"I spy you!" - 46

The news that Pushpahaasa was married shook Vasupradha. Her conscience chided her. ‘Hey Vasupradha! He is handsome, he also looks 30 plus in age. How can such a man be unmarried all these years? You had a hallucination that he is still single and you can hook him. Poor Vasupradha!’

She did not feel like working in the afternoon. She wanted to know where his office is and felt like meeting with him. But her decency pulled her away from such an advice.

But the heart pangs continued.

She could not stay in the office any more. She started having a shooting pain in the head. She staggered to Padmanabha’s office in the same condition.

He was shocked to see her in that condition. He suggested that she take a break of a week and join back.

She went back to Durjaya, told him about her leave.

“Please forget about the office. Enjoy your holidays and come back revitalized!” Durjaya said and shook hands with her.

She went home and packed her bag and checked for a good place on the net.

She found a place near the State capital was interesting. The place is about 5 hours from the State capital city.

She thought for a moment whether she should call Amruta and then decided against it. She did not want any other human being during this trip.

She took a flight to the State capital and took a taxi to the place of her choice. She reached the destination with sunlight still intact. The place looked lovely. She checked in a decent hotel and had her cup of coffee with some biscuits. The coffee, the scenic beauty which she was watching from the window of her room in the fourth floor.

She then decided to take a stroll. The sun was going down but the light was still bright. The nature which was around her was exhilarating. She forgot about everything which was bothering her and started being happy about everything around her.

Wow! We are so small in front of the nature. The big mountains, the greenery, the rain soaked earth, the orange light emitted by the sun... everything was so beautiful.

She felt happy that she chose to come here. This place is not only worth visiting, but also worth living here permanently.  May not be now, but after retirement.

When shall she retire? It is too early to say anything. But she will retire someday and stay in this place. To stay here, she has to buy now so that the rates won’t be exorbitant.

What will she do after retirement? Get married, get children. But if the retirement age is fifty eight or sixty, when should she get married? It has to be earlier than that.