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It's her birthday next week.
I don't know what to give to her.
Ma loves luxury handbags, I asked her what Seerat would like and she said that I'm supposed to know my wife better.
My wife would be satisfied with a stupid stuffed toy too but we don't have a good record with stuffed toys, so that is definitely scratched out of the list. The washed kitten is still drying on the lawn for so many days.
Never buying a soft toy for her, bad luck.
She now adds broccoli to everything she cooks.
I hadn't opened the lunch she packed yet, but I already knew what was in there. I am getting tired of the vegetable but I don't want to admit it to her, whatever makes her happy.
Her birthday is coming up fast, and I still have no idea what to give her. I've thought about a hundred different things and none of them seem right. Jewellery? She has plenty. Clothes? I wouldn't even know where to start.
It feels like every time I think I know her, she changes a little. Not in a bad way, just...different.
She's harder to read these days, especially with everything going on between us. I need to get this right.
I mean, this is her first birthday as my wife.
She deserves something special. Something that'll show her that I still see her, even if we're not exactly on good terms. Maybe I'm overthinking it.
Maybe Ma's right, and I should already know what would make her happy.
But I don't.
Not right now.
I opened the drawer of my desk, took the jewellery box out and opened the lid. The bracelet is pretty but not enough as a birthday gift.
I bought it the day after everything happened with Neel, I was too drunk to see where I was booking the flight to, I just saw that it started from 'b' and booked the ticket.
I was too embarrassed to go back home and tell her what I did so I spent some time at the airport, buying random shit until my eyes fell on Cartier's display. She has many bracelets, I thought that she would like it.
There was a knock on my door.
"Come in." I stared at the bracelet, turning it over in my hand. It was nice, elegant, even but it didn't feel like enough. Not for her birthday, "Do you think she would like this?" I asked Arjun.
"I would." I looked up immediately, it wasn't Arjun.
"What do you want?"
"Let me handle a case Sahaj, you can't do this to me. I can't just proofread contracts for the rest of my life, I don't want to be an assistant lawyer!" Anamika said, her eyes filled up with tears.
