Aditya Sehgal:

"Where are you Suhani?

I called the hospital, your sister, your friends... but no one knew where you were and I couldn't explain either. It's late and I can't wait any longer! Where are you? Everything in this flat - the unplastered walls, the pillars, the bed, even the money plant in the kitchen reminds me of you. Remember how we got married, I brought you here, I tried to explain why we could afford only this, you looked into my eyes, nothing mattered then... I haven't changed Suhani... and the truth is I love you much more.

I am scared, its so late. I know nothing can go wrong. You are coming back, however late it may be, however upset you may be. You could have called Suhani.

Don't be cruel. I can't take it any longer. Where are you?

Come back..."

Suhani Sharma:

"Love was for people who had nothing better to do!" - that was my favourite line at Bombay Medical College. They said I had a heart of stone. May be they were right, but I wasn't like them anyway. I had a lot to do... my pediatrics, night shifts in the house surgery, eight o' clock fast train to Marine Lines. Then how did Suhani Sharma fall in love?

I blamed it on the train. The way he laughed... loud, very loud; or was it the way he looked at me... a mischievous grin. Was I a joke or did I mean a lot to him? Neither did I know till we separated.

Aditya and I got off the train, shook hands like it was any other day. I was too proud to accept that I would be so helpless without meeting someone. Aditya wasn't waiting on platform no. 5, nor at the bookstall... the stations seemed further apart. Were the trains running slower? The summer never seemed to end. Why does it only have to rain in November?

I knew... I knew deep inside... I really loved him. If only I could tell him, whisper into his ear, someday -

"Aditya, I can't live without you."