The Letter (1)

The Present.

In her office.

Next day after Vinoth left her in hospital.

Vedha is editing the contents of her weekly article. Her cabin is completely silent and only filled with her keyboard sounds.

She hears the door of her cabin opening and stops typing abruptly.

She hates disturbing her silence while she worked.

A girl speaks entering the cabin nervously "I have a news".

Vedha creases her eyebrows "Good or Bad?".

The girl smiles still fiddling her fingers "Depends on how you take it".

Vedha asks harshly "What is it?".

The girl gulps as if she is accustomed to Vedha's nature and speaks "Inspector Aditya's case has given a month time to search him and will be dismissed if nothing.. progresses-"..

Vedha grits her teeth and pushes her laptop away from her slightly. She declares sternly "One month is not enough".

The girl nods "That's why it's bad. But think about it. One month is really a good time-".

Vedha stands abruptly pushing her chair back "His broken leg would at least take 3 months to recover!".

The girl flinches 'Why would I come to tell her this?!'.

Vedha slams her hand on the table displeased "I asked for a single favour but they can't even do this! I can't believe I worked for them for 3 years! I swear-".

She looks at the girl almost scared and sighs controlling herself "Leave".

'I can't turn this cabin upside down in front of a junior assistant, can I?!'.

The girl tries to speak "But-".

Vedha sighs rubbing her temples "Just shut up and leave".

The girl stammers trying to divert her anger for a moment "S-Sir told me to ask..Did you finish the article?".

Vedha crosses her arms and stares at the girl frustrated "Not yet".

She knows where it is going.

The girl asks timidly "If..you are free...let's go to dinner together while going back?".

Vedha exclaims mocking her "For god's sake stop pretending to be a friend, Meera! We are truly not! You know what? I should have just let you there in the canteen to just suffer that day! It's all my mistake to drag you from those assholes! At least you wouldn't have this free time to nag me?".

Meera bites her lip in humiliation "I am..just trying to help-".

Vedha chuckles coldly "Oh Thank God, Miss. Meera. I was not dying for your kindness! And thank you so much for disturbing me. Now get the fuck out of my cabin!".

Vedha eyes at crying Meera and throws her hands up in frustration "There you go! Seriously? It's you who makes me angry and now playing a victim?!".

Meera snaps angrily "I just wanted to help you! You have come too early today and didn't have your breakfast and lunch too! Seriously? Who comes here at 6 AM?! I heard that you just got discharged this morning which means you just came here straight from the hospital! What do you want me to do? Just shut up and leave?!".

Vedha scoffs "Exactly! That's what a person with common sense would do. So, will you?".

Meera grits her teeth looking at Vedha's hand pointing the door to leave. She mutters "You are not kind at all!".

Vedha smirks "Tell me something I have never heard before".

SLAM!

Vedha sighs seeing the closed door of her cabin and walks towards her chair.

She feels tired and blinks her eyes which are in the process of making her cry.

'Why the fuck am I crying?! It's not like I am a kind person in the first place! I don't feel bad! She deserved for being nosy in my matters!'.

She felt her head starts throbbing gradually 'This is getting worse and worse. Even she can notice my changes just in a single day! Adhi..I swear...if you torture me like this anymore..I will kill you myself when you return!'.

She looks at the invitations kept on her table which asked to be printed and sent to her office.

'Krishna's housewarming party..more like an occasion though..and ..I still didn't call mom. I really want to go home but how could I?! They can just tell something is wrong.. If Meera can find...don't even ask about my mom'.

She gets out grabbing the invitations to send them in courier.

'After all I took this responsibility to choose the design and printing them. It's not like I wanted to. Mom asked me to help Krishna..My younger sister. .But not anymore after everything happened between us..huh..after everything I had done...if I have to say precisely'.

She calls her mother and welcomed with a panic voice.

"Vedha?! Where were you? And h-how are you?! Why didn't you take my calls in these 2 days?

'Thank god I always do that when I am busy with my work'.

Vedha answers(lies obviously) confidently "I was busy. Had to switch off my mobile to interview a person".

Her mother sighs "Don't work too hard".

Vedha rolls her eyes and speaks "You know I will work hard.... And I sent the invitations and they will reach there tomorrow-".

Her mother's voice came worried "Aren't you coming?".

Vedha closes her eyes as she sensed that her mother is disappointed. But she could only say "No".

Her mother asks sadly "Why?! Didn't you promise that you will think about this and try to come?".

Vedha bites her lip 'I planned to talk about Adhi and now he is not here..How can I explain you?'.

She sighs and speaks coldly "I thought about that and now I don't want to come".

'Thank God I am a damn good liar!'.

Her mother asks calmly "Is it because of him?".

Vedha rolls her eyes "He doesn't deserve my hate, Ma. Stop giving him so much importance".

'We already lost our Krishna to him...Who was the most important-'.

Her mother asks with a sad sigh "Don't you feel bad for Krishna? She really wants to see you".