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                                                      Night 2

Time 9 O‘clock,

            Aaditya jumped on his mother and she ecstatically hugged him. She held him tightly and gave a kiss on his cheek. He grinned and said, “Ma! I told them what you have said yesterday. You know what; they started asking me more about my dad. Now, it’s your turn, you promised me yesterday that you’d tell more about dad. Please.” The little kid pleaded.

           Radha replied, “Okay okay Okay. Here we go! Are you excited my little baby?”

           Aaditya rejoined, “Yeahh!”

           Radha narrated, “It was winter and your mom, which means, I was walking on a deserted road at night. It was a dark night like the one you see in horror movies and it was a haunting night as well. It was windy and about to rain as well. Fear gripped me as four persons were following me and I started to walk faster but they gained on me. Two grabbed my hand.”

           Aaditya interrupted, “what did the other two do?”

Radha sternly replied, “kiddo! don’t interrupt or else I will forget the story. Stay silent and lend your ears to me. The other two grabbed my legs and they tried to kidnap me. It started to rain. I shouted in the rain but no one heard it. I shouted, “God please help mee”.

           Aaditya interrupted, “then what happened? Did anybody come for your rescue?”

Radha playfully replied, “That’s it. I told ya not to interrupt. You defied it. I will not continue. Bed time son!”

          Aaditya pleaded, “Ma! Ma! Please ma. My cute ma! Please, please. I will not interrupt. It’s a promise”

          Radha rejoined, “Apology accepted. Where did I stop?” She stopped for a moment and continued, “Okay. I shouted. All of a sudden, a fist thrashed a cheek with fury. The person who was holding my hand fell on the floor. The man with fiery red eyes landed another blow to the other person. The other two ran away. I saw him you know! God, the lightning revealed his face. That’s the moment I saw your father. I fell in love with him immediately.” Radha imitated the actions she was narrating and her kid listened to it without blinking his eyes.

          Unable to resist his curiosity Aadhi said, “What happened after that?”

Radha replied, “He helped me and we had dinner at a place. Finally he dropped me at my home.”

         “That was a quite a fight ma you know! Dishyum Dishyum. It was like Spider man saving Mary jane. Da was a hero really. ” The little kid imitated his mother’s action and grasped his mother’s hand. Time passed as they both were chattering and the little kid slept on her side. Radha slowly got rid of her son as soon as someone knocked the door.