Coming Back
"Lavanya Kashyap" she wrote on a piece of a blank white paper. The letters 'A' and 'P' of "Kashyap" were smudged as tear drop fell on them. The paper was then folded and kept in a envelope. The envelope was then dropped in the post box with the address of Raizada Mansion written over it. She sighed and went into her small apartment to make herself a cup of coffee and work on the report of Mrs.Vadhera . Yes , Khushi Kumari Gupta was a doctor and a successful one.
At Raizada mansion , everyone sat on the breakfast table besides Arnav and Lavanya. Everyone ate in silence and then left for their respective work. Om Prakash who was fondly called "OP" by all went to Arnav's room to hand him the precious letter for the fourth time that year. He knocked at the door twice before Arnav emerged out of his room and grabbed onto the letter and went back in. He caressed the handwriting over the envelope before opening it and reading the letter as though he was reading someone a fairytale. As he read the letter line by line , word by word, his voice became huskier and he took long pauses between the words. At some words he would let a tear flow down his blood-red eyes and at some word he would let out a mere soft smile. By the end of the letter he would go towards his bed and give it to the person it was actually meant for.
Lavanya was on the bed, her face much paler than usual , her normally big ,bright eyes had become small and diminished. She looked thinner and it seemed as though her body was shedding away. She gently took the letter from Arnav's hand and kept it close to her heart and closed her eyes briefly remembering her best friend , her happiness , her Chamkeeli. She opened her eyes slowly and whispered "ASR , please get her back , I want to see her one-ce before I'"she trailed away in Arnav's ear.
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Rgds Adya.đ
Part 2 : coming soon!
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