Sakshi flopped down on the chair. It was almost 7 pm and she had come into the park to relax or in other words in order to clear her head about a certain akdu person who never leaves any chance to berate her for lack of capabilities.
Sa: off, to impress this akdu it is next to impossible.
Her phone rang.
Sa: yeah shree
Sh: hey sakshi, where are you?
Sa: edward's park
Sh: okay, you are coming with us for dinner tonight. Right?
Sa: yeah, obviously. You just give me a call when you reach the park I will meet you here only.
Sh: okay me and chotu will reach in half an hour.
Sakshi continued to ponder over arjun. She wondered how can person be so hard-hearted.
A voice said " penny for your thoughts"
Sakshi turned to see a girl with a dimple smile looking at her.
Sa: sorry?
Girl: I am sorry. It just seemed that you were troubled and would like to share your thoughts with someone. And I had once heard that sharing your thoughts with someone can lessen the burden.
Sakshi smiled and said " thanks, but I don't want to bore you with my worries"
Girl: if I wanted to not get bored I would'nt have approached you. and there is no one in the park also. So in this there is 2 advantages.
Sa: 2 advantages?
Girl: yeah. See my friends are not here for me to talk. And today I am in a mood to talk a lot. So lets do this. you share your worries and I share mine. In this case, our both burden will also be lightened and we will be able to have a conversation also.
Sakshi laughed. She was starting to like this girl with a dimple smile.
Girl: so, boyfriend trouble?
Sa: no office trouble?
Girl: akdu boss?
Sa: you have no idea.
Girl : same here. You see the place where are I used to work, I had not one but 2 bosses. One was akdu and one was khadoos. Secretly I had named them as akdoos. And both were always at loggerheads with each other. If one says left then the other says right.
Sa: same here, even in my office this is the same situation. Arjun and sameer are always at war with each other. Whether there is a case or no case.
Girl: but there was a thing. Both my bosses cared for each other and us a lot. I mean when we are in a critical situation then I have seen both of them communicate without any words needed. They are each other's best support in times of need.
Sakshi nodded as she could see the exact same companionship between arjun and sameer.
Girl: you know when I met my akdu boss for the first time, I had started a fight with him. Later I found out that he was my boss. Then we used to get into fights with each other because he used to always underestimate me. If I help, he has a problem, if I don't help then also he has a problem. you know I have sat in this bench so many times wondering how to deal with that aksu sadu boss of mine.
Sak: you know your situation sounds very familiar to me. Arjun always keeps berating me for my lack of capabilities and when I do something right then also he compliments it sarcastically. Anyway then tell me how did you handle such a boss?
Girl: easy, I had 2 of the coolest friends who used to always protect me from their temper or used to face their temper with me. Actually we faced both of their temper a lot. But later on I found out that my akdu boss had a caring heart. He used to scold me so that I would improve myself. He used to never tell me but I hope that he was pleased when I did something right. I could never tell anything from him because he kept his feelings well hidden.
Sak: wish like that was in my office.
Girl: maybe your boss is berating you so that you see that where you are doing a mistake and improve yourself. Maybe he does this because he care about you and would'nt like to see you get hurt.
Sakshi thought about all the instances when arjun took care of her and made sure that she was okay. He used to never show but sometimes she felt that he cared about her too.
Sak: maybe you are right?
The girl nodded her head. Her phone rang. It was shree's call.
Sak: oh, oh this my friend's call. It was nice talking to you. and you are right it did reduce my burden.
Sakshi was going to get up when she remembered a question.
Sak: hey, did you fall in love with your aksu boss?
Sakshi saw the girl's eyes reflect change. It seemed as if the girl herself would never know about it.
Girl: I would never know.
Sakshi was going to ask but the insistant ringing of her phone forced her to stop.
Sak: okay, I have to go. Bye, see you later.
Sakshi was going to go when the girl said " sakshi"
Sak: yeah?
Girl: take care of arjun sir, rathore sir, shree and chotu.
Sak: of course.
And she hurried off. When she saw the car in front of her, sakshi realized what she said.
Sak "but I never told her about shree and chotu."
She turned to go back but shree pressed the horn. She gave one last look at the park, sat in the car and left.
Riya came out of the park and looked at the disappearing car. She then just disappeared into the night never to return back again.

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