‘Well, if Raj had been here he would have said,’… Abhi began.
‘Raj isn’t here!’ Aashi retorted. Raj had left her, alone and at a time when she needed him most. He had gone away and Aashi didn’t want to even hear his name. Not when she was already struggling hard to be happy in Priyam’s happiness. Not when it was already too hard to keep up her promise of being happy and cheerful. And how dare Abhi even try to pretend he could imagine what Raj would have said or not? How dare he use the crutches of Raj’s name! ‘Raj…isn’t here!’ she repeated, taking a step away from Abhi.
But in a moment his hand had stopped her. ‘I’m sorry,’ he breathed, making Aashi turn towards him once more, ‘I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have…’ he said again in a deeply distressed tone as his fingers gently picked away the p
