After Vikram disconnected the call, Akira kept staring at her phone screen for no reason for a while.
Life had become so tumultuous in this last couple of days for her that she had no time to breathe or think about anything sane.
She tried to call Raymond again, but his phone was switched off.
This time she didn't panic because she knew that he would probably be on a flight to New York. After this whole jaunt of one and a half year, she was convinced that there was nothing that could stow them away from each other. She knew that their love was to blossom irrespective of everything that was happening around, irrespective of the forces which were acting around.
She knew she was destined to be with him. He had defied death for her and this time for his sake, she was ready to defy the entire world, because she wasn't the naive and powerless girl anymore. She was an empowered version of herself who would stop at nothing.
