Chapter 55

He had not heard his cell phone ring since he had turned it onto the silent mode and had forgotten to change it in the morning. The traffic was not too bad and he was at his desk and was concentrating on his work. He had completely forgotten about his cell phone and had already missed a couple of calls. His work phone rang and he wondered who would be calling him this early and picked it up and to his surprise it was his sister. She asked him to turn his cell phone back on since she had been trying to reach him and he apologized and checked his cell phone and there were four missed calls. His sister wanted him to accompany him to a wedding on Saturday since her husband couldn’t make it. He reluctantly agreed after a brief discussion and he really will not be looking forward to accompany her to a social function.

His sister was happy that he will be accompanying her, she had planned on taking him with her and her husband will have a day off with his friends; she was mainly happy since he might meet a few nice eligible girls, and was hoping that he might like one of them. He was not aware of his sister’s ideas and he called his friends and cancelled their evening hang out plan for that Saturday and he was not happy and tried to concentrate on his work. He figured his sister might have called him a few times before reaching him on his office phone and didn’t bother to check his missed calls. Work went on as usual and he was more relaxed and was able to concentrate on his work and was finishing up pretty quick. He looked at the time and it was 4.30 PM and he decided that he would leave early today since he had already completed what he needs to do.

It was still hot outside and he could feel the wrath of the sun. He was quiet thirsty and decided to stop for a coke and he picked up a book from the book stand which specialized in imported magazines and something caught his eye. He stopped and looked at the page and could not believe, she still looked the same, exactly the way she had been seven years ago. It surprised him how she could maintain her physique like that, but it didn’t not feel anything looking at her picture, he kept reading, she had divorced her husband. The article extended as an interview with all sorts of questions from her divorce to her career and future plans etc. He brushed through them not paying much attention to all the details and was about to close the book and put it back on the stand, something caught his eye. It was her answer to a question about regret. He read through it and his lips wore a smile and his blue eyes accompanied them with a tinge of pity.