Recap: The jewellery is fake, but Ragini managed to buy food.

Laksh was looking at the vegetables on his plate, he was looking at her, how she sat in front of him waiting for him to eat.

Ragini was smiling from one ear to the other, but it didn't affected Laksh, he hated it, the whole situation.

"You! You are the reason why they did this to me?" He pulls her hair, she hisses in pain, "you mute woman." He raises his hand, but she stopped him.

Laksh was shocked and surprised, she was stronger than she looks like.

Ragini blinks with her eyes in disbelieve, ~ how dare you to touch me like this? I'm not your punching bag I'm your wife you should respect me! I'm not the reason for your misery don't blame me for something I haven't done!~

Laksh didn't understood it, "what?!" He shrugs looking at her, she took the plate, which was for him, the only plate she had made and started to eat of it.

Laksh stood up, he looked at the door, "I don't need you!" He said to her and left the cottage, Ragini starts to cry in her loneliness. I never had a family only the streets and finally I thought I have found something calling mine they took it away from both of us. What is our crime?

Laksh was roaming around the alleys, he was obviously looking for a liquid store, but it was all smelling bad, he couldn't handle it, he felt weak. His head was pounding and his stomach was growling.

Laksh pouts, he hold his stomach and sat on a bench, he found near the road. Why they have thrown me out? How can it be possible that they aren't my parents? They have raised me then, how?

Laksh was in pain, he wanted to forget it, the only way out of it was to get drunk and lose his sense to think. Only then he can live.

Ragini ate the half of the food and kept the rest for Laksh, she wasn't sure where he has gone, but he can't be far from their home. Ragini took the keys of the cottage and left the house, she starts to search for him. There was a fear to find him laying on the streets drunken in between garbage. She had seen those people, how they ruined their life's and the life's of their family members.

Laksh was looking at a man, he was drinking and talking to a woman, the woman was in short clothes and wearing heavy makeup on her face, he understood she must be a professional woman. There must be a bar nearby. It was the only thought he was having, he stood up, but didn't moved forward.

Laksh was stopped, a strong yet soft hand hold his hand, he turned and saw his wife standing there. The eyes red like her nose and her lips were shaking not of coldness, but of fear.

Laksh glares at her, "leave me. I need to drink I want to forget it."

Ragini shook her head, ~no!~ she continuously refused him to leave, she dragged him back home and made him eat the food, he refused.

"I want to drink! Why don't you understand!" He shouts and this time his hand reached her cheek.

Ragini was still holding the plate, but she was laying on the floor, she cries and gesture him to eat, she will get him a bottle.

Laksh took the plate, "go, what are you waiting for?!" He shouts at her and she left from there, just to come back with a new bottle for him.

Laksh had finished the food and was sleeping on the bed, he was exhausted from everything not regretting of his behaviour.

Ragini placed the bottle next to him. Please don't drink so much, I can't handle it to loose you in drinking. She was crying bitterly, she had to comeback and now she has to return to where she belongs.

Ragini changed her clothes, she went out of the house, while Laksh was sleeping tightly.

It was the next morning Ragini was laying on the bed next to him, when he opens his eyes two big brown orbs were staring at him.

Laksh was looking at her, somehow he liked her innocent and her warm smile makes him happy. Laksh turns away, he found himself in the cottage, which he hates. Ragini slowly comes over him, she kisses his temple.

Laksh widen his eyes, he looks at her and then to himself, but he hasn't consummated with her like he first thought.

"For what?" He asked and she shook her head, she was resting her head on his shoulder to inhale his fragrance.

"What was your name?" Laksh asked her and she pouts. She hits him and sat on the bed. Ragini was gesturing him her name, the sign language wasn't his cup of tea.

"Slow!" He warns her, he took out his mobile phone, the charge was low, but enough to google it.

"Repeat it."

"Ragini, name means melody but look at you mute."

Ragini pouts, she gesture him, ~ Lakshya means aim and look at you drunken 🥴 ~

Laksh frowns, "slow!" He said to her and all she did was giving him, this.

"Lakshya, who knows, it can be anyone's name after all I'm not their real child." Laksh turns away and saw the bottle, soon the half bottle was drunken by him.

Ragini lowers her gaze. I don't wanted to hurt him. He should apologise to me for the slap.

She pushes him and he swallows, he coughs up and vomit on the floor.

Laksh drunk on an empty stomach, he falls backwards in the created mess.

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