A Bond Of Intellect

Chapter - 36

The same vibe came between them, now Evan went to his college and drop Riti at clinic where she works and both came back, now Riti have taken the responsibility of breakfast and dinner or lunch, but Evan also make sometimes when she is not feeling well, their life was moving smoothly.

But the signs came again—nausea in the morning, sleep tugging at her eyelids before sunset—but this time, Riti didn't ignore them. She didn't hide, didn't brush them off behind a smile.

She told Evan.

And as always, Evan listened.

Then they went straight to hospital, and the test came positive, this time no fear, they were ready for to give birth a new life, hearing the news everyone get exploded with excitement, and Riti decided to recontinue her work for first two months, but Evan didn't agree with it, since her work place were far, so he decided to make a clinic of her own, he buy the land, and told his family and his family encouraged his decision and said not to worry about them his big brother and his wife is there with them, and so he built a home for him and Riti and for that little life too.

So Riti went to clinic when there is patient and then came back straight to home for resting , and Evan too came home early as his college is also not far from their new home.

As Riti's belly grew, so did the laughter. Her mother came often with laddoos and warmth. Evan's mother came with gentle scolding and mittens she knit by hand. Friends dropped by with advice, stories, and sometimes nonsense—but all of it, stitched together, became joy.

Evan, ever the silent sentinel, applied for leave from the college. But the family insisted—"We're here. Let us hold her, just for a while."

And so, after one last brush against her cheek, one whispered promise into her ear, he returned to work, heart still tethered to home.

During her pregnancy, she did all the naughty things she can do, sometimes seducing Evan and teasing him like she knew he  can't touch her now, and eating all types of food she can eat, Evan can't even scold her for that.

 The day arrived gently, like everything else in their story. And the delivery, long but safe, ended with one strong cry and a thousand quiet prayers.

When Evan stepped into that hospital room, he was no longer just a husband.

He was a father.

And Riti—tired, glowing, cheeks damp from fresh tears—looked up at him with the same eyes she'd once tried to hide her pain in. But today, there was only light.

"I'm okay," she whispered.

He kissed her forehead. "I know. You've always been stronger than you think."

The baby stirred lightly in her arms, warm and impossibly small. And as Evan leaned down to touch that tiny hand, his fingers brushed something new into the world.

They have never realized the warmth of a newborn life, seeing it Riti got tears in her eyes, but they were from happiness.

In the beginning, they struggled so much, because whenever baby cries she calls her mom or mother in law or sometime her sister in law to ask them, " He is crying again, but I have gave him milk" then voice came from other side with laughter, "Then it must be diaper, you have to change it every time it gets full", seeing her struggle sometimes Evan also smile but he help her in every way.

One day, at afternoon Riti just give the milk to baby and make him sleep, and also fall asleep from tiredness, she was asleep so deep that she didn't listen the baby cry, baby was crying but she didn't wake up , then its also time for Evan coming home, Riti said to him that she can manage alone in that time, but when he hear the baby cry, he park the car and hurried into the home, seeing baby cry like this his heart ache and pick up him , and noticed he was crying because he have pooped, then changed it but he was still crying so he wake Riti up , "Riti!, Riti..."

He shakes her gently and then she woke up, but hearing baby's cry she sat in a second, and seeing it she asks, "what's wrong, why he is crying?" And then Evan replies, " I just got home and hear him cry so I check his diaper he had pooped so i wash him and changed". Riti face shows shock, she then said, " Oh, I f-all asleep, how fool i am, then he must be crying for a long time..." But in her mind she was hurt thinking what if Evan didn't come up, her eyes gets teary, but Evan's expression gets softer he put the baby in her lap and hold her head and kiss her forehead,  "Shh.., now , don't think that much, nothing's happened, if u want rest then tell me about it, I will take leave for that day."

But later, there home remain full of guests meeting with baby, friends, family, which help them more. And Adhya and Arun was so much excited that they were saying, "Chachi, when he will get bigger so we will play with him." and everyone's laugh at their comment.

They named their baby "Anrit", as Anrit gets older, he became more naughty, because he was the youngest child, so everyone pampered him so much and Riti's too adores him so much, that she was the main culprit behind his naughtiness, sometimes he scribbled Evan's grades paper with crayons, and both mom and son got scolded for it, but Riti save Anrit everytime he do something wrong.