It was during a summer visit to Kerala, they had just come out of his parent's colony and crossed the main road. Walking carefully over the foot path which was more like an obstacle path they were chit-chatting about nothings while minding their steps. Early evening, the traffic on the road was much more than usual, in fact there was a small jam. Suddenly he nudged her saying he will be back and rushed into the jam heading straight to the city bus held up in the traffic. Bewildered by this sudden distraction she looked on, as he reached near the bus and poked at the elbow of this lady in mid-fifties who looked like she had had a long day. Irritated by the intrusion in her private space she turned to look at the irritant with an expression of extreme annoyance. She couldn't hold on to that for too long though as a split second later one could see her straining to recall where had she seen this man before and then 'click' the final jigsaw piece fitted in place and a huge grin spread over her face. The traffic started to move as he headed back to the footpath. She waved at her favourite student from primary class and he waved back.
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