The Last Goodbye

Chapter 46

It was a Tuesday evening when Divya all of a sudden got a call from Simran. It had been a while since the two of them had really talked to each other. For a while Divya felt as if she was talking with her after years but did she realize that the last that the two of them had talked was in march.

Life seemed to have moved on so quickly. With hours turning the days and days to week and weeks to months. If things would go like that and time was to be spent the way she did for the last few months it won't be surprising that the people who once were the part of her daily life would be guests or even just a lost contact in her never ending contact list.

Divya quickly picked up the call and greeted Simran with all the enthusiasm she had within her. "Hii, how have you been Simran?"

"I am good, how about you, it's as if you aren't even alive."

"Yeah I was busy with the office and since most of the work is done on call it used to be difficult to go back and get in touch with any one. I used to be tired like anything," Divya explained as she set aside all her things and wrapped up her work space.

"Same, earlier I still used to have some time but since the last few days and especially with the whole cyclone that had come in june it was so difficult, we had almost got hit by a tree."

"Ohh yes, and the area around your place has a lot of trees. how can I forget that, even here there was no light for almost 3 days." The two kept on talking for a while about the weather and caught up with all the things that were going around with Simran finally taking up her classes for yoga teaching and getting ready to give the exam and try out opening her own yoga classes.

Divya was quite happy for her, she then shifted to her room and asked ,

"And how are things between you and Mustafa?"

"Ohh him, we broke up again," Simran replied.

"What do you mean by again?"

"In April he had came back and had apologized I wasn't ready but then we had talked out a way out, but than later on he fucked up again and I was like this is it I don't want to get involved into it again so I broke it off. He was again trying to get back with me but then I was firm on what I wanted."

"Hmm seems right I guess. I don't know what to say to be honest. It's been almost two years and I have seen the same pattern happening, right now more than me you are the one who has the first hand experience and knows better as to what is best for you."

"yes. That's true, by the way, when are you going to come to Bombay?" Simran asked.

"No idea, I haven't got vaccinated yet and everyone seems to be busy so I will really have to think of a time when I can finally look back on things and come and meet you all."

Divya and Simran talked for a while as to how things were going to be like for them and hung up the call. Divya herself felt good to have talked to someone out of her regular circle and was in a good mood when she decided to call it a night and to watch an episode of Kdrama. She quickly plugged in her earphones and played a drama when all of a sudden the screen went blank and then there was Madhav Khandelwal flashing on her screen. She had almost screamed in fright for she had never expected to receive a call from him.

For a moment she wondered what it was that he wanted, and she couldn't really think of anything. Disconnecting her earphones she quickly picked up the call before it could get disconnected and the moment the call got connected Divya could hear a bit of disturbance at the other end as she said hello .

"Hellooooo" The long dramatic hello that fell on her ears, she could never get over it, Divya thought and shook her head. She wanted to ask straight away that what was it that he wanted but she waited, she didn't wanted to seem uninterested in the call, but things had changed, she now didn't really preferred to talk on calls late at night days would do, weekend days would do, but not night as that would be the only time that she would have for herself.