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Back Meet Me In the Middle
Chapters (45)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. 4
  8. 4
  9. 5
  10. 6
  11. 7
  12. 8
  13. 9
  14. 10
  15. 11
  16. 12
  17. 13
  18. 14
  19. 15
  20. 16
  21. 17
  22. 18
  23. 19
  24. 20
  25. 21
  26. 22
  27. 23
  28. 24
  29. 25
  30. 26
  31. 27
  32. 28
  33. 29
  34. 30
  35. 31
  36. 32
  37. 33
  38. 34
  39. 35
  40. 36
  41. 37
  42. 38
  43. Acknowledgements
  44. About the Book
  45. About the Author

Shwetha snatched the phone from Anu. ‘Anu, get a grip.’

Anu snatched back the phone only to see Sanju move it all-around an immaculate hotel room. When the phone zoomed in on him, he was laughing. ‘Anu, of all the crazy ideas you get, this must be the craziest! Go home and sleep.’

Shwetha sighed. ‘Now let us get you home before another disaster strikes!’

‘Shwetha, we will go to your place. I don’t want you to waste your afternoon cleaning up my house!’ Anu insisted. Shwetha was like Sanju. Obsessive about keeping things tidy and if she saw Anu’s house now, one of two things would happen—she would faint looking at the mess, or if she managed not to, then she would clean it till eternity.

Once into Shwetha’s cosy warm clothes, Anu picked up the large cup of coffee waiting for her. Tucking her legs underneath her, Anu took a contented sip.

‘What is happening with you and Dini, Shwetha?’ asked Anu.

Shwetha was quiet for a bit and then shrugged. ‘He wants to get married soon and wants me to move to the UK.’

Anu’s heart skipped a beat. She knew that day would come and she was the happiest for her friend, but losing Shwetha to the UK was somehow an unbearable thought. ‘Shwetha, think about it. I feel you are hoping for Dini to change his mind about living in the UK and move back to Bangalore. But he won’t.’

Shwetha smiled. ‘I am not like you, Anu. You are very sure of what you want but I always oscillate.’

‘You will know what to do, Shwetha. Take a day off from work and think.’ Anu lifted her coffee cup in a toast. ‘Here is to Shwetha and Dini’s happy ending.’

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Sanju was going to arrive that night and luckily Radha was back that morning. Anu had to bring Vicky back since her parents were going to an out-of-town wedding. If there was a world record for the maximum weddings attended in a lifetime, her parents would win it hands down.

‘Just take care of Vicky for now, Radha. No need to cook. I will bring you food. We will clean the house together.’

Yashoda aunty had asked Anu to take her for a quick round of grocery shopping. Now that Radha was around, Anu felt relieved. Just as she was about to leave, the doorbell rang. Anu knitted her brows thinking if she had ordered anything online. Well, she only ordered in the first week of the month; after that, she was usually too broke for shopping. Radha opened the door, and Anu gaped at the figure that stood before her.

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‘Sanju! You are early!’

‘No, I am not! You thought I was coming at 2 in the night, didn’t you?’ Sanju shook his head in desperation. ‘Get the dates and time right, Anu!’