Upon hearing this, all are upset with Abhi and Tabhi wedding or not Sarla pulls Pragya away from the shams of that wedding. Now they are separated and waiting for their legal divorce!
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"Yes yes, I love you too..
..Okay, okay miss you too..
..Ohho, I can't do that! What if someone hears me?...
..uff you nah, okay here..muahh..now bye"
She quickly hung up the phone and looked around her, thankfully no-one was around, Daadi was still in the terrace peacefully sipping her cough syrup, Ma was in her bedroom getting her scalp massaged from Janki bua - and Bulbul? Thankfully she was out on a date with Purab. She breathed out in relief. Him nah, always stubborn like a child - what if anybody would have heard them? As it is explaining to Ma wasn't easy, as to why she was suddenly so cheerful about life, smiling while sitting on her own, even trying to learn cooking Italian dishes!
Sarla had noticed the changes in Pragya off-late, it was strange for her to be so "happy" when she just had such a serious heart-break, when the love of her life, her husband was found guilty of making another woman pregnant - when the same said husband was found not guilty of being the father of the aforementioned child - when upon delving deeper her sister-in-law spilled the truth of her marriage with her husband, that they were never husband and wife in all sense - when she and her grand-mother-in-law decided to call of their farce wedding - how was she so blissfully happy? Sarla thought maybe she was just trying to cheer them up, but soon she realized - NO! Pragya was REALLY happy for some reason! She suspected loss of mental balance, but her mother-in-law chided her for her thought.
Rodaadi had noticed the goofy smiles Pragya gave often when she was staring at the wall opposite her, she had caught her mysteriously smiling while replying to text messages on the phone - she even caught her looking around to ensure no-one was around her, when she was talking on the phone - these weren't signs of losing mental balance - these were signs of being in love! She had sushed Sarla when she was panicking by saying why Sarla was so upset to see her daughter happy and moving on in life? But deep within she knew something was fishy! Her grand-child definitely loved the rockstar, she had seen the pain of separation in her eyes, then once the truth was out and she was separated from him, why was she jumping with joy? Did she already find someone else? Daadi frowned.
"Bulbul, be a sweetheart and recharge my phone when you're returning! The internet is down due to rains" she chirped on the phone.
"Offo DI! This is the limit! What? Are you eating up your talktime for breakfast and lunch nowadays? I just recharged day before yesterday!" replied Bulbul surprised.
"Arre Bulbul, I needed to call the university office so many times this week nah that's why" she stammered.
"And before that, I recharged on Sunday evening! That didn't last you even one night!!" she replied with narrowed eyes.
"Fine! Don't recharge, why will you? Now that my husband has left me..and no one loves---" she began with a mischievous smirk on her face.
"Shut-Up di, what's with you! You know you deserve much better than that man - true he never cheated on you, but only a blind man will not love you! Now don't be upset, I will recharge!" Bulbul replied back on the phone.
Something was wrong with her di. It's just been ten days that she got forcefully separated from the love of her life - Abhi - the truth of their marriage was out before daadi and Ma, and they had brought her back home - but instead of shrinking inside her room in pangs of separation, her di was acting like a gadget addict teenagaer - her life seemed to revolve around her phone - charging it, getting a powerbank, new covers - literally nursing it like her baby - and what was with that goofy smile? She tried finding out, but all talks would end in her telling her that she is trying to move on using a newly developed psychology theory - Stay Happy Theory!
Bulbul sighed and looked at Purab, maybe she should tell him, and together they could help di? But she wondered how, her di was already happy and smiling, what was she planning to change? Make her unhappy and upset? Arrghh - only if she knew, why indeed was Pragya di so damn happy!?!
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So guys? Good to go or No? Do you want to know more? Let me knowabd then we ll see if this is going to be my next big venture or not!
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