It was like after 12 at night...I heard a screeching of a car.....I peeped from the window ...it was a taxi.Someone got out from it ...sighed....looked up in the sky...in a way that he couldn't believed it and took out his bags.I am sure that he was a "he" as the shadow was not only tall and broad but deep down I wanted it to be like more of a he and not a she...I can't stand one more of me in the neighborhood....He walked his way up to the verandha and rang the bell. Oh! The favorite bell in middle class homes.. yes!The iconic chee chee chee chee... aaaaahhhh.....the shriekest ,deafening call bell that one could hear becomes more freakish at this hour....oh my God!! It must have given a faint heart attack to the Desai's down to their core.
I could see Mr Desai standing all in awe...Mrs Desai joined him soon. A faint cry...a happy cry followed their teary eyes....their only someone was back.
© Ujwala