Raghavendra, Vaidehi, and Neetu had already crossed far beyond Mathura, and the train was racing along the tracks at its own steady speed. They were going to reach by evening, so they weren’t too worried about sleep, though they still had two confirmed seats among the three of them.

This time Neetu was sitting by the window, enjoying the outside view.Vaidehi and Raghavendra were on the side lower berth. There were windows on both sides, so under the pretense of looking outside, they were actually stealing glances at each other.