Li'l Sister...

“Mamma, I am very happy. I wish that you are happy too. I know that papa is sad too.

Mamma, I have not gone anywhere. I am in your smiles.

Please go back to work.

And I am still want a little sister.

Please smile…”

Priya shuddered and jumped from her sleep. The night was icy and stony silence engulfed them.

Tears rolled down her cheeks as she thought about Hemant, their six years old son. A snake’s bite snatched him away from her.

Two years have passed and it was the first time he had come on dream.

It was also the first time she cuddled her husband since then!