Chương 38: Something called Hope

Three more days passed and nothing changed. The house was quiet and the occupants listless. Suhasini sat with Madhavi in her room and read her a story when Sudha walked in, ‘madamji, there is a Mr. Vinod downstairs and wishes to see whoever is in charge of the house. Since Nihaal saheb has already left for work, I thought maybe you…’, she let her words hang in the air. Suhasini waited for a moment, as if trying to decide, she got up and went down.

Suhasini’s first impression of Vinod was that of a simpleton. He was dressed with plainness and propriety, his face pale and earnest.

‘Thank you for meeting with me, ma’am. I won’t take much of your time, I just have a small favor to ask’, he said. Suhasini sat in front of him, watching him carefully. He couldn’t be more than twenty years old.

‘What favor?’, she asked.

‘I…I wanted’, he hesitated, ‘I was wondering if you could just pass on a letter to Anita’, he said. Anita’s name shocked Suhasini into stillness, ‘Anita?’