Red Over Silver
She sat in the Starbucks cafe, sipping her coffee and staring out of the window. The blood stained knife lay next to her handbag, covered with her blue silk scarf . Her moist sad eyes kept searching for him. The aroma of the strong coffee reminded her of the first time she had met him five years back. A nineteen year old nervous girl poured a cup of coffee for him. ” Antara you look beautiful ” he said with a mischievous smile. The cup slipped from her hands. She was scared to look at him. She was told it was impossible to find a man like Vikkram. It’s because of her lucky stars that she was getting married to him. But Antara never wanted her lucky stars to smile at her in this manner, not when she had just started her college life. She wanted to study further and pursue her career in investment banking. She badly wanted to tell Vikkram about her life, her interests but he did not seem to be in a mood to listen. He kept flaunting his lucrative business, his new ventures, an