Part 1
Broken,
That could be described here for her. She just couldn't believe her Raman will do this. She rewind-ed the video n' times to make sure what was happening and what made Raman go there to the storage room with Shagun. She even had the dirtiest thoughts clouding her mind. She wasn't able to think or stand properly, she felt her legs giving up on her.
" NO!!!!!!! Nahi, Raman can't do this to me. I need to confront him tonight."
With that she dialed his number which always remained unreachable. She even thought if he was with Shagun.
She got up, walked up to their cupboard, pulled out all clothes and took some for folding, some for ironing. She was getting frustrated by every passing second. She kept glancing at the clock which seemed slower to her today. A heaviness was there in her heart. Her thoughts stopped when she heard her little angel's voice...
"Ishima, what happened? Why is this room a mess?"
"Ruhi, nothing beta. I was cleaning the room."
Ruhi, as always didn't buy the excuse from her Ishima and felt something was fishy. By seeing her mother's eyes, she understood she was crying.
"Ishima, why are you crying? Did papa fight with you? But papa has not come yet, then how come? Dadi told me all are worried for Rinky Bua...what happened to her Ishima?"
Ishita didn't want to lie to her baby hence spoke the truth.
"Rooh, Rinky bua is missing. Police are trying to find her. All are worried. Now my baby needs to pray that your Rinky Bua gets back home very soon. Will you baby?"
"Yes, Ishima I will. Please don't take tension. I will go and pray. Can you please come down. I need your help in my science assignment."
Ishita was slightly relieved after talking to her baby and helping her complete her assignment will help her stop thinking the worst.
As she was arranging the folded clothes in the cupboard, she spotted a file which didn't look like Raman's office files. She wanted to know what's in that file, her heart wasn't letting her do, while her mind was requesting her to open and read the contents.
"Should I see what's in this? If Raman finds out then...No I don't think he should have a problem. I am his wife and I have full rights on him and his things. What if it has got to do something with the footage? No..how is that possible?
Various questions kept raising in her mind but she wasn't satisfied with any and with a heavy heart, she decided to open the file.
Shocked, Devastated, Anger is all what she could feel...
It was a mere whisper "Surrogacy"!
"Raman has opted for surrogacy? When I said I don't need one? Why did he do this without asking me...And this signature.." She went back to that day where Raman was happy and made her sign the papers.
"Raman, this is completely unfair. I need to talk to you right now", with that she dialed his number again to find it switched off. She was getting nervous, tensed . Above all anger and disgust rushed through her veins. She felt a shiver run through her spine thinking if he approached Shagun for surrogacy?
"I will not spare him..." , with that she left the home with her file.
Driving down the Delhi roads, she didn't know where to go. She made a list of possible places that Raman could go. She checked his office first only to know that he left in the afternoon. She called his close clients to check if they ever had any meeting scheduled for today. She was getting more worried when she got a negative reply from his clients. She wanted to check with Shagun but still hesitated. She went down all the way to "Mukherjee Clinic". She hesitated to step in but still she had a gut feeling that Raman might be here. She prayed that he is safe and in sound health.
The receptionist knew Ishita well, and before her query, the receptionist lady spoke...
"Ur husband is in Ward no 21."
Hearing that she started shivering.. "Ma'am what happened to Raman? Is he fine?"
"Yes Dr. Ishita, he is fine. In-fact he came to meet some patient."
She felt relieved and in a fraction of second, she felt discomfort, yet she was unknown.
She walked down the corridor and she stood still in front of ward number 21. She didn't know what took her so long to open the door, but she kept starring at the board hung outside with tears clouding her eyes.
She opened the door very slowly only to hear a male singing. She stopped there and checked the board to ensure if she stepped inside the right ward. After confirming, she went in further only to get the shock of her life. Raman was singing a song for Shagun with his hand on her tummy.
"Raman, thank you so much for allowing me to do this. And this song, u remeber this? U used to sing when I carried our first child, Adi..."
"Yes Shagun, I remember all of of it very clearly, those were my best moments in my life".
She stood there frozen, tears rolling down her cheeks . She heard them and could see both were smiling and Shagun had her hand on his. She felt disgusted . She didn't know when an audible sob escaped from her lips. With that Raman turned around to find Ishita standing there, crying, coldness , anger, disgust, furious in her eyes. He stood up, looked back at Shagun then back to Ishita.
He tried justifying his act but Ishita stopped him by showing her palm. She turned around and left the room. Raman left Shagun and he went behind Ishita to explain what was happening. She didn't wait even for a second, sat inside and drove speedily. Raman followed her with his car. She was driving too fast that Raman couldn't catch her. He was praying and hoping that Ishita didn't get to know.
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