Forget Me Not, Stranger by Novoneel Chakraborty

Author:Novoneel Chakraborty
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9788184007886
Publisher: Random House Publishers India Pvt. Ltd.
Published: 2016-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

19

For a split second, Rivanah thought she had simply imagined the voice, before she noticed the tips of someone’s shoes at the edge of the light. The light overhead did not fall on his face, and most of him was shrouded in darkness, but it didn’t take her long to guess who this someone could be.

‘Is that you?’ Rivanah said aloud. Her voice was brittle.

The response came after few seconds.

‘Yes, Mini.’

Her eyes were transfixed on the shining black tips of the shoes. Rivanah stood up, expecting the Stranger to take a step back. But he didn’t. Rivanah took a step towards him. He was still. Slowly, she began inching towards the Stranger. With every step, her heart beat faster. And every beat felt heavy with anxiety. When she stood close to him, she could smell his deodorant—It’s Different from Hugo Boss. It is indeed him! But his face and body remained shrouded in darkness. Rivanah took the final few steps and stood only inches away from the tips of the shoes. Breathing had become difficult. The fact that the Stranger hadn’t moved told her he wanted her to unmask him. She was about to reach out when two hands shot out and, before Rivanah could understand what was happening, she was turned around forcefully and blindfolded. Rivanah felt him tightening the blindfold. Slowly, the Stranger pulled her into the darkness, away from the sight of any pedestrian.

‘I . . .’ Rivanah started, but she felt a finger on her lips and a whisper right next to her left ear, ‘Ssshhh.’ She felt a little aroused even in her state of emotional distress.

‘Pain is a seed, Mini. And it often grows into a tree we call strength. A seed of strength has been sown in you today, Mini. You have no idea how emotionally stable a tree this will become,’ the Stranger whispered. His breath tickled her ear as she allowed this idea to take root in her. She could feel his cotton shirt as she grabbed it tight with both hands. Not able to hold herself back any more, she buried her face in the Stranger’s chest and cried her heart out. She knew it would be useless to try to get rid of the blindfold.

‘I never wanted to tell Danny the truth because the incident didn’t compromise my love for him. Please say you know this. Please . . .’

‘I know, Mini,’ the Stranger whispered back.

‘Then why did you do this to me? Why did you lead Ekansh, me and Danny to the ATM today? This is an irreparable damage. I don’t think Danny will ever understand why I couldn’t confess. It was only out of love.’

‘I know Danny will never understand it.’

Rivanah frowned. She tried to touch the Stranger’s face but he wouldn’t let her.

‘You have to tell me why you did this to me!’ she said.

‘First, you tell me, Mini, what’s love if it doesn’t let you give your loved one some time to explain? If it

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