Mess..
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After putting Anthony to sleep, Max sighed heavily and opened the balcony door to let in some fresh air. He walked over to the balcony and looked at the beautiful view outside, worried about how to handle Anthony once he comes back to his senses. Not only Anthony, even Max had never expected that Sarah would actually give up on Anthony one day. Though he used to warn Anthony earlier but he himself did not believe that Sarah would ever think of leaving Anthony. Probably because Sarah had let Anthony to take her for granted. She had loved him so much without caring about what the world would think or talk about her.
Max tried calling Sarah's number but as expected it was switched off. "c*m on Sarah, I know you are sad and disappointed with your jerk husband, Anthony but I wish you could have witnessed Anthony's pain today. He wont be able to live without you, Sarah. Where have you vanished now?" he wondered.
Max then remembered his wife, Rihana and made a call to her. "Hello baby" Max spoke as soon as he heard his wife's voice.
"Where the hell are you Max? Tomorrow we are going on a vacation and till now you are not back home. Don't say you are stuck with your usual office stuff? Rihana complained.
Max exhaled heavily before speaking "Well not office stuff but I am here with Anthony. He is in a mess" and then added timidly "I guess I have to stay up with him today at his place."
Rihana who was brushing her hair, thumped her brush on the dressing table and asked in a cold tone "And what exactly is the mess? And where is Anthony's wife? Isn't she around to clear the mess?"
Max huffed and answered with reluctance "Umm, well Sarah isn't here. As a matter of fact, she left Anthony with divorce papers."
"Oh! Really? So.. finally" Rihana blurted out as though she was expecting this. She didn't sound surprised by the news.
"What do you mean by finally, Rihana? You sound as though you are satisfied with Sarah leaving Anthony? Are you happy that she left?" Max asked Rihana wondering how insensitive she was.
"Well I mean,.. let's not hide. The whole world knows how insensitive your friend is towards his wife. Its a pity that she didn't leave him earlier. Had I been in her place, I would have left long ago. I would not have even tolerated such a husband in the first place. But now you listen Max, if you try to cancel our vacation trying to be a messiah for your friend then let me inform you, we are next in the line of divorce" Rihana gave Max the ultimatum and disconnected the call.
"Damn you Rihana. What an insensitive woman" Max cursed."How am I suppose to leave a heart broken Anthony now?" he grumbled. But he can't completely blame Rihana. It was not an ordinary vacation. It was their honeymoon. Rihana and Max had been married for the last 5 months after dating for about an year. Even though they had been married for quite some time, Max could not take her for a honeymoon due to workload. Anthony was very serious about work and the success of their firm mainly goes to Anthony. So Max also wanted to give his best. He had once cancelled his honeymoon earlier too and if he challenges it this time, Rihana sure would leave him. But Rihana was right about one thing. Had any other women been in Sarah's place, she would have kicked Anthony long ago.
He remembered those days when Sarah was a complete mess in kitchen. Max and Anthony used to rent an apartment during their B.arch days. Whenever they had design deadlines, Sarah would go to their apartment and the three of them would sit and work together. Sarah tried to cook for them but would end up burning the food. Anthony once got so angry with her that he asked her to leave in the middle of the night. Yet the next day, Sarah was back again with a box full of french pastries. She slowly began to learn cooking just to impress Anthony. "Sarah I did feel sorry for you. You loved too much." Anthony sighed as he felt sorry for Sarah.
Max was wrong when he thought he could understand Sarah's pain. In fact no one could understand the intensity of the pain she felt. Her heart was broken beyond repair. It became paralyzed unable to feel any emotions. A person who had loved Anthony beyond limits that she had gone to all the extent to win his love by sacrificing and shedding off her own personality. No one can estimate how much heartbroken she must be which compelled to leave her beloved man. It is actually true, no one can understand the workings of a woman's heart.
Exhaling heavily Max got back inside the room to look at the sleeping Anthony , who was uttering Sarah's name even in his unconscious state. Max found himself in a mess. At one hand his wife was acting insensitive while at the other hand Anthony was broken. And to top it all Sarah, the only sensible one fled from the scene leaving him alone to deal with his wife and his friend at the same time. Max went downstairs to fix him a drink. With a glass of whiskey in one hand, he sat on the sofa loosening his tie and cheered to himself "Cheers to a messy tomorrow " and gulped the whiskey at one go and crashed on the sofa. He too was soon snoring as he was completely exhausted.
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Sarah leaned on the window pane of the plane and closed her eyes. But she was disturbed by her co passengers, a young couple who were giggling as they whispered love words to each other. They were so much into each other that they forgot they were not alone in the plane. Sarah stared at them with a straight face. Her face devoid of any emotions. This made the couple awkward as they noticed her expressionless stare and stopped their PDA and behaved in a more civic manner.
Sarah broke her stare and again went back to leaning on her window pane . She realized that people were staring at her as she looked like a zombie. At the airport she bumped into a little boy who spilled his cold drink on her jeans. The boy's mother apologized to Sarah but Sarah just starred back with hollow eyes. The woman took her to be some mentally retard person and fled holding her son's hand.
Leaning on the window, Sarah closed her eyes. Soon her memories took her to the past, the day when she had given herself completely to Anthony.
Love is about finding one reason to breathe for that someone, who gives you a thousand reasons not to.
- Writer
