18. Mohini tells her father about first touch

CHAPTER 18

Mohini tells her father about first touch

          Mohini’s father was getting ready to go to the city. He looked at his daughter and said, “I am going to the city to see a boy for you. I am taking your horoscope with me.”

Mohini was shocked. “Daddy, I have told you so many times that one astrologer had told me that the man who touches me first will be my husband.”

“Let me get my hands on that astrologer. I will peel his skin. He has fooled you into believing such stupid things. You must be very careful in selecting a man for your husband. We must see his standard and his character.” Said Varada angrily.

Mohini was shocked. “But one man has already touched me four days ago. I will marry no man other than him.”

Varada was shocked. “What did you say? Has he touched you?”

Mohini said coolly and romantically, “Even the second touch is over. He has told me that he will give me the final touch after marrying me.”

Varada was shocked. “Who is he? Where does he live? I will allow him to marry you only if he is of my standard.”

“He is working in Brahmam’s cloth shop.”

“Ok. I will go and see him. I will check his background. If everything is ok, then you can marry him.”

Mohini was happy. She went inside her room and phoned to Yedu. “I have told dad about you. He is coming to your shop to see you today.”

Yedu was very happy. “You have told him about me, isn’t it? Rest of it, my owner will tell. I will put leave and come to you for the third touch.”

Mohini was very happy. “No problem for third touch. But for the final touch, you will have to marry me.”

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Mohini’s father Varada entered Brahmam’s shop. Yedu was missing. Brahmam was doing both the jobs of owner and worker.

“Come in sir. What do you want?”

“I have not come to your shop to purchase cloth.”

Brahmam was surprised. “Sir this is cloth shop. You will not get anything other than cloth here.”

“I know that. I have come to find a husband for my daughter.”

Brahmam was shocked and excited.  “Sit down sir. I am still unmarried.”

Varada looked at Brahmam from top to bottom. “Are you the worker in this shop?”

“I am the owner of this shop. Brahmam. My worker has taken leave today. He phoned to tell me that he was not going to come today.”

“But I have come to see him. My daughter said that he gave her first touch. She wants to marry no other man. I have come to find out about his background.”

“He is just an ordinary servant. He lives on the payment I am giving. He has neither father nor mother. He lives alone.”

Varada was happy to hear this. “Everything is plus. I am happy that he is single. What is his payment?”

“I pay him 100 rupees per day. 3,000 per month.”

“No problem. I want someone who will take whatever I give him.”

Suddenly one customer entered the shop. Brahmam turned to the customer.

Seeing the customer, Varada said, “I will leave now. I will come on another day to see the worker.”

As Varada left, Brahmam thought, “I must find out the background of this old man.”

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Meanwhile Mohini and Yedu were enjoying third touch in Mohini’s house.