Ding dong, the door bell rang. I opened the door, it must be Raj.
He was tired as usual but bit stressed too.
I asked, what happened, Raj?
He crashed into couch with little energy left
to operate even TV.
While giving him a glass of water, I enquired again.
How was your day in office? Without any preface he said, Mom called up, she is asking for 50000 Rs for her arthritis operation.
I kept quiet for a moment then asked, what did you say? He said, I promised, I will try to manage as soon as possible.
Thoughts started pondering my mind.
In a very apathetic way, I was in hurry to react as if he is sending money now. Raj, you know Diwali is coming, you have promised me for Air fryer,
you are gaining weight which is not good for your health too and we need to pay car loan .
Raj was quiet and said, “but it is important than all”, my flippant tone actually irked him. I said ok, send 20000, say I can manage this only for operation. When from last 5 years she is managing, tell her to manage for few more months.
Raj dialed the number and gave the phone to me, “better you say”.
Phone was ringing , on other side My Mom said, “hello beta”.
It was my Mom ????????? I was fallen from my own grace.