Will you pay for the vegetables?’Īnupama went back to the car to get her purse. She told the vendor to weigh out the vegetables and was standing near the shop, lost in thought, when the driver asked her, ‘Madam, avva has forgotten to give me the money. I will be back with Girija in a few minutes.’Īnupama did not ask where they were going as she did not want them to think she was prying.
So she said, ‘You buy some vegetables here. She did not want her to be dazzled by all the wealth on display and desire more than what was due to her. Radhakka was reluctant to take her new daughter-in-law to the jeweller with her. As they drove through the market, Radhakka remembered that she had to collect some ornaments she had ordered from the jeweller’s shop. Radhakka, Girija and Anupama had gone to the airport to see Anand off. Shall we go now? It will be late by the time we reach home.’ Radhakka understood her confusion and reassured her, ‘Don’t worry, time will fly very fast. She had still not understood fully how that had happened. Anand had been a stranger to her three months back and now he had become the most important part of her life.
She felt miserable and her heart was heavy. Anupama stood gazing at the sky until she lost sight of the aeroplane.
