Heart to Heart

By Raja Sharma

‘Engaged’ the world struck me, and I deduced that the woman with my son was my daughter-in-law. I could not believe my eyes. The woman with him had short hair, very small face and half of that covered with glasses. She was in blue jeans trousers and a bright red pullover. I noticed that the designs on her pullover were very beautiful. I simply stood there, without saying anything.

I controlled myself, hiding all my feelings from my son and his girlfriend. I said to them, “Come and sit here, I will call your father,” I pointed to the sofa in the room and went out onto the lawn to meet my husband.

He was still busy reading his daily newspaper. The newspaper had only four papers but I knew that he would take about eight hours to read the entire paper. In the evening he would fold it neatly and stack it in the store room.

I approached him and said, “Come inside, your daughter-in-law has come. Come in and see her properly.”

Heart to Heart
Chapter One: My Son Rajiv
Chapter Two: My Approval
Chapter Three: Marriage
Chapter Four: Happiness Comes
Chapter Five: Confrontation

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Sep 2, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301374496

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Heart to Heart

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Heart to Heart

Raja Sharma

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Chapter One: My Son Rajiv

I was in the drawing room, when my son Rajiv entered the room. He was with a young woman I did not recognize.

Mother, this is Simran, my girlfriend, we are engaged.

‘Engaged’ the world struck me, and I deduced that the woman with my son was my daughter-in-law. I could not believe my eyes. The woman with him had short hair, very small face and half of that covered with glasses. She was in blue jeans trousers and a bright red pullover. I noticed that the designs on her pullover were very beautiful. I simply stood there, without saying anything.

I controlled myself, hiding all my feelings from my son and his girlfriend. I said to them, Come and sit here, I will call your father, I pointed to the sofa in the room and went out onto the lawn to meet my husband.

He was still busy reading his daily newspaper. The newspaper had only four papers but I knew that he would take about eight hours to read the entire paper. In the evening he would fold it neatly and stack it in the store room.

I approached him and said, Come inside, your daughter-in-law has come. Come in and see her properly.

Daughter-in-law? You should be happy, but you are so harsh in announcing her arrival, as if something unpleasant has arrived, he adjusted his glasses over his eyes and said.

We have been married for twenty six years, and he can read my mind