Lost Wife by pokhila (life changing books to read txt) 📕

TRYING TO GET BACK HIS BETTER HALF

 

                   Chhaya was having her classes from today, Neel offered her to drop , Anjali  and Philip gave her good wishes and left for their work place , Panchi left early morning ,she have to collect some notes from her major mate .

               She don't want extra attention by wearing her comfort dress salwar  ,so she choose to wear a kneelength skirt and white top , a cardigan to kill the cool breeze 

               Neel  droped her at the gate and left .  last time Sumit took her to the said room , she felt  a little lost , the institute was very big , bigger than her previous colleges , on  top  of that she didn't have any friends , with slow steps she went inside the campus . The students brought their own car and bikes , so there was a rush inside the campus . 

            First she went to the board to have a look at the map , she took a note of all the room no's and their floor , next she  looked at the time table of her class , oh God ! ........only five minutes left .

              She hurriedly climbed the stairs and went on looking at the room no's , finally found the one and went inside , as she was new ,all the students were watching her , she put her head down and took a seat on the third row .

      The class started , but something was not right , she couldn't catch a thing the professor was teaching .

                             The professor looked young , tall and well built , his Indian ascent was quite clear in his vocabulary . He looked towards Chhaya many a times , he finished his portion for the day and was about to leave , " are you new .." he asked Chhaya  " yes , Sir "Chhaya stood up from her seat .

  " please come with me " he told her to follow and went ahead . 

 When they were a little far from the class he asked " which department are you ?"

       She told her , the professor gave a gentle smile , " you are in the wrong building , come I'll take you to yours " 

    On their walk , he informed her that this was the  science building , it held classes of masters in science as well as research  activity ,and that he teach physics , and today he was teaching quantum mechanics , Chhaya smiled and said , " I didn't understand a thing ", smiling shyly .

   They reached her building which was behind the science one , " nice meeting you."  he forwarded his hand ...." Arunima, sir " she told her name and gave a quick shake . All her certificates hold the name Arunima, so she have to give her original name at the time of admission . She never told her real name to any of her family members .

            " you don't have to call me sir , my name is Amar " , he said smiling and left for his class .

    That very day .......evening time

    Anirudh was hanging with his friends , one of his friends told about a lost student ,who accidently came to first year Msc physics class , 

                               Amar told that she was an Indian by look and her name was Arunima............., Amar was quite smitten with the beautiful name and its owner too .

              Anirudh was listening to his friend , wish he could contribute  a little more to give the right introduction , he was bursting with guilt every time he hears her name or sees her . 

       He want to say so many things , so many sorry and regrets ,............he was giving her the space she needed , but.......... hearing his friend ..... made him insecure , Arunima was quiet a beauty , he fell for her when he saw her photo ............ and on the day of their marriage she looked like a doll dressed up in red . Only if he could go back in time and came home all that two nights he stayed in his office .....today they would be living together as husband and wife .

           The next day .......

                    Chhaya  came out of the gate after her classes are over , she was looking for a cab  , 

      " Chhaya ," Anirudh called out from the other side , he was waiting for her , 

       At first she thought to ignore and get away in a cab , but her bad luck , not a single cab came .....

      Anirudh reached her side , he  said "come " he caught her hand and they crossed the road together , 

      Only after reaching the other side , Chhaya got the point .....he thought she was afraid to cross the busy road all alone ,

     She was angry ...what does he think of me , I'm not dumb , I stayed in hostel alone for three years .

     After a short drive he stopped near a park , it was a busy area with many food truck and other take away and street vendors . He want to talk , and spend some time with her , last time the closed and cozy restaurant was a bad idea , so today he brought her in a open area where  lots of people are eating and the mothers eat and  play with their kids in the park .

              The routine continued for almost a month now....... in this short time Anirudh learnt many things about her , her favourite was  spicy and savoury food , she loves to play holi and loves bollywood movies 

          Today , they ordered Anirudh's favourite , chickpea curry style and flatbread , 

      " You love chole bature,"... Chhaya asked 

      " Um.......... , very much ,it resembles luchi puri ,my favourite comfort food "  he said taking a mouthful .

               Chhaya will remember it always .

         She noticed that everyday he eats like a hungry foodie , doesn't Anu cook for him .......at home .

         Thinking about Anu she lost all her apetite but she don't want him  to stop eating like the last time at the restaurant , she remained cheerful and talked about her new friends here .

              A mother with two kids  was eating next to them her toddler ,a baby boy  was asleep and was on her lap , the little girl of  about four years was crying , mother forgot to bring the trolley and now the girl want to loo but it will be difficult fer her to carry both the kids to the toilet at the far end .

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