UBC Day 28 - Support - 26

Continued from Day 27 - Come back

It took a flash of a second for Sushant to understand the entire situation. He remembered his last phone call with Nitin when he had accidently mentioned Navya. On one of his last days in Singapore, he had overheard friends talking about his break up, and problem at work.

So here he was, jobless and heartbroken. His fiancé did exactly what he had done to Priya. She left without even leaving a proper message, and here he was, trying to claim his girl and daughter.

Sushant took a step ahead and wrapped an arm around Priya protectively. Sight of this movement made Nitin stop mid-sentence. But for Sushant, it wasn’t only love. He had seen his friend go through a lot, and he didn’t want her to shatter again.

Sushant’s protective arm helped Priya from collapsing. She had dreamt about Nitin asking about Navya almost every day, but upon hearing them, she was suddenly protective of her child. Nitin, who had not known of his daughter’s existence till a couple of months ago, had now come to look for her with a conviction that she was certainly his.

Thankfully, Sushant chose to answer that in a much better way that she could. “Nitin, it will be better for all of us if you give Priya some time and drop your contact details, you can see she isn’t feeling well and she needs some time.”

There must be something convincing about Sushant’s words that Nitin murmured something and left.

Sushant helped Priya into the car and took her home. Once home, he made her sit next to Navya’s pram and insisted to make some tea. He waited till Priya was feeling better. Then he got up and gave a light kiss on her forehead before leaving. As he turned, Priya held his hand.

“Sushant…” Priya’s voice was weaker than she had expected.

As usual, Sushant was quick to turn around and kneel in front of her.

“Sushant…thank you.” Priya couldn’t find more words. Sushant caressed her palm and nodded. Before he could get up, Priya continued… “I love you…”