S t o r y B y : - A J i t S a h o o
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Naya saal aa gaya tha, aur naye saal ke sath sath ek nayi
umeed bhi. Main new year ke raat sabse pehle usse wish kiya.
February 1 st week mein uski semester exam thi, so woh apne
padhai mein thodi busy ho gayi thi.
Phir 27 th jan ko woh wapas Kolkata jaane wali thi, aur
mera bhi 28 th ko thoda kaam tha, so mujhe bhi Kolkata jana
tha. So hum dono ek sath bus mein gaye.
‘main tumhe hostel tak chor dun, ya tumhari didi lene
aayengi’, maine bola.
‘nahin didi aajayegi, main chali jaungi. Aur haan, tum to
bus stand pe utroge, aur main usse pehle utar jaungi’, woh
boli.
‘okk, pahunch ke ek sms kar dena..’, maine bola.
Uski cousin Dii ‘Anjali’ Kolkata mein rehte hein. Sonali
kabhi kabhi unke paas ja ke rehti hai. Woh sonali ke sath
kaafi frank the, unko pata tha ki main aur Sonali bahut ache
dost hein.
Par us din evening se raat tak Sonali ki nahi koi sms aayi
nahi koi call. Main jitna bhi sms kiya ya call kiya, koi jawab
nahi aaya uska. Raat bhar main bohot hi jyada parishan tha,
tension ke mare najane kitni baar call aur sms kiya hoga
“ Y o u & M e ”
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