Unfinished Story
THE “TOMBOY”
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The “Tomboy”
Story
By
Vikram Karve
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THE “TOMBOY” – PART 1
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The doorbell rings.
It must be my husband.
Hope he is not drenched.
It is raining heavily – a sudden unexpected shower – so – my husband
must have gone out without an umbrella.
I open the door.
I am taken aback with surprise.
Instead of my husband – I see a horrible looking creature standing
outside the door.
Actually – it is young woman – but – she looks so disheveled and dirty –
that “creature” is an apt word to describe her.
She is totally drenched – and looks horrible – covered from head to toe with
filthy wet mud – as if she has had a “mud bath”.
“Hello Aunty…” she says.
Why is this girl calling me “Aunty” – I wonder to myself.
“Who are you…? What do you want…?” I ask her rudely.
“I am Tanya – Rohan’s friend…” she says.
For a moment – I am perplexed – my son Rohan – he is such a nice well-groomed
boy – how can he have such scruffy girl as a friend.
I decide to call up Rohan and ask him.
But – before I can do that – the girl says to me: “Aunty – aren’t you
going to ask me to come in…?”
And – she brazenly pushes her way into my house.
Shocked by her impertinent behaviour – I feel very angry at her.
I want to throw this filthy woman out my house.
“Should I call the police…? Is she some sort of criminal – a thief who
has come to burgle my house…?” I wonder to myself.
But – before I can react – she speaks again.
“Aunty – I didn’t think it would rain today – I was caught off-guard by
a sudden heavy shower – and I got all drenched – I even got sprayed by a shower
of mud as a passing car drove over a puddle…” she says – and – she walks past
me towards the bedrooms.
While walking – she looks at me – and she says to me: “Aunty – I will go
and dry myself – maybe I’ll have a nice hot shower – and put on some dry
clothes…”
And – she walks towards Rohan’s room.
“How does she know the layout of your house…” I wonder to myself.
So – I ask her: “Have you been here before…?”
She says: “Yes – Rohan had brought me here once – when you had gone a
tour to Europe – in fact – we spent the night together…”
“What…? You stayed here with Rohan the whole night…?” I ask,
scandalized.
“Aunty – it’s not what you think – we didn’t do anything improper – he
had brought me here to show me the house – we were just planning to spend the
evening together having pizza and beer – and – it suddenly started raining
heavily – just like today – so – Rohan asked me to stay here – it rained
heavily the entire night – so – I went back in the morning…” she says to me.
Then – she opens the door of Rohan’s room – she goes inside – and she
closes the door.
I stand there – totally flabbergasted – by her insolent behaviour.
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To be continued in Part 2
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VIKRAM KARVE
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