Mr. and Miss. Crazy

Chapter 44

"Mehek, show your art to her..." Her teacher nudged her and she shyly slid her canvas towards me.

"Wow, you did so good my baby..." I sniffed, happy seeing how talented this little girl is.

"See I knew my cupcake will win this and she did..." Manik placed a kiss on her forehead and Mehek beamed seeing how proud Manik was of her.

"Yes Mr. and Mrs. Malhotra, your both kids are doing really well. Rishabh is a little troublemaker but when come to his studies, he is doing really well. Especially in Mathematics." And I looked at both my kids proudly. We finished the parent teaching meeting and came out of the campus.

"So, this great results call for a lunch party, what's say?" Manik asked both of them.

"Chinese...." And both my little ones shouted in unison making me shake my head.

"Let's go then..." All four of us buckled up and drove to Hauz Khas to get lunch. All three of them chatted animatedly making me smile. My hand went on my tummy, it's been six months since I lost my baby girl, but I still feel her presence inside me. A lone tears escaped my eye, but I wipe it off quickly before Manik could see it. He has done his best to get me out of this depression and he is mostly successful but sometime I just couldn't help it.

I wonder how different life would have turned out if I would have not ran away with my baby. One misunderstanding destroyed my life. If only I would have stayed back to hear what Manik was going to say. If only I would have confronted him, if only I would have told him about me being pregnant if only. I closed my eyes...

Flashback

"This nausea, vomit was just for nothing. Ms. Moorthy, you are pregnant...." And I froze..

Doctor looked at me sympathetically, telling a non married women that she is pregnant was no joke. In India this is still term as tabu. My whole family will flip if they got to know. Amma and Appa will be so disappointed in me. They were never really happy with Manik and mine relationship and now this will surely break them. Aiyappa, what the hell happened...

"Doctor are you sure, maybe there is some mistake, should we do one more test just to be sure...." I asked almost pleading. How is Manik gonna react. Oh Aiyappa, we are not even ready for this.

"I am pretty much sure Nandini...." I sighed...

"You know who the Father is right?" Doctor asked me slowly I could see her judging my character at this very moment.

"Of course I do, what sort of women do you take me for?"

Oh the one who gets pregnant out of wed lock, I bit my lip for being outrageous, what's her fault in this? It's Mine, why the fuck I didn't let Manik use protection and now I have a little Manik or Nandini in my womb. That thought made me smile.

"I just meant, you can decide with your partner if you both want to keep it or not. Abortion now is possible but after 2 weeks or so, it will not be safe for you to abort this child. So discuss with him and let me know...."

I nodded meekly and took my leave. Abortion, how could I abort my own child, I know I am not ready to be a Mom, but I wasn't ready to kill this little one, what's his fault in all of this... I just need to discuss this Manik, I know he will sort this out, if he didn't get in shock first. The whole ride I was anxious thinking about Manik's reaction. At this moment no one else matters but him, if he is with me, I can face the whole world but without him, I don't want to think about this.