The spree party has started on chapter 20! This is the 3rd update. 

Hit star + shower your comments on all parts of the spree. Only if I see a good participation, I'll post more updates this weekend.

So far the participation is lacking and things are slower than when I don't go on sprees... so unless it picks up, this spree party will end here. I think it's because it's night time for most of you, so I'll check later on and decide whether or not to continue. 

June, 1950

They had put the kids to sleep last night, and they were leaving early in the morning now. The rest of the family members were huddled near the entrance, as an emotional looking Bihari Babu brought their luggage down. 

Sashwati had tears streaming down her cheeks, as she watched her Anirudh Dada and Bondita Maasi come to the entrance way. 

Anirudh went towards Sashwati and cupped her cheeks, wiping her tears away with his fingers. 

"Sashwati, if you cry like this, do you think your Maasi and I can leave with a smile?" he asked her softly. 

She was sobbing uncontrollably and she just threw her arms around Anirudh, hugging him tightly. 

"Come back soon," she sobbed. 

Bondita approached the duo and wrapped her arms around Sashwati and Anirudh, caressing Sashwati's hair too, while the rest of the family members watched sadly. 

"We will come soon," Bondita told her softly. "We're only leaving so that we can come back quickly to all of you." 

Sashwati nodded against Anirudh's shirt, feeling a little more content with her Maasi's arms around her too, her heart paining. 

"And before I go, I have something for you," Anirudh said, and broke the hug, looking Sashwati in the eye. 

She sniffled, and looked at him curiously. 

Anirudh took Sashwati's hand and lead her to the study. 

"My typewriter, is yours," he told her with a smile, taking her over to his desk which held the typewriter. 

Sashwati looked at the typewriter, and gently ran her fingers over the keys. This was the typewriter her Dada worked tirelessly on. Many long nights, he would spend in his study, for the betterment of society.  

"And this study is yours too, Sashwati," Anirudh told her softly. 

Sashwati looked at her Dada and asked, "Why? You'll come back and you'll need it again, right?" 

Anirudh smiled and he said, "Of course. But until I come back, it's yours." 

Sashwati nodded and she said, "I'll take good care of it Dada. Until you come back and claim it again. I'll also watch over Ambika, Girish and Bhavani. I'll make sure they don't miss you too much."

Anirudh smiled at Sashwati, and just hugged her again. 

The two of them went outside, where Bondita was hugging Sampoorna in an emotional hug. 

"Bondita, I don't know when you'll return," Sampoorna cried as she hugged her sister, "But I'll surely see you again." 

"Definitely Sampoorna Didi," Bondita said tearfully, "We... never got enough time to live freely, the way we should have lived. We never got enough time to have fun and care for each other without the bondage of relationships." 

Sampoorna cried and she said, "I wish, when we meet again, we will get to enjoy our bond, without those bondages. I wish I can give you everything I owed you in the past, and love you the way I should have always loved you." 

"Don't say that Sampoorna Didi, you loved me so much in the last eight years," Bondita whispered. 

"But we missed our prime, Bondita," Sampoorna cried, "We missed the prime time of our lives, because of my mistakes." 

"Then one day, we will pick fruits off trees together and eat them again," Bondita said with a smile, as she let go of Sampoorna Didi and looked her in the eye.

"I will always protect you, look after you, and take care of you..." Sampoorna said to her, "I will always feed you and do whatever I can to correct the mistakes of my life." 

Bondita just shook her head and said, "You don't have to do anything for me --" 

"I don't have to, but I want to," Sampoorna replied, touching her cheek gently. 

Bondita smiled and hugged her Sampoorna Didi tightly. 

Anirudh approached the duo and said, "Sampoorna Maa, we are getting late." 

"Yes Anirudh," Sampoorna said, wiping her tears with her fingers, and then teased, "Watch, next time, when you return with Bondita, I will interrupt your moments too." 

Anirudh just chuckled and he said, "Go ahead, you have full permission of mine to interrupt our moments." 

Bondita just laughed and she went to Anirudh, wiping her own tears away. 

"You will regret this Pati Babu," she teased him under her breath, and went to her Sasurji. 

Anirudh just took Sampoorna's hand and said, "Take care of yourself, just like you've taken care of this haveli and me... especially during Bondita's eight years in London. You were the one who helped keep me afloat... you helped me think clearly, a lot..." 

Sampoorna just smiled at Anirudh and touched his cheek with love. 

"I will always be here for you," she told him softly. 

"Sasurji," Bondita said to Binoy, bending to touch his feet, and Binoy just touched her head gently, looking emotional. "I will be back Sasurji. I'll see you again." 

"Bahu, you have really fulfilled this family," Binoy told her softly, "And I'm looking forward to the day you come back, and fulfill the family once again." 

Anirudh went to his Baba, and hugged him tightly. He didn't know what the next moment held, and he wanted to leave with no regrets. 

Binoy hugged Anirudh back, and he murmured, "When I was mentally unwell, I had nobody to rely on, except you Anirudh. You were the one I trusted, over everyone else. You were the one I bonded with, more than anyone. And now... you're leaving... but I'm happy that you'll be safe. You keep Bahu safe too." 

Anirudh nodded, breaking the hug, and bid goodbye to his father as well.

Bondita was with her Kakasasurji, tears in her eyes, trying hard not to sob. He was also holding back his tears. 

"Bahuuu," Kaka cried, and she bent to touch his feet, but before she could, Kaka dropped his cane and engulfed her in a hug, shocking Bondita. 

He had never done this before. 

Bondita just hugged him back, as Anirudh watched with a smile. 

Kaka and Bondita didn't exchange more words. The hug was enough to convey what they wanted to convey. 

"Kakasasurji, I wrote a letter to Batuk... and when he responds, we will be long gone from the haveli... but do keep it with you, so I can read it when I return," Bondita told him softly. 

Trilochan nodded, his heart aching at the mention of Batuk. 

When they broke the hug, Anirudh approached and Kaka hugged Anirudh as well. 

"If Somnath hadn't gone to a different state for his medical posting with his wife, he would have been here too," Kaka said, sounding sad, as he hugged Anirudh. 

"I spoke to him on the phone last night Kaka," Anirudh said.

There were also the orphaned children, who Anirudh had adopted a while back, but they were staying in a school hostel currently. Anirudh and Bondita had already spoken to them the previous night as well. 

Finally, after a sad goodbye to Bihari Babu, the two of them departed from the haveli, with a driver who was driving their van, and a bodyguard who was accompanying them with a gun. 

Anirudh sat in the backseat with Bondita, squeezing her hand. The emotional look on her face was matched in his. 

"Just for a little while..." he murmured to her. 

Bondita rested against Anirudh's shoulder, still clasping his hand, and she whispered, "Yes Pati Babu. Only for a little while." 

Her other hand gently touched her belly. 

She had kept the family here safe, but would she be able to save her youngest too? 

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Present Day

This texting conversation between them was getting heated up. 

Bondita: So... 
Bondita: You're saying that, you can make me beg for you to come over? 

Anirudh: You tell me yourself... what do you want ;) 

Bondita blushed and she texted back: Your arms. Around me. 

Anirudh: I want that too

Bondita: Also... 
Bondita: Your lips on... mine 

Anirudh: I want that too 

Bondita: Your hands... moving around my body... 

Anirudh's heartrate shot up when he read this. He was also lying in his bed, his face flushing. 

Anirudh: What else? 

Bondita: I...want to... 

Anirudh: Yes?

Bondita: Take off your clothes

Anirudh: What will you do after you take off my clothes? 

His heart was beating so hard in his chest, that he felt like it could pop out. Bondita was growing more and more bold by the day. 

Bondita: Feel you... everywhere. 

Anirudh: Is that so? You're going to make me beg for you now 

Bondita blushed hard and she replied: Are you hard? 

Anirudh saw the message and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. She was getting so, very bold! 

Anirudh: Very... and you? 

Bondita: I'm not hard! 

Anirudh chuckled. 

Anirudh: Nice try ;) you know what I mean... besides, I know how soft you are, although I couldn't feel you fully that day 

Bondita pressed her legs together on the bed, shivering with pleasure and excitement. She never thought that texting could get this wild! She was wearing a simple cotton pyjama set, and she was craving him more and more.

She responded: I am... wet

She squeezed her eyes shut when she hit enter, her heart hammering hard inside her chest. Oh God. What was she doing right now?

His reply came immediately though. 

Anirudh: Sexy 

Bondita blushed even harder, as she stared at his message, her heart fluttering with excitement.

And then she saw his next message. 

Anirudh: I wish I could feel it

Bondita's eyes widened so much when he said that, her heart hammering. 

"OH MY GOD!" she screamed under her breath, and brought her hand up to her mouth. 

Where were these texting adventures going to lead them?

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I hope you enjoyed this part! 

What did you think of the flashback of the last moment with their family members?

The texting moments? 

I gave many hints in the flashback, about who someone is in this life. Have you caught it? 🤭

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