Hridhi Chatterjee:
If I were to describe my mother, I would use only one word--216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡge9XxEgHFP
Perfection.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eP4lofhYQ
She was literally perfect. In grace, intellect and sense.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEpOfpbqR5
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYza5VUnwZ
So perfectly human. So perfectly who I always wanted to be.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejz9AbPWpy
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,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLeEke3bz1
'She is a perfect combination of beauty annd grace. So inspiring!' Followed by a whirlpool of pink emojis.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhM9cgW78sN
Maybe I had a secret, a petty dark secret : I was jealous of my own mother.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFzH9Q5YVX
You know why?216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbROaWj2us
It was because she was always..always right.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED1XKXiVbN
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PMLZWeGg7
It was that obvious.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADuPFIRU3K
I texted my mother the next second:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsSEY5Wtsj
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWMf4HxfFJ
I silenced my phone right after that. My cameraman looked at me with dovelike eyes.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNmlBnweoJ
"What's up?"216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DGlqL25jy
I shrugged my shoulders like the directors at Marvel movies lying about a new release any time soon.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Urr1GxWR7
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMpVvxJtvx
The bar was buzzing with lights.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5PLhhNa4v
Red.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEjNrlMLbJ
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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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SSSKqNVVT
"Let me buy you another one," I offered.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXF5jUCNYT
He protested.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv733ugx6y1
"Perhaps next time. Anyway, will I drop you home?"216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7InBI4LXI
I shook my head, my phone vibrating against my thighs.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YuxxVvMzj
Not now. Please. I was not ready for her lecture.
"Issues?" Jake asked me.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvavPNOu41Q
I shook my head again and cast a fake smile.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaBDKX8FjY
"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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7qI6bB3J1
I took out my key. But unfortunately, it was unlocked.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBTfldIAQ1
And it was opened ajar, waiting, like the way a lion waits hours and hours for the zebra to come closer.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9b9DJzghG
I felt like that zebra.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZ1y0WOqcF
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGXgyjsl56
"Oh, ma, I was actually in a really important meeting with the camera crew."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRy3fKgJvLs
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tThBRUXuK
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."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOVkXsthGA
She gestured me to the empty Ottoman in front of her and I sat like the obedient little kid she had raised.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMqEbL9ymZ
She glared at my father before she continued,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OPV7dS2PM
"Will you explain what just happened?"216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT57mRPNIo5
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaF5WBxF5Q
After I had finished, my mother stared at the ceiling. She was in thinking mode. Deep thinking mode.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNP27CRhbX
And the uncomfortable silence was something my father hadn’t gotten used to.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBP04gepis
"We can wait till Advik arrives, Hiya,"216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWZEZGAgRA
"No," interrupted my mother.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡom7U6KjBua
"Hridhi, let's talk in your room."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9CoK2MlJj
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."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wkKtRn4vY
"This is not how it works, Hridhi. You have my blood in you. This is not how marriages work."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq54PjLZP6A
"Ma, he literally cheated on me!"216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70MHNXP02D
My mother smiled.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiIiDUmjpi
"Come on, Hridhi, don't pretend to be a saint. You are also dating guys like a whore."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLzBAky6BI
"Wait, at least I didn't slee--"216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6ygkiBkWH
"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."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwojRUVkLT
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NM0P3JPAE
"I hate him, ma. I don't like him."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9WNjQuBkD
"So lame, Hridhi. You are still not convincing enough. You are more like convincing yourself."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocX8Z2SaEq
"No, ma! You are wrong like you always are."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk9NnTF3CY
Just then, the door bell rang and my heart almost bursted out of its ribs.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqiWahG0AM
"Perfect!" said my mother. "Advik is here."216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGahiSdjX9f
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