As she began feeling easy with her line of thinking, on second thoughts she felt that she was being hypocritical but resolved her position in the end, ‘Whatever it may be I’m human, and a woman at that, with all that goes with it. Well, let me live normally and lead life like a woman. That’s all, no more, and no less.’
While she sank into a reconciled sleep at that, all that night, her parents and the in-laws had a troubled time on her account.
The next day, after everyone had left, some upset by her conduct, and others apprehensive about her future, Sandhya and Raja Rao led Roopa to the assigned place of her destiny.
Leaving this narrative behind, in time, Roopa’s mourning would have ended, enabling her to begin a life of subdued bliss.