NOT JUST A DREAM

Chap 22 Coffee shop

Laura: He left me alone.

Yeah, some years ago.

That day, after dropping me off at my place.

He received a call from his friend, he moved there. He sends me a message that he was going to meet his friend.
He's in some kind of emergency.

"I'll call you back, babe".

It's the last conversation we'll ever have.

Rohan: Ok! Do you know where he is now, have you come across him somewhere again.

I don't want her to tell, yes.

I just want to hear, 'No' as an answer from her voice.

Laura: No, I have no idea where he is, alive or not.

Rohan: Her answers, made me feel a little relaxed.

Laura: I've been waiting for him for about two months, which sounds stupid.

I know, am a fool, "I love him to the core". I tried contacting all possible ways. To reach him back. It fails.

I trust him, he'll be back to me at some point.

I hope, still, I hope. I'm madly in love with him.

I went over to his places several times but the house is closed.

After he left me, I was depressed to the core. I hope those days consumed me completely. I was broken when he left away. That's what haunts me so far, why he left me, he never gave me a chance to feel the revenge he took on me. If he would have told me the reason for leaving me, it won't bother me a lot. I have become heavier each other day, I can't reach him. Months passed away, I'm going hopeless.

I want to know, he is alive or not?
I want to know the reason. One night, I consumed an overdose of a pain killer.

As I awoke, I slowly opened my eyes. It seemed tight and sticky to me. My eyelids wobbled a little. I saw grandma and granddad standing beside me. I was in the hospital. Why do you keep me here? I asked in a low voice, tears rolling down my cheeks. Let me go, I have no desire to live. I'm tired of my life. Why you saved me? Why? Why? I screamed...

Granny: I don't know, what's wrong with you. You never let us know what worries you.

Laura: I'm not telling any of you what happened.

Granny: we need to know. Right now.

Grand-dad: Stop, crying.

Laura: He yelled at me tears rolling down on his face. Not like the other ones, you were such a strong person.

Tell us, Laura, Granny. The police want to ask you some question, answer them. I'll be back to you later.

The cop came in and I responded to all their questions. Before he left the room, he was watching me the way he knew me. I never knew that guy, I mean the cop. He approached the door, turned around to see me and looked back to me again. I hope, he knew me back in the days. I have no idea, who he is.

At the end of a few days, I came home. Again I have been hit hard by a thunderstorm. Granddad was diagnosed with lung cancer final stage. Which, I wasn't aware of before. He hides from us. Months have gone by, we spend a lot of money in recovering back him. But it is of no use, nothing has helped to return him to us.

He is no more. Granny was depressed. She behaved weird. I couldn't accept the changes in my life. I stayed home, I didn't go for a job. I spend my days sitting alone, weeping and consoling granny.

The coffee shop, I had worked was  temporarily closed.  Details will be notified by Janvi.

Janvi: You remember the guy who flirts with a girl at the coffee shop. He is a regular visitor.

Laura: I don't remember who he is, there are few regular visitors, Janvi.

Janvi: We have ordered to set up a special table for this couple. He proposed to the girl in our coffee shop. I hope now you can get, who he is.

Yeah, I do dramatic one. That flash mob proposal , Laura.

Janvi: He shot that girl in our coffee shop.

Note: (Laura has been saying all her past to Rohan.)

Rohan: Hey, I read this news. Years ago.

Laura: After all these unexpected changes in my life. I can't able to continue my job over there. I moved to find a new job and new house. Due to the envelope I received, that threaten me. To  change things as soon as possible.

The new job, the new house gave me a good change. I've been in contact with Janvi. She continues to work there.

After moving here, I was not in contact with her. I changed my contact number too.

Rohan: where you worked, before starting your shop.

Laura: I worked at the cake shop. I spend approximately six months there.
The boss is a sex maniac, who slapped my butt. He did much worse to co-workers.

Once, when he came around to touch my back, I was in the process of designing the cake. I sprayed his face with editable paint. He tried to assault me, I attacked him on his nuts. And, escaped from there. I was jobless for months. I have nothing in my hand. We spend all our money on grand-dad medical purpose.
I was at home to help my family, I invested some money for baking cakes at home and sold it to neighbours, known friends.

I got an envelope right out of the blue. When I read, it chills my hand and feet.

My legs were trembling. I Am near you, I miss you, I love you. I got nobody to send it to me. I don't know who keeps doing this to me.

It was not enough, I know to sew, design clothes. I took orders from my known persons, started to earn from it. Which was helpful for me. One day, I received an order, my neighbour, she was supposed to wrap the clothes on paper.

When I unwrap the clothes, the wind blows heavy through the windows and the paper blew away from me. I moved closer to shut the windows. I picked up the newspaper, my eyes focused on the bold letters. By taking the newspaper I came near the porch, my hands were shivering. Am losing my grip on seeing the picture of the person in the newspaper. My throat is clogged, I can't take off my eyes from it. I somehow slipped into an unconscious state.

Rohan: what would be? Where is the pastry shop, actually I want to screw the hands of a sex maniac. I take to wait to hear from her, why she wants to scream in-between the conversation.

Oh no, stop it, Laura.

But I can't stop her or tell her. I consoled her and scolded her in mind.

To be continued...

All my avid readers, do you have any guesses about what would be?
Where is Aarav now?
Do you feel pity for Rohan?
Still, triangle love is awaiting in the plot.

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