I'm so late in reading and commenting not last but last 3 updates, that you are about to post the new one. What can I say life happened. And life with an 11month old is well a new experience every minute.
Now with my Aneri sound asleep in her room I got time to read and comment.
Chapter 41: Celebrations, it's that time of the year again. When family unites, you feel the love and warmth and that cozy feeling of being secured. That was a beautiful update and each of the six adults feeling it in there heart along with the kids was so beautiful. That update was truly the blessing of mother to see her houseful of her kids being happy and secure.
I loved the seen where Ari shows the ornament Sophia left for her grand kids, to Bella. And that fight between kids about who is beast and what's was more funny yet heartwarming was the adults jumping in and Arnav taking the golden chance to steel the kiss with his wife.
Aman's gift stool my heart and made me laugh like hell.
Chapter 42: I didn't see that coming, one year of divorce paper, one year of them being thrown in the freezing water and finding the way to the shore together, emerging stronger than before a family a unit, with the symbol of there love, Aneri. Arnav is right those divorce paper was the best thin that happened to them to wake them up from there stupor and save there relation.
When Khushi was breaking down with guilt of what she brought upon them with those divorce papers Ari words,
"Don't cry Mumma. Your Ari Baby is right here with you... Do you want to use your words to tell me what happened?"
She is using what she has learned to help her Mumma feel better. I have seen and experienced it first hand that for kids there parents are mirror of reactions, they will react in any situation the way they see there parents react and here Aneri on finding her mother upset and crying want to relieve her of her situation doing her best. At that point I realize that there is no more being alone for Arnav and Khushi. There daughter is never going to leave them and never allow tears in parents eye if it's in her power. She will never hurt them knowingly and never allow anyone to hurt her parents.
Khushi wanted to see her husband to share her feeling and air was more than happy to visit her papa's office for the first time. This mother daughter bond even help them in getting Arnav agreeing on flying to LA to surprise Anjali for her birthday. Awesome.
Chapter 43: Arnav's apprehensions for the visit and frustration to do nothing of what he may witness today or rather who is understandable. I have hated Avinash for what he did to his wife and his kids from the beginning and it hasn't vanished yet. Avinash may be sorry and regrets his action but the fact is he can't change the past, and so he can't change Arnav's heart. It has to come from Arnav. That forgiveness has to come from Arnav's heart and not from the pressure of Khushi, Anjali or Ari.
Like Arnav I understand Anjali too. She was a kid and for her her father her hero. She was kept away from truth and even met her father on regular intervals while growing up except the first two year. So her loving him and failing at her attempt to hate him for what he did is but natural. And now given his beaten down condition and his medical needs she is doing what she feels right and out of love for her father.
But I don't agree with her giving him her mothers room. That place must be sacred for Arnav and I don't know how he will react for this.
About Ari, she is a kid and confused with the happening. Since she is not aware of the historian d not her age to know such truths, no amount of explain can help here yet no lies would do. All I can say is I'm waiting how you going to portray Ari and Arnav in the middle of this situation.
Avinash, I don't know what to say, but as canopoem, used the song, I will just quote the same lines.
"zindagi ke safar mein guzar hate hain Jo makam,
woh phir nahin aate,
woh phir nahin aate!"
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