Adultery Priya Didi

[shailu4ever]

Friday Night   (Continued...)


Flat 205, Around 10:45 PM

Ravi lay on his bed, staring at his phone, 

The dim room lit only by the pale glow of the screen. 

His ears still picked up traces of laughter through the thin walls.

Amit’s chuckle, Priya’s softer voice. 

It wasn’t directed at him tonight, but it lingered all the same.

He wasn’t expecting a message.

But it came.


Sirisha
[10:48 PM]
Bhayyaaaa ? u didn’t even text me today!! 

I told Neetu Bhabi you might ditch our dinner plan ?

Ravi smiled for the first time that evening.


Ravi
[10:49 PM]
Haha… Who said I’d ditch? 
Just had a long day. 
And your invite was too sweet to miss.


Sirisha
[10:49 PM]
Hmm ? okay forgiven.
I wore something nice today too, but no one to notice. 
Sad story of my life.


Ravi
[10:50 PM]
Tomorrow you’ll have a full audience ? 
Even Priya Didi will compliment you.



Sirisha
[10:50 PM]
I hope not ? 
I want your compliment first ?
goodnight bhayya. 
Dream of mango ice cream ?


Ravi chuckled softly and locked the screen.

But outside that room, in the still hallway of Flat 205,

Priya stood near the kitchen counter,

Rinsing the last steel plate slowly, methodically, 

As if the cool water helped her focus.



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