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one cup of tea

One cup of tea At the dining table, the son is reading a newspaper and dad is sitting besides him. The son is going through the headlines and also looking at the stock rates. He is silently sipping his tea without even giving a look at his dad. His dad is sitting and thinking of the days when he use to work and his son was just a small kid sitting there to get one glance from his dad. There were tears in his eyes. He however wanted to correct this so he just asked his son “son, how are you feeling today.” The son just replied “hmmmmmm”. He then just folded the newspaper and took his briefcase and left for office. The next day the father repeated the same question and the son replied in the same manner. This same routine carried on for a few days. One day the suddenly the son got a call at his work place informing him that his dad is seriously ill and wants to speak to him soon. He rushed to the hospital. The father said “son, I am very sorry. I was so busy in earning mon