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This was all a mind game! His every move was measured and weighted through the eyes of all the onlookers.
The players were all the important women in his life or heart - Baa, he has respect for, his mother, whom he won't say no to, and Gopi whom he silently pines for.
He thought silence was the best thing to do until he needed his red file.
If he had the file in hand he would have been relishing his few moments having eaten Gopi's food in the quiet of his office / bedroom.
But is wasn't to be so ...
His words were harsh and very hurtful but Gopi sincerely pleaded for her innocence. He knew it would hurt the most when he spoke of divorce. That lone tear of Gopi's did break him inside but he had to continue with his torment because by then this had all turned out to be a spectacle.
Why continue in this manner? To drive his message home that he cannot live without Gopi, even though he said the opposite.
The subtext here was this was a battle of the wills between mother and son.
The baffling thing was Kokila's silent acceptance of knowing that lunch was cooked by Gopi, but when Ahem questioned this she had to take the lead in questioning Gopi, and the actions of Ahem who knew just where Gopi kept her bag.
What started out as a mind game has the potential to go belly up or stalemate, leaving Gopi more troubled and Ahem more frustrated.
So was this all a game?
Jhanak
