Suraiya and Karthik's marriage began as friendship and blossomed into a fairytale romance. It's been years of idyllic bliss grounded firmly in reality. But every Eden has its serpent. What Suraiya never imagined was that the serpent would take the form of Karthik's elder brother, a benign blip during the wedding ceremonies, who was about to visit for the first time in five years.

She understood her mother-in-law being overcome by emotion, but when her easygoing, sceptical husband threw away his painstakingly accumulated leave to spend time at home with his brother instead of for their long-awaited dream vacation, Suraiya rage took her by surprise.