Unfinished Touch
So it was that morning when Tanvi Patil was just about to leave for work that her father in law shouted from the kitchen with that newspaper in his hand and asked if that man in the photo was her classmate from college and she knew without even looking who he meant because she had already seen it all over the internet the previous night so she just nodded and said yes papa that was him but her voice had that little crack in it like something was stuck in her throat and those old memories came rushing back like a wave she didnt expect
That man was Angad Singh Rathod and back in engineering college they were in the same batch same classes same everything except their dreams because she chose the safe path and became a senior developer in some IT company while he chased the stars and actually caught one and now his startup was worth more than a billion dollars and here she was counting every rupee
But the real twist was that Angad had once told her he liked her and asked her out and she had said no because she was with Suraj Singh and she was too loyal to even think about anyone else and honestly Angad was a little too wild for her like a horse that could never be tamed and he scared her in a way that she could not explain and even though deep down she felt something for him she pushed it away because she was that kind of girl who followed the rules and never broke them
Now her father in law came closer and said that Angad used to visit their house during college days and he wondered if Angad still remembered Suraj at all and Tanvi noticed that his eyes were getting all watery so she hugged him tight and told him she did not know because Angad was probably too busy with his big life now
But the truth was that Suraj and Angad were once really good friends and it was Tanvi who had asked Suraj to cut him off completely because she felt awkward after that proposal and she thought it was the right thing to do but now after so many years she was feeling guilty for the first time because Angad never forced her or said anything bad he was just honest and she was the one who overreacted like a fool
Life went on and she married Suraj and they were happy for a while but then came that terriblenews about his false case ....they got everything fell apart and they spent ...When they found out that someone had falsely accused Suraj of rape and murder, he was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment and on quest to save their only son and her husband....In the process, all of your money and every last penny were lost, leaving your family buried in debt. every single penny they had and borrowed so much money from so many people that it made her head spin just thinking about it
She was working day and night and giving her hundred percent but those lenders were like vultures they kept coming back again and again and she had to put on that brave face for everyone even when she was breaking inside
Her father in law asked her one more time if she could reach out to Angad and ask him for some help for old times sake and she told him she was already trying her best but deep in her heart she knew her best was just not enough these days and that thought haunted her all the time
He left the room quietly and she grabbed her bag and walked out but her head was full of questions like would he even pick up her call or would he ignore her and did he still hate her for what she did and what kind of person had he become after all these years
She sat in that crowded bus and scrolled through the alumni group on her phone and finally found his number and her thumb hovered over the screen for a good minute before she typed just two words and hit send
Hi Angad...
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