Surprise homecoming of a lark

Twenty second  December, Sunday, dawned like any other normal day. A cold winter morning, when we get up from our cosy beds later than other days. My younger grand daughter, a dancer in the making, who  is the Vice President of the choreo society of her college, cannot  miss a single dance class.  She had a dance class and was in no mood to drive to her college. She wanted to be dropped  at her college. After a brief  discussion, whether her Mom or Papa should drop  her, it was decided that her father   (my son)  would drop the dancer . After the son and daughter left, we were just lazing around, when a tornado  began gathering strength, slowly  but  imperceptibly  proceeded towards our house. It came in the form of a telephone call..  It is nothing unusual  for the phone to ring. But on Sunday , it was a call which left me  perplexed, stupefied and speechless for a second.It was a call from  my elder grand daughter studying in Boston, USA. She is a student of Phd. (Physics) . She had informed me  early last week that she was going for a  camp for four days, along with her friends.  We speak with her every day. She specifically told me that there was no possibility of  a signal in the camp area. and that it would not be possible to access her.
 This  call was from  my grand daughter.  I was calling her since morning, as it was expected that she would reach  back to her house on Sunday, but there was no response. As the bell kept ringing I presumed that she would have reached  back  from the  camp. The moment I heard her voice, I  bombarded her with questions,  when  did she reach, how was the camp, was it snowing there....... She interrupted me and said," Dadi, listen to me first. I am not in Boston. I am in Delhi." I thought she was just kidding and without allowing her to complete her sentence I told her not to fabricate any stories. She sounded  annoyed and said,"Listen to me . I am at the airport., I will reach home in half an hour.  Don't disclose this news  to any one at home. Let it be a surprise." Wow, R is  in Delhi!  How she decided to come to Delhi  and many more queries were unanswered. But I was thrilled !!  My husband was sleeping. I woke him and told him that R is in Delhi, he was very excited.When my son came home, I told the news to him, even though I was barred  from disclosing it to anyone.  He did not believe me at first. He too was very enthusiastic. Soon after R arrived , the call bell  rang, the scene was ecstatic! We were elated. My daughter-in-law was taking bath. After her bath my son told her that a lady had come to meet me and was waiting in my room. The reaction of the mother , on seeing her daughter so unexpectedly was too emotional. Her tears of joy were dripping uncontrollably. She was almost hysterical. I felt it was all a dream. Just imagine she came all the way from USA without informing anyone at home!! She called her sister in her college  and the younger one's reaction was also of disbelief. She almost fell from the the stage.  Our  enthusiasm for Christmas celebration  knew no bounds. The house presents a festive look.