Jas gives a look of disdain – "Roj, we know that
u are a bundle of contradictions but this is a bit
too much – Back to the Future??" Giri has immense
faith in her twin – she knows that Roja has some
thing up her sleeve!! Pat has decided to go along
this time – lawyers or no lawyers – she missed the
heaven trip and she does not plan to miss this
Roja takes out the coats. " I went to Hahaland
during the week end and met Mdm. Dogoodtoall. She
has invented this new coat and I borrowed a few
from her for us.– You can choose to go back in
times or to the future. .. Well, this is how it
works. You can seat yourself comfortably and wear
this coat. The coat has an adjustable dial where
u can set the period of your choice. There is a
switch in the center and when pressed will take u
to the period in the dial. Each person has only two hours.
The coat will automatically fall out after 2
hours and u will return to the present". Roja looks
around for doubts but each one has a coat in their
hands and checking it out – already!!! Roja has a
vicious smile which goes unnoticed by the IF ians.
All seat themselves comfortably and don the coat.
Their worlds change…..
Jas is chatting with Shelley, Keats and Wordsworth.
She hears Wordsworth reciting Daffodils and The
Solitary Reaper…… Jas feels blessed and time flies
Ho sees a totally different Vaathu – she is
all modern, well groomed and has a flourishing
shoe shine business – has a big palatial house!!
Creep begs the watch man to let him in but the
watch man throws rotten eggs on creep and drives
him away. Vaathu is standing in the balcony of the
third floor and watches with glee….
Pat is famous. Her book - " Handling devious MILs" -
is on the best seller list for over an year and
Pat has become extremely rich. Her daughters are
married. Pat gave each a copy of her best seller
as a part of their "dowry". Pat's daughters are
treated with kids' gloves by their MILs – they cook,
clean, take care of the grandchildren… etc., etc.,
with out a whimper!!!
Usha has got hold of the future editions of Garuda
Puranam and is immensely Pleased – she doles out
new innovative punishments and is in great demand
She is globe trotting in her private jet…. She has
consultancy offices all over….
Pokkiri is fed up – he married Deepa after a lot of
struggle and villainous acts. Now he is thoroughly disillusioned.
She whines all the time a la Kaveri of Anjali and makes life
a living hell for Pokkiri. He met Nethra who managed to marry
Sanjay and was shocked to find out that Nethra is also unhappy –
all the love she had has "Gone With the Wind" – she told Pokkiri
" we are just made for each other Pokkiri, we made a mistake"…
… Pokkiri is deep in thoughts…..
Giri's little son is in college and has a load of friends.
He is hardly home and Giri has a lot of
free time. – Giri's hubby has a flourishing
business and built a spacious house in Central Madras.
He specially designed a room with Home Theatre for
Giri - admission only by Giri's invitation !!
She has become a bigwig in IF – updates almost all
the Serials …
Tamil is very happy … She has two children now.
Lax is about 13 years and the daughter is 10 yrs old.
Tamil's MIL has moved in with them and dotes on the
grandkids. When Tamil comes back from work, MIL is
ready with snacks and coffee. Life is beautiful……
Kavi is running around. Five years back,
she started a small restaurant which grew
by leaps and bounds. She now has a chain all
over Malaysia and just opened one in New York.
Her success story is featured in all the business
magazines . In spite of her busy schedule , she still visits
IF kitchen …. That is home, after all!!!
Meli has finished her research and got a tenure
in Harvard. She guides more than 6 students in their
research studies. She is so popular with the student
crowd that more than 10 students are waiting to be
accepted by Meli – they do not want any other guide!!!!
Rhodes is running around too – her son is in college
and her daughter is in the final year of school.
Son plays basket ball for his college and daughter
is a tennis champ. Good, contented life….. thank God.
Sue is playing with her grand children – they
are a naughty lot – but Sue is very patient
with them – her daughter is astonished; " amma
was never this patient when I was young, she was
driving me up the wall all the time…" Sue gives
an understanding smile to her daughter which says –
" children are a responsibility but grand kids are
for enjoyment, you will know when u get your grand
kids" –
Two hours are gone in a jiffy and the coats fall
off from the IF ians. All get up as if they
have been woken up from a deep slumber. Roja looks
keenly in to all their faces – What does she expect
to see??? Pat asks Jas, " hey, I had a nice sleep,
why did you not wake me up?? Need to get back
to work. Jas looks surprised, " I too slept. what happened?
We got drugged???"
Roja's mad gleam is back in her eyes – when she
distributed the coats, she purposely left out some
thing – Mdm.D had told Roja that people can see
and live the period of their choice when the coat
is on but the moment the coat comes off, they will
have no memory of what they saw – The If ians are
back to the present…..
Roja did not don the coat … what is the use of
seeing your future if u can not remember what
you have seen?? And Roja's present is pretty
amusing. A whole load of IF ians are available …
her own preys…....
Edited by rojapoooo - 18 years ago