It was against the girl code to sleep with your bestie’s man. There were other rules to be adhered to. But this was the one that applied to her. Anu found herself in this complex situation. How on earth did she get there? Alex probably mistook her kindness as leading him on.
An innocent greeting had gravitated to a secret affair behind her bestie’s back. It is funny that while all these going on behind closed doors, Anu bestie could not pick signals or suspect foul play. This was the same person she was chatting with at the hair salon days ago. When the topic of Alex came up, Anu was uncomfortable and she tried to change the conversation. Guilt was written all over her face. She was fidgeting like a child caught eating meat from the soup pot at late hours. Yet it didn’t send any signal.
Anu was happy when they started gossiping about their neighbour- the one who almost burn the whole building because she slept off and left her food unchecked. The gas would have burnt the whole building. Thankfully, the smell and smoke quickly drew the attention of people. As other neighbours were panicking, other people had already started making efforts to quench the raging fire. Stubborn as the fire was, it gave way and quenched like a gallant loser.
A message notification interrupted their conversation. While the hairdresser was busy tossing bestie’s head all in the name of braiding, Anu opened her bag to see what the message was about. It was from Alex. There was his fiancee right opposite her and he had the guts to reach out to her. Anu didn’t know if she should read what he sent though she had an idea of what he was going to say. He had usually sent raunchy and flirty messages. That was his style.
Anu has been seeing Alex without her bestie’s knowledge for a while now. She had broken the girl code several times. Thinking of what the possible outcome of this unfaithfulness and betrayal would amount to, Anu knew that it would dissolve her bestie’s relationship, break her and make her miserable. Would Alex leave her bestie for her or he was just using her to catch a cruise? She should have thought of all these before obliging him.