"Vasu," said Amulu somewhat to her husband's surprise. Hitherto she had followed the tradition of a Hindu wife not calling her husband by name. But Amulu had travelled so far away from orthodoxy that the time has come to give up these ancient practices.
"Yes Darling."
"I feel frightened."
"Of what?"
"About us?"
"Yes, strange things are happening. A month ago with your diamond nose rings and chignon you were a model of old fashioned Hindu womanhood. Now you look modern, young, vivacious, and with a taste for other men."
"Funny isn't? You have changed too, Vasu, and that is what is frightening me."
"What change? I am not conscious of having grown horns."
"Till now you gave the impression of being a prohit."
"Prohit? Temple priest?" Vasu laughed. "In spite of my wearing pants and shirt?"
"Yes."
"Without a top knot?"
"That is the funniest part Vasu. My friends say they could see a distinct top knot bobbing about even though your hair style is quite modern."
"Your friends are a mischievous lot, but do you see one too?"
"I could also see one. It is so funny. I would be annoyed when they say that. It is gone now, Vasu."
"The top knot?"
"Not only the top knot, but the prohit look itself. You stand taller, and there is that penetrating look in your eyes. Your eyes used to be as animated as tomatoes. Your walk, and your talk, everything has changed. You have started looking like a great personality."
"Cuckolds are not supposed to look that way."
"Vasu." She was quite angry. "There will be trouble if you ever say that word again. Understand?"
"Sorry Ammu. I won't, ever. But you said you are frightened. You should be happy to see your husband turn into a he-man."
"The change is quite frightening. I am thinking of Jekyll and Hyde."
"You suspect that I am now Hyde?"
"No Vasu. It appears as if strange powers have unleashed within you. Anything can happen."
"Hope that only good things happen."
"I do more; I pray. Don't you feel the change too?"
"I do have a strange feeling of confidence in myself. Nothing much. But it is there."
"Vasu. So many things are happening and so fast that I am confused and at times quite depressed. Right now I am pretty low. Cheer me up. Disrobe me and cuddle me, darling. If I am physically one with you I feel much revived." Vasu did more than disrobe her. He disrobed too. They kissed, and hugged, and played with themselves. She lay in an inverted position on the sofa with cheek pressed against the seat and front of her abdomen resting on the backrest with pelvis on top. Vasu stood behind with his armpits on her thighs, kissing her pussy, and Amulu purred like a cat.
"When are you meeting him again?" said Vasu suddenly.
"That's what I want to ask you," said Amulu without missing stride. "Do you want it to be a one-off experience?"
"Not at all. You want it to continue?"
"Vasu," said Amulu righting herself. She was kneeling on the sofa with her face almost touching his. "I look on him as tenderly as I would a son I can never have. When I am with him it is a special feeling. It was more like cuddling a son. I feel as if I have known him all his life. He feels that way too. It is such a special feeling being a mother and a lover at the same time."
"Then call him. If you feel as if he is a son then I must know him too."
"When?"