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Its been a month since his marriage of convenience with Jaya's friend's daughter Pallavi. Jaya made sure that she would forgive Raghav and stay with him if he marries the girl of her choice. Jaya thought it would be easy for him to not behave like a brat and fall in love with someone like Pallavi but because of his alcoholic nature, he shunned her out of their bedroom and it's been a week she's staying in the guest room.

Jaya has been thinking as to what to do to make this marriage work while Keerti comes up to Jaya saying it's Ammamma's call (अम्मम्मा - Naani). Jaya takes the phone to talk to her mom who's in a village.
J: haa amma bolo, kaisi ho?
Sujata: main theek hu jaya, tum kaisi ho? Bacche kaise hai? Aur bahu kaisi hai?
J: kuch theek nahi hai Amma, mujhe laga Raghav sudhar jayega par kuch nahi ho raha... Bahu ek hafte se alag kamre me so Rahi hai.
S: kal Main aur Kamakshi (Kamakshi - Raghav's father's mother) soch rahe they ki unnko kuch din ke liye yaha bulaaye aur yaha ke temples me darshan karwaye.
J: kyu Amma, cheek chillate rahega uspe...
S: ek kaam kare? Bolo ki naye dulha Dulhan ko ek vrat karne ki riwaaz hai yaha pe...

J: acha...
S: main puchungi toh aajayega... Aur mere saamne nahi chilla sakta uspe... Main baat karungi aur tu bhej... Baaki sab main dekh lungi.
J: theek hai...
Soon Raghav's Baamma Kamakshi (बाम्मा - Daadi) called him up telling that they're supposed to visit the town and do a vrat together and its a ritual for newly weds. It is supposed to be done for 5 days.

Both of them reached in the next couple of days in the district of Kurnool where there is a Jyotirlinga of Srisailam Mallikarjuna on a mountain called Srisaila.

Both his paternal and maternal grandmothers welcomed them and they were shown their bedroom.

And then during dinner they sat them down. Raghav's ammamma started feeding him as it's been ages since she even saw him and his Baamma started feeding Pallavi so that she wouldn't feel left out.
Pallavi blinked back the water in her eyes.
After the dinner was done, they told Raghav to go to the room as they need to get to know Pallavi.

Raghav had a mini heart attack but they didn't give him the scope to argue and he walked away but he stood by the wall to know what she'd tell them.

S: toh Pallavi beta? Raghav ache se toh rakhta hai na tujhe? Pareshaan toh nahi karta na?
K: tu sab kuch bol sakti hai humse, abhi bulaake kaan kheenchungi uski
P: nahi nahi, sab theek hai. Matlab koi problem nahi hai.
S: tum dono ko dekhke lagta toh nahi hai ki sab theek hai
K: maana ki shaadi ke baad ladte hai, par aisa kyu lag raha hai ki ek dusre se koi matlab nahi hai?
P: wo bas, sabke saamne nahi dikhaate. Bas itni si baat hai. Amma aur Keerti ke saamne bhi nahi dikhaate, arranged marriage hai na, abhi tak ek dusre ke baare me zyada kuch nahi jaante hum. Isiliye Aisa lag raha hai.
S: jaya ne bola ki tum apni sauteli maa aur behen ke wajah se bohot jheli ho? Wo log aaj bhi pareshan karte hai?
P: naraaz toh they ki bade ghar ka rishta aaya tha par jab Amma ne bola ki dahej nahi chahiye aur Papa ke jaaydaad me hissa bhi nahi chahiye toh chup ho gaye kyuki ab sab kuch unka hai...
S: raghav se shaadi karne ki afsos hai?
P: nahi,
K: kyu?
P: kyuki Amma mera itna khayal rakhti hai ki shayad meri maa bhi nahi rakhi... Keerti bhi mujhe bohot pyaar karti hai.
S: aur Raghav?
P: unhe time Dena zaruri hai, wo shaadi ke liye ready nahi they toh... Shayad isiliye time lag raha hai samajhne me
K: theek hai beta, tum so jaao...
P: ji...

Raghav sped into the room so that they don't think that he's been eavesdropping and lay on the bed.

Pallavi entered the room with both the grandmothers and
S: Raghava... Kal subah 5 baje uthke, sar par nahaake dono 6 baje tak ready raho... Subah se upvas rakhna hai, kuch khaana nahi hai bas coffee peeni hai aur dopeher me sirf prasad khaana hai aur fruits bhi khaa sakte hai raat me theek se khaa sakte hai.
K: aaj se 5 din aisa hi rahega, aur firr mandir me puja start karenge subah 6:30 - 7 baje tak. Aur 2 ghante ke andar puja ho jayega aur 9 baje tak hum waha se niklenge aur ghar aajayenge.
S: non veg and daaru nahi le sakte
K: sirf satvik khaana dinner me jo hum banaye
S: tum reh sakti ho na beta? Chakkar toh nahi ayegi na shaam tak?
P: nahi naani reh lungi...
S: tumhaari puja ke liye ek haldi me dubi hui saree sukhne ke liye rakha hai... Wo pehen lena beta kal...
P: ji
K: aur tujhe bhi dhoti pehenna hai
R: theek hai Baamma
S: chalo hum chalte hai, so jaao ab...

The entire night she slept like a log, even if she wanted to shuffle or shift in her sleep, she couldn't. She was scared of his anger, she can't afford everyone knowing about the reality of their relationship.

He couldn't sleep a wink the entire night, their conversation was a lot to take in. He shut his eyes but sleep was far away from him. Maybe not being on alcohol was also effecting his emotions? He was fine with his whiskey which would let him sleep peacefully.
He could feel the hollowness in his room when he shunned her out of his bedroom. It's just been a week without her in his room but she's been around for 3 weeks in the room.
Though he was agitated then with her presence, right now it feels good, that someone is with him. He doesn't feel alone, it was not her... It was him... He was quite volatile with his emotions, he's feeling much at ease right now.

But it feels good, his heart feels enveloped with warmth.
He turned onto his back and opened his eyes to the ceiling, and he turned his head to his right to watch her. The silence was surreal, he turned onto his right, looking at her, though it was her back... Her open hair, her small waist, those tiny soles of her feet. He fell asleep watching her.

Her alarm went off at 4:45 am when she woke up and got ready by 5:15am. He then went inside as she towel dried her hair. He got ready but he couldn't drape his dhoti, Sujatha knocked their door at 6 am and saw that he was struggling.
S: kyu re? Bada businessman bane phirta hai... Dhoti pehenna nahi aata tujhe?
R: ammamma main...
S: tu pehnade beta...
P: ji...

She took it from his hands and draped it, no emotions on her face. She didn't look at his face, she draped in less than a minute and started to walk out of the room.

His heart sank that she's scared of him.