MADNIL

Madnil Part 23

Madhuri, Kriti, and Sriram stayed up waiting on Nandani to come back home with Alia. Madhuri was getting worried and so were Sriram and Kriti. It was 12:30 and they still weren't back. "Oh god, Sriram this is all my fault!" Madhuri sobbed "What if something has happened to her and that's why Nandani can't find her?" "Madhuri. It's going to be ok you know Alia, she goes off the deep end with even the smallest things," he said trying to comfort her. "That's just it! How far will this have driven her!!!" Madhuri sat down on the sofa and cried. "Mom, come on this isn't good for you or the baby Dad and I will wait up for them, you need to get some rest.

Kriti helped Madhuri upstairs to her and Sriram's bedroom. Madhuri started to say she would sleep in the guestroom but decided better of it. Kriti got out her mom some pajamas while Madhuri took a quick shower. In 15 minutes she was dressed and under the covers. Kriti sat with her on the edge of the bed just making small talk to try and get her mother to sleep. "So do you know the sex of the baby yet?" she asked "Hmm... Oh yes, it's a girl!" Madhuri said excitedly "Awesome!!" A new baby sister!!" Kriti said she really was excited. They talked a while longer but nothing worked there was just no way Kriti was going to get Madhuri to sleep with two of her babies out.

Finally, around 2 a.m. Sriram got a call from Nandani saying she and Alia were going to be staying at her apartment tonight. "Dad, don't flip but she's been drinking and I think this is for the best." Sriram agreed, he could tell Nandani had been drinking as well. "All right, have her back here tomorrow as soon as you two wake up, promise?" "I promise dad" They hung up and Nandani breathed a sigh of relief, she would not have to face her mother tonight. She went to attend to Alia and try and get some sleep.

Sriram went upstairs and explained to Kriti and Madhuri what was going on. "Oh thank God they're alright!!" Madhuri said sitting up "Yes, they're just fine so you get some sleep." Sriram said. "You too, Kriti" He added He kissed Kriti on the forehead. "I'll sleep in the guest room." with that he left. "It feels so weird," Madhuri thought "Sleeping in a different room from him." She and Sriram hadn't ever slept in separate rooms, even when they had been mad at each other they would still sleep in the same bed. "Mom, can I sleep in here with you tonight?" "I don't feel like sleeping in my old room." "Of course you can sweetheart!" Madhuri said gratefully that she would have someone next to her. After Kriti got ready for bed she climbed in under the covers next to her mother. "Thank you my sweet girl" Madhuri whispered. "For what mom?" "For understanding, I know this is going to be hard for you, thank you for being you," Madhuri said. "Mom I love you, if Anil uncle makes you happy then I'll do my damnedest to adjust." Kriti snuggled in closer to her mother. "This reminds me of when I was a little girl and I would come in here after a bad dream and you would hold me just like this until I fell asleep," Kriti said sleepily. "Yeah, I remember that well." "Good night, baby" "Good night Mom" They were both asleep within 5 minutes.

They all woke up at around 11 the next morning and were anxiously waiting on Nandani and Alia to get back home. Madhuri managed to get some time to herself from Sriram and Kriti so she called Anil. "hey gorgeous, how did everything go? I've been so worried because you haven't called me" "Oh Anil! I miss you so much" She started to cry. "Honey, what happened?" "Kriti is fine she's being so understanding she's taking it well, but Anil, Alia went off the deep end and ran out of the house, Nandani ran after her." "I think they both hate me, I didn't want to do this to them. I know we're all going to get through this but it still hurts so much!" she cried "Baby I wish I could be there for you, I'm so sorry you're having to go through this." "Thanks, listen I'll call you later I have to go," she said, I love you and ended the call.

Finally, at around 2, that afternoon Nandani came home with Alia. "Mom, Dad, Kriti!!! We're back!!" Nandani shouted. Their eyes were red and puffy from crying themselves to sleep. "Nandani I can't face mom after what she did!" Alia whispered, "She's our mother we have to hear her out." Nandani said Unknown to their parents Kriti had called Nandani to try and explain things to her, Nandani had agreed to hear her mother out, but she couldn't make promises for Alia, especially since Alia was the most stubborn of all of Madhuri's daughters. Nandani and Kriti were stubborn too, but they had their father's practical side. They looked more like their mom than Alia did but Alia had their mom's stubborn side. Madhuri came rushing down the stairs and Sriram and Kriti came out of the kitchen. "Oh thank God! I was so worried about you two last night!" Madhuri said with tears in her eyes. "Alright mom, I've had some time to calm down," Nandani said "I'm willing to at least listen to you" Alia, what about you?" Madhuri asked hesitantly "I really don't know mom," She said coldly. Madhuri just nodded her head and lead them into the living room. She once again explained everything, trying to make them understand what happened as much as possible. "I didn't plan it, neither did he, we thought we were just good friends, after we realized we were attracted to each other, we tried avoiding each other. We thought it was lust and would pass, but finally, we couldn't ignore each other anymore," she said she continued trying to explain things to her two youngest for a while longer. "Just because I love him doesn't mean I don't love your father, I do love him you can't erase 31 years." "Your father is the perfect husband, he did nothing wrong. I have no idea how any of this happened I just know it did." Nandani had tears in her eyes when she finished like Kriti she got a sense of everything. "Mom, I'm still pissed off at you and even more at him, but I love you and you're my mom so I'll try," Nandani said through her tears. Madhuri was thankful Kriti and Nandani were like their father. "Alia honey?" Madhuri said nervously. "I just don't know mom, after hearing you explain it I understand better but I don't know if I can forgive you or him ever. I want you to leave me alone, and stay the hell away from me unless I call you!!" With that she got up and walked towards the door, I'm spending the day at a friend's house so don't any of you come after me!" Then she walked out the door and left.

When Alia left and was down the roadways she picked up her phone and dialed her brother's number. She knew her mom would tell Sanjay soon but she wanted to beat her to the punch, and she needed him to turn to. "Hey baby sister! What's up there in New York?" Alia burst into tears. "You need to get a flight out here now!" "Why, what's happened?" "Mom told us that dad isn't the father of the baby and that's it's Anil Kapoor and She loves him and is leaving Dad!" Alia sobbed "WHAT!!! Are you fucking kidding me?" "No I'm not!" "I'll book a flight and be there as soon as I can, you just wait until I get my hands on that asshole!" They hung up as Alia made it to her friend's house.

Madhuri had been trying to call Sanjay to try and see how soon he could get a flight from L.A. so she could tell him in person. But He saw her calls and wasn't ready to talk to her so he just turned off his phone and packed. Meanwhile, Madhuri was packing too, she knew she couldn't stay there in that house and she was getting ready to move some more of her things over to Anil's. Kriti was helping her.

She and Sriram had talked the divorce would be peaceful and they were going to do their best to keep it from the press. They arrived at Anil's apartment and He opened the door to see Madhuri and Kriti standing there. He helped them get the bags in and then they all sat down. "Listen Kriti, I'm so sorry about all of this you have no idea how sorry I am, I love your mother, I want to be with her." "I'm sorry this is splitting up your family." "It's fine," Kriti said coldly "Mom where's the bathroom at?" Madhuri told her and she excused us. When she got to the downstairs bathroom she locked the door and cried. "Oh God, I thought I could support Mom, and be understanding, but when I see him all I want to do is scream at him and make him suffer for doing this to us," she said. She finally composed herself and walked back out as she walked back to the living room she saw Anil sitting there next to her mother, he was holding her hand looking into her eyes. She saw it all then she had had some kind of idea how much her mom loved him when she explained things to her, but now she knew the full extent of it. He was just sitting there and her mom was the happiest she had ever seen her. The love she saw when her parents kissed and looked at each other was strong, but nothing compared to this. Her heart finally melted the rest of the way, she couldn't even be mad at him anymore. "Anil," she said as she walked back in. "Yes Kriti?" he said, "I'm sorry I acted the way I did just then, the best thing I could have done was to get up and leave the room like I did because what I just saw, I understand completely now, I was willing to support my mom before but I didn't know if I could, after seeing the way you look at her and how much you love her.... Well I'd like for us to try and be friends if that's alright with you?" "I want that too," He said he got up and put his hand on her shoulder. Madhuri smiled, she saw that Kriti really was relaxed and accepting. "thank you sweetheart" Madhuri said getting up and giving her daughter a hug. "I love you mom" "I love you too sweetheart," Madhuri said through her tears.

Sanjay was on a plane headed to New York his flight would land in about 3 hours "The first thing I'm going to do is find that bastard" he thought...........

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