Chapter 108: chapter 108

THE SILENT LOVE ...Chapter 107 :Samyuktha, who entered the house upon receiving a call from Rasi to summon herself at the earliest, was dumbfounded to see her elder brother alive and screamed his name. She lunged towards him and hugged him tightly, sobbing vigorously pouring out all the pain she endured all these years.“Brother!   Are you alive? Where are you all  these days? Why didn’t you come to see us?Are you really my brother?”, wailed Samyuktha.Sreekanth reciprocated her hug,rubbed her back consoling her and  replied in a gentle voice filled with love and affection towards his baby sister,“Samyu! Sorry my  sis. I couldn’t come back. Really I’m very sorry. Please forgive me”, turned towards Shilpa and Honey, pointed his finger at them and he introduced,“Samyu! She is Shilpa, your sister in law, Honey, your niece.Samyuktha whirled her head towards them,glanced at Shilpa and Honey with widened eyes in misbelief,darted her gaze towards Sreekanth and enquired,“Brother! Is that true?”.Sreekanth smiled at her in  approval while nodding his head which made  Samyuktha turn  towards them gazing in perplexcity.Samyuktha was unaware when her legs moved towards Shilpa and engulfed her in a hug being reciprocated by Shilpa. Later she took Honey into  her arms and kissed her cheeks while admiring the little girl’s beauty.Realizing that it will be a long day with the interactions, he usherd his brother’s family to his room under Samyuktha’s curse’s for disturbing her sweet moments with them.Later he gave some instruction to Deepak and thanked Gautham and Ajith for being with him in the total journey as a pillar of support. He requested them  to join for breakfast which they smoothly refused to give them some family time and left the house after informing everyone.Time flew by like a blink of an eye with their  bickering at the breakfast and it was the time  for Sreekar to Usher Sreekanth to their home. He offered them the new clothes which he instructed Deepak to  bring and requested them to wear those. Though Sreekanth protested initially, he melted for Sreekar’s wish of making his reentry into the house as a prince of the mansion.Sreekar’s heart palpitated, envisioning the consequences of confronting his mother for her actions. Would she accept his elder son after seeing him alive and acknowledge Shilpa as her daughter in law or still she  will be against their relationship. What should he do if his mother doesn’t recognise them as a family. Whatever the consequences may be, his future with Swetha depends on his mother’s actions. If he couldn’t succeed in accepting his mother to acknowledge them as a family, there is no future for him with Swetha    which makes him  feel terrible.With all the thoughts that were clouded in his mind, Sreekar reached the house along with his brother and his famly. He asked them to wait outside for a while and entered the living room only to witness his parents accompanied by Pratap’s family.Bhuvaneswari Devi, noticing his presence, immediately rose to her feet and surged towards him with mixed emotions  of anxiousness, annoyance, relief and furious.“Sree! Where have you been without intimating us? It was two days returning from the project site. What’s wrong with you? You are neither reachable nor contactable. Where were you?”, enquired Bhuvaneswari Devi, showing all her anger, anxiety and fear in her words.Sreekar glanced at her for a while hiding all his  emotions behind to restrain himself from the outburst.“Mom! I will explain about my absence later. I have a few questions for you which I want only the truth from you. Will you answer my questions?”,   enquired with a calm tone.Observing the seriousness in Sreekar’s demeanor, Bhuvaneswari Devi heaved a sigh and replied in annoyance,“If it is regarding my announcement about your marriage with Lalitha, yes, I  decided for your engagement.  I have given enough time for you to decide for which you failed to do. I can’t see my son staying alone for the rest of his life”.Sreekar shook his head in denial and spoke,“No! It’s not about it which I don’t even care for. I will deal with it later. This is something related to the past”.Bhuvaneswari Devi glanced at him with furrowed eyebrows and with a  stoic expression, she enquired,“What’s about it?”.Sreekar took a step towards her , looked deeply into her eyes and queried while emphasizing his words,“DID THE WOMAN WHOM MY BROTHER FANCIED REALLY ELOPED WITH SOMEONE OR CHASED OUT OF MY BROTHER’S LIFE”.Bhuvaneswari Devi was stupefied with the sudden revolution, not expecting Sreekar to unfold the past secrets and staggered back.“Wh ...? What are you saying? Wh ...? Why are you asking me? Ho ...? How could I know? I just  heard the rumors”, replied while stuttering on her words. “Just by hearing the rumors, you believed it. You didn’t even try to console Sreekanth brother?”, smeared Sreekar, while gazing at her deeply, making her nervous.Rajeswari Devi left speechless with his encounter and gaped at him in astonishment by the way he used the words.“Are you accusing me of your brother’s demise for not being with him to help him come out of his misery? What gave you the right to question me without knowing the truth how devastated I felt watching him going through the misery?”, reprimanded Rajeswari Devi.“You want me to believe your words when the truth is the other way”,scoffed Sreekar.Raghavendar, observing the total scenario, intervened in their conversation,“Sree! Is this the way to speak to your mother? What’s wrong with you?”.Sreekar darted his eyes towards his father, glanced at him for a while and shifted back to his mother while emphasizing his question,“Tell me mom! Did my sister in law eloped with someone or was chased away by you?”, with  a stoic expression.