The Forced Denial

"It's so ironic that it took so much time for people to realize your real value. They come knocking right when you have finally closed your door."

Shree's Perspective

I descended the stairs to see everyone on the breakfast table. As their eyes snapped upon me, surprise practically oozed out of them.
"When did you come?" Mom asked as I took my seat next to Vidhi bhabhi.
"Um... yesterday!"
"Obviously but when? We didn't see you coming." Bhabhi threw another question at me and I looked at Abhimanyu for support. He seemed to gauge it, "Actually I went to her home yesterday and..."
"Oh so finally you couldn't resist!" Badi ma interjected and looked at me. "He was restless since the day you were gone and was losing his temper on everyone."
He was restless because he