He made me laugh so much every time, I don’t remember if I ever laughed like this before. Even before I started tutoring him he used to be in my house all the time with my son also spending lots of time with me.
Life continued over the years and he looked at me as his best friend despite our age difference. I also developed a soft corner for him and loved him just like my son.
My personalized tuitions started showing results and soon he was among the top students in his college. Everyday my kids are out playing with their friends while I had my coaching sessions with him.
So we were alone in the house always. Over time we were discussing his college life and his friends including his crushes. Pramod had very few friends but with me he seemed the happiest.
All his crushes/ girlfriends never lasted more than a few days after he started talking to them. I never took this seriously thinking that with more maturity and time he will surely evolve.
He made sure he brought candy toffees, lollypops and stick ice-creams because I had told him I love it. I would have loved it even more if my hubby did all this but as I said before I was living a routine life without expectations.
I wear sarees all the time and after the kid’s tuitions I would change into nighty. I would be in my nighty by Pramod’s turn because Pramod was no outsider for me.
One day when he came for his tuitions he dropped the bomb which changed my life. He said “aunty I have a big problem and I don’t have anyone with whom I can discuss it”.
I said “you can comfortably discuss with me just the way we have discussed so many other things all these years”. He said “no aunty, you do not understand, this problem is different and I am scared how you will react if I tell you about it”.
I was sitting at the dining table with him because that is where I conduct my tuitions. I held his hands in mine and insisted he tell me whatever it is and I will not say anything.
He looked in my eyes and placed my hand on his crotch and said “aunty this is the problem”. I felt a big bulge in my palm sending me instantly into shock because I had never touched even my hubby’s crotch ever.
When I came back to my senses later I pulled my hand back. I was flustered and embarrassed like never before in my life. Pramod said “see aunty I told you, you cannot help me with this problem”.
I composed myself because I never saw this coming. On the other hand, because I was so naive I never even understood the problem properly in the first place.
So I said “before you jump to any conclusions first tell me clearly what your problem is”. He seemed to calm down and said “somewhere in my mind I knew you are the only person with whom I can discuss my problem”.
He grabbed the bulge over his trousers and said “aunty this is hurting all the time, this is hard all day causing me embarrassment in public when people notice it. I don’t know what to do. Please help me”.
Hearing his problem felt like I got struck by a nuke, paralyzing my brain, thinking how could I help. Trying hard to behave normal I said “Pramod how can I help you? You need to see a doctor to help you with it”.
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