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...It all started 8 months back. I met him on the internet chatting room. I was bored out of my mind one day and while I was browsing thru different chat rooms I got a friend request from "justmet2012" so I added him. We chatted often, mostly general questions like what I did or where he is going to for the weekend. He was in Madras and I was in Mumbai. I usually never trust these chat room guys, as they are always fake and pretend to be someone who they are not. So just to keep it going I too predented to be someone else....

...I told him that I was working in the film industry in Mumbai and how hectic my life was with assisting the directors etc. when I had the most boring job on earth being the front desk receptionist. I hated my job. I had to always smile even if I did not feel like and attend to all the phone calls and direct them to the right person. I got this job because I had to support my family....

...We started chatting frequently and I was sure he was jobless even though he claimed that he was into textile business. Maybe he had the same idea about me too! But I didn’t care as this was my distraction from my painful reality. We shared our likes and dislikes and our passions and slowly we started revealing about our families and I felt so connected with him at times because he always knew to tell the right thing....

...Here I was getting addicted to a person who I was not sure was a male first of all and didn’t know how much of what he was telling me was true. But every day I looked forward to chatting with him and teasing him and revealing a little bit of my real self....

...One day he did not come to the chat at all. I felt lost and waited anxiously and then nearly a week passed and he never showed up. I kept pinging him and asking him if he was okay. I was even tempted to give my phone no so that I could hear his voice. But… my practical mind always wins over my heart....

...Finally when I was about to give up my messenger blinged....

...“Hi. It’s me.”...

...“Hi. Where have u been? I’ve missed you.” I blurted out....

...“Tell me one thing how much of your story is true.”...

...“hmmm why?”...

...“If you want us to continue I want to know the truth. The real you.”...

...“Why?”...

...“Just shut up and answer me or I’m leaving. Bye.”...

..." Hey hey wait. You ask me, I will tell if it's true/false."...

..."You're a girl right?"...

..."True"...

..."Unmarried??"...

..."True"...

..."Live in Mumbai"...

..."True"...

..."Working in the film industry with famous people."...

..."False, I work as a receptionist in the dingy firm.:'("...

..."hmmmm..... Very interesting"...

..."What about all the other things you have told me? About family, your college and your first love etc "...

..."It's true."...

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...“Then I want to see you. I don’t care how you look. It will not make a difference to me. I think I have found a best friend in you.”...

...“Hey, what about you???”...

...“I promise that whatever I have told you is 100% true.”...

...“Send me a picture of you ASAP and I will do the same.”...

...Finally I decided I’m going to do it. Yes I am going to send my picture to him and wait for his response whatever it might be....

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