Amma, I didn't know—
(cutting in, voice cracking) Of course you didn't. No one asks the mother. They ask the son—"How is your job?" They ask the daughter—"Marriage fixed?" But the mother? She just serves coffee. Keeps the house. Keeps the promises of others. from series in tamil
(holding her gaze) I think a family's promise doesn't have an expiry date, Amma. Just a forgetting date. And we haven't forgotten. Amma, I didn't know— (cutting in, voice cracking)
You think a daughter-in-law can fulfill a husband's promise? I didn't know— (cutting in
doesn't look up. She traces a finger over a faded photograph—a young man in a veshti, smiling.