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Krithya thought for a while before getting into her car and driving off . As she drove past every signal waiting it for to turn green she tried hard to stop looking at her mobile as she knew she would be tempted to return the Devil's call.
She reached her home, ate a light dinner and went to bed early. She switched off her mobile hoping that it would discourage her from thinking of the Devil. She tried hard to sleep , counted numbers backwards, chewed a few fennel seeds, and listened to soothing songs that would make her sleep forgetting the world around but in vain!
She sat up in her bed pulled her hair apart and fetched her mobile from her handbag and switched it on.
She was dejected to see no notifications of calls or any messages received. She felt like a duffer and sat in her bed pondering if men could ever be serious or its never in them to be so.
She angrily lay in the bed and played with the curtain that kept fluttering in the wind and suddenly her mobile vibrated and she yet again saw the same name display in the caller id "Devil!" and smiled triumphantly.
She smiled victoriously and in slow pace dragged the glowing green icon from left to right in her mobile .Upon hearing no voice on the other end she wondered if it all was a joke and her mind was thinking a million thoughts when the call ended abruptly without any sound. She was furious and fuming more than before and put off her mobile before reading a text that said "I miss you , fighting everyday was much better!".
Krithya got up from bed and crossed over to her study table .She searched frantically for something in her desk . After a while she held the piece of paper that had the words "Move on " written in her favorite font and she heaved a huge sigh and holding the paper she sat in her bed.
She muttered to her selves "Move on idiot. This is of no use . You'll land up once again hurting yourselves." She fell flat on her back and pulled the curtain to see the moon . She smiled miserably as she saw that it was pouring heavily outside and that the sky bore no moon. She closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep .
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The following week Krithya kept busy by informing her close friends of her plans and few were apprehensive about her decision and some were happy for her . As days passed her emotions ebbed high as she knew it was time to say bye to her workplace and it felt harder as the D-Day approached closer.
One day while having coffee D.. quipped " Hey Kriths.. Have you informed Sh... about your quitting plans"
"Oh.. nooooo... not yet... " came the prompt reply from Krithya.
Sh.. was Krithya's childhood friend. Both went to the same school and Sh.. chose to do management while Krithya chose engineering . Sh.. worked in the company that were four floors above Krithya's .
She decided to meet Sh.. the same day after coffee to inform her about her departure.The sadness grew even more as she knew she would be leaving a close friend of hers too. She consoled that despite them being childhood friends they had only met three times in the past two years due to work demands.
She gulped her coffee soon and rushed to meet her friend as she knew Sh.. would take an hour break during tea hours. She reached the twelfth floor of her building and asked the receptionist for her friend.
Sh... , dressed in a peach skirt and grey overcoat greeted her friend with a warm smile. The girls went to the office cafeteria and chatted for almost half an hour and Sh.. though wasn't happy that her friend was leaving and with a tone of concern and demand questioned Krithya " Is your breakup with Rana that is making you think so...If its him, think again .For the sake of one you're losing out on a whole bunch of people."
Krithya surprised at Sh..'s remarks blurted "Who.. Who Rana? and what's that got to do with my decision of quitting?"
Sh smiled gently and pressed Krithya's hands and said "Are you still going to hide it from me ? Every single story in your blog has a naming pattern and it can mean only one thing - You love the name more than anything. Your heroines get such fancy names but the hero doesn't. I snooped a little around Facebook and voila I know what are you up-to these days- your statuses, watsapp statuses, your comments for your friends photos and.... Kriths... its best you spit it out.. rather than me going on with facts..."
Krithya aghast at Sh's remarks took time to conceal her shock and slowly began.
"First snooping is bad and you're my best friend , you could have asked me! !!!"
Sh giggled a little and replied " am really sorry . Listen past few weeks I saw you dull, forlorn and hopeless. You just dint seem alright to me.I knew your ready-made lies of not being in pink of your health, tiredness from work and even about problems at home were bogus. So i just snooped around your social profiles and it wasn't easy to find the guy! It was the naming pattern in your blog that helped and how many times I had to re-read every post of yours to find that! ......
What is so bothersome about him I wonder. He does look charming to me!"
Krithya sulked more than before as she heard the last few words " Charming ?!!! "
"Devils and charming "- how synchronous she reminisced within her selves.
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