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<\/a><\/p>\nRukmini crossed the road and entered Vidhyardhi Bhavan restaurant, sat at a corner table and ordered a butter dosa and coffee with chicory. Rukmini looked through the window but the dilapidated Fiat was still there. Other vehicle drivers and people who were watching the tamasha<\/i> honked and shouted at him to move the car. Ignoring, the young man bent down and picked up something from the dusty road and came walking into the restaurant. He looked around, spotted Rukmini and sat across her table.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m Krishna Murthy. They call me Dr. Murthy. You dropped your watch.\u201d He gave it to her.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks. I\u2019m Rukmini, B.E. They\u2019re shouting obscenities outside. Please go, move the car.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. Miss Rukmini, a simple request. If you\u2019re free, please come for tea tomorrow evening. I\u2019ll send the car for you with an experienced chauffer. Here is my address and cell number. Give me yours.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just then a traffic constable appeared at the entrance of the restaurant and hollered. \u201cWho is the wise guy who parked the Tin car right in middle of the road? We\u2019ll tow away this junk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Murthy ran out.<\/p>\n After the tea episode at his parents\u2019 home, Murthy met Rukmini several times, and their love sprouted in movie theaters and Kamdhenu Restaurant, without a constable. It blossomed in Kabban Park and came to fruition in Hilton in the form of a wedding ceremony.<\/p>\n For a week, Murthy was in heaven, then he went back to his medical practice in Culver City. After six months, Rukmini joined her husband and soon got a job as a sound engineer at an electronics company. Krishna welcomed her with a huge rose bouquet on the occasion.<\/p>\n Dr. Murthy had his medical office on Venice Blvd. His secretary, Sathya Priya was a pretty blonde, with a winning smile. Her given name was Rose, but when she joined the Sri Hari Krishna Group, her guru renamed her Sathya Priya, meaning lover of truth. If anyone asked her why this name, she smiled and quoted Shakespeare, \u201cWhat\u2019s in a name? That which we call a rose\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n After a few days, Krishna introduced Rukmini to Sathya Priya. She escorted Rukmini around the office. There was a waiting room, a reception area, three examination rooms and a conference room, all spotlessly clean. All the rooms had Thomas Kinkade\u2019s paintings in elegant frames.<\/p>\n \u201cWho did all the beautification?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI did. Dr. Murthy leaves the checkbook with me and I buy whatever I like for the office. I pay the office expenses with his checks. He trusts me.\u201d<\/p>\n Rukmini didn\u2019t like what she heard. A secretary shouldn\u2019t have that much of freedom. \u201cThank God, I have come at the nick of time to fix things,\u201d Rukmini thought.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n