Chapter -7
Six months ago, we were doing our posting out packing in Delhi, for coming here to Bengaluru.
I was helping my mother and at that time, I... noticed my father's few diaries among his belongings.
I asked Maa, "Is this Papa's diaries?"
She said, "Yes, this box is full of his belongings, and I want to throw them out but don't know why he carries them for the last sixteen years."
Listening to Mom's words I got curious and picked a diary and start to turn the pages.
This diary was full of different types of notes regarding his studies but on one page, I noticed that there was written,
" I love you very very much but I am so foolish I don't know now how I will keep you by my side, how much I thought about this bu could not find a way. Please promise me whatever will happen in the future you will
never leave me alone. I also know you are facing so many problems in your life but don't worry I will be forever with you. No one will be able to come between us. My love is only for you. What should I do now, please tell me."
I read those lines with a big smile, then said, "Maa, what is this! Papa loves you so much. Ohh, ho lovey-dovey. Hahaha...
Her expression was weird.
She said," No girl you are mistaken, read the lines once more and note the date on that page, then you will find out it is not for me, the person mentioned here is not me...."
I was shocked. Then I asked," Wait a minute, Maa if it is not you then who it would be? It means Papa had another person in his life?"
"your papa has... a woman in his life, not had." Mom said to me with a sad face.
I started to read the page again and there date of 5/8/06.
"This means that the date is written here, w
months after when I was born," I asked Mom.
"Yes, Babu, that's why I am saying, this is not me. For the last sixteen years, I read it many times and tried to understand that," if that woman is his everything then who am I? " And what am I doing here with this person?" Mom was talking to me and also was doing her packing.
Mom's words hit my brain," from my childhood what I remembered is that my mom never lived her life as a wife, I mean papa never treats her like other people do care for their wife in our surroundings. I did not see him ever pampering or comforting my mom during her illness.
And the worse thing is that whenever Mom feel low, on that particular day papa's anger arises, and starts talking nonsense to my mom and demanded to serve him delicious food items at dinner.
I always notice that Mom keeps her mou shut and goes to the kitchen to prepare delicious food for us. And she does it even
though she is suffering from migraine pain and continues vomiting."
"Hrishikesh, is your mother know that woman and ever talked with her?" ma'am asked me.
I said, "Yes ma'am. That woman is now my mom's sister-in-law (cousin's brother's wife). Society knows that their marriage was a love marriage that's why in starting Mom does not have any doubt about Papa and that woman's friendship, but after getting married Mom got to know that Papa was that woman's childhood love and they are even now cheating their spouse and wards to fulfill their unforgettable love."
As a daughter, it is hard for me to believe that my father has been cheating on my mom from the beginning. And even now we got to know with evidence that, presently he is seeing his colleague's wife. That woman also is a teacher in our school."
Ma'am asked," What is the name of the te do you know her name?"
"Yes, ma'am, her name is Mitra Seon."
Ma'am said, "Is she joined recently? Now I remember, she is teaching in the primary section. I also was in the interview room when she came for her job interview. Oh, that cunning woman, whom you talking about."
Yes ma'am that woman is unbelievably cunning. Almost five years ago a team was sent to Israel for an engineering course, my father and her husband were also on the same team. Every person on this team was sent single by order but no one knows how she managed to go there with her one-year-old daughter. And in Israel, she enjoyed her two-month vacation not only with her husband but also with the other fourteen members of the team. And from there my father and that woman fall for each other.
And now her husband is posted here in the same unit as my father's colleague. And that is not enough they are our neighbors also.
A few days ago papa was sent out of tow one week for an official task. The morning
when he came back home, within one hour the woman also visit our house with some handmade foods that my father likes.
That time Papa was tired because he could not sleep the whole night during the train journey, so he take a bath and go to sleep.
And Mom was busy with laundry, with the dresses Papa brought back from his trip.
Exactly that time the woman rang our door ball, Mom was unknowingly open the door and saw she was at the door. Mom knows everything about their relationship, and that's why Mom maintains a distance from her. Mom asked her "What's the matter, what is the reason for your coming to my door?"
But the seamless woman did not answer my mom and push the door widely and entered the house. You can say that she was so desperate to meet with my father, she pushed my mom and entered inside.
She entered our house and directly went + veranda where is our sitting area. Then She put
the food on the tea table and took a site in a position from where she can keep watching my father through the bedroom window that was opened already.
"How awful woman" then asked my mom," sister why are not you sitting? Come on! Come sit here, you know my husband told me to visit your house but you know, I am so busy person, that I have no time for a get-together. But today I make time for you. I think you have done your housework, come sit here, on that chair sit, sit."
Mom said," No I am busy now. I will have to prepare lunch and you can see still I am busy doing laundry. I am so sorry, I cannot be able to chitchat with you today.
She again ignored my mom, and said," Why don't you do another baby? I think you should get pregnant and give birth to a boy, I am saying this because you have a daughter like I have a daughter too.
I think you should think about it. You husband was upset that you don't want
another baby, he loves children..so please don't do that with your husband, he is so disappointed with you. Some day you two should make a discussion about exactly when you want to carry a baby boy.
Anyway, my daughter wants a little brother so I am going to give birth to a baby boy."
she continued her bullshit for about an hour, then Mom said, "I have no time to chitchat now. I have to prepare lunch, so excuse me, please."
Then mom went to the main gate and opened it, then said, bye madam, you can go now, please.
Even then shamelessly she was stuck with a chair and it was visible that she was not in the mood to go back to her own home, but she had to.
But the shameless woman is like an irritating flies does not want to exit, once she enters.
"She was speaking so loudly and contint + eyeing my father through the opened winue
And the thing is, my mom and I know my father very well that, he always sleeps half-awakened. So he was well aware that his mistress is watching him through the opened window.
Ma'am, my mother is bearing all these evil people including my father and his family members only for my shake. "
Ma'am asked, "Hrisikasha, did your mother ever discuss your father's doing to your grandparent? If they support your mom?"
Ma'am, they are not my grandparent, for me, they are the grand evil, if they were humans, they would stop their son from doing wrong. They are the ones behind all this.
Honestly, they want to throw away me and my mom from their son's life, and still, they are trying their best, even if I am sixteen years old now. can you imagine what kind of evil they are?
