SS: Interpol (Part 31NEWWWW Pg. 53 Taj Mahal) - Page 19

thanks for this ff. So nice to be able to take a break from the absolute cringe that is happening in the show and read this. One comment fro me - I don't know how Adi can be on a high horse given the scenario she left him with 10 years ago. I really would not want to see her take the first step back to reconciliation with Adi. Any girl with self respect should have left Adi under such circumstances and never looked back.

Originally posted by: Marybarton

Part 12:

Aditya walked back into the kitchen sometime later, rocking Emmaline in his arms. He found Imlie quietly sweeping up the beads of her mangalsutra as tears rolled down her eyes. Aditya felt a tremor in his heart as regret washed over him. He shouldn't have done that, knowing how much she believed in these things. But she had made him pine for 10 years and would let him go on living like that for the rest of their lives if they never met in the future.

Aditya growled: Whose child is this then?

Imlie looked up. The sight she had day dreamed about for longer than Emmy's life was right before her. A baby daughter in Babusaheb's arms that belonged to the two of them. She had relived this fantasy every night as she fell asleep. Just him, without Malini Didi or their unfortunate child, or anyone else. Just him and a baby girl sleeping against his broad shoulders.

Aditya: Well?

Imlie placed the beads in a container and spoke in a post-cry voice: Mine.

Aditya was silent for a bit: Who is the father?

Imlie glared at him: She doesn't have a father. She's mine and only mine.

Aditya, sarcastically: I see. So you turned into Mother Mary in the interim?

Imlie wanted to throw something at him: She's an orphaned refugee baby from Syria. Alex found her at a neglected camp in Hungary and brought her back when she was 2 months old. He knew how much I wanted a baby and she was going to only going face a life of neglect at such an age, so...

Aditya sighed: So he adopted one for you and fulfilled your dream. What does that make Alex?

Imlie, sternly: He's her guardian and I am her mother.

Aditya wanted to say something more about Alex and Imlie, but stopped himself. He remembered his regret after he had an outburst about Prakash and by this point he knew Imlie's view of marriage well enough to know that she couldn't have considered anyone as long as he, himself, was alive. He looked at the baby sleeping in his arms, her glowing honey hair, her little hand clutching at his collar and felt a real yearning wash over him.

Aditya, quietly: We could have had a daughter like this if you didn't throw it all away.

Imlie: You were having a baby when I left (Aditya turned away and left for Emmy's room without letting her finish).

Imlie sighed. He was not going to listen to her. Not now. She knew it.

Aditya put Emmy down in her crib and placed her small blanket rabbit next to her. In her sleep, she snuggled it contentedly and mumbled something incomprehensive in her baby voice.

Aditya blinked back the tears blurring his vision.

"2 times 2 is equal to...Babysaheb."

Imlie spoke in her sleep too. He knew this from their Pakdandiya all-nighter study session, even if he was not lucky enough to see it every day as a husband would see his wife. They had missed so much of each other. They had missed everything.

Aditya went back into his room fully aware that Imlie was observing him warily. He knew she had locked every way out of the house. This was a secured space as she had warned him. But he could not stay here any longer. He came out of his room, dressed in his own original clothes of white t-shirt, jeans and a black blazer.

Aditya: I want to be transferred to a different facility if I have to be in witness protection any longer.

Imlie was in the living room stringing her beads together, she did not look up: I will call Alex.

Aditya: I will wait in the room until he's here.

He went back in and shut the door, unable to see the fat tears dropping on the black and gold beads.

There was a knock on the door a little while later. Imlie spoke in a soft voice through it.

Imlie: Alex cannot come this evening. He has the date. He will come in the morning at 11 am. I have put some coffee and snacks for you on the side table by your door.

He heard small footsteps fade away.

She was not going to even try to stop him. Why would she, he corrected himself, he had told her he hated her with every fiber of his being. Aditya could have hit himself for those cruel words.

He stepped out of the room, got the coffee and went into the living room. Imlie had left her beading half-done.

That evening, Imlie dreaded coming down and facing him again, but Emmy needed her dinner. She snuck about, making dinner and put some food outside Aditya's room before going into Emmy's.

Emmy was being very fussy this evening, as if she knew something was very wrong. Imlie tried her best to calm her and get her ready.

Aditya knocked on the door: Will you come outside?

Imlie's heart skipped a beat. She didn't have it in her to take more tongue lashings from him. She could take it.

Imlie came out with Emmy, hoping the baby will make him a little more forgiving.

He had put everyone's dinner on the table.

She put Emmy in her high chair and started feeding her.

Imlie was throwing anxious looks in his direction as she came out.

Aditya could not forgive everything, but he did wish some words unsaid.

Aditya placed the finished mangal sutra in front of Imlie on the table: It wasn't my place to tear this off, I am sorry.

Imlie just fed Emmy quietly. She did not look at him after the one look at the beads.

Imlie: On the contrary, it is in your name, so if you don't want me to have it, you are the only one who can take it back, tear it off, or destroy it.

Aditya bit his bottom lip as the weight on his chest grew: I don't want us to part on this note.

Imlie shot him a tearful look and went back to looking at Emmy - who in turn burst into tears at the sight of her mother's face.

Imlie wiped her tears and soothed the baby in a hollow voice: That's the problem with babies, they mirror everything on your face. I am sorry, I am sorry Emmy. Look (she forced a smile) mummy's happy. So happy.

Aditya sighed: I am having a negative impact on her. I will go to my room.

Imlie sighed and held back her tears for her daughter's sake as Aditya closed the door behind him. The silence between them now was as long as a decade.

The next morning...

Alex told Imlie over the phone he would wait in the car.

Alex: He found out, I gather?

Imlie: Yes, he doesn't want to stay here another minute.

Alex: He's a fool.

Imlie: I will tell him you are outside. Thank you, Alex, for doing this. He will want to go back to India soon. Let's talk about his options once you drop him off at Yang's.

Alex: Very well.

Imlie went to knock on Aditya's door only to have it open under her knock.

They had both not slept.

Imlie: Alex is outside.

Aditya nodded: I am ready. I guess this is goodbye.

He walked away.

Imlie: I want to say something before you go.

Aditya stopped, but he did not look around.

Imlie stepped closer taking a deep breath to gather her strength one last time.

What is left to be said?

😜 these 2 … duffers … u have the knack of unwinding it bfully … loved this part u have not deviated from their characterization…

Originally posted by: Francina_Ag

Was a silent reader but can't resist myself now!!!!! Loving thissss ❤️❤️ waiting for the next part🤩🤩🤩more power to you ma'am!!!🙌😍😍🧿

Good to hear from silent readers

Originally posted by: Colormenow

I must say you have created a beautiful escape from all the commotion happening in the show.

Thank you for an amazing fanfic. Eagerly waiting for the next part. 😊

Thank you, it has been an escape for me too. I only learned about this show less than a month ago, so the memory of the good times in this show are very fresh. I am sorry to see this show turn from Imlie to Malini.

Originally posted by: Marybarton

Thank you, it has been an escape for me too. I only learned about this show less than a month ago, so the memory of the good times in this show are very fresh. I am sorry to see this show turn from Imlie to Malini.

Hey! Don't be. From where I am seeing they have made Malini all the more irrelevant. The "sabse bada haq" She was talking about has not been able to change anything between Adilie. Her bacha seems to be more of Adilie than her and Aditya. It looks like the story has shifted to Adilie. As they are trying to cope up with the recent developments, it has all been about Adilie. Yes, we see flashes of her face every second but do hear the dialogues. It seems more like forced insertion in every episode ( today's excuse to do Aarti with Aditya did not make any sense even the excuse given to delete the video makes a little sense in front of what she said today) Malini's character is limited to her mind and for viewers only. There is nothing much that can be done with her character other than make her flip or stay the same, still won't make any difference to Adilie. If you omit her presence, there is not much that she is changing in Adilie's life. Even with so much face flash she does not have anything to say to anyone or make any impact in any of the character's life. She has been reduced to just being noise and nothing else. It's like she is talking through people. It is mostly the whole setup that has left the viewers like me disgusted but Adilie and Imlie are still very much there. If Adi were to be a white character. The whole situation would have been bearable.

But I can assure you that it is still about Imlie and Adilie's journey. As much as I am frustrated with the characters right now, they are standing by their truths and trying to do the right thing( except Malini n it is not because I hate her but this is how her character is being written)

I’m too emotional to write anything . Waiting for the next part.

Part 13:

Imlie: In the time that I have known you, you were first someone else's fiancé and then someone else's legal husband. This is the only time I have known you that you are single, so I want to say somethings to you that I could not then... I must have been the only woman of my faith who had to marry off her husband; I was 18 and I did not know better. I had the scholarship for the year when I tried everything (fruitlessly) to win over your family. I don't know what I was working towards because there was certainly no man or marriage to work for...I should have left then and made my own way.

Aditya gritted his teeth.

Imlie continued: I didn't have to live there. I should have gone back to the NGO and taken the exam for college rather than skip the year. I know all this now, but then, I had...hoped. You eventually saw something in me because your heart changed towards me, but I was never in any doubt, you see? I wanted you from the first moment I met you. I didn't know it then, but I see it now as an older woman. Perhaps Nani saw it too, so she read more into it. I never forced you to honor the marriage and you tested me in every possible way a wife can be tested. What I did not know is that even when you came around to me, Malini Didi would be untouchable. You insisted that I had to accept her as your fiancé, I did; as your wife, I did; as your best friend, I did. But I couldn't accept her as your assaulter and the mother of your child. If I was in that situation again, I would have taken the same decision. I would have left you. You were having a baby with my half-sister after recognizing our marriage, the how of it does not matter. No child needs to grow up under those circumstances. I did what I thought was best for your future and the child's. It was the most mature decision I had taken till that day and it was the right one.

Aditya fisted his hands as his heart thudded furiously at the anxiety he felt.

Imlie: This mangal sutra that I wear is more a pact between Sita Maiyya and me because she saw me fit to honor this sindoor which circumstances and your ego never let you honor. I wear it because I am a still a village girl who believes in the power of the sindoor as a lifetime commitment dating back thousands of years. You don't have that faith, so you are not bound by those expectations from me. That is why I cannot give it up. But I never let any of it hold you back from living your life as you so unfairly accused me of yesterday. What you did with the divorce and your life since has been your decision and yours alone. Don't make that mistake again if you don't want to have these regrets. I only kept to my promise of closing your chapter in the hope that blocking your path to me will help you become a better father and family man. Since I hurt you in doing that, I am sorry, but you did say you will accept my decision. If you ever look back, you will always find me here as your wife honoring that mangal sutra and sindoor, but it doesn't mean I expect anything from you in return. Now that you know you hate me, I hope you can move on and live a full life. Loving someone means wanting to see them happy, I thought that is what I had left you for, not the life you built for yourself as a solitary bachelor. I just want you to know that I stand by my decision and will always stand by it. Leaving you then was the best decision I could take for all of us, in my opinion - as perhaps leaving me now is the best decision you believe you are taking...

She moved towards him a little, but she thought she saw him shift. Hatred, she thought.

Imlie lightly touched his sleeve, kissed her hands, and touched her head: That is all. Goodbye. Thank you for listening.

When Aditya turned now, he saw Imlie walking further back into the house. She disappeared behind her office door.

Aditya wiped his eyes with both hands, sighed, and walked out.

Alex observed this devastated-looking man approach quietly towards his car.

Alex opened the passenger door from the driver's seat: Mr. Tripathi.

Aditya sat down and locked the seat belt in place: Please call me, Aditya.

Alex: Very well then, Aditya. We are going to Yang's place where you will be for a short time before we...well, let's see how things work out.

Aditya nodded and looked ahead with red-rimmed eyes as Alex drove off.

Unfortunately for Aditya, Alex was feeling chatty this morning...

Alex: You know mate, when I didn't know you, I used to think you are the luckiest man in the world. Ask me why.

Aditya: I would rather not. I think I can guess why.

Alex smirked: I will tell you anyway. You had a woman loving you without even being around and she was so committed to you that she never considered another. And there were prospects! Boy, were there prospects... I never saw that kind of commitment. It made more sense in ancient epic poems than reality in my opinion and I told her that. But one needs to know Emily only a short while before you see that it's not her naivete, she is really like the lady in the epic poem. And you are just that lucky. A fool, but a lucky fool.

Aditya glared at Alex: What prospects?

Alex laughed: Ah, so you want to know about other men, but don't object to me calling you a fool. Maybe you agree with me then.

Aditya turned away, refusing to engage.

Alex: The men in the Interpol office are in awe of her. She could have anyone in that whole building, no questions asked, but she decided to put on an engagement and wedding band when the interest started to become a nuisance to her. All because she wanted to live her life like a nun with an absent husband. You had her and you walked away.

Aditya angrily: You know nothing of my circumstances.

Alex: On the contrary, I know everything. I spent the entire weekend looking at your file. There were no dates. I became obsessed with what made a woman like Emily fall for you. Cause it doesn't make sense to me much. You married someone else after marrying her!? Why would she still choose you?

Aditya: I was engaged when I was forced to marry Imlie!

Alex turned on the highway: Yes, what a hardship to get married to such a woman. You have my sympathies. Then you were having a baby with that woman and you blame Emily for walking away?

Aditya, moodily: Your admiration of her affects how you see this. It is not as simple as that.

Alex, seriously: I know the circumstances, Emily shared enough with me without violating your privacy, but I did my bit over the weekend to find out the rest. I am a man like any other and I can see even now what a good thing you had and still have. What I can't understand is why you are walking away when she offered you everything! Why are you blaming her when all her decisions have to do with YOUR best interest!?

Aditya: I have lived for 10 years hoping to meet her again! You know nothing of what I feel.

Alex: I see a man who loves Emily as much as she loves him. You are not entirely deserving of her love and adoration, horrible circumstances or not, but you have her for her lifetime. She choses you every day. Has chosen you every day for the past 10 years. How can you not honor that? Are you leaving because you angry at her or are you blaming her because you are upset about a life unlived these past 10 years?

Aditya sighed.

Alex went on: Because let me assure you that she is not to blame here. You have regrets and you are confusing them for anger against her. You have regrets about lost time because you could not see her after your divorce and you will have many more decades of those regrets if you walk away today.

Aditya: Why are you saying all this? You have a real chance if I leave.

Alex laughed bitterly: You are funny one. You don't know your wife if you think I or any man would have a chance with her. She never saw anyone but you. I hate it, but that is the truth. She will not move on. Trust me, I have tried these past 7 years to read her heart. I am not saying all this out of any goodwill for you on my part. I just want what is best for her.

Aditya took a deep breath and wiped his eyes: She won't have me back.

Alex stopped the car and unlocked the door: Let her decide that.

Aditya looked out and saw that Alex had taken the long drive right back to Imlie's front yard.

Alex smiled: You have lost a lot of time, Aditya, don't lose anymore.

Aditya sat in shocked silence for a minute, looking at Alex.

Alex: No time to lose!

Aditya said thank you and stepped out of the car.

Alex: And Aditya, I expect you to take on Emmaline too. I will be around as her guardian, whether you like it or not. And if you make Emily cry one more time...

Aditya smiled: You really will kill me.

Alex smirked: Fast learner.

Alex drove off.

What do you want to see happen now? Did you notice that I used the Imlie mock shoot for this part? See here

Originally posted by: Marybarton

Part 13:

Imlie: In the time that I have known you, you were first someone else's fiancé and then someone else's legal husband. This is the only time I have known you that you are single, so I want to say somethings to you that I could not then. I must have been the only woman of my faith who had to marry off her husband. I was 18 and I did not know better. I had the scholarship for the year when I tried everything (fruitlessly) to win over your family. I don't know what I was working towards because there was certainly no man or marriage to work for...I should have left then and made my own way.

Aditya gritted his teeth.

Imlie continued: I didn't have to live there. I should have gone back to the NGO and taken the exam for college rather than skip the year. I know all this now, but then, I had...hoped. You eventually saw something in me because your heart changed towards me, but I was never in any doubt, you see? I wanted you from the first moment I met you. I didn't know it then, but I see it now as an older woman. Perhaps Nani saw it too, so she read more into it. I never forced you to honor the marriage and you tested me in every possible way a wife can be tested. What I did not know is that even when you came around to me, Malini Didi would be untouchable. You insisted that I had to accept her as your fiancé, I did; as your wife, I did; as your best friend, I did. But I couldn't accept her as your assaulter and the mother of your child. If I was in that situation again, I would have taken the same decision. I would have left you. You were having a baby with my half-sister after recognizing our marriage, the how of it does not matter. No child needs to grow up under those circumstances. I did what I thought was best for your future and the child's. It was the most mature decision I had taken till that day and it was the right one.

Aditya fisted his hands as his heart thudded furiously at the anxiety he felt.

Imlie: This mangal sutra that I wear is more a pact between Sita Maiyya and me because she saw me fit to honor this sindoor that circumstances and your ego never let you honor. I wear it because I am a still a village girl who believes in the power of the sindoor as a lifetime commitment dating back thousands of years. You don't have that faith, so you are not bound by those expectations from me. That is why I cannot give it up. But I never let any of it hold you back from living your life as you so unfairly accused me of yesterday. What you did with the divorce and your life since has been your decision and yours alone. Don't make that mistake again if you don't want to have these regrets. I only kept to my promise of closing your chapter in the hope that blocking your path to me will help you become a better father and family man. Since I hurt you in doing that, I am sorry, but you did say you will accept my decision. If you ever look back, you will always find me here as your wife honoring that mangal sutra and sindoor, but it doesn't mean I expect anything from you in return. Now that you know you hate me, I hope you can move on and live a full life. Loving someone means wanting to see them happy, I thought that is what I had left you for, not the life you built for yourself as a solitary bachelor. I just want you to know that I stand by my decision and will always stand by it. Leaving you then was the best decision I could take for all of us, in my opinion - as perhaps leaving me now is the best decision you believe you are taking...

She moved towards him a little, but she thought she saw him shift a little. Hatred, she thought.

Imlie lightly touched his sleeve, kissed her hands, and touched her head: That is all. Goodbye. Thank you for listening.

When Aditya turned now, he saw Imlie walking back into the house. She disappeared behind her office door.

Aditya wiped his eyes with both hands, sighed, and walked out.

Alex observed this devastated-looking man approach quietly towards his car.

Alex opened the passenger door from the driver's seat: Mr. Tripathi.

Aditya sat down and locked the seat belt: Please call me, Aditya.

Alex: Very well then, Aditya. We are going to Yang's place where you will be for a short time before we...well, let's see how things work out.

Aditya nodded and looked ahead with red-rimmed eyes as Alex drove off.

Unfortunately for Aditya, Alex was feeling chatty this morning...

Alex: You know mate, when I didn't know you, I used to think you are the luckiest man in the world. Ask me why.

Aditya: I would rather not. I think I can guess why.

Alex smirked: I will tell you anyway. You had a woman loving you without even being around and she was so committed to you that she never considered another. And there were prospects! Boy, were there prospects... I never saw that kind of commitment. It made more sense in ancient epic poems than reality in my opinion and I told her that. But one needs to know Emily only a short while because you see that it's not her naivete, you are just that lucky. A fool, but a lucky fool.

Aditya glared at Alex: What prospects?

Alex laughed: Ah, so you want to know about other men, but don't object to me calling you a fool. Maybe you agree with me then.

Aditya turned away, refusing to engage.

Alex: The men in the Interpol office are in awe of her. She could have anyone in that whole building, so questions asked, but she decided to put one engagement and wedding bands when the interest started to become a nuisance to her. All because she wanted to live her life like a nun with an absent husband. You had her and you let her walk away.

Aditya angrily: You know nothing of my circumstances.

Alex: On the contrary, I know everything. I spent the entire weekend looking at your file. There were no dates. I became obsessed with what made a woman like Emily fall for you. Cause it doesn't make sense to me much! You married someone else after marrying her!?

Aditya: I was engaged when I was forced to marry Imlie!

Alex turned on the highway: Yes, what a hardship to get married to such a woman. You have my sympathies. Then you were having a baby and you blame her for walking away?

Aditya, moodily: Your admiration of her affects how you see this. It is not at simple as that.

Alex, seriously: I know the circumstances, Emily shared enough with me without violating your privacy but I did my bit over the weekend to find out the rest. I am a man like any other and I can see even now what a good think you had and still have. What I can't understand is why you are walking away when she offered you everything! Why are you blaming her when all her decisions have to do with YOUR best interests, not hers!?

Aditya: I have lived for 10 years hoping to meet her again! You know nothing of what I feel.

Alex: I see a man who loves Emily as much as she loves him. You are not entirely deserving of her love and adoration, but you have it for her lifetime. How can you not honor that? Are you leaving because you angry or are you blaming her because you are upset about a life unlived these past 10 years.

Aditya sighed.

Alex went on: Because let me assure you that she is not to blame here. You have regrets and you are confusing them for anger against her. You have regrets about lost time because you could not see her after your divorce and you will have many more decades of those regrets if you walk away this time.

Aditya: Why are you saying all this? You have a real chance if I leave.

Alex laughed bitterly: You are funny one. You don't know your wife if you think I or any man would have a chance with her. She never saw anyone but you. I hate your luck, but that is the truth. She will not move on. I am not saying all this out of any goodwill for you on my part. I just want what is best for her.

Aditya took a deep breath and wiped his eyes: She won't have me back.

Alex stopped the car and unlocked the door: Let her decide that.

Aditya looked out and saw that Alex had taken the long drive right back to Imlie's front yard.

Alex smiled: You have lost a lot of time, don't lose anymore.

Aditya said thank you and stepped out of the car.

Alex: And Aditya, I expect you to take on Emmaline too. I will be around as her guardian, whether you like it or not. And if you make Emily cry one more time...

Aditya smiled: You really will kill me.

Alex smirked: Fast learner.

Alex drove off.

What do you want to see happen now? Did you notice that I used the Imlie mock shoot for this part? See here

Wow Alex is indeed a very good friend …loved how you incorporated the mock shoot when I read I had those scenes in front of my eyes … next should b Aditya returning and they staring and checking on each other and hugging … I want Adi and Imlie to live like man and wife … and stop social distancing..😂

Imlie was right in leaving but was wrong in putting the condition of not coming after her forever. But what else could she do knowing the Adi who left everything and ran after her to Pagdandiya?

Adi is right in his anger about this condition but he is wrong in blaming her for his lost years and leaving her now. He could've easily let go of her condition/kasam after his divorce or after her studies. It's not like she'll kill herself or something if he breaks it. But I guess he was not able to dare after all that he put her through.

He has to return, talk to her about what he wants and ask her about what she wants and also teach her a thing or two about not taking decisions for everyone else 😂

But I don't know if the reunion can happen instantly. There is still a lot of tension b/w them that I can feel. Great writing! Will wait to read how you'll bring about the old magic of Adilie❤️

Originally posted by: Dreamer007

Wow Alex is indeed a very good friend …loved how you incorporated the mock shoot when I read I had those scenes in front of my eyes … next should b Aditya returning and they staring and checking on each other and hugging … I want Adi and Imlie to live like man and wife … and stop social distancing..😂

Social distancing hahaha!