# Chapter 1 Unusual weekend 'Out of all these days, it has to be today.. when I can't leave my desk in peace' Anusha wiped the sweat beads formed on ...Read Morenose bridge. Usually she had pretty bad cramps on her periods, but today was worst. She clenched her teeth and looked at the clock. It was 11.45.. 45 minutes more for lunch break. She checked her desk drawers for medicine, and got a strip of Panadol. She checked the expiry date, thankfully it was good enough. She

# Chapter 2 Meeting someone new Akki was calling someone for the first ten minutes of their drive. Then he asked her about the headache, and she waved him off saying ...Read Moreis ok. Actually she was feeling better, and was about to relax when Akki turned the car to the airport road, and she turned to look at him with a frown.'Akki...where are we going?' She really didn't feel like going anywhere other than home. But this road was not taking them home anytime soon. 'Oh..Anu, I

#Chapter 3 New Friendship Anusha got up late the next day as she slept in. Since it was Friday, which is an official ...Read Morein Qatar, everybody wakes up late. She brushed her teeth, took a shower and put her purple kurti and black leggings and went to Rashi's home. She had a small kitchen, and all the basic supplies in her room, but she barely cooked there. Rashi always cooked extra for her friend and insisted to eat together. Rashi never let her

#Chapter 4 Something in the rain It was raining and Alvin was standing beside the window with a cup of coffee in ...Read Morehand. He liked when it rained here. Rain, in a hot oven like country, is always felt like a miracle. Unlike Kerala, here rain is not a season, it is a transition from summer to winter. A few rains and winter will cover them with it's cold wings. Temperature would drop below 15° and

# Chapter 5 A Day to Begin Anusha was helping Rashi in kitchen for lunch when Alvin came and flashed a perfect smile to her. She ...Read Moreback and continued with her chores. 'What is on the menu today?' He asked to Rashi and looked around to see what is happening in the kitchen. Rashi was chopping vegetables and Anusha was frying chicken pieces. They liked to work together in the kitchen. Obviously Rashi was the one who cooked

#Chapter 6 A hand to hold Alvin was waiting for Anusha in his car. He was wearing a light green button up shirt with jeans, his hair ...Read Morewet from shower. He kept looking to her gate as he was bit worried that she might cancel on him. He remembered her worried look before, the way she tried to hide her pain while singing that song. But he wasn't going to probe about her problems, unless she told him about it. For that, he

#Chapter 7Signs...do they exist?? It was a busy Saturday for Anusha. Her boss was ...Read Morein office, having marathon meetings with their consultant companies. Yasmin was going crazy over the continuous meetings so was she. Anusha was busy dealing with all the labours coming to check their leave approval and filing their problems and complaints. Sometimes they will release all their anger and frustration on her, some

#Chapter 8When you let someone into your life Anusha woke up with a throbbing head andsore throat that day. It was cold outside but she was feeling extremely cold. . She wrapped ...Read Morecomforter around her and curled up in her bed. She couldn't sleep as she started sneezing recurrently. It was Thursday morning and she had a job to go but in her condition she wanted to sleep in more than anything, so she called in for sick leave. Before Rashi had a panic attack for not seeing her for breakfast, she

#Chapter 9 Together Alvin was pacing in the room for sometime now. He came back from Anusha's home hours ago but he was restless. ...Read Morepacing brother, you are making me dizzy..' 'Huh...?' he didn't notice that he got an audience here. 'Riya..? What are you doing in my room?' 'God... seriously brother, that is a question I should ask you.. what are you doing in my room?' she scoffed at him. 'What? I am

# Chapter 10 Perfect Solution Akki and Rashi was having a heated argument when Anusha came home with Alvin. They don't fight usually, but when they do, they are the most hell bent ...Read Morein the world. Today they were arguing about Ninnu's bday party. Rashi wants a house party with family and immediate friends, where she can cook for them but Akki had another ideas. He wanted to invite his colleagues and friends and families which will be a total around hundred. So house party is not an option, so Akki got

# Chapter 11 Party Time Anusha checked her own face in the mirror for the tenth time. She was wearing a grey designer button down dress which was her last birthday ...Read Morefrom Rashi. Her hair was down and had a black purse in her hand and yes they were out for shopping but exactly saying , he was shopping..yep..heard it right.He had taken her to city centre mall for shopping. They wandered sometime and he convinced her to buy all kinds of things to her wardrobe. Sandals, flats, tops and jeans

# Chapter 12 A day to rememberAlvin was getting ready when his mom called. He took the call in second ring and said good morning with a smile on his face.'Getting ready for the party?' mom asked ...Read Moreher soothing voice.'Yes mom, how are you and how is my humpty Dumpty sisters??'They are fine, just waiting for you to come home.'He fell silent for a moment.'I will be there soon mom' he said with a sigh.It has been more than 1 month he came here and it's about time he joined

#Chapter 13 The key to my heart "To open your heart to someone means exposing the scars of the past." -Unknown Author Anusha was feeling giddy and happy at the same ...Read MoreAt least this time she is doing whatever she wants. That is good. Standing there for a few minutes made her more giddy and she wobbled slightly. So she sat down on her ripped couch. Alvin was still standing in the doorway, rooted to the spot with a blank expression. He found her amusing at first but now he was

# Chapter 14 Mere promises Someone was taking her to her bed. She could feel that, how gently that person carried her and tucked her in. She ...Read Moreto open her eyes but it felt too heavy, to obey her weak command. So she lay there, with closed eyes. The person who carried her, was sitting on her bed now, so close that she could smell his faint cologne. It was lavender or musk she wasn't sure. Then he leaned forward and kissed her forehead. 'Do you have

#Chapter 15 A Fluttering Heart Alvin was staring at his laptop screen for the past ten minutes. He got an email from the ...Read Morewhere he had applied for the job and cleared the interview in the past week. The mail said that they were happy to accept him to the company without further interviews. They are in need of an experienced professional in the company and they found him qualified for the position. They asked him to contact the

# Chapter 16 Three Precious Little Words Anusha was sitting on her office chair, with the reports on the accident in her hand. She wanted to read it but couldn't muster the ...Read Moreto do so. She was comforted by Alvin's words, that she has nothing to do with Kathir's death and she tried to believe that wholeheartedly. She might have not caused his death, but still she can't hide from the moral side, she had send him there with the safety guy. Weather he was intended to go back to the

#Chapter 17 Broken to Pieces Anusha was cleaning the living room and was trying to collect all the ...Read Moreand building blocks scattered around the room. Despite of her best efforts, it turned out to be a tedious job. There were so many things to collect and put away she understood why Rashi always got irritated when Akki brought new toys for Ninnu every time. Ninnu was sleeping in the playpen and Anusha was babysitting her. Finally Anusha finished

Chapter #18 Someone Got You Back Alvin sat on the cold metallic chair Infront of the OR of Hamad general hospital. The white tiles ...Read Moremarbles covered the walls and floors and he felt the cold waiting area chilling him into his bones. The area was eerily quiet except for the bare whispers of some nurses and bystanders passing through the area. Akki and Rashi was on their way to hospital and Arlene has called him too, but Alvin was too detached from them, that

#Chapter 19 Finally... Safe haven Anusha was lying down on her new nursing care bed as usual. Nowadays, bed is the space she spent most ...Read Moreher time. Her life was stuck in between hospital bed and wheel chair but it is better now that she is back to her home, her room. It has been seven weeks since Anusha got into the accident and after a long hospital stay of six weeks, finally doctors let her go home, last week. Her ribs were