BETWEEN THEM
Part 10
It wasn't starting right.....
She was unnaturally silent....
She hadn't commented on his dress, his hairstyle, his battered old second hand Porsche, his reckless driving, his watch, the weather..... whew!
It wasn't a common sight to see his mom this thoughtful... in fact it was a real rarity....
He had always longed for his mom to not have an opinion about everything about him.... but when it was happening.... He couldn't take it...
She caught his eyes just then.... In the rear view mirror....
He turned his eyes to the road.... It was early morning and the traffic was very heavy though not unexpected.... Trucks plying the highways.....
"Shriya.... I met her at the airport in Bangalore.... Before I took the flight to Mumbai...."
The truck driver behind the white old Porsche swore as the car took a sharp turn off the lane.... and then slipped back in.....
Krish was white in the face....
He did not look his mother in the mirror now.... He just said a simple "Hmm...."
"She looked very much like what I remember of her.... And I think she hasn't changed a wee bit.... I mean I slipped down in there and she immediately rushed from somewhere to help me....
Compared to what I have in Aarthy, your snob of a sister-in-law, Shriya seemed an angel".
That did it....
Krish was happy he had reached his apartment.... because he had just lost control of the wheel....
The brakes had helped.....
He picked up his mother's suitcases and followed her into the apartments....
Her silence was slowly breaking.... As she had started grumbling at the look of his home...
For once he was real happy that she was complaining.... diverted...
Maybe she had forgotten the diary.....
He hoped she had.... And whatever he had written in it.... a long while ago....
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