chapter 11

Ma was jubilant after she saw Sugandha and Mehek with me.Sugandha touched her feet and asked Mehek to take blessings from her grandmother.Mehek touched the feet of her grandmother and Ma hugged her two precious gifts, Her loving daughter-in-law and her apple of eye, little granddaughter!She gave five hundred rupees to Mehek.Mehek asked her mother,"Mamma, if I have a sister then grandmother will also give her five hundred rupees and then both of us can buy lots of story books and chocolates with so much money!"Sugandha scolded her,"Children should not say such things, you will spend this money, this is grandmother's money, or you can give it to your father for safekeeping!"Mehek looked surprised, as she asked her mother,"Mamma, Daddy is not here so how can I give him this money?"Ma said to Sugandha,"Please don't scold my sweet grandchild. I will give all my money to her, children are pure hearted, if they wish for something then it mostly comes true, and Mehek, Palash is your real father, ok!"Mehek asked her grandmother,"I am so happy that I have one Daddy and one father. If you will stay with my father then who will take care of my Daddy!"Sugandha said to her,"Daddy is with your another Mummy, she is not well so Daddy is taking care of her. When she will recover from her illness then she will take care of your Daddy, now no more questions, go and wash your face!"Ma said to me,"Palash I want you to marry Sugandha in front of me today, I am not feeling well so I don't want to face Jamuna ji in heaven without doing my part on earth!"I looked at Sugandha, who nodded her head in consent. Maybe, she didn't want to hurt Ma, in her present condition.Sugandha got ready like a bride, I put sindoor on her forehead and she touched my feet.Ma asked Mehek to go with her as she wanted us to spend some time with each other.I followed Sugandha to our room.Once, we were inside I tried to kiss Sugandha but she turned her face away.She said to me,"How can you kiss me after divorcing me?"I showed her the divorce papers in which my signature were not there.She started crying as she tore away those papers and hugged me like a little girl.I kissed her and she kissed me passionately as if all these years she was waiting for this moment and when the moment arrived she could not control her emotions anymore.She gave me so much love and I was receiving it with gratitude as it drenched us in infinite kisses and hugs!She did hide her passion and I loved her like a man who truly loved her.I kissed her eyelashes tenderly as I didn't want the experience to end quickly. I remembered how I made love to her for the first time as if I had to catch a train! It was like fulfilling an urge or to satisfy the hunger of the body more than making the other person feel beautiful about herself.Sugandha felt as if she had experienced love for the first time in her life. She became my sculpture and I tried to give her the perfect final touch with my soft lips and bare hands!It was a memorable experience for both of us as we both felt that we have crossed the bridge of attraction and have reached the destination called, "Love."