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Volatile Marriage Amicable Divorce

VOLATILE MARRIAGE AMICABLE DIVORCE

Fiction Short Story

By

VIKRAM KARVE

A cell-phone rings at 9 oâ??clock in the morning in an apartment in Pune.

The husband picks up, pauses for a moment as if hearing something, and says, â??Donâ??t worry, Iâ??ll be there on time,â? and then he switches off the mobile phone and keeps it in his pocket.

He then shouts to his wife, who is in the kitchen: â??Iâ??m going out for some work. Iâ??ll be back around one thirty or two for lunch.â?

â??Where are you going? Youâ??ve taken leave today. Letâ??s go shopping; and then for lunch and a movie.â?

â??Please. Not today. Iâ??ve taken leave just for this important thing.â?

â??Important thingâ?¦? What important thingâ?¦? Where are you goingâ?¦?â? the wife persists.

The husband does not want to tell her but he knows now that he has no choice but to tell her. He knows his wifeâ??s nature so well â?? she is not going to rest till she finds out. She will nag him to death until he tells her.

So he decides to tell her the bare minimum.

â??I am going to the Family Court,â? he says.

â??Family Courtâ?¦? Whyâ?¦?â? his wife shrieks in amazement.

â??A divorce case,â? the husband says nonchalantly.

â??Divorce caseâ?¦? You are filing a divorce caseâ?¦? You are trying to divorce me behind my backâ?¦?â? the wife yells hysterically.

â??Will you please be quiet and listenâ?¦? Itâ??s not us. Pooja has asked me to come for the hearing.â?

â??Poojaâ?¦? Who is this Poojaâ?¦?â?

â??Youâ??ve met her. Sheâ??s my colleague at work.â?

â??Oh. That Poojaâ?¦! I knew you always had a soft corner for her.â?

â??Itâ??s her final divorce hearing today and sheâ??s called me.â?

â??Divorce caseâ?¦? Poojaâ?¦? She called youâ?¦? How are you involvedâ?¦? I hope the divorce is not because of youâ?¦? I knew youâ??d do something stupid. You are so gullible you know â?? got trapped by her and now you are in trouble being summoned by courts. Respectable persons never see the insides of a court in their entire lives…!â?

â??Please keep quietâ?¦! You just go on and onâ?¦! Pooja has called me just to give her emotional support…â?

â??Emotional supportâ?¦? From youâ?¦? This Pooja needs emotional support from youâ?¦? Why youâ?¦? Tell meâ?¦why youâ?¦? I knew there was some hanky-panky going on. Iâ??m coming with you. Canâ??t you see what sheâ??s up toâ?¦?â?

â??Pleaseâ?¦please calm down and donâ??t jump to conclusions. Pooja is just a colleague going through a rough patch. As a friend, I have to help her out, show her a bit of compassion and kindnessâ?¦thatâ??s allâ?¦â?

â??Compassionâ?¦? Compassion, my footâ?¦! This compassion may soon turn into passionâ?¦!â? the wife says sarcastically, â??I tell youâ?¦Drying a divorceeâ??s tears is one of the most dangerous pastimes for a man, especially a married manâ?¦!â?

â??Pastimeâ?¦? Iâ??m not going there for amusement. I’m going just to help out a colleagueâ?¦â?

â??Oh, yes. An attractive colleague in distress, isnâ??t it? And our Knight in shining armour is rushing to her aidâ?¦!â?

â??Okay. Why donâ??t you come along and see for yourself,â? the husband says exasperated. 
The moment he utters those words he instantly regrets it, but it is too late. His wife has already picked up her purse and is heading towards the door.

â??Why are they divorcingâ?¦?â? the wife asks, as they are driving in their car from their house in Aundh towards the Family Court in city.

â??Itâ??s divorce by mutual consent.â?

â??Mutual consentâ?¦? What nonsenseâ?¦! There must be some other reason.â?

â??No. They have just agreed to separate.â?

â??Agreed to separateâ?¦? If they can agree to separate, why canâ??t they agree to stay togetherâ?¦?â?

â??I donâ??t know. Why donâ??t you ask Pooja thatâ?¦!â? the husband says irritated.

â??Of course I will. And Iâ??ll give a piece of my mind to her husband too and tell him to stop harassing his wife.â?

â??Pleaseâ?¦I beg youâ?¦for heavenâ??s sake donâ??t say anything stupid and embarrasing to them over there. He is not harassing her. They are parting amicably, as friends. I told you, it is an amicable divorce by mutual consent…â?

â??What nonsenseâ?¦? Amicable divorce by mutual consentâ?¦! There is no such thing as amicable divorceâ?¦!â?

â??What do you meanâ?¦? So many people have amicable divorces now-a-days and part as friends.â?

â??Nonsenseâ?¦! Itâ??s all nonsense, a cover upâ?¦ Amicable Divorce is a big lie â?? an oxymoron.â?

â??Oxymoronâ?¦?â?

â??Yes.  Tell me, how can divorce be amicableâ?¦? If a marriage is really so amicable, why divorce in the first placeâ?¦? If they can divorce and remain friends, I am sure they can remain married and be friends, isnâ??t itâ?¦?â?

â??I donâ??t know. Please let’s talk something else.â?

â??I am sure there is something fishy…â?

â??Will you please keep quiet and let me drive the car in peaceâ?¦?â?

â??Whatâ??s her husbandâ??s nameâ?¦?â?

â??Abhishek.â?

â??Seeâ?¦ Pooja and Abhishekâ?¦ even their names are compatible,â? the wife says, I am certain that there must be some adultery involved. This Abhishek must be having an affair. Or it must be Pooja. Yes it’s her. Iâ??m sure she is having an affairâ?¦!â?

â??Donâ??t be stupid. Sheâ??s not like that.â?

â??How do you knowâ?¦?â?

â??I know her for so many years now. Sheâ??s quite close to me. Sheâ??s told me everythingâ?¦â?

â??Close to youâ?¦? She is close to youâ?¦? Oh, My Godâ?¦! I hope itâ??s not youâ?¦?â?

â??Meâ?¦? Will you please shut upâ?¦? I told you it is mutual incompatibilityâ?¦!â?

â??Mutual Incompatibility my footâ?¦! Let me tell you there is no one in this world who is more mutually incompatible than you and meâ?¦! But are we divorcingâ?¦?â?

â??Why donâ??t weâ?¦? At least Iâ??ll have some peace and respite from your constant naggingâ?¦â?

â??Ahâ?¦you want to divorce me so you can marry her, is itâ?¦? Youâ??ve got a hope in heavenâ?¦! Iâ??ll cling on to you till my dying dayâ?¦ And then I will follow you as a ghost and even to heaven after thatâ?¦â?

They drive in silence for a while and then the wife asks, “Has she got any childrenâ?¦?â?

â??Yes. Two. A boy and a girl. In schoolâ?¦â?

â??Poor children. What will happen to themâ?¦?â?

â??Theyâ??ll go off to a boarding school for a while till Pooja settles down…â?

â??Itâ??s funny. Theyâ??ve got children and are divorcing. We donâ??t have any children, but we are carrying on togetherâ?¦!â?

“Yes,â? the husband says, â??I really wonderâ?¦! We constantly fight but we stay together; and they have such a cordial relationship but they want to separateâ?¦â?

â??Marriage is not supposed to be cordial and cold,â? the wife says lovingly, snuggling up affectionately to her long-married husband.

â??Iâ??ve realized one thing,â? says the husband dotingly hugging his much-married wife.

â??Whatâ?¦?â?

â??The opposite of love is not hate â?? it is indifference.â?

VIKRAM KARVE

Copyright © Vikram Karve 2010

Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.

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VIKRAM KARVE educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU and The Lawrence School Lovedale, is an Electronics and Communications Engineer by profession, a Human Resource and Training Manager by occupation, a Teacher by vocation, a Creative Writer by inclination and a Foodie by passion. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles in magazines and journals for many years before the advent of blogging. His delicious foodie blogs have been compiled in a book “Appetite for a Stroll”. Vikram lives in Pune with his family and pet Doberman girl Sherry, with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts. Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog – http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com Email: vikramkarve@sify.com

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