A Sad Song At Midnight

It's a half past ten at night. Uncle Anand's family hadn't come home yet. Praveen had been waiting for them for twenty minutes. Another worker who lived in the house had not yet returned either.

"Why aren't they home yet?" Praveen asked Raju who was accompanying him in the front room.

"At eleven o'clock they come home. It's normal, they often come home late when they go out at weekend. Just wait," replied Raju. "Would you like me to make some chai tea?"

"Don't bother. I don't want to drink."

"Let's have a drink while waiting for them to come home."

Praveen shook his head. He was a little bit nervous waiting for Uncle Anand to come home. He wanted to tell him that he got a job and start to work tomorrow and decided to move to a new place of work. Of course Praveen had to tell him because the man had already given him a stay.

Finally Uncle Anand came home.

"You didn't go out or just at home earlier?" the man asked seeing Praveen and Raju just sitting in front of the tv.

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