On Sunday morning, I awoke to the sun's rays peeking through some openings in the wooden walls of my room. I looked at my bed-side clock and it was 8:40. I was about to get out of my room to use the toilet, but stopped when I heard voices outside my room (from the dining area). My room door was slightly open, so I could clearly here the conversation.
"You look radiant this morning, Rani-ma," Aayahmah complimented Mom, "such a happy and satisfied look. Your face and eyes tells a story of so much love."
"Ohh you! Don't tease me-lah, Sundari. A week away from the man I love. What did you expect apart from a passionate night of love-making?" laughed Mom.
"Yes, I would have expected that. Annan (translates as big brother in Tamil) would have missed you too and wanted you so much," said Aayahmah. "You two are truly made for each other" she continued.
"Yes, I am so lucky to have him," said Mom. I nodded in agreement.
"And he, you" replied Aayahmah. Again I nodded. "Here's your coffee, Rani-ma."
It was an interesting conversation between Mom and Aayahmah. They were so open with each other.
"I wish you could also enjoy the same womanly pleasures as I do, Sundari," said Mom. "You know that you are like my sister. And you know that I did try some years ago after your hubby died, to persuade my hubby to take you as his second wife and satisfy you as a woman, but he's not the least interested. He's never raised that issue again. Not that it's you - he's just not interested in any other woman. Says he's got more than enough woman in me," explained Mom further.
"I can believe that Rani-ma. He finds total satisfaction in you" said Aayahmah. "You two are the perfect couple -- blessed from the heavens. Long may you live as Man and Wife" she said in a truly sincere tone. "Not once in the last 27 years that I have been working for you has Annan ever tried to flirt with me, he only has you in his eyes" continued Aayahmah.
"I may have been unlucky to have lost my husband early and not be able to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh anymore, but in another sense I am really blessed to be a part of your wonderful family. The way you and Anna have treated Mala and me, what more could I ask for. I am truly happy here with you all" said Aayahmah.
There was silence for some seconds -- I assumed that they were just hugging and comforting each other. Then Mom said "I'll take his coffee up to him and after that we are going to the market. Anything else needed besides the shopping list we made yesterday?" asked Mom.
"No, I think we got everything noted" replied Aayahmah.
I waited for a while, till I heard Dad's car driving away. Then I came out of my room and went to use the toilet, after which I headed for the kitchen to have my morning mug of coffee. Aayahmah was making it for me and handed it over to me.
"Good Morning, Aayahmah," I wished. "Have Mom and Dad left for the market?" I asked.
"Good Morning, Mohan. Yes, they just left and should be back before 11:00. You know how crowded the market is on Sundays" replied Aayahmah.
"Did you have a good sleep?" she asked.
"Yes, a wonderful sleep," I said. "May I ask you something, Aayahmah?" I muttered.
"Sure, Chellam" she replied.
"How long have you known Mom and Dad?" I asked.
"More than 27 years, since your Mum was pregnant with Sheela" she replied. "We have shared a lot together. She's like my sister and your Dad like my brother" she continued.
Aayahmah was wearing a sari -- she always wore a sari around the house. Only when she did gardening, she used slacks and a shirt or t-shirt - she had a nice garden patch at the back, where she grew some green vegetables, as well as flowering plants like jasmine, hibiscus and daisies. She was around the same height as Mum, though she had a bigger frame, but she wasn't fat.
After the events of last night and the conversation I overheard this morning, I was seeing her in a different perspective -- as a woman. She was darker than Mum but beautiful, with sharp, lovely facial features and hardly any wrinkles. She had really nice, round eyes and sensual, thick lips and a pretty nose, adorned with a gold stud. Her hair was as long as Mom's and she always tied it into a bun at the back. Her sari was well draped around her body and didn't show any flesh. All I could make out was her wide, well-rounded buttocks.
"Do you miss your husband, Aayahmah?" I asked.
"As a husband, NO!" she replied with bitterness. "It was an arranged marriage and he seemed a good man when we were first married. But when I was pregnant with Mala, he lost his job as an attendant in the hospital, due to his drinking habit. Your parents advised him many times, but he never changed. Your Dad even found for him jobs as a gardener in the post-office, but his drinking destroyed everything. Life for Mala and me was hell. I never found any satisfaction from him as a husband and Mala never as a father. Only your parents kept us alive and well" she said with tears in her eyes.
"And, why are you so curious this morning, my son?" asked Aayahmah.
"Nothing really, I was just wondering. Why didn't you re-marry?" I asked.
"What? Who would want to marry me?" she asked. "And, in our society, it's unthinkable" she continued.
"Why not? I have a Tamil friend in campus whose Mom married a second husband at 55," I answered as I kept admiring her pretty face. "And, hey, I would marry you if I was a little older," I joked.
She stared at me, laughed and then hugged me. "You always knew how to melt my heart, even when you were a baby" she said, holding my head to her bosom. "Now go take your bath" she ordered.
Our bathroom downstairs was really large. Water from a tap was collected in a large porcelain tub, which helped make the water chill. We then used a plastic container (with a handle) to take the water from the tub and pour it over ourselves -- a manual shower, you can say. I loved having a shower like that.
Within the bathroom, there was also a square block of concrete, about waist height, on which there was a granite stone cemented. This was where Aayahmah used to wash all our clothes on (no washing machine in those days or at least, we couldn't afford one). Mom had however instilled discipline in my sisters that their panties and bras should be washed by themselves and not left around in the bathroom or laundry pail for someone else to wash.
After a shower and change of clothes, I went to grab a small breakfast of cream crackers with coffee. And, then I went upstairs to read the morning newspapers. Call it boredom or curiosity I decided to look into my parents' bedroom. Spick and span, windows open to air the room and their bed was done -- Mom was a perfect housekeeper. I sat on their bed and looked at the wall where the peepholes were. They were not clearly visible from the bed but when I went closer to the wall, I could make them out. Were my parents aware, I wondered.
Finding nothing more of interest there, I came downstairs again. Aayahmah was in the bathroom washing clothes. I saw her standing there with a pile of clothes on the floor. She had removed her sari and stood there with her long under-skirt (called pavadai in Tamil), which she had folded, so it only came to her knees, and her blouse -- she did this to prevent her sari and pavadai from getting wet. I stood at the door to the bathroom and on the pretext of starting a conversation I began to admire her body. Many a time I had seen her in that same clothes, but today she appeared different to me....as a truly desirable woman.
"Do you feel lonely sometimes, Aayahmah?" I started. I took in her body. Her blouse held back what seemed a large pair of tits, tightly packed in her bra. Her cleavage indicated some juicy melons in there, waiting to be freed. Her legs tapered off from her fleshy thighs and rounded buttocks to her slender feet and toes. I'd never noticed the hair on her legs before and my mind wondered.
"What's with your questions today?" she asked and then replied my question, "Not when you all are around. When it's only your parents and me here, yes, sometimes I do get lonely. But I keep myself occupied -- reading, sewing, gardening" she said, as she scrubbed my jeans on the stone.
"Don't you have friends in the neighbourhood here?" I asked, admiring her nice mid-section - a slight tummy with a nice navel showing. The outline of her panties was evident against her pavadai and yes, she had a nice round ass.
"I do, but I keep my distance" she replied. "I don't like gossiping and there are quite a few bitches in the neighbourhood" she continued.
As she kept scrubbing the clothes one after the other, I was getting turned on by her movements. Her breasts were jiggling as she bent over a little to scrub, her body moving in rhythm. It looked so erotic to watch and a flash of Mom riding Dad last night came to my mind. I felt my cock stirring.
"Do you have a girlfriend now, Mohan?" asked Aayahmah.