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....she said she was zara  working in one of the top most chains  as secretary in fresh fruit juice  department  , she had brought sayyad  to a small park by the road side,  both now sat down on a green bench,  the dusk turned silently into darkness,  the  park illuminated with poles lights 

He said he was sayyad, it was like a confession  , he was guilty for being caught,  he worked in a multinational software company  , he coughed  to control the quivering in his voice  they had  happened to come across each other  so many times  and by now were familiar with each other,  her following him neither  surprised him nor  he felt bad about it 

Zara undetood him very well 

She turned upwards her head to look at the night sky  it did happen sometimes,  strong desire to know someone  leads to unexpected results,  there wasn't any need to be ashamed by now she had   seen he wasn't a rascally bully stalker of a person, pointing towards the building  before them she  said she had a studio apartment in it, it was sufficient for her,  her father died when she was small,  she shook the water bottle held in her hands