The news! - part 1

She was a 24 year old female.. just out of the college

doing things the right way.. doing good things... doing good to people and every second moving towards improving oneself was her philosophy.

She had a good job in the Human Resources department of a big company. She was always appreciated for her crisp talk and superb performance and slowly everyone had started feeling that she would be a superb asset to the company.

Her boss who was already married and had 4 children.. started to act creepy.. she was ready to work no matter how hard it was but working with someone who was constantly on the prowl to molest her or take advantage of her in some way.. was something she did not wish to stand.. 

and she left her job. 

She preferred to keep things to herself and thought she should do so because she was woman of strong character! After sometime she got married.. it was a proper arranged marriage.

10 years after marriage, staying with in-laws having 2 beautiful daughters...changed her life entirely...

she was now a homemaker..

Taking care of her daughters, her bed-ridden mother-in-law and husband and father-in-law into the family business barely gave her any time for herself.

She observed that off late her husband had started going on out-station trips a little more than usual and they lasted for 4-5 days instead of the usual 1-2 day trips.

She always wanted to join the business and do good value addition on her part but the conservative mindset did not allow her to do anything apart from being a care-taker.

One day after dropping her daughters to their Karate class..

she was waiting in the car reading her magazine.. her husband called her up.

(she usually kept a few magazines piled up in her car, so that she could read something good while waiting)

By the time she reached out to answer the call.. it got disconnected...It happened twice.. she got worried..

When she tried calling back ..the call got disconnected.

She kept thinking what might have happened.. because it was very unusual of her husband to call her up in the middle of the day ... and then not talk!

After winding up her day's work when her daughters slept.... .. she tried calling up her husband...

He said he was in town and was sending a vehicle across to pick her up..

A thousand bright lamps lit in her mind..

She started talking to herself..

"Oh my God... Look how foolish was I to keep thinking bad about my husband.. poor thing.. he has a lot of work to do.. lot many responsibilities.. how would he get the time to be like a romantic bollywood movie hero..?! Stupid me.."

She put on her best saree... 

In her super hectic routine.. she had almost forgot to dress up very well.. like she used to do when she was a newly married bride.. she couldn't stop smiling..

she noticed a few wrinkles and a few freckles on her face.. and smiled and said to herself 
"This is my work experience and I look beautiful with this" 

[ The news! - part 2 ]