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Manini woke up next day and when she shot a look at the wall clock her laziness vanished. It was 8 already. "Itni late ho gaya aur aaj to Sankraati hai... Anupama ne uthaaya bhi nahi mujhe... Khud uthi ya kabhi khud bhi to soti hi reh gayi...", she removed the blankets, rolled her hair up in a bun and slapped her alarm clock. "Stupid clock! Baji bhi nahi."

In the hall there was nobody. She called Anupama but no reply. She checked the room and she wasn't there either. Not even the baby. And she heard some faint music. Coming from the garden outside. She followed the sound and saw Anupama sitting out on a bedsheet in the garden over the grass. She had kept little baby mattress for her baby there and was massaging his little limbs.