The Baggage Handler Part 2

“I don’t have any brothers or sisters. Do you?”

- Swathi Parasuraman

“I have a younger brother. He’s abroad working as an engineer.”

She displayed an innocent interest in his life, which no one ever had. It made him feel special and made him consider his existence relevant. Like he mattered, even if it was to a young child he had never met.

Roy always knew it would end someday. She could move cities, she could lose interest, her parents would find out and stop her, a million other reasons. He knew fully well, but deep in his mind, he had already started to think of her as a father would a daughter. Having no one he could call close, he channeled all those feelings into this secret bond.