"So Naveen darling, how are you? We haven't talked in awhile, come sit down, get away from the door," Naveen's mother patted the chair next to her.

"She wants to leave me," Naveen mentioned offhandedly as he picked at the skin on the palm of his hand. He was getting tired of telling people this, especially when he was not sure of the reason.

"Leave you? You mean, she wants a divorce?" His mother looked out the window next to her, to see her younger son Ralphie and her, apparently, soon to be former daughter-in-law playing in the newly made mud.

"Leave, divorce same difference," Naveen walked over to the chair and sat down. "I thought you would be familiar with the term, since you've through it already," He snarked.

"Be careful how you speak young man. I know that you are in pain but I will not be disrespected," She narrowed her eyes at him. He moved his eyes toward her then sighed.

"Im sorry," He sat up straighter in his chair. "I just," He sighed again while shaking his head.

"I know son," She scooted closer and touched his hand. "Maybe if you would explain it," She offered. Naveen snorted and leaned forward taking his hand from under his mothers.

"I'm so tired of explaining it," He huffed as he put his head in his hands. "It's always the same explanation."

"Well then dont give me the "same explanation", His mother air quoted. "Don't tell me that she came in slapped the divorce papers on your desk offered you a pen then you both signed it." She started to go off on her own tangent.

"Heh," Naveen wiped his eye. "You're not far off," He got up to get some lemonade from the tray across from them. "No, instead of signing it right then and there she gave me three days, but I persuaded her to give me a week. I also extended the signing of the orphanage contract with Louis to a week as well," He took a sip of lemonade then went back to the window.

"Oh, he does love you two and-oh," His mother stopped and looked outside.

"I know why she she gave me three days, it's because she knew that Louis wouldn't want to sign it unless we were still together." Naveen shook his head and looked in his glass. "I even remember the day that Louis and I started the negotiation. We were having lunch at this restaurant and he walked up to us saying that, 'we looked like a couple that could do some good in the world and that he wanted to help us with it.' So we started that day to plan out an orphanage that he had and before it ended he said under no circumstances were we to break up otherwise there was no way that it would go through. We laughed at the joke that day," Naveen scoffed then took a gulp of his drink.

Naveen's mother watched her son silently. She noticed that he was really at a loss. She remembered when she was at that point, it felt like the world was on her chest, waiting to crush her. She felt bad for her son, she did not like to see him in this pain.

"What do you plan to do then?" She asked softly.

"We're going to couples therapy after lunch and then, I don't know. I told her I would fight for her but I don't know, I don't how to." He sighed. He sat back down in the chair next to his mom and put his glass down on the table next to them. "Who was the first to say they wanted a divorce?" He asked after a moment.

"Well, no one said that they wanted a divorce, it was more of a mutual decision." She shrugged, trying to hold back tears.

"Yes, but how did you know? How did you know that it was over, that there wasn't anything to fight for?" He questioned. She took a deep breath and tried to think. It was an almost mutual decision, yet she was not the one to bring up the papers.

"It was a mutual decision really. After you went to America and all we had was Ralphie we realized that we staying together for the wrong reason." She explained as best she could, but when she saw his confused face she realized that she was not doing that well. "We loved each other, but we were not in love with each other." She tried again, which he seemed to understand better.

"So, you fell out of love with each other?" He asked looking at Tiana.

"Not exactly, it's just that we, we knew that something was wrong and staying together would not make any of us happier." She shrugged with a small smile.

Naveen continued to watch outside the window with a sigh. He did not understand his parents relationship when he was little, he even knew less of it when he grew up because he barely saw them. He just assumed that they were happy because that was how they looked on camera. But now he knew they were not happy and now he faced the same problem. And he did not want an ending like theirs, not at all.

"Hon, I have to ask," His mother trailed off, waiting for him to look at her. "Are you sure that she wants to get a divorce only because she's not happy?" She questioned as she raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, it is. What else-," He stopped and realized what she meant. "Yes," He said more firmly. "That is why, I, I have to believe that because that's something I can fix." He said absolutely as he shook his head from the other negative thoughts.

"Okay dear," She put up her hands in defense. "I just want to make sure. Sometimes the truth can be ugly."

"No, that is the only reason. The only reason, it has to be." He muttered the last part to himself.

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"Who would you like to start?" The therapist asked as he scribbled down something on the pad.

The two were at both ends, their legs crossed and hands folded on the arms of the couch. When they did not answer the therapist wrote something else down.

"Okay, how about you answer me this. Tiana, why do you want to get a divorce?"

"I'm not happy," She said simply.

"I see. And Naveen did you know about this?"

"No, she isn't exactly good with communication these days." He snipped.

Tiana casted a sideways glance at him but otherwise did not comment.

"Uh huh, and Tiana why did you not say that you were unhappy?"

"Because it wouldn't make a difference," She fired back. "And I don't want him to think of a marriage when he has a country to run."

"That makes no sense!" Naveen said turning to face her. Tiana turned to him to. "Why would I get ready if I couldn't handle a marriage and a country?"

"I don't know, maybe because you can't."

"Yes I can,"

"No, you can't. It took a divorce to make you see that something was wrong and still you deny that we have a problem."

"That's because you wont tell me what it is."

"Bullshit, I told that I couldn't handle the responsibility of the balls or the other women whom I have to surround myself with. Naveen I told you."

"Yeah you told me after the fact, not during not before but after. How the hell am I supposed to know if something is wrong if you don't tell me?" He questioned angirly.

The two were staring each other in the eyes, both very angry and not listening to one another. The therapist stayed silent for this moment, hoping that some answer would come from the two of them. Sadly it did not, bit the silence was soon filled with the vibration of a phone.

"I believe that's your country calling," Tiana snarked as shs began to get her coat.

Naveen narrowed his eyes at her before digging for the phone out of his pocket.

"What?" He got up and stormed out the room, the therapist stood up as he did.

Tiana sighed. She began to put on her coat with the therapist help.

"Did you tell him?" He asked as he adjusted her collar from behind.

"No," She began to button the top button.

"Tiana," He said warningly.

"I know I know, you said to tell him but what good would it do? It's over now. They're all in jail, they can't touch me anymore." She shrugged as she finished her last button.

"Yes, they cant. But telling him might ease his mind. You know he thinks that this divorce is his fault, don't you?"

"No, at least I tried to make him understand that it's not his fault." She sighed which made her shoulders sag.

"Tiana, you have to tell him the real reason for this divorce, so he can stop beating himself up for it. Okay?"

Tiana took a deep breath and looked out the door where Naveen was talking into the phone, clearly irritated.

"Okay," She agreed. "Say hi to your wife for me," She gave a small smile then went to leave.

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