The Unmarried Mother

Chapter-11

It was only a short while before Richa left for the office that the sound of the motorcycle came from outside. When Rita went out and saw, she spontaneously spoke happily, "Oh Ravi, but you have gone to the office, and she said that she will meet you."

"Didn't she meet you?" Rita asked.

"No auntie, m...I mean couldn't get it." Ravi said a little nervous.

Actually, he no longer wanted to call Rita an aunt, because he felt that she would feel bad.

Rita laughed seeing Ravi hesitating like this. But he did not say anything. After a few moments, Rita asked, "Richa left for office. Aren't you late?"

"But I didn't come to meet her, came to see you."

"I am very happy that someone is going to take care of me too." Rita replied taking a sigh of relief.

"You said that you're little sick, that's why I got nervous and went to meet you without telling anyone." Ravi went on talking a bit in disbelief.

Rita said with a laugh, "No, there was no sleep at night, there was some restlessness, so there was nothing big. Oh! The biggest thing you asked me was my condition, I cared, I got well from it."

"Oh fine." Ravi replied.

"You'll be late for office, Ravi." Rita said.

So Ravi said, "Okay, I will arrive after some time, or I will take a half-day off from the office. Don't worry."

Then come right in. Get comfortable sit down and have some tea and gossip. Rita said while laughing.

When Ravi saw Rita laughing, he could not understand that just a while ago, she was fretting over the phone. Suddenly it felt like she was happy to see him.

Ravi sat inside and Rita asked maid to make two cups of coffee. After a while the maid came with coffee and biscuits, Rita said that now she can go to her house and come and see in the evening, the maid nodded in consent and went to her house.

There was a conversation between the two who drank coffee.

Ravi asked Rita, "You were saying that you were restless and wanted to talk something."

Rita was comfortable and said, "Yes, I am lost in some past memories nowadays." Rita was sipping coffee. She also asked Ravi to eat biscuits.

Ravi also starts drinking Coffee with biscuits. Taking a sip of coffee, Rita is lost in nostalgia.

"Seeing you, I remember the old days that I wish… I too… me too…" Rita said something sad.

So Ravi spontaneously sat up, Auntie? He hesitantly said, "Can I say "Rita ji" to you?"

"You can say absolutely, I consider you my friend and I understand." Rita told Ravi.

"See, nothing or anything should be ignored. One should lighten the mind by sharing what hurts you." Ravi said.

Then Rita said in a sad voice, "Whom should I share my grief with? Who listens to me? When I tell the members of this house, people tell me that I quarrel with them."

"The boils - those who do their own damage as canker, should be cut off from the body and I will listen to you today. You can always share any thing with me." Ravi said in a fit manner.

"Ravi is misinterpreted to say anything to me. Now people call me a house spoiler." Rita said with a slightly furrowed throat.

"Rita ji, there seems to be a chronic pain in the corner of your heart that you have not been able to remove from your heart and have not been able to tell anyone." Ravi wanted to scrape the old wounds of her heart.

Rita was shocked to listen him and said, "Yes, I also feel that the time has come. I should also change my path."

Seeing her getting upset and angry, Ravi stands up and stands on his shoulder. Keeping the hand, he said, "Don't bother me, tell me the whole thing, maybe I can overcome your problem. This thing will remain between us."

"Ravi, I am so broken up playing this false relationship that I am irritated to even take it's name." Saying this, Rita was lost while looking at the ceiling.

Then drinking some water, she said, "I remember the words of my father. Whenever I miss those words, I feel very sad and I cry a lot. My luck was broken."

"See Rita aunty... I mean Miss Rita, I have told you that I will support you completely. It is a different matter that you should have done the work which you should have done earlier, but it is better that you come late. Make some hard and fast decisions."

Ravi responded to Rita and said comfortingly, "Your this friend will welcome every wrong decision and will stand shoulder to shoulder with you." Saying that Ravi's throat starts to dry up, Rita gives him a glass of water with her own hand and asks, "It is okay, Now?" then Ravi says, "Yeah, Now Okay."

"Ravi, I am most irritated by Harish, but Richa and Rishabh are also no less. I am fed up with all this. I have forced the work of this boutique by giving just one take, otherwise this family would not have allowed me to do this work and I would have gone mad living alone in this house." Rita exposes her anger.

"Don't worry, I'm with you. It is my responsibility to clear all your problems. You don't have to worry at all. Some days you will be there a little bit. Be careful about a little fight. If anything comes up from Harish Uncle, Richa or Rishabh, handle it. Move away from there. Do not fight any dispute from your side." Ravi said explaining Rita.

"Okay Ravi. I will obey you, but I will keep your word even further. I will not do any thing on my behalf so that there is a fight in this house. But how long will it be Ravi?" Rita asks Ravi.

"You have to wait a few more days, aunt." Ravi said.

"Let's wait for a few days, I'm ready to do." Rita responds to Ravi's talk.