11-02-2020, 01:46 PM
Chapter 2: Sacrament Flames
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From the first week of November, I sensed the rumble building up in the house. I started to count my days left in that ivory cage. Same time I was unable to console myself that I was getting freed. I was unaware in every sense as what type of horizon beckons me.
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One night Himadri called me on my mobile.
---“How are you, Suchi? Have you slept already?”
I got a new name, “Suchi”, for my in-laws.
I answered---“No. I was about to goto bed.”
He hesitated for a moment and asked me---“Can we meet this Sunday?”
---“You will come from Dhanbad to here?”
---“What is the harm? I have few unanswered queries. Just need to clear with you and also we need to understand each other. Right Suchi? A single acquaintance does not speak volumes.”
---“Why don’t you come to my house then? ChotoMa and Babu will also be happy.”
He joked at me---“Feeling insecure?”
I was unfazed on his reactions---“No. But I have to ask ChotoMa.”
---“No need of that, I have already talked to her. She will let you go. I will come to your house and then we can go out somewhere.”
I answered---“If you have already taken the permission, then there is no need to ask me. You have not asked me whether I would like to go or not.”
Probably my answer offended him a bit. I also felt that the answer was little rude.
I apologized to him---“Sorry. I was bit rude.”
---“Come on, Suchi. Don’t be so formal.”
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From the first week of November, I sensed the rumble building up in the house. I started to count my days left in that ivory cage. Same time I was unable to console myself that I was getting freed. I was unaware in every sense as what type of horizon beckons me.
#
One night Himadri called me on my mobile.
---“How are you, Suchi? Have you slept already?”
I got a new name, “Suchi”, for my in-laws.
I answered---“No. I was about to goto bed.”
He hesitated for a moment and asked me---“Can we meet this Sunday?”
---“You will come from Dhanbad to here?”
---“What is the harm? I have few unanswered queries. Just need to clear with you and also we need to understand each other. Right Suchi? A single acquaintance does not speak volumes.”
---“Why don’t you come to my house then? ChotoMa and Babu will also be happy.”
He joked at me---“Feeling insecure?”
I was unfazed on his reactions---“No. But I have to ask ChotoMa.”
---“No need of that, I have already talked to her. She will let you go. I will come to your house and then we can go out somewhere.”
I answered---“If you have already taken the permission, then there is no need to ask me. You have not asked me whether I would like to go or not.”
Probably my answer offended him a bit. I also felt that the answer was little rude.
I apologized to him---“Sorry. I was bit rude.”
---“Come on, Suchi. Don’t be so formal.”
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