Out of sight, out of mind.

That night, Gautham came back late after distributing all the invitations. But to his surprise, he actually found that Sindhu was not back yet. He freshened up and came down to the lobby and sat on the stairs waiting for Sindhu.

John and Steve were already back and already off to bed. They were long used to Sindhu not showing up at night, unlike Gautham. Even when he was worried and anxious, Gautham still waited patiently for her.

The cold air stung his skin making the hair in his hand standstill.

At last, just before dawn, the roaring sound of the car awoke Gautham from his daze.

He looked up only to see Sindhu get down from a red Audit. It was John’s car. Since Gautham had driven the car they came in, Sindhu borrowed one of John’s cars.

“Why are you still up?” Sindhu asked coming towards Gautham.

He just shrugged his shoulders and answered perfunctorily, “I couldn’t sleep…”

Both of them knew he was lying. After all, he could har