The Letter Love

Chapter 4

The moment he entered the room his sisters left the room knowing that the would be couple needed time to know each other and talk in private. She was extremely grateful for them leaving the room because she wasn’t sure she could wait anymore to talk to him. During the ride here they both were together but they were not alone and hence they could not really talk. Now was the time they could actually talk. He came inside the room, opened his cupboard and was doing something and since he did not speak she initiated

She: So you kept my photo here!!??!!

(Facing her)He: Ummmm….. Yes I think it has every family member present in it and now since you are going to be my wife I thought I should put your photo there.

She: Oh…. Ummmm that’s great, thank you so much!

(Shrugging his shoulders)He: Welcome………

And then he spoke nothing but he sat on the bed at one end. She knew that he wouldn’t talk further on his own but at least he was on the bed sitting and not doing his work; taking this as a sign that he would at least answer her, she asked the question she was dying to ask.

She: Why didn’t you try to talk me during the whole month?

He: Sorry? But we don’t exactly live nearby and you do not have a landline in the home so how was I supposed to talk?

She felt a bit relieved knowing that he had at least thought of talking with her.
She: But you could have at least written a letter…… Seeing it is from you anyone would have directly given it to me.

He: But conversing through letters is so impersonal. It has got no voice no emotion a simple waste of money and as such I knew that after a month you were going to coming here anyway so I saw no point in writing a letter at all.

She: But didn’t you want to know me or know more about me? Though letters may have no voice but they still are communicators and something is better than nothing. So you could have you know written something it would make me feel good.

He: See we have different ideologies about that but I don’t think writing letters is really worth the effort and plus we are going to be with each other for life so what difference is it going to make?

The moment he finished the sentence someone downstairs summoned them and the conversation stayed incomplete but she was determined that she was going to change his perception about letters and make him realize how important the letters were.