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Tripti

"Tripti! Tripti!", Exclaimed my mother as soon as she entered inside.

"Han ma, what got you so excited?"

"Beta arrange these things properly we have a guest coming over tonight!"

" Really? You made friends?", I asked. I was happy to know that mother was happy, she was looking like her usual self first time after coming here.

"There's this guy. .. he helped me in the school, so I had to thank him properly. He's new here as well, maybe we can be friends with him.", I saw hope in her eyes as she talked.

"Yes ma, who would refuse to be friends with you uh!", I said hugging her.

" Go make this room look presentable I'll start preparing for dinner! ", She was so excited, may God protect her happiness.

"Right! What's his name by the way?"

"Rudra"

Rudra? Again.

One thing that was missing once I got back to home after hospital was my golden jhumka, the jhumka mother had given on my eighteenth birthday. I had searched everywhere for the other piece but it was nowhere to be found.

Eventually I gave up. I had a lot to remember.

I had done the best I could do to make the house look presentable. Mother had prepared Shahi paneer, chapatis, rice and dal. The aroma was filling the room and making it hard for me to control my hunger.

"Tripti!"

"Han ma"

"Go and bring some dessert, ice-cream or pastry whatever you wish, from the bakery"

" Okay! "

And I took the purse from the hanger and slide my footwear and went. The bakery was five minutes  walk from our flat, so I had got there in no time. After thinking too hard, I chose the blackcurrant ice-cream family pack.

I was almost there but then a black car caught my attention. The car screamed money, in a small town like this, an expensive car was an unusual thing. The windows were tinted, I was trying to make out the face of the person seated at the back but couldn't.

"Oh my ice-cream!", The ice-cream was melting, not waiting anymore I ran towards the stairs to get inside the flat.

"Ma keep it in the refrigerator! It's melting!"

" What took you so long? "

" Vo... I was looking at the car, do you know whose car it is? "

" What car-" before she could finish her sentence there came a knock.

"He must be here! Tripti open the door!", She ordered from the kitchen. 

I stood up and went to open the door. The man was absolutely breathtaking. More than six feet tall, well built, jaw that could snap anything in half, black silky hair, lips- shiv ji pardon me!

It is not good to ogle at a man other than your husband.

"Am I invited inside?", He asked in that voice... All too familiar. Familiar?

"Yeah... Sorry sorry I got lost"

"It's okay, darling" did he just call me darling?

" Rudra! Come come sit... Tripti bring some water", she asks and I nod.

After giving him the glass of water I start taking in his looks once more. Why does he look so familiar? His eyes...