“I know it’s too late. But still...”
Though she remained quiet, her eyes were
locked with his…
“I’m sorry”
"CUT".
For a moment Pranav and Pallavi
couldn’t connect with their surroundings but in a flip second they did.
“Are the visuals okay?”
Jasmine came towards the screen before
Viren to check the visuals.
“Beyond perfect since you are handling
the camera”, he winked at her.
As usual Jasmine ignored his obvious
flirting. Pallavi smiled at them and strode towards her vanity van. Pranav
hesitated for a moment before walking into his.
***************
Later in the evening,
Hotel Trident, Suite: 568
Pallavi walked in and closed the
door. She closed her eyes leaning on the door for a minute. Images
from past flashed across her mind. When she opened her eyes, it was
blank. She stood there for a moment before walking in for a shower.
Much later, sitting in the balcony
watching night settle over the city, she dialled a number. As soon as the
line connected, her face lit up with a smile hearing the voice at the other
end. She whispered into the phone “I miss you too".
*****************
Hotel Trident, Suite: 571
Pranav barged into the room slamming the
door behind, and threw his wallet onto the bed. Though he expected things to be
hard, he never counted it to be this tortuous. There was no one to blame
because it was all his doings. Suddenly his mobile started to ring.
The caller ID read ‘Janaki’.
“Hello”
“Good evening Pranav...Hope I am not
disturbing”
“No, its fine”
“How is the shoot going?”
“Good”
{Silence}
“Actually Ayaan asked for you”.
“I will call him after a shower”.
“Okay. Bye”
“Bye”
He disconnected the call and moved
towards the balcony to open the curtains. The sky wrapped in a dark
robe and the city adorned with lights posed for his view. Slowly, he let
the memories engulf him.
NOTE:
I don’t want to romanticize extra
marital affair, but what if one truly finds love after marriage? Love is a
selfless and selfish emotion at the same time. Maybe one can’t choose who to
love, it just happens, but pursuing it is definitely a choice. And some
relationships are just not meant to be, it’s nobody’s fault. Just that it was
simply not meant to be. A realistic take on a triangle love story that deals
with the taboo topics of extramarital affair, the other woman, the man
responsible and the wife who gets pulled in the mess.
