RuhiIshRa- Final part p46 Pg 96 - Page 49

The tall man was shameless. He was really hugging the girl or was he kissing the baby's head! Either way there was so much pda. The man dwarfed the girl...and why did she feel so familiar he wondered.

Subbu quaked seeing the girl turn. ISHU he said through his dry mouth. She was married and had a little girl?

Why was she dressed like that...she never dressed like that.

Was that her daughter?

The guy was a divorcee his daughter then?

They stood close but it did not feel like there was anything intimate Subbu concluded.

She still could let no man close! Subbu reasoned.

The man was now raising his head from her shoulder, from where he stood he did not see the folded arms...he was happy to see the man leave with the baby and Ishu did she just blow a kiss?

Her slim waist, beautiful curves and those large eyes they would haunt him Subbu forever. She at this moment looked like her own younger sister! Luscious and lovely!

Subbu waited for the nurse to finish drawing his blood and tape the blood leak on his arm. He would then go and meet her.

Did he detect distance with the tall man...may be the rumours he heard was indeed true.She was not his wife just the daughter's mother most likely???

Subbu got up thinking of all that he would say to her. He did not want to get it wrong this time.May be now if he managed it right, if he was kind and understanding of her plight she could use the shoulder he could provide? He would do anything just about anything to be beside her. Anu his wife..well he would think about picking one of them after he had Ishu in the fray! He gloated.

He pushed the glass door open. There was another man next to Ishu. Her eyes fell on Subbu and the next instant she was gathered by the man next to her because her hand reached his!! That of course was Raman Bhalla he knew him he had seen him any number of times in the business magazines and columns in newspapers. A doctor did not need to know who he was and Subbu always shook the paper and turned the page whenever he saw Raman featured or quoted.

He could not do that now. The man was there in flesh and blood, he could not shake him or push him over. Raman's eyes were growling at his mother while the words that came out Raman's mouth were smooth and betrayed none of the anger that was there in his eyes. It took a lot to make his mother meow like a frightened cat and he was just that. The man tucking Ishita into his had just let out HUGE SILENT ROAR, with a steady voice only for his mother hear and back down!

Subbu insides burnt to ashes. Ishu stood up to his mom that was fine...his mother did deserve it! But the pack she handed him from her purse for his son and her husbands soft smile made him wish he had never seen her. Never LIKE THIS!

She cringed he knew because she must have seen the lust in Subbu's eyes. He was not proud. The timing could not have been worse. She saw him when she was still smiling at her husband mentioning what she meant for him

"Ishita I am very possessive of you , I hate it when people point fingers at you...as for wanting a child we are not childless we can have more if you want to experience mother hood..

Ishita get this straight I'm immensely happy for Ruhi and Adi, my life with you would have still been the same without them. I would have eventually found you, chased you and kidnapped you if did not agree and that has nothing to do with your breasts and uterus" like Ashwin says. It's about you...and the person you are..the woman who drives me mad and keeps me sane. The woman who taught me what loving somebody is, the mad madrassan who eats all the time and wets my shirt crying..."

Those words haunted him hours later now as he sat sipping his coffee reading his email at his mothers house.

The cheery,happy and pretty woman he abandoned selfishly without thinking was shadow of herself when he saw her last. The woman he saw today was confident, strong and prettier. His Ishita was all that too, the woman he saw today was Raman's wife and she was blissfully happy. And that left him silently shattered because her happiness made him feel small. Her husband's apathy to him made him numb. He truly was at crossroads...his false sense of security and family lay in tatters around him.

He knew Ishita would now probably be in her husbands arms chatting away through the night!

And that was how they were...Raman had his usual grin on his face, was picking up the skirt he had flung across the room and the white top he had rolled over her shoulders to reach her chest and ready to sleep on her after they had explored each other. "Did I tell you? you looked breathtaking yesterday brave and beautiful" he asked the following morning nuzzling her neck. Ahhh..in more ways than one" Did tell you you were every woman's dream yesterday..my Raavan Kumar" she giggled.

" no you didn't" he teased..' how about showing game now' he smiled guiding her hand past his abdomen. " Raman I have to get up"...Ruhi ko school..." Shhh" he silenced her leaning and softly pecking her lips.