It is too late now! (Short Story)

I am sorry Ronit! It is too late now!

He left the room with heavy shoulders and a heavy heart. He tried his best to convince her but she was determined not to let her heart rule over her head. It was hard for her to display stone face outside while her heart was weeping inside. She felt she was helpless but she thought to herself it was too late to reconcile her relationship with Ronit. Last night she pondered thousand times before making a final decision and now she isn’t regretting over it but she wasn’t happy as well.

She went in flashback and all the happy moments appeared in front of her eyes. The day Ronit proposed her and the life afterwards that took her in a world of fairytales. Every moment spent with him was magical. After office they would roam around the city painting the town red. They would share panipuri and froth of the creamy coffee. Chatting late night became one of the sweetest parts of their routine. Without morning and goodnight messages their days were incomplete.

Soon their innocent affair started shaping into a serious one where they discovered more than fifty shades of love. That one shade of love took control of their lives when their parents intervened in their relationship.

Ronit had to hear the great lessons of family responsibilities, social status and parents’ desires whereas Sacchi was forced to accept the fact that she was a girl and girls had no right to choose the love of their life. Their parents were to decide what is wrong and right for them.

Ronit started keeping distance from Sacchi. His changed behavior not only toughened her more but cleared her vision about defining her life in a true sense. She started picking up the pace of her life again. She missed him badly but she had no option.

A hand on her shoulders brought her back in reality after that bitter-sweet flashback. It was her sister. She whispered in her ears. “Di, you did a right thing.”

Suddenly those words changed her mood. She wiped her tears and thanked to god that she did not break down in front of Ronit.

She spoke to herself. “I am sorry Ronit. Earlier it was our parents who did not like our relationship but now it is my destiny. It is too late now!” she burst out in tears.

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After the breakup with Ronit, Saachi was trying hard to bring her life on a normal track until one day she received shocking news. She was diagnosed with a rare disease that decided her life span. Today when Ronit came to meet her, she had no choice but to send him away. It’s because it was too late for her and for him!  

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