...

Shubhi's father: I will call the lawyers if he is troubling you!

Shubhi: The lawyers were there....both Aditi and Jai were there

Shubhi's Mom: Maybe he doesn't mean harm...he has been proposing marriage...it was his mom who was bad to you....