Posted:
8 years ago
Yearning mornings & Oily Soil
She was at work by 8:30 on Thursday with no lunch, she took a cab quietly making a mental note about "doing Finances" soon
She didnt want to be broke when husband was planning to abandon her.
He was still asleep when she work at 6:30... his arm around her waist...as usual face down, she gently removed it and placed it on the bed by him
He muttered something lifting his head up, "Umm.. I have to go" she said softly
His eyes opened fully... it was like part 2 of the long deep look they exchanged, there was no pulling her down, no tackling
No threats, no clothes tearing along the seam, no groans, and no pleasurable moans... no heated bodies feeding on each other for the next half hour
Her saree was crushed, he lay on her pallu, she gently pulled, he lifted his body like he was doing push ups, and went back down on the bed
He didnt stop her, she didnt want him to... thats a lie, she did... but he didnt...
He went back to sleep... he lay sleeping when she stepped out dressed in a beautiful mauve outfit, accesorized carefully to match the emerald pattern and wore earrings
Most of the clothes Sam and Manny had given hung in the closet, she gravitated towards the ones she had brought with her... "I bet you will go to Nungambakkam more now" she had said
"No I wont Manny, I dont care for any of my relatives" "Nor do I care to shop in Chennai so I will survive"
"How are u ka?" she texted, leaning on the bathroom wall... walking over to a upholstered bench, with curved sides...
"Fine kanna... coffee... mmm...mmm...mmm.. Amma made" she smiled
"Paati makes yummy coffee and pepper rasam and paruppu usili (cabbage/beans/snake gourd with crumbled lentils),
and adirsam (rice flour mixed with jaggery, cardamom and rolled out into 4 inch discs and DEEP FRIED... (Author's note: YUMMM)
, I need a MIL like that, you dont even like food, u only like to cook" II texted a para
"I asked Amma to help me make adirsam to bring for u, all the kalyanam adirsam is gone" Akka texted
"Can u ask her to make 100, or I will even be happy with 200" II texted
Akka ROFLed
"Sure kanna" she texted
"What was the BP yesterday?" II asked
"It was OK" Akka said
"ETHANA?" (HOW MUCH?")
" A LILLL high, konjam daan di" Akka texted
"Ayyyoo, can I come?" II asked
"No... he said its OK... even if I go till July 1st week they can get her out" Akka was SO CHEERFUL and upbeat
II's tears came and went
"She better be 10 lbs ATLEAST. I want to show Rakshasan we can make fatter babies"
"EDULA DAAN POTTI NU VEVASTAYE ILLEYA? (Do u have no criteria for competing?)
"Ummm... NOOO" II said
"Seri I will hang up kanna, go have coffee" Akka ordered
"How did u know?" II asked
"Well if u wake early u always get ready first illeya?" "I HAVE BP not memory loss di"
He walked in, found her talking...
"I am sorry she said getting up
He leaned on the sink arms across his chest, and waited for her antics
She picked up her pink towels, hair brush... tipping over a box of hair clips...
He put them all away...
"I didnt know u were up... umm" she uttered nervously, like they were strangers...
She cleaned up her cluttered side of the glass bowl sink furiously, he turned the faucet on
"I was texting with Akka. Umm she" II stopped didnt tell him she was sick
"II" he said
She stopped suddenly... and looked at him
"Its OKKK" he said firmly
"Uh... hmmm.. thanks" she nodded politely, leaving quickly
And then rushing back bumping headlong into him, as he was heading out too to bring his phone...
He steadied her, she pushed his hand away... frantically "Thanks BTW" she said like he was some guy in a elevator
"My phone's case" she grabbed it, and turned to go, and he turned in to shut his faucted before he went to get his phone
They side bumped again sideways... a "Ayyoyo" was released from her lips
She pulled away leaving him, shutting the door behind her
She was GONE... when he went down to grab his coffee
He wandered the front yard... he didnt see the car, he thought she took it... until the guard SNITCHED
"Sir woh Mam ki cab ka rear door band nahi ho paaya" he said
"Cab?" he asked not revealing his expression
"Haa Fastcab... Maam ko kaha unhoney kaha woh doosri side baith jaayengi"
"Thanks" he said
He wondered where her car was... he texted Dhyan "Corolla kidhar hai?"
"Ghar par honi chahiye Sir" "Matlab maam ke paas"
"Thanks" he said
At work his nervous jumpy wife replayed the way she ran into her half asleep husband
"Hes a walking aphrodisiac, warm firm and DELISH. He probably tasted woodsy. She felt his stubble on her forehead,
she felt it with her fingers.. he was a master "shower giver" cleaning behind the ears... and soaping ermmm...
She sat down in her chair and stared at the walls, she had org charts and the white board was filled with messy drawings
"Thanks for the flowers" she texted
And never sent it... it probably doesnt matter to him...
She inhaled it... and took a picture for a day when him and the flowers will be gone from her life
She went down to get a coffee, but changed her mind, took an auto to a Hyundai dealership,
spent two hours talking, and finally settled for a Verna 12 lakhs deisel automatic, picked RED PASSION
Took a picture of the showroom model and sent it to Akka and Amma, returning to work at 11:07
Worked until 8 without a break with 4 coffees in between, and returned after 9
R&B was making himself a drink... in cargos and teal tee, he wandered to the entry way to watch her take off her thong sandals
Ranjan sat in a high stately chair
"Hello beta, how was ur day
"TIREDDD, Khaana ban gaya?" she asked cooing
Minion showed "Kuch lao beti aa gayi"
He brought an array of snacks and juices... she feasted...
"Puttar u made big plans and didnt even ask me?" he asked
"Woh kal sleep over? I am sorry" she said startled... suddenly afraid...
"I am sorry, I am" "I thought since Sam is coming over I dont have to ask you?"
"I should have, I didnt even think" nervous laugh
R&B had a "U SHOULD HAVE LET ME DEAL WITH THIS ONE RANJAN!!!" look
He was homicidal? blood thirsty?
AYYYOOO!!!
SHUT UP SHUT UP II
YOUR HUSBAND WILL KILL YOU BEFORE HE FORGIVES YOU
DID U ACTUALLY SAY YOU WERE SORRY FOR INVITING FRIENDS OVER?
Ranjan couldnt believe his ears... he stared at his son
"No... woh aaj Hyundai se koi aaya tha, ek sign kam pad gaya (u were one signature short)
AYYYOYYYOOO HE KNOWS?
She looked at R&B terrified
AH!!! THATS WHY HES HERE
HE WANTS TO WITNESS MY FATHER IN LAW ROAST ME
THEY BOTH WILL BURY ME IN THE VEGETABLE PATCH
THERE IS A LOT OF COCONUT OIL IN MY SKIN AND HAIR U CANT GROW A DECENT VEGETABLE
OILY SOIL IS NOT GOOD FOR CULTIVATION
RAKSHASAN!!
Rakshasan had a "Oh! so u want my defence/protection/rescue NOW?" look