MADNIL

Madnil Part 16

What?!? Anil said. He was shocked. He thought he might be the father, but he honestly thought it would be Sriram. "Are you sure?" he asked. "Yes, you are the one I conceived this child with, I'm sure of it," she said as tears filled her eyes. "Honey, that's great I can't believe you're going to have our baby!!!!" he said excitedly. Madhuri's sudden outburst of joy suddenly dawned on her. "Oh my God!, Anil how am I going to tell Sriram?" she started crying her heart out. "Madhuri, it's ok, you don't have to tell him until your ready." he said and then added, "Just know that I want to be apart of your and our child's life and I'll wait for you." "That's why I love you so much." she replied. "listen Sriram is going to be home soon and I need some time to think about everything," she said. They said I love you and hung up. Madhuri got up and went upstairs to her and Don's room and laid down. Alia had been staying with Sonam for the weekend and was coming home tomorrow after school. Her tears started to fall and she cried herself to sleep.

She was in a beautiful house, Sriram was there and he was hugging and kissing her. It wasn't the same though. She turned around and instead of facing Sriram she saw Anil. His eyes blazed with passion, love, and lust. He kissed her, making her go weak at the knees. Then she was standing there in a pink nursery with him looking down on a beautiful baby girl. She woke up then. She had only been asleep for about 20 minutes but it had been long enough for her realize what she needed to. She would always love Sriram, but not the way she now loved Anil. "It's hard to believe that one little dream could make me see the one I really want to spend the rest of my life with," she said to herself. "I want to be with Anil and raise our child together, but how am I going to find the strength to hurt Sriram?" As she said this tears started to fall and she heard the door open. "Honey, I'm home!" Sriram said. She quickly dried her eyes and waited for him to come upstairs.

"Hey Sweetheart!!" he said, "How did the Dr.'s appointment go?" "Fine darling, the baby is perfectly healthy I'm 2 months along, and I need to stay in bed a lot because of it being so high risk obviously." she said, "Well that's wonderful I'm glad everything is alright with our child." Madhuri felt a twinge of guilt as he said that. "And as promised CHINESE!!" he smiled. She knew this wasn't the time to tell him so she smiled and said: "Yummy I'm starving!" He brought the food up and they ate in bed. Afterward, they laid down and just held each other. "I love you so much, and you know I'll do anything for you as long as it makes you happy." he said "I love you too, and yes I do know," she said while fighting the lump in her throat. "How am I going to tell him?" "How can I break his heart like that?" "After everything, he's done for me?" she kept thinking. Sriram could tell there was something on her mind but she was starting to drift off to sleep so he didn't want to keep her awake with questions. He kissed her softly as she drifted off to sleep in his arms.

She woke up the next morning and dashed to the bathroom. Sriram came in to sit with her. She wiped off her face and looked at him and said "The part of pregnancy I hate the most!" But she was grinning. He could see just how thrilled she was to be having this baby. There was something else there too but he couldn't quite place what it was. "Hahaha Well this part should pass soon enough sweetheart." he smiled. Madhuri rinsed her mouth out with mouth wash and brushed her teeth. Sriram had a few errands to run, usually, Madhuri I would do them but he was going to make sure she did exactly what the doctor ordered!

Madhuri called Kajol later that afternoon. "Hey," she said, "Oh my God, Madhuri how's everything?" Kajol asked "Everything's fine! The baby is perfectly healthy The pregnancy is high risk because of my age so I have to pretty much stay put." she explained. "Well, I guess that means if I want to visit you anytime soon I'll have to come to you," Kajol added. "Hahaha, I guess so!" "Well listen I have an interview for another movie in New York in a week how would you like me to come and visit you then?" Kajol said. "That would be fantastic!!! Kajol your so incredibly sweet do you know that?" "Yes, I do thank you." Kajol laughed. "Well listen I have to go I'll call you next week to see when we can get together," Kajol said Madhuri agreed and they said goodbye to each other.

Shortly after, Alia came home. She hadn't seen her baby in almost two months and she grabbed her and hugged her tight. "Mom you're home!" she said excitedly "Yes, I am, baby girl." "Wait Dad said you were put in the hospital is everything alright?" Alia asked concerned. "No, I'm fine and when your dad gets home we need to talk to you, but it's nothing bad I promise." just then a wave of nausea hit Madhuri and she ran for the bathroom for about the 5th time that day. Alia came running after her mom. "Ok, mom you said you were fine throwing up isn't fine I want to know what's wrong with you NOW!" her youngest demanded. "Ok fine, but you have to promise not to tell your sister, I want to be the ones to tell her alright?" "Alright," Alia agreed. "Well, honey the reason I was rushed to the hospital is well because I got sick and started throwing up and after having tests run at the hospital it turns out I'm pregnant!" she watched her daughter's shocked expression turns into one of delight. "Mom OH MY GOD!! I'm so happy for you and Dad!" "It's wonderful I'm finally going to have a younger sibling! Hahaha!" Alia leaned down and hugged her mother. Madhuri was once again filled with the guilt she was going to have to explain to the whole family that this isn't their dad's child and she didn't know how she was going to do that. Alia went to her room and Madhuri sent Anil a text message: Anil I know I told you you're the father, and I want to be with you and our baby more than anything in the world. But how am I going to tell my family about all of this? I don't know if I'm strong enough. The last thing I want to do is hurt them. She pressed send and then put her phone on silent. She did want to be with Anil she now realized she would never love Sriram the way she loves him. She just kept asking herself how she was supposed to break the heart of the man who nearly 31 years ago healed her broken heart......