I carried on with my work, then my client got a call. He had to rush back for a personal emergency. So now I was free by 5.30pm. I called Uma on her cell.
She said “yes Krishna, tell me”. I asked “are you okay Uma”? She said “yes I am absolutely fine”. I asked “so how was your day”? Uma said “Absolutely fantastic and yours”?
I said “my work just got over and I am coming home now”, she paused for a moment and said “you can come if you want but I am leaving now and will be back only around 8pm”.
I asked “where and with whom are you going”? Uma said “you don’t worry I will tell you everything later”. I understood that since I had told her earlier I would be back only by 9pm, she had made her own plans with someone else.
Anyway I was no more in the mood to go to an empty home so just kept loitering around, then went to a movie then to the local bar trying desperately to kill time.
I don’t know why I had mixed feelings in my mind, was I feeling jealous of Uma’s adventures with other men. Was I really mentally ready to see her enjoy like this?
I don’t know but what I do know is that I was the person who pushed her into this and now there was no turning back from here. While I was doing this self-introspection sitting at the bar, someone came and sat at my table.
We generally got talking, he introduced himself as Guru, a small time businessman. We made small talk because my mind was elsewhere. Guru sensed my mental state.
He asked “why are you looking so messed up”? I said “well I honestly don’t know”. He asked “is this about you or someone else”? I said “it is about both of us, something I had decided a while ago that turned our lives around”.
Guru asked “so what is the problem now”? I said “well I am not sure if I might have made the wrong decision”. He asked “does the other person also feel the same”?
To be continued….
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