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A Lovers' Tiff

Carter returned to an empty house after dropping Sana to the airport. This time when he dropped her, he did not wait till she checked in, or kiss her goodbye. She had not called him back either to let him know that all was well and she had reached the gate for boarding her flight, her typical ritual. As he drove into the garage to park the car, he glanced at the clock on the dashboard. It was almost time for her flight to take off. He checked his phone to ensure there were no missed calls or messages. He slightly regretted not saying a good bye to Sana and fighting with her in the last minute. Every time Sana left for her consulting trips, he hated getting back home. He hated the silence, the emptiness. As he walked into their closet to change, he noticed her clothes on the floor which she had packed and then taken out because of excess baggage. He removed the couple of strands of her hair that had fallen on the restroom counter while she straightened her hair with an iron. The fragran...

The Art of Living In

The apartment was in the same condition as they had left it in on the morning of the 7 th of December. The lights were on. The ceramic dinner plates with dried and crusted layers of leftover food lay unwashed in the steel sink. The door to the balcony was open. Aneesh would have scolded her for leaving the door open, for not washing the dishes on time. He would have complained about how high the electricity bill was because Kaavya was not in the habit of turning the lights and music system off. It was almost second nature to think of what Aneesh was going to say at any step. Without him she was unsure of what to do next. Their office cum living area was in an untouched mess. The blue and gray cushions were scattered all over the place. The coffee table was placed aside to make space for the paraphernalia of their work equipment and tools. There were paper cut outs, yarns of different types of materials, sewing machines, crayons and sketch pens, magazines, power cords, scissors, gadget...