A chapter from a book I'm writing
“Erm…there’s something I was meaning to tell you, Veena…,” I said. Things were finally being set into motion. My relationship with Veena was at a cross-road. What was going to ensue would either herald the beginning of a whole new life with Veena, my friend ever since I entered the fast life of the corporate world with its short term relations, or bring our friendship crashing down onto god’s green earth. We were sitting in the spacious sitting area of the café coffee day outlet inside campus; I having a hot chocolate while Veena was having her usual fruit shake with ice-cream. She was looking really great today, not that she didn’t look great every day, but there was a special radiance about her today and she was looking terrific in her bright red churidhar. Veena looked up with curiosity and a mock-playfulness in her eyes. “Oh, God!!! That look will be the end of me…,” I thought, “…hope I get to see it even after today”. “…I think you must have been expecting this to happen sooner or