Chapter 34


    ARJUN SMITH


    When I woke up I traced my hand beside me to see Anu, whether she was still sleeping or already


    woke up. I know she was such a sleepyhead. But when I suddenly remembered thest night, I was


    afraid of losing her. Was she still mad at me, I wondered. Did she evene to bed after I scolded


    her? The bed, the other half was empty and my stomach growled in fear. Did she fly back to India


    because of that small conversation? Okay, maybe not that small, I scolded her. I was shocked and


    afraid, what''d I tell my mom and especially the media.


    I stood from the bed and started searching the room. First, balcony, bathroom, workroom, and the


    whole house, he was nowhere in the house. Then I made my way towards the kitchen to ask Alice if


    she''d seen her.


    "No, please don''t do it. He''s...." Alice was talking to someone as I entered the kitchen.


    "Alice, did you see A_" I was about to ask her about Anu as I entered the kitchen. I didn''t even finish


    the sentence. I saw Anu slicing some vegetables when she heard my voice and wondered that I was


    searching for her. She grinned at me like if someone plugged a bulb into her mouth but mostly like she


    get caught the smile.


    "Morning!" she eximed. As hiding something behind her back.


    Wait. She wasn''t mad at me at all? How so? She must be becausest night I was hard on her. She


    bumped into me and ruined my presentation for my meeting. Thanks to her I postponed my meeting to


    next week. And I can''t control my anger when I saw that once a paper now a wet material in my hand


    with the wetness of milk and the letters were disappeared as the milk dripped through the floor.


    I can''t believe her she was crying thest night and now she was grinning at me. Something was going


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    "Morning" I kept my voice low.


    "Didn''t you have work today?" she asked me, confused as she saw me in my PJ''s. I didn''t even bother


    to change to search for her. All, my mind says was that "I''ve to find her" and that''s what ran in my head


    until I found her.


    "Nope," I answered and walked away from there, thinking. Was she pretending like yesterday didn''t


    happen? First, she was grinning, I''d never see her grinning at me since the day I met her. Two, she


    was asking me question which I wasn''t familiar with.


    When I got back to my room I went straight to the shower and twisted the shower knob and let the


    water run through my skin. When the hot water passes through my skin Ipletely forgot the real


    world and I was living in the blinded fantasy world. Once I finished showering I wrapped the towel


    around my waist and started walking towards, back to my room. I wore an ash color sweatshirt and


    sweatpants. And with onest look in the mirror, I walked downstairs to eat.


    When I got to the dining room, the room was empty. I wondered, what''s the reason must be? There


    was no one. Only the table was set for a single person to eat. And I saw Anu who wasughing and


    pping on Alice''s shoulder as Alice hearing her out.


    I cleared my throat to get their attention that I was hungry and thinking someone woulde to serve


    me. I thought Anu will send Alice to serve because we''d a big conversation justst night. But what I


    saw was untruly real. Anu was the one who came to serve me with the bowl in her hand.


    I dragged the chair backward and forward to sitfortably and elbowed my hands on the table. As I


    was sitting Anu ced the te in front of me and started serving it.


    "Where are the others?" I asked her, stern as usual for her and not for me.


    "Rahul''s brother went to Italy for business purposes. Devi and uncle went to a birthday party with


    Adam." She told me. Rahul went to sign his new contract and mom, dad, Sam, and Adam went to the


    party, leaving us alone in this huge house.


    I saw her cing Indian foods on my te. She was the one who prepared food and that''s why she


    woke early in the morning. But she also knows that I don''t like Indian foods maybe I wasn''t familiar with


    the taste of the Indian foods, that was the correct sentence I''d prefer.


    "Didn''t Alice cook today?" I asked her didn''t expect her to answer.


    "No, I told her that, ''I''m going to make breakfast all by myself." She said, proud.


    Once she ced thousands of variety in front of me I got confused about which one I''ve to start with.


    When she saw my confused look she pointed me a little bowl of white chutney but white doesn''t look


    like white though. I was about to take that bowl before the bell rang.