LIFE I CHOOSE

PREETA AND SHRISHTI

"Mum, why didn't you tell me that Preeta was back?, Is she here?, Preeta!" Shrishti called as soon as she entered her house. She went to the bedroom they used to share with Preeta but there was no sign of Preeta. She became sad and wondered if Sammy had pulled a prank on her. Her mum had followed her and saw how disappointed she was. "Come here sweetie", Sarla told her. She came and sat next to here. Sarla told her that her was back but wasn't staying with them. Shristi jumped with joy; for a second, she thought Sammy was lying but her sister is finally back. "Where is she? And why isn't she here?", Shrishti asked eagerly. Sarla had to tell everything to Shrishti who was very surprised. "Holy cow!, mum are you sure?, Preeta is that rich?", she questioned her mum; who only nodded. "And she's the one behind helping Luthras?, are they aware of it?", Shristi asked surprised. "Sadly no and, I don't know how they will take it; I hope they don't think she's taking revenge", Sarla said worriedly. "No mum my sister isn't a vengeful person, she's the most kind and generous I have ever known, so I hope Luthras understand that", Shristi muttered. She asked about her nephew and Sarla said that, she has the most handsome grandson anyone would ever ask for. And Shristi told that his parents are beautiful and handsome people so of course their child would be handsome too. But she felt sad for not having been around when Preeta and her son visited. However Sarla told her that as soon as Preeta was back from Dehli, she will come see them and Shrishti got excited.

Preeta took a late night flight from Delhi and reached Mumbai at around 4:00am in the morning but decided to go at her mum's place and surprise her instead of going at the Hotel she was staying at. Jhanki opened for her and was surprised to see her at their door this late. Preeta told her she just arrived from Dehli but she's feeling tied. She asked for a cup tea and while Jhanki was preparing for her; she asked if her sister was back. "Yes, she came back two day back; should I wake her up?", Jhanki asked but Preeta told her to let her sleep. She wants to surprise both her sister and mum. After, she had taken tea, she was so tied; so she asked aunt Jhanki if the spare bedroom wasn't occupied and Jhanki nodded and told her that she was gonna prepare the bed for her. "Thank you Aunt Jhanki", Preeta said.
As soon as she went to bed, sleep took over because she was very tied. Jhanki came to check on her and realised she's already asleep and smiled. However, she didn't go back to sleep since it was coming to almost 5:30am. She decided to do her house chores and later use that time to catch up with Preeta because she missed her so much. Jhanki always favoured Preeta more than Sarla's other daughter because she always reminded her of the daughter she lost many years ago and now she can't to hear from her how her life was when she left.

When Shrishti woke up, she smelt something good from the kitchen so she went there and found that Jhanki had prepared so much for breakfast and questioned if they were celebrating something but Jhanki kept didn't say anything. But instead told her how she knows that today is a good day and that, they will be very happy. Jhanki then asked Shrishti to help her prepare the table and also to add an extra cups and plates. When Shrishsti questioned her; she didn't say anything but to do what she had asked her to do. Shrishst became suspicious and wondered why Jhanki was acting strange and why prepare so much. She got caught up in her thoughts that she didn't hear a knock from the door until Jhanki tapped on her and told her to open the door. When she opened, she saw a brunette woman at the door and a little boy she has never seen anywhere. There was also a car that was parking at there house. There was a woman she couldn't tell who it was but decided to ask the one on her door who she was but before she couldn't say anything, the lady who was parking came and called her name with a huge smile but still Shrishti couldn't tell who she was. She starred at her for a minute trying to remember where she has seen her because the image was there but couldn't place where she has seen her. "Shrishti, how can you not remember me?, it's me Sophia" the lady told her. "Sophia Bhatt?, is this really you?", Shrishti asked overwhelmingly. "The one and oly", Sophia answered. And she hugged her there and then. Shrishti couldn't believe her eyes, she last saw her years back and didn't see this time when she met up with Preeta. She hadn't even known that until Sammy told her that according to their investigator Preeta was last seen with Sophia. Sophia and Shrishti were also friends but she was closer to Preeta because they were/are the best of friends.