'Uncle I am telling you na calangute is the best beach here. Please can we go there now?'
'Adi stop being stubborn beta. First take rest for sometime. We all are tired.'
'Beta you know what is your mother's problem?? She gets jealous of the hot bikini girls there on sand. She hasn't that hot figure na??!!?'
Adi laughed.
'Haww!! Kuch bhi!! I'm a sanskari indian girl!!'
'Abe oye! Girl??!?? You're a woman madrasan!! You think you're a 'KAMSIN KALI'??'
''Tum DONO Baap-bete Se baat karna hi bekaar hai!!'
OH NO!! What the hell did I blurt just now!! Ishita felt like digging a hole and jump into it.
Raman was dumbstruck!! Why did she called him and adi 'Baap-beta'??!!
'Umm I'm sorry raman. Actually I was missing ASHOK so I blurted..'
GOD!! ASHOK EVEN HERE!! SHE MISSES HIM!! DOES SHE REALLY LOVE HIM! NOT YOUR CONCERN RAMAN!! HE TOLD HIMSELF.
'Mamma. Please can you give me my 'BEN10' printed shirt and that blue pent!!'
'Yes beta!! Excuse me!!' THANK GOD SHE WAS OUT OF THAT EMBARASSMENT!!
Ishita awakened ruhi.
'Come beta!! I'll get you ready.'
Ruhi showed her Barbie hairclips and bands to her aunty. Ishita helped her wear her Barbie pink frock with matching hair clips.
'Woww!! My beti is looking like a doll.' Raman looked at his pretty baby doll.
'Ishita aunty helped me to get ready papa.'
'Okay beta thank aunty when she comes.'
Ishita had worn blue Kurta and white leggings with bead earrings and hint of kajal in her lovely eyes. A matching kada on her gentle wrist. The beauty of simplicity!! This woman was made to kill all men !! Thought raman...
They went to calangute beach. Adi and raman enjoyed bike ride in the sea water. Ishita and ruhi enjoyed coconut water.
'Adi do you want coconut water??'
'Are no uncle!! Coconut is so much familiar to me!! Mamma only eats coconut ice cream. Coconut chutni!! Even coconut is bored of us!!'
Raman laughed. Even this boy can make funny jokes on madrasi food. For a second raman thought that what ishita blurted was probably truth!! But how!! She was married to ASHOK !! Was she pregnant after that night?? No !! Then why would she have ditched him??
'Uncle!! Where're you lost?? Let's go to anjuna beach.'
'Adi beta!! We'll go to mangesh temple first. GOD is first.' Ishita said.
'Okay boss!!'
'Beta it's said that what you say in this mouse's ear is heard by mighty lord!!'
'Really mamma!! Woww!! Why!!'
'It is massenger of GANESHA beta.'
'God!! I can't even think ill of ishita.Then why did she betrayed me?? Please reveal the truth my lord!!'
Raman whispered in mouse's ear.
'God!! Please make raman happy always! Give all his sorrows to me!! Please give me strength that I'll fight that devil in his life.'
GANESHA had a slight smile on his face!! As if he was saying 'I'm there always!! But you two always stay like this.'
They went to PANJIM for shopping. Ishita saw an attractive tie in a shop. She bought it. Raman bought a green gown from a boutique. Adi had taken ruhi with him for 'bhutta'.
'Where's children??' Ishita asked raman when she completed her shopping.
'Eating Bhutto. Don't worry.'
'Wow!! Green gown!! ' ishita exclaimed on seeing her favourite coloured gown.
'Ummm... Actually I bought it for my wife. Wow!! Blue tie??'
'I bought it for ASHOK.' She said looking down.
'Come on mamma!! Come on uncle!! Let's go!! Ruhi is sleepy.' Children were tired after enjoying at calangute, anjuna, palolem, PANJIM.. And where not??!!
Children were asleep as soon as they reached their room. But two lovers were disturbed after afternoon incident.
'Mocktails at poolside??' Raman asked.
'Hmmm' ishita couldn't say no to this man.
They were relaxing on poolside on relaxing chair.
'Ishita!!'
'Hmm' ishita replied looking at the stars.
'Can you wear the gown I've bought for you?'
Ishita looked at him shying.
'I mean I need a measurement for my wife.'
She nodded. He handed her the gown. She went inside the pool changing room.
GOD!! She looked so beautiful as he expected. No man could resist her!!
Ishita blushed as she noticed him looking at her like THAT.
He came to her and made her seat on the chair. He was coming close to her as if she was magnet and he was metal. The magic of Cupid was showing its effect.
He kissed her neck. She gasped. He kissed her earlobes. He then came to her face. Kissed her nose , her forehead , her cheeks , her chin. They both knew this was going to lead to social crime but they were at point of no return.
He came to her lips. Their lips inches apart. She closed her eyes in anticipation.
'That tie was for me right??'
She had opened her mouth expecting a dreamy lip-lock but his question startled her.
'Umm raman actually..'
'Tell me the truth !!'
She looked down.
'I'm damn sure it's for me. Any blind man can see love for me in your eyes. Then why?? Why did you marry that man ishita?? Where did I go wrong??'
'Raman.. Circumstances ..'
'Don't name your betrayal as 'CIRCUMSTANCES' !! It hurts me!!'
He pulled his chin up. There were tears of pain in her eyes.
'You're really impossible to be understood ishita.' He said and left from there.
Ishita looked at his retreating form with tearful eyes. I LOVE YOU RAMAN!! AND TRUE LOVE IS NOT JUST TO GET YOUR LOVER BUT TO SAVE HIM FROM ALL EVIL EYES!!
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