contd from “Its the fullstops that scare people, commas often give new life”- Part 5
She turned back to the face in the mirror. She was wrong, it was not the same she had always talked to. This one was different. It had life, it had a spark. It now wanted to live. It now wanted to live not for others but for oneself.
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“Why what’s wrong with me now?” Radha spoke confusedly into the phone.
Her face was cooking up all kinds of weird expressions, she was taken aback at his sheer sarcasm. What had she done now?
“But Sushant, here I was asking about your fiance. What did I do wrong in this?” she continued sounding still baffled.
After a few moments she heard the phone being kept down on the other side. She was quite sure she didn’t hear the typical words which announce the end of the call. So should she assume the phone was quite theatrically banged on her? That’s new again.
“I have never even experienced that before. People banging phones on me,” she murmured to herself.
“Here you are taking to yourself? Will you leave one sign of craziness for others?” Sangeeta’s bright sunshine voice.
A startled Radha looked up.
“When did you arrive?” Radha asked her slowly, still reeling under the effects of last call’s end.
“Just in enough time to hear you chatter with yourself. Radha university pays lecturers a good amount to afford a psychiatrist I know many,” Sangeeta continued with her sarcasm.
Sarcasm. I am being subjected to this emotion also a lot recently. With mother and her constant remarks about the running body clock and now Sushant with his weird retort that I have changed. Sarcasm seems to be the flavour of my life. Radha thought this inside.
“Are we still on for that lunch?” Radha hurried away the topic in a different direction.
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It was nine thirty and there was not a wink of sleep in her eyes. She first thought of taking a walk in the garden and then it struck her. She could start handling some of the unfinished sarcasms of the day.
“Hey Sushant! What is up?” Radha spoke into the phone in her best voice.
From the other side she heard, “You found time in your busy schedule to even speak to me. Thanks man!”
The sarcasm couldn’t end, it seems. In seven years he had never vied for her time or attention. And now he was going berserk commenting and in a way expressing his displeasure. Such a strange mix of events. Radha thought this all inside her head.
“Okay I am sorry. Now tell me how is the courtship period going on?” Radha asked slowly.
“Forget about that. I always talk about myself. Never do we discuss your life. Tell me Radha how are you? How is the new place? Are you settling down well?” he asked her in a very serious tone.
Radha got slightly amused. Are we really getting into discussing me? She wondered. Suddenly the words new and changed were becoming synonyms of her life.
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“Okay you tell me Sangeeta if I told you that a man loves me only when he sees me running away would you say he is worth it?” Radha asked in her softest voice.
She had been behaving strangely all day and Sangeeta could not understand the reason behind it. But of course her question helped get a lot of answers.
to be contd. at “Were my feelings that frivolous?”-Part 7
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I had come to drop in a message after I added the link as you suggested, but ended up reading the latest post (actually I back tracked n read all 6)…
very interesting 🙂 its so much fun to read them…will keep coming back.
thanks for the suggestion Sugandha. And now I will read (probably by tomorrow!) your story completely in one go 🙂
oh boy!! I love the twists and turns!! 🙂
And I love them too !!
ok I got confused in the end here.. why is she asking that question? she isn’t going away rite? it is sushant who is getting married..so isn’t he the one who is going away?
And she has accepted that and begun to show signs of change. She is living more for herself this is in a way irritating Sushant. You observe she says that for the first time he is asking about Radha. Think about it…
Richa, I went back to part 1 and reached here, soaking in each and every fragment of this story you treat us to.
I do not understand why these men cannot make up their minds, when she had all the time in the world for him, he did not give a damn, and now, when she is finally happy and living her life, he has to make her feel guilty because she is avoiding him. Ask him to choose, Richa.
Or is it that??? Well. Not discussing here, do not want to give people ideas 😛
But, really, good going. Waiting for today’s post 😀
Yes there is a lot that we need to know. There is a lot left to explain. What we know is only Radha and her thinking. That too in present times. What has gone by is important. Let the story unfold
Waa richa! Am loving it – can u publiish the remaining part in one go.. pretty plssssssss! Cant wait till end of the month to finish this story!
Haha 😀 trust me Meena you will have too much fun in this one month. Radha and her story is one we all need to hear…
I had a feeling that Sushant would behave this way.
Well I take your feelings very seriously Cynthia 😀
I like the sudden twist. Waiting for more! 🙂
Thanks Shilpa for being hooked onto it 🙂
Understanding human psychology and writing about how people would behave in a given circumstance is so difficult..but with every episode there is something new, a twist here, a pause there.i’m loving it…!!
and to think of it….you are going to continue it for the whole month….did u realise, u’ll have a novel in ur hands by then!
Yes i have realised it. But the fun is in making you people read snippets of it everyday and watching you people provide me support. It means so much. I guess having a novel at hand is much more secondary…
I Want to break open your mind Richa Like Snape or Voldemort and know what is going to happen next and then sleep in peace…
So true..People take notice when they see that suddenly your life doesnt satellite around them and you are happy on your own too..Their curiosity and twinge of jealousy gets the better of them.. they cant stand the independence the other feels happy about
Words like snape and voldemort tell me we have another harry potter fan joining the blog now (read the name as “the philospher’s stone” rem?) well well, its true they cannot and sometimes I dont write I let Radha write for me I imagine her to be writing her story and then imagine…so crack open her mind 🙂
Nope, definitely not worth it. He’ll probably start running again, in the opposite direction, the moment she stops. She should definitely not look back now, unless of course, she wants to keep playing this game with him for the rest of her life.
the first part is true but whether she wants to keep playing the game? We need to now know it…
So, is she going to find someone new? Is Sushant not the main protagonist?
Surprisingly I have written part 18 and still solved this mystery for readers 😀