Hey Dad! Meet My Mom by Sandeep Sharma, Leepi Agrawal Read Free Book Online Page B

Rishi decided to break the silence.
    “So...... A gift.”

    It was the first time ever that I had entered any gift shop. People very correctly say that love makes you do things, you’ve never done before. I was in love and I was loving it.
    The shop was pretty small but had a pretty large variety of gifts in it. It seemed to be impossible to take a look at each article inside. Rishi felt amused to see toys and fell in love with a teddy bear of his own size. I decided to buy it for him. But what was I to buy for Myra? I had no idea! I took 3 rounds of the shop to choose the best gift for the occasion before my eyes fell on it. Yes, that would be perfect.

    Maya was astonished to see my new avatar. She couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw me like that.
    “You look so handsome today, Puneet. If you don’t mind, can I propose to you dear?” She gave a sheepish smile and patted my shoulder before going to another customer. I took my favorite seat and stared on the glass to see my reflection. I literally blushed. My concentration was disturbed when I saw my future child sitting on the next table and his smile was knocking on my sixth sense, telling me that he was reading my thoughts. Nothing could be more cruel than a child who could read your mind and that too if that child were your own son.
    I gave him the fatherly angry looks for doing that and he signaled in assurance that he would not do it again. I took another glance at my watch. There were still 15 minutes to go. Maya sensed something and came to my table.
    “You are on a date, right?” She asked.
    “Maybe or maybe not.” I said with a tremble in my voice.
    “You ditched our singleness. How cruel are you?” I said nothing, so she continued, “What’s her name? Is she pretty?”
    “Her name is Myra and you have already met her. I had met her for the first time here itself.” I was still blushing. God! I am loving this feeling.
    “Okay, that bitch.... She...” I cut her short.
    “MAYA.... Please...” I didn’t like her calling Myra that.
    “Okay.... So you love her. I was just checking on you. Hope she deserves you.” She stood up and was about to leave but before that she said, “I am very happy for you, darling. Everyone needs a partner; this life is too long to spend alone.” Her eyes said everything her words couldn’t. She had meant what she said. Maya always smiled through her miseries. She was not the lady she tried to show herself to be.
    I was totally lost in my thoughts when I felt a sudden pleasant breeze hitting me. I felt that the breeze had been blown just for me by God so as to let me know that this time was not to sit and cry over the past but to welcome the pleasant present standing at the door of the café.
    That must have been the brightest evening I had seen so far. Behind her head, the sun was ready to set for the day. The surroundings seemed to be quieter than before, my heart beats seemed to be faster and louder than before. For the first time, I sensed that time had stopped. The clock was ready to grant me few more seconds to cherish the moment. It was all divine.
    She took her first step towards me; I stood up from my chair in order to greet her but hit the corner of the table and hurt myself. She took her second step; I struggled with the adjacent chair. She took another step; I threw the spoon in the air with which I was previously trying to kill time. She was just a few steps away from me when I decided to say something but words escaped me. My eyes fell on Rishi and I saw him beating his hand over his forehead. I am a fucking idiot!
    “Good morning.” I said to her and instantly she smiled.
    “Well in my country it’s evening right now.” She said sarcastically. Another one!
    This time I had nothing to cover my flaw so automatically my eyes started searching Rishi, the savior.
    “You look so charming that I got confused. You have entered as morning in my life. You are my sun and I don’t want my sun to set; so