Just like the way Gayathri described they all started to speak about what a girl has brought as dowry and started to compare with other neighborhoods. Adhira didn’t like the discussion but she didn’t have a choice to leave from her.
One of them the elder in group asked Adhira,” Do you know to cook?”
Before Adhira could speak Lakshmi replied,” Yes. She is an excellent cook. Today morning she only cooked it and we all ate it. Do you want to taste it?”
Adhira saw Lakshmi with a confused eyes. She thought, ‘I didn’t do anything. Why did mom say that I cooked it?’
Lakshmi kept her hands on Adhira lap signaling her to be patient. Adhira understood her gesture so she continued in sipping her coffee. After sometime Arya came back from his office.
Everyone turned and saw him arriving. The curly girl seeing him said,” He must have been my husband. Just a miss.”
Adhira hearing it got furious. She replied back,” What did you say?”
The curly girl still saw Arya and didn’t turn her eyes back to Adhira. She was literally staring at Arya. Arya saw everyone so he smiled and went to his room.
Adhira saw him neglecting her and getting inside the room but also was sure that he had heard her say the comment and didn’t react to it which she disliked.