Hridhi Chatterjee:
If I were to describe my mother, I would use only one word--146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvpAbzBfBq
Perfection.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdjHaT7f35
She was literally perfect. In grace, intellect and sense.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWcyOgelfw
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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FnZVe8M6a
So perfectly human. So perfectly who I always wanted to be.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMVkNWmnXN
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,146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUIzpcWuk2
'She is a perfect combination of beauty annd grace. So inspiring!' Followed by a whirlpool of pink emojis.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRfPAXwTLQ
Maybe I had a secret, a petty dark secret : I was jealous of my own mother.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZYMIrevBL
You know why?146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4tSW1BWH6
It was because she was always..always right.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDAkrasU95
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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOJKeMStPd
It was that obvious.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuGxyHIXIv
I texted my mother the next second:146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa74gjuP60t
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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6VcRXCvsK
I silenced my phone right after that. My cameraman looked at me with dovelike eyes.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDoGL6qTS7
"What's up?"146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmkWiSAruH
I shrugged my shoulders like the directors at Marvel movies lying about a new release any time soon.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nWjtf3qaA
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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThQILcHsER
The bar was buzzing with lights.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BZL2HaFsV
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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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWENw1iMJT
"Let me buy you another one," I offered.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyUIaodZls
He protested.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVt5XtasCC
"Perhaps next time. Anyway, will I drop you home?"146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh46cB7HUl3
I shook my head, my phone vibrating against my thighs.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5GMlhv98Y
Not now. Please. I was not ready for her lecture.
"Issues?" Jake asked me.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTpnhyFzZt
I shook my head again and cast a fake smile.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjsXo7UwBb
"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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWGEbg1zC3
I took out my key. But unfortunately, it was unlocked.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWkTKA2OuU
And it was opened ajar, waiting, like the way a lion waits hours and hours for the zebra to come closer.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFkdz4xBW0
I felt like that zebra.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dFcLdJOsc
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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk2hNBqrB1
"Oh, ma, I was actually in a really important meeting with the camera crew."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLbapL3zNw
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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60Jd0RVIW6
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."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtokg0a0OLP
She gestured me to the empty Ottoman in front of her and I sat like the obedient little kid she had raised.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiP6p3YId4
She glared at my father before she continued,146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ugjgLZXCM
"Will you explain what just happened?"146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLgeffwYMl
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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWQ3aj7HLE
After I had finished, my mother stared at the ceiling. She was in thinking mode. Deep thinking mode.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbIudb5Z0M
And the uncomfortable silence was something my father hadn’t gotten used to.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU91zEvnwHu
"We can wait till Advik arrives, Hiya,"146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VWvOp3epf
"No," interrupted my mother.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimE6AKCUrO
"Hridhi, let's talk in your room."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgNiDLlZ39
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."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lhKDWqzQ9
"This is not how it works, Hridhi. You have my blood in you. This is not how marriages work."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpWBN9SgNE
"Ma, he literally cheated on me!"146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq96KHwD4Xx
My mother smiled.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MpbwjfdPq
"Come on, Hridhi, don't pretend to be a saint. You are also dating guys like a whore."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkl7gnnyow
"Wait, at least I didn't slee--"146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHawRP5NXPY
"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."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡat7SCjvkiH
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.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9YVSzaPQO
"I hate him, ma. I don't like him."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTk3KW6kGRf
"So lame, Hridhi. You are still not convincing enough. You are more like convincing yourself."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG9ekRRnQZ
"No, ma! You are wrong like you always are."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ntCuQd577
Just then, the door bell rang and my heart almost bursted out of its ribs.146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ70hMAYcYT
"Perfect!" said my mother. "Advik is here."146Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTW6CwFIRi6
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