Prologue: Ek Haseena Thi
Dev had noticed her the first time he had seen her; she was statuesque and striking, but more than that, he could see that this was a woman who knew all the cards that she held, while keeping them safely hidden from prying eyes. He had met such women before, but even the most confident of them had that tinge of uncertainty, that smidgen of insecurity that came from knowing their own flaws and fears, just part of being human, he had always allowed. She seemed removed from mere mortals then, as she had none of it. Or if she did, it was none that he could find. She was perfectly composed, polished, sophisticated... in a perverse sort of way, she reminded him of his older brother, Tej. A plane removed from the rest of them.
They were at a party, some highbrow event where the elitists of this city came to show off. Such affairs generally bored him, but it was a boredom he tolerated for the women, the crème of the crop generally. Tej and Varun were here too; Tej, he knew, would be too busy mingling with his business associates, while Varun stood to the side, leaning against some column, watching, just like he always did. Both of them did not care for these events, Dev knew. They only suffered through them for the sake of work.
She was moving, he saw now. He followed her discreetly until she was at the edge of the room and in the spot where he wanted her. He tried the age old bump-and-apologize routine before introducing himself by first name. She responded in kind, courteous and gracious, but disinterested nonetheless, he could see. He floundered for the first time in his life. Not because he couldn't think of something to say, but because he could see now that whatever he said, she would have the same polite disinterest. He was saved from making yet another attempt when Tej came up behind him, asking him whether they should wait for him or if he would find a way to get home himself. He took the latter option, not wanting to leave until he talked to her some more. As he finished with Tej, he turned back around to face her again, and saw what had been missing only a few moments before… interest… he saw it light her eyes as she watched Tej walk away from them.
5 comments:
Love and Despair the most highly recommended story but lacked the chance to read it till now. Though I have always found love and despair to be two sides of the same coin where "all shall love me and despair"!
The hardest thing to do is watch the one you like, like someone else…
What's past is prologue, shouldn't this be called "Beginning"
Love and Despair!!! I love the prologue already!!! Want to read more!!! so do continue soon!!!
Waiting eagerly!!!
Love,
Dee
Found it! Devi its me dreamymaya/athulya..I was having this nagging worry in my mind that REEL is nearing to the end, then what will I do..thats when I came across this..
Ok. In my hurry and excitement of finding the blog I didn't check it out properly, now that I did - I notice only Prologue is here that too posted last year :-( will you continue? I am glad that you are considering publishing some of your works. You should otherwise its a great loss..you have an outstanding talent which will be appreciated to the heights. Ok now I havent seen this Geet and Starone so I have no idea, but now I find that REEL's Reva was supposed to be Geet. Anyways I dunno, I prefer Reva..
coming to this story - Dev, Tej and the woman..Loved the perspective of Dev about this woman and his desperate attempt to make her interested and hell, she was interested but it was someone else..When will you be updating this blog again Devi??
Aahhh - I found your work again but it appears I am too late to be able to read it again...*sighs* Oh well - I just want to let you know that I love your writing style!
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