The Unsaid Words

One fine day Daisy was travelling back to home from her college in the college bus. An unknown number flashed on her phone, taking it to be of some student, she took the call. The person on the other end spoke in the British accent and asked her how she was doing? Daisy perplexed asked the name of the person, he asked her to guess. The details given by that person regarding the songs she liked made Daisy’s racing heart numb.  Soon excitement crossed the threshold and became anxiety. The person then made her traverse back to her unmarried life when she as an M.A student and gave tuition to this person named David.  

The memories flooded back . She explored the depths of her heart and dusted off the dust of the past to find she was there. Basking in the sun which filtered through the palm leaves and fell on her face. The dew drops glittered bright and saw her in the eye. She was alive and happy with the feeling that all loved her, the way she was. As Daisy travelled more into the recesses of her heart she found herself basking in the December sun, teaching David, “Old Man and the Sea.” She was a petite, nubile girl and David a naughty youngster. Whenever David found squirrel moving around, he pointed and said that Daisy was as cute as a squirrel. He named her Kutkut . For three years regularly David came for the classes at Daisy’s place. He became more like a family member.

Within a month Daisy’s marriage got fixed and she got busy with her shopping and excitement of new life. Finding Daisy busy, David receded and stopped coming for the classes. Daisy went to David’s home to invite him on her wedding but he was not there and invitation was accepted by his parents.

On the day of Daisy’s wedding all her friends and relatives came to bless her except David. In excitement of her new, colourful  life, David faded away. She forgot that David did not come to attend her wedding. Daisy got busy with her new life and now after ten years David called Daisy and told that he went to England after completing his graduation. The voice urged her, “I just want to see you once. I have visited  India for the first time since I left.” Daisy said, ” From where did you get my current number?” He said that he visited her parental home and struggled with the memory of her old dad to take him ten years back, when he regularly visited the family for three years. Reluctantly the old father parted with the phone number of Daisy who was married in some other city.

Strange questions raised their head in the mind of Daisy . The first was why David remembered each and everything about her whereas she never thought of that boy ever in these ten years. Second was why did he struggle so much to find her whereabouts and third was why he insisted to see her once. Daisy did not promise to meet him because she did not know whether she would be able to visit her parental home or not. Maybe David’s urge for meeting Daisy was strong or he prayed so long that Daisy got a chance to visit her parental home .

Daisy was excited to meet David as she would meet someone from her past. Around ten David came, a lad changed into a man, the naughty  smile was still there, which spread from ear to ear, the same small eyes got closed when he smiled. He had put on weight. The response which Daisy got was,” OMG! You have not gained an inch.” The instant reaction made Daisy bit uncomfortable and she blushed. With David came a little champ who looked at another child, Daisy’s son, Sidaq. David told that he got married in England and is a father of two daughters and a son. David walked down the memory lane repeated every detail, Daisy struggled to smile. A lump choked Daisy’s breath because he made her feel ten years younger, when life was just sitting under the trees in the sprawling lawns with pets sitting beside and listening to favorite songs. David got up to go and said good bye , did not look in the eye, he dashed away and did not look back. Daisy stood there agape brought to senses by her son calling her, Mommy!