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Originally posted by: Savera84

Hello Aashi,

This story is on Tumblr. You don't need to sign in to read the story.

I can't add external links here.

Search for Letter Box, Arshi FF in google and you will find a link which takes you to Prologue: The Bigger Price

Some chapters have working links to the next chapter and some have non working links. Nothing to worry.

Just go to the bottom of the page and use Right arrow until you get to the next chapter. Some pages have comments only. Hence you need to hit right arrow few times to get to the page with the next chapter.

Hope you enjoy the story.

Cheers..

Oh, Thank you so Savera!

I think we are reaching the point where we shall have just 1 chapter per thread!!!😛

The discussions are insanely good!

Originally posted by: Ashviniv

That's prescribed insanity. But Sabi has wrote another story 'The Untold Stories' it's so beautiful.it does have sabi's brand of humour but she has touched on a very sensitive subject where Khushi is divorcee from abusive marriage and Arnav is her boss. Their relationship is so organic. Akash, lavanya and Anjali are amazing. That Khushi is something like this story's Arnav. Trying to do things on her own. Without asking for help.

But a warning, Sabi hasn't updated it for almost a year now and they have stopped at a crucial juncture. But still I will suggest u all should read the chapters for the sake of reading an incredible story. I hope Sabi comes back and finishes that

You are absolutely right, her stories are a must-read for everyone! Calling Arnav "Cement-pile" was such an apt comparison, that I could never come up with in my wildest dreams 🤣

She has such a knack for humor, I keep re-reading her works just to lift up my spirits. I wish I had known her personally, would love to converse with her and learn from her a bit.

Originally posted by: BollyBabe75

The part about never starting the divorce if he knew it would break her or words to that affect. To me it shows that he is not so depressed that he doesn’t have self awareness of his actions.

Yes, he has dealt with a lot but he runs away from his feelings, doesn’t reach out and tries to handle it alone. He has an irrational fear of having a child for some probably traumatic reason, and refuses to discuss it with his wife. Finally, it’s all catching up to him.

He functions well outwardly so others don’t suspect his out of control feelings. But the point is he knows he is spiraling, thinks about going for counseling and as his habit runs away from confronting and thinks he can handle it on his own and the bad decisions start and pile up. He himself realizes he could use help and doesn’t act on it. Now that he has rendered devastation it looks like he may be willing to seek councilling.

Also the same guy, who is crying al lot after Khushi left. In his own words “it’s been roughly 8 years he had cried like that”. Yes he said he needs help but that was just a fleeting thought, at difficult times most of us will say that and then let it go.

Also, he had that conversation in September with himself, we all know after that this guy did not get breathing space so much so he feels he is unsafe in this world( world which he wanted Khushi to be part of too). And then he did go and see a therapist.

I just realised even the therapist at first did not realise this guy is messed up and she is a trained professional then how can others. Depressed patient needs external help, they themselves our not in a state to realise what’s happening, specially cases like Arnav (their outer demeanour makes them live in that illusion along with family and friends)

Originally posted by: BollyBabe75

And the root cause of the way he conducts his personal life is he is unwilling to reach out to others, runs away from his problems and tries to solve things on his own. He did that on the baby issue. If she had been more forceful in their marriage then perhaps he would have felt more comfortable talking to her about it instead of assuming what she thought. Then this whole **** show might have been avoided. And I have always said Khushi made mistakes.

I acknowledge your arguments. I am still not able to cut and paste for some reason so have to paraphrase my arguments as writing them out from the text is too laborious. This hinders my logical responses somewhat. But anyway I think we both know how we stand so I am putting it once again to rest.

I know there have been quite a few important points in the story that my views have been in the minority. But I have dared to put them out there anyway. People are respectful and I appreciate a logical response.

There are points I agree with in all the rebuttals to my responses. Hopefully there are things in my arguments that people agree with too.

Anyway, people ultimately have to take responsibility for their actions no matter what the outcome or why they did it. You can understand why something happened and learn from it but I’m not big into excuses. How are you going to insure that you never make that mistake again and how are you going to fix it.

He is unwilling to reach out to others for help, at this point, is just his nurture. He grew up this way. Formative years, responsibility, not a lot of help. This is his default gear. But yes, this became a huuuuge issue because his wife and he disagreed on a fundamental thing. In 10 years they had never disagreed, they were happy, this was not something they even dealt with before.

Of course, I love talking to you and talking my thoughts out with you, even if we don’t agree on certain things. I absolutely understand where you’re coming from. Just because we understand why Arnav did what he did, does not absolve him of anything. We are not saying that he has no responsibility. Oh no! There is an entire world’s worth of redemption left for him. Hopefully, this time, when he faces/acknowledges the issues that he has, it will be for life. And he would not make these mistakes again. I cannot actually wait for him to walk this path of redemption. I am a sucker for redemption stories, mainly because of the way we did not get to see Arnav in IPK take much responsibility for crazy things he did. I am super excited about it, because I love the pen that is going to weild those words and I trust her to take us through this journey!

Originally posted by: Ashviniv

That's prescribed insanity. But Sabi has wrote another story 'The Untold Stories' it's so beautiful.it does have sabi's brand of humour but she has touched a very sensitive subject where Khushi is divorcee from abusive marriage and Arnav is her boss. Their relationship is so organic. Akash, lavanya and Anjali are amazing. That Khushi is something like this story's Arnav. Trying to do things on her own. Without asking for help.

But a warning, Sabi hasn't updated it for almost a year now and they have stopped at a crucial juncture. But still I will suggest u all should read the chapters for the sake of reading an incredible story. I hope Sabi comes back and finishes that

Another brilliant brilliant writer. I have read all of Sabi’s stories and they are amazing. Untold Stories has my heart. Oh my heart hurts because it is not complete. Untold Stories and Birds of a Feather by Archi. Despite them being not complete, I would urge each person to read these works. They are masters of their craft.

There is one little known OS by Sabi, “But you know, whatever” It has my heart clutched in a tight fist!.

Originally posted by: tashi26

He is the same guy who thinks falling off the balcony would be so much easy.

Also the same guy, who is crying al lot after Khushi left. In his own words “it’s been roughly 8 years he had cried like that”. Yes he said he needs help but that was just a fleeting thought, at difficult times most of us will say that and then let it go.

Also, he had that conversation in September with himself, we all know after that this guy did not get breathing space so much so he feels he is unsafe in this world( world which he wanted Khushi to be part of too). And then he did go and see a therapist.

I just realised even the therapist at first did not realise this guy is messed up and she is a trained professional then how can others. Depressed patient needs external help, they themselves our not in a state to realise what’s happening, specially cases like Arnav (their outer demeanour makes them live in that illusion along with family and friends)

As I always say, this story is a tragedy. We have here two people who are in love with each other, in this twisted manner, they have immense respect for each other and somehow have ended up hurting each other beyond repair. Arnav more so than Khushi. Shakes me faith off of love a little bit. And in the same breath I want them to just be happy together, somehow, anyhow. I will, ofcourse, take whatever decision Khushi chooses for herself. But, for the love of God, and all that is light in my life, I would want to live in a world where loving too much is not a sin! 💔

Originally posted by: You-Know-Who

Absolutely 100% agree. External stimuli could have been Khushi, but Khushi is not used to showing him the mirror.

As I always say, this story is a tragedy. We have here two people who are in love with each other, in this twisted manner, they have immense respect for each other and somehow have ended up hurting each other beyond repair. Arnav more so than Khushi. Shakes me faith off of love a little bit. And in the same breath I want them to just be happy together, somehow, anyhow. I will, ofcourse, take whatever decision Khushi chooses for herself. But, for the love of God, and all that is light in my life, I would want to live in a world where loving too much is not a sin! 💔

I actually have stopped blaming either of them. Wrong decisions lead them to this but their intentions were not wrong. Hope things become better for them soon.

Originally posted by: You-Know-Who

I think we mixing up his personality, his upbringing, and the issues he is facing. He did not get help before the divorce because he thought he could handle whatever was happening. But once divorce goes through, he is unable to sleep, worried out of his mind for Khushi and he finds the help. Or atleast goes to the doctor to get sleeping pills. His limits are different from what we think should be.

And if you notice, he does not get help until he thinks he is the only one suffering. He genuinely tries to have a baby with Khushi, but each time he is unable to. And everytime Khushi tells him the pregnancy test was negative, he cannot help but feel relief. He is a 100% convinced he would never want kids. He does not think his not wanting kids is a mental health issue. So why would he seek help at that time? Maybe the reason for not wanting kids is something he KNOWS he would never get closure on. And he could just be convinced that no mental health professional in the world can make him want to have kids. So why would he go get help?

When you say people are coddling him, I do not agree with that assessment. No one is cutting him slack for his decisions to not talk to Khushi. But there is an acknowledgement of logic behind why he didn't talk to her about the baby issue, from his perspective. Even if he had talked he was convinced Khushi would compromise for him. And he did not want her to compromise for him anymore. And he did not want to keep feeling guilty anymore. I can understand why he thought of divorce.

Everything that happened after that was unfortunate. Yes, he stayed back at that party, but that does not mean he deserved to get raped/molested. The pregnancy scam. The photos. Khushi finding out before he could talk to her. Khushi misunderstanding why he had lawyers involved already. It's like a chain reaction in a nuclear reactor. Murphy's Law.

You cannot find empathy for Arnav and feel that readers here are cutting him a lot of slack. But why does no one ask why Khushi does not confront a husband of 10 years for cheating before leaving him and cutting him off? The same question that she asks Arnav after returning from Lucknow, could have been asked before going to Lucknow. Why not? It is because people behave differently in the face of life changing events. When she was faced with the idea of divorce, she was able to put Arnav in the front. She even thought "oh he must have thought through what he has decided". Or that "he never loved her/does not love her". Or that she was burden. She also thought at least she has some family to go back to. But her rock bottom came when she realized that no, she does not have anyone!. That is when she had the courage to ask him the question of why he did that to her. For the first time, she was able to put herself in front of Arnav's needs and ask that question for the sake of her self respect!

Anyway, I digress. But the point I am trying to make is that timing is everything in people's lives. We have the third person point of view and hence, we are able to pinpoint and say, oh he should have gotten help here. Oh he should have known. But no, people do not react that way when faced with such agony.

This is exactly on the lines of my thought process too. Timing is everything. If Arnav had informed Khushi that he was planning on getting a divorce, he thinks Khushi would readily give up her wish of having a baby. Which I do think would have been the case. He would again blame himself for putting Khushi in a situation of compromise. Now that he found the letter and knows that it's not the baby that Khushi has longed for but him, he understands that his initial assessment was wrong since now Khushi herself declared it in the letter.

Timing again has been a major factor. It messed up things but has also put things into perspective for Arnav atleast at the moment.

Originally posted by: Nimbus_211

This is exactly on the lines of my thought process too. Timing is everything. If Arnav had informed Khushi that he was planning on getting a divorce, he thinks Khushi would readily give up her wish of having a baby. Which I do think would have been the case. He would again blame himself for putting Khushi in a situation of compromise. Now that he found the letter and knows that it's not the baby that Khushi has longed for but him, he understands that his initial assessment was wrong since now Khushi herself declared it in the letter.

Timing again has been a major factor. It messed up things but has also put things into perspective for Arnav atleast at the moment.