"Haa Dadi. You know how much I love mangoes." Ragini replied, still concentrating on her mangoes.
"But you know you are not allowed for it." Parvati took away the plate from Ragini. "You know Laddoo, mangoes are not good for your baby...." And she started bombarding a long lecture to Ragini over do's and don'ts during pregnancy. She was totally supported by Annapurana.
"ENOUGH Dadi." Ragini bursted out loudly, turning deadly silent in Maheshwari's dining area for a moment.
"I am pregnant and not sick. Baby... Pregnancy... do this and don't do that... I am fed up with this daily ranting of yours. I feel like why am I pregnant? This is not a baby but a big problem for me... everybody is just behind me keeping their eyes on everything I do. I don't know when I will get rid of this." She harshly grabbed the plate of cut mangoes and left storming her feet towards her room.
"Ragini, be careful." Annapurna shouted from the back when she saw her dearest daughter in law was climbing stairs hurriedly. She left a deep relaxing sigh when Ragini safely reached upstairs.
"Don't feel bad about her words. You know that mood swings keep happening in this condition." Annapurna tried to normalise the temperature of the room.
"Haa, you are right Annapurna Bahu. I understand her frustrations and mood swings but what should I do? I kept on worrying about her." Parvati confessed neglecting her granddaughter's harsh words.
"And Laksh's absence from home for the last two weeks has added to her irritation." Annapurna seconded. 
Yes, Laksh was out of Kolkatta. He was in Delhi for the last two weeks for his new project deal. 
"Chalo Mom, I am leaving." Swara started to move after the daily drama. "Mom" she called back when Sujata had turned into a statue.
"How can she say something like this?" Sujata mumbled audibly to her daughter in law only.
"Mom, I have heard, pregnancy boosts hormonal changes which lead to mood swings."
"Mood swings are bound to happen, Swara. But no mother would curse her unborn child like this. And it's not the first time she had used harsh words for that little soul." Sujata shook her head, capturing Swara's all attention.
Later, Swara left for her school, she was in her class teaching her students when her phone vibrated, displaying "Ma calling." She ignored for the first time concentrating on her class. But when her phone kept on vibrating, reluctantly she picked up the call.
"Ma you know I am...." Swara could not finish hearing Sharmishtha'a cries from the other side.
"Ma, what happened? Why are you crying?"
"Shona... Shekhar... Shekhar met with an accident." Sharmishtha spoke between her sobbings. "I just received a call from Gujarji, whose shop is next to our shop. They are taking him to Civic Hospital. I am just on the way."
"Ok Ma, calm down. Nothing will happen to Baba. I will come there immediately." Swara cut the call after calming her mother down. 
Swara after taking permission from school authorities left for hospital while sending a quick message to Sanskar.
'I am on the way. Swara, please don't worry, and take care.' His reply came instantly.
At the hospital, Shekhar was inside the room and hospital staff filed a police complaint. Trio was waiting outside for the doctor along with an aged person who brought Shekhar to the hospital.
Doctor came out informing that nothing was serious, there were multiple bruises on his body along with a fractured right hand. But one thing that widened their eyes was the lightly blackened face of Shekhar with some wounds on his forehead and cheeks.