Borrowing
Priti was cooking like she normally did when suddenly she received call from her friend Tanvi. She saw it and decided that she could stop cooking for few minutes. She just switch off gas and came out in kitchen. Then she went to washbasin and started washing her hand. She knew that she was little bit slow but she didn't have option. She needed her hands to be clean before taking call. She started to clean them properly. She was so tense. She knew that Tanvi was going to scream on her. She was so upset in that tension she just couldn't manage to clean her hands properly. She kept keeping them dirty. She didn't want to increase Tanvi's anger but she was doing it. Tanvi was not just her friend but money lender too. Priti was not financially strong so she kept needing money time to time. Her husband Arun was nice man but he was not rich which always caused frustration in her life. She needed to borrow money for small matters. Like this time she was walking home when she noticed Barbie and her daughter Isha started insisted for it. She knew that it was too costly but she needed to buy something for her. She knew very well that she should not even try to buy that toy but she could always buy cheaper version so she did it. But when Isha started playing with it, soon every one started to see difference. It was not so fine. It had many defects. Soon every one started taunting about it. She sensed that she needed to buy Doll. Isha began to cry and insist on it. Isha also started praying for a doll on daily basis. Finally Priti faced enough struggle she decided that she needed money. At beginning she thought that she could borrow it from her parents. But then she sensed that even they were not interested in giving money. It was not their mistake. They just needed it. They were old and retired. They could not sponsor costly demand for her kid. So she needed resource and Tanvi became it. Tanvi gave her money and she was paying it step by step but truthfully her demands were not reducing so she knew that after paying this she would need more. Then after washing her hands she finally took her call. Tanvi screamed " What are you doing? You lazy girl!! So slow!! I can't imagine person to be so slow when you will improve? From college you are just like that. Due to your this attitude problems are created in life. You are so total failure in life. I can never understand your attitude." Priti didn't say anything just kept quiet. Person who owned debt to someone must understood this attitude. Priti always tried to lead her life with self respect but it never happened. Her parents were not rich enough. But still they sent her to nice school to get good education where she got good education but with that education she began to think luxuries were necessities. In her school her friends started to tell her that she must had them. When they sensed her financial crisis, this loan taking system was introduced to her. She remembered very well when first time she took money. She was in fifth standard and school trip was decided. She needed to money for it. Her parents advised her to forget trip. She was planning to do same thing. But one day recess bell rang. All started to ran out of classroom. She began to clean her desk. Soon Tanvi requested her to do it for her. She nodded. Then step by step many girls requested her. They all needed to go out to one thing or another. Recess was so small. They needed to attend their duties and then came back for lunch. Those duties were generally playing on playground or passing gossips. But on those days Priti considered them important. Then after packing bags of many girls Priti came to join lunch. Rakhi asked her in anger " Why did you do it? It's not your work. You need to learn say no." " It's okay." " It is not. You are working for them like slave." She felt so angry. Rakhi was misunderstanding entire issue. " No..not like slave. But like friend." " Come on. They are not doing something so important that they can't pack their bags?!!" Priti began to feel so upset. Every one was adjusting with her and she was even invited to their birthday parties. It was so nice since she never able to gave any decent birthday party. " But I don't have anything to do at all so I help my friends willingly. I don't understand your thinking but helping others is not crime." Rakhi " But what did you get in return? Just few invitation for parties even there you needed to bring drinks and keep back cups." Priti felt so hurt when Tanvi called her. She was surrounded by her rich friends. Rakhi was rich but she was different. She always stayed away from them. Priti smiled and sat. Then Tanvi said " We all decided to give you money for school trip." She jumped with joy. All doubts Rakhi had created vanished. Priti felt that she had won true friends. She smiled happily.
From that day Priti started taking money from friends. She remembered on that trip she enjoyed herself. She saw views clicked photos but now when she thought about it, she felt that she worked like slave. She clicked so many photos. She enjoyed clicking them. At that time they didn't have Android with them so they took digital camera and she took her regular Kodak camera. She kept clicking their photos. They kept telling that they would click her photos but her number never came. Finally on last day Tanvi realised their mistake. Tanvi took her in different parts of hotel and clicked her photo. She was expert in every thing due to her training and expensive equipment. She could have done it in good way but after one photo her friends called. So she finally managed to click her one photo that's all. It was so embarrassing before her parents. Her father said straight way on her face "Why did we have to repay that money if your friend didn't click even your photos? You have acted like their photographer so you needed to get paid." But her Mom interfered " Stop this nonsense such things many times happen by mistake. She was interested in photography so she clicked them." Priti nodded. She was so tense. She was scared that her parents might not pay back. Now she was in situation just person who supposed to pay was changed. She was scared that her husband Rakesh might not able to pay. She shivered with fear. She was so scared. Tanvi screamed " What are you doing? Did you hear me?" " No.. actually I was thinking." " Fine I tell it again. I need you to come here since today I am doing shopping for my sister's wedding. I want your help while selecting." She smiled happily. She liked to do that. She said "Great I will drop my daughter to my parents then come." Tanvi " No..no it's emergency. Tell your parents to pick her up." She was so confused. Then she remembered her neighbour. " I will tell my neighbour." " You can do whatever you want it's upto your choice but I don't want you to be late." She ran to neighbour whose son was in same school. " Will you please pick up my daughter and keep her with you?" Neighbour clearly didn't like this idea. It was clearly extra burden. But Priti added " This is just for one day." Then she nodded. Neighbour " I will handle today but if you want again then you must keep baby sitter or you can pay me too?!!" "No..no I will not repeat it. " Her neighbour smiled sarcastic way. It was clear that her neighbour didn't feel that it was going to be just one time. She said " I will pay for today?!!" " No. I will do free today as gesture of gratitude but I expect you should also return it on sometimes." Priti sensed that this meant more work. She was frustrated. But she nodded with smile. She called Tanvi and checked for her location. After lots of efforts she finally found it. She came out of Auto but no one was standing there so she was first to arrive. Then she stood near door of shop. Security clearly wanted them to open door and sent her inside. But she kept smiling and avoiding it. She felt that it was so wrong. She started to calling Tanvi. After sometime Tanvi took call. " Where are you I am waiting for you before shop?!!" " I am coming wait for me." "But how much time it will take?" " Well. I think at least half an hour." Priti was so shocked." But I can't stand in heat like that under sun for half an hour?!!" " Come on then go in some cafe and drink something. Relax you need it. How quickly you get angry?!!" Priti was so upset. Tanvi kept blaming her on every point. She was suggesting that she should visit cafe but who would pay bill of that cafe? Priti was saving money not wasting it so she started wandering in market. Then she started looking at goods in shop. It was frustrating. That heat was killing her when she suddenly heard voice calling her. She turned around. Arun was coming towards her. She was so confused. Arun was standing there before her. She knew that he would took all in wrong way and claim that she was wasting her time in shopping while keeping their daughter with neighbour. She knew that he hated it. When he came near her, she immediately started telling him entire story. He took deep breath and said " Instead of wandering around with friends like that I want you to do job from tomorrow. Our neighbour would take care of our daughter. After all you are wandering even now so you can always do job instead of it. " She didn't have option so she nodded. She said " I will start searching for it from tomorrow." But Arun didn't seem happy at all. He went away. Clearly it was her punishment. But soon she sensed that he came from expensive coffee shop so he had enough money to spend on it when she had none. She began to feel that she might need job to get money like Arun. Arun was clearly not giving large share in house. He was keeping larger amount as personal expenses. But she clearly couldn't get it from him since he would start to create drama and threaten her with his physical power. So she decided that it would be better if she earned it.
Priti took breath of relief when Arun left her. She didn't want him to meet Tanvi. Tanvi never met Arun. Since Tanvi didn't able to attend her marriage, she was in abroad on that time. She started to wait finally after sometime Tanvi came. Tanvi " Why are you waiting outside like that? I told you that you supposed to go inside cafe." " I was not hungry or thirsty." Tanvi looked confused then she said with smile " It's about money right?!! Why did you feel so shy? Did I ever say no to regarding money?" Tanvi truly never said no to her regarding money. Tanvi never got problem regarding money. For Tanvi money was never issue but her attitude was. She kept screaming on people now and then. Priti didn't say anything. Now she wanted to get one job from Tanvi. Priti smiled and said " Actually I was tense regarding job?!!" " Job?!! Since when you took job?!! I thought you are housewife!!" " I was but now I am searching for job." " Why?" Priti was so frustrated. She explained her entire financial trouble to Tanvi and still she was putting this stupid question before her. But Priti took deep breath and kept standing. She knew that she needed a job and Tanvi could help her so she had to act with calmness. She gave one sad smile and said " Actually I needed to think about it just due to financial trouble." Tanvi made sad face. But anyone could tell that she was not sad at all. But Tanvi once again needed to accept her fake sympathy. Tanvi " Let's go for shopping." Then they went inside. Tanvi started checking out sarees. They were nice one. Sales girl was showing them with interest. Then suddenly Tanvi took out one dark blue saree. She started to put it on her shoulder. But sales girl said " This will not suit you that much. It will look great on this Madam." And she pointed towards Priti. Priti was confused. She was not planning to buy saree and she didn't want anyone to admire her beauty before Tanvi. Many did and it always turned out to be their biggest mistake and same thing happened here. Tanvi just threw that saree in corner and said " Why? Because you don't like my complexion?" Now that sales girl looked confused. Priti knew that now there was going to be big issue. " She is fair so she is beautiful and I am ugly!! You are so wrong. These fair complexion girl get everything without doing anything while dark complexion girl like me didn't get anything. Look at her. She is so stupid!! She couldn't even managed to get job. From childhood she is taking money from us. I have gave it to her from time to time. I have money and I make proper investments while she didn't able to do that?!! Still she is better than me." Tanvi started crying. Shop manager gave angry look to sales girl. Manager " This girl is stupid trainee. I fire her now if you desire Madam!! You are so beautiful and kind. This girl never see any thing before skin colour. You are everything and this woman is nothing before you." Tanvi started smiling out of tears. Manager " I just hated these kind of people who don't value inner beauty." Then Manager gave Priti angry look. As if her complexion was her crime. Manager " These woman use their complexion everywhere while you struggle on every step of life this is so wrong." Priti was so upset. She didn't do anything to frustrate Tanvi. She never received any thing more than Tanvi. In fact Tanvi received every previleage but still she was blamed. Priti knew that sales girl was wrong. But it was not her mistake. Then that girl suddenly changed entire issue. Sales girl " I was not talking about complexion I was talking about it's price range." Priti felt more hurt. Tanvi gave sad look now. Tanvi " She is not that much rich. Actually she is poor. In fact she needed a job. Will you give her job of sales girl?!! " Every one was shocked and Priti was included in it. Then Tanvi started searching for sarees. Suddenly her mobile rang. She started talking then she jumped with joy. She turned to Priti and said " They are choosing our kids for character in school play. " Priti smiled happily. She was so happy. Her daughter Isha was going to be in play. She was so happy that her Isha should be doing role in play. Tanvi stood up and pointed sarees she wanted to purchase. Then she started paying on counter she told sale man to gave all sarees to Priti and said loudly " Take them in car. I am going in school you can come with me." Priti took five bags it was hard to carry but she wanted to go in school so she obeyed. She wanted to congratulate her daughter Isha for role in play. She needed to do shopping for her daughter Isha now.
When Tanvi and Priti reached in school selection was over. Priti ran towards her daughter. Isha was trying hard. She asked "What happened?" Isha came running towards her with smile. Isha " Mom they are choosing princess and I am planning to become one. " She was so excited. She was so beautiful. Priti knew that she could become princess. But Tanvi interfered. Tanvi " But Princess need different look." Priti was so shocked. Priti sensed that she was taunting her daughter's complexion. It was so strange. When that sales girl said something to Tanvi she was so angry and now she was taunting her daughter Isha regarding same thing. Then in few moments Tanvi's daughter Rati came. Rati didn't hug her Mom just said " Hello." "Now Princess need manners like that." Tanvi said while taunting Isha. Isha looked clearly upset. Then teacher took all girls in different room. Priti asked " Can I see Audition?" Teacher gave her angry look and said " No!! You can't." " But I thought.." " You don't need to think in this matter we will decide." Priti nodded with sad face. She wanted to see her daughter Isha while performing. Then after sometime they took all girls inside. Priti was waiting outside. Tanvi was so frustrated that she went back in her car. After sometime Isha came out. She was crying. Priti took her in arms. Isha " Mom I don't get role!!" " It's okay honey!! Kids always make some mistake during auditions. You will improve." " No I can't. Since they rejected me because I have dark complexion!!" " That is impossible. During my school time Tanvi always got role of princess?!!" She said it without second thought since she was frustrated. Until now Tanvi got everything now her daughter was getting all. Isha " Mom I have performed in such a good way." " I know honey but you must made some mistake. Did you got any role?" Isha moved her head to indicate she got nothing. Priti was so upset. Then Rati came out without smile. Rati " This is so boring." " What happened?" " Mom that teacher is so useless. I missed entire line but she didn't notice?!!" Tanvi " But why did you want her to notice?" " I didn't." After this Rati started laughing and giving high five to Tanvi. " Mom your suggestion is right. Style is everything. They didn't notice since I said it in style." " Yes and always keep acting helpful towards your teacher." " Yes No I remember it. I give her lift towards school every day. Sometimes if we saw her we even drop her to home. At beginning she tried to object. But last time she was walking on road , she was sweating so much. She was literally breathless so I suggested that she must come in car." Priti heard it all. She sensed that it was not about complexion. It was about money. She began to remember how did she treated every time. Isha was crying. Tanvi turned towards her. Tanvi " So sad. She is talented but not so beautiful." Tanvi had strange smile in her eyes. Priti was so upset. She started remembering all. She asked Isha " Did you got any role?" Once again Isha replied no. Priti took hold of her hand and started going inside school. Tanvi was confused by her such change. Tanvi started following her too. Priti went to door but watchman stopped her. " Madam you can't go inside like that." She was so angry. " Fine I will not go inside but I can scream from outside so that your principal hear all." Watchman was confused. " No..no go out." " Fine then I will take loudspeaker and speak from other side of road." Watchman laughed. He thought that it was joke. But it was not joke for Priti. She took hold of Isha's hand and started searching for loudspeaker. Isha began to cry. Isha "Mom I don't want that role." " No!! You want it so you will get it." She was holding Isha's hand in strange way. It was hurting Isha. Isha started screaming. " Mom leave my hand!!" But she didn't. Isha began to cry in pain loudly. All people on road began to watch her. Isha began to sense her Mom was going to break something from her hand. She worked with instinct and kicked on Priti's leg. Priti's grip was reduced and she managed to free her hand. Priti didn't care. She just wanted loudspeaker to tell Isha's teacher she was wrong. She wanted to tell entire world how did rich people use them. How did they cheated her. She wanted loudspeaker for justice. She wanted that role from play. It was no longer Isha's play in her eyes it became her own childhood play. She was supposed to become princess but she became maid. She was once again taking Tanvi's sandals full of dirt in hand. They were dirty but she was doing it to make role perfect. Other girls were screaming " Don't look up. Keep your head down." " Walk like slave." " Come on don't let that arrogant anger enter in your eyes. Be humble. Keep your head down. You are humble, inferior. Always remember it. She is your queen Goddess. She have right even to slap and kick you." She was so angry. She needed loudspeaker to scream and tell everyone about it.
Isha was crying on road with pain when people started gather around her. Man " I think her hand is broken." Woman "We don't know. But where is her partner?" " No time to search for them. Let's call cop and take her to Doctor. She is crying in pain." That woman started searching for cop but she didn't locate one. That woman was so frustrated. " Every day I saw so many cops but don't find one when I needed." Finally she found one. That Cop came near her. Immediately he called some one on mobile. " Then he gave location." He said to that woman " They will come as fast as possible. Let's go to girl." Then Cop was soon joined by lady cop. They ordered public to go away. That woman was also advised to go. After some minutes Police car came, Isha was immediately admitted to hospital. Doctor started treatment but when he came out he asked " Why did anyone dragged her hand like that? Thank God. It was not dislocated. I managed all. She will be perfect soon. But we need to take some precautions. Where are her parents?" Cop " I really like to know." Then Cop received call. It was complaint regarding some woman who was abusing all rich people since her daughter didn't get role in school play. Cop " My God this is crazy day. " " What happened?" Cop told about that woman. Doctor " She might be this girl's mother." " My God!!" " If that is case. You need few lady cops with you too. She will not come with you so easily." Cop felt so scared. He was not scared of cold blooded criminal but an innocent woman with mental problems was complicated case. He couldn't hit her but at same time she might hit them. " Do you think she will hit us?" "Well I can't say anything without seeing her. But talk sweetly and tell her you are taking her Police station to write complaint for her. She will come willingly from there psychiatrist would take her to hospital." " I hope she will not turn violent. She hurt her daughter.." " No ..no she didn't. It was just mistake done in excitement and told that to her she might get suicidal." Cop nodded. Then he went there with lady cops. Priti was abusing school and many other rich people without cause. It was not making sense to anyone except her. Then Cop came near her. She smiled and said " I want to file a Police complaint." Cop smiled and said " Sure." Then he took away loudspeaker. She willingly sat in Police Car and gave her home address. But when they asked about her husband, she was not ready to tell anything. It was not hard after having address. Then Cop slowly called Arun who immediately agreed to come. It was all settled and Cop took breath of relief. When they reached Police station, Doctor and Arun were already standing there. Priti tried to object but no one listened. When she entered in hospital, she screamed " Rich people are evil." Psychiatrist asked " Really?!! No one from rich informed you against Tanvi?!! I mean no one have right advice." Priti's voice became low and Rakhi's face came before her. She said " It was all my mistake" and started crying. Doctor told nurses to take her inside. Then Arun came in. Arun " She looked so normal." " Because she kept all hidden in her heart. It came out in form of anger today. Sometimes world behave in cruel way." Psychiatrist plaused then asked " Where is your daughter?" He told about her. " I suggest you should bring her too otherwise she will have fear of Mom for entire life." Arun nodded. Arun was going to obey Doctor without questioning. Arun " What about my Isha's school? They will not keep Isha now?!!" Psychiatrist " Don't worry I will recommend another. After all I don't like attitude of school. It's clearly give preference to rich. Normally school don't do it." Arun once again nodded. Now Arun decided to follow Psychiatrist every advice he didn't want to take risk. Arun " Can I call you?" " Sure anytime you desire we are good friends now." Arun smiled and started confessing his financial clutches. " But don't worry I will pay you." " I know I will not take you inside unless you pay and you need me for your confession." Then they both started laughing even in that worst situation since they knew very well crying didn't help.
The End
Priti was cooking like she normally did when suddenly she received call from her friend Tanvi. She saw it and decided that she could stop cooking for few minutes. She just switch off gas and came out in kitchen. Then she went to washbasin and started washing her hand. She knew that she was little bit slow but she didn't have option. She needed her hands to be clean before taking call. She started to clean them properly. She was so tense. She knew that Tanvi was going to scream on her. She was so upset in that tension she just couldn't manage to clean her hands properly. She kept keeping them dirty. She didn't want to increase Tanvi's anger but she was doing it. Tanvi was not just her friend but money lender too. Priti was not financially strong so she kept needing money time to time. Her husband Arun was nice man but he was not rich which always caused frustration in her life. She needed to borrow money for small matters. Like this time she was walking home when she noticed Barbie and her daughter Isha started insisted for it. She knew that it was too costly but she needed to buy something for her. She knew very well that she should not even try to buy that toy but she could always buy cheaper version so she did it. But when Isha started playing with it, soon every one started to see difference. It was not so fine. It had many defects. Soon every one started taunting about it. She sensed that she needed to buy Doll. Isha began to cry and insist on it. Isha also started praying for a doll on daily basis. Finally Priti faced enough struggle she decided that she needed money. At beginning she thought that she could borrow it from her parents. But then she sensed that even they were not interested in giving money. It was not their mistake. They just needed it. They were old and retired. They could not sponsor costly demand for her kid. So she needed resource and Tanvi became it. Tanvi gave her money and she was paying it step by step but truthfully her demands were not reducing so she knew that after paying this she would need more. Then after washing her hands she finally took her call. Tanvi screamed " What are you doing? You lazy girl!! So slow!! I can't imagine person to be so slow when you will improve? From college you are just like that. Due to your this attitude problems are created in life. You are so total failure in life. I can never understand your attitude." Priti didn't say anything just kept quiet. Person who owned debt to someone must understood this attitude. Priti always tried to lead her life with self respect but it never happened. Her parents were not rich enough. But still they sent her to nice school to get good education where she got good education but with that education she began to think luxuries were necessities. In her school her friends started to tell her that she must had them. When they sensed her financial crisis, this loan taking system was introduced to her. She remembered very well when first time she took money. She was in fifth standard and school trip was decided. She needed to money for it. Her parents advised her to forget trip. She was planning to do same thing. But one day recess bell rang. All started to ran out of classroom. She began to clean her desk. Soon Tanvi requested her to do it for her. She nodded. Then step by step many girls requested her. They all needed to go out to one thing or another. Recess was so small. They needed to attend their duties and then came back for lunch. Those duties were generally playing on playground or passing gossips. But on those days Priti considered them important. Then after packing bags of many girls Priti came to join lunch. Rakhi asked her in anger " Why did you do it? It's not your work. You need to learn say no." " It's okay." " It is not. You are working for them like slave." She felt so angry. Rakhi was misunderstanding entire issue. " No..not like slave. But like friend." " Come on. They are not doing something so important that they can't pack their bags?!!" Priti began to feel so upset. Every one was adjusting with her and she was even invited to their birthday parties. It was so nice since she never able to gave any decent birthday party. " But I don't have anything to do at all so I help my friends willingly. I don't understand your thinking but helping others is not crime." Rakhi " But what did you get in return? Just few invitation for parties even there you needed to bring drinks and keep back cups." Priti felt so hurt when Tanvi called her. She was surrounded by her rich friends. Rakhi was rich but she was different. She always stayed away from them. Priti smiled and sat. Then Tanvi said " We all decided to give you money for school trip." She jumped with joy. All doubts Rakhi had created vanished. Priti felt that she had won true friends. She smiled happily.
From that day Priti started taking money from friends. She remembered on that trip she enjoyed herself. She saw views clicked photos but now when she thought about it, she felt that she worked like slave. She clicked so many photos. She enjoyed clicking them. At that time they didn't have Android with them so they took digital camera and she took her regular Kodak camera. She kept clicking their photos. They kept telling that they would click her photos but her number never came. Finally on last day Tanvi realised their mistake. Tanvi took her in different parts of hotel and clicked her photo. She was expert in every thing due to her training and expensive equipment. She could have done it in good way but after one photo her friends called. So she finally managed to click her one photo that's all. It was so embarrassing before her parents. Her father said straight way on her face "Why did we have to repay that money if your friend didn't click even your photos? You have acted like their photographer so you needed to get paid." But her Mom interfered " Stop this nonsense such things many times happen by mistake. She was interested in photography so she clicked them." Priti nodded. She was so tense. She was scared that her parents might not pay back. Now she was in situation just person who supposed to pay was changed. She was scared that her husband Rakesh might not able to pay. She shivered with fear. She was so scared. Tanvi screamed " What are you doing? Did you hear me?" " No.. actually I was thinking." " Fine I tell it again. I need you to come here since today I am doing shopping for my sister's wedding. I want your help while selecting." She smiled happily. She liked to do that. She said "Great I will drop my daughter to my parents then come." Tanvi " No..no it's emergency. Tell your parents to pick her up." She was so confused. Then she remembered her neighbour. " I will tell my neighbour." " You can do whatever you want it's upto your choice but I don't want you to be late." She ran to neighbour whose son was in same school. " Will you please pick up my daughter and keep her with you?" Neighbour clearly didn't like this idea. It was clearly extra burden. But Priti added " This is just for one day." Then she nodded. Neighbour " I will handle today but if you want again then you must keep baby sitter or you can pay me too?!!" "No..no I will not repeat it. " Her neighbour smiled sarcastic way. It was clear that her neighbour didn't feel that it was going to be just one time. She said " I will pay for today?!!" " No. I will do free today as gesture of gratitude but I expect you should also return it on sometimes." Priti sensed that this meant more work. She was frustrated. But she nodded with smile. She called Tanvi and checked for her location. After lots of efforts she finally found it. She came out of Auto but no one was standing there so she was first to arrive. Then she stood near door of shop. Security clearly wanted them to open door and sent her inside. But she kept smiling and avoiding it. She felt that it was so wrong. She started to calling Tanvi. After sometime Tanvi took call. " Where are you I am waiting for you before shop?!!" " I am coming wait for me." "But how much time it will take?" " Well. I think at least half an hour." Priti was so shocked." But I can't stand in heat like that under sun for half an hour?!!" " Come on then go in some cafe and drink something. Relax you need it. How quickly you get angry?!!" Priti was so upset. Tanvi kept blaming her on every point. She was suggesting that she should visit cafe but who would pay bill of that cafe? Priti was saving money not wasting it so she started wandering in market. Then she started looking at goods in shop. It was frustrating. That heat was killing her when she suddenly heard voice calling her. She turned around. Arun was coming towards her. She was so confused. Arun was standing there before her. She knew that he would took all in wrong way and claim that she was wasting her time in shopping while keeping their daughter with neighbour. She knew that he hated it. When he came near her, she immediately started telling him entire story. He took deep breath and said " Instead of wandering around with friends like that I want you to do job from tomorrow. Our neighbour would take care of our daughter. After all you are wandering even now so you can always do job instead of it. " She didn't have option so she nodded. She said " I will start searching for it from tomorrow." But Arun didn't seem happy at all. He went away. Clearly it was her punishment. But soon she sensed that he came from expensive coffee shop so he had enough money to spend on it when she had none. She began to feel that she might need job to get money like Arun. Arun was clearly not giving large share in house. He was keeping larger amount as personal expenses. But she clearly couldn't get it from him since he would start to create drama and threaten her with his physical power. So she decided that it would be better if she earned it.
Priti took breath of relief when Arun left her. She didn't want him to meet Tanvi. Tanvi never met Arun. Since Tanvi didn't able to attend her marriage, she was in abroad on that time. She started to wait finally after sometime Tanvi came. Tanvi " Why are you waiting outside like that? I told you that you supposed to go inside cafe." " I was not hungry or thirsty." Tanvi looked confused then she said with smile " It's about money right?!! Why did you feel so shy? Did I ever say no to regarding money?" Tanvi truly never said no to her regarding money. Tanvi never got problem regarding money. For Tanvi money was never issue but her attitude was. She kept screaming on people now and then. Priti didn't say anything. Now she wanted to get one job from Tanvi. Priti smiled and said " Actually I was tense regarding job?!!" " Job?!! Since when you took job?!! I thought you are housewife!!" " I was but now I am searching for job." " Why?" Priti was so frustrated. She explained her entire financial trouble to Tanvi and still she was putting this stupid question before her. But Priti took deep breath and kept standing. She knew that she needed a job and Tanvi could help her so she had to act with calmness. She gave one sad smile and said " Actually I needed to think about it just due to financial trouble." Tanvi made sad face. But anyone could tell that she was not sad at all. But Tanvi once again needed to accept her fake sympathy. Tanvi " Let's go for shopping." Then they went inside. Tanvi started checking out sarees. They were nice one. Sales girl was showing them with interest. Then suddenly Tanvi took out one dark blue saree. She started to put it on her shoulder. But sales girl said " This will not suit you that much. It will look great on this Madam." And she pointed towards Priti. Priti was confused. She was not planning to buy saree and she didn't want anyone to admire her beauty before Tanvi. Many did and it always turned out to be their biggest mistake and same thing happened here. Tanvi just threw that saree in corner and said " Why? Because you don't like my complexion?" Now that sales girl looked confused. Priti knew that now there was going to be big issue. " She is fair so she is beautiful and I am ugly!! You are so wrong. These fair complexion girl get everything without doing anything while dark complexion girl like me didn't get anything. Look at her. She is so stupid!! She couldn't even managed to get job. From childhood she is taking money from us. I have gave it to her from time to time. I have money and I make proper investments while she didn't able to do that?!! Still she is better than me." Tanvi started crying. Shop manager gave angry look to sales girl. Manager " This girl is stupid trainee. I fire her now if you desire Madam!! You are so beautiful and kind. This girl never see any thing before skin colour. You are everything and this woman is nothing before you." Tanvi started smiling out of tears. Manager " I just hated these kind of people who don't value inner beauty." Then Manager gave Priti angry look. As if her complexion was her crime. Manager " These woman use their complexion everywhere while you struggle on every step of life this is so wrong." Priti was so upset. She didn't do anything to frustrate Tanvi. She never received any thing more than Tanvi. In fact Tanvi received every previleage but still she was blamed. Priti knew that sales girl was wrong. But it was not her mistake. Then that girl suddenly changed entire issue. Sales girl " I was not talking about complexion I was talking about it's price range." Priti felt more hurt. Tanvi gave sad look now. Tanvi " She is not that much rich. Actually she is poor. In fact she needed a job. Will you give her job of sales girl?!! " Every one was shocked and Priti was included in it. Then Tanvi started searching for sarees. Suddenly her mobile rang. She started talking then she jumped with joy. She turned to Priti and said " They are choosing our kids for character in school play. " Priti smiled happily. She was so happy. Her daughter Isha was going to be in play. She was so happy that her Isha should be doing role in play. Tanvi stood up and pointed sarees she wanted to purchase. Then she started paying on counter she told sale man to gave all sarees to Priti and said loudly " Take them in car. I am going in school you can come with me." Priti took five bags it was hard to carry but she wanted to go in school so she obeyed. She wanted to congratulate her daughter Isha for role in play. She needed to do shopping for her daughter Isha now.
When Tanvi and Priti reached in school selection was over. Priti ran towards her daughter. Isha was trying hard. She asked "What happened?" Isha came running towards her with smile. Isha " Mom they are choosing princess and I am planning to become one. " She was so excited. She was so beautiful. Priti knew that she could become princess. But Tanvi interfered. Tanvi " But Princess need different look." Priti was so shocked. Priti sensed that she was taunting her daughter's complexion. It was so strange. When that sales girl said something to Tanvi she was so angry and now she was taunting her daughter Isha regarding same thing. Then in few moments Tanvi's daughter Rati came. Rati didn't hug her Mom just said " Hello." "Now Princess need manners like that." Tanvi said while taunting Isha. Isha looked clearly upset. Then teacher took all girls in different room. Priti asked " Can I see Audition?" Teacher gave her angry look and said " No!! You can't." " But I thought.." " You don't need to think in this matter we will decide." Priti nodded with sad face. She wanted to see her daughter Isha while performing. Then after sometime they took all girls inside. Priti was waiting outside. Tanvi was so frustrated that she went back in her car. After sometime Isha came out. She was crying. Priti took her in arms. Isha " Mom I don't get role!!" " It's okay honey!! Kids always make some mistake during auditions. You will improve." " No I can't. Since they rejected me because I have dark complexion!!" " That is impossible. During my school time Tanvi always got role of princess?!!" She said it without second thought since she was frustrated. Until now Tanvi got everything now her daughter was getting all. Isha " Mom I have performed in such a good way." " I know honey but you must made some mistake. Did you got any role?" Isha moved her head to indicate she got nothing. Priti was so upset. Then Rati came out without smile. Rati " This is so boring." " What happened?" " Mom that teacher is so useless. I missed entire line but she didn't notice?!!" Tanvi " But why did you want her to notice?" " I didn't." After this Rati started laughing and giving high five to Tanvi. " Mom your suggestion is right. Style is everything. They didn't notice since I said it in style." " Yes and always keep acting helpful towards your teacher." " Yes No I remember it. I give her lift towards school every day. Sometimes if we saw her we even drop her to home. At beginning she tried to object. But last time she was walking on road , she was sweating so much. She was literally breathless so I suggested that she must come in car." Priti heard it all. She sensed that it was not about complexion. It was about money. She began to remember how did she treated every time. Isha was crying. Tanvi turned towards her. Tanvi " So sad. She is talented but not so beautiful." Tanvi had strange smile in her eyes. Priti was so upset. She started remembering all. She asked Isha " Did you got any role?" Once again Isha replied no. Priti took hold of her hand and started going inside school. Tanvi was confused by her such change. Tanvi started following her too. Priti went to door but watchman stopped her. " Madam you can't go inside like that." She was so angry. " Fine I will not go inside but I can scream from outside so that your principal hear all." Watchman was confused. " No..no go out." " Fine then I will take loudspeaker and speak from other side of road." Watchman laughed. He thought that it was joke. But it was not joke for Priti. She took hold of Isha's hand and started searching for loudspeaker. Isha began to cry. Isha "Mom I don't want that role." " No!! You want it so you will get it." She was holding Isha's hand in strange way. It was hurting Isha. Isha started screaming. " Mom leave my hand!!" But she didn't. Isha began to cry in pain loudly. All people on road began to watch her. Isha began to sense her Mom was going to break something from her hand. She worked with instinct and kicked on Priti's leg. Priti's grip was reduced and she managed to free her hand. Priti didn't care. She just wanted loudspeaker to tell Isha's teacher she was wrong. She wanted to tell entire world how did rich people use them. How did they cheated her. She wanted loudspeaker for justice. She wanted that role from play. It was no longer Isha's play in her eyes it became her own childhood play. She was supposed to become princess but she became maid. She was once again taking Tanvi's sandals full of dirt in hand. They were dirty but she was doing it to make role perfect. Other girls were screaming " Don't look up. Keep your head down." " Walk like slave." " Come on don't let that arrogant anger enter in your eyes. Be humble. Keep your head down. You are humble, inferior. Always remember it. She is your queen Goddess. She have right even to slap and kick you." She was so angry. She needed loudspeaker to scream and tell everyone about it.
Isha was crying on road with pain when people started gather around her. Man " I think her hand is broken." Woman "We don't know. But where is her partner?" " No time to search for them. Let's call cop and take her to Doctor. She is crying in pain." That woman started searching for cop but she didn't locate one. That woman was so frustrated. " Every day I saw so many cops but don't find one when I needed." Finally she found one. That Cop came near her. Immediately he called some one on mobile. " Then he gave location." He said to that woman " They will come as fast as possible. Let's go to girl." Then Cop was soon joined by lady cop. They ordered public to go away. That woman was also advised to go. After some minutes Police car came, Isha was immediately admitted to hospital. Doctor started treatment but when he came out he asked " Why did anyone dragged her hand like that? Thank God. It was not dislocated. I managed all. She will be perfect soon. But we need to take some precautions. Where are her parents?" Cop " I really like to know." Then Cop received call. It was complaint regarding some woman who was abusing all rich people since her daughter didn't get role in school play. Cop " My God this is crazy day. " " What happened?" Cop told about that woman. Doctor " She might be this girl's mother." " My God!!" " If that is case. You need few lady cops with you too. She will not come with you so easily." Cop felt so scared. He was not scared of cold blooded criminal but an innocent woman with mental problems was complicated case. He couldn't hit her but at same time she might hit them. " Do you think she will hit us?" "Well I can't say anything without seeing her. But talk sweetly and tell her you are taking her Police station to write complaint for her. She will come willingly from there psychiatrist would take her to hospital." " I hope she will not turn violent. She hurt her daughter.." " No ..no she didn't. It was just mistake done in excitement and told that to her she might get suicidal." Cop nodded. Then he went there with lady cops. Priti was abusing school and many other rich people without cause. It was not making sense to anyone except her. Then Cop came near her. She smiled and said " I want to file a Police complaint." Cop smiled and said " Sure." Then he took away loudspeaker. She willingly sat in Police Car and gave her home address. But when they asked about her husband, she was not ready to tell anything. It was not hard after having address. Then Cop slowly called Arun who immediately agreed to come. It was all settled and Cop took breath of relief. When they reached Police station, Doctor and Arun were already standing there. Priti tried to object but no one listened. When she entered in hospital, she screamed " Rich people are evil." Psychiatrist asked " Really?!! No one from rich informed you against Tanvi?!! I mean no one have right advice." Priti's voice became low and Rakhi's face came before her. She said " It was all my mistake" and started crying. Doctor told nurses to take her inside. Then Arun came in. Arun " She looked so normal." " Because she kept all hidden in her heart. It came out in form of anger today. Sometimes world behave in cruel way." Psychiatrist plaused then asked " Where is your daughter?" He told about her. " I suggest you should bring her too otherwise she will have fear of Mom for entire life." Arun nodded. Arun was going to obey Doctor without questioning. Arun " What about my Isha's school? They will not keep Isha now?!!" Psychiatrist " Don't worry I will recommend another. After all I don't like attitude of school. It's clearly give preference to rich. Normally school don't do it." Arun once again nodded. Now Arun decided to follow Psychiatrist every advice he didn't want to take risk. Arun " Can I call you?" " Sure anytime you desire we are good friends now." Arun smiled and started confessing his financial clutches. " But don't worry I will pay you." " I know I will not take you inside unless you pay and you need me for your confession." Then they both started laughing even in that worst situation since they knew very well crying didn't help.
The End
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