Everything under the Carpet

The dreaded talk is yet to happen; maybe I am not getting it this time. You see even after all the talk all we do is skip around the real issue and sweep it all neatly under the carpet. And after five years of marriage the issues under the carpet are piling up and it looks like a huge mountain now.
Then life goes on, this is the tried and tested way for the malayali family to deal with problems. One problem gets swept under the carpet, the next rears its head, and current one is to do with the bank loan Appan took out on the house and which he promptly forgot about and after nearly seven years the amount has accumulated and after Appan’s death the bank is initiating recovery procedures unless we pay at least 9.5 lakhs back. Of this 2.5 has been paid back and 7 remains. But none of us has the resources to do it. J will not help and I hate to have to ask him, Veena is broke and Choo, newly married and already struggling to pay her rent, is the last person to turn to. I really don’t know what to do. Veena says another bank loan is the solution but no one really is enthusiastic about it as paying it off and then ensuring that the court will rule in our favour, all look impossible now. If we don’t pay now, the 2.5 we paid will be lost and that was Appan’s stupidity for which Veena had to bear the brunt.