There was a long silence. Emotions were high on both sides. But this release of pent-up emotions was their way of self-healing.
"So, you chose him over us?" Aman said after a while.
"All night long…I kept vacillating between my love for you, the promise we made and this marriage. I weighed my options, turned them over and over and tried to see them from different angles and perspectives: yours and mine, father's, brother's and our people. I realized father said was right. We do have an obligation towards our people. And I knew brother will prove to be a good ruler because like father he also cared for our people."
"He is a good man.... righteous and hard working – I will give him that. He has done a lot of good work for his people."
"It was my faith in him and concern for the greater good of our people that made me make that choice."
