Akira stopped in front of a cemetery near her house . Both her parents were buried there . Although her Mom was of Indian descent, she was also buried alongside Akira's Dad because it was her Mom's wish to stay next to her husband even after death .Akira slumped on the ground and started crying . She placed her head on her father's tomb and her tears started seeping into the concrete . She was a strong girl who was not easily affected by the opinion and perspective of others, but somehow today Raymond's words stabbed her heart and made her feel like she was all alone, deserted by everybody whom she had ever loved in her life .Raymond saw Akira stopping in front of the cemetery . The burden of regret instantly increased manifold inside his heart . He rushed inside and saw Akira's frail figure slumped on the ground . She was crying like there was no tomorrow in store for her . When Raymond saw the same surname written on the tombstone as hers, he immediately understood the depth of pa
@Changi International Airport . "I need a ticket to New York . ASAP" ."Ma'am the earliest is CS airlines, but the economy is full . Would you like to go for business class?"All Akira could do was to nod .The girl who compared even yogurt prices didn't even flinch while shelling out 3700 USD from her credit card . Her eyes were swelling with tears which she was trying hard to contain . The pain in her heart was hounding her and all that she wanted was a quick escape .She held her boarding pass in hand and rushed for security check . She wanted to get far away from this place as soon as possible . This place was not for her, she wasn't meant to be here . After immigration, she went to the nearest information panel . As soon as she reached there, the screen flickered with an update .China Southern AirlinesFlight to JFK - Delayed . New Boarding Time - 03:30Her flight was delayed by 2 hours .Even her fate was against her .Without batting an eyelid she kept looking at the screen .
It was a bad day for Raymond . A really bad day .He had come to Singapore to sign an almost finalized deal . The contract and everything was already charted out . It was just a formality for both the parties to sign the contract . It was a big deal for him and his startup as the backing was coming from Infinion Inc, the largest gaming company in the world . He had reached Singapore that afternoon and was supposed to fly out the same night after signing the contract with the CEO of Infinion Mr . Pollard .But the moment he landed and checked his emails he sensed something was wrong . He had received an e-mail from the secretary of Mr . Pollard that he had to leave the country due to some family emergency and that the contract signing would be delayed . He badly needed the funding and was devastated with this news . He called up Michael – 'The eyes and ears of the Gaming World' and a childhood friend of his and got to know that Infinion CEO was pressurized by some third party to cut of
Raymond stared in her direction for quite some time but then again started arranging his papers .Little bit of coffee had spilled on his hands and had scalded him a bit . His jacket had taken all the hit . Annoyed he took it off and put it in his suitcase . "Damn, these papers are gone," he muttered to himself . Anyways as his contract went for a toss, he didn't care much . That's how Raymond worked . No second approaches, no second chances and no second thoughts . He was a man who was always singular in his thoughts and his focus was like a directed laser beam .He dumped the whole stack of paper into the nearest dustbin and started walking towards the nearest information panel to check his gate number . His eyes were fixed on his Airline and he read -China Southern AirlinesFlight to JFK - Delayed . New Boarding Time - 03:30"You got to be kidding me!!!" . Now all that Raymond could do was to curse his fate .Nothing was working for Raymond today . So he decided to get back to the
"What did he do? Akira I am asking you, what did he do?" asked a troubled Mike to his sister Akira .Even though Mike was Akira's younger brother, he was the only family which Akira had . So he was his father, mother and his brother as well . He was 2 years younger than her but way mature than the guys of his age . He had always disliked Anthony . He knew he wasn't trustworthy . He had warned Akira so many times, but Akira was too blinded in love to even listen to him ."He didn't do anything to me Mike . I just don't feel like discussing about it right now", said Akira and sighed .Akira was so exhausted with so much happening around her, that she didn't have the will to go through it again ."Fine, where are you right now? What time will your flight land? Send me the details . I will come and pick you up", Mike said and picked up a paper and pen to jot the details .Mike was really worried for Akira . He knew her sister was just showing a brave face to him, but deep down he knew tha
She was still looking at her phone when a flight attendant came to her and asked,"Miss, are you flying by China Southern Airlines to JFK?""Oh yes . ""Ma'am please come and board the flight . It's almost the end of the final call .May I have your boarding pass please?"Akira handed her the boarding pass and got up from her seat ."Ma'am please follow this way . "The flight attendant could sense that there was something wrong with her . So she decided to escort her till her seat inside the flight . She took her to the business class section and helped her sit at her seat number 5 .It was Akira's first time traveling business class . Had it been any other day she would have been super excited . Probably would have clicked pictures and would have shared with her friends . But today it was different for her . Nothing mattered . All that she wanted to do was to reach home as soon as possible .Akira slumped into her seat and started looking out of the window . She could only see the p
Raymond slowly finished his coffee and walked toward Gate number 19 . Boarding was just starting and as he was a Business class passenger, he went in ASAP . He kept his laptop out and stowed his bag . He again immersed himself into his laptop, planning new strategies as to how to poach in new investors .The flight was about to take off . Raymond was really glad to see the seat to his left empty . He really hated when people snored around him . Since it was a 23 hours flight he just wanted to relax . He was just about to hibernate his laptop as per the takeoff protocol when he saw a flight attendant escorting the girl with whom he had the coffee spilling encounter today .She looked pretty distant and broken . She looked tired too . There was something about her that drew his attention . Something very sincere . She looked very frail and sank into her seat immediately . Then she started looking out of the windowRaymond was shocked to find himself drawn towards her ."What is wrong wi
"Ma'am, please have some water and tissues . ""Oh, thanks !!!"It was then that Akira realized she was making herself too obvious . She was a self-made woman and hated when people pitied her . She had to regain herself . She gave the attendant a faint smile and gulped the entire water bottle . Then she took a wet wipe from her purse and cleaned her entire face . Next she frantically started searching for a mirror in her purse and finally found it . The moment she held the mirror in front of her face, she went in shock . The very instant she screamed - "No way!!!"Meanwhile, Raymond was watching her activities . Suddenly his whole focus was on her . The moment he heard her scream, he couldn't help but chuckle . Yes, there was a smile on his face, God knows after how many days .Akira took a deep breath and picked up a couple of things from her bag . A comb, a scrunchie, and a lip balm and rushed to the washroom . She fixed her hair into a neat ponytail and just dabbed a bit of lip bal