The work was finished earlier than I expected, I entered in the hotel lobby and look at the reception counter.... the guy at the counter greeted me by moving his head and handed a letter to me, Mr Akshay, "there is a msg for u". I thank him & took keys .
While walking towards the room I opened the envelope.the morning meeting was successful and the confirmed order was delivered to me as per the promise.With a happy smile, I almost jump into the bed.I look at my wrist watch it is 6.30pm only and still I have too much of free time.feeling hungry, lets not take room service .Let me walk on the streets and enjoy the time ......
I started walking towards that so called biggest AC shopping mall of the city, just to pass some time there and if there is a food court I will have something to eat too.The mall was really very big, seems a lot of crowd. Sometimes when u are alone in the crowd u feel like u are gliding in the air freely ... no bags to pick up, no worry about what tobring and from where to buy ? I was not at all in a mood of purchasing anything seriously, only window shopping .
"Akki come here ! ....Akshay !.. listen to mama .. come here" .... I heard a loud female voice ,with curiosity I turned towards the voice and saw a young lady trying to control her small naughty kid .
ohhhhh ! Tulikaaa !! .. Tuliiii !!!!
she was at a walkable distance, at the corner of the gallery .. don't know why but I step my self behind the pole and took a deep breathe .... Oh! No Tulika ! I felt like somebody inside me wants to run towards her. I want to cry there right in the crowd . but I couldn't .... My head started spinning like a wheel. It was like I m loosing control on my self ........ then the incidents of the past slowly came close and started taking control on my thoughts, I felt helpless. I was walking in the crowd , in the present .......but my mind was in the past ......... and it was like I was controlled totally by my memories and like a dead body I m just walking on the street towards an unknown direction.
Our family was transferred to this city. There was only one old acquaintance of my father in the city, they helped us finding a nice rental home at a 10 mins walks from their house.It was a nice small family, husband, wife and their two kids ... Tulika & Kanchan. Tulika (Tuli ) was studying in college doing her graduation, Kanchan ( Nikki) the younger one was a cute small girl of around 14 years .....
slowly with the time we get settled in the city and ...................
continued to Part 2 ................
