Chopra Family Rotation 4:

While Rahul Chopra was between his university classes for the day, he tried to bake a cake. It was Ari Chopra's birthday! It was really sad that Rashidah Chopra couldn't be there due to her surgery recovery, but Rahul wanted to make this a nice day.

Rashidah's family came by, and Thomas Watson started talking to Rahul while he cooked some food for everyone. But... a fire broke out on the stove! It lit Rahul on fire, as the stove burst into flames and started to spread. Luckily, Thomas put him out!

Everyone ran outside as the fire alarm went off, waking up Ari. He walked outside to see firefighters in his home, not understanding what was happening. He cried and wandered outside, looking for his family.

Rahul found Ari and said, "Oh, there you are! Let's blow out the candles on your cake, buddy!"

Rahul picked up Ari and had him blow out the candles. Something felt wrong to Ari. He couldn't stop thinking about the fire, and how no one helped him. He cried after aging up, and felt restless. Rahul didn't seem to notice what was going on, but had other things on his mind that made him smile.

Ari needed to get out of his apartment. He went outside and walked around the city, not able to understand his emotions. All by himself.

Meanwhile... Thomas went to look for his wife, Rahmi. He opened the door to the bedroom, to find her in bed with another man. He yelled and slapped her, but that wasn't acknowledging what happened fully. Rahul stayed in the bed.

Ari came back inside to see his grandparents arguing, and Thomas slapped her again, still not over her betrayal. Ari went into his room and played with some dolls, imagining another family and life for himself.

Rahul stood outside on the balcony, processing what just happened. He cheated for the first time in his life. He reflected on his marriage, which has been going perfectly up until now. Married young, moved to the city together, started a happy small family. How could he do this? He went to the bathroom to get ahold of himself before going back to talk to the family.

Rahul walked back out and talked to Thomas. "So... I'm sorry. I... don't know what got into me. I think I've just been so stressed with my career, the birth that I fainted during, the apartment issues, and... Rashidah..."

Thomas didn't care. "So that means you fucked my wife? Your wife's MOTHER?"

Thomas continued, "You can't just act like this didn't happen. You've... ruined our happy family!"

Rahul shushed him and said to keep his voice down, so that he doesn't wake up the little ones. Thomas calmed down a little bit for his grandkids.

Rahul continued, "I know this is going to sound crazy, and it might be, but... I really think the best thing is to pretend this never happened. Rashidah's recovering from a major surgery, and supposed to be home soon. I worry that news like this will make her health worse... You don't want her to suffer more, do you?"