Samay- Scene XIV

The doorbell rang and uncomfortably getting up from her couch in her apartment, she made way to the door expecting to be washerman or the boy who provided her with sea catch and milk. But seeing him, she froze but applying her wits, she took him in as she wanted no nuisance here. Coming in Trishant said that it is a beautiful apartment. She questioned him mockingly “Why? And why are you here alone and not with Jyoti?”

Trishant angrily grabs her shoulder. “You throw accusations at me without giving me a valid and want me to live with it. Atleast let me know what is my fault? ”As his grip on her arm became unbearable. “Trishant, you are hurting me.” She winces “How can I forget? This is an old habit of yours,” she taunts “The only thing you do right is to hurt me.” Seeing her turn teary-eyed, he calms her down and questions “What are you saying me hurting you? What happened that you feel so? Tell me! Sweetu I have always loved you. Pls tell me what lead you to believe I cheated to you and whats that with Jyoti? Pls tell me, I still love you.”

Prakriti began “The day when I was returning from hospital after the duty just a week after your arrival from Delhi after the official declaration of elections. I had planned to come early to surprise you. But at that moment I saw you in bed with her and you both were soundly asleep. At that moment, I thought that I was not there to support you so you found another consoling shoulder and ran away but after some days I needed a place for shelter and at that moment I called my college friend, Harsita whom I remember opening a hospital in Goa and she offered me a job in her hospital and apartment as perk. So I joined it here.”

Trishant only could only say that “What? That day it wasn’t me in the bed it was Jyoti’s lover and fiancée they had asked me for the room as they wanted to make love and I was leaving for tour. Stupid girl! How could you think that I will ever find such a delicate shoulder like you and I thought that you wanted to leave for the emptiness in your life and you would be here with some friends brooding over past but when you didn’t returned I started searching you frantically . By the way, I’m hurt that you thought that I can ever betray you and especially moments we spent for last year. But let’s leave this as you are also human and you ran away because different people react differently under such circumstances especially when you are going through a bad time in life like you faced after your misgarage. I’m sorry I should have been there to hold your pain in this troubled time.”

Prakriti opened her eyes in confusion.  She tried to grasp all the change of events with a slight blurriness. She was about to fall when Trishant saved her. He asked “Are you was ok?” To which she said its normal in this stage. Trishant was still confused but Prakriti put his hand over the slight swell of her stomach, made him realize, the glaring truth.

 “What you are pregnant! Again!” cried Trishant in happiness and shock.