Chapter2
"Can I help you?" asked that angelic voice .
Uday forgot why he was here, or what he had to do. He even forgot what his name was. The only thing that filled his mind was this unearthly beauty in front of him. He was drinking her features, her deer like eyes, the perfect nose, that full lips, so pink and tempting, that swan like neck, those soft round ...😳.
The girl felt uncomfortable by Uday's gaze. She felt like a innocent deer trapped by a ferocious lion ready to tear her apart. She turned her head away in disgust
"Am I dreaming? Are you an angel?"
After he had let this words escape, he hit his head in frustration. What was he thinking?
She again cleared her throat and asked in a harsh voice: "What do you want?" the anger was clearly visible in her eyes. Uday was snapped out of his daydream and was embarrassed by his behavior.
"Sorry "he mumbled inaudibly, he did not have the courage to face the girl again, what a jerk he was, he wanted to kick himself. He took a second to compose himself and asked her
" I want a bouquet of red roses"
"would you like to attach any message along with it" she enquired, her voice still had that edge of irritation in it.
"No that won't be necessary , thanks " he added he said looking out of the window, still unable to face her.
"Here you are" she handed him the bouquet and looked away.
Uday paid the money and quickly left the place.
He was still dazzled as he drove away. What had happened to him?, he was so confused.
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"mama" young veer fussed around him mom.
Veer singh , 17 year old young man was the apple of his mother's eyes, she adored him, took care of him and was his best friend. Veer was a loner; he did not get well with children of his age. He loved his mother more than anyone in the whole world. He would do ANYTHING, LITERALLY ANYTHING for his mother. He couldn't afford his mother to be unhappy, and he made sure he eliminated anything that made his mom unhappy.
"what is it, veer?" his mother asked caressing his cheek.
"Mama, do you love me?"
"Now why such a question, you know I love you more than anything in the whole world"
"I know, but it sounds so good to hear it from your mouth every now and then"
"Why is it so, my doubting tom?"
"Nothing mom"
"Are you hiding something from me beta?"
"Am I hiding anything?"
He thought of the dark alley, the gas filed room, the restaurant, the metro station, and many other places where his dark hands had left their mark.
"No mama, nothing, why should I try to hide anything from you?" he smirked, trying to hide all the secrets that his mind held
And she remembered his father's face; he too had the same smirk
And many old happy memories flooded through her.
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Uday still was in the shock when he was home; arthi had to ask the same question twice to get his attention.
"uday are you here?"
"Why what happened", he asked still absent minded
"I was telling you about the PTA meeting in tani's school is next Wednesday, are you going?
"am I what..?' uday sounded confused, he hadn't heard much what arthi was saying . All he could think was about that beauty he had met in the evening. He could only see her face in front of his eyes, her melodious voice was ringing in his ears. He really wanted to hold her in his arms, feel her.
"uday I think I know why you are so distracted today" she said in a serious voice, for a second uday got worried.
"wh..why?" he stammered.
" isn't tomorrow, aryan's second death anniversary. I know how close you where, weren't you thinking about him"
"ya, I was" uday lied
Aryaan choudary was his good friend. Their friendship had started during their college days. They had a lot of fun during that time, drinks, girls - sex , dance, and anything you could think of. He died 2 years ago in a gas explosion in his flat. Now his younger brother was looking after the Choudary business. He did miss his friend badly.
"Now don't worry about all those matters na uday, shall I serve your dinner?"
"Yes sweetheart"
Uday went to his room to have a quick shower before supper. He thought again of the girl he had met. Now in the presence of his family and his hot wife, he felt bad by his earlier behavior, why did he think of that girl like that? Wasn't be betraying his wife, by thinking of another girl, Urgh, he felt horrible. He was a married man and he was not supposed to have such unholy thoughts. Maybe it was the initial shock of seeing her, it would pass. No. it HAD to pass. As he showered he washed away all feelings he had developed for that young girl. Maybe he was going through some sort of MID-LIFE CRISIS that made him think about a young girl. Enough, uday thought. Enough was enough!! He would close this chapter forever. He felt like a new man.
As he walked outside arthi was standing in their bedroom arranging the washed and folded clothes in the cupboard. He went slowly behind her and pulled her towards him
"uday what are you doing now?"
"loving my wife, is it a crime?"
Arthi blushed hard hearing it.
Their life was back to normal, OR WAS IT???
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The next day as Uday drove towards his office, he saw the flower shop, he drove straight forward without even a sideways glance as he did not want to break the promise he made to himself yesterday. He knew if he looked sideways and caught her reflection, he may not be able to control himself from stopping over and seeing her again. He was not going to allow any temptations to spoil his married life, he was sure about it.
Once he reached his office he forgot about the girl or his worries, he was engrossed in his work. He loved his work so much
Around 2 in the afternoon arthi phoned him asking him to buy some pasta and tomato sauce for supper.
" you know arthi I hate to shop, na" he answered sadly
"be a good boy and buy those things, If you want you can get a "treat" if you do the shoping"
The promise of "treat" made uday happy. He smiled.
"ok, baby, you know how to manipulate your husband"
"I do" and she laughed, the sound was music to his ears.
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He walked around the supermarket holding a basket in his hands. The supermarket was not crowded. He felt happy as he did not like crowded places. He had brought pasta and tomato sauce and then he wanted to buy arthi something. He looked around and decided to buy a perfume for arthi, he walked towards the section where perfumes were kept. There again he saw HER. She was going through the different types of perfumes. Again uday was stunned by her beauty. He stared at her. All his earlier thoughts came back to him. He did not want them, he left the place in a hurry and she smiled to herself.
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They were sitting in a secluded corner of the restaurant. He looked totally engrossed in her. She nervously fidgeted with her plaits. Maybe she should had shampooed her hair, it was too oily, she thought.
No one spoke for sometime. Then he broke the silence
"you look beautiful"
"she blushed hard at his statement
"and I like when you blush like this everytime I talk to you"
this made her blush further.
Old memories were so fixed in her mind she found it difficult to erase it
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