to the drawing room downstairs open my mouth to remind her that marriages arent perfect ever and especially not a decade in this just happened and ill die if i have to leave him i had to think on my feet when your husband asked me why we were meeting so much and chatting on the phone so much lately i bluster varun is in a fabulous mood and making us all laugh with his pointed wit well perhaps you shouldnt have ambushed me into meeting your lover i hiss stung again by how she embroiled me in this awful situation but our marriageshe stops and takes a deep breath sure lets go inside then i say pointing towards my bedroom its like hes impotent or something thats not the only thing depressing me after speaking to trisha last night ive thought about this i dont jump in telling her to speak to nakul or telling her to try to understand that their work has been awfully demanding lately and yes yes i know im being unfair on nakul we could set it up in the gardennot about varuns birthday our some things are best not dwelled on though 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 i did not go looking for another man the story follows two close friends natasha and trisha who seem to have it all in their lives if trishas deception continues things may change between us forever what do you think of guneet a round of drinks later its like the good old times again when the four of us got together all the time for impromptu dinners lighten im still worried about what would have happened to me if guneet hadnt come along the fact that im having nightmares over someone elses affair also pretty much kills the dream i had always secretly nurtured of having my own the bridges of madison county moment in my autumn years i feel a dumbbell has been placed over my heart shroff writes about modern indian life and feminism in national dailies this is her second book in which she explores a womans dilemma of being stuck in a loveless marriage i dont say anything so what do you think shutting the door behind us she charges at me that was very mean what you did to me outside today natasha we are all just about to have dinner together nakul too is his affable endearing self teasingtrisha and me blissfully unaware of the lie that he is living well i guess i need to start planning the party for real and you need to help me do that varun and i are moving to the bar downstairsi okay so well throw a party she says the four of us have spent so many happy moments together over the years and not once did i think that id be