FALSAFA

CHAPTER 29 - The Last Chance!

Kriti was sitting in the taxi. Her heart was betting fast. It was already 3:30 pm and she just had 30 more mins to stop the love of her life from leaving. The traffic was almost normal but she was getting nervous each time the car stopped at any signal.

Kriti: (in her mind) Please!!! I hope the flight gets delayed. Please God Please!!!!!

She was continuously trying to call Dhruv but his phone was switched off.

Her tension knew no bound. One more signal and she could have died of a heart attack.

After a while she reached the airport. She paid the fare and jumped out of the taxi.

She ran. Ran with her full force!

She reached the check point. The guards stopped her. She didn't have a boarding pass. There was no way they would let her in.

She pleaded to everyone but no one listened to her.

She checked her phone. It was 4:10 PM.

She went to one of the aged guard and requested –

Kriti: Uncle! Please I need your help, please!

Guard: What can I do? I can't let you in.

Kriti: Ok don't let me go but please you can go and check if the person I'm looking for still there!!

The guard thought for a while and then agreed.

Kriti showed him a picture of Dhruv and gave his details to him.

The guard went in, while she waited outside.

It was around 4:30 when he came out!

Kriti rushed to him and asked –

Kriti: Did you find him?

Guard: I'm sorry madam, but the flight has taken off.

Her heart sank. The whole world crashed over her.

She was late!!!!!!!

She asked him again –

Kriti: Did he board the flight (expecting some miracle)?

Guard: Yes I asked some people to check the data, and they said that Dhruv Khanna, as you said boarded the flight.

She went numb. Her whole body froze. Tears flowed down her eyes. She went out of the airport and booked a cab to go home.

The whole way, she cried. She didn't stop even for a second.

She reached home and went straight to her room. Her maa understood what happened. She didn't disturb her and let her have that alone space.

Kriti's POV:

I lost him!!!! I lost him forever! I wished I had stopped him that day........what will I do now? I will I survive this pain again? I lost my love again!!!! Moreover I hurt him. I didn't tell him that How much I loved him!!!!!

She was crying bitterly, just then something strike her. She quickly picked up her phone and tried calling him. But it was still switched off. She thought that Dhruv must have changed his number to an international one. She sat on her laptop and typed a mail, as she knew that Dhruv checked his mail daily.

She wrote –

" Dhruv, I don't know what situation are we going through. When you came for me, I wasn't ready and when I went for you had already gone. Yes! I went to the airport to stop you. I even waited for some time after the guard told me you left. Maybe I was hoping for some bollywood like scene to happen. Maybe I was hoping for you to suddenly return and tell me that you cannot leave me. But I was wrong. Life is not a drama. And it kills me when I realize that I deserve this pain. You did nothing wrong. If I were you I may have done the same. If you are reading this and thinking that why am I saying this now, it's just because I want you to know that you were never wrong. I DO LOVE YOU DHRUV!!!!!!! I know I'm late. But I needed some time to arrange myself. I have messed everything. I have made your life a mess too. But my feelings are true. I don't know if you will ever return. But I can assure you that I'll wait for you because I know that you will. And I promise that the next time we meet, I'll never let you go again... And if we never meet again, just like you I will hope that out story gets completed in some parallel universe.

With love,

Your DUMBO!"

Her eyes were filled with tears as she completed writing.

She waited for days, but Dhruv never replied. Neither did he call.