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around her. WITH JUST A SMILE. Do you know how long I had to hone my
skills to be this good. And I am not even good. That bitch.

I am scared. I am scared shitless.
I lost the only good thing in my life, Tara.

I am contemplating leaving my job.
I am thinking of moving.

I am most probably depressed.
And somehow that’s not even the worst thing in my life currently. He
laughs nervously.

The worst thing is, I don’t know how to date. Like , not anymore. I never
knew.

We met, we were friends and became lovers. Lover. What a fucking
cheesy word, lovers.
It should be losers. He laughs hysterically.

That’s my time folks.

I snatch the mic from Aarav as I walk up the stage. In a most disgusting
tone I ask him to get lost. Sometimes it gets on my nerves how he is not
able to be on stage without mentioning Tara.
I don’t want him to cry over her for years like I did for Elisha.

I clear my throat and address a silent audience: ‘The best part of me,
which at least I adore the most, is that I was willing to adapt and learn. My
encounters with people, all through my life, were my best teachers. I do not
believe in the conservative education protocols. I believed that learning

comes from doing and the rest from gathering wisdom gained by others
through their own personal experiences through their lives. What was the
biggest failure of my life two years back doesn’t matter anymore. Neither
do any of those achievements. Just believe in time. It cures the largest of
wounds. You can take back something positive from even the most negative
experiences or crib even while experiencing the most amazing things. Life
is how you look at it and how you make it. There’s no absolute. Play the

goddamn music.’
I get off the stage, walk up to Aarav and snap, ‘Don’t want to see you
here again!’