after few hours we were on the shimla highways, we stopped the car to have some snacks in the nearby hotel and refuelled the car and we continued our journey.
we reached our destination at around evening 5 o clock and we enjoyed the hill tops of shimla, took many selfies. I was finally happy to see my mom happy. we saw the sunset from a hill top. while enjoying the view, it started pouring heavily so we decided to return to delhi.
the sun was out, the road we were on had no other cars, it was a “S” bend road. I was cruising at a 30km speed and suddenly we heard a rumbling sound from the top of the hill. several tons of sand slid in our way blocking the road.
“watch out” my mom shouted.
I applied the brakes suddenly and tires screeched, the car stopped after a few feet. Fortunately we were safe, but our road is blocked by tons of sand.
I looked over at my mother, who had up to this point been dead silent during the commotion. She looked like she was hyperventilating.
“Are you okay Mom?!”
She looked up at me, eyes filled with hysteria but quickly fading.
“Yeah, but what was that?”
“it was a LANDSLIDE” mom.
We took a second to catch our breath.
mom began to call the emergency services, after few seconds of “hmm okay hmm” she hung up the line and
said to me “it is pouring heavily, they will clear the landslide after the pouring dies down, till then we are stuck in this car.”
“So we wait?”
mom merely shrugged in response.
“I guess we have to.”
so we had to spend a night in the car, i turned the ignition off thus we won’t get run out of fuel.
we are freezing inside the car, due to the cold weather. we both are shivering. we don’t have any blankets and sweaters with us.
mom said to me ” we can fold the seats on the back row and could lie down inside the boot of the car”
i nodded my head and we got out the car and opened the boot door and flipped the seats and entered into the car from the rear.me and my mom got settled into the car. it was not comfortable, but it was slightly warmer than before.
mom said ” I will remove my saree and we both could get into the saree and hug each other to keep us warm”
I said nothing and simply nodded my head.
mom removed the safety pin from the blouse and begin to remove her saree, although it was dark i can see my mom’s glowing skin in the dim moonlight. she removed her saree fully and gave me the one end of it to me. I covered myself with mom’s saree and the other end mom covered herself. now mom was only in her blouse and petticoat
now we both were inside my mom’s saree. mom said “lets hug yash”, on hearing it I went to hug my mom, but she stopped me and said ” we should not hug facing each other, beta I will turned towards my left and you hug me from my behind.”
I said “okay mom.”
she turned towards her left and I hugged my mom from behind, my left hand was under my mom’s neck and right hand was around my mom’s waist.my face was behind her head and hair was rubbing in my nose. I started to smell her fragrance, it was a motherly scent, that I would never get tired of.
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