Chapter 7

Contract

The weekend has arrived a little too early. It was a beautiful day in Mumbai. A soft breeze was flowing, there was misty rainfall which was like a fog enveloping the environment. One person didn’t care about the weather and was sleeping lazily. The knock on the door awakened him.

“Come in,” he lazily called on.

“Good morning, sir. Your father is waiting for you for breakfast.”

“Ok, tell him I am coming.”

After refreshing himself, he went downstairs to have breakfast.

“Dad, I want to get married.”

Rai Bahadur was dumbfounded on hearing this. He was so stunned that he was unable to utter even a single word.

“Dad, please speak something. If you don’t want to, then I can drop the idea.”

“Nooooooo, a big no. I want you to get married soon. Have you found someone special?”

“No, I haven’t found anyone, that is suppose