He was breathing heavily. His peace of mind was gone. He thought to himself, "No. I cannot do this. But I have to. Oh God! Why me? Somebody please help me. What should I do? I cannot refuse also." He looked back at Diya's happy face. "What will I say to her? And how will I say to her?"

He felt someone touching his shoulder. Turning around, he saw his wife looking at him worriedly. "" she asked. Abhishek lowered his eyes and replied, ""

Divya smiled. "" said Divya. Abhishek looked at her and said, ""

Divya looked at her daughter. "" She looks at Abhishek and asks again, "" Abhishek looked into her eyes. He understood Divya's fear. He held her hands and said, ""

Divya starts laughing. Seeing the smile on her face, Abhishek felt contended. Divya finally asked him, "" Abhishek smiles and raises his collars. "" he replies proudly and then continues, ""

Divya smiles at his words and asks him, "" With a sad face, Abhishek answers her, "" Divya says, ""

Abhishek nods and the couple goes to their daughter, who was busy showing off her imaginary cooking skills to her grandparents. But as soon as she saw her father, she rushed to him. Everything else was forgotten. Abhishek sat down on the sofa, with Diya in his laps, while Divya stood near them.

Abhishek said in a sad tone, ""

Diya looked at her father and then asked him cutely, "" Divya giggles at her question and says, ""

Abhishek smiled and kissed his daughter. "" he asked her. Thinking for a while, the child hugged her father and said, "" Everyone smiles at their bond.

Divya parked the car and got down to say bye to her husband. Vinay, Swati and Diya had stayed back at home. Abhishek took his luggage and looked at Divya. He hugged her. Divya reciprocated the hug. Abhishek moved back and said, "" Divya chuckled and nodded.

"" Abhishek smiled and she continued, ""

That four word sentence from his wife meant more than anything else to him. He placed a chaste kiss on her forehead, making silent promises, unaware of what destiny had in store for him.

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