Twinj: My Lifeline: Episode 75 

Twinkle jumped up slightly when she heard a shrill tune that was in sharp contrast to Kunj’s soothing voice in his songs that were playing on loop on her phone. She lunged across the bed to grab her phone and picked the call immediately, putting it to her ear and managing to say, “Hello?” before releasing a breath that she didn’t even know she was holding back. “Twinkle? Why aren’t you asleep yet?” His voice was dripping of concern, tempting her to believe that nothing had ever gone wrong. “I was. Your call woke me up.” She lied blatantly, eyeing the clock, literally fighting herself not to point out that he was calling two hours beyond the latest she could stay up. “Yeah, and I don’t know you.” He answered, the sarcasm evident in his tone.  “You had said you would call.” She said in a small voice, mentally patting herself, for things had gone pretty well so far. In comparison to the complete chaos their earlier conversation had been at least. “I’m sorry, things dragged on longer than I could have even imagined.” She heard him explain and sighed softly, worried at how dangerously close they were looming to the issue that had created all the tension in the first place. “Everything feels awfully empty in your absence…” He ventured nevertheless, well aware of the peril he was taking up. “Don’t laugh!” He added almost immediately, hoping he had been right at guessing her reaction. She stilled momentarily at how accurate he was, slouching back on the bed as she replied, “I’m positive I have it was harder, Kunj. Your work keeps you occupied all day, but I don’t even know what I should be doing of all the time I have on my hands now!” She realized a little too late that the last bit had come out like a whimper, but he seemed to get exactly what she was saying without further explanation. “I can’t believe you chose to take along Krish, of all people!” She heard herself saying before she was even aware of it, and regretted immediately. “How did you know?” He breathed, anxious over the idea of her having found out, not even wanting to know how she had figured anymore. “Kunj, why are you doing this to yourself?” She asked instead, but he didn’t seem to be in a mood to answer that either. “This is exactly why I didn’t let you in on the details! Had I brought you along, you would have never let me work with him!” He was only stating the facts, she knew he wasn’t wrong too, but she felt cornered at his accusation, no matter how true. “Stop making me sound selfish, when in reality, you chose to lie and get away for an entire week while all the work you had there would have taken a couple of days to finish!” She shot back heatedly, unable to recognize what was actually causing her to lose temper and squabble like that. “Why would I make you sound selfish? That’s just a baseless allegation you’re hurtling at me for hiding things from you!” He had responded equally annoyed, and things had gotten out of hand soon after. 

That’s it for now, guys. Whoa, that was one roller coaster, wasn’t it?  Tell me what you thought about it. Looking forward to that. Until next time, lots of love!