Author - Jui Purohit.

  *Link to Chapter 13* "Navya chalo, let's finish this bite", Nirav said as he fed Navya her breakfast. "Okay then, Dadda is eating Navya's favourite cookie....who will Navya give her favourite cookie to?" Nirav was being playful with Navya. "To pretty aunty...Yu..Yuga aunty!", Navya happily exclaimed, out of the blue. "Yuga!", Nirav repeated. "Do you like Yuga aunty, Navya?", Nirav asked, watching Navya's happy face. "Yes! I will give her my favourite cookie", Navya repeated.  Nirav picked his mobile phone and scrolled for Yuga's number. He kept staring at her saved name.  He remembered her face the first time they met. "As she removed her palms off her face, her cheeks, red from crying, looked like apples" Nirav recollected and smiled. "Why are you smiling Dadda?", Navya asked. Nirav gave a broader smile to Navya.  "Only if the nanny hadn't called that day,  would've the day i...

*Link to Chapter 12*  Yuga was completely exhausted as she returned home from tallying the revenues and expenditures the whole day.  "Generating pending bills, finishing backlogs, closing suspense accounts, is a big task", she mumbled as she pour her a glass of water. "Yes it is. But closures are important. And you shouldn't keep anything pending, even in life", her mom said as she handed over a plate of steaming idli-sambar to Yuga. "Now sit comfortably and eat. I know you haven't had your lunch today", she added. "Oh God! This tattletale Sameer", Yuga grumbled as she took a bite. "Yummm....", she said. "Wait...what else did he say?", she gasped, putting her spoon down. She sounded wary. Mom put the spoon back in Yuga's hand, gestured her to eat and said, "Everything about Nirav.....Navya, about her deceased mother. Everything". Mom took a deep breath. "Baccha, just be all ears....The other day, whe...