Oh Jen! What an update!
I'm still wondering what hit me! All it takes is a moment for your world to come crashing down!!
the chapter began with a nice, cute little scene of Anita and Aman. Even that ended on Aman's reminiscence of Khushi, which was like a bitter aftertaste, you know.
And Lavanya...oh, that woman. I am torn between utmost pity & sorrow for her and intense fury at her actions. I can understand she is in a terrible place...but hanging onto that misery...to the hope that things deserve to work out with Arnav? she is almost delusional. I wish she hadn't taken such a drastic step. I wish she had considered for a moment that Arnav is not with Khushi to spite her or take revenge; he's in a bad place too...he's just lucky to have found a person to love. She of all people should have known you can't control who you fall in love with.
I understand Manya's stance. She doesn't know of Lavanya's mistakes and thus blames Arnav. It just pains me to see that while defending her sister, she is going to devastate Arnav and Khushi's life.
I can't explain what I felt when I read about Arnav's cell phone breaking and how the first thought he had was of the recording of Khushi's wishes. It just broke my heart...it felt like with the phone all their dreams and hopes were splintered into a million pieces, "buried in that wreck somewhere".
To imagine that everything is going to change, their lives are gong to be torn apart is extremely saddening.
But I have faith that their love is the deep and everlasting kind. And I also know you with your brilliant writing and ideas are going to bring out the best in even the worst of scenarios. So with a bit of apprehension and a bit of anticipation, I look forward to the next phase.
Last and not the least, my best wishes to you for this new phase in your life!! Rest up and take care. Hope that hereon, it's smooth sailing for you both. Lots of love to the little one! :)
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