Hridhi Chatterjee:
If I were to describe my mother, I would use only one word--113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6oNNVSaqf
Perfection.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXvschMnX8
She was literally perfect. In grace, intellect and sense.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZjEFLNCtA
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aGcCTf4mb
So perfectly human. So perfectly who I always wanted to be.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaOiKVdKSj
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,113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasID0O9nOn
'She is a perfect combination of beauty annd grace. So inspiring!' Followed by a whirlpool of pink emojis.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EcBWZUQzG
Maybe I had a secret, a petty dark secret : I was jealous of my own mother.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWwfKJO6T2
You know why?113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17EH1dMRMp
It was because she was always..always right.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfJ7Af2bwR
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9vJw5VII2
It was that obvious.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ563Bjv7Jpn
I texted my mother the next second:113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiCCVFmw47
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1JB5ORe33
I silenced my phone right after that. My cameraman looked at me with dovelike eyes.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVmqyXG8l2
"What's up?"113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXqyyyjGeO
I shrugged my shoulders like the directors at Marvel movies lying about a new release any time soon.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbEswHDQ1V
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtUDg0kjsO
The bar was buzzing with lights.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinpVoTmWz5
Red.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9wZXoXYv6
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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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyMcytBo6y
"Let me buy you another one," I offered.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR4fmMwxD4
He protested.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxHuhZToG2
"Perhaps next time. Anyway, will I drop you home?"113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPI8W4MAuXy
I shook my head, my phone vibrating against my thighs.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItDZ3ezHdk
Not now. Please. I was not ready for her lecture.
"Issues?" Jake asked me.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp4NVMeIkR
I shook my head again and cast a fake smile.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhhugGBMrs
"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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxT8WMxpmX
I took out my key. But unfortunately, it was unlocked.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxYMLFBArC
And it was opened ajar, waiting, like the way a lion waits hours and hours for the zebra to come closer.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ca4xesijZ
I felt like that zebra.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDWRMniC8R
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnpmbEgsB9
"Oh, ma, I was actually in a really important meeting with the camera crew."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4oG31RCf6
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7HUg8SsY3
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."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYm0vifKGx
She gestured me to the empty Ottoman in front of her and I sat like the obedient little kid she had raised.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloVWqR8Ifl
She glared at my father before she continued,113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHiKEcuA4f
"Will you explain what just happened?"113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyOslqWEQp
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZkMpgxKs5
After I had finished, my mother stared at the ceiling. She was in thinking mode. Deep thinking mode.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJJyRmQJkh
And the uncomfortable silence was something my father hadn’t gotten used to.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqoC35F2Su
"We can wait till Advik arrives, Hiya,"113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrYxMzw7fJ
"No," interrupted my mother.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cAH1YU1EF
"Hridhi, let's talk in your room."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwIh0QnHYY
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."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDYc4cDJYD
"This is not how it works, Hridhi. You have my blood in you. This is not how marriages work."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaDjWsxe7a
"Ma, he literally cheated on me!"113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoseQ9I3DH
My mother smiled.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtiJD09eCe
"Come on, Hridhi, don't pretend to be a saint. You are also dating guys like a whore."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wWrwhgFL2
"Wait, at least I didn't slee--"113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCgMd2lFJg
"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."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1wCY2NxAy
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XBIRo9No1
"I hate him, ma. I don't like him."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqj6lnhQKt
"So lame, Hridhi. You are still not convincing enough. You are more like convincing yourself."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8ztmr0zzK
"No, ma! You are wrong like you always are."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrktq6v00Yp
Just then, the door bell rang and my heart almost bursted out of its ribs.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7BeClQEJX
"Perfect!" said my mother. "Advik is here."113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMICgXCvnx
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