
The Relative Summer: A helping hand
The Hindu
Much to their mother’s surprise, Nikhil and Nikita are excited about the next guest. This time, it’s their favourite cousin!
Story so far: When Nikita and Nikhil have guests, they must share a room. Normally, this annoys them but some guests are okay like the boy who was no trouble!
Narrated by Nikhil
“Abhishek?” I asked. “He’s coming?”
‘”Yes,” Amma said nervously. We’d just said bye to Shyam and here she was, telling us that we would have to share a room again. Amma obviously expected us to grumble.
Instead, Nikita asked excitedly, “When?”
“And he’ll stay in my room!” I grinned.
“Is this a joke?” Amma wondered.

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