A funny story: betting.

- Coordination: Pratibha Thakkar

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'Wake up mamma, it's six o'clock!' Rahul said shaking Neha who was sleeping in her sleep.

'Suva de ne beta, bichari barely gets a bed one day a week.'

"But today Daddy will come and pick me up, I have to get ready before eight o'clock," said Rahul's voice became radiant.

As soon as Neha heard about her father, she sat down successfully. Today was the second Sunday of the month. According to the court order, Rahul has to stay with his father from 8 am to 6 pm on this day. Rahul has been waiting for that day since the first date.

Rahul, who was busy brushing and bathing every day, immediately entered the bathroom and came out fresh in five minutes. While the whole house was enjoying the sweet sleep of Sunday morning, this mother and son were getting ready in silence. Rahul suddenly asked, 'Mommy, what is worthless?'

'Worthless! Why do you need to know what that means? '

"Last time, when my father came to pick me up, my little mama used to say, 'Beware, if someone has given tea to the worthless one.'

Neha immediately looked in front. I fell into a trance. "Hey, the little one was hit that day. I also said that in the end it was our son-in-law. What was the big crime in drinking a cup of tea?" So he also gave the opposite answer to me, 'On the one hand, the case is going on in the court, and on the other hand, I have to go back to hospitality, let me say that these two things do not match.'

While preparing Rahul, Neha thought. What would these people understand? Why make such a fuss in front of a small child?

At eight o'clock Rahul was ready. Neha took him and came out of the room, found her younger sister, 'Hi handsome, where did Banithani go?' The little aunt asked. "Hey, today is the day to visit her father, isn't it?"

"Yeah, Yogeshbhai will finish the whole month today." Little Mami speaks.

'Is it a big deal to fly five hundred buses one day in a month? If you have to stay for thirty days, you will know. '

For a while, Neha tried to silence both of them by trying to cash in, but she did not want to make fun of the child, so she swallowed the bitter gourd and grabbed Rahul's hand and took him to the balcony. Neha was very angry with both the sisters-in-law.

'If Mommy, Daddy came!' Seeing Yogesh from a distance, Rahul was happy and ran towards the stairs. Before Yogesh got off the scooter, Rahul reached him. Immediately both the father and son left.

When Neha came in, everyone was drinking tea.

'Why didn't Jamairaj come up? The younger brother asked sarcastically.

'No, I just refused, to waste a cup of tea.'

"Since when have you been worried about the cost of this house?"

"I'm worried, brother, but what can I do, I am compelled now, but I will pay your every penny." Saying this, Neha walked to her room without drinking tea.

"What happened, son?" I asked.

Saying 'nothing', Neha fell on the bed and started filling the dooska. I started to comfort her by turning her bared hand.

'Son, have restraint in speaking when our time is running out.' I said.

I did not say anything. I do not believe that these brothers of mine were ready to bathe the whole world for me at one time, and these same sisters used to shadow me. How much has changed! ' Neha sighed.

"If, son, you don't get me wrong, but in fact, if sisters and daughters come to meet for four days, everyone will feel loved, but if they stay forever ..."

'When it becomes a burden, you have to say that, right? But let me tell your darling sons that I am not going to stay forever, I will leave when I get a decent job. '

"I also wish that something would happen to you while I was alive, or that you would gladly go home."

"Ma, please," Neha interrupted Ma in a stern voice. I fell silent. She knew in that look that it was impossible for Neha to return home. That chapter had just closed. In fact, there was no apparent problem. No dowry demand, no beating. The son-in-law was neither a gambler nor an alcoholic. Earnings were rampant.

The matter was a little different and complicated here. Neha's husband Yogesh was already in love with his widowed sister-in-law. When Neha found out about this, at first she could not say anything out of embarrassment. Slowly after four or six months, the elder sister-in-law said this to her sister-in-law. Now that you are home, everything will be fine.

Time passed but nothing happened. After taking Rahul for three months, she went to her father-in-law from the pier and saw that those people were living more calmly. Finally, tired, Neha complained to her mother. I immediately got angry and went to Vevan, but Vevan instead of being embarrassed !! 'We all know this, what new thing did you say? Why did we bring your daughter? If she can't handle her husband, why should we rub her? Hearing such nonsense, the road in Nehani was over. Then he said boldly, 'Originally Ben, this is your fault, such a young woman should not be kept at home. Only the pier should be sent.

"Hey, we had to send the goddess, but what if she goes?"

It happened to Neha that even this sister-in-law, during her husband's fatal illness, started a romance with Deer !!! Neha became very hateful and resentful towards her .. Neha's mother said boldly, 'Sister, you ruined my daughter's life unnecessarily, would you have turned both of them around?' So in reply Vevan said, "It happens in a weaker caste, it doesn't happen to us there. I will never let it happen as long as I live." Wow, high quality and tall people !!! Then Neha spoke directly to Yogesh saying that what has happened so far is that now I am at home, having a child, then all this should stop. But he was completely relieved, 'This is how it will go, if you can't afford it, get in your way.'

There was no question of staying there after such an insult. Neha came to the pier with her son. The brothers also cheered. She immediately applied to the court for alimony. After four or six months everything went well, everyone's enthusiasm began to wane. Anger, neglect, boredom became clear on everyone's face. The vata and khumari from which Neha Pierre came was gone. All that was left now was compulsion and compulsion!

He wanted to move to a separate house but did not have the necessary financial means to do so. And so the case was settled after the demand for alimony was accepted. Now those people were demanding divorce which Neha did not want to give by any means. She knew in that look that he had divorced her and that he would soon remarry.

In the beginning, the brothers accompanied him. But then the enthusiasm of those people also waned. Saying, 'You don't have to live with her, just divorce her and end the affair.'

Neha was most worried about Rahul. There was a time when he was the darling of all, now slowly everyone was starting to feel those shapes. Neha feared that in such a tense environment her mental development could not be done properly. If it continues like this, it will either become arrogant or cowardly or introverted.

When Rahul returned in the evening, she went outside the gate of the society and stood up. The two arrived at the appointed time. As usual, Rahul had toys and chocolates given to him by his father. Getting her off the scooter, Neha said, 'Go, leave all this at home, and stay there for a while.'

Neha said to Yogesh, 'I want to talk a little, let's go out and sit somewhere.' Yogesh was surprised. Today, eight months later, he heard Neha's voice. Neha sat quietly in the back and Yogesh started the scooter. Going a little farther, I stopped at a cafe. The two went inside and were arranged on a table in the corner. Ordering cold drinks, Yogesh said, "Ball, what was to be said?"

'I got the news that you started watching girls.'

"Yeah, but seeing what happens, you can't get married until you leave."

"I mean, if I divorce you, you will soon turn an innocent life into hell, right?"

'So what difference does it make to you?'

"It simply came to our notice then.

'So what do you want to do?'

Neha remained silent for a while and said, "Marry the one who caused all these quarrels."

"You know, it's not possible to live without me."

'I know everything.'

'Knowing what happens, should humans?'

'So you convince me, I wonder how I can see one another living such a horrible life.'

'Let go of my mother, what do you want?'

That is, hold the hand of the sister-in-law and get her out of this stigmatized life and give her the status of marriage. Suppose this is my main condition for divorce.

'But how can I marry anyone before a divorce?'

'At home you can clearly declare your intentions. When I am convinced that you have this moral courage, I will give you a divorce, and I will give you a son too. '

'What did you say? Son too? '

"Yes, his childhood is going through a very delicate phase right now. I'm sure you guys can give it a go. '

'And what about you?'

'You don't have to worry about me. I am currently preparing for competitive exams. If I pass, then I will get a job with a salary that can lead a decent life. 'Understand this as a condition for my divorce and think about it with a cold mind. Then let me know your decision. '

Finishing her talk, Neha walked out of the cafe without waiting for Yogesh's reaction. Yogesh was stunned and kept staring at his bloodthirsty erect back.

- Author - Dr. Sudha Mehta, (Bhavnagar)