Ram quipped along with Neha towards Priya's ward with a hope in his heart that soon she will be seeing him, soon she will be with him, with their daughter... All his hopes suddenly started to beam in light. He started seeing his complete family in his imaginative world and had a huge grin on his face reminiscing about it. He feared that his heart beat would skip after seeing so many changes in his Priya but he wanted to see her too. He was eager and anxious.
Soon he entered the room with Neha and all his eyes were on his wife who was still lying motionless but as per Neha showing some signs of hope too.
Ram kept on looking at Priya and he could feel a tear dropping from his eye. His voice he feared was getting choked.
He then looked at Neha and with a heavy lump in his throat said: Neha... Kuch der akela chod dogi mujhe iske saath...
She looked at him and nodded a yes since she understood that her friend needed some space. But she had to say : "Ram issey milne ke baad mujhe milna firse...tumhe kuch batana reh gaya hai..." She wanted to say more but looking at Ram's eagerness to be with Priya at this hour she left the room leaving the two hearts on their own.
Ram came near Priya and bent down to kiss her forehead and then her lips. This time he didn't gave a simple peck but kissed her quite intimately showing all his happiness of his heart. He had the urge to kiss her again but he stopped knowing that she is lying motionless. He just smiled and sat near her.
Over these 6 months period he had realised that he had loved Priya to no end and his intimacies towards her were only growing with time.
" Mujhe bina bataye nahi jaana chahiye tha usey" Ram kept on murmuring " Ek phone to kar deti, message to karti... Main kaunsa usey rokta... Lekin.. Bataya kyun nahi... " He kept on saying" Waise to bina baat ke kuch na kuch sunati hai mujhe lekin ye baat zaroori nahi thi kehna... Lekin mujhe aisa sochna nahi chahiye... Aakhir kyun batake jaati mujhe... Humara rishta sirf naam ka hai... Lekin jo bhi ho... Batake jaati... Ek msg kar deti... " He kept on saying this while freshening up, changing into his night attire... Finally he retorted to himself... "Nahi bataya to nahi bataya... Tujhe kyun fark pad raha hai Ram. Tujhe koi fark nahi padta... Haan... I give a damn to it... " he went down to dine and getting served by his mother.
IN BANGALORE
Priya checked in her hotel and informed her boss about her whereabouts. She was tired due to her hectic travel and the day. Once she was informed that she had to leave for BLR she rushed to KM, informed her MIL and Dadi and immediately went to pack her bags. It was a long schedule for her. After 6 months of her marriage with Ram this was the first time she was going for such a long haul.
She packed her bags and looked at her phone. Thinking aloud she said : " I need to inform Ram about my leaving. " She picked up her phone and was about to type the message but stopped. " Why should I inform him? What difference it would make to him if I inform? Waise to inhe meri padi nahi hai... Jab dekho to gurrate rehte hai... As it is for him this marriage is now just a burden and nothing else. Mujhe laga ki yeh sach janane ke baad ke meri wajah se Riya nahi mari woh thoda normal ho jayenge... Mujhpar bewajah ilzaam lagana band kar denge par aisa hua nahi... Woh aur zyada dard dene lage hai... Main unhe samjha bhi nahi paati ke woh mujhe nahi khud ko zyada dard de rahe hai... He just doesn't want to move on. Kab tak ghaavon ko kuredte rahenge... " She understood him more than anyone else by now. The whole intention of him marrying her was bitten to dust when Ria's truth came out.Since everyone had realised and accepted that she was nowhere going to be in picture had Ria would have not called her on that dreadful day. But Priya also knew that Ram had become more bitter as he is still in denial mode and doesn't want to believe that Priya was all the way innocent. He still is harping the wound which is no longer existing. He doesn't want to give away his pain, his misery. He just doesn't want to forget and forgive. She feared that this would make him and his health worsen. But all these were her thoughts.
