ch109-113pg93, Updt,a road to salvation june 18 - Page 22

"Biwi which sweet do you like the most." They were having their dinner, it had been nearly 4 hrs since they had been in flight and all the while Madhu had been reading some thing on her laptop.

"All but …" she left the sentence midway.

"Biwi you know laptops are old fashioned. You could use a tablet."

"I know but Laptops are comfy or rather familiar for me. I am not an adventurous person"

"So you mean to say that familiarity is something that you seek in everything. I could not imagine you as a routine person"

"Yes precisely, If I could live the rest of my life in a mundane home with exactly same routine every day, I would barter anything"

"Me too"

"O God RK are you a thing?"

"When you said you did not commit any wrong, at that…" Madhu opened her mouth to interrupt RK but he placed his index finger on her lips.

"let me say it, at that moment I felt that I had done an irrepairable damage to you. It was wrong to drag you inbetween my dad's and my tussle. It was wrong on my part to compel you to marry me. Will there be any point of time when you will feel that you can out grow all that has transpired between us?."

Madhu did not look surprised at this sudden out burst. She took it as if she knew it was coming. She did question him though,

" Exactly what are you trying to accomplish here?"

"Nothing in specific just wanted to know if there would ever be a time when you would be able to look beyond our past." RK was trying to study her expressions upclose, but her face was too calm for his liking. What was she upto, she was not ignoring him neither was she indulging him. Some thing was going on in her mind but what.? RK was really puzzled by the look on her face, that had now turned to a look of a bruding hawk.

"Do you want an honest answer?" She asked back with all genuinity that she had.

"Yes" he was surprised, she wanted to answer this question.

"I don't know if I will be able to look over our past ever. What I know is that what ever I do in future would be my choice free of your current and future actions."

"excuse my lack of intelligence but if you could care to explain."

"It is not that simple to put in words RK. I have reconciled with the fact that this wedlock cannot be reversed. No matter what, I will always in some or the other way be connected to you, even if I separate legally from you. So I have accepted it as is. Now for getting over it part, that would need a change in this state of rest. This I have yet not thought about but the day there is a change in my, sorry your status in my mind you would be the first one to know.And for the record when I said I have done no wrong I intended to say that by marrying you for what ever reason I had not opened myself or anyone from my family to any kind of character debate."

This came as a big blow to RK, he was reduced to just a reconcialiatory "as is" stature from someone who occupied the pinnacle of her interests. She had given up on him and this was pretty evident from her behavior since evening. This was going to be a big big mess. He was loosing hope fast, he looked out of the window. The vastness of the atmosphere was bewildering and so confusing. The colors of the setting sun once again playing havoc at his senses. The clouds appeared so beautifull fluffy and warm from inside the flight

"only if someone knew how cold they were in real" he said to himself.

"you said something." Asked Madhu

He was startled by her question was she still attentive to what he said or what not.

"No" he replied in a very curt and cold tone.

Madhu noded and returned her attention to her fathers file that she had been reading all the while. RK could see his mom in her formative year's right in front of him. He was feeling claustrophobic and wanted to reachout to the vastness outside. He took out his Ipad and connected it to the provided WI fi connection. He was going through his mail,

"Bittuji" what does he have to say so soon. " Atleast someone is there for whom I do matter." Bittuji had sent him a mail with a link of a video on youtube. RK put on his earplugs and watched the video through. He shut his Ipad down and went to the washroom. He did not want to face Madhu. It took him quite some time to come back to his old calm and collected self.

"So this was the reason behind such humongous change in your entire outlook. you are at peace with yourself I know. You have sorted out your relationship with me. you are not going to dwell on it any further. How clever was your answer that you are deeply in love with RK the phenomenon. That is all that I am now to you. Nothing personal remains. The world will see me as a glorified husband and you as a loving wife but in reality we will be just an insipid mass of flesh and blood living together. A mere minute's lapse and you are far gone. Just yesterday you were dwelling on me and my actions towards you, and today they don't matter any more. You have already given up, so easily and discarded me as a larger than life figure. You wont even attempt to bring this figure close to your heart."

He came out of the washroom, repentant and hurt.

"You know when I was getting married to you." Madhu was looking at him expectantly her entire attention focused on him. She looked absolutely methodical though there was not a dot of faade in her gesture but it was just that, a method that she had adapted to quite soon. RK was looking at this newly born woman, no a sculpture actually. He applauded himself for creating this most beautiful and perfect sculpture ever, it was just that it had no life in it. He once again felt the sting of his words in his gut.

"You were saying something" she asked unmoved.

She knew while he was staring at her he was staring through her and into this big zero that only he could visualize.

"Yeah" my dad said "I was marrying a huge chunk of ice" He told me "you were as cold as it could get. I had thought that my anger and revenge would prove to be that chisel and hammer that would help me carve you into what ever shape I wanted. I wish I had thought that sculptures no mater how beautiful were lifeless." He patted her head gently "This thing that you are reading is it on a usb or a cd?"

She so wanted to look away from his eyes. She wanted to belive that what she saw in his eyes was true repentence not just desire. Now was not the time to cave in. Now was the time to reinforce and stand tall. She looked down at her laptop and then back to him and said very normally.

"USB, I don't have any thing to add neither to your dad's comment about me being ice, nor to your desire of hitting and beating me up into a form of your like.

"I know" he looked out of the window again. Madhu was really having a hard time controlling herself and so was RK. He so wished he could bring himself to apologise may be that would work, but sorry was not in his system. He needed to sleep somehow at this minute. He asked the air hostess for his favorite scotch and consumed it so as it would consume him. Madhu was watching all this from the corner of her eye. She wanted to stop him and hug him and tell him that she loved him but not now. He needed to find a way out of his age old assumptions and self inflicted wounds.

"Madhu if you want a life for your self and for him, let him, break the walls. You cannot force your self in. It is he who has to create a passage for you to reach him."

SO finally Madhu was at peace with herself. She believed in what she was doing, only time could tell how far was she going to go in her mission acquire RK. History was in her favour though.Madhu had never till date ever given up on anything she had set her heart on. RK was now a part of her heart, the very center of her being, and she had learnt the lessons of self preservation very well and very early in her life. Moreover she had seen the glimpses of the real Rishabh hidden behind the gruff exterior he presented. To bring that Rishabh to the forefront love and care was not the way. Malik had taken her to task on the airport for hiding the entire situation from him. He had said

"Whatever has happened cannot be undone, but remember that any wound open or other wise needs to be cleaned of all its debris before you can redress it. Cleaning hurts and to be a successful nurse you have to master the art of cleaning the wounds with a cold heart."

Words as precious as gold had given Madhu the direction she needed. The bigger question was though, Madhu knew how to handle RK but what was she supposed to do with Dipali.

"Trishna Mallik."

"Yes , yes Malik." She got up and saw the news paper he was flashing infront of her the article side up.

"Madhu did this??"

"how would I know Malik" Trishna said looking elsewhere

Mallik held her by her chin and said

"Baby girl, main tera baap hoon, tu meri ma nahi. Who helped Madhu with this."

"that I absolutely don't know."

"Then tell what you absolutely know" said Malik

"Shit I am trapped, am I not?"

Malik nodded and asked her to follow him.

"Oh no, cant talk to her. Malik please, Madhu did it Malik trust me she did, well I agreed to it but it was all planned and executed by Madhu."

"where is that certificate" Mallik asked, while entering Padmini's bedroom.

"In my bedroom I will go and get it" Trishna was about to turn but Mallik held her in place by her arm. "Mrs jain, we need you to get some documents from Trishna's room. Exactly where should she look for them Trishna?"he now looked at Trishna.

Trishna told her where the envelope having the documents was. Padmini had still not seen the news paper and was quite taken aback to see the father daughter duo in her room so early in the morning, well not so early it was 7:30 AM. She was sipping her morning tea. Mallik gave her the newspaper. This was their daily routine. A routine which contained a huge lot of warmth and something that even today after so many years held the freshness of green tea for Padmini. She was going through the article and her face was aghast. What the hell was this for God sake they never got married and never needed to be married either. " I don't know what we will do Mallik" said Padmini

"I know he will pack his bags and be in your room even before you blink never to leave" Trishna murmured.

"who would have been so insensitive to print such a lie" Padmini did not really know what to say.

"Trishna would you care to tell us please"

"Mallik how can she know all this" Padmini had become overtly protective about Trishna since the Gafuran episode.

"Oh yes she does know and knows it very well. Trishna my dear speak"

Some how Trishna felt that this news was taken in a good spirit by Mallik. Trishna told Padmini a very cleverly abridged version of reality. Poor Padmini she had always been a believer. Mallik smiled as slyly as he could and glued his eyes on Trishna. He could not takeit any more and left.

"what has Madhu done? Who does she think she is? When are they going to reach Trishna? I need to talk to this girl. How are we going to sort this out."

"Ma relax, not a big deal. Let us talk to Malik" Trishna tried to calm down Padmini.

"dekha nahi kaise uth kar chale gaye. Trishna he looks so, so" she scrutinized at the chair Mallik had left empty, trying to decipher for her self the expressions on his face

"He is worried is he not?" she tried to convince herself that he was worried, but in her heart she was also was not all that concerned. She decided to first take her bath and do her pooja then confront Malik about the whole issue. Mallik had his hands full too, Madhu's declaration of her ailment and himbeing kept out of the loop. Now the first priority was to somehow reduce the impact of the storm Madhu had created. He was really sad that Madhu did not trust him. If she had confided in him at the time of her marriage he would have never let RK have his way with her. No matter how much he thought about the whole situation it remained entangled. This situation needed time, and then his priority now was to keep Madhu's Job intact and he would not let her down in this area. Madhu's Father inlaw had already been able to avert the departmental enquiry into her illness but for how long would things remain under the carpet no one knew. For now she was safe.

Padmini came to him after break fast with his cup of tea,

"what will we do now?"

"about what?" asked Mallik

"about this certificate in the print."

"Padmini I was never bothered when the world doubted our relationship and questioned me and you about it. I am also not scared of any political aftermath if you want us to refute this article. What I am more concerned is about the girls, this article pulls them out of the shadow and removes all question marks. Even if I did not father them atleast I was in legal custody of them. I have seen how people deal with truth, Mukund has become a pain in the neck. This if refuted now will create a big issue for Madhu. She banks a lot on the editors of those news paper for a lot of things. We and our Ideals have lived their life. This is a newer world with new philosophy it has to be dealt that way. We have to let our girls live their life their way. What difference does it makes to us if the world considers us married or not. Yet it does change the world for them."

"will you talk to Madhu about it" Padmini appeared to understand

"Nahi, she has already done more than her fair share for us and our family, honestly there was no other way out of this issue but either this or me resigning. I will again say and hope that you believe it, I didn't had any problem resigning yesterday but today is a different story. I don't want all that Madhu has done and endured going to the trash can. Having said think about it and then tell me what you want."

Padmini just noded and sat down on the rocking chair next to his bed. how many nights she had spent in this room when Madhu and Trishna were small. They would just not let go of Malik if ever they were sick. Padmini and Mallik took turns to keep vigils at night for their girl so many times that they had lost count. Padmini had been taking care of Mallik and this house like any mistress of the house would. They were the world to each other. They were all but married, they did not need to accept or reject anything. Padmini was tired and she had been crying a lot these days, first her son and then this news of Madhu yesterday shook the hell out of her. She had liked RK a lot when he was there with them during Gafuran's funeral. There was yet another funeral to attend. Her sons scheduled tomorrow. She was yet not sure about Madhu's health. Every thing else was so much more important than accepting or refuting this news. Silence is the golden rule, she had followed it entire life she will not change now. She had dozed off slightly relaxed, had to be after all Shamsher Mallik always had that impact on others Padmini was more than his better half. How could she remain aloof from that impact? Mallik had to leave for a meeting so he just coveredher up with his shawl andleft her sleeping. On his way out he told Trishna to remain at home today and tomorrow. Trishna said she had taked three days off so she was home.

"RK baby what took you so long, you have delayed the schedule my love"

RK looked at her completely devoid of any sentiments. His Icy cold look was good enough to push her back.

"RK do I need to keep the car or you have it all set." RK could not have thanked his stars more than at this moment. The voice soothed his irritation away.

"Madhu" he looked at Madhu expectantly to come forward and she did. This was the first time he had not pulled her towards him instead waited for her to join him.

"This is my wife Madhu, and Biwi she is Depali a co actor and her husband is co producing the film."

Dipali was shocked, RK got married and she did not even knew. Did Sikki also not know about it? She some how managed to smile and say

"I never knew you had married RK, congrats. I missed the party I guess"

"release your car Madhu we have a drive home." Said RK to Madhu

Madhu noded and left. Dipali had completely ignored Madhu or probably she could not bring herself to accept her.

"I will drive you guys to the hotel RK" said Dipali trying to hang on to the already severed chord.

"We are living in an apartment that I have rented. I did not want to live in a hotel. I have the car Dipali but seriously you think I would have taken a lift from you?" he left her to herself pretty abruptly and joined Madhu.

"Chalein" he said to her.

She noded once again. Madhu was trying her best to remain unaffected by Dipali but it was not working. Her mind was replaying the hug and the rub she gave to RK's back. There was nothing formal about it.

"Abhi kya kam dooriyan thi ki tum bhi aa gayin" Madhu thought to herself.

"Thinking about Dipali, Biwi don't, it is criminal wastage of time and your precious thoughts should be occupied by me. She is extinct for me." he stated as flatly as he could.

"I was indeed thinking about her." She was still in the same mode neutral.

"tumhara gear kab change hoga" asked RK opening the passenger door for her of his beautiful new Lamborgini a courtesy to him from the brand as he was their Brand ambassador.

She smiled "I am tired" she really was, it was all to exhausting and she craved for a normal life. Only if she knew that abnormality to its extreme had just started to spread its wing. RK heard the fatigue in her tone and chose to remain silent for the rest of the way to there fully furnished penthouse that he had rented.

"some other day I would have loved gazing at your pretty and innocent face but today I need the bed asap so BIWI" he screamed in her ears.

She woke up really startled, she felt her heart pacing from this assault. She was trying to settle down her breathing.

"we are home wifey" said RK with a notorious smirk on his face.

She wanted to scream and shout and hit him black and blue but she had gathered her self,

"Oh we are, aren't we." She said with same indifference but very curtiously. She got out and went towards the trunk of the car to retrieve stuff. She had heard that USA was a self serviced country and they will have to do their stuff on their own. So she started right off the bat.

"let it be Biwi" Mangesh will do it.

"Mangesh?" she managed to curb her shocked appearance to a very neutral question.

"Why else do you think he was missing from the house for past 6 days. He was right here setting every thing up for us. He always comes with me."

" Ok, I am glad he does" she said with a very gentle smile and left for the elevator.

"Kab tak Biwi? Kab tak chalega tumhara yeh so called pativrat dharm. I am not liking it." he said to himself and joined Madhu in the elevator.

By the time they settled in it was already night and Madhu was feeling starved. She had hardly eaten anything through out her flight first for the fear of flight sickness and second she just did not dig into anything but indian food. RK knew this and had already ordered food from a nearby Indian restraunt. They were having dinner on the terrace. Madhu was taking in the view around her. It was magical to say the least.RK offered her wine which she refused.

"you hardly ever drink?"

"I don't enjoy the taste?" she replied

"Taste??" he smirked once again. "You think people drink for taste"

"then?"

"Alcohol serves only two purpose 1 a topic of discussion and show off for Connoisseur and to loose senses"

She just nodded in agreement and took a sip of doogh she was actually relishing this yogurt drink a lot. RK had consumed more than half of his drink in one go.

"kuch to bolo Biwi, Please….."

"Tum poocho sawaal main jawab doongi." She said

"Don't you ever have questions?"

"I only have doubts" she wanted to say but instead said "not always, right now I don't have any."

"You know every thing that is around you here? You don't have anything to ask and anything to tell. Not quite like you. I am missing your sermons. Chalo accha yahi bata do ghar kaisa laga."

"Ghar gharwalon se hota hai." But she said "very nice"

"Thankyou" he got up and went inside. Madhu's gaze followed him, he had taken out a carton from the fridge and was filling a glass. The lights inside were dim so she could not make out what it was.

"Your drink." He came back with the glass for her. He had seen she was relishing it and it was all finished.

"Thankyou, but you could have called Mangesh."

"He is having his dinner." Madhu really loved this about RK. RK never faltered in taking care of his subjects. He did live his life king size. His genuine concern for his people or people whom he considered himself responsible for always gave her hope that some day they will have a lot more mutual respect and probably respect for this relationship they were in.

Madhu brought their tea to the bedroom. She had enjoyed the sunrise from the heights of her house. RK was in a pesky mood, he had already showered but his head still hurt.

"Where is Mangesh?"

"I don't know."

"Biwi is this your house??"

How she had wanted to throw it back to him, no yours but " Is something wrong?"

"What is right about the fact that you don't know where your servant is? He lives here and we are responsible for him while he is here. Uski ma mujhey kaccha kha jayegi agar wo kahi yahan kho wo gaya to."

" does he have a mobile?"

"I will findout his whereabouts and I don't want this tea." He said quite abruptly.

Madhu took the tray out. And went on the terrace to enjoy her tea. Enjoy, as if she could. After a little while he came out,

" Mangesh is back, I will leave in a little while for the shoot. What is your plan for the day?"

"No plans for the entire weekend."

"I know you are driving to Francisco on Monday morning. When are you going to be back from there?"

"Tuesday." Came another short reply from Madhu. This time Rk closed his eyes for quite few minutes before sayinga word.

"I will wait for you around 11 at the shoot. I will send the car back."

"what will I do there?"

"Huh finally you have something to ask. Dance direction is what you will do, no I forgot your speciallity is action right." And he left with a smile on his face.

"I don't even want to be in the same place as your Dipali but I cant avoid her can I ? So better face the evil right now" Madhu went to the washroom to get ready.

Yesterday if she looked like a Zombie today she looked like an angel. Awhite and mauve chiffon cowl neck top on a light blue jeans. Simplicity at its royal best. For the first time in her life she was looking no scrutinizing her appearance in the mirror. She wanted to wear something in her ears something different than these forever present solitaire studs that Malik had given her on her 16^th birthday. She had already spoken to Trishna and knew that everything on that front was calm for now. She was feeling weird right now, she was feeling like a school girl who wanted desparately to impress her favourite teacher. The only difference for this teacher she want to look good than being good.She took out her usual sunscreen and put on her usual blush pink lip balm.

"Why did I not think of it before? I don't even have a decent lipstick if not anything else I could have borrowed some makeup from Trishna."

"Bhabi ji Gadi aa gayi" This was Mangesh and she could not have been more happier to see someone familiar.

"Mangesh wo koi mall ya shopping center hai kya aas pass."

"Bhabi ji ek Walmart hai ek Whole foods hai aur kuch aur badi dukanein hain par main kabhi gaya nahi. Kohls kar ke aapko kya lena hai"

" Makeup ka…..kuch nahi. You go, Have you lost it Madhu? I am missing you Didu." Oh yes she has been to USA before plus she was well versed with all the I must ask her where to get what.

"What happened Madhu? Everything alright you had called just half an hour back?"

"Arrey didu all's well. I wanted to ask you something"

"Your tone is telling me this something you are embarrassed to talk about"

"yeah more or less" said Madhu she really was embarrassed to ask about makeup for god sake she was a ccity girl that too Mumbai and 25 years old and was a daughter and sister and wife of actors.

"what you want to ask me about suhagraat or what? In that dept I cant help I have not been a part of it onscreen also….."

"Dirty Mind Didu, I want to know about what makeup to buy and what brands."

"Makeup !!!!!! and you. Madhu are you all right?"

"Ohho Didu for a little while do step down from the stage. Please tell me what lipstick and what color would suit me and what else do we need for makeup."

"saman to khareed legi par lagayegi kaise. Lipstick ke alawa kuch lagana bhi aata hai."

"Didu will you tell me or not"

"Listen I have got an idea buy all the stuff that I am telling you and then go to you tube you will get many basic tutorials on how to use that stuff."

This Idea really suited Madhu a lot. Kaam bhi ban jayega aur laathi bhi nahi tootegi. She wrote every thing down on a slip as well as the name of the store that she had suggested to get all the stuff.

She left for RK's shooting location.

"Hallo" came a female voice.

"he is busy" was a very cold response. I will pass the message. She had seen the ID flashing on the phone as Pyari Biwi.

"May I know who are you." Said Madhu though she had recognized the voice.

"Your message please, he is busy with the shot." By the response this time she appeared irritated.

"Dipali I will call him later." Madhu responded in a very warm and familiar tone shocking the hell out of Dipali.

Madhu went and sat on the bench close to the reflecting pool. The numerous turtles had intrigued her. In a little while she was joined by a park ranger who had by chance recognized her as RK's wife. He was of Indian origin.

"I saw your interview on tv. You are Madhubala Rishabh Kundra, Right?"

"yeh lo yahan bhi" she muttered to herself. "Yes I am, RK is shootingin that Manor so I just came here."

"it is a very beautiful spot of this not so beautiful place. You know I was tremendously Impressed by what you said about RK. I am a big Fan. It takes a lot to understand and accept a husband of RK's stature but not be intimidated by it. He is a phenomenon right, but you are a real woman and believe me when I say you belong to the endangered species."

And madhubala used to think that she was not affected by praises. Had she not known a little okay a lot about men. She would have taken it as a failed hit on her, but she saw the genuinity on his boyish face."

"These don't look like belonging to the same species do they?" wanting to divert him and she was charmed bu these turtles trying to get on top of the other.

"No they are not as they are not indigenous to the park. They are actually dumped by their owners who must have lost interest in their cold blooded companions."

"one is free to dump them here no penalties"

"no since they are not being killed no penalties, moreover you can choose to take one of them home if you want and then put them back here when ever you want."

"No, not possible." She was having weird urges today, now she was drawn towards this crawler who was absolutely green in color. She would not have believed it had she not seen a father and son duo come with a pink bucket and grab one and go home.

"Are you tempted?"

She shook her head in denial like a 6 year old unwillingly denies candy from strangers.

"Temptations" was carrying so many meanings for her today, she was tempted to hug RK and tell him that she loved him. She was tempted to hit Dipali in her face. After all action was something she loved too. Then every thing in an around her today was tempting her in some way or the other. Such is the charm of this country it does tempt and allure even the most dispassionate saints, Madhu was just a human being.

She looked so lost. RK felt his heart melting at that cute innocent look. He could have given up all his worldly possesions at that very instance and took his Madhu away from all this. He did not want her innocence adulterated by all this, but then he was certain that she was not one of those who could be beguiled. She could be charmed not beguiled, he also understood that she was feeling threatened by Dipali and if a trip or hundred more to Neiman Marcus could give her some comfort so be it. He had already given her the list but she was not able to locate a thing. The entire store was divided into small sections that looked like individual little boutiques carrying designers like Prada, Chloe, Channel, and what not. She was looking at the list and then at those smaller sections. She was too egoistic to seek help from RK. Eventually after about 15 minutes of standing still and gazing every where like alost buck she was about to turn to RK for help, she saw him walking towards her with a cheerfull old lady wearing black suit and a name badge.

"She is Erica my favorite sales associate, I have given your list to her. She will help you with every thing" He turned to Erica "my wife is all yours Erica and I urge you to make it fast because I have left the shoot and come."

"I am sooo glad see your wife RK and she is sooo beautiful."

Madhu went with Erica and bought every thing on the list except the perfume. By the time she reached the perfumery Rk was there.

"all done" asked RK

"only the prfume remains , you do one thing Maadu you select your perfume meanwhile I ring up your things right here." Erica said to Madhu.

RK literally jumped at this

"O No you don't need to do the ringing thing here please you know I feel intimidated if someone hangs around me while I shop." He said to Erica "while you are ringing these ring up these too." He handed a teal Prada bag and a cosmetic case over to her. Erica flashed a big smile to him. He had made her day afterall. The stuff that Madhu had chosen alone would be around 2000 dollars. The moisturizing creame that she had on her list "La mer" usually costed 275 dollars. Chanel rouge lipstic and many other stuff. He knew that the source surely had to Trishna. Trishna was known for her expensive and unique living style in the entire film fraternity. What a stark difference the sisters showed one was not even aware of brands, the other was a brand freak. After a lot of debate they finally chose a Balenciaga Paris and Jo Malone True rose."

Erica rang everything up and brought a beautifully wrapped bag to Madhu. She had the receipt too.

"do you want it in thebag?" she asked Madhu. RK literally snatched it off her hands. "No I will keep it" He told looking at both of them.

"we must leave now, Madhu or I will be late."

"Next time Maadu you come straight to me or rather keep this card and give me a call before you come so I will set an appointment and help you personally in your shopping." Madhu was one satisfied customer. Pleased like a baby by the customer service she got from Erica. RK looked at her animated because anyone from his fraternity would not have cared to express their satisfaction as she did to Erica. Madhu was a woman rooted to reality no mater where she went. She was really one or the rare species now. What Rk did not know was Madhu had taken notice of both the times when he had tried to prevent the total value of her purchase being made known to her."

"Intimidated by a sales girl, not even in your dreams RK, you wish but I am not an idiot." She said to herself determined to findout the the price tag behind her purchase. She cursed herself for not being carefull enough to note it when she was grabbing the stuff but Erica talked so much that she could not do so. Even if RK did not give her the receipt, Neiman Marcus. Com would.

"Note:- this entire sequence is a very personal experience but just on a phenomenally smaller scale viz a viz the bill. I am still in awe when I go to stores like these"

Originally posted by: aksuji

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