Her motivational talk boosted my confidence and for the first time since exiting the trial room, I raised my head and smiled at her. Priya patted my shoulder saying “very good” giving me a further boost.
I selected one more jeans in a different color and a few t-shirts with funky one liners on them. Then she took me to the skirts section. I bought only one knee length skirt saying “I wanted to see the reaction back home before buying more”.
We checked out at the billing counter after which Priya gave me the bags including the one with my saree. At the exit she held my hands and said “maam welcome to the new look” followed by a wink. I warmly replied “thank you Priya. Hope this has the desired effect…”.
I left from there and went straight home. Everyone from the cabbie to the watchman to people around were staring at me with jaw dropping stares. This made me feel even more proud and I confidently walked home with my head held high this time.
I decided against changing my clothes and when my sons arrived, it was whistling mayhem again. My elder son even dared to say “yes mom, I don’t think I am kidding” while reading off my t-shirt.
Even Prakash was much worse. He hugged me and lifted me up in his arms excitedly. I had to remind him about our sons being right there after which he lowered me to the ground.
Dinner was even more noisier than before making me blush again uncontrollably. Finally, I had to threaten everyone that I would leave the table without eating if they did not stop teasing me.
Everyone calmed down but the cat calls and whispering still continued. Then it was bedroom time and when I told Prakash that I went to meet Rafiq today, purely for fun, he went berserk with excitement.
What followed was two rounds of mad love making. Prakash teasingly said “I guess all your sarees can now go into permanent storage”. I said “no way, what will people think? Especially our relatives”?
He replied “I don’t care Anita… You remember my aunt from USA, you have seen how she dresses right? So if everyone is fine with her dressing then why not you”?
Listening to him got me even more enthusiastic to try the skirt. I decided to keep that for tomorrow’s surprise to see everyone’s reaction after. We slept and next morning was again repeat rocking performance by Prakash.
Today I wore the other jeans and a tshirt when Nirmala came. She too blew a whistle saying “madam thank you for listening to your heart for the first time. I am so happy”.
I did not blush this time, I confidently said “thank you Nirmala. I was not expecting you to react like this”. She said “you know madam, you are already the talk of the town. All the houses I work in, the ladies are burning with jealousy because of you”.
I innocently asked “why? What did I do”? She answered “madam from what I have heard, you came back yesterday evening dressed in something like this right”?
To be continued….
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