Sitting on the soft cushioned chair he waited for his Mom to come down.
He had been waiting for last 15 minutes and it usually never took her so
long to dress up and come down. At that point of time he did not know what
was holding her up as they had to reach the Airport to receive his uncle
and aunt.
After glancing at his watch for umpteenth time as he looked up his eyes
got focused on a gorgeous lady draped in a silk sari with her loose hair
flying walking down the stairs. For few seconds it was difficult for him
to envisage what he saw. It was hard for him to believe it was his mother,
who was so gorgeously decked, her hair loose, her body swaying walking down
the stairs and when she went past him, he was stunned when the perfume hit
his nostrils. He was in a daze and as he could not reason out her
appearance he followed her tamely.
On following his eyes got riveted on her movements. Seeing her body
sway he felt something, something which he could not envisage at that
moment. It was difficult for him to conjure what was happening to him or
to her. He had seen his mother before, dressed more gorgeously but that
had not attracted him as it had today. It was not the dress that had
attracted him, it was something else. His curiosity made him look at her
closely and when his eyes went over her back, he suddenly felt ashamed; to
look at his mother's back.
Though he tried to shift his gaze he could not and when his mother
stepped into the car his eyes followed her to the last glimpse. He sat in
the car like a zombie and when they reached airport his eyes took to the
same course of action. However hard he tried he could not pierce his eyes
from her vision. They were glued to her back as if they were magnetized.