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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. 1
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  43. Acknowledgements
  44. About the Book
  45. About the Author

‘You know that Meena is behind that notice, right? The property manager is a good friend of hers.’

Anu took another sip of the hot coffee. ‘I guessed so. But why is she so angry with me? All I did was meet her for one disastrous dinner.’

Pooja’s mother shook her head. ‘If Meena does not like you, that always means you are good. She gets vindictive if she feels threatened. That someone might take away her unofficial crown of being the Queen of Verdant Green.’

Anu laughed. ‘We are the poor tenants of Verdant Green. Where do I have the army to take away her throne? Can I go tell her that?’

‘See, Pete was very aloof and kept to himself here but he took to you. You both became great friends. That was unbearable to Meena. How could someone pass her up for you? Then, your yoga crowd adores you. That was another blow to her pride. So she is just resorting to all means to be nasty to you.’

Anu didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry at this saga that was getting fiercer than the war of the Mahabharatha. ‘Hope Meena realizes soon that I am not here to take away anybody’s non-existent throne and crown! I am barely surviving.’

As she walked back home, all the fight had left her. Sleeping in her old bedroom at her parents’ house began to feel so appealing, it was scary.

When she reached home, Sanju’s car was in the driveway. Why is he back? Did he forget something? Or, was he going to apologize to her and take her out? That might happen if the pigs flew! But nothing had prepared her for what she saw. A Sanju wild with anger. A Sanju she had never seen before.

‘Why are you being so vengeful, Anu?’ Sanju’s face and eyes had turned red. ‘I have never been anything but nice and accommodative in this relationship. What did I ask of you after all? To live in a mansion and spend my money?’

Anu was speechless for a moment and then enraged. ‘That is such a below-the-belt comment, Sanju. I am trying to be happy. Keep you happy. Keep Vicky happy.’

‘I can see that. I got a call from Indigo International when I was at work. To collect Vicky’s things from his cubby as he is no longer a student there. Where is Vicky?’

Anu cursed herself for not taking the mobile along. They would have called her first. Sanju’s was a backup number. She tried her best to explain why she did what she did but Sanju looked stony.

‘You know what, if you don’t want to live here, you don’t have to. Feel free to leave anytime.’

‘Sanju! What does that mean?’

‘You know what that means.’

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