Till Death Do Us Apart Part 4

‘What happened here?’ asked Shanaya. ‘What? Oh! I thought I will clean the house today’ replied Kathryn.

‘You should do it more often. This place is literally sparkling, is someone coming tonight?’

‘Yes, a friend. I am meeting him after ten years. I hope you don’t mind’

‘No, not at all, in fact I have plans of my own tonight.’

‘What? You will not be here’ said Kathryn,

‘Yeah, it is Ayan’s birthday today. I thought of celebrating and I even thought I will ask you but since you already made plans, I guess it is just me and the baby’

‘Oh wow! I am so sorry I wouldn’t be there.’

‘It’s okay, you enjoy your night’ Shanaya said. She then went inside her room.

Now what? Kathryn thought.

‘Happy Birthday’ said Mist. ‘Who told you? Shanaya?’ asked Ayan. Mist nodded her head

‘We have to change today’s plan, she is busy celebrating your birthday’

‘But it has to be today, Miranda is about to send me on some mission. I have to see her before I leave’

‘Yeah, But I don’t know where she is going. She didn’t tell me’

‘She didn’t tell you or you didn’t ask?’

‘Both’

‘I think I know where she is’

Mist had no idea where they were going. But she could see the desperation on Ayan’s face. He had to disguise himself. He was dressed in jeans and white shirt. He looked smart.

‘Almost there!’ said Ayan enthusiastically. The smile on his face was a mile long, he definitely seemed very happy. The taxi stopped at a restaurant called Ichiban.

‘Shanaya and I had come here for our anniversary a year ago. She really liked this place, but I got to know her location by the tracker I had placed in her necklace.

‘When did you put the tracker?’ mist asked.

‘While I was following her in the supermarket, I caught hold of her necklace that she wears very often. Luckily she had been wearing it tonight too’ he explained.

And there she was, dressed beautifully in a black dress which highlighted her four month foetus. Ayan was in tears but he controlled them. Mist caught his hand and went towards Shanaya.

‘Shanaya? What a coincidence!’ said Kathryn (pretending in an aw of surprise)

‘Kathryn, what a pleasant surprise’ Shanaya said.

‘Shanaya, I would like you to meet Aiden, my friend from college. Aiden this is Shanaya, my apartment mate.

‘Pleased to meet you’ said Shanaya.

They both shook hands with each other. Ayan (Aiden) wanted to hug her but he couldn’t do that. He knew he had restrictions. They all decided to share the table with Shanaya. After a decent conversation and Ayan being sure that Shanaya didn’t get to know a thing, they ordered their food.

Shanaya was enjoying the company of the two. Aiden seemed very much like someone she knew, someone very close to her, someone like Ayan. She noticed the way he laughed. His smile reminded her of him. She got emotional and rushed to the washroom.

‘What did I do?’ asked Ayan.

‘You must have done something; she rushed towards the washroom because she had tears. I think it is enough. You should leave now!’ ordered Mist.

‘What? No!’

 ‘You don’t utter a word. Leave and I will handle from here’ yelled mist.

Ayan had no choice but to leave. He didn’t mean to upset her.

‘Oh! What happened? Where is your friend?’ asked Shanaya.

‘He left; he got a call from his workplace. Are you alright?’ asked Kathryn

‘Me? Yes, I am fine. I think I should go home, I am not feeling that well’

They both left the restaurant shortly after Shanaya complained of headache. After their meeting, Shanaya had not been keeping well. She was vomiting on and off. She even had to take leave from her office. This had got Ayan worried; he was again blaming himself for Shanaya’s ill health. Mist was confused, she was getting panicky as she had to take care of Shanaya and had to calm Ayan.

‘Don’t you worry, she will be alright’ she said

‘It is all because of me. I shouldn’t have met her. AND WHY ARE YOU NOT WITH HER?’ shouted Ayan

Mist got angry. Her level of patience had reached its top level; she was doing all of this because she cared for Ayan. Now she had too much of it.

‘Don’t get mad at me. Handle your stuff on your own. You left her, I didn’t’ yelled Mist.

She knew she had said too much. Ayan wasn’t ready for this, before she could say anything, he left the room. She tried to call his name out, he didn’t respond. She went to look for him but she couldn’t find him. Then it occurred to her. He had gone to see Shanaya.