She ran after him, and caught him as he tried to slither away. She caught him by the back of his jacket, and he turned back. There was Karthik, almost unidentifiable, in a cooler, and a thick beard. He looked all hep and chic, but was totally different from the last time she'd seen him. She tried to recall when, and yeah, it was the night when she told him about Rakesh, she remembered. As he saw her and said, "Hi Pushpa!", she gave him a punch in the belly area, and a slap on the face, and two large tears started flowing past the otherwise blemish-free face. All she was saying is, "Where were you? Why didn't you even tell me you were going somewhere?"
Karthik pulled her by the arm, and got her seated in the Coffee World. He told her he was away on a U.S trip concerning his job, and was now back as he had been fired, the recession had apparently gotten to him. But, that, she said, was no reason for him to not even inform her that he was away. He had left her, her friendship away, and gone throwing the 22 year old relationship into a bin just like that, she said snapping her finger.
He apologised dearly, and said, he understood he shouldn't have done that, but was not in the right frame of mind then, and had to go. They dissolved the differences and talked about the good old days. Then, he asked her if she told her parents about Rakesh, and when they were going to get married. She told him she was going to ask them that night. After a nice talk, and a parting goodbye, they exchanged numbers.
A couple of days later, at around 10 at night, Karthik recieved a call. The phone read "Pushpa calling..."
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