Chapter 33: chapter 33

Disha – So, what’s your answer? Aman – Answer for what? Disha – Answer for marriage? Would you like to proceed ahead? Aman – I will show your pictures and profile to my mom. If she agrees then we will proceed ahead. Disha – I knew that you would say all this to me. I knew now, you will bring your mom. Aman – What do you mean?Disha – I knew you won’t like my pictures. That’s why I was not sending my pictures to you. Aman – No, no. It’s nothing like that. Disha – I know that, Aman. Don’t worry. I am not going to mind it. It’s alright. I lied to her, “It’s not like that Disha. I really have to ask my mom. I can’t proceed any further without my mom’s consent.”Disha - It’s okay. I can understand. I know, now it’s futile to talk any further. But still, if you feel like talking to me, then you have my number. You can text or call me anytime. I ran short of words. I just said, “Hmm...”Disha – Okay, nice to talk to you. I want to see you again but I don’t know what will happen. (Giggled.)I tried to smile but could not. I was feeling a bit of guilty since I was hurting her without any choice. I was helpless. My lack of response was hurting her and I couldn’t give her response as giving her positive response would prove much more detrimental to her heart’s health. Aman – Same here. Nice to talk to you too. She hung up the call. I said to myself, “She seems to be much more mature than Deepika. Oh, I am so tired now. The rest I will see tomorrow.”The Next dayAs soon as I woke, I opened shaadikamaal app and began to send messages to the girls until I reached my limit and then started waiting for their replies as usual. At about 4 p.m., I received a call from an unknown number. I thought, “Who could it be?” I picked up the call and I heard a girl’s voice from the other side, “Hello, is it Aman?”I said, “Yes.”The girl – You messaged me and gave me your phone number on shaadikamaal.com. Are you a government teacher? From Bathinda?Aman – Yes. The girl – Okay, good. First, I was about to whats app you, but then I thought it would be better to call you.Aman – Yeah, that’s great. May I know you? The girl said in a very confident voice, “Yes, sure. Why not? My name is Shavi. I am from Ludhiana. I hope you remember the rest of my profile.”I thought, “Oh! She is thinking that I must have read her whole profile before messaging her. I can’t ever tell her the reality that I daily send messages to two hundred profiles without even reading a word in them!”Cunningly I said, “Actually, I am not operating my profile on shaadikamaal website since I don’t get enough free time. My profile is operated by my friend. He reads every profile and then shortlist them and then send messages. All I mean to say is that I haven’t read your profile. It will be very nice of you if you tell something about yourself.”Shavi – Oh, yeah sure. I have done M.A. and I am working in an immigration office for now. Aman – Immigration office after completing your post-graduation? Shavi – Yeah.Aman – Why didn’t you try for a private teacher job? Shavi – Aman, salary is very less of a private teacher. I can’t work on a meagre salary. Aman – In immigration office also, you must not be getting a good salary. She was speaking very confidently and very frankly as if she knew me for a long time. Shavi – Yeah, I agree. I am not being paid much even in my office but still I am being paid better as compared to the salary of a private school teacher. But the best thing is that here I am learning how to run an immigration office. Aman, you can’t believe, we can earn in lakhs per month if we become expert in this field. People are ready to pay in lakhs because they don’t have proper information regarding how to apply for visa and other technical things. Aman – Oh! Shavi – It's not a very difficult process to prepare papers to go to foreign but since people don’t have the proper knowledge, out of fear lest anything should happen bad, they are ready to pay in lakhs. And it’s the secret by which immigration offices are earning in lakhs! I said surprisingly, “Oh really?”Shavi – Yeah. Really! That’s why I thought I should learn the technical know-how of the things in my immigration office, then start my own immigration office and earn in lakhs!Aman – Very smart, Shavi! You are really very smart!Shavi – Haha!Aman – First time, I am ever meeting a girl who is using her brain to progress in her life. Shavi – Yeah. You know what, why I am doing all this? Aman – Why? Shavi – Because I want to be financially independent. I don’t want to be like other girls who want to live their whole life being dependent on their husbands. I want to be a support of my husband. I mean, I want to support. I don’t want to be a leech and suck his blood. Hehe. (Giggled.)Aman – That’s really awesome, Shavi. Nowadays, girls don’t think like that. Rare are the girls like you. Shavi – You are right. I wondered, “This girl seems to be solid.” I asked her, “So, what do you expect from your husband?”Shavi – Hmm... He should be very understanding, very cooperative. Hmm... and...While I was hearing her, I thought, “Oh, again the super boring answer! I don’t want to hear it!”I interrupted her, “How much income do you expect from your husband? How much he should be earning?”Shavi – Normal income will be sufficient for me. Aman – Normal income according to you means? Shavi – Means? Aman – Means twenty thousand per month, thirty thousand per month, fifty thousand per month or one lakh per month?Shavi – Oh, thirty to forty thousand per month is okay. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)