Fasana Episode 3
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#Episode3
#ContinuationofTheMarriage
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#Disclaimer: This is an original work of fiction. Any relation to any person or organism living or dead is purely coincidental. This story cannot be published, copied or reproduced elsewhere without the consent of the author Rhituparna Chakraborty. This is a work of imagination with no intention to hurt anyone.
Mushtaque was driving back to work. When he switched on the radio of his car, the song, ‘Kyunki Tum Hee Ho, Ab Tum Hee Ho’ started playing. With the song, all the moments he had spent with Saanchi came floating right in front of his eyes. He never knew what that feeling was. He knew what it was to have a crush on someone. Was Saanchi just a crush for him? At 35, having a crush on someone? No, that’s not possible. Mushtaque told himself, ‘ Dude, this girl is out of your league. First, she is the daughter of your boss. Second, your religious differences, third Priyanshu. Pheww.’ After some time he again told himself, ‘ But these points have no connection with my feelings for her. Maybe I should wait for sometime and see if I forget her. If I can, it only means it was a fleeting feeling. Focus Mushtaque, focus’. Mushtaque reached his work place. There was a criminal investigation going on. The moment Mushtaque’s juniors saw Mushtaque. They greeted him with, ‘Jai Hind Sir.’ Greeting them ‘Jai Hind’, Mushtaque walked in his super fast smart gait to the room where the criminal was being questioned. No one was able to elicit any information from the criminal. When Mushtaque came, Inspector Sachin told the criminal, ‘ ACP Sir is here. Now you will know what it is to not answer our questions.’ Mushtaque took off his watch and glares and kept them on the table and went to meet the criminal. The criminal looked at the sturdy structure of Mushtaque and crawled up to a corner. Mushtaque pulled a chair and sat right in front of the criminal staring at his eyes. Mushtaque said, ‘ See, I don’t have much time. I have a lot of cases to take care of and I can’t spend more than 15 minutes with you.’ Mushtaque then told Sachin, ‘ Sachin, get my gun.’ The criminal shivered. Mushtaque took the gun, aimed at the criminal and said, ‘ I am known as an encounter specialist. The drugs that you supply to the kids are killing them. Give me the details of the time of arrival of your next batch of drugs and the entire team involved. I will ensure you are safe. Or else, you die here. No one will know how you died.’ The criminal gasped, cried and blurted out the details. Mushtaque’s voice, stern disposition, his super angry eyes and his gun was enough to bring a shiver down any criminal’s spine. Mushtaque took the recording of the criminal and gave it to Sachin and said, ‘ Keep this guy alive and come to my cabin with the rest of the team.Connect me to Shivansh from the Narcotics team.’ Saying this, Mushtaque wore his watch, took his glares and walked to his room.
Priyanshu dropped Saanchi home. Priyanshu saw Purshottam Pandit sitting on the comfortable chair in the veranda waiting for Saanchi. The sun was setting.The chirping of birds going back to their nests brought a lot of blissful noise around. Purshottam was not happy seeing Priyanshu and Saanchi together. However, Priyanshu ensured Purshottam saw him clearly with Saanchi. Priyanshu could not forget the emotional turbulence he had to go through because of the rejection. He was happy that Saanchi’s marriage was a failure. Serves Purshottam Pandit right. Priyanshu said ‘Bye’ to Saanchi in a voice loud enough to be heard by Purshottam. Saanchi greeted her dad, ‘ Papa, good evening. You had tea?’ Purshottam said, ‘ No dear. I was waiting for you.’ Saanchi said, ‘ Oh! Papa I had coffee with Priyanshu. Nevermind, I will make tea for both of us now.’ Purshottam smiled and said, ‘Ok’. Deep down Purshottam was still worried about Saanchi and Priyanshu. After all that happened with Saanchi, he did not want Saanchi to get into any of this love or marriage stuff again, so soon.
After tea, Saanchi went to her room and took out both her phones. Mushtaque was still there on her head. Saanchi smiled to herself. Saanchi was dying to talk to Mushtaque. She thought she should call him to thank him again for the phone and she should not think much. Saanchi quickly dialed Mushtaque’s number. Mushtaque’s phone rang. However it was on silent mode because Mushtaque was on a meeting with his team. Saanchi waited for Mushtaque to receive the call but he did not receive the call. Disappointed, Saanchi kept her phone aside and thought, ‘maybe he is busy somewhere’. Saanchi looked at the clock. It was 8:00 p.m. Saanchi sighed and went for a shower. After she came out, she looked at herself in the mirror and for no reason, she felt happy. She did not know why. She smiled at herself in the mirror and said, ‘ Time for a selfie girl. You have not clicked selfies in ages. Go ahead and click one.’ Saanchi clicked a nice selfie of hers and updated her display picture on the messaging app. After that, she checked if Mushtaque had sent her any text. No, he hadn’t. ‘Maybe he barely uses the messaging app. Maybe he is a busy bee. No, I shouldn’t trouble him’, thought Saanchi. Saanchi then kept her phone on her study table and went to help her mom make dinner.
After dinner, she came to her room. No, there was no missed call from Mushtaque. Saanchi looked at the clock. It was 10:00 p.m. ‘How is it possible someone not checking his phone till 10:00 p.m.? Maybe he is avoiding me thinking I might be trying to be over friendly or maybe he just wants to avoid me so that he does not have to be in touch with me anymore’, thought Saanchi.
Meanwhile, Mushtaque was hell busy with the meeting and planning for the next mission. The meeting got over by 10:30 p.m. Mushtaque looked at his phone now. Missed call from Saanchi! Damn, he had missed it. Mushtaque looked at the time. Will it be the right time to call her back? He then thought, maybe he could text her from the messaging app. He clicked on the messaging app and clicked on her number. He saw her DP. Fresh as a flower, she looked so pretty. Mushtaque smiled to himself after seeing her DP. He then quickly typed, ‘ Sorry I missed your call. I was in a meeting. It got over just now.’ Saanchi heard a beep on her phone. Who could text her now? She quickly looked. Her heart skipped a beat. It was Mushtaque. She smiled and quickly replied, ‘It’s okay. I had called to thank you for the phone. I am sorry if I disturbed you. Did not know you were on a meeting.’ Mushtaque was not adept in texting. He quickly typed, ‘ If it’s okay with you, can I quickly call you? I am bad at typing.’ Saanchi smiled with all her 32 teeth out and typed fast, ‘Sure!’. Mushtaque called. Saanchi received the call and the conversation after that:
Saanchi: Hey
Mushtaque: Hi. I am sorry…was hell busy with an important meeting, so missed your call.
Saanchi: That’s fine. I understand. Umm…
Mushtaque: You want to say something?
Saanchi: Nno, it’s just that, I would have been happy if you would have joined me and Priyanshu for coffee.
Mushtaque (smiling): I would have loved to but you guys were meeting after a long time so thought maybe you guys have a lot to talk and I would not have much to contribute.
Saanchi (laughing): In fact you would have had more to contribute. Priyanshu is my buddy. I used go out for coffee with him and my other colleagues often earlier. Today I really wanted to go out. Badly needed a break.
When Mushtaque heard the word ‘buddy’ for Priyanshu he was relieved. He quickly said: ‘ I understand.’
Saanchi did not know what to say next. She wanted to talk to him forever but she knew he might assume she is going ga ga over him. So she quickly said, ‘You must be tired. Thanks for calling back. We will talk some other time.’
Mushtaque was tired. It was a hectic day. But, Saanchi’s voice made him feel better. Much better. However, he knew if he continued the conversation she might think he might be trying to woo her. Although, he did want to woo her, he did not want her to think so right now. He said, ‘Sure.’
Saanchi: Good night then.
Mushtaque: Umm…. Saanchi…
Saanchi: Yes
Mushtaque: If you are free tomorrow, or…if you have some time in hand…. could we… I mean , only if you are free.. Can we meet for coffee?
Saanchi was stunned. She wanted to scream with joy. She wanted to say loudly ‘YESSSS’, but she knew that was not the right way. She said softly, ‘ Sure! After class, at around 5:00 p.m.? Does it work for you?’
Mushtaque said: I will be in office then. Can we make it 6:00 p.m.?
Saanchi did not care about the time. She could go out with him at midnight also because she knew what a gentleman he was. She replied softly, ‘Ok.’
Mushtaque: I will pick you up then. Good night.
Saanchi: Good night.
They both hung up. Mushtaque drove home from office smiling all the way while Saanchi kept tossing and turning on her bed waiting for the next day to dawn soon…….
To be continued…..
