Then she shook her head. She’d have to trust someone! Taking a chance, she followed him into a taxi. When it stopped at her given address, she heaved a sigh of relief. She offered the fare to the stranger, who politely but firmly refused it. As she walked towards the shabby building, she turned around and was surprised to see that the taxi was still waiting there. She shrugged and walked up two flights of dingy stairs to ring the door-bell.
A dour-faced elderly man
opened it, frowned and asked her what she wanted. “I’ve come from Lucknow to
meet Reena. I was her class-mate in college. After she shifted here, we lost
touch.”
Gruffly, he asked her, “So
what brings you here now, young lady? She has married and now stays in Nashik.”
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