After disconnecting the call with David, Akira breathed a sigh of relief.

Somehow after talking with David, after discussing the whole roadmap, she got a bit of clarity as to what was needed to be done.

She drank a glass of water and lowered the air conditioning and slumped on the bed and started staring at the ceiling.

It had become a habit of hers to keep staring at the ceiling constantly for hours. Sometimes, she won't even think, won't even blink and just stare into the nothingness of that pearly white visage.

But today she wasn't sad, today she wasn't devoid of emotions, in fact, today she was ecstatic. A smile curled on her face and then she picked up her phone and called up Raymond but unfortunately his phone was out of range.

So she dropped him a message instead,

"I have reached home safely and right now I am just thinking about you and only you. God, why do I love you so much. All this is feeling so crazy, so unreal Raymond." - PRIVATE NUMBER

And then she left another message.

"I am dying to meet you." - PRIVATE NUMBER

And then another.

"When will you bless my eyes?" - PRIVATE NUMBER

Then she got up and picked up the torn pieces of the letter which she had torn in the car and flushed them into the toilet. Then taking the pouch out of the bag, she very carefully placed the legal documents inside her locker and then placed the notebook inside the drawer next to her bed.

Then taking a deep breath, she went and knelt in front of the drawer on the other side of her bed. taking a deep breath she opened it. For that last one and a half year she had not dared to open that drawer, but today somehow she got the courage to do so.

She pulled the drawer and then took out Raymond's personal diary which she had picked up from his place when they were last together at Raymond's house. Before she could have had the opportunity to read, so much had happened. The whole GCG event, and then that unfortunate accident.

After that, she had put it in this drawer to keep it safe, to keep his bottled memories far far away from her reach, so that she didn't break. Because she knew that she had to stand strong not for herself but for her brother, the only family that she had left with her. So she had chained herself all these days with the bounds of duties and responsibilities and refrained herself from even daring to go back to those old memories.

But today she set herself free. Picking up that diary she slumped on the bed.

There were so many things written in the journal, starting from multiple sketches of the game project to UML diagrams. Then in one big blank page, he had just written,

"I MISS YOU MOM"

The ink had smudged at the end of the sentence and she knew that those were the drops of pain which had fallen from his heart. Then skipping a few more pages she reached a page where on top her name was written in capital,

"AKIRA"

Her heart stopped a beat, the moment she saw her name, but she continued to read,

"There was something about her eyes. Something so sincere and pure that I was drawn instantly towards her. She was like an enigma. She just entered and exited like a breath of air, like a wave of water that just touches the shore for an instant and then leaves back into the ocean leaving nothing behind as it departs. The only thing that remains behind is her fond memories.

I don't know who she was or from where did she belong. But I just got a name - Akira P. Is it weird that I am thinking so much about a stranger whom I just met?

Definitely !!!

But somehow this weirdness makes me happy."

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A drop of tear came out of nowhere and rushed through her yes. She held the notebook close to her chest and said,

"You make me happy Raymond. You make me happy."

Saying that she put that diary back into the drawer and immediately started texting Raymond.

"I am going to join tango classes today. You better be there for the next class Mr. Raymond" - PRIVATE NUMBER

Then she happily rushed to the bathroom to take a hot shower. She wanted to get ready and have a good time with her brother. It has had been long that she had a fun time with him. It had been long that she had roamed the streets of New York all carefree like a free bird.

She knew that along with Raymond, her good times had come back and she was going to live in the moment and enjoy it.

Every single bit of it.