Tuesday, July 12, 2022

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...staying awake long last night  she woke up quite late in the morning,   she felt tired though the bed was soft and comfortable,  with half open eyes she noticed the door was shut,  outside there seemed  noisy activities  were  happening,  perhaps  massive the domestic help had come  and  doing the dishes,  she  lazily stayed in bed, , in her mind s eye she saw the image of Yusuf and a sweet smile adorned her lips,   next moment  the smile  disappeared like   the sun behind dark clouds,  lightning   fell over her desires , she got your  after tossing and turning  for some more time,  , she gathered her  uncombed  unkempt hair and  tucked them in a catcher, , the room was filled with  the stale scent of  floral garlands  shriveled  on the side table,  she  shuddered looking at those dead flowers that were so attractive and vibrant till last night,  , who had put them  there  she wondered,   the blossoms had lost their freshness after use,  lost their looks and  value,  , they had  decorated branches  necks and arms and discarded,  unbelievable it was she got up, she looked at her reflection in the  wall mirror,  she touched her cheeks and looked carefully at herself,  her wrists were fine,  arms shapely,  neck gracefully long, her face  expressive,  all was  right and at that moment  amil opened the door to step in
Amil declared  it was action time for dearie who had overslept 
A mold argued  shouldn't she be given breakfast first 
It was lunchtime  , she must quickly reach the dining table   all freshened up 
When she was ready and saw the table it was laiden with food,  she stretched her hand to get fried egg parathas to go with  green spicy  gravy  and reheated leftovers all others were helping themselves with 

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