A Short Story - Part Fourty

One night, Raghu felt hungry in the middle of a night. He went to the kitchen searching for something to eat. He found a lone apple and ate it. Next day morning, Kokila was shouting and cursing herself. She was very furious at Raghu.. Raghu did not know the reason for her anger.. he was puzzled.. he went and asked her, why was she so furious.. She replied, " you know how much one apple costs? its ten rupees.. that apple was kept there so that Sekhar could take it to school with lunch.. And you just ate it.."


Raghu for a moment was petrified.. he did not know how to reply to that question from his mom.. It was then he decided not to have any food at home.. hence used to have all three meals at office.. 
He just used to sleep at home...