CHAPTER SIXTY THREE

Agni :

I encouraged her and ended the call. But, sleep was far away from me the whole night. I remembered only her tears and teary face. I kept a message to her.

"Sweetheart, don't worry about anything. Please be strong, baby. I will visit you as soon as I get a tourist visa. So, till then don't let your courage fade for any reason. I love you."

Next day, immediately I applied for a visa. At night, I called her.

"Agni, did you call me? What a pleasant surprise! By the way aren't you busy with works? Thank God, you found some time in your hectic schedule" she said.

I understood her sarcasm.

"Stop taunting me, sweetheart. I am sorry for ignoring you" I requested.

"It's ok."

"What are you doing? Shall I speak or are you studying?"

"Nothing, I am free."

"Can you please switch on to Skype baby?"

She logged in, to Skype. We both talked for half an hour. Then she asked me to about the baby. I took the baby near to the laptop and showed her.

"Baby, look at your mom. She is missing you. Tell her to achieve her goal and come back to us."

"Maa" baby said.

Jwala smiled, but tears appeared again in her eyes.

"Hmm did you start crying again? See, our baby is better than you. She cries very rarely" I said.

She pouted.

"I cried a lot when you ignored me," she said.

"I am sorry. I want you to focus on your goal. I too missed you so much, and every day I used to get upset and lost focus on work too" I said.

"Don't do it ever. Promise me"

"Promise, I never ignore you ever."

"I love you. Take care of baby and yourself. I love you Jagni; I am sorry sweety for leaving you like that. Forgive your mom please."

"Agni, I have to study, bye."

"Bye sweetheart, take care, we love you."

Every day I talked to her until I got a visiting visa. I decided to surprise her, so I didn't inform her of my visit. I went to her. I knocked on the door and was so excited to see her and her happiness. I smiled but got shocked seeing the one who opened the door. It's not Jwala; it's a guy. Who is he? Where is Jwala? Did anything happen to my Jwala?

"Who is that Aneesh?" Jwala came calling him.

She looked at me and ran to me. She hugged me.

"Agni, I love you. Thank you for the surprise," she said.

"Let's go inside," I said and went inside.

"Agni, he is Aneesh. My batch mate and flatmate too" she said to me.

I didn't understand anything because I settled everything before leaving for India. She had no problem regarding finances, and there's no need for sharing her flat with others.

"Aneesh, he is my husband Agni, and she is my princess Jagni," she said taking our baby and kissing her.

"Nice meeting you brother," he said.

"Same here," I said shaking my hand with him.

"Jwala, I want to get fresh up. Shall we go to our room?"

We went to the room.

"Agni, actually what happened was…" I interrupted her.

"I want to take a shower immediately. Everything was irritating" I said taking my clothes.

"Ok, I will bring coffee for you. What do you want to have for lunch?"

"Anything is fine with me Jwala. Prepare anything that you can."

"Baby might be hungry too," she said caressing her hairs.

"Yes, feed her first, later you can prepare lunch for us," I said.

She nodded, and I went for a shower. I got fresh up and went to the kitchen. She kept baby on a chair and is chopping vegetables. I hugged her from the back.

"Missed you so much my darling wife," I said kissing her back.

"That's why I said I couldn't stay here. I missed you too."

"It's ok, wherever you are, you are always in my heart, right?" I said holding her waist.

"Agni, please," she said closing her eyes as I kissed on the back of her neck.

"How can I control myself seeing you after these many months?"

"I love you Agni."

"I love you too," I said

"Hey Jwala, I bought milk."

Hearing the voice, I left her immediately.

"I am sorry," Aneesh said and left the kitchen giving the milk packet to her.

"After having lunch, we can talk in our room. I fed the baby, please take care of her until I finish cooking" she said.

I went to the room, and later she called me for lunch. We are having lunch, and I decided to talk to Aneesh. Frankly, I didn't like he sharing the flat with Jwala.

"Aneesh, where are you from in India?"

"I am from Uttar Pradesh brother."

"What do your parents do?"

"I don't have anyone," he said

"Are you an orphan?" I asked

"I don't like to discuss my details with anyone," he said and left the food in the middle.

What's the hell? He is staying with my wife. I should know his background. I can't let him stay like that without knowing anything about him.

"Agni, see he left his food. You should have asked him later" she said, and I glared at her.

"Don't teach me what I should do?" I said and washed the hand leaving the food.

I went into the room, and she came to me.

"I am sorry Agni. I didn't mean to teach you. I just said it casually. But didn't expect that you will leave the food" she said holding her ears.

"It's ok."

"Please have it," she said trying to feed me with her hand.

"I am not hungry."

"I know you are hungry, but you are angry too. Your anger dominated your hunger. First, let me remove your hunger and then your anger," Jwala said.

"Please at least for me, have it," she said.

"Ok," I said.

She fed me. I didn't talk to her and was reading a book. She made our baby sleep.

"Agni, I want to talk to you."

"Tell me."

"I know you are upset with my decision of sharing the flat with Aneesh. No husband will be sportive to know that his wife is sharing the flat with a guy."

"Yes, I didn't like Aneesh staying here. Ask him to leave."

"I can't."

"What do you mean? Is he important than me? You are saying no just for him" I asked.

"I promised him that I would help him."

"You promised to me too that you will follow my every word."

"But you told me that I should be independent to make my decisions. Now if you oppose my decision, how can I be independent? I will be dependent on you when I seek your permission for everything I do. Just because of possessiveness, you can't say I am wrong" Jwala said.