She was in a hurry.
There was so much to do and so little time to do it all in. She was in the
middle of a major cleaning activity which she needed to complete before the
afternoon and then she was going to be travelling with her husband.
She finished one
portion of the cleaning and was to begin the next round when she heard the loud
shrill of the phone, cutting through the silence in the house. As she picked up
her mobile, she saw that it was from the workplace.
Within minutes, she
changed. She needed to go out and get something done related to her work.
"It's as well
that this came up," she thought. There were other things that needed to be
done outside more important than the cleaning.
She stepped out into
the bright and sunny morning. Disoriented with the brightness of the sun, she
took a minute before she caught an auto to the place where she needed to go.
She reached the
gallery and viewed the beautiful paintings. Confusion set in as there were too
many to choose from. She called a friend to ask for help. They decided to not
to go ahead with the initial plan and that being done she was free to carry out
her personal work.
She walked across
the road and waited for a bus. Many buses passed her way but none that would
take her to the destination she needed to go. She waited and waited and at last
she saw her bus coming from far. She closed her bag, kept the phone inside and groped
for the umbrella. That's when she realized, she had left it behind in the
gallery.
She trudged back to
the gallery, and then back again to the bus stop to begin the long wait.
But she didn't have
to wait for long. A bus came soon and she left for the next destination.
She reached her stop
soon and stepped into the large market place. She moved from one shop into the
other , the personal work now being taken over by the shopaholic in her. As shops passed and interesting things caught
her eye, she forgot the time and set to bargain in earnest.
Another sharp ring
of the phone, amidst the loud throng of the market jostled her out of the
shopping frenzy she was in. It’s when
she grabbed the phone she realized that much time had passed. She needed to
rush back, buy things to cook in a jiffy and then rush home to pack for the
travel.
She hurried back and
into another shop, this time closer to home. She looked and poked at fruits and
vegetables before she settled on a few.
She moved outside lugging all that luggage to check out on the other
fruits that shop had. As she struggled with her packages, he opened the door
for her and smiled at her. She thanked and moved forward to finish the shopping
and move home soon. He was forgotten and done with in her memory.
She finished paying
and stepped out with another few packages in her hand. The bags were heavy and
she was in a hurry. She moved forward when she heard a voice from behind. She
turned and saw it was him.
"Don’t mind my
saying one thing to you," he said.
He waited while she
nodded.
"You are looking gorgeous", he said.
Shocked she could
only stutter "Thank You".
He turned with a
smile and walked away into the milling crowd.
Who is he, she
doesn't know…
All she knows is
that her bags feel lighter, her heart seems fuller and smile graces her face.
She walks home with a spring in the step wondering, "Who was he….?"
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