A lie can travel halfway around the world,while the truth is putting on it's shoes.
-Charles Spencer
Maya volunteered with the answer."She is Meenakshi Nair's wife!"
And the rest was a blur. Meenakshi stood dumbfounded but Nair found his voice soon enough. He said many-many things, tried persuading the women with every trick to gain attention he knew. Hollered the truth over and over again but no one listened, none was prepared to believe him. It was too big a gossip to let go like that.
And despite the hundred and one protest from Nair, Chameli chachi blessed the newly wed couple with all her heart, kissed both their foreheads and even gave her three layered pearl necklace to the new bride in the family.
Meenakshi refused to accept it, tried to tell her the truth. Nair shrieked
