PrologueDecember 31, 2013 Visakhapatnam ' This is suffocating' Avi thought as he scanned the perfectly arranged hall and perfectly clothed people around him. The walls of the banquet hall of The Gateway Hotel, were covered with golden and silver ...Read Moreand mural paintings which Avi couldn't recognise . And white flowers decorated each and every corner and tables which in turn made the atmosphere ethereal. Soft music was playing in the background which is slowly speeding up to the hip hop songs as the time slowly ticked away and the new year is almost on their

# Chapter 1 February2019 The day was bright. Warm and sunny like a normal summer day in Hyderabad. The air was still with humidity and the smell of various ...Read Morefood along with the stench of trash, Vinny felt home as she sat down at a food stall near the Char minar bazaar. She had missed the hustle bustle of this city since she left it for good, four years ago. Vinny never thought she would come back here , like this , feeling

# Chapter 2 Vihani was sitting in the backyard of her home, the huge mansion, which spreads over ...Read Morehuge area. She sighed looking at the huge structure, which was less of a home more of a brick building. Why do people spend so much on a building , when it can't make you feel home at all. Her one room apartment in Mangalore was more lively and cozier than this posh building. She took her eyes

#Chapter 3 ' The tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do ' Sister Lucia's voice ringed in Vinny's ears. She was in sixth grade and sister Lucia was her ...Read Moreteacher. Sister Lucia was teaching them about how their words could affect someone,it has the power to break someone, mend someone and it can cause self damage too. So she was telling her students, to think twice before using their tongues. The sixth graders nodded in response and Vinny did the same, she didn't understand

# Chapter 4 Vinny was up, again after another restless night, at the same time, the first golden rays of morning sun peeked ...Read Morecurtains of the glass window of her room covering everything in shimmering golden waves. Her bag still sat in the corner of the room, which she got from home immediately after the deal was made. Mr. Rao has asked her to stay away from her home for a day or two till he made

# Chapter 5 'There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On ...Read Morea full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.' Julius Caesar( Act-IV, Scene-III). Avi loved this quote from the time when he played the part of Brutus in the high school drama. The dialogues were pretty difficult but

# Chapter 6 A marriage is a choice, you make over and over again. Certainly it was a choice Vihani chose herself under whatever circumstances it ...Read Morebe. But the choice wasn't made out of love, it was made out of desperation to be saved from a whirlwind of troubles, that surrounded her. It's funny, how her status changed from Ms. Reddy to Mrs. Rao in less than thirty minutes. It was a very private affair as both of them wanted, with a very few people to

# Chapter 7 Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny. ...Read More C. S. Lewis Vihani was away from home again. She had stopped thinking Visakhapatnam as her home long ago. So this change in location can't be considered as a time away from home...not really.... She had forgotten what it's to feel like missing her home. She

# Chapter 8 Happiness is not getting all you want. It's about enjoying all you have... Vihani has started to enjoy the new ...Read Moreof her life slowly. She has accustomed to her new city life which was an enchanting place. She was told to take proper care about her pregnancy, so she stayed home most of the day but sometimes when Avi came home early, they went out , to explore the city. And that became the favourite time for her.

# Chapter 9'Anger is our natural defense against pain. So when I say ‘I hate you’, it really means ‘you hurt me.’ Krishna Reddy wanted to have this conversation with his daughter for ...Read Morelong time now. He had been patient throughout these past months. Vihani had shattered his plans to make a strategic business marriage with one of the business families. Vihani was like that, from the beginning. She never agreed with him for anything, they were polar opposite of each other. Sometimes he wondered, why neither Varun nor Vihani

#Chapter 10You can always say sorry, But the real apology is when you hear the sadness in their voice and see the look in their eyes. And you realize that they have hurt themselves just as much... ...Read More - Kid Cudi Some mornings doesn't bring a freshness feeling along with it. Some mornings are gloomy and dull even the sun rays won't shine your windows panes, it just cast a gloomy shade into your room just like this morning. It showed

# Chapter 11 Be a home Be a light house Be a summer day. A safe, hopeful and smile -inducing Person all at once. j.d Avi's study was a huge room, that ...Read Morethought about settling there permanently. Vinny had access to this room always, but she never thought about visiting it since she considered it as his personal space, even though he didn't use it much. It was such a comfortable place with custom-built shelves, a comfy chair and a potted plants near the big glass window, which was directed towards

There is healing in Creating emotional Safety... The air in the room was crisp and a bit chilly that Vinny covered her legs ...Read Morethe duvet. They were back in the study after their midnight fooding session. Vinny was still trying to wrap her head around the new information. Avi was the guy from the party long ago, that piece of information made a lot of things clear for her His occasional references which made her feel that he knew her better, the conversations

#Chapter 13 Piglet: "How do you spell 'love'?" Pooh: "You don't spell it...you feel it." -winnie-the-pooh The hot crispy dosai and coconut chutney served along ...Read Morepiping hot coffee, made the tension in the air loosen a little. Avi and Aashi was silent making Vinny a bit nervous. Madhav was taking care of Amaya in the living room, while they had their breakfast. Vinny eyed Aashi from the corner of her eyes, who was busy eating her dosai. Aashi has every rights to

# Chapter 14You were you, and I was I; we were two before our time. I was yours before I knew, and you have always been mine too. Lang Leav , Love & misadventure. Dinner was splendid with delicious ...Read Moreand a lots of laughter and cute giggles from Aamy who was enjoying the attention she was getting from everyone. Vinny still felt that her cheeks are red as berries but nobody noticed that or they thought that it was because of the spicy food which made her look a bit like tomato ,at least she hoped so. Except for

# Chapter 15I didn't walk away from you, I dragged myself away from you. Then, I picked up my feelings and ran from you. -Pierre jeanty ...Read More It was raining outside when she stepped out of the meeting room. Sky was pitch black and gloomy and it was drenching earth passionately. Lightning flashed the sky and thunder boomed across the area. She clutched her backpack close and stood there chewing her lower lip. It was past nine and her phone was dead. They