When Sujin called, Valli was already halfway through re-organizing the kitchen cabinets. Perspiration on her face and resentment in her heart, she silently cursed herself for taking on the mantle of the cleaner one. The maid had disappeared two weeks ago and with Diwali around the corner, chances of finding a substitute were slimmer than the size she aspired to be. So when he uttered something a shade thoughtless, she was ripe for the mother of all tantrums.
They fought for 47 minutes. 47:28, to be precise. And as they raged back and forth and spewed acrimony into the cellular heavens, tears poured down her cheeks unchecked. Grabbing the nearest available towel, she wiped her eyes and blew hard. Pale yellow mucus stared placidly back at her. She raged some more. She blew some more. Until the mustard-colored towel glistened evenly and she carefully arranged it on the back of his chair, right on top of the cleaner blue one, exactly as she had found it.
Two hours later, her run ended abruptly. The neighbor’s dog had mistaken her leg for a lamppost and she hurried home to shower. Sujin was going to be late. So she put on La Boheme at glass-shattering decibels, poured herself some cranberry juice, stripped off her soiled track pants, grabbed the topmost towel off the chair and let the hot jets of water drain her cares away.
Wisdom Wears Neon Pyjamas 
:sigh:
Murphy, or karmic justice?
Love the short stories bloggers some up with! This one is super! Karma han? What goes around comes around!
NOT FAIR!!!!!
You cannot do the karma thing to a girl, no matter what!!!
Lol.. That was a really good one!
@Suki – Murphy’s law if it happens to me and karmic/poetic justice if it happens to others!
I was going to say egggzactly what Priyanka said, but she beat me to it 😦
Anyway, loved the story … & the title — ‘glistens’ *snicker*
very nice….your story cleared up the fogginess I was struggling with this morning.
Suki: I’d call it writer’s manipulation. 🙂
Minal: Snot an idea. 😛
DewdropDream: Only to my character, hon. I was smarter than that.
Priyanka: Hear, hear.
Shivani: Thank you. 🙂
sukanya: I lifted someone’s fog? That’s a first.
Bleccchhh.
Cool story!
Yuck! How cool 😛
dipali @ Meira: Thank you, confused souls! 😛
Ewwwwww!!!
How can something so disgusting be so lovely-ly written?
M4: But…but…mommies write about poop and puke so matter-of-factly! Why am I not allowed? 😦
Of course you are darling. Made for a great read 🙂
Eveslungs: Oh whew. Thanks. 😀
:p
Ooh wicked. 🙂
Eveslungs: My grandma, what a round tongue you have!
Anindita: 🙂
Awesome! Going through your blog after a long time. Loved it
Phoenixritu: You’re welcome to visit yennytime. 😀