R A N V I J A Y

"I love you. I love you so much. So much that I want to be consumed by it, to get lost in it, in you. Don’t leave me again...please.”

"Say that you love me as much as I do.”

"My ears are craving to hear it from your mouth. Please, say that you love me too. The words I've longed to hear from you for these past four years...please.”

"I love you too, Isha. I love you so much."

In one quick movement, I drank half the bottle of alcohol and then threw it across the room with all my strength, the burn of alcohol searing its way down my throat. Then without thinking anything I threw it across the room with all my strength. It hit the wall and shattered, the sound of breaking glass sharp in the quiet room. But louder than that was her voice, repeating in my head, over and over again.