Mrunal was on her way to school, but her mind was somewhere else.
She kept looking at her phone.
That morning, she had sent Vishwak an important message.
She had been waiting for his response.
Finally, her phone vibrated.
She quickly opened the message.
Vishwak had replied.
"Oh, okay."
That was all.
Mrunal stared at the screen.
She read it again.
"Oh, okay."
Nothing more.
No question.
No happiness.
No surprise.
Not even a simple "Are you okay?"
Her hands started trembling.
She had just told her husband something that could change both their lives.
She was three months pregnant.
She had imagined this moment many times.
She thought Vishwak would be happy.
She thought he would call her immediately.
She thought he might say,
"Mrunal, we're going to have a baby."
But instead, she received only two words.
"Oh, okay."
Her eyes filled with tears.
She wanted to call him.
She wanted to shout.
She wanted to ask,
"How can you react like this?"
But she couldn't.
She was sitting in the car, and there was nothing she could do.
She slowly locked her phone and held it tightly in her hand.
A tear rolled down her cheek.
She looked out of the window and whispered,
"Vishwak... is our baby also no longer important to you?"
For the first time, Mrunal began to fear that the man she loved was becoming a stranger.
And now, she was carrying his child.