Guilt

The sunshine was enveloped by gloomy clouds. Wanshika’s parents
had dropped in unannounced, after their bitter dispute over adoption, few years
back; she had hardly kept in touch.

 “It’s not that I am
not proud, just worried”, her dad said finally, sipping tea, watching Ashmit from
a distance while he played with the bell.

“Everybody praises you, to have adopted a kid and managed
single-handedly”, her mother added eagerly.

These discussions always depressed her, guilt resurfaced as out
of fear of being ostracised she didn’t call her son her own, because only she
knew why Ashmit’s eyes were so familiar.

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