not quite 55

i was kind of tagged by casablanca for the 55-word thingy but i wasn't too keen on the editing. so i posted the following (but would still try to complete that 55-word thingy):-

‘hey hon…, richa’, he said, almost realizing that it has been 9 years since the day she got married and their eyes conversed. He had checked out with mutual friends that she is doing good, a couple of months back. He always did.

‘hi rohit, how r u?’, she said. she couldn’t decide whether she should feel happy or not.

‘I aint bad, he said. ‘got married last week…. And how’s your husband…?’

‘he passed away last month…’