Silent Love – 9

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Rohini reached home with the vegetables and groundnuts and settled to help Mahendra in cooking. Today, Mahendra was well dressed in the suit of light blue pajama, this was really good but now Rohini was not getting a complete view of his bear chest and back that to her feminine heart was a little disturbing but there was no way! He had shaved off his beard and mustache and that made him look much better. She joined him in the kitchen the idea was to learn some cooking skills of this strange man. Both were enjoying the combined work. Even though Rohini was bubbling with some extra enthusiasm Mahendra was comparatively cool and was working quietly. There while waiting on Mahendra in the kitchen she suddenly remembered the comments of Mr. Joshi. She narrated that to Mahendra and asked if he knows of any Velkar. On hearing that, Mahendra startled with a jolt but immediately controlled himself and maintained cool. Rohini had noticed the change in his face and his startling. Mahendra’s face showed some uneasiness but she kept silent. She decided to broach the matter at some other time. Thinking to herself, I must investigate the matter more by looking into the old records of our company.

“Mam, please will you give me that pot.” Mahendra requested to Rohini. On that Rohini again retorted to Mahendra and told him “this is my order that hereafter you shall call me by my name and not mom, are you listening?” “I never called you mom, I always call you mam but you listen wrongly what can I do?” Mahendra reacted helplessly. Both were enjoying the scuffle.

The meal was ready and was going to be served and at that moment doorbell rang sharply. Now, who could be there? Rohini did not want anybody now to disturb them. She was really annoyed. She went to peep through the peeping hole on the door and to her surprise there were all the girls from the office there, waiting out side the entrance only ready to rush into the apartment. “Finished!” Rohini sighed. “Who is finished?”, came the remark from Mahendra who was following her near the door. Rohini had no choice. She has to open the door and let them all in. She pushed Mahendra inside and whispered to him, “you remain in kitchen.” and stepped forward to open the door. On opening the door she saw all the girls eagerly peeping into the apartment, all sneering at her with unusual expectations. They all entered slowly one after another in the flat without any invitation, as if they did not need any. Helplessly, Rohini, their boss at the office, and now only a same aged friend, was standing on one side allowing them in her flat. They gathered in the front lobby and started looking for something around. Some entered in her room and others in the living room. Always smiling for nothing but they all looked very excited. At last they entered kitchen and here, they discovered their find. A very huge man standing back to them busy doing some food preparation. They were highly impressed with the sight of the man. Now they want to see him. One of them Miss Shashi Kapoor dashed forward and stood right next to him. Looking to him from the side, she saw a very handsome individual without any expressions of his face, busy doing kitchen chores. Gradually they all surrounded him one of them slightly and timidly tried to touch him at his fore arm then some did touched other fore parts of his muscular body. Now Mahendra looked to them with intent and requested them, “Are you guests of my mam, Rohiniji”? the girls nodded in approval with their eyes blown up at him, watching his handsome features with great intent. Now Ragini another girl dared foreword and asked him looking straight in his eyes, “You were the one moving in towel? Is it so? And Mr. why were you moving in that outfit?” the questions were pouring out like a cascade. For a while there was absolute silence and finally Mahendra broke it. He went on explaining to them what had actually happened. He explained in his hoarse and manly voice, “I had by mistake washed all my clothes yesterday while taking bath and so I had to move about in towel. Rohiniji was already late for her work and so I had to help her in her routines. I am appointed by Rohiniji as her aid at home. I am working for her for the time being.” The explanation was enough to satisfy them but more questions were to pour out but a girl, Pikky signed to them all and the more elaborate explanations were waived aside for the time being. Girls dispersed and reached in the living room. Rohini was sitting on one of the box beds resting her back on wall and folding her legs holding them close to her breast by both her hands and had put the head in between the knees. Girls were now very sympathetic to her. “Now you have an explanation to make.” said one of her friends. Rohini looked out to them tears in her eyes. They all felt very sorry for her. “Actually we should have believed your story but our womanish mentality made us suspicious about everything around you.” Now Smita came foreword and implored anxiously about how she came across him? Atmosphere was now very tense.

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