Foresight

Chapter LI

Snuggling into those warm arms, Rajesh snoozes off his alarm. Inhaling the familiar scent, calms Rajesh to the core. On the other hand Pallavi did not sleep a wink the whole night. She just kept looking at Rajesh sleep peacefully. Running her fingers through his hair, she admires him sleep. Not having seen him for a week had a taken a toll on her. The time she spent away from him, she realised how much she loved him. All she wanted during that time, to rush back home and fall into his arms, for she she knew that Rajesh would be equally broken as her. But she had to think with a saner mind. Her priority was to find peace within herself. She had to accept that she had lost another of her baby to miscarriage, but the situations and circumstances were beyond control and she could not blame herself. Once she had accepted the fact through proper meditation, she could go ahead in comforting Rajesh. She understood that even though Rajesh needed her the most during the past week, unless she could make peace with herself, she could never move on in life and the fear of miscarriage would etch deep in her heart. But now that she had won against the fear and emerged victorious, she need the closeness of Rajesh. Now that she was with him, she did not want to miss a single moment. Planting a soft but deep kiss on his forehead, she whispers 'I love you' into his ears.

Hearing this words, Rajesh jolts up, to find Pallavi next to him. All the feelings of love come overflowing and he hugs her tightly. Along with the feelings of love, also comes up, Anger. The anger boiling up from, that she left him dangling for a week, without any proper information and that too at such a crucial time. Knowing that with the anger boiling inside, he might do something really stupid, Raesh opts to not speak with her for some time. He gets up from the bed and heads to the washroom. Although surprised, Pallavi understands that Rajesh might be angry and is not expressing out of the care for her. She decides to give him space and gets up and heads to the kitchen.

The young couple don't share a single word the entire morning except for a couple 'hmm' here and there. Rajesh swings his bag over his shoulder and heads for the door, before turning back and sharing an eye contact.

"Are you heading to work today?" he asks with a slight concern.

"No. I have asked leave till today. I will continue from tommorow. I am thinking for visiting Uncle and Aunty today" she answers.

"Oh. I haven't told them all that happened during the last week."

"Its ok. I won't tell about my disappearence. Only the miscarriage. They have a right to know"

"OK."

"I love you Rajesh". he just flashes a weak smile in reply. That is enough for Pallavi to know that Rajesh's love for her is victorius over his anger. She gets along with her day and rings up Mrs. Khuranna and informs her of her plan to visit her today.

Meanwhile, Rajesh is battling with his mixed feelings. On one side he is happy that Pallavi is back, but on the other side that she left him on such a crucial time, hurts him, Alongside the anger, a doubt that she might not trust him as much as he trust's her creeps in. With that doubt in his heart, he reaches the office and gets on his work. Not paying attention to Tarun and Neeraj, he just keeps with himself. Owing to pressure to complete the project and meet a deadline, Tarun and Neeraj are also immersed in their computers. Its not before lunch that they get time to have a proper smoke and talk things out .

"My cousin brother has come back from abroad. He is little experienced in these kind of matters. Like searching people. So I will talk with him pretty soon about our issue." Neeraj says, shoving down his lunch.

"That's a great idea. But I would suggest that we don't say the entire issue. Lets keep him on need to know basis only" Tarun replies, gulping down a glass of water.