"Is Eeshu okay?"

"Did she eat anything!"

"Did she sleep?", Neeraj asked Swapna a series of questions who is coming towards him with a pale face.

"Don't worry Neeraj."

"She is fine now."

"Yes, she did eat her dinner and now sleeping peacefully." Swapna came to him and sat beside him on the bed after closing the door.

"Why did you come leaving her alone? She might need you." He said a bit impatiently with a sullen expression.

"Nithya is with her."

"Sure I will go back to her but before that, I felt a need to talk to you for a while." She said sincerely sighing at him with a pale face.

Neeraj didn't say anything but nodded his head in response.

He can guess what is she going to talk and he prays God for some solace through her words.

She quickly took a napkin and wiped the sweat beads formed on his forehead.

He can't talk properly from the moment he came to know about his daughter's panic attack.

Swapna knows his husband needs her beside him as much her daughter needs her.

Sudhan hid it from both his parents for a day and informed them later once he felt his sister is doing good.

His parents went to the hospital hastily and took Eeshu back to their house.

Neither Eeshu nor her father none of them wanted to inform Uday and his parents but Swapna warned them from doing such an informed Eeshu's inlaws that she is fine and will be back to them in a couple of days.

Eeshu is evidently upset with Uday's behaviour and this made Neeraj really angry with him.

Now it's Swapna's responsibility to lighten up the father and daughter's mood before they make an unnecessary fuss.

"Is that okay!can we talk?" She whispered trying to figure out his expression.

"Sure...." He whispered and looked at his wife with a sad face bringing a Saint smile on her face.

"Uday is bankrupt and he hid things from Eeshu, It seems he hid things from her and this made her pick an anxiety attack," Swapna said at a stretch closing her eyes.

She knows how dangerous Neeraj's outrage can be and it's about Eeshu no one can stop him.

"I know, I know well this guy is going mess up the things."

"What's the need to invest all his money at once?"

"He can ask anyone? take advice for elders before he takes such a drastic step?"

"Even if he loses everything that's there to worry, I am alive to take care of everything, my children..." He said muttering looking here and there.

"Calm down Neeraj,"

"Just calm down..." Swapna said slowly.

"How can I when my daughter is unhappy?"He said squeezing his eyes shut in pain.

"Everything will be fine..."She tried to console his heart but he is not in a mood to listen to her words.

"But how? Until and unless that guy accepts my help how can I help him? How can I protect my daughter from all this chaos?"

"He is not even ready to share his problem with us do you think he will accept my help? I know it hurts his ego." Neeraj confessed all his fears before his wife without beating the bush.

"Why are you assuming this Neeraj?"

"Just talk to him once, know his version before coming to any conclusions." She told him a bit firmly.

"Of course, I am so ready to talk to him, but he never gives me a chance, he never responds to my initiatives positively."

"Don't forget that we know him for almost three years and we know what is he?" Neeraj said in utter despair.

Swapna doesn't know what to say?

She looked at his worried face for a second.

Her heart just crushed to see his moist eyes.

It's hard for her to see her man crying like a kid for his daughter.

She always knows her husband never had a good opinion on this guy, he accepted him for his daughter and now it's high time fix his opinions and prejudice.

"Do you know why you are so as angry about Uday, Neeraj?"

"Do you think you angry at him for hiding things and denying your help, definitely not?"

"It's because he loves and cares Eeshu as much as you, probably more than you.."

"It's so natural and nothing to blame about."

"We are humans, and it's our basic tendency to become jealous and insecure, it's nothing wrong but we need to get out this one way or other."

"I agree, He hurt Eeshu, knowingly or unknowingly and it made you angry."

"You are angry because he hurt your daughter whom you love the most."

"Sad thing, from his perspective, he is trying to hide things from his pregnant wife.",

"Strange!you won't pay heed if he hurts someone whom you hate, right?"

She looked at him with a sad smile.

Neeraj listened to her words very patiently and he too knows what she told is absolutely true.

"I know..." He looked away twitching his lips in discontent.

"Don't worry everything will be okay" She cupped her husband's face and looked into his eyes.

"Answer me honestly, imagine what might have you done? if you were in his situation."

"I swear you would not even dream about taking my dad's help."

"He is doing the same thing...." She said planting a kiss on his forehead.

"It's a matter of pride and self-respect, He is a young man and what can we expect from him."She said sincerely.

Neeraj sat in silence trying to process all those words told by his wife.

"Don't think much, sleep."

"Everything will be alright."

"Though our children don't like to take our help, we elders have our own ways to help them."

"They have all rights to deny our help and we are equally responsible for protecting them despite their denial."

"I know what my husband is capable of." She said gently pressing his shoulder.

He smiled at her gently pressing her hand.

Finally, he could embrace some sleep hope all will be well soon.

To be continued...

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