Where trust trembles.

Continuity
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[๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป.]
[๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ-๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.]
Advika stands by the stove, dressed in a soft yellow saree that contrasts with the dark circles beneath her eyes. Her face is paleโ€”lips pressed into a flat line, her usual gentle smile nowhere to be seen.
She moves like someone in a tranceโ€”hands stirring the pot, but her mind far away.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ.
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
โ€œAdvika beta?โ€ (Soft and calm voice)
The voice is sweet, laced with the affection of a mother.
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
(turns halfway, her eyes flicking to the doorway.)
Her mother-in-law stands there with a concerned expression on her face. She steps forward slowly, ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€.
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
(softly): "๐—”๐—ฎ๐—ท ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถโ€ฆ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ถ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ." โ€œYouโ€™re very late today, betaโ€ฆ Itโ€™s already past lunchtime.โ€ (๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š) "๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต?" (โ€œIs everything alright between you two?โ€)
The question lands like a stone in her chest.
That one question. Spoken so sweetly, yet so heavy for Advikaโ€™s fragile heart.
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜. A knot tightened in her chest. She blinked twice, holding back tears that had started pooling again. But ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
(In mind started spinning with thoughts) *Why is she asking? Does she know something? Noโ€ฆ he warned me. Told me not to say a word. If she finds out, things might get worse. For meโ€ฆ and maybe even for her.*
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
(In mind) *No, not nowโ€ฆ maa shouldnโ€™t know this*
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
(Still thinking in mind) *But, How can I lie to maa... she is like my mother, She will definitely help me to fix everything between me and Aditya ji*
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
*Hmm... Heโ€™s already distantโ€ฆ already cold. How much worse can it get now? I need to know. I canโ€™t keep holding my breath in this marriage.* (Takes a deep breath)
With a soft breath, Advika slowly turned back around, her voice hesitant but steady.
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
"๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฎโ€ฆ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป, ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต-๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ?" ("Motherโ€ฆ if I ask you something, will you tell the truth?") (Hesitant voice, soft)
Her mother-in-law blinked, taken aback for a second, but then nodded with softness in her tone.
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
"๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ธ, ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ. ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ-๐—ท๐—ถ๐—ท๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ." ("Of course, Beta. You can ask without hesitation)
Encouraged by her words, Advika stepped closer, fidgeting with the edge of her dupatta. Her voice trembled ever so slightly.
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
"๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฎโ€ฆ ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถโ€ฆ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‡๐—ถ ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ถ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ?" ("Motherโ€ฆ Is this marriageโ€ฆ really happened by his own will?")
There was silence.
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
"๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏโ€ฆ ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€ฆ ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ธ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ต ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ท๐—ต๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป? ๐—ฌ๐—ฎโ€ฆ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ โ€ฆ?" (" Meansโ€ฆ Did he said to you that he wanted to marry me? Or... Someone forced him to do so?)
Her words hung in the air, hesitant, wounded, and full of hope
Her mother-in-law's face fell. Her smile faded, replaced with a stillness that made the air heavier. She looked down for a moment,
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
(Looked down)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
"๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎโ€ฆ" she began, pausing to take a long breath. โ€œ๐— ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ปโ€ฆ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€โ€ฆ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜.โ€
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
โ€œ๐—›๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€โ€ฆ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ.โ€ โ€œ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜โ€ฆ ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป.โ€
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
โ€œ๐—ก๐—ผโ€ฆ ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.โ€ (face hang with guilt)
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
(Eyes widened)
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
" Maa... You... Youโ€™ve always been like a mother to me, I believed you. My family also as you are the best friend of my mother... "
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
And I still believe to you, You know this. Right?
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
(Nods Silently)
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
โ€œ๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†"
Her eyes shimmer with unshed tears, her voice begging, but not blaming. Just seeking.
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
๐—œ .... ๐—œ... ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ...
Her mother-in-law stares at her for a long moment, eyes clouded with guiltโ€ฆ and something else. Pain.
She closes her eyes, taking in a long breath. When she opens them again, theyโ€™re glistening.
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
โ€œ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€ฆ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป.โ€
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
(looking into her eyes with tears)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€”๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ.
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
But... Still maa... I .. I...
Her mother-in-law moves forward, holding her shoulders gently.
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—œ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ,
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น. ๐—›๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€”๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„. ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ.
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
(Nods and hugged her)
Advika Nair.
Advika Nair.
๐—œ... ๐—œ... ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ... ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜...
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ... (smiled)
Tears slide down Advikaโ€™s cheeksโ€”but she doesnโ€™t wipe them away. She lets them fall, quietly, as her heart holds on to the only thing it has leftโ€”hope.
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
(tightened the hug)...
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
Ashvini (Aditya mother)
(In mind) *Sorry, beta... You had to endured all of the because of my benefit... Have I really ruined your life, have I?* (teary eyes while hugging her)
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