This Time, Her Turn [Completed]

Chapter 16

An hour later, Geetha woke up and grabbed her laptop even before her eyes cleared off their haze. She opened a rental website and created an account. Then she filled in the details of her flat. After some thought she added, '₹5000/- off for 1 month if rented within 5 days.' No way she was going to let Ramit kick her out.

When she was about to shut it down, another thought came to her. She searched 'How to be patient with people who keep changing their decisions?'

The first said, help them come to the right decision. That wasn't very helpful. What she wanted to know was how she should 'behave' while they were indecisive.

The next said, don't bother with such people. They are not worth the frustration. She sighed. Not wanting to scroll further, she shut the laptop down.

She walked out in search of that indecisive guy. When she didn't find him, she decided to ask his mother, who gave her a once over and shook her head. Very caring girl she had for a daughter-in-law! "He didn't come down," she said with displeasure.

"Then I will search upstairs properly," Geetha said, not affected by her mother-in-law's countenance in the least.

"Be careful," her mother-in-law said.

Geetha nodded and went back up. Walking around the house, she reached the terrace. She found him resting in a chair.

It was evening and the breeze was cool. His eyes were closed. She admired him for a few moments. He was so brave, and so cool and also good looking. Indeed, she had selected her spouse well. Uplifted, she knelt down and slowly shook him as she called out his name.

He woke up.

The first thing Ramit saw was the complacent smile hung on her lips. What was she so smug about? When their eyes met he asked her, "What do you want?"

"Go and sleep inside. I won't come in until night."

"What will you do?"

"I will watch serials with maa."

He pursued his lips. "Do whatever you want."

"I will. You go down and rest." Her eyes told him that she would not stop until he did what she wanted.

He stormed off.

"Walk slowly. Do you want another limb injured?" Her concern was genuine, however off-put it sounded.

His face turned dark. He stopped and turned around. "Don't come into the room until tomorrow. Sleep in another room." He walked away even faster.

Geetha blinked. Why was he so cranky? Ah, she knew. She just woke him up from his sleep. Anyone would be irritated.

She stood there, slowly walking around. The birds were chirping. The sun turned orangish and the sky a softer shade. She sat where he had and looked up at the sky. It was cloudless and blue, as serene as it could be. The scenes from that night kept coming back. She thought back to them by choice too sometimes.

How could he be so silly, she thought, at first. Was he done living his life so soon? Was she that bad of a person? She concluded she was. But he was willing to give up everything for her sake. She told him when they decided to separate, didn't she? That he only had one life and he must do everything he wants to?

She sighed. He decided to be serious about his company but not about his life. She was thankful for it, for she would not have been alive if not. But it made her feel terrible about herself and her morals.

After a few more days of contemplation, she felt he was brave enough to be silly. What she was thankful for was not his silliness, but his courage.

She usually tackled all sorts of problems well. The change of schedules in her job irritated her because things went out of order. Not because she could not cope with the preponement of a deadline. She'd be called upon to take on the work if it looked too close to failure. She would not fail though.