Rain came back two weeks later. I was a mess by then. I narrated this entire incident to her. Minus some things which I had to keep from her. For the time being, at least. While we did go around fro a couple of months, we realized we were better off as friends.
Rain is today married to a Scottish colleague of hers who works in the same company as hers. She is settled in Finland. 6 Tonne will celebrate his 5th wedding anniversary in December. As for me, I got married last year to Hannah..urf..Haneefa. Yes, the girl who was sloshed enough to sleep on my floor. We met again after college in a salsa class. And with Rain away, we got closer till the "love" culminated in our marriage. My Dad and Mom no longer talk to me for I married a Muslim. Hannah must now be having 'mussaffar'- a special medicinal recipe given to pregnant women. Yes, it was her 7th month. And that meant I'm alone at home, for their tradition doesn't allow her to come home till forty days after delivery.
I got in touch in with Riya a.k.a Wafa again. Thanks to Orkut and Facebook!She is in a live-in relationship there with a former colleague at Bisys Hedge Funds based in New York.We exchanged numbers again on chat. What prompted my thoughts to into flash back was a text from her this evening :
'Hey..Carl gone to Australia for a month. I would be flying down to Mumbai for some work. Looking forward to meet you...Been a long time.."
I am not sure what the last line was for, but the temperature in the room sure shot up!
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DISCLAIMER: All characters in this story are fictional and any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
u r gr8 with words... n yes emotions ... it was a very interesting read...
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