Chapter 26: chapter 26

Deepika – Are you there? Aman – Yeah, I am here. Deepika – You have not answered my question yet. Do you have your own house? Aman – Yeah, I have. Deepika – What's the size of your house? I thought, “What! She’s asking me the size of my house! Does she want to marry my house or me?” Cleary, I was not going to ask this to her, “5 marlas. About 1360 square feet I guess.”Deepika – How many rooms are there in your house? Aman – Three rooms, bathroom, kitchen, a small veranda and a small balcony. Deepika – Are there tiles or marble floor? I thought, “Oh my goodness! What the hell does she want to know?” I said, “Tiles. Black and white tiles.”Deepika – Hmm... good. Sensing that I am getting bored of her questions, she said, “Hey, do you like momos?”Aman – No.Deepika – Oh! But momos are very tasty. I love it. Don’t you love it?Aman – Actually, I have never tasted it. Deepika – What! You never tasted it! I can’t believe it. Momos are very life! I can’t survive without momos. You come to my city. I will get you momos. Then you will start loving them too. Aman – I don’t think so. I eat junk food rarely. Deepika – Oh no! Junk food is my life and you don’t eat. What will happen to us if we marry each other? Hehe. (Giggled.)I chuckled, “Haha, I don’t know.”Deepika – By the way, what do you do in the whole day? I mean what’s your schedule? Aman – I go to school to teach my students in the morning. In the winter season, my school ends at 3 p.m. and I reach my home at 4 p.m. And in the summer season, my school duty is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. I reach back my home at about 3 p.m. Then I take some rest for about an hour. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., I write poems or stories. Then at 6 p.m. I do exercise up to 7 p.m. Then I have my supper from seven to eight p.m. Then I read books until I feel sleepy. And when I feel sleepy, I sleep. Hehe. (Giggled.)Deepika – How cute! Your life is very sweet and simple. I smiled and said, “Yeah.”Deepika – Do you have a car? Aman – No. Deepika – You don’t have a car!Aman – No, I don’t have a car. Deepika – Oh, in today’s life, we must have a car. Aman – Why? Deepika – Oh, ho. Suppose if any of our family member falls ill after our marriage, then shall we ask for a car from our neighbour? It will look so bad. We must have our own car. Aman – We can also hire a cab. Good alternative for a car. Deepika – Huh! Cab doesn’t look good. Suppose we have to attend a marriage function; then shall we hire a car? What if our relatives come to know about it. It will be a huge insult for us. We will become a matter of talks for them. I thought, “This girl is not even capable of earning a single rupee and she wants a car! Huh! I don’t know where that much courage such kind of useless people gather from. Can’t she survive with my bike alone?”Aman – Hmm...Deepika – Are you getting my point? Aman – Yes, I am getting your point. You are right. Nowadays, people gossip about such things.Deepika – Yeah, they will call us miser. And I can’t tolerate this word – Miser. I said to myself, “If she can’t tolerate this word – Miser, then why not move your ass and do some work! When it comes to work, quickly she moves away but she wants everything in her life and that also for free.”I said to her, “Yeah, it’s very difficult to tolerate when somebody calls us a miser.”Deepika – By the way, what do you do with your salary? Aman – Means? Deepika – I mean, you don’t have a car. You don’t eat junk food. Obviously, you must be saving a lot of money. What do you do with your saved money?Aman – Hmm... nothing. Deepika – What? You do nothing with your saved money!Aman – I keep money in the bank.She said in a bit loud voice, “Don't keep money in the bank! You are wasting your money!”Aman – Wasting? Deepika – Yes, you are wasting your money. It’s not a smart decision to keep money in the bank. Multiply your money. You should invest your money. Aman – Where? Deepika – Buy a flat in Gurgaon. Aman – In Gurgaon? Why in Gurgaon? Are you living in Gurgaon right now?Deepika – Hmm... I am temporarily living in Gurgaon. And I am telling you that you should buy a flat because here so many people are buying flats and the rates of flats are increasing at a very fast speed. People are multiplying their money at a very fast pace. Aman – Oh! People are really very smart. Deepika – Yes, you should also become a smart. More important than earning money is investing money. You know what my dream is to buy a flat in Gurgaon. I thought within my mind, “Oh, it’s the matter. She wants to fulfil her dream through my income! Wow! Really, people are very smart.”Aman – Hey, I want to know one thing. You said you are living presently in Gurgaon. Where is your house? Deepika – Faridabad. Aman – Then what are you doing in Gurgaon? Deepika – Actually, here I stay with my friend in her rented house. Aman – Why? Deepika – Actually, here I am looking for a job as I had nothing to do for my timepass. Doing a job will also give me some relief from my tension. Aman – Tension? What happened? Deepika – Actually, my dad is in jail. Aman – What! Deepika – Scared? I fumbled for words, “No, no. O...H... But I want to know what happened with your dad?Deepika – Actually, he got implicated in a false property case filed by my chacha ji (father’s younger brother). Aman – Oh!Deepika – That's why I am looking for a job so that I can help my parents with some money. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)