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.... Laila got married without any obstacles,  the guests departed and the  scattered house was  gathered again  though it took several days , the hangover  of  the exhaustion  of a wedding  season wasn't  really over  that suddenly  human s mother  was struck with a stroke leaving her paralyzed  and bedridden,  to enquire about her condition  people began pouring in,  human arranged for a full time  caretaker for his  ailing mother  but  samira  was  burdened with extra work  and  doing overtime,  her days and nights were  spent  looking after the guests and their children,  cooking  cleaning and furnishing,  special  food for her bedridden mother in law,  trying to find solace in ammi s instructions,  arfa was a different type of a woman altogether  who  took no interest whatsoever in household  tasks,  she frankly showed her displeasure in her husband's susters visiting them, , she locked up herself inside her room resting and not letting anyone disturb her,  Amar was  completely  under her magic spell doing  things for his wife,  following only her wishes and commands,  speaking her language and seeing the world through her eyes 

Bhabhi it's just you who can  survive these  girls presence,  why don't they stay in their own place m this is a modern day  and  married women have so many other choices besides coming back to parents homes permanently camping  there