Instant Love

Translation by the author of her Tamil novel titled MADIYIL NERUPPU serialized in the Internet Tamil weekly, THINNAI. When she sighed in exasperation about her going to be late to office, the red Maruti car glided past her as usual. The fair, young man in the driver seat looked in her direction slanting his head slightly as was his wont with admiration writ large on his handsome visage. It being a Saturday and hence a holiday for most of the offices and business concerns the bus-stop was not much crowded.