This Too Shall Pass

Time was running out for Shantilal. A choice had to be made between pursuing his passion that he had dreamt of all his life and being with his wife Aaisha theloveof his life. It all started when he met Mishika the only girl in his team. Until then things were going well in his life. When there was no work at the office due to transition and when two employees of the opposite sex started working together the chemistry was bound to develop. Their boring office life was rejuvenated. As they spent more time together somehow the “lostlove in his life rekindled. She introduced him to the virtual world through a social networking platform. During these obsessive moments while he was immersed in the virtual world his firstlovewas brought in front of his eyes. That girl who stole his heart in their first meeting was all over his imagination. </br></br>While he was busy with Mishika his obsession with the virtual world and his firstlove the cloud of doubt had started hovering around Aaisha about his extramarital affairs. When he was at the pinnacle of success being awarded the Best Employee Award of his company which he won only to fulfil his promise to hislovey wife a shocking incident occurred like a bolt from the blue and his life was shattered. He lost the ground when he found that his house was locked and Aaisha was nowhere to be seen. All his efforts to contact her went in vain. While stuck on the roof on a cold night waiting for his wife and wondering if she had left he reminisces about his gloriouslovelife and contemplates on the series of incidents that led to this catastrophe. Did he cross the line which Aisha had warned him of? Will she ever come back to his life? Will he fulfil his dream or sacrifice it for her? He was dejected devastated and broken but alive hoping that This Too Shall Pass.