Without waiting for his reaction I continued to my room. I did see that he settled down on the sofa drinking more. That is when I called you to say we cannot do it tonight.
Next morning when I came down I saw papa on the floor with his night pants at his feet and also saw the whiskey bottle was empty. So I understood he must have drunk himself to glory and crashed out.
This is when I woke you up because I could not pick him up alone and take him to bed. Rest you know….
Then Uma and me carried dad to his bed when mom woke up because of the noise. She asked “what happened to him”? I said “I went to bed while he continued drinking and Uma stayed behind to serve him”.
Uma said “nearing midnight I also left and today morning when I came down I found him passes out on the floor next to the sofa”. Mom was very pissed now, she said “you leave now Krishna, I need to talk to Uma privately”.
I left from there dying of curiosity of what she was going to ask Uma, especially because I kind of knew what might have transpired last night. Uma came out nearly half hour later, she did not look at me in the eyes and went straight to the kitchen.
I went after her and asked “so what did mom ask you”? Uma turned to me and said “she directly asked me if papa misbehaved with me after getting drunk”.
I asked “so what did you say”? She said “I tried to dodge the question and went in circles but mummy was smart to figure out by filling in the blanks”. I asked “so what do we do now”?
Uma said “mummy told me she had to replace all the female maids in the house with males”. This was new to me, so I asked “but why”? Uma said “it seems papa was banging all the female maids by force like an animal and it was hurting the family reputation”.
Bewildered I asked “so does this mean you told mom that he banged you too last night”? Uma said “well mummy’s line of questioning was so strong and direct that I could not hide it anymore. I am really sorry Krishna. I did not mean to”.
I said “you don’t have to be sorry, it is not your fault”. Just then mom came out of her room. She was boiling with anger, she sat on the sofa and screamed “I don’t know what to do with this sick man”.
I sat with her to calm her down, I asked “mom what happened”? She burst out crying loudly, she said “I thought in this house at least sanity will prevail but I was wrong. Do you know what your father did last night”?
I pretended innocent, I asked “what did he do mom”? She blurted out “he banged Uma forcibly after getting drunk. Now I don’t have a face to show anyone including Uma. Even at the function he forcefully banged his brother’s wife behind the stage while the holy rituals were going on”.
I did not know how to react to this, so decided to stay quiet. Mom continued “your dad is such a horny bastard that he will hump a tree if he does not find a woman and I am really sick and tired of this”.
“Back in the village he has banged all the maids who came to work for us making many of them pregnant. Now no lady is ready to come to work for us because of him”.