Chapter Nineteen

Vikrant paced to and fro in front of his bed with his phone in his hand wondering whether to call Kalyani about Sarita or not. He was sure Kaly had not noticed the mark on her friend's face last night and Sarita probably didn't tell her about it either.

He checked the time on his phone, saw it was 1am on Monday morning and decided that he'd like to disturb Kaly's peace anyway and he went through his contacts for her number, clicked on it and pressed the call button then put the phone to his ear.

Kalyani stirred and sleepily reached for her phone as it rang on her bedside table wondering who was calling her so early. She glanced at her alarm clock, scowled when she saw it was 1am and groaned louder. She answered the call and put the phone to her ear.

"Singh." She said.

"I figured you'd be asleep by this time, Yaya." Vikrant drawled. "That's why I chose to call you at this time."

"For the love of all that is holy, Vikrant! It's you?" She growled. "It's 1 freaking am in the morning!