4- My Bestfriend

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What is a Bestfriend?

Its a person who knows all of your secrets.

Someone you trust more than your shadow...

They know about you more than your parents...

Or your boyfriend...

Or even your husband!

You were that kind of a person...

A shameful past I tried to hide so bad...

And the person who holds the key to that past.

Is you.

It all started from college...

When I met you for the first time.

"She is Aishwarya Gupta, the owner of the beauty and makeup brand, Ash cosmetics."

"She will be coming tomorrow too"

I bite my nails anxiously unlocking my phone with my other hand.

"Aishwarya Gupta", I typed that name on the search bar.

What came up was hundreds of articles...

"Top 10 female Billionaires..."

"Aishwarya Gupta, 30, CEO and founder of the popular E-commerce beauty and makeup brand Ash Cosmetics..."

"Former youtuber is now India's youngest female self-made billionaire, Aishwarya Gupta..."

"Aishwarya Gupta was recently spotted in Paris...."

"Ash Cosmetics successful launch in the western market..."

*CLICKS* 

*CLICKS*

*CLICKS*

I don't remember how many articles I read on her...

I cover my mouth with my trembling hands to surpress the scream that rised up through my parched throat....

In these few years...

How did you grow so much powerful?

So much so that the whole world knows you now???

So much that even my husband knows you...?

All these years, I have tried hell and heaven to cut off all contacts with you...

I changed my number, deleted all social media, got married, moved to a different city...

I even cut contacts with our mutual friends...

And anyone I knew from college...

Ah college...

That place was the starting of all my problems...

Every single one of them!

A shameful past that I thought I had  locked behind in the darkness...

But the key to that door lies in your hands...

One small mistake...

And everything I have worked hard for...

It will all come crashing down...

I bite my nails in anxiety...

Tonight...

Tonight I'll see you again...

In front of my husband, his friends and family...

But then how am I supposed to look into your eyes???

How...How do I face you after all these years...?

Ah...

This is killing me...

Ash...

How the hell did we end up like this???










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