"Hi Karan, Aditi here, how you doing?"
After Aditi had messaged her that day, Karan tried reaching her twice but there was no response from her side. He dropped her a message, hoping she would call him back.
"Good time to talk or shall I call you back sometime later?" Aditi's tone sounded very casual.
"Stop it Adi. The other day I had to take an important call. I did call you twice after that, seems like you were busy."
"I was kind of busy with some personal work Karan. I thought I should call you back and finally found time today.", Karan noticed that Aditi's voice had a hint of indifference to it.
"Okay busy girl. To be very honest, your call was a real surprise. Out of the blue, you call me after three years and I wasn't sure if it was for real."
"Yeah, I came to India a few days back. You were one of the few friends I called after landing. But you seemed to be pretty busy that time."
Two words stuck Karan in that sentence. "One of the few friends?", he asked, making sure Aditi caught the stress he put on the words few and friends. "I thought I was the one you would call".
"Your style of talking hasn't changed much, has it?", Aditi asked, her voice sounding a bit sarcastic.
Before Karan could reply, she continued. "Listen Karan, can we meet and talk. It has been a long time since we met and I am not really comfortable talking on the phone. I hope you don't have a problem meeting me personally?"
The question at the end of the statement irked Karan but he did not want to react. "Yeah sure, let me know when. Are we meeting at our regular hangout?"
"No Karan, not at that place. I will book a table at a restaurant. Can you pick me up by 5 in the evening? Also, would you mind if I ask a friend to join us at the restaurant?"
"Friend?" Karan said it out loud as if it was a question."Yeah sure Adi, no problem. Send me your hotel location and I will pick you up from there by 5."
"Okay Karan. Felt nice talking to you after so long. See you at 5. Take care." and Aditi hung up the phone.
Karan was thrilled after talking to Aditi. A three year long wait was about to end in three hours and he could barely control his excitement.
But somewhere in the back of his mind, a question kept nagging him. Who was the friend Aditi spoke about and why did she want Karan to meet that friend.
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