Utopia : Twilight: Part 3

He watched her in awe as she nursed the baby. She looked so pure and absorbed. He waited patiently at the other side of the tree. "Are you there?" She called out. "Hi there, I'm Vyaas and I'm still at the same place where you left me. Palms outstretched in case you've forgotten". Vanshika smiled ear-to-ear. "I'm Vanshika and my palms are quite busy at the moment in case you dont realise". She finished nursing the baby and looked at her little one, her little Tara. How instantaneously she fell asleep in her warmth. She made her dupatta into a kangaroo hold and tied Tara to her chest, picked her back pack and moved towards Vyaas. He deserved an explanation, she thought. "I want to tell you a lot of things..." she started and he waved at her. "Its not necessary" he immediately responded. "It would make me feel better, can you help me here?". With a lot of reluctance, he agreed to hear her out.
"I was born in Utopia and this place is as comfortable as my mother's womb for me. Our family did not have enough money for my education and right after schooling, I came to work at the estate. I was a rebel, leading all kinds of movements against our management. Some wars we won and some we lost, but our group never stopped fighting for Utopia and its citizens. Nearly a year back, I was packing up stuff to go home when a group of guys surrounded me. I learnt later that they were the owners son and his friends. Six of them started to follow me.
All of a sudden, it went dark and I broke into a run. And lost to them. Lost one thing that mattered so much to me. I had a month of denial, of solitude and refused to go back to work. But then my life was at the estate and I went back to work. A month later I found out I was carrying. My parents asked me to let the baby go, but I couldn't."
She paused as she drew breath. She couldn't control her tears. Would he understand? Yes he would. "You know Vyaas, Krishna didn't come when I called out to him. So I believe Krishna wanted to give Tara to me. No matter how painful it is, Tara was my destiny. How can I explain this to my parents? Now Tara is my morning, noon, night and every breath i take". Vyaas moved closer to her and held her shoulders. "Enough crying. Does your throat hurt?" He asked. "Its been better" she smiled and looked fondly at him. He fished into her backpack, and with the look of having retrieved a treasure, asked "So can you play for me now?".
She knew what she had to play. They moved to lean on the banyan tree and Vyaas slowly removed the Kangaroo hold and held Tara. Vanshika closed her eyes as always and the picture was as clear as ever. Her heart began to play and het flute obeyed implicitly. He was mesmerised and held Tara close to him, he got lost into the song. Theekkul viralai vaithaal nandhalaala ninnai theendum inbam thondrudhada nandhalaala she played with all her love. He placed Tara gently on her lap as the song got over. Vanshika opened her eyes to meet Vyaas's powerful gaze. "Will you marry me Vanshika?" "Yes" and she leaned on him letting go of all the emotions that she had been holding back for the past eleven months.