Strength inherent in a farewell
Geet with every coming bus is inquisitive if bus for Union station has come.
One bus arrived- A guy with a laptop bag before entering says her
Boy- where do you want to go exactly ?
Geet - World Trade Centre
Boy- You can take bus till Bur dubai station. From there you can take two metros to reach your destination.
He rushes to climb
Geet- Hey ! Shall I get into this bus then
Boy in a hurry- YES!!!
Geet- Swipes her card, amount deducted already . She sits in front of a lady mentions this as wrong bus.
Geet spotted his man . He had opened his laptop and was working. Looking at Geet , he was bit embarrassed, as he knew why she had come there.
The boy behind the mask was smiling but he controlled and said ok, dont worry, this is not the wrong bus, I will show you the way.
Geet found no seat where she could sit. Boy took laptop bag and placed in his lap and offered that she could sit beside him.
He shows the map where geet could take the metro in green and red line and explains in brief the route.
There comes Al mamzar beach. geet takes up her camera to shoot the video. The boy is now trapped. He doesnt want to be clicked in the camera anyway. he adjusts his mask to cover his face .
Whenever geet was looking outside window, he was panicking,as he was in window seat. ,may be he thought she was seeing him.
Geet- What is your name
Boy- Reddy
geet- Reddy? This seems like surname, You dont have a name ?
Boy - yes, its surname. thats enough for you
Geet- Hi, I am geet. Dont worry , i was just taking video to put in youtube, I have a channel. she instructs him through eye moment to check his phone if her channel name appears.
Reddy- subscribes her channel without special instruction from her. Also randomly likes her recent videos without even completely looking into it.
He didnt dare to look at her face as he couldnt stop smiling. yet with serious voice he asked
You are from which place?
Geet- Sharjah
Him- Arey no, I mean from where in India
Geet- ohhh, neevu kannada??
Reddy- I am telugu, stayed in bangalore, so know kannada also.
Reddy quickly got into calls to show geet that he is very careful with ladies and not indulging in unnecessary flirting with them.
Stop is nearing, Reddy makes hand gesture to say to get down.
On the way back ,he notes her number down .She turns back to see and finds he is still watching her go and saying good bye.
Geet reaches the office safely
At noon, as she was getting her cup of coffee, she receives a call
on other side- hello , reached safely ?
Geet- oh Reddy !!!!
Reddy- yes, stay safe, just wanted to know if you reached safely. coming back too take same route and then stay safe.
As she wanted to speak something he cuts her in between and says that he is busy, so would like to hung up.
so the conversation ended and they never connected again.
Some stories are beautiful when incomplete.It was awkward but build connection without possession.
It can be painted in memories embracing the strength inherent in a farewell !!!
✍️©️ Priyanka Kamath
7 Feb 2026
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