“No, you go and save the extra money for another holiday. Trisha looked at her mother with a mischievous smile. “Are you really going alone?”
“Don’t be silly. I cannot handle a man in my life at my age.” Her mother shook her head.
“Your age… how old do you think you are, eighty?”
“Her mother sighed, I am happy just by myself, Trish.” Her mother smiled. “Can we go shopping sometime soon? I need some new dresses to wear to the dinner on the cruise.”
“I’d loved that. Let me know when. We can make it a mother and daughters day.”
Karan
Two weeks had passed since Trisha decided it was time to make changes to her life.
She was still in bed since it was Saturday. She peeked at her alarm clock. It was 9 in the morning. Instead of staying in yesterday, as she would usually do she went on a dinner date with her cousin who also happened to be her best friend. Afterwards, they went to a rooftop cocktail bar where they met some friends. Trisha closed her eyes and decided to stay in bed for another half hour.
Just as she wanted to take a bite of her tuna salad sandwich her phone rang. She shook her hair which was still damp from her shower. Since she wasn’t going anywhere today she decided not to blow dry her hair. Besides, it was raining cats and dogs, who wanted to go out in this weather anyway?
Annoyed she looked at the screen and was astonished about the caller, Karan. Trisha deleted his number from her phone the day she had decided to change her life. She sighed and reached for her phone. Why was he calling her? What did he want now? She stared at her phone as if it was a magic device. Then she put her phone away and turned on the TV and took a bite of her sandwich. Her phone started to ring, again. Trisha peeked and saw Karan’s number. She took another deep sigh and picked up the phone.
I want you back…
“Hello,” she said in a blank voice, putting her plate on the coffee table.
“Hi Trisha, how are you doing?”
“You called me to ask how I am doing?” Her voice sounded impatient.
“I stopped by at your apartment yesterday evening, but you weren’t home.”
“So, you are calling me to say that I wasn’t home yesterday? I don’t want anything to do with you, Karan. Stay away from me.”
It was quite on the other end of the line. “I have been a real fool, Trisha! I shouldn’t have done what I have done. Now I know what I lost and it hurts me a lot. We are humans, Trisha, and humans do make mistakes. We are not perfect. Why don’t we go out for a drink like…old friends or maybe new friends? Maybe we can start dating again and patch things up? What do you think?”
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