FIRE FLY .... :)

THE UNEXPECTED CALL...

Kush had planned a great deal to surprise Anju on her 18th birthday.
He had told his younger brother, Yash to take Anju to a nearby hotel 'FIREFLY' , in the evening of the auspicious day , as their was a surprise for her.
The day finally arrived. It was a glorious morning , late spring or early summer, when the dainty sheen of grass and leaf is blushing to a deeper green; and the year seems like a fair young maid, trembling with strange, wakening pulses on the brink of womanhood.

The day passed by ...
It was some thirty minutes past six and dusk had fallen heavily over the scene, dusk mitigated by some faint moonlight and many street lamps. There was a wide emptiness over the road and sidewalk.

Kush was waiting eagerly for Anju and Yash to arrive. He sat on a bench just outside the hotel , with his back to a strip of bush- planted sward, fenced by the railings.

Suddenly, Kush's phone started ringing. He received the call....

" Yes sir ! Today ? Is it urgent ?...
What ? .... But :( .... Okkk sir !
Plz give me a few minutes ...
Yesss .... I will be standing near the station just after 10 minutes... Ok"
... The call ended , with a certain emptiness in Kush's face. He looked pale, as if all the colours had been washed away from his face.

Yash and Anju had still not arrived.
Kush left a message for them at the reception of the hotel and left the place, dominated by a profound sadness, fatigue engraved on his tensed face ....

........ Let's see what happens next ...