The Yellow Salwar
I did not feel like going home…
5 years after marriage and 2 kids.. now life is sore. I continued to chat on the messenger with the chat friend. Talking to this new friend who is a girl kept me happy. I haven’t seen her, nor spoken to her. All we did is chat.
After 3 months of chatting with her, I expressed that I would like to be with her forever.
I typed “Can we get into a long term relation? May be marriage.”
I expected a reply for her on the screen.
The screen was not doing anything. The cursor was blinking. Suddenly it said, she signed out…
I made a mistake, it was too early. I signed out and went home. She opened the door. I asked “have the kids slept?”.
“Yes…”. I asked “did you have dinner?” She said “Yes. Food for you is on the table.” She went to sleep. For some reason the relationship between my wife and me is not going well.
I went to bed and thought about my chat friend. I was eager to go next day to office and go online to chat with her.
It is around 9 PM now, she hasn’t come online yet. I decided to go home, suddenly she came online. I buzzed her on her ID (lonelyplanet).
I typed “Hi.”. No Reply.
I typed “Hello. Are you there?”. No Reply.
I typed “Sorry, I overstepped last night and asked you the question.” No Reply.
I was impatient. Suddenly the screen lit up with my eyes
She replied “Hi..”
She continued “I am not sure if this would work.”
I typed “We can make it work. Even I need to finish something before we start.”
I typed “We need to see each other. I am eager to see you and meet you.”
She replied “Ok. But one condition.”
I typed “Ok. I agree before listening to it. But, we need to meet.”
She replied “Tomorrow 4 PM. City Centre. I will be wearing a Yello Salwar and waiting at Gloria Jeans Coffee.”
I typed “Great! I will see you at four.”
I was happy today. Finally something interesting in my life. I went up the stairs and all 7 floors.
I rang the bell. The door opened. I looked at my wife. She was getting tired. She turned and went to the bedroom. While going I heard her “Food is on the table.”
I just fell on the couch to sleep. No sleep. Clock was too slow. It had more than 12 hours to get to 4 PM.
Time was 1 PM. I went to my team members and announced that I had something important to do. I left to City Centre. I ran up to the Gloria Jeans Coffee.
Time now was 10 PM. The sea was getting rough. I decided to go home. I parked my car way far from house and walked.
I rang the bell. I saw my wife’s face. It looked tired. She was walking to the bedroom when I heard her say “Food is on the table.”
I ate the food. I went into the bed room. I went and sat near my son and looked up the wall. I saw his photo and the marriage photo. Next to it was hanging on the hangar was “The Yellow Salwar”.
