Hi guys...the next updatePART 6
MUMBAI 2011
The interview with headmistress of the Montessori school went well. She was appointed as the music teacher and was due to join the next day. She was feeling confident...a feeling which was difficult to explain. She would try to forget everything...leave everything behind her...and start afresh...as a new Ragini.
Aditi was very happy for her. She was without any pretensions and she genuinely loved Ragini. She sensed it very well that Ragini had a strange discomfort and uneasiness within her...and she was desperate to create her own identity and Aditi was ready to help her out in her endeavour.
Ragini joined the school the next day. She liked her job...she was fond of music as well as children. Children were sincere and honest...without any hidden feelings...without any hypocrisy. Amongst them she was slowly finding a new world.
One month passed...and then Ragini discovered something...which shook her existence.
She wasn't feeling well for 2 weeks...getting exhausted very easily and not getting adequate sleep. She was looking fatigued. At the behest of Aditi, she went to visit a doctor, when she found out that she was pregnant by 2 months. She had been so engrossed in her problems, that she failed to notice that she had missed her cycle. She went absolutely numb...she didn't know how to react.
She spoke to Aditi at length after coming back... "What am I supposed to do? I wanted to get over my past and look forward to my future...but destiny has other plans...I really can't understand how on Earth I am going to bring up a child single handedly...my financial status isn't stable, I have just got a job...and a single mother isn't welcome in our society..."
Aditi looked intensely at her face and replied..."Ragini...this child is a part of your past definitely...but I am sure...this will help you to progress i your future. I know being a single mother is difficult, but Ragini...I know you will handle it very well...becuase you are amazing. Dont worry about finances...and that should definitely not be a deciding factor. I have arranged for some music tuitions for you in the evening also...and together we shall raise your child...as auntie and mamma"...
Ragini stared at her face...and gave one of her sweet smiles...which she had lost somewhere...what Aditi was saying was absolutely true...
The next seven months were really difficult for Ragini...physically as well as mentally...but never did she regret her decision of bringing her child to this world even once. She was growing stronger day by day...and emotions were slowly leaving her...except for her anger and hatred...the more she thought about her unborn child...the more she hated that man...Lakshya Maheshwari...a spineless creature...who couldn't stand up for his innocent wife.
MUMBAI 2016
Lakshya reached his hotel room. He had realised the gravity of his mistake long time back...but today after seeing Ragini and Sargam...it registered in his brain what he had actually lost, by taking a foolish decision 5 years back...Oh...how he desperately hoped against hope his wife and child would come back to him...
Feeling awfully depressed, he called up home...
KOLKATA 2011
Lakshya woke up in the morning feeling debilitated...the previous night was difficult. Swara lost her child...Ragini was blamed...the family demanded Ragini to apologise or leave...and Ragini told him that she had no other option...
But what Lakshya didn't realise was that Ragini meant... she had no other option...but to leave...
Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine that the soft and naive Ragini would take such a harsh decision...his world went topsy-turvy...and that is when the realisation struck him..."Why did I not trust Ragini? I am her husband and her pillar of strength...and I asked her to apologise...when I myself can't accept that she has committed the crime...why did I ask her to apologise?"...He made up his mind to bring her back home and stand up for her...after all she needed him and his trust now...little did he realise that this would never happen...and he would just have his repentance left with him
MUMBAI 2016
Lakshya looked at the calm sea from his hotel room...it looked calm but there were so many undulations within it...similarly Ragini looked seemingly calm...but she did have a lot of questions within her. He knew she would never question him anything...but he needed to do this...it was one last attempt. He quickly reached out for his phone...
To be contd...