Messenger of Love
Vanya looked at Shravani and felt that maybe the time has come to share the true story of her best friend, Vasudha with her daughter Shravani as she said to her,
"You are like my child and I was only trying to protect you from the pain and agony of being an unwanted child in the eyes of the whole world.
Do you know, Vasudha was only sixteen when she met the boy of her dreams. His name was Jayesh. He was the son of a wealthy zamindar in our small village Sitaragarh. His friend Jogesh is my husband.
Jayesh also loved Vasudha more than anything else in this whole world. He would bring flowers for her by climbing the most difficult cliffs in the whole valley. Vasudha loved braiding her hair with those flowers. She had long brown lustrous hair and shiny brown eyes just like you.
When Jayesh proposed to her by saying,
"My sweetheart Vasu, I can no longer live without you. Every moment seems like an eternity without your love to me. My heart becomes slow when you are not there and then starts beating like a maniac when you come in front of me. Please, don't be so callous and heartless and say, "Yes" to me otherwise I will jump off this cliff right in front of your eyes so that you are always lost in my thoughts even though you will physically be around your friends and family!"
Little did he know that one day his words will become a reality!
Vasudha was torn in her heart as she loved Jayesh but there was someone who was more precious and whose heart was too delicate like a small child. She didn't want to deceive the other person in order to experience the true love and conjugal bliss with her man of dreams!"
Shravani, Radhika and Kartik were truly enchanted with the story of loving hearts and the sudden twist in the form of another person in the story.
Kartik looked at Shravani and could feel the sweet emotions of love as she was unaware of her own beauty and that made her more beautiful!
Shravani noticed that Kartik was looking at her and she also felt the sweetness of his loving gaze which touched her heart and soul!
She whispered to him, "Why are you looking at me like a love stuck teenager? Are you feeling something which is serious or is it temporary because if it is temporary then let me remind you that I always carry a pepper spray in my hand bag to discourage such temporary lovers seeking some temporary fun at my expense!"
Kartik lifted a burning log and gave it to Shravani as he said to her in a low whisper,
"If you truly want to scare someone off then use this burning log which is the best way to scare off the dangerous animals, living inside the bodies of humans lurking around the jungle of human habitats. I just want to tell you, that my love is not temporary like the rain, in fact it is pure and eternal like the vast ocean which carries the love of millions of years in it's heart so that one day someone can come and turn the salty tears of ocean into the sweetness of love like emotion with her magical smile and a promise of eternally being mine forever!"
Shravani was lost in his words and Kartik was lost in her eyes as Vanya was lost in the memories of her friend Vasudha while Radhika was lost in the dreams of her true love, yes you guessed it right the favourite dish of mountains, Chaisu and rice. Chaisu is prepared by soaking and crushing the black whole gram and cooking it with some home made spices. She asked Vanya, "Can I taste it now?"
Vanya smiled at her and first served Chaisu and rice to all the people before eating it in the end as she believed that every visitor is a divine Messenger of Love who comes to our house to bless us by accepting the food offered to them with love and generosity!