Dipesh told about his conversation with Akshay to Dipika, but she seemed to be a little affected by this. Recently, she was lost in thoughts. It was good that her mother was staying with them otherwise it would have been very difficult for him to handle the situation.
The next day, he received 5 lacks from Akshay. Also, he had written an email to his manager to release him from the current project. His manager had agreed.
Dipesh went to Doctor Maya with Mittu for regular treatments the next day. Dipika's mother and Dipika stayed home.
Dr. Shruti Tyagi took Mittu from him. Maya told Shruti to further handle the next patients and she gestured for Dipesh to come with her to her home.
Dipesh refused.
Maya insisted and said in a sarcastic tone, "Come on Yaar Dipesh. Don't behave so indifferently. At least with your ex-friend"
"This transformation from Dipesh to Yaar is amazing, beware Dipesh! And where did this X and Y come into her mind? "He warned himself.
He purposely didn't want to create personal bonds with Maya. He just wanted to have a relationship that any Doctor and a Patient's father can have. But his daughter's future was in his hands, and he observed Maya was an aggressive person. He decided not to resist her much.
Dipesh replied, "Okay! Let's go!"
They climbed the stairs and entered Maya's home. She told him to sit in the hall and went to the kitchen to make him tea.
Suddenly he sensed that someone is watching him from behind. He turned and found Tarini staring at him and smiling aimlessly without any reason. Still, she didn't remove her gaze from him. That frightened him and he removed his eyes from her direction.
"She may not have recovered fully yet. If Mittu is not cured, she after growing up may behave like Tarini", Such thoughts scared him.
In his earlier visit, Maya had already told him the story about Tarini. But Dipesh didn't know about her family much.
When Maya came back from the kitchen with a tray of teacups in her hands, she noticed Tarini staring at Dipesh and she gestured for her to go back to her room.
She put the tray on the teapoy and gave one cup to him and she sat on a sofa in front of him.
"Dipesh, how is the tea?"
"Good. Tasty. Kadak!"
"Thanks!"
"Dipesh, I want to share something with you!"
"Yes, please? It's about Mitali, right? Tell me, will she be cured fully and lead a normal life?"
"Dipesh, I am not much concerned about that. It will eventually happen. Trust me as a doctor. Trust me as your friend!"
"Thanks, Doctor Maya. But friends?"
"Yes. Why can't we be friends?"
"I am married. I don't think it is a good idea to start a friendship between a married man and a woman."
He remembered the conversation in a hotel between a couple who were talking about their adultery openly!
"Come on Dipesh! You are thinking about the era of Maine Pyar Kiya movie. Kya ek ladka aur ladki dost hote hain?", She started laughing.
Dipesh thought, "Waav! she also has linking for movies like me and Dipika! What a coincidence!"
She looked pretty while laughing. He felt awkward and asked, "Don't you have kids? Where is your husband?"
She answered, " My husband is a businessman. He is in Canada on a business trip. And I don't have any kids. Because my husband is infertile and now impotent also!"
Dipesh was surprised by her openness to such personal matters of her.
He was not sure what to say. Still, he said, "oh, I am sorry to hear that!"
Maya said, "Why you be sorry for this? Nonsense!"
While seeing this she had a very aggressive expression on her face.
Dipesh sensed that something is wrong now and he should leave.
Putting down his finished teacup on the teapoy, Dipesh rose and started leaving.
"Maya, thanks for the tea. Now I should leave!"
"Why you are in such a hurry? Yet the treatment is going on for your daughter!"
"Then I will sit and wait in the hospital below. Not here!"
Suddenly she held his hand and with a helpless expression on her face said to Dipesh, "Dipesh please listen to me. I want a child from you!"
"What??” Dipesh shows not expect this at all from her.
He stood aghast and speechless and tried to release his hand from her grip, but her grip was firm.
"You heard it right. I want your and mine child."
"Don't talk nonsense, please! I am married! And don't you know that my daughter is suffering from Cerebral Palsy? Don't you fear that if it's not acquired Cerebral Palsy and if it happens to be hereditary? What if our child also suffers from the same disease?"
He tried to tell her everything by which she could be dissuaded from her strange demands.
She took his face in her both hands and tried to kiss him but he with great force moved away his face.
"You are making a mistake, Mohini. I am married. You are married. This is wrong!"
"I love you, Dipesh. I don't care about any other thing. My conscience is telling me that there is no fault in you and it's not hereditary. I want you at any cost. I know our child will be perfectly normal. If you refuse, I will not treat your child!"
"No Mohini. You can't do this to me!", Dipesh said with a helpless tone in his voice.
He further thought, "On one side, my in-laws want to prove that Mittu’s disease is a hereditary from my family, and on the other hand there is Mohini, who believes in me unconditionally and ready to take risk to have a child from me! What an irony!"
Dipesh knew that she was one of the best Doctors in the whole city for such types of diseases. It won’t be good for Mitali if Maya stops treatment for her!
"Look, Dipesh. Think about it. Don't you even have a slight place for me in your heart?"
"No, it's not like that Mohini. You were my first love, though it didn't manifest. But now we both are married! Please understand."
"Look, if you agree to my demand, I will spend half of the money on your daughter's treatment."
"So, you are trying to buy my body with money?"
"I want both your body and soul! If you don't agree, I will stop the treatment of your child. This is a final warning."
Dipesh felt helpless. Maya had disregarded all medical ethics!
Maya spoke further, "Dipesh, I will let you go now but on your next visit, we will make love. I will send Tarini somewhere else on that day. Your next visit is on Sunday. I will be waiting for you!"
Dipesh went down to the hospital and sat on a bench waiting for Mitali to come back with Doctor Shruti.
After some time, when he was taking Mitali back home in a cab, he noticed Mohini was looking at him from her home terrace.
For the past few months, Dipesh and Dipika's love life was almost in a forgotten state. Dipika had stopped looking after herself.
And now, the slight touch of Mohini's lips aroused new desires in him. He was not sure about what will he do on his next visit to Mohini.
