Hridhi Chatterjee:
If I were to describe my mother, I would use only one word--147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzsjabaqyj
Perfection.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfo9hd5dTQX
She was literally perfect. In grace, intellect and sense.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lZPxPXWfS
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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFrEwAxr3J
So perfectly human. So perfectly who I always wanted to be.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQHogubaHS
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,147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhH8vwSktp3
'She is a perfect combination of beauty annd grace. So inspiring!' Followed by a whirlpool of pink emojis.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7YA5sYpUS
Maybe I had a secret, a petty dark secret : I was jealous of my own mother.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr63QRpG5I
You know why?147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbHDKBE6C1
It was because she was always..always right.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NW8ILI7L9
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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaDgxTx5bL
It was that obvious.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNCSoy0CvG
I texted my mother the next second:147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9tHGSXIPc
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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWwa8eePEO
I silenced my phone right after that. My cameraman looked at me with dovelike eyes.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5CH6bXI7r
"What's up?"147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwj9mJthwmp
I shrugged my shoulders like the directors at Marvel movies lying about a new release any time soon.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJFtBexLn7
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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XdCcfy0F0
The bar was buzzing with lights.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwi0njbypG
Red.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVizK31e5y
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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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYWVNoAbYo
"Let me buy you another one," I offered.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYP2WjDVgp8
He protested.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0jwNt5MUX
"Perhaps next time. Anyway, will I drop you home?"147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fDE0LOIg1
I shook my head, my phone vibrating against my thighs.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPEMWELjV2
Not now. Please. I was not ready for her lecture.
"Issues?" Jake asked me.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyIrY39zCH
I shook my head again and cast a fake smile.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pXLeM6r6A
"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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbKU4u2SdW
I took out my key. But unfortunately, it was unlocked.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhGjKL5Vip
And it was opened ajar, waiting, like the way a lion waits hours and hours for the zebra to come closer.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSVNnmbs4w
I felt like that zebra.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2G5iklSuD
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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YLt41nCO2
"Oh, ma, I was actually in a really important meeting with the camera crew."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpf8ewo0vm3
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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wlWaOdDda
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."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyABul7lqhP
She gestured me to the empty Ottoman in front of her and I sat like the obedient little kid she had raised.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRewFv3PC2
She glared at my father before she continued,147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ65GRTy91
"Will you explain what just happened?"147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYsErIZqrG
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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vVk5IBemH
After I had finished, my mother stared at the ceiling. She was in thinking mode. Deep thinking mode.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zR0rrCC09
And the uncomfortable silence was something my father hadn’t gotten used to.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQvmglHjRv
"We can wait till Advik arrives, Hiya,"147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EY5pUazBN
"No," interrupted my mother.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElZIlSvZsq
"Hridhi, let's talk in your room."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyuBJd70Vs
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."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0xd4iaK5w
"This is not how it works, Hridhi. You have my blood in you. This is not how marriages work."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWw2HL6mE98
"Ma, he literally cheated on me!"147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHWLfXdj7d
My mother smiled.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDl2nOfJoy
"Come on, Hridhi, don't pretend to be a saint. You are also dating guys like a whore."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUH2OZ2CyMv
"Wait, at least I didn't slee--"147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VBWHItHHO
"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."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEGPnebCas
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.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvAnhArydB
"I hate him, ma. I don't like him."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dTn59Z4dt
"So lame, Hridhi. You are still not convincing enough. You are more like convincing yourself."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu0arWxmay
"No, ma! You are wrong like you always are."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnYvqS6ovP
Just then, the door bell rang and my heart almost bursted out of its ribs.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VD0UxhW3u
"Perfect!" said my mother. "Advik is here."147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCpj8LWdBF
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