IS THERE A CHANCE🎵(completed🔚)

5.ALONG🌽...

The land phone started ringing that evening and shivaay was busy having an evening shower. Annika was in the living room going through some books.

"Shivaay the phone is ringing" Annika called out.

"Doctor pick it up, I can't come out like that, especially now that you are here too" shivaay shouted back

Annika bit her tongue, she thought she acted a bit crazy. Smiling widely she shouted back "Okay" and picked up the phone.

"Hello" a loud voice came from the other end. "What took you so long to pick up the phone" the person on the other end continued shouting. Annika was startled, she tried to speak but was cut off again by the other person on line

"And where's my bahu, call her I want to talk to her now right now" the voice shouted further. Annika finally understood who it was, it had to be pinky aunty, shivaay's mother.

"Hello aunty, actually he's having a shower aunty" annika spoke this time gently

"Hayye, Annika meri puttar, I actually wanted to talk to you only not him. Sorry for shouting over the phone, I thought that was billu" pinky aunty replied almost laughing

"Ok aunty" annika replied not knowing how to answer

"So how is your new life going puttar. I hope that fellow son of mine doesn't trouble you a lot. Tell me if he does, ill teach him a good lesson"

"Arey no aunty, he doesn't trouble me at all. I'm the one who troubles him I guess" annika replied laughing

"Good for him, else I'd turn that billu into a little ant" pinky replied with a chuckle.

"I hope you don't have any trouble travelling to hospital from there naa puttar? You can tell me" pinky asked concerned.

"No aunty, absolutely not. There's no trouble of that sort" annika replied concerned deeply about the affection pinky aunty showed to her.

"You call shivaay billu?" Annika asked curiously smiling

" Haan don't you think that name is too apt for him, his eyes look like that of a cat's and his ways are too like that of a cunning cat. Don't you think so puttar" pinky laughed out loud heartily

The mother in law and daughter in law continued there talk, for unknown reasons annika loved talking to Pinky aunty who happened to be shivaay's mom.She all if a sudden felt an unknown affection and love creeping down in her heart for this lady. She was deeply moved by the concern she had for her.

"Stop calling me Aunty puttar, call me "Maa" please" pinky reprimanded her.

And the word "Maa" undid Annika. She felt all the memories of her dead mother once again emerging. It had been very difficult for her to come out of that trauma that happened when she was still a kid. Now someone asking her to call her "Maa" made her heart tremble and brought back those sweet memories of her Mother and the bitter ones she experienced after her death. Tears sprang down her eyes.

"Puttar are you there? It's okay if you dont wanna call me Maa. I'd be equally happy with aunty, now don't stop speaking to me" Pinky called annika over the phone in an utmost love seething tone.

Annika felt bad, that she had offended this lovely lady, who expected nothing from her. Pinky aunty had shown her the affection she felt when she had been young from her dead mother. Annika almost replied impulsively,

"Sorry Maa." Alas she had finally said that word to a person almost after about 18 years. Tears started rolling down her eyes  while Pinky exclaimed "Finally I've  got a daughter whom I always wished for" over the phone happily. But annika was right now an emotional mess, tears were still making its way down her eyes even despite her continuous tries to control it.