Chapter 5

Priya’s POV

They made me sit next to Rahul. I was getting very conscious because of what happened in the room, so I pulled my chair away from him a bit. He looked at me but I did not look towards him. I didn’t want him to think that I was trying to impose myself on him.

The food was served and I started eating slowly as I usually eat very little and then I finish earlier than others. My mom scolds me a lot about eating too little. Aunty noticed that I was not eating. She asked, “What happened, Priya? Why are you not eating? Are you not well? Did you not like it? Shall I get something else for you?”

“Oh no aunty, everything is very good, I am full. Seriously, I can’t eat more.” I knew what was about to get started.

My mom was just about to say her usual lines when all of a sudden aunty started saying those things, “What!!! You are full... I don’t believe it, you have had even less than a ten-year-old child. No, this won’t do...” I looked meekly at mom, silentl