A few days later, “Why can’t we take mom home?” Christian asked Dr Ken. “We need to monitor her!” Dr Ken replied. “We can monitor her at home. I’ll take care of her.” Christian assured, but Ken gave a disapproving look. “We can arrange a nurse like before!” “Still, no, she will be under my care from now on. You can visit her whenever you want.” He said and Christian’s face dropped. “She’ll be fine here, don’t worry.” Dr Ken assured. “I know that but I want mama close to me,” Christian said and Dr Ken smiled at his choice of words. “Just a few weeks, then you can take her home.” Dr Ken said. “Hmm… and is there any improvement in her health?” Christian inquired. “She is moving her fingers, and this is a big development in recent times. I believe we will have her back soon.” Dr Ken said, and a wide smile spread across Christian’s lips. “Great!!” He exclaimed. “How’s Mishka these days?” Dr Ken asked concern lacing his features. “How is she coping with the miscarriage news?” “Sh

Christian turned the knob and walked in. Lia glanced at him, her head bandaged and tears flowing from her eyes. She attempts to sit on the bed and Christian supported her. “Are you alright?” He asked, but in return Lia hugged his waist, crying harder. Christian patted her back, trying to console her, but she cried uncontrollably, burying her head. “I screwed up my life!” She sobbed. “Everything will be fine. Don’t cry. Easy,” He said and helped her to lie back. “You will hurt your head crying like this. Tommy has got arrested. You don’t have to worry about anything.” Christian assured her as he sat on the stool next to her bed. “I screwed up everything.” She sobbed again, but Christian just looked at her, wordlessly. “How did all this happen?” Christian asked. “I caught him injecting drugs to himself. I tried to stop him, but he…. He raped me,” She stuttered while mentioning the horrific incident and her statement left Christian baffled. “His demeanour changed suddenly, he stopped

Christian knocked and walked into Lia’s room while the latter was standing near the window, looking outside. “How are you doing?” Christian asked. Lia turned and briefly smiled. “I thought you forgot to visit me. Anyway, I am fine.” “That’s great! I just asked the doctor. He said you are good to go home tomorrow.” Christian said and kept the bouquet of white roses near her bed. “Do you have some time? I want to talk to you,” Lia asked softly, sauntering towards him while Christian glanced at his wristwatch. “Sure!,” He said. Lia sat on the edge of the bed while Christian settles on the stool, waiting for her to continue. “We had a great time together in the past,” Lia said softly and Christian nodded his head. “We were so perfect together, but I ruined everything. There was a time when you were ready to leave everything for me, but I sent you back. I was so stupid to not believe your capabilities. You said you can establish yourself and all you want is my support, but I selected a

“My wife, Mishka, met you this morning. What’s exactly wrong with her?” Christian asked, and Dr James took a sip of his drink. “She is suffering from melancholic depression.” Dr James states and Christian’s heart skipped a beat. FLASHBACK “Send the next patient in,” Dr James asked the nurse, who was waiting for his instruction. The door of the cabin opened again and Mishka stepped in. “Please take a seat,” Dr James said while writing something on his writing pad. Mishka settled on the seat opposite him and gulped nervously. She didn’t know how to explain. If this was some physical injury, she could’ve described it, but what to describe when she doesn’t know what she was suffering from? Mishka continuously tapped her fingers on the desk and James noticed, “Relax, Mrs Knight!” He said and lifted his eyes to look at her anxious face. Mishka’s fingers stopped tapping as she smiled, but she was creeping out from inside. “I think I should come next time, sorry for wasting your time,” S

Weeks spent peacefully. Christian was overjoyed when he learned Mishka was editing Scarlet’s upcoming book. He was excited to read the manuscript, and it was hard for Mishka to keep his hands away from her laptop that held all the secrets. Little Eric also joined preschool and was extremely happy to find kids of his age to play with. Mishka was slowly coming back to her original form, but her relationship with Rose was still strained as the latter was maintaining a gap with her. Daniel, too, was a little hesitant around Mishka, and she somehow realised it and stopped going to the Knight mansion. Leo was unhappy again. He wanted Mishka close to him, in his mansion, but Christian was stubborn about living in the apartment. “You have got an appointment with James!” Christian reminded Mishka while wearing a silk blue tie. “I remember. I’ll drop Eric at school and then head to his clinic.” She said and turned to Eric, “It’s bathing time, come on,” She said, but Eric ran away and made Mis