Jasmine entered her room with smile. She was happy today. Everything was going good now. She impressed her boss and also gave back to her landlord when she was taunting about her profession. She wished everything would run smoothly in future. She thought about Zain. She wanted to treat him well today. She looked at her watch. He was going to come home in one hour.
She changed into her home clothes. She rushed towards kitchen. She looked at the utensils kept on the rack. "What does he like?", she wondered. She smiled when an idea struck her. She immediately started to prepare cabbage fries. It was his favorite dish. She was sure he would enjoy it. She smiled as she started to fry the cabbage in large wok.
The smell of delicious fries had spread across the whole house. The door bell rang. She got excited to see Zain's expression. She ran to open the door. To her dismay, it was Usha Tai. She had bought six Puran Poli in a steel plate. She smiled at her , waiting for her to let her inside. "Tai, do you need something?", Jasmine asked dishearteningly. "No, why would I need something? Instead I have bought something for you.", Tai said.
Jasmine wasn't happy with Tai being here. She wanted her to leave soon. "Oh ! It's sweet of you.", she said dispiritedly. "I thought you are alone. So I bought some Puran Poli for you and we can have nice chit chat until your brother comes.", Tai said excitedly. Jasmine let her in as she had no other options. Tai was landlord and she didn't want to upset her in first week of stay.
"The house looks clean. I wasn't expecting from you. Youngsters nowadays don't keep the house clean.", Tai said as she looked around. The smell of cabbage fry caught her nose. She rushed towards the kitchen to find a heat box. She opened it due to intense craving.
She took few and had them. "Delicious!", she said. Jasmine was furious. She had made them specially for Zain and here Tai was having them as if she hadn't eaten for days. She wanted to snatch the box from her but she couldn't. Suddenly bell rang. Jasmine opened the door. It was Zain outside. He looked anxious and tired. "I am sorry. I won't do it again.", he said as he followed Jasmine inside. Tai came out of kitchen with hand full of fries. "What did you do?", she asked with smile. Zain was startled to see her here. His face became white with fear and his heart beat faster.
(To be continued)
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