Chapter 23: Heartfelt moments

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The last four days was nothing but a pure torture for Swara, she had nothing to do except for eating which was fed by maasi on intervals, sleeping due to medicines for most of the time, roaming around like a ghost inside her house since she can't do anything because her hand was tied and repeated the same for days but today it was different. Swara was all smiling as her bandaid was removed and she had no longer restrictions of not moving or using her hand making sure she doesn't stress more for few days until the bruise gets completely healed.

Swara was already seated on the dining table and she was surprised to see Aditya and Sharmistha joining for the lunch, again. Usually Aditya would have his lunch in the office and Sharmistha either in her house or hotels but for the past three days she saw everyone on the table which was quite rare.

As the lunch was served all started eating. Swara picked up her cutlery and grinned to herself as she was finally going to eat by herself after four days.

"Swara you'll be able to eat right?" Reema asked her while she nodded in yes with assuring eyes.

There were times when her bruise hurted her like she was told but it was a bearable pain and not much. As Swara started eating and so did others, Shekhar watched his daughter eating as usual.

When Mr. Sharma called Shekhar to inform about the scenario back then, he went breathless when he heard Swara was hospitalized since she got hurt. He immediately moved out of the site and directly went to the hospital, all worried and tensed. Only after when Varun declared Swara was doing well and it wasn't serious he felt his breathe come back to him. He was with her when she was unconscious and he had to move along to the police station to find who was the cause.

"Swara." Swara looked up surprised with her spoon in her mouth as she ate a morsel. She had never seen her father talk when they were dinning as far as she remembered.

"How's your wound?" Shekhar asked trying to maintain his normal tone but then his eyes already softened seeing her.

"It's healing. Nothing to worry." Swara spoke more like a whisper. She had zero confidence to speak when her family was at dinning and she still couldn't believe her father spoke to her like that.

Aditya ate a morsel as he watched the very  seldom father- daughter moment and so did Sharmistha. They both knew the concern Shekhar was holding for Swara and was deliberately hiding them behind his rude and cold behaviour.

Swara was already doing somersaults in her mind. She knew everyone in her family did care for her but didn't show it off. She could never forget how her brother pulled up the blankets for her and caressed her hair with a whisper 'Get well soon'  thinking she was sleeping while she wasn't, yesterday. Even Sharmistha had come to check on her from time to time and made sure she was doing well.

She knew everyone loves her but they didn't bother to show it when she was conscious, she was okay with it since she knew about them but there was a part of her which argued for adjusting with it and suppressing her emotions to herself and acting as if nothing was going on while she had a storm that thrashed her hopes and threw cold water on her guts for doing so. She did have the right to ask them for their behaviour and pour out the emotions she had locked for years inside her.

That very part of her had questioned her, 'When was the last time she was told that she was loved and cared by her family members?' and Swara had no answers. She wasn't assured with words as such but by hidden actions did. Sometimes actions cannot be counted to the strength and assurance we get when we are told, Sometimes words are more stronger and has a greater impact than the actions.

Swara chucked off her thoughts as she had completed eating and so did others. Washing her hands, Swara went to her room to get her dress changed.

"Swara, are you going out?" Reema asked as she saw Swara who was about to leave the house. Swara batted her eyelashes innocently with a sheepish grin since she got caught.

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