Durgaprasad Maheshwari could not take the insult and betrayal by his own blood, he collapsed suffering from a heart attack. 
'Swara, you don't need to do this, till the time I am there." his words when she thought to take out her diamond bangles for hospital deposits.
"In just a few hours, Bade Papa will get the best treatment. I promise Badi Ma." Sanskar had promised. He went out to make arrangements.
But Laksh, as usual, irresponsibly took a short cut and landed in jail which brought havoc in Swara and Sanskar's life.
Remembering the last 6 months of separation, their hurtful words exchange, their loneliness, their pain, her heart squeezed with guilt and fear.
'Leave the past behind... start a new chapter.' again her mantra gave some courage.
'When are you coming back home? I am waiting for you.' She typed and hit the send button.
She waited for his reply back. 
Here in office Sanskar was busy with his back to back meetings. His apple watch vibrated  with notification. He turned to see it was from Swara. His fingers ached to see the message after all it was a message from her after a long 6 months.
His assisting team member's voice seized his attention back on their office discussions. 
Swara went to help with dinner preparations, but her eyes were fixed on her phone. Never before had this happened, his answer used to come in five minutes.
Finally after 2 hours her phone beeped with notification, 'I will be late. Don't wait for me for dinner.'
Her hands shivered, tears welled up in her eyes. 
"Swara, come everyone is waiting for you for dinner." Ragini called from back.
Swara immediately wiped her tears and turned with a smile. 
"Swara, where is Sanskar?" Durgaprasad asked, looking at his both daughter-in-laws.
"He messaged. He will be late." Everyone saw gloominess in Swara's eyes which she tried to cover with a fake smile.
Nobody said anything further but started filling their plates with food.
"Swara don't wait for him. He might eat in the office." Annapurna tried to control the situation.
Swara was reluctant but after strong push from family members she ate a few morsels of food. 
"Ram, please talk to Sanskar, this is not done." Swara heard her Bade Papa requesting her father-in-law in whisper after dinner.
"Kaki, I will keep all leftover in the fridge after Sanskar's dinner." 
"Swara Bahu, but Sanskar beta does his dinner in the office most of the time." Nirmala Kaki replied.
"Does he always come so late?" Swara could not stop herself from asking.
"Ye... Yes Bahu." Nirmala Kaki stuttered but left, leaving Swara alone.
Finally at late night she took the stairs and went back to her room. She changed and sat on bed on her side keeping her eyes on the clock.
It was midnight when Sanskar returned, he entered in his room to see his room was glowing with the light of a night lamp. Swara was sleeping in a sitting position. His eyes filled with tears looking at her. 
How much he had craved to see her in his room in the last 6 months! 
Now when she was here, he himself was running away from her. He knew she must have been waiting for him. But he couldn't gather courage to face her. Guilt for his past actions, insecurity and distrust about the stability of their relationship pushed him into a dark hole.
He carefully entered without making any noise. He went to the washroom for a quick shower and change. When he came out Swara was already awake.
"When did you come?" She asked.
"Just 20 minutes back." he replied again, not meeting her intense gaze.
"Dinner? Should I bring it here or...?" 
"I had it in the office."
"Did you eat?" He asked after a moment. Small smile flashed on her lips.
'He still cares for me.'
"Hmm" She hummed with a slight nod.
"It's too late for you to come home." She checked the time, it was 1:30 am.
"Yes. There was a lot of pending work in the office."
"Will you eat Moong Daal ka Halwa? I have made it." She was facing Sanskar's back but he could guess her choked voice.
"Yes, sure." His hesitant reply brought a small smile to her face. She ran downstairs to get a bowl of sweets.
Even though he was fighting a battle on mental and emotional grounds about their relationship, their past, their separation; one thing always weakened his strong demeanour and that was her tears.
She came with a bowl. He took a few spoons and Swara was staring at his face without a blink.
"How's it?" she asked impatiently.
"It's good." He still kept his eyes on the bowl.
There was deep silence in their room. There was a time when both of them couldn't run out of words and now there is a time when both of them had nothing left to talk about. The distance of 6 months filled the seed of their relationship with so much awkwardness that both the hearts were afraid to even make a simple eye contact.
"I will keep this down." She took an empty bowl.
When she was back to their room, he was sleeping on his side. But one thing was captured by Swara's eyes. He was sleeping on the edge of his side turning his back to her side.
This had never happened earlier. She was used to sleeping in his arms. She laid down on the bed keeping her eyes on his stilled figure. 
They were together, yet so far.
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