then on, she was treated akin to a maid. My dad tried to stop his family, but you “From both know he the type of man to be perceptive of these types of political machinations and as isn’t such, he able to do much. Even though they had a maid, they fired her and forced my mom wasn’t to do everything.” have to live this way for long though. My dad had made plans to go to America “She didn’t for his new job anyway so he contacted his boss and asked if he could transfer earlier. My mother and father left that house within a week and they looked back haven’t since.” After her story, we all sat there for a few moments, letting all the revelations of the past few moments sink in. I think ever be able to look at Saraswati Aunty the same way ever didn’t I’d again. Now that I knew what she had gone through, her reaction seem so extreme. didn’t My mom sighed a few moments later and asked Anjali, you love Rahul and does he “Do love you?” Anjali nodded, sure of herself in this case. She looked at me. get Rahul and settle this once and for I “Alright then.” “Go let’s all.” know what my mom was planning but I hoped she knew what she was doing. I left the didn’t kitchen and walked through the house to the front door. Throughout all this, I had forgotten about the family and friends waiting in the tent. Hopefully, someone had started serving lunch. And what was I going to tell all the people who were wondering what was happening? I have a watch but I guessed my mom and I had been gone for at least a good half-hour or didn’t so. Patching a blouse definitely take that long. sari doesn’t In the end, it matter. Once I got to the tent, Rahul was waiting outside of it for me. didn’t From the look of the grass beneath his feet, been pacing for a while. he’d
“From then on, she was treated akin to a maid. My dad tried to stop his family, but you both know he isn’t the type of man to be perceptive of these types of political machinations and as such, he wasn’t able to do much. Even though they had a maid, they fired her and forced my mom to do everything.” “She didn’t have to live this way for long though. My dad had made plans to go to America for his new job anyway so he contacted his boss and asked if he could transfer earlier. My mother and father left that house within a week and they haven’t looked back since.” After her story, we all sat there for a few moments, letting all the revelations of the past few moments sink in. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to look at Saraswati Aunty the same way ever again. Now that I knew what she had gone through, her reaction didn’t seem so extreme. My mom sighed a few moments later and asked Anjali, “Do you love Rahul and does he love you?” Anjali nodded, sure of herself in this case. “Alright then.” She looked at me. “Go get Rahul and let’s settle this once and for all.” I didn’t know what my mom was planning but I hoped she knew what she was doing. I left the kitchen and walked through the house to the front door. Throughout all this, I had forgotten about the family and friends waiting in the tent. Hopefully, someone had started serving lunch. And what was I going to tell all the people who were wondering what was happening? I didn’t have a watch but I guessed my mom and I had been gone for at least a good half-hour or so. Patching a sari blouse definitely doesn’t take that long. In the end, it didn’t matter. Once I got to the tent, Rahul was waiting outside of it for me. From the look of the grass beneath his feet, he’d been pacing for a while.
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