Originally posted by: mayyo13
Let me comment on your note before going towards this chapter. I think a story cannot really be divided into a good, a bad and an ugly just because it is a mix of all these and more that make the story what it is. Talking about Gehraiyan, the only thing that could be an issue for readers is the pace though I have a different opinion on that. The current pace of the story is what truly makes the story even more connected with its title so I'll tell you to carry on just as it is unless of course you want to alter it. 😊
Yes, I've noticed that the pace of the story is quite slow and the pace of my updates are slower still. But one thing I've realised is that I'm obsessed with the details of this story. Whereas in other stories, I've skipped days at a time from scene to scene and let readers fill in the parts in between, with Gehraiyan I just find that I can't. Guess you guys will have to grin and bear it 😆 I've been trying to compensate with quicker updates.
This chapter was probably one of those few where I felt Geet to be a very ordinary woman - ordinary in a sense that the usual gloomy clouds which linger around her weren't there as she wished for a simple thing: some time alone, as she felt pleasure at being quested after and as she took the kurta to wash. That was one action which made me smile. No matter how much a couple fights, there's still concern and care for each other deep down in the heart. The concern that made Geet shudder and made her willingly go back to the place she was so eager to get out of.
When she spoke earlier of all this being tiring, it was about exactly what you've said. Carrying around gloomy clouds until they become a part of your personality... it's not fun. It's not her. She always seems happier in the moments she's distracted by the present and doesn't have to think too much.
That little shared smile and the silent understanding, that was a flicker of hope for me. A hope that perhaps this is where they will start everything afresh, like two individual personalities rather than two halves which have to stay together to form a whole.
👏 Better to be propelled by something rather than feel compelled by it.
Thanks for the PM, Z! Waiting for more. 😊
Thanks, M!
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