She said “good then, now that you have understood let me tell you something. You give Chetan 1 week, he will be down on his knees begging you for another chance. After your parents leave, we will call him again. Okay”?
Well Uma was truly a mastermind and she knew how to get a man on his knees also bulldozing his ego in the process. I asked “are you sure this will work and he will change”?
She sipped my beer and offered it to me, she said “give him 5mins now and he will call you to say how sorry he is and if he can come back now”. Soon my mobile rang and sure it was Chetan.
I looked at Uma speechless, she said “quickly answer his call, you don’t want to keep a desperate man waiting”. I answered his call putting him on speaker, he said “buddy I am really sorry, I don’t know what I was thinking. Please get me one more chance with her. I can come right now if you want”.
Before I could say anything, Uma took the phone from my hand. She said “I had some seriously high hopes from you, the way you behaved trashed it all. You have ruined my mood so don’t bother me again” and hung up.
Then she got up and went to my bathroom and cleaned but did not bother to wear any clothes. She cleared up everything and then sat back in my lap with a fresh pint of beer.
She said “let’s not ruin our evening thinking about Chetan. Tell me about Rahul, Zulfi Jiju and Suresh. I am very excited to hear what you have in mind”. I said “well looking at what happened today, maybe we should slow down”.
Uma said “if that is what you want then I am fine with it. Anyway your parents are here tomorrow. Till they leave I don’t think we can do anything at all”. I said “yes, I totally forgot about it, I am only hoping we get enough chances to enjoy while they are here”.
She said “leave that to me, just answer your phone when I call you”. I said “ok, I hope you have a solid plan because 1 week without you I will go mad”. Uma nudged me saying “what do you think will happen to me” laughing naughtily.
I asked “for sure the whole of next week you will not be able to enjoy with Rizwan too then”? She said “don’t worry about me, I will find a way to enjoy with Rizwan and Aslam also”.
I recollected that she had met both of them today afternoon and we had still not discussed that. So I asked “tell me what happened today afternoon after you spoke to me”?
Uma punched me hard in my gut and said “it was all because of the way you shouted at me Krishna. Did you even realise how agonised I was feeling after your call”?
I said “I am really sorry Uma, see I called you so many times after that but you didn’t answer”. She said “what was the point? If I answered your call, you would have continued shouting more. So I ignored and went to my room and cried”.
I hugged her tightly and said “I am really sorry Uma. I was under pressure to attend my meetings so in haste I blurted something I should not have. I promise I will never do that again”.
From here on read in Uma’s words:
So I went to my room and lay on my bed crying and sulking thinking what did I do so wrong that you shouted at me like that. I don’t know when I slipped into sleep. Then my phone rang, I first thought it must be you so ignored it.