His Brother's Wife

Epilogue

Pihu's POV:

Life has been busy lately. It has been two months since we moved to London. Aditya is busy with his work. He leaves in the morning and comes back late at night. For me, the adjustment is more important as I am mostly alone in the house. I don't complain to Aditya because he has been quite busy so it would be better if I support him. At the start of 15-20 days, I was trying to learn different things like how the city works. I have now been a bit accustomed to things and adjusted to my new home. Making a house a home is also a tough task.

I have tried to search for ideas on how should I start my work. I have started posting my blogs on a website. I love the response people are giving me. I can't always write so I am learning new things like cooking and gardening. I am planning to open a small cafe or something which will keep me busy. But that is just the planning stage for now.

For me, the only people I talk to are my parents other than Aditya. My mom has been a great help. She spent hours with me on video calls and helped in setting up my home. Aditya suggested we should hire someone but I wanted to do this on my own. These things at least keep me busy which is kind of good for me. Slowly I have started liking it.

For the past few days, I have been quite grumpy. I don't know why small things make me grumpy and I get irritated easily. My mom asked me to take a pregnancy test just in case. I was not sure if this was the case as Aditya and I have not been much sexually active. Plus we always used protection and we are not planning for a baby right now. First, we want to settle ourselves in this new place then we have decided to plan for a baby.

I am sitting in the toilet for the test to show me the result. A part of me wanted to experience motherhood but a part of me thinks it is not the right time. For now, I have left everything to God whatever he decides will be best for us.

The ringing of the phone startled me and I saw it was Mom. I picked up the call and she said "You did not call me back. What is the result?"

"Mom the result is yet to come," saying I came back in the washroom. But when my eyes landed on the test my voice was lost. My eyes started to get moist I was not able to believe what I was seeing.

"Mom it is saying I am pregnant," I told her holding the kit in my hand. "Congratulations my child. I am so happy for you both," she said excitedly.

"Mom but we were not planning for the baby," I told her the truth. "That's fine child just go with the flow," she tried to make me understand.

But I being the overthinker started thinking. "Mom, what if Aditya does not want a child?" I asked her with the tears in my eyes.

"You have gone mad. Why he will not accept it?" she asked getting offended as I accused his son.

"Mom he is busy with work. It might hamper his work. I don't know," I started to hyperventilate.

"Pihu relax. First, just sit down in the bed," she instructed me. I came with the test in my hand and sat on the bed. "First of all the child is both your responsibility. If he is busy with work we both will help you out. We are there for your help so stop stressing out yourself," she explained to me.

My brain was not stopping and it looked as if the brain was not listening to me. "Pihu it's not good for your child so stop," her one sentence made my mind go blank.

"When are you planning on telling him?" my Mom asked. "Today when he returns from office," I told her.

"Ok, now you eat your food properly and take a rest. Once you tell him go and see the doctor," she guided me.

"Thank you, Mom," as she was my pillar of strength. "You're welcome my child and don't forget to tell me about his reaction," saying we cut the call.

I ate my lunch and then rested. After waking up I decided on how to tell. I was not getting much idea so I decided to use Google. I looked for many ideas but did not like any. Then an idea came to my mind. I looked at the time and it was around 7 in the night.