“Thank you,” said Trisha “I am doing the best I can.”

“So I can see. How is your mother doing? Hope she is well?”

“My mom is doing well, thank you for asking. How are daddy and Devi doing?”

“They are both doing fine. Devi is expecting. I will be a grandmother soon.” Her face was beaming with pleasure when she told Trisha the news. “I am so happy.  At last, something to look forward to.”

“That is wonderful news indeed.”

“But Karan is not doing well. He broke up with Caroline.”

Trisha kept her face blank and kept quiet.

“Don’t you want to know, why they broke up?”

“No, I don’t,” said Trisha. “It really was nice meeting you, I have to go now.”

“Do you have plans tonight?” She looked curious at Trisha. Trisha could see that she was envying her.

“It was nice meeting you,” Trisha said once again not wanting to answer her question. She grabbed her cart and walked quickly to the cheese section.

“Wait,” said her ex-mother-in-law.

Trisha stopped and turned around. She didn’t want to talk about Karan or Caroline.

 “You know Caroline broke up with him because he was only talking about you.”

Trisha looked at Karan’s mother, her face still blank. She could see that her eyes were filled with hope. She walked toward Trisha and grabbed her hand. Trisha was taken aback and wanted to release her but Karan’s mother held her hand firmly.

“My Karan has made a huge mistake, letting you go. He is not doing well,Trisha. He looks horrible. He doesn’t say a thing when he comes home. He lives with us now, since he has no place to live, the poor thing.” Then her ex-mother-in-law hesitated “I was going to call you one these days. I am glad that I walked into you. I was thinking. maybe you two could get back together. You don’t have anyone, he hasn’t got anyone, let the past be and start over.”

Trisha’s looked at her ex-mother-in-law. “I hope he will be doing well soon.But I have to go now. Bye.”

Trisha walked as fast as her heels good could carry her to the cashier. What a nerve the woman had! Did she really think that she would ever get back with Karan? This was not going to happen. And what made her think that she was not seeing anyone?