It was Saturday; exactly a month after Frankie’s meeting
with Estella. Since then, they had been meeting almost daily. It was the first
time after his mother’s death that he looked amazingly happy. His charm had returned
and his family members were pleased to see him singing and smiling once again. They
wondered how on the earth, Macini recovered from his loneliness but still they
had not been able to discover Frankie’s relationship with Estella… And Estella… there was something different
about her. She at first, used to say something and then… she, herself, contradicted
it. She never mentioned about her previous relationships, cousins etc. All she
said was, she had a family of three members, mother, father and a daughter
named Estella. She didn’t speak much and always refused to meet Frankie during
the daytime. And… the most striking feature was… she always appeared behind
that hazy, black covering. Frankie wondered if something was wrong with his own
eyes or something was wrong with Estella. At times, he doubted if Estella was a
normal girl or not but, every time, he used to look into her eyes, all those
uncanny thoughts vanished. He became so uncertain that he had started talking
to himself. However, on that Saturday, he finally admitted that he was in love
with Estella. Now… he was certain. He also believed somewhere, that even
Estella liked him. So now only two things were left, 1) Frankie proposing to
Estella and 2) his marriage…
He started wondering about various things like, Estella’s
reaction as well as her parents’ reaction, whether they’ll him on not. But then,
he thought that there was no problem in accepting him. He was good looking,
humble, smart and was employed in one of the best companies of the country. He had
enough money to make Estella happy. But there were two things troubled him, a)
his four- bedroom apartment was going to compete with Estella’s enormous bungalow
and b) he had no parents. His mother passed away and father was living in some
other country with some other woman. He had no contact with Frankie. But he was
still satisfied. They both were in love, could face any challenge and win over
it.
He had spent all his day imagining things and it was night. He
decided that he would propose to her the next day. He switched off the lights
and went to sleep…
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