Sanskar TS: " Good Brother"( Completed)

Supportive Sister

Uttara had been in her room, her mom asked her to stay inside till the guests arrived and it would be unseemly for bride  to be seen out of her room early, but she was surprised when loud arguments were heard from outside ,she stepped out of her room to find the reason and found Chira'sj mom shouting at someone.

She got worried that she walked towards them and surprised to find it was her Bhabhi who was being shouted at , Uttara had believed that her brother hired her sister in law as wedding planner in hopes of reconciliation, yet they fought with each other at every instance that she began to worry about them.

Now her eyes searched to find her brother who has been missing from the scene ,it took her few minutes to find the reason for the outburst .Apparently one of the heirloom jewelry brought by Chiraj's mom was missing and she was blaming it on her Swara bhabhi .

Uttara tried to speak up in her defense, but as if noticing her intention . Her mom came to her side and place her hand in a firm grip on her shoulder warning her against it ,Uttara wanted to defy her yet when she looked at Swara bhabhi , she  was shaking her head in answer as well .

Yet she was upset to witness such scenes and no one was speaking up in defense of her sister in law . She hoped for her brother arrival soon because only he can do something about it compared to mute spectators of her family.

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Swara stood in silence as insults were hurled at her, she wanted to speak up but kept silent for Uttara sake . She didn't know how the heirloom went missing, she remember placing it in the bag as she got into the taxi . Ragini, her sister left to buy some last minutes necessaries that she didn't even have her sister by her side .

Her eyes kept searching for him , she didn't think she  wanted him to come to her defense, she wanted Uttara engagement to go off without a problem which means taking the blame and remaining silent for the sake of it yet she wanted to see him for support or maybe to see someone who believed her amidst the accusations . It was at that moment her eyes found him walking inside and stayed looking at him .

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Sanskar had to leave when he got a call saying they need him to identity a body and see if it was his cousin, he didn't want to upset anyone with the news before checking it out .So left without a word to anyone .

And it may have been the 20th body he checked in the last six months but each time he dreaded the moment when they lifted the covers, and frankly  he breathed a sigh of relief to see a stranger face . He didn't have time to relax as he didn't want to miss his sister engagement so drove back home . Only to stumble upon yet another chaos where his wife was in the line of fire .

" So finally you arrived , one brother went missing the other keeps hidden for the most of the time . So what was more important than your sister engagement " Chriaj's mom voice rang out as soon as she saw him.

Sanskar kept silent unwilling to bring up that he just went to a mortuary . He was sure he would be considered breaking several rules of tradition and it would be frowned upon as he went just before a auspicious event . Yet he couldn't wait ,he already waited for six whole months to find his cousin.

" Fine ,keep your silence. But answer me why would you hire a wedding planner who is a thief and who  steal our heirloom " Chiraj's mom spoke up yet again making Sanskar look towards his wife .

" She wouldn't have stolen anything " Sanskar hated that his immediate response to speak up in her defense without thinking and he noticed his mother furious expression and the silent shake of her head as if she was disappointed he come to his wife's defense .