After what felt like a little peace she moved away from him and he got off the bed too. He moved onto the other side of the bed and layed down beside Aadhira.

"Go freshen up Sri, you didn't even have your lunch. Freshen up and I'll go make dinner soon",he said.

"But, I could do that. I literally rested for a long time. I don't even know when I dozed off. You rest up, even Aadhu is sleeping na",she said.

"It's not a big deal ammadi, anyways let me cook too. I want to make something special for our family too",he said and listening to their voices Aadhira woke up.

"Uwuuuu, dadddaaa",she threw her arms towards him and he picked her into his arms.

"Daddaa missed you Aadhu. I know you missed dadda too. We'll have a play date this weekend okay?",both the father-daughter were having their cute talks.

"What did my baby do all the day?",he asked.

"At.. Athaau",she was trying to tell him what all she did the whole day.

Aadhira's m.v : Aadhira talked to athai. They cutee, cute and fun also. Aadhu wants to meet them and aadhu missed amma and papa

They continued their talks while Ram made her sit in the dining room and went into the kitchen to prepare dinner.

She was trying to hum some music and was playing with her plushie toy, pressing it close to her heart and giggling everytime it comes back to normal size.

"Aadhu, what do you wanna eat?",he asked while cooking dinner in the kitchen and hearing her name she looked up from the plushie toy which she was busy with.

"Jam.. Jamuuuuu",she tried to tell him that she wanted gulab jamun.

The one time, where Aadhu threw a big tantrum to eat the specific sweet was the time when her parents were eating Gulab jamun without her. That's pretty unfair isn't it?

"Ohh, but we can't have it now baby. Don't worry, dadda will get you some gulab jamun tomorrow",as though she understood whatever he said she giggles.

Meanwhile, Sri comes into the dining room to see Aadhira playing and him cooking.

"Evandi, I would have done it. Why do you trouble yourself?",Sri said settling down beside Aadhira.

"Sri, Shh you handle Aadhu I will handle the rest",he said.

Aadhu who missed her mother all day, jumped into her arms and hugged her tight and Sri hugged her back.

"Mich..mich..mammaa",she said and tears welled up in Sri's eyes and she hugged Aadhira and let the tears flow out of her eyes.

Aadhira hugs her too and then breaks the hug pulling herself away to see Sri's eyes puffy red.

"Mamma,cly cly",she said and hearing that Ram switched off the stoves and came to them.

"Ammadi? What happened? All okay? Is it paining?",he asked holding her in his arms.

"No, I don't know",she said and Aadhu wiped her tears and kissed her cheeks.

"No cly cly mamma..Aadhu loovees youu",she tried consoling her and earned a smile on her mother's face making her the happiest.

"Ram garu, you wait I will go and complete cooking",she said and as soon as she tried to get up a sharp pain hit her abdomen area which made her sit down immedietly and she closed her eyes in pain.

"Told you ammadi, get up slowly and go back to your room and rest up. Aadhu do you want to go to nanamma?",he asked taking her in his arms.

Aadhu nods and Ram drops her in his mother's room.

"Did Sri eat yet, Ram?",Shyamala asks.

"No maa, she just freshened up and came. I am cooking,she was talking to Aadhu and suddenly started crying. I asked her to rest and thought Aadhu will be here with you",he said.

"You and Aadhu stay in the living room, I will spend some time with Sri and come",Shyamala said.

"Okay amma",he said and took Aadhira back to her plushie toys but seems like our baby isn't interested in playing with them, she didn't feel like doing anything. She laid down on the floor hugged her plushie and slept.

Whereas Ram completed cooking and came back to see Aadhira sleeping on the floor hugging her plushie which she was playing with some time ago.

He took her in his arms and slowly took a stroll in the balcony when he heard the door bell ringing, he adjusted Aadhira on his shoulder and went to open the door. It was Ishu and Krishnam Raju.

"Where is Shyamala?",Krishnam Raju asked.

"She is talking to Sri, nanna. You both come I will serve dinner",he said and Krishnam Raju nodded.

"Why would you serve bava? You already worked hard in office and came back home. Don''t tell me you cooked also. Akka should have done it, how many things will you do?",Ishu tried to poison both Krishnam Raju's and Ram's brain.

"Stop it, Ishu. Just because I am trying to be civil doesn't mean you can speak anything about my wife",Ram lost his temper.

"What are you trying to do, Ishu? Is this how you behave?",Krishnam Raju was serious too.

He didn't like Ishu speaking something like this, he never believed in things that say kitchen and house hold work is to be done by ladies only. He always taught his son and daughters the same thing to learn everything.

"How can you say that Sri has to do the cooking and serving part and not me? She is a working woman too. When she is expected to do it, why not me?",Ram roared and seeing her plan backfiring,Ishu rushed into her room and closed the door.

Hearing so many people shouting and remembering that her mother was crying made Aadhira to let out all her emotions out and she started crying.

Meanwhile in the room, Shyamala was talking to Sri Devi

"Athaya, when Aadhira said she missed me I couldn't hold myself. I felt guilty that I couldn't give enough time",Sri was crying badly.

The motherly guilt wasn't letting her calm down. Shyamala slowly patted her back.

"Let it all out dear, I won't ask you to calm down let it out",Shyamala said and Sri cried her heart out. After some time, she got a hold on herself and wiped her tears.

"Listen Sri, first of all there is no need to feel guilty or blame yourself as a bad mother though it happens unknowingly you need to learn to see things normally. Aadhira must have missed you, nothing wrong in that but you blaming yourself is wrong. Now you are staying home and Aadhira is also staying home so if after few months you will go to office and Aadhira might go to play school and come back home to say the same thing. Will you still blame yourself? Coming to bad mother thing, there is no such thing called bad mother or good mother. A mother will always be a mother and during motherhood we learn a lot of things too. Next time, when you feel overwhelmed just remember your athaya is not somewhere unreachable but just a call away, understood?",Shyamala said to which Sri nodded and hugged her tight.

Shyamala patted her gently on her back and that's when they heard both Ram and Krishnam Raju's voice. They rushed out to see little Aadhira was crying uncontrollably.

Sri rushed to hold Aadhira in her arms and patted her gently. Quickly sensing her mother's warmth Aadhira calmed down and went back to sleep.

"Mamayya, emaindhi? endhuku aricharu? meeru bane unnara?[father in law, what happened? why did you shout? are you okay?]

Ram explained both of them what happened and Sri bent her head low not being able to face anyone. She felt like answering to Ishu, but at the same time when Krishnam Raju told how Ram scared her away, Sri's heart welled up, him taking stand for her felt good to her heart.

"Ram, we'll talk to your uncle and Ishu will move out from here",Krishnam Raju said and nobody spoke anything about it.

"Sri, come lets eat. I will talk with Ishu later. You haven't eaten your lunch also",saying so the four of them had their dinner. Sri tried to wake up Aadhu but seems like Aadhira was done for the day. Sri carried her in her arms and the couple went to their room while Krishnam Raju and Shyamala also retired to their room when Krishnam Raju asked Shyamala to let Ishu be and they can check on her the next morning.

Little did they know what was awaiting them the next morning..

To be continued..

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