‘Mom…are you angry with me?’Trisha asked Soumili when in the very next day Soumili was doing something in her room.

‘No….’Soumili said this at her own motion.Trisha came and hugged Soumili from the back.

‘Mom….I am sorry if I hurt you.You know I never want that.’

‘yes I know.’

‘so….did u think anything what I told you last night.’

‘no….not yet.’ Soumili took herself away from Trisha’s hug.

‘mom…if you don’t want that relation then I will not go for that.I just need your answer.’Trisha was about to leave the room.

‘listen…..’Soumili called her.

‘before taking any decision I want to discuss with you.’

‘yes mama….you can ask me anything.’

For the whole night Soumili was thinking about her life.She did not sleep for a single second.Her life was a total mess and she only knew that how she managed to live.Her own life had stopped on that very moment when she learned that Taukir left her for ever.From then whatever she did,whatever she thought everything was for Trisha and her happiness.She faced so many critical situations in her life because she was alone and had a child without marriage.She tolerated every bad remark and endured every oblique indication to her life and to her character.But she never felt weak only because of Trisha.When she saw little Trisha was growing in front of her she felt a intense heavenly pleasure in her mind and forgot every bad situation and everyone’s remark.

Now Trisha is quietly grown-up.She is matured,sensitive and well qualified girl and she is in love.Love is not at all a sweet or blissful word for Soumili now.She lost her faith in love.Although oneday she was a true and great believer in love and its impact.Love is that thing which took away everuthing from Soumili – her parents,her relatives,her happiness and even her life.She never found anything back.When Trisha told her that she was in love then Soumili was not scared for this incident but she was scared for that word ‘love’ which means destruction and which means high penalty.But she could not say ‘no’ to Trisha.What her parents did with her she could not do that thing with her child.She did never find love again in her whole life and for this she suffered a lot.Now when her daughter found it,how could she take away that thing from her.She could not push her daughter within that infernal world she suffered a lot in her life.

She decided in her mind to take a step in this matter.But again it was two different caste,again the same starting.The two different people,two different religions,two different race,two different backgrounds but same blood,same mentality,same love and same belief with uncertain destiny.

What Soumili learned from Trisha is that Jeff Stevens is a Christian guy,purely catholic and he was born and brought up from London.His original home was in a small village in UK but he studied from London school and stayed in the hostel.He lost his mother at a very young age and his father took care of his study and upcomings.He had grand-father from his mother’s side but when Jeff was in college he died on that time.Now only his father is the only member in his family and sometimes he also visits to his own village.He has done his study in Interior Designing and Decoration and for the further study he came India and to know its culture and sculpture.He has already started his own business and it is progressing.He wants to do it initially from India,then from UK.

He studied sometime in Trisha’s college and also collected some books on his subject from the college library because Trisha’s college had a department for Interior Designing and the library team kept a vast collection on this subject.During that study period Trisha met Jeff and they liked each other.They used to pass sometime together everyday,gossiped or simply chattered and gradually they fell in love with each other.The more days were passing the more strongly their relation were growing and atlast it became a solid affair and they both were serious about that.It was two and half years running of their relation.

Soumili listened all these things very carefully without missing a single word.Then she spoke,

‘I want to meet him first then I will comment.’

Trisha had no opposition because she also wanted her mom to meet Jeff first.

‘mom…I am happy that you are concerning about this.There is no hurry from our side.You just meet him.’Trisha embraced Soumili ‘I love you,mom.’

Soumili did not reply anything,just smiled.She knew that there was no need of answer anything,she loved Trisha more than anything in the world.Only thinking of Trisha’s happiness she made her mind to meet the boy.

In the mean timeTrisha collected the form for her next education.She decided to do post-graduation in Economics.Then may be she would join Jeff’s personal business or she would do something else,not sure of anything.She was just thinking this at her own motion.Oneday Trisha told Soumili,

‘mom…are you free on Saturday evening?I want to invite Jeff because he was also free on that day.So…’

Trisha waited for her mother to speak.Soumili cogitated for a few seconds,then said,

‘no problem…you can invite him.’

Trisha was feeling a flow of happiness in her veins.Soumili noticed that but did not react anything.She saw Trisha rushing to her room and picked up the phone.Soumili knew this kind of feelings and its impact.

to be continued....