RIYA adjusted the strap on her new pink top as she logged on to chat like every other evening. The top was expensive but a good buy, she decided. The messages started as soon as she logged on.
Razor: U look good in pink…
SweetRiya89: Who r u?
Razor: u always bite your nails? Riya looked down at her nails, jagged at the edges.
Razor: I'm waiting 4 an answer…
SweetRiya89 : No…
Razor : See how u've started it again…. Riya was taken aback….This certainly could not be a case of coincidence or what they say 'Intelligent Guess'! But then what? She was not in the frame of mind to think on those lines…
Today she wanted to think only about her love, Ashesh. Returning from the States where he was pursuing his masters, Riya was just catching up with a few friends online before going to receive him and decided not to be bothered by such chat sessions....
Tonight after two years she was going to meet him …..feel him! Thinking this she changed her status to the invisible mode…..
Razor : I know you r there ….
Agitatedly Riya replied: So who r u? Why do you want to chat when I'm not interested?
Razor : So u have started biting your lips already?
SweetRiya89 : Seems you know a lot about me…Anyways I'm off now…
Riya switched on her TV….the first channel she into tunes carries the Breaking News : 'CD-8891 NEW JERSEY TO KOLKATA CRASHES DUE TO SUDDEN CYCLONIC DISTURBANCES.ALL PASSENGERS ON BOARD FEARED DEAD.'
A beep sounds on her PC. The chat client opens up again….
Razor : Wherever I am I would always continue to love you…my love for you would be never cease….My love for you is 'Ashesh'.
By Sai Siddharth Panigrahi , Times of India, Kolkata