Snow White And The Seven Dorks

The Three Musketeers

                                                                 CHAPTER-6

                                                     The Three Musketeers

"You're kidding me," the element of surprise mixed with sadness was evident in his voice.

"Nope . "

"Fine then . If you guys have been dating for long , then you must be having some pictures of the two of you together , right ? "

"We've been dating for six years . Two years ago , we moved in together. Of course I have some pictures of us . "

"Fine , then , mail some of them to me . "

"As you wish , " I said .

I sent to him some of the pictures of me and Yukiko together .

"What the -"

"I can understand . "

"But how do I know that she was dating you while she was dating me ? " He said the word ' while ' like it were something precious on which his whole life depended . In a way , it did .

He remained silent for a second or maybe two , and then said ,

"That sweater ... the one she was wearing in the third photo , I had gifted it to her . "

"See ? "

"Ian , I'll call you later . I need to speak to someone . "

"I already tried calling her. Her phone is switched off . She's in her flight  ."

"No , it's not Yukiko that I want to speak to . "

And he hung up .

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Yukiko came to me and whispered in my ear , " I love you ."

"No , you don't ."

"What makes you think that ? " She asked , coyly running her index finger under my chin .

" You were cheating on me ."

"Aww ," she pouted . "When did you become so possessive and dumb ? "

"What ? "

"Look at the date today . "

I turned back . I was sitting in a completely dark room with Yukiko on the armrest of my chair . ( Will she ever get rid of this habit? ) 

The two of us and a calendar were the only things illuminated .

"1 April . "

"April Fool ! No business trip . No cheating on you ."

And she laughed .

And then she leaned over to kiss me .

Our moment of love was interrupted by a ringing sound .

"Oh! My phone ," she said and disappeared into the darkness .

And then I heard a deafening scream , "Iaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnn !! "

I woke up with beads of sweat rolling down my cheeks . I looked at the date today - 18 December .

My phone was ringing -the same phone which I had assumed to be Yukiko's in my dream , rather , my nightmare .

I didn't bother to pick it up and slept again .

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