Daniel returned home for Christmas in December and found Lily pissed at him for not returning for her as he has promised. He had to make it up to her with different kinds of treats. And she cried yet again when he had to return to the city after New Year. But year after year, his coming and going became regularity and Lily learned to accept it as she grew, although she often took the liberty of complaining to him once a while for his absence.

Despite the distance and Daniel's ever-tight schedule from being a student to a research scholar to an assistant professor at the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), while working with several other organizations as an Educationist, the girl back at home found herself growing into a teenage girl who had her heart fully invested in make-up and nail art. When she was through high school, she declared to her parents she was pursuing makeup. Oh, how it frightened her father.