She was moving around the lunch table serving the siblings. you too sit down khushi, we'll severe ourselves, said Anjali. No, di I am fine, I replied politely.
SIT DOWN KHUSHI, I heard his voice. I was shocked, He had warned me against sitting down on the dining table to eat with him. My eyes fell on Anjali, she had a smile on her face, and I knew it was for her that he did it, my heart mocked at me for still believing that he would change someday.
I took a seat next to Anjali on the ding table its been months I sat down and ate food with others my eyes welled up remembering my family I gulped my tears and concentrated on the plate.
I did a grave mistake by missing your wedding, I dint get to spend much time with my brother's wife said Anjali. No problem di, khushi is going to have her holidays from next week , you could spend time with her, he said. Yes Chote,we both will have a lot of fun, and spend some quality time together, so that your wife starts being comfortable with me and stops of treating me like a guest. Right khushi? asked Anjali, ye....yes ma'am ..I mean di. I managed to say with a smile, that refused to appear in front of him.
I was sitting in the garden with Anjali, she was talking excitedly to me it was for the first time in 5 months that I was actually have a conversation with someone. So how is your college going on I suppose you are studying medicine khushi? Anjali asked. Yes di, it's going on fine, I said finally not stammering.
I heard him come down holding his laptop and talking to someone on his Bluetooth. He took a seat beside me , I immediately shivered at the proximity. I saw his di pass a teasing smile at us, do it was him trying to crate an illusion of a normal couple before his sister, I thought.He continued to give give some instructions to his manager, when he was done he spoke to di.
Di,your appointments are fixed, I'll tell you the schedule later, he said. Di nodded in yes. May be he dint want to reveal it in front of me, I thought. It was right time to escape with the excuse of giving the siblings some privacy but before I could get up, I heard di say, I guess I'll rest for sometime and she went away passing a smile. It looked like something had upset her.
The moment she disappeared I tried to get up but a rough hand held me and pinned me back to bench right next to him. She'll be staying with us for a while, I want you to behave properly, she should not get the slightest idea of the contract, he said. I just nodded as I felt I had lost the ability to form words.
It was again for her, I thought.
