16

— H O O R —

“Do you truly want this?” I asked him as soon as Parul left. We were all alone, under the bright blue sky, birds chirping around.

He turned to look at me before answering, “My family wants me to take care of your happiness from now on. They want me to join you in your happiness.” Here I end this conversation as I do not ask him anything further.

My happiness is not cared for by my husband. Instead, my soon-to-be in-laws are very much concerned about my happiness. There is both joy and displeasure in it. Glad that my future in-laws care about my happiness and displeasure so much that my husband needs permission from his family to join my happiness. This great man does not want to do anything by himself.

“Come.” He opens the door of his car. I look inside before and then at his face. I do that awkwardly and give me a -what?- type of look.

“What? Didn’t you open the door for yourself?” I ask him and here I realize how stupid I sounded.

“You think I’ll open the passenge