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'TING TONG' the sound of incoming email broke the thought process of Siri and she read the mail from HR asking her for her papers to process H1. She signed heavily and replied to the HR saying she cannot travel due to personal constraints. She remembered the mess she got into on personal front when she travelled just for 6 weeks.
The sound of phone woke up Siri from her slumber and the first words that she heard on picking up the phone made her feel like 'Why did I lift the phone at all'. 'Don't you have common sense at all. R u a fool .... blah blah ' continued her husbands rattle over the phone. Siri finally spoke saying she had to get ready in 5 minutes else she will miss the bus to reach office and she does not have budget to hire a cab daily to office and cut the call. She wiped the tears from her eyes and rushed to the bathroom to get ready. In 10 minutes she was ready and picked up a sole apple for breakfast and rushed down to join her team to catch the bus to office. It's been 2 weeks since she had landed in Brussels, Belgium and as always luck had failed her. Her laptop crashed the second day she had come and she has no other option other then catching up with her work in office. On top of this, her husbands daily rattle over then phone had started making her feel home sick already. She missed her 2 year old kid terribly. She remembered the day when she left him with her husband and in-laws and boarded the flight. Her Father in laws words still rang in her ears. 'She is acting. If she really cannot leave her son , why will she go'. She felt like giving back to him, but, just kept quiet and went on with her other works.
Fortunately, the team with whom she had come are really great and they made her feel at home. They used to make her smile and laugh when she was down and remember her baby. Together they used to cook meals and have long strolls on the beautiful streets and enjoy good food. Life with them seemed so easy ad they helped her a lot with her work as well. They visited the world famous flower show, enjoyed the different Indian food available in Brussels, and indulged in the Belgian chocolate. They had great fun over the weekends watching movies, cooking food together, going out. One weekend they got time to visit Brugge and they had great fun over there.
All these were giving her the strength to continue and complete the 6 weeks of stay. During the 5 th week of stay , she could no longer take her husbands abuses over the phone and she told him she wanted a divorce from him or they should go visit family councillor. After this, he was little calm and allowed her to concentrate on her work. She finally completed and 6 weeks and without giving chance for another word returned back to Bengaluru. The minute she landed and saw her little one, she understood her dream of going abroad should be shelved permanently. Sriram sat quietly in her lap all through her journey back home fro airport. The first words he spoke finally after an hour were 'Never leave me and go anywhere'. It broke her heart and she vowed to herself that she will never leave him and go anywhere.
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To be continued....................
