What Babita would have needed to understand is that unlike in romantic relationships, for a child it doesn't have to be either/or. It can be simply "as well", having a good supportive relationship with mom, dad and step-dad is not per se mutually exclusive. I doubt thd pH leaves her time to explore this, but it would have been an important message....
Yes it would have been important.
Either Minnie finally decides what the role of a 'father' is in her life, if at all, and then chooses Ashok or walks away from him, or she spends a big part of season two trying to deal with this.
HS is out of the picture for her - the day she made him sign the address proof document under false pretenses, she changed something forever. Yes, he's going to understand when he finds out, doesn't mean he will not be hurt. He has learned to deal with heartache since he was a kid, ab ek aur hi sahi.

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