love and perils -chapter 1
love and perils The car is moving fast on the highway and Ishika is enjoying the air rushing through her hair. She looks at Dev, innocently sleeping Dev. His snoring is loud enough to interrupt the music, but she loves it. It has its own melody. She plays with hairs. His head on her lap and body squeezed to fit in the back seat. He looks like a baby. She utters to herself,’ who could tell this is the same man who put down 25 men in a row.’ She looks out of the window. Her mouth still has a taste of tea which gives her the essence of being in Himachal Pradesh. It felt like home, the tea breaks remind her of her childhood. Traveling was fun those days because those days were innocent. We didn’t demand anything more than a plate of pakora. ‘Those days were nice’, she says in her mind. Absolutely lost in her past, Ishika doesn't hear her phone ringing. Dev wakes up and shakes her. She comes out of her past and answers the call. It is her mom. She utte...