Congratulation my dear wify :)
That was a beautiful recovery. I guess my disappointment really gets to you.
The first words were like that of the first step on sand. A walk along the beach where the water absorbed your foot impressions leaving a perfectly plane sand for a new story. Like the flow of water the emotions flowed.
It is great to see you back in form.
As usual you have captured the emotions well.
And the concept that you chose to weigh their feelings against happens to be my favourite "The Balance" in my words "The yin and yang" "The Equivalent Exchange".
Keep up the good work.
As far as Cabir is concern -Let me make it clear I am not against Gay relationships its just that I feel he is the way he is because his judgement is clouded by the the lack of a male loving figure like his Dad or Brother in his life. They do exist but the their presence or in this case their absence has left a negative impact on him which he is fill in Aditi's words he is try hard to attain balance by complimenting that loss and projecting it another direction.
And like you said latch on one single entity will soon lead to self destruction.
And here is for the improvement feedback.
1.Would be nice if you experimented more with words.
2.And I know many readers don't appreciate it but it is surely a writers favourite- cliffhangers
Because integrating your readers imagination into your story is necessary
And these are few of my requests
1.Some questions are better unanswered well this is a personal request cause I am a sucker for mystery
2. It would be nice to see you experiment with comparative behaviour as in placing one character in another's shoes
3. Finally, I am waiting for your take on Nandani's and Harshad's though process :)