Nidhi’s directly went her parents' house, and she stormed, practically vibrating with silent rage. She threw the front door open and marched inside.

Lakshmi, who was folding clothes in the living room, looked up and gasped in surprise. "Ente, ila vacchav? Since your marriage, you haven’t come here even once on your own. Every single time, we had to be the ones to come and visit you at the mansion," Lakshmi said, a little bewildered by her daughter's sudden, unannounced arrival.