A couple of days later, he came to the park on time and saw her watching the waters, quiet and composed. She looked dazzling, as ever she used to be. He took a halt near the tree, whose branch could never be broken by him and started to replay his day, in his mind. It was just another day - nothing bad and nothing good. So, he thought it will be ok to meet her. A little ray of hope went flashing in his mind that Priya’s special someone might not be as special as a boyfriend.
“Hi Priya!”, said Karthik and sat next to her.
“Hi Karthik! How are you?”, replied Priya, with her signature sweet smile.
He started to feel better.
“I am good! How about you? Are you alright now?”
“Yeah, I am fine. Thanks!”
He started to feel relaxed and good. He absolutely had no clue, that a lightning is awaiting to hit his head hard, right at the centre.
“You were terribly upset, couple of days back. I am sorry, I couldn't make you feel better, then”, said Karthik apologetically.
“Please don't be Karthik… Honestly, I should be sorry for upsetting your evening the other day.
“No not at all… May I ask you something?”
“Yes”
“Who is Raj?”
He noticed her big smile slowly shrinking and her eyes widening. She was looking pale and the all time glow, suddenly vanished.
“I am Sorry. I didn't mean to…”
“He is my love, my life and my breath”, interrupted Priya.
“He is my world and I can't see anything beyond him in this world. He…”, continued Priya, discoursing about Raj, but Karthik couldn't hear anything more. His ears blocked and his eyes turned wet, instantly. The least expected worst, just happened and he certainly felt a lightning strike his head, right at the centre. He wanted to walk away, but he couldn't do that and he wouldn't do that. The feeling of loss and failure engulfed him and set an invisible and invincible fire upon him.
In spite, he regained his poise, started listening to her and nodded his head as an acknowledgement.
“You say you love him so much, but why do you wanna cry? What happened to him?”
“He is not with me”
“Is he not alive?”, asked Karthik, reluctantly.
“More or less, yes! He is behind the bars. He is convicted of murder and smuggling and was given a life term sentence. But, he is innocent. I couldn't do anything to help him. I can only sit and cry here for hours together”, replied Priya and started to cry.
“Priya, please don't cry. Don't worry. I shall do anything and everything to help you and Raj out of this. Can you tell me exactly what happened?”
Priya started to unveil her past.
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