Again!

While driving, her mind drifted to her talk with Shona yesterday.

Shona, her only best friend from kindergarten, is her parent's best friends only daughter. With her parents working all day sometimes even at nights as cardiologists, she was mostly at Kiara's place. They even had a room for her with all her things and so did Kiara at Shona's place. An alter ego, Shona was much like Kiara apart from her complexion which was a shade lighter.

They would never need anyone as Kiara, Shona, and Rita were enough for a group and for each other. They would do everything together and had complete access to each other's personal lives.

"Shona, I think I like him, I like that person", hanging tightly to her.

"Wohhhhaaaa, wait wait, Hold on" she jerked her off, "Where is Kia? Who are you? What have you done to her? I want my Kia back, I cannot afford to lose her again. 

Kiara stopped, she had tears brimming in her eyes "You are right. I am sorry this all happened so suddenly, I totally lost control over myself. I should remember where I come from before jumping ahead, again and failing all over", she collapsed on the floor crying.

Shona was flabbergasted, it took her moments to register what Kiara was actually saying, finally finding the mother earth she asked, "Is he cute?"

"He is" in between the sobs "he seems like some Greek God and you know what I saw was something you don't get to see these days", she told her the whole story astounding her, "but, I cannot afford to lose the leftover pieces of my heart. I don't want to fall into those dark abysses again."

"Kia, maybe you deserved better and this is the best. Stuff happens but life doesn't end here, people come, people go, people stay and the craziest ones torture you till your last day. Maybe that asshole wasn't meant to give me company, not that I liked him. I loathed him and if given a chance I'll strangle him to death ", she blurted out without a pause.

"Stop it Shona, please spare that poor napkin from your hatred. We are not discussing him anymore and we are leaving."

Shona's blabbing continued till the party ended, she was being hysterical as why didn't she find Kiara before to check on the mysterious Mr. A herself.

She would point out every boy and would ask, is he the one. Kia would roll her eyes, giving her a clear 'No'. 

They both looked exhausted by the end, none of them could find him and gave up the entire hey-is-he-one process and proceeded towards home.

Back to the present, Kiara silenced her inner thoughts and started jotting down points in Siri for her interview. She couldn't take the risk as it was her initial phase towards independence. 

Traffic in Delhi, well everybody knew that it was something unavoidable, so Kiara took the shortest route to her destination. Courtesy : Google Maps.

The distance was short, but the small lanes made it difficult to drive faster. She was praying all along, to make it on time, cursing everyone who came in her way.

Her face glistened as she neared the office building, a large entrance gate with two guards at either side and a name on top caught her attention- Pacific Incorporation.

This was it! Her Dream!

After the checking and identification with the guards, she made her way inside that large gate, surrounded by lush green trees on both the sides, it had a fountain in the middle which screamed the company's history, as per her research on Google. 

She smiled at herself and entered the premises, promising herself independence.