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8. Would a little....

8. Would a little convincing hurt? Maybe it would but It's mandatory. Let's go for it!

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I stand here in the way to the living room, hiding behind the curtains and watching my mother talking to my grandmother on the phone.
I'm just contemplating on what I should tell her and how and I, for sure, know one thing that if I convince her somehow, then Dad's not gonna be a problem.
She's not a strict wife but loves her husband so much and they both make decisions together but she can convince him to do anything.

She's James Bond like that.

I'm so stressed about all this. I am literally trembling right now just with the fear that she won't agree. And it's scary when I'm shivering in the month of July. The sun's blazing up there and I'm here shaking. My hands sweaty as I wipe them on my hoodie.

She cuts the call and looks up to where I am standing and shit! She gestures me to come to her.
What is it with mother and six senses?
How does she sense me like that?
Don't look at me. You all are the audience to my activities and I haven't done anything suspicious.
She wasn't even looking at my position from the beginning and suddenly she turns around to order me to come there.

That's creepy.

I walk to her with a slight twitch in my heart, that believes maybe she'll agree or maybe she'll shout at me for not telling her before doing anything.

I stop in front of her and nod my head in question.
She looks at me with a slight light in her eyes that I can't understand.

"So, ..." She begins. "You have something to tell me?"

What the heck? How does she know that? I haven't told anybody about this. Only in my thoughts. Wait.
Does she have a mind-reading ability?
But still, it's wrong to interfere with someone's privacy.
But I'm getting my clues together. She can read me and sense me like a superhuman. Who is she?

"I do," I utter out.

"And it is bothering you right now, isn't it?" She cocks one eyebrow at me and I instantly nod my head at a speed I think it would have cracked.

"Y-yes," I say which mostly comes out as a cough.

She doesn't say anything more but just looks at me with a 'Say it quickly' kind of look.

"I-i wanted to tell you something I've been working hard for two and half years for now," I say with my head hanging down, not being able to face her.

"I was practicing hard for dance and learned the Korean language. I got to know about auditions in the countries like Thailand and Korea about six months ago and I decided to give it a chance with no hopes of selection.
But today, I got to know that I've been selected in Bighit company. Every year lakhs of people try for it globally but return with no hope. My rank is 1266 in the 1500 people that are selected this year."

I blurt out the selection details in hopes of creating a sense of competition in her mind.

"And there will be offline auditions in Korea for which as have do go there and the living arrangements will be provided by the company......"
I tell her everything from the very beginning to the end and take a deep breath when I finish.

She listens to every detail with almost no expressions with her hands folded together and stuck to her chest the whole time like it is stuck with glue.

When I finish, she takes some moments of zoning out into nothingness and then faces me with a stern look.
I quickly recognize the look, she is not ever gonna agree. It's okay Radha
It's totally fine. You can still -

"Listen." She interrupts my thoughts with just a single word.

"Come here" She opens her arms for me to engulf myself in. And to say, I went in gladly while my eyes were just about to release my tears. Hey, they were not tears by the fear of not getting to my dream of dance.

She hugs me tight and then when we face each other, she wipes my tears off that I didn't even know released.

"Let's talk. There." She says calmly pointing at the couch. We walk there together and she started, "Look, I was about to scold you for giving auditions on your own without any adult guidance but I thought of your passion for dance and how happy you are when you dance or even talk about it. When dance talk comes, I've seen your eyes shining like a star and you beaming to the fullest and it's so nice to see that. I've also seen you rap in your room when you think no one's home. You spit lyrics powerfully and boldly and that was what I wanted my girl child to be. Fearless and strong.
And I've seen you learning Korean silently in a corner of your room when you told me you were doing homework."

She takes a deep breath and continues, "And I was also thinking of making you audition in some of the national dance competitions in India. But I'm so proud of you for achieving this on your own."

Oh, Devil!
She knows about all that.
Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my, I told you she was no normal human unlike me.
Ok. I'm not normal either. But still.
And yeah, she said she's proud. She's proud and not mad. What's happening. I don't know. But whatever is happening is not normal. I repeat, not normal.

"So, you're not mad?" I ask with glistening eyes.

"No. And I'll never be. You're a passionate girl and yet to be an ambitious woman. And I'll support you no matter what. Just promise me you'll not do anything you're unsure about without discussing it with me. You can go and do whatever you want but don't listen to others in the things you're doubtful about. Okay?"

I nod wiping my nose with a handkerchief. What? Did you think I am going to wipe it with my bare hands? It's gross, people. Hygiene folks. Develop a good habit. That's what I am.

"You're a gem of a mother, Mumma. Mothers today are not supportive and always order their daughters around and never let them choose careers and stuff but you're one of a kind. I love you so much." I said hugging her again with so much love and respect in my veins for her now. She hugs me back and says, "I love you too, my Radha."

Well, this is some healthy relationship I've got with my mother. I didn't have to fear like that. She's so cool.

But I have something to ask.

"Mumma, how did you sense me coming here? You didn't even glance in my direction and even in the morning. And how did you know about me fearing of telling you something.?"

"I can be a superhuman. You never know." She says winking at me.
I grin standing up again with her. "Now, let's end up this emotional meeting. It's getting too tense in here. And help me with dinner. We have to convince your dad too." She says while pacing towards the kitchen. She is more anxious than me because she has to build up a plan. And it's not easy to convince an overprotective father to send his 16-year-old daughter away to another country.
Well, I know what you're gonna say. Ok. I'm almost 16. Happy?

I have to admit one thing though. This is the best kind of mother anyone could have. I am lucky enough I guess. Jealous?

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I also want that kind of mother. And yes, I'm jealous of you Radha. Oh my God. She's so understanding and cool.

Well, let's forget all that and tell me how did you like this chapter so far?
Opinions in the comments and votes to be hit with the hammer necessarily.

Let's see what happens next.
I'm kind of free now that the holidays began so this is the third update today. I hope I can provide you with more of it frequently as I want and also complete my studies along with it.