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Kasturi loves Purva’s ____ (5)
Govind Goswami eats like an ____ (2)
To cut a long story short Kasturi ____ Purva more than anything else in the world (5)
And wants to just say this ____ (8)
10.10 p.m.
Me – ‘When he puts his pencil down, please tell me.’
10.14 p.m.
Vikram – ‘He has.’
Me – ‘What is he doing now?’
Vikram – ‘Staring at the piece of paper, his face is expressionless and he won’t even blink.’
Pitajee looked at me. ‘Call him, Kasturi. Just call him,’ he said, earnestly.
‘Is this like you telling me to put the cake batter in the oven?’ I asked.
‘Shut up! No!’ he said, putting a brotherly hand on my head. I looked at Anu and she smiled too.
‘Call him, Kas. Fight for him. Don’t let him go,’ she said in a quiet voice.
Pitajee looked up at Anu with a startled look on his face – a look that I saw but did not pay much attention to.
‘Show me the completed crossword, Kas,’ Anu said.
I silently handed another sheet of paper to her. If Purva had filled his in correctly, the sheet of paper in his hand would look a lot like the one that Anu was now staring at.
She read through the clues and the correct answers and then silently handed me my phone.
‘Call him, Kas. You guys need to talk,’ she said.
I picked up my phone and slowly started punched in the numbers. My heart was beating furiously as the call went through. What would Purva say? Will he … won’t he?
10.15 p.m.
Vikram – ‘Someone just called on his phone. He stared at the phone for a minute, looked at the sheet of paper, paused for a few seconds and then cancelled the call.’
Pitajee, looking at me – ‘And now, what is he doing?’
Vikram – ‘He says he needs to head back to the hospital. I have never seen him so agitated.’
Pitajee, continuing to look in my direction as Anu wiped the silent tears that were streaming down my face – ‘And I have never seen Kasturi look so agitated either.’
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10.30 p.m.
I sat still. Thinking. Grieving. Wondering if I had lost him forever.
‘How is it that I miss him more than I love him,’ I muttered, more to myself than to anyone else, tears streaming down my face. I had lost it. I had lost him.
‘Go to him,’ said Anu, her voice low.
