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Saravanan had a slight feeling of trepidation that this visit had something more to do than just a social visit. Is it going to cause another upheaval in his life, he wondered in his mind. He walked back to the hall and noted that Gomathi and Prabu seemed to be having an earnest whispering conversation. They stopped as soon as he walked in. This further convinced Saravanan that this visit had something more than meets the eye. As he sat down, they started talking generally again. Saravanan enquired about Prabu’s business. Prabu said it was doing fairly well though it was not yet as big a level as Saravanan’s business. Saravanan advised him that it always took time and hard work to succeed. Unwanted diversions can easily make a business fail. It was as if he was hinting something to Prabu.
Meera walked in with the coffee for everyone. She placed the coffee tray on the table in front of everyone and each of them took a cup for themselves. Prabu’s daughter appeared to be napping on his lap.
Saravanan looked at the sleeping child and commented,” Your daughter has your looks Prabu.”
Gomathi smiled on hearing this,” Really you think so?”
She turned to Meera and said,” What do you think Akka, does she look like him or me?”
Meera did not like to be pulled into the conversation but now was forced to look at the child.
“I don’t know, I cannot tell. Maybe it’s too early to tell,” Meera answered.
She felt that saying this itself had been more than necessary. She should have just nodded her head.
“Akka is correct, you have not observed my child properly,” Gomathi said looking at Saravanan.
Prabu’s head suddenly hung down as if he knew what was to come next.
“How can she look like him when she is not his child,” Gomathi said waiting to see Meera’s and Saravanan’s reaction.
Both of them looked up stunned.
“Wha… wha… what are you saying, ”Saravanan blabbered.
Meera was equally shocked. She didn’t know what to say. Did Gomathi cheat on Prabu like the way she had on her husband? Even if she had then why is she revealing it especially with Prabu here. In her heart she felt a twinge of gladness, if Gomathi had cheated on Prabu then he definitely deserved it. She looked closely at Prabu’s face for the first time now. It was dull and morose. This was no surprise to him. He knew about this before.
“Before both of you think anything about me, let me clarify she was not born from my womb either. She is our adopted daughter,” Gomathi said with a small smile.
“I don’t understand. How is this possible .. I’m confused,” Saravanan said.
“Let me explain. I don’t know if you knew, we told our respective parents that I was pregnant when we were in the gulf. Both our parents wanted us to have a child and started pestering us when more than 5 months had passed without any good new. When I said I was pregnant, my mother wanted to come there or if not asked me to come back here. We convinced them that it was not possible to get visa and that there was good hospitalisation benefit in the company where Prabu worked. We had people to take care of me here. My mother was not happy and kept pestering me but I somehow managed her. We actually came back here with the child in hand. All the proper paperwork was done. The child was born to an unwed Indian girl there.”
Meera walked in with the coffee for everyone. She placed the coffee tray on the table in front of everyone and each of them took a cup for themselves. Prabu’s daughter appeared to be napping on his lap.
Saravanan looked at the sleeping child and commented,” Your daughter has your looks Prabu.”
Gomathi smiled on hearing this,” Really you think so?”
She turned to Meera and said,” What do you think Akka, does she look like him or me?”
Meera did not like to be pulled into the conversation but now was forced to look at the child.
“I don’t know, I cannot tell. Maybe it’s too early to tell,” Meera answered.
She felt that saying this itself had been more than necessary. She should have just nodded her head.
“Akka is correct, you have not observed my child properly,” Gomathi said looking at Saravanan.
Prabu’s head suddenly hung down as if he knew what was to come next.
“How can she look like him when she is not his child,” Gomathi said waiting to see Meera’s and Saravanan’s reaction.
Both of them looked up stunned.
“Wha… wha… what are you saying, ”Saravanan blabbered.
Meera was equally shocked. She didn’t know what to say. Did Gomathi cheat on Prabu like the way she had on her husband? Even if she had then why is she revealing it especially with Prabu here. In her heart she felt a twinge of gladness, if Gomathi had cheated on Prabu then he definitely deserved it. She looked closely at Prabu’s face for the first time now. It was dull and morose. This was no surprise to him. He knew about this before.
“Before both of you think anything about me, let me clarify she was not born from my womb either. She is our adopted daughter,” Gomathi said with a small smile.
“I don’t understand. How is this possible .. I’m confused,” Saravanan said.
“Let me explain. I don’t know if you knew, we told our respective parents that I was pregnant when we were in the gulf. Both our parents wanted us to have a child and started pestering us when more than 5 months had passed without any good new. When I said I was pregnant, my mother wanted to come there or if not asked me to come back here. We convinced them that it was not possible to get visa and that there was good hospitalisation benefit in the company where Prabu worked. We had people to take care of me here. My mother was not happy and kept pestering me but I somehow managed her. We actually came back here with the child in hand. All the proper paperwork was done. The child was born to an unwed Indian girl there.”