Once, they were three.
Three friends who believed that loyalty was permanent, that love would adjust, and that growing up would only strengthen what they had built together.
But adulthood rarely announces its turning points.
It arrives quietly — in the form of ambition, distance, responsibility, and the unspoken fears we carry alone. And somewhere between late-night conversations and unanswered calls, the balance begins to shift.
Not because someone betrayed someone.
Not because love disappeared.
But because hesitation lingered longer than it should have.
When We Were Three is a deeply introspective novel about friendship, emotional maturity, and the quiet fracture that occurs when love and responsibility begin pulling in different directions. It explores the spaces between people — the pauses, the silences, the almost-texts — and asks a difficult question:
What if the people we lose are not taken from us… but slowly drift beyond reach?
Tender, reflective, and painfully honest, this is a story for anyone who has ever missed someone they cannot quite call anymore.
Because sometimes friendships don’t end with hatred.
They end with understanding.
And sometimes —
that hurts more
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Mohan Ashok Gowda
Mohan Ashok Gowda writes about friendships that shape us and the silences that remain when life pulls people in different directions. Born in India and now living abroad, his stories are inspired by memory, distance, and the quiet complexity of growing up.
When We Were Three is his debut novel.
