‘What had happened?’ Priyam asked softly when he fell silent.
‘What happened? I really don’t know, Priyam. I must not put all blame on that devil woman. I was to blame too. Had I given Kiran a little more time… I should have seen how lonely she felt when I busied myself in my work and let Kiran manage the long lonely hours anyway she could. I should have been aware, but I wasn’t. And Kiran didn’t tell. And then, she rediscovered her old friend. Rather, her old friend rediscovered her. And I was glad. Though I didn’t quite like Maya even at the first time I met her in our college…we all studied in the same college. But I was glad. My wife had a friend now and that had relieved me of what little compulsion I felt about sparing time for Kiran. I devoted myself in building up a business empir
