the next day:
tara felt as If she was in rain. she opened her eyes only to get engaged with a pair of dangerous eyes. the owner of those dangerous eyes was pouring the jug of water on her.
tara: naksh, what are you doing?
naksh: waking you up. you are not a queen that you can sleep all day.
tara sits up and carefully stands up supporting her tiny baby bump. just then they heard the door knock. naksh kept the jug on the table as tara opened the door.
bhabhimaa: good morning.
tara: good morning bhabhimaa.
she bends to take blessings but bhabhimaa stops her.
bhabhimaa: arre tara, careful. you shouldn’t be bending in this condition.
bhabhimaa: hugs tara and noticed something.
bhabhimaa: tara, how come your dress and hair is wet?
tara: voh bhabhimaa…
she looks at naksh who shook his head signing her not to tell what happened.
tara: kuch nahi bhabhimaa. something happened with the shower.
unconvinced bhabhimaa: oh ok. anyway here are some clothes for the kitchen rasam.
tara: thank you bhabhimaa.
bhabhimaa gives tara the clothes and then she goes. tara locks the door and was about to shower when…
naksh: what did I tell you last night? not to get too close with my family members.
tara: sorry naksh voh…
naksh: if next time you try to get too close with my family, you will be out of this house before this child is even born! understand?!
tara nods in fear.
naksh: good!
tara goes to the bathroom and locks the door. she keeps the clothes on the slab and said to herself: naksh, when will you stop hating me so much? what goes on in your mind? mujhe nahi pata lekin naksh, when will you realise that I am innocent and I had nothing to do with those prenup papers…in fact i would never dream of even arranging divorce papers.
tears rolled down her eyes but she wiped them gently and went to shower.
a few minutes later:
naksh was on his phone and he heard the bathroom door knob turn, he turned to his right to see tara looking beautiful. her long midnight black hair cascaded down her waist like midnight waves on a sandy beach. her skin was as fair than ever. her eyes were outlined with kajal. she was wearing a simple yet beautiful salwar suit:
naksh was memorised seeing her looking so beautiful. before he could compliment her, he remembered their wedding, the happiness and then the prenup papers before his eyes, his heart once again turned stone.
tara: we should go downstairs now.
naksh nods and they go down.
as they went down the stairs, tara missed a step and nearly fell but just in time, naksh caught her.
naksh harshly: careful tara.
tara nods almost feeling like crying but she took a deep breath and kept the tears inside her heart.
they took blessings from the elders and then bhabhimaa said: toh ab time for tara’s rasoi rasam. normally this is not allowed but I want naksh to help tara.
naksh: why bhabhimaa? this is a tradition that the newly wedded bride should do the rasoi rasam all by herself with no help?
naira: but bhai since when did you start caring for tradition?
naksh: jab…voh…jab…..voh…voh…
akshara: stop speaking riddles!! help tara.
naksh: but tradition….
naira interrupting: shut up and help tara bhabhi. can’t you see that she is pregnant? do you expect a pregnant woman to do the work all by herself?
om shook his head.
akshara : then help tara and that too with no ‘ifs’ or ‘buts’.
naksh nodded and grabbed tara’s wrist harshly. akshara noticed this and saw pain in tara’s eyes as he took her to the kitchen.
akshara: duggu’s behavour is disgusting! those papers weren’t tara’s fault!
naira: why is bhai behaving like this? he is always willing to help others then why not tara bhabhi?
bhabhimaa: when did naksh start caring for traditions? my naksh always loves helping others then when we told him to help tara, he refused. is he still living in the past?
the scene ends on bhabhimaa, naira and akshara concerned faces.
precap: rasoi rasam
sorry for a boring chapter.