your husband asked me why we were meeting so much and chatting on the phone so much lately i blusteri think you need to stop using me as your alibi im just not comfortable with it trishanatasha calm down i did not go looking for another man this just happened and ill die if i have to leave himi cannot do it please dont act difficult she wails you are like a sister to me who else can i turn to for helplooking at her like that i cant help but feel a little overwhelmed with her life and this crazy situation that she has dragged us both intoand yes yes i know im being unfair on nakul dont you think i think about that all the time but our marriageshe stops and takes a deep breath it might seem perfect on the outside but trust me it isnti open my mouth to remind her that marriages arent perfect ever and especially not a decade in but trisha holds up her hand registering that she knows what im about to say and doesnt want to hear ithe never wants to touch me any longer natasha its like hes impotent or somethingthats not impotence thats marriage i cut in and regret it when trisha shoots me a look that suggests this is no time to mess with her she continues as if i hadnt spokenhes fond of me we are used to each other but theres something missing its been missing for a long time and its not just that spark of a new relationship believe me ive thought about this to him im just the mother of his children and the housekeeper whose cleavage hes allowed to check out he never talks to me the way varun talks to you i know it doesnt seem like that because hes fine around other people but when im alone with him hes the most unresponsive man on theplanet its hard trying to share your life with someone who treats you like an idiot or as the most boring woman aliveour life has a sameness to it that was almost making me suicidal i know youre worrying about whatll happen now that im doing this im still worried about what would have happened to me if guneet hadnt come along her eyes i notice are moisti dont jump in telling her to speak to nakul or telling her to try to understand that their work has been awfully demanding lately i dont say anything i wonder for a fleeting moment if trisha has just described my marriage but i dismiss the suspicion varun does not find me boring for one the moisture in trishas eyes has condensed into teardrops i stand up and walk over to her wanting to hug her but nakul calls out from outside girls come on time for a drink varun and i are moving to the bar downstairsi put an arm around trisha and ask her to