Chapter-13

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Tuesday morning....

Avni woke up with weird noises. She looked at the phone it was only 5'o clock in the morning...

What's happening..... She thought while rubbing her eyes and came out of her room.

Dadi was instructing a house helper. There was a chaos inside the house....

"What's going on dadi?..." She asked.

"Huhh.... Did you forget about the pooja?" Dadi questioned back to which Avni looked at her with confusion.

"Which pooja dadi?....." Avni asked again and this time dadi realised her mistake.

"Oh god.... It looks like my memory is getting weak...." Dadi said and took a deep breath.
"Avni today is the death anniversary of Vicky's parents. Every year we do a small pooja for them. I was just preparing for it. ..." She told her. Her eyes became teary while saying this. Her pain was quite visible on her face.

She held her hand and looked at her with sympathy.

"I am sorry dadi...." She said slowly.

Dadi just sighed and cleared her tears.

"It's ok....Now go, get ready . We have to arrange everything before panditji comes". She said while placing her hand on Avni's shoulder.

Avni nodded and instantly went to her room for getting ready. After some time she came out and went to dadi.

"Dadi I am ready now please relax and order me what should I do...." She asked sweetly.

As dadi looked at her she became upset.

"What is this Avni? Today is pooja. At least today you should wear something Indian. Always this tshirt trouser.... Please go and change...." She said while disapproving her clothes.

Avni looked embarrassed. She looked herself and her face dropped.

"I am sorry dadi. You are right but....." She paused.

"What? ..." Dadi questioned.

"Dadi I do have couples of Indian dresses at my home in chandigarh but I didn't bring them, so right now I only have these types of clothes. I had no Idea that someday I would need them..." She said in a low voice.

"Oh........"Dadi mumbled. She understood her situation. She looked at her from top to bottom and started thinking something.

"Avni just give me a minute......." She said and went upstairs. After sometime she came back with some clothes in her hands.

"Avni go try this... I think it would fit you well...." She said while handing over her a white coloured suit dupatta.

"But dadi...." Avni was hesitating.

"No if , but Avni.... Go and get ready fast. We have to do a lot of work before panditji arrives". She ordered.

Avni took that dress from her hand and went back to her room and wore that suit. Dadi was right. It perfectly fitted her but as she started walking the duppata started bothering her.

"Oh god why I never listened to my mother. She keeps asking me to wear indian clothes but I never listened. Now what should I do. How would I manage to work wearing this...." She muttered.

"Avni, Avni...." She heard dadi calling her name.

"Coming dadi..." She replied and hurriedly went out of the room.

As she came in front of dadi, she got stunned.

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