As we drove past a quintet yards Ken looked at me who was lost in her thoughts ,'something bothering you, Soma?' he marked my enigma with his words as if he wanted to resolve it as soon as thinkable .'Your mother, she wasn't happy, was she?' I spilled the words that were crammed upto my lips.'Hmm...lets find a good place to sort this up' he stopped the car near wallflower park 'let's talk here ' he stepped out of the car and waved me to come down .we walked few steps 'that seems like the best place to discuss our concerns ' he sat down on the bench placed next to the giant tree which was shedding it's brown toned leaves under the effect of arrived winters .'She is like that ,she never accepts anyone any soon ' with a pause he continued 'don't worry 2 -3 firm encounters would do the job ,once she gets to know you everything would fall in place .''what did you tell her about me ?' I was curious to know what he knew about me 'just what you do for living ,who your friends were ,where and how you live ,your manner of being around people ,a little about your family ,only that much .'he finished with a sweet and innocent smile .'when did you get to know all that and how can you tell about what i was like around others ?' I was surprised by what i got to listen he had known almost everything about me 'And my family I din't even mention about them to you ?'. 'You don't observe people that doesn't mean they are not ,you believe what you are told but people trust their observations more than anyone's word .' I couldn't be sure of how long we have been together moreover how he was so confident about his words without a single dash of doubt on his analysis.
'what is the secret behind all this lowdown?'I inquried in a suspicious voice.'It seems like the time has come to make you aware of the turth ''what turth ?' i jumped up 'I'm not a normal person Soma ,it can be really dangerous 'I was taken a back he looked so damn serious of what he was uttering then suddenly he cracked into laughter 'sorry , did I scare you? look at you .' At that moment i felt like hitting him with whatever i could grab onto but i was allayed by the fact that all of it was just a joke .'it's just careful observation and a little inqury.Well, Cassie told me about you .' Cassie , the one at whoes wedding we meet for the first time we had been quiet know to each other for a long time .She was among the few people who cared for me and I had a soft corner for them .'it seems like you have alot to be answered , just go ahead , i will be answering all that.' he came back to the actual matter of events important at that point of time.'Ken ,your family looked nearly perfect . what is the turth ?''don't be so amazed everyones family looks prefect for the first time or till you're not close enough ,every house has it's problems mine has too.' he sighed as he cured my curiosity.'And what is that?' I continued to dig deeper in his family affairs .'can we leave this for another day?'Ken looked at me with tried eyes ,so we departed with good bye as he dropped me home.
it was already seven , i mused over whatever happen in the daytime did some lecture work ,had my dinner and retried for the day. it was a still night with moonlight breaking into my room form the balcony glass through the slit between curtains when I witnessed a dark caricature of a person draging a women down the stairs and blood coloured the path behind them something crept on my spine as the chills ran down my body .I sprang up ,cold and confused ran towards the light switch to turn on the lights.I scanned the well lit room then chugged a glass of water down my throat ,calmed dowm my nerves convincing myself that it was just a bad dream. Went back to bed clenched the blanket tightly as I wrapped myself in it's warm ambience.
after couple of days i met Blossom again we were good with each others prescence and shared some common interests which made the time spend with her more memorable . she made me aware about what Ken din't feel good talking off .It was Shelby, he din't have a good equation with Mrs.Siri as he married the girl Mrs.Siri din't like they had alot of ruskus in the family about it .It wasn't like Mrs.Siri was like those cruel mother-in-laws ,it was just she felt Shelby won't be happy with her for a long time .she was right, at first they had some adjustment conflicts but when that was sorted, after their first born Shelby's wife Kate was diagnosed with some serious health issues .Mrs.Siri never wanted her children to face any sullen days so she insisted Shelby to stay away form Kate ,she was a slim cheerful women with brillent mind she could handle all her work with ease and perfection as Blossom described her .but after her ill health started following her around she was more pale ,energy deprived .However Shelby and Kate carved a beautiful way to support each other , that's what love is .Mrs.Siri was still unimpressed by his son's choice but loved her grandson with utmost ardor.
Ken was happy to see blossom with me. I visited their parents for two to four times with her ,everyone was satisfied by Ken's choice except Mrs.Elena .I couldn't master the courage to ask her what she felt of me .Few days passed when I heard Blossom on phone 'Soma ,ma isn't well please check on her for me .'She sounded dishearted and gave me the address to the hospital Mrs.Siri was admitted .Blossom was out of town ,it was Ken and Mr.Siri who were looking after Mrs.Siri,She didn't tell me much about what happened I was told that she met an accident. When I reached the hospital I saw Ken helping the nurse in getting her mother cleaned up .it seemed that she was here for more than two days .When they were done i went to meet Mrs.Siri she wan't well off ,she suffered form a fractured leg and violent concussion .she talked with me for a while as i felt she was tried i asked her permission to leave so,she could rest .when i came out of her room Ken followed , i was very furious at him ,how could he do that to me , why din't he inform me but i kept calm and din't say anything .We went down to the cafetaria sat down and he told me that Mrs.Siri was returning home form grocery shopping when she got pushed by someone on the stairway near anvil avenue.
'it's not that serious she will be fine within few months as old bones take longer to heal ,doctor said.' Ken tried to reason out 'and you think i don't know that,you should have told me .'I sounded angry 'sorry, I was just too engrossed with all the medical proceedings 'it was so very clear in his eyes that he was giving an excuse ' I understand that you were more with your mother still don't try to hide the fact that calling me din't strike your head ,you just decided not to right, just let me know why.'I contemplated 'Ma din't like you much thus, I thought you won't be comfortable around her .'he told me as he felt ,as it is with an impeccant smirk.'if you thought she would be uncomfortable then i wouldn't be around to stress her out , but if you felt i would be uncomfortable then that is a mistake ,i can understand her concerns about her kids and that's fine all mothers are like that so, don't think this way and let me know if i could be of any help it would be great for me .'I stayed for sometime then left, while heading back to my work place some fragments of the dreaded dream returned to my conciousness I stood where i was , was it some kind of warning or something else, i shook the thought and moved on .