Hridhi Chatterjee:
If I were to describe my mother, I would use only one word--153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxpwx75wQU
Perfection.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngQsAiKmum
She was literally perfect. In grace, intellect and sense.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2eeYd0Ld6
She looked like a tragically defeated princess draped in velvet and silk and cut open with a shiny silver dagger glistening with a red, perfectly red and perfectly shaped little drop of blood.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCgeoAhxm7
So perfectly human. So perfectly who I always wanted to be.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmf3TrOBF4
She was so nice. So good. So polite. So...I don't know...perfect?
It was totally like how the bots commented on every channel,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9r5XwNjuma
'She is a perfect combination of beauty annd grace. So inspiring!' Followed by a whirlpool of pink emojis.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gX3lHZmID
Maybe I had a secret, a petty dark secret : I was jealous of my own mother.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lLkJiOfoe
You know why?153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9kmZw4fsd
It was because she was always..always right.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KTVMBz8Jh
And there was only one ambition in my whole stinking life: To prove her wrong.
The moment I thought of pressing the publish button, I knew the outcome the way I knew the back of my hand.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZne3KfVN1
It was that obvious.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAHj7UTQSc
I texted my mother the next second:153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobvEqq1TSb
Spare key under mat.
Maybe she would notice, right after she had cleaned the entire house for 6 times and dusted the shelves like my father's perfect wife.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9q7RqqnskJ
I silenced my phone right after that. My cameraman looked at me with dovelike eyes.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWt1ZUKi1I
"What's up?"153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjuMdx4hay
I shrugged my shoulders like the directors at Marvel movies lying about a new release any time soon.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDBvEFZG1o
Jake even insisted on taking me to the bar. And at last, I finally agreed. He drove me to the nearest one. It had a lively atmosphere. People here were damn serious about drinking, I must say. So many people. So many dim colored shirt. Such randomly mixed scents lingering in the air.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCbVR9q5Io
The bar was buzzing with lights.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8wPs6UKNe
Red.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZwtcT7UA7
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I smiled at Jake while he paid the bill. His cheeks were red, like the sweet guys like him go with cheap champagne.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30l9oGYsel
"Let me buy you another one," I offered.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBu3AjqmCD2
He protested.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwbH1PApYl
"Perhaps next time. Anyway, will I drop you home?"153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhnAJouE5T
I shook my head, my phone vibrating against my thighs.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoOsIeicnd
Not now. Please. I was not ready for her lecture.
"Issues?" Jake asked me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1B3XRnrJSk
I shook my head again and cast a fake smile.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5GZXIVcJu
"Goodnight, Jake."
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I looked at my doorstep. He was not home. Thank God, he was not home. I finally took a deep breath, like a child famishing the absence of Their math teacher.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDP6tvnEXCB
I took out my key. But unfortunately, it was unlocked.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Y7alUsKwo
And it was opened ajar, waiting, like the way a lion waits hours and hours for the zebra to come closer.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIX0mq3A1w
I felt like that zebra.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAUNMiYR0n
I found myself face to face with my parents sitting in the living room.
"Why weren’t you picking up your phone, Hridhi?" asked my mother, her phone on the coffee table.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1bVL2V69M
"Oh, ma, I was actually in a really important meeting with the camera crew."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHgDwqQtiR
I was trembling without any reason because my mother had big eyes and stared at me as if she could see my tar black soul.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGDmFMLrq5
My father however, looked at his phone. Facebook still hadn’t been outdated in Bengal, I guess.
"Hridhi, I can bet that you were in the bar," said my mother. "Sit down. Sit beside me."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk9uphFKh3
She gestured me to the empty Ottoman in front of her and I sat like the obedient little kid she had raised.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhOZWlc8Bf
She glared at my father before she continued,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMyf1xhEot
"Will you explain what just happened?"153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55JqNArPTA
I explained. From his hands on her waist and him fucking her at hotels. I had proof. I said I had his transaction receipts amd everything. Journalists had access to things like that. CCTV footages are our left hand and fishing out answers from stubborn people was our right.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjuqYezUqG
After I had finished, my mother stared at the ceiling. She was in thinking mode. Deep thinking mode.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHCSnZUHmX
And the uncomfortable silence was something my father hadn’t gotten used to.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqK6G3ZKn7R
"We can wait till Advik arrives, Hiya,"153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtDjq7XOY6
"No," interrupted my mother.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQS9NC0luE
"Hridhi, let's talk in your room."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXgHVwQ9FB
I followed her to my room. I knew why. She wouldn’t be able to keep her cool with my father's constant questions that I stored inside my stomach.
"Ma, I have one and only thing to say. I am leaving him." I said. "Look, all the powerful women out there divorce their cheat of a husband and lives happily ever after."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZUPkWshUk
"This is not how it works, Hridhi. You have my blood in you. This is not how marriages work."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaY5dESeSl
"Ma, he literally cheated on me!"153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLxr9GWPg3
My mother smiled.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRX2fyyTHI
"Come on, Hridhi, don't pretend to be a saint. You are also dating guys like a whore."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3FhMQiUKC
"Wait, at least I didn't slee--"153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw7i32wZJk
"Hridhi, I have seen the world for a longer time. You came from ME. I know that you are obsessed with him. Don't lie."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4eZWFAph6
Her words struck me like lightning in the sky. Fire burnt through my blood vessels. I wanted to lash at her. Burn her. Throw spit at her and tell her it was NOT TRUE.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOC3vmaQQr
"I hate him, ma. I don't like him."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6dWUFZ7f8
"So lame, Hridhi. You are still not convincing enough. You are more like convincing yourself."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl2VzIisgp
"No, ma! You are wrong like you always are."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJgqEMIRng
Just then, the door bell rang and my heart almost bursted out of its ribs.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SHNBP3YpE
"Perfect!" said my mother. "Advik is here."153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg8Q4WZGdM
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