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STORIZEN CONTRIBUTE
Anamika
PART 3
by Dr. Ketaki Patwardhan
Why was she two-
timing us? Either be
with him, or with me.
That's it. I was going to
make it very clear
today.
But as she came
nearer, my resolve
began to dissolve. She
looked ravishing in the
purple and sky blue
dress that was skin
hugging and
accentuated her figure.
Her hair was loosely
tied behind in a more
clutch and bounced up
and down as she
walked towards me
with a dimpled smile
on her face.
I suddenly realized I
had been staring at her
with my mouth open. I
quickly closed my
mouth and muttered a
weak hello.
JUNE 2018
“Looks like you have
been busy today”, she
said.
“Yes, somewhat,”I
said.
“What will you have?”
she asked.
“Is this a treat?”
“Well, if you want
one”, she said, a
mischievous grin on
her face.
I could feel the blood
rushing to my cheeks,
reddening and
warming them. Was I
blushing?
“Do you have a
reason to give a
treat?”
I patted myself for my
intelligent question.
“Yes, there sure is”
I felt my cheeks lose
their color.
“Won't you ask what it
is?” she asked when
I didn't ask the
expected question.
“Yes yes, of course, I
want to know,” I said,
bracing myself for what
was to come next.
She would tell me that
she is going around
with Mr nasty and then
I would have to play
the ‘good friend’ by
congratulating her and
acting that I was happy
for her. Then she
would ask me to be the
best man for their
wedding.
I had always been the
good friend to girls who
got engaged to
someone else after I
had been with them
through their bad
times, taking them out
for dinner to change
their mood or giving my
shoulder for them to
cry on. I had had
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