chapter 16

Sugandha said to me at night,"I want to be a mother again!"I looked surprised as well as happy but asked her if she was under any pressure,"Are you sure, Sugu because I don't want you to put your life in danger for making Ma happy..."She looked at me,"I want to do this for Mehek as I don't want her to grow up without any sibling. Parents can't always be with their children but their siblings fill the gap beautifully. I grew up without any brother or sister and today I don't have a listening brother or advising sister to comfort me or pull my leg over little little things in life!"I hugged my beautiful wife as I felt that I forgot to play the role of a best friend in the life of my wife after becoming her husband. I felt guilty of making her anxious about her future which made her desperate to leave the safety and comfort of her home!I kissed my wife as I said to her,"Please don't be angry with me as I am madly in love with you. You are the only one in my life with whom I could share my joy as well as my sorrow. I felt broken when you left me and now with you in my life I have realised that even my flaws have become my highlights. You are the beginning as well as the end of my eternal love story!"Sugandha accepted me with love and compassion as she chose the path of forgiveness and friendship over hatred and revenge.She became the river of love for me as she started pouring her heart out to me and I felt like the salty ocean in which my tears were drowning me.She kissed my cheeks as she wiped my tears and put her head on my chest to listen to my heartbeats, which were echoing her name with each heartbeat, "Sugandha... Sugandha... Sugandha!"