High-pitched voices from the living room are piercing the silence in my room, but my heart is beating so hard that I can’t hear anything. I’m lying on my bed and watching the fan moving overhead. The drink I’ve had comes up to my throat, and I get up.
There’s a beep indicating I have a w******p message on my mobile. I ignore it. There are several successive beeps in a few seconds.
I pick up the phone and read the messages from the notification bar. They’re from Siya.
Siya: Vikram, when’ll you come? I won’t cut the cake without you. Waiting…
Siya: This is not done.
Siya: Please come now. It’s so humiliating. I’ve told everyone that you’re coming.
Siya: On our date you said you’ll give me a surprise on my birthday. I’m still waiting for your surprise.
Siya: This is not fair. It’s my b
