Sunshine Apartments, Mumbai

Flat number 102 on the first floor belongs to Anamika Sinha. She is a single mother, and recently shifted to Mumbai with her only son, Ansh Sinha. The house is chirpy with the little boy playing around. Anamika's in her room setting her things when the doorbell rings . She opens the door and it's a courier on her name. She signs the paper and closes the door. She tears the envelope and her lips curve into a smile. It is her joining letter, that too, in the company she wished for. Ansh comes running to her.

“Mumma,ye kya hai?” he asks looking at the envelope.

Anamika smiles and  lifts the little boy in her arms..

“Mumma ke office ka letter. “ she says.

“ wow! Ab hum yahin rahenge na? “ he asks while clapping his hands.

“Han. Aur ab Ansh ko jo chahiye mumma sab dilayegi. “ she says kissing his head.

Ansh chuckles happily, he looks at his mother..

“Ansh ko icecream khani hai. “ he says cutely.

A curve forms on her lips.

“kal hi khayi thi na aapne icecream? “ she asks.

Ansh glares at her.. “ Aaj fir se khani hai. Aap Ansh ko party dogi na. “ he says.

Anamika smiles. She can't win any argument with Ansh.

“Okay! But pehle hum dinner karenge. “ she says as she took him and makes him sit on the dining table.

She serves food for him and the boy starts eating his food. Maybe he is more adamant on having ice-cream treat. Anamika smiles as she sits to have dinner and later both of them leave to have icecream in a nearby shop.

*****

In another corner of the city, a guy reaches his home. He is Vineet Kumar, the CEO of VK Enterprises. He unlocks the door and enters in. It's pitch dark inside. He sighs, there is no one to welcome him. He sits on the sofa and is lost in the past. Few voices echo in his ears.

“Hamesha late aate ho. Kitne derr se wait kar rahi hoon tumhara.“

“ Vineet!! At least Sunday ko toh mere sath raho. “

“Ab kya mere sath sath baby ko bhi papa ka wait karna padega kya? This is not fair, Vineet. “

“Fir late. Dekhna ek din jab main yahan nahi milungi tab tum mujhe yaad karoge. “

Teardrops escape his eyes. He sighs deeply. Those words by his wife are echoing in his ears, but she is nowhere to be seen. Yes! He lost her an year ago. Not only her, he lost his baby too. That day, he got a little late in taking her to the hospital for a routine check up. She understood her situation and reaches the hospital via cab. But what he gets to see is his injured wife and she couldn't survive for long,and left him in deep grief.

Since then, he has turned quiet and sometimes rude to his colleagues and friends. Living in the dark is his habit now. He stands up and moves into the kitchen to have some water. He finds a dark chocolate bar in the fridge. He remembers how his wife used to request him for this. He takes out a piece of the Chocolate and moves into his bedroom. After freshening up, he just laid  on the bed picking her picture from the side table and seem to be lost in the past.

To Be Continued.