PoorvDisha

Episode 8

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#Author: #RhituparnaChakraborty

#Disclaimer: This is an original work of fiction with no relation to any person/organism living or dead. Every episode, every character is a work of imagination. Any resemblance to any person, organism, place or character is purely coincidental. There is no intention to hurt or rebuke anyone through this work. This story/episode cannot be copied, published or reproduced without the permission of the author RhituparnaChakraborty.

The traffic was bad. The car moved at snail speed. Disha was quiet. Poorv did not know what to talk to her. Disha thought, ‘I think this is the best time to tell Poorv all that happened.’ Poorv focused on his driving. Fighting her tears, Disha cleared her voice and said, ‘If…..if you don’t mind, I would like to tell you about all the confusion that happened.’ While looking ahead at the street and driving, Poorv said, ‘Trust me, it’s not necessary. If you are not comfortable sharing it, it is absolutely fine. Honestly, I am not even thinking about it.’ Disha replied, ‘As a matter of fact, I will feel better if I tell you all about it. Or else, my conscience will have to bear the burden of all kinds of thoughts.’ Poorv said, ‘If that will make you feel better, I am all ears.’ Disha said looking down at her hands, ‘Someone apparently hacked all your personal details on social media and was chatting with me impersonating as you.’ Poorv was shocked. He suddenly pressed the brakes of his car. The car came to a screeching stop. The cars behind started honking. Poorv somehow calmed himself and resumed driving. He said, ‘What the…!’ Disha replied with an embarrassing tone, ‘I know it’s shocking. But, Mushtaque told me the impostor did not fiddle with any other details of yours. All he did was talk to me, interact with me and I……’ Poorv asked, ‘And?’. Disha’s eyes welled up. She said, ‘Please don’t judge me. But, I don’t want to hide anything from you.’ Still focused on the road ahead and the steering wheel, Poorv said with a soft convincing tone, ‘I won’t judge you.’ Disha was quiet. Poorv could hear her sniffles. Disha quickly took out a tissue and wiped her tears. Poorv said, ‘Are you okay?’ Disha said, ‘Y…yes, I am fine.’ Poorv continued, ‘So, the impostor talked to you, and you….?’ Disha did not know how to say this. She said, ‘And I, trusted him and….’ Poorv asked, ‘And?’ Disha said quickly, ‘And I fell in…… I fell in love….’ Poorv listened but said nothing. Disha then continued after a long pause, ‘He then started avoiding me, ignoring me and finally made me feel how worthless I was and that he never loved me.’ While she said that, her voice cracked. She paused for some time and said, ‘He said…..how can someone love someone without meeting even once…..’ Poorv was quiet through out. Disha then said, ‘Mushtaque and Raunak figured out what was happening and today the truth came to light.’ Disha then said, ‘Sorry for all the rude behavior and apologies for all that happened.’ Poorv smiled and said, ‘Why are you sorry? It was not your fault?’

Raunak and Mushtaque reached the police station. Amit and Rupesh sat on one of the benches scared to the spine. Seeing Mushtaque, the guys shivered. The very thought of getting beaten up by such a strong person scared them. Mushtaque pulled a chair and sat in front of them and looked at them with stern, cold eyes. One of the officers got the phone from which the boys were making calls to Disha and was chatting with her through Poorv’s fake id. The officer also gave Mushtaque a print out of all the call details and chat details. Mushtaque gave the print out to the boys and said coolly, ‘Explain this.’ Amit looked at Rupesh. Rupesh looked back at Amit. Mushtaque said, ‘Here, look here, face me and tell me or else, I have other ways.’ Trembling with fear Amit said, ‘We….we…we did this for our Sir.’ Without any expression, Mushtaque said, ‘Who is this Sir of yours?’ Rupesh said shivering, ‘Romit…..Romit Sir.’ Mushtaque nodded, ‘Hmm. So, you did it for your Romit Sir, despite knowing that this is fraud and wrong and you can end up in jail.’ ‘Amit screamed, ‘JAIL? N…NO SIR! Please forgive us. We never intended to hurt anyone. All we wanted was Romit Sir to be happy.’ Mushtaque said curtly, ‘And how can this fraud help your Romit Sir?’ Amit said, ‘Amit Sir likes Disha Ma’am. Rather, he, l….l….loves Disha Ma’am. However, Disha Ma’am never loved him back. We….we just thought if Ma’am was hurt by someone, maybe she would understand Romit Sir’s affection towards her.’ Mushtaque smirked and said, ‘Aha! So you guys were playing cupid. Weren’t you supposed to focus on your studies than playing cupid?’ Amit and Rupesh kept quiet. Mushtaque said, ‘So, why did you pick Poorv Mahajan’s profile.’ Amit stuttered and said, ‘We looked at all the friends of Disha Ma’am. We knew that Raunak was her cousin. So, we searched his profile to see if we could impersonate as any of his friends. We needed a good looking, intelligent guy, because that was the kind of guy Disha Ma’am would like. Poorv Mahajan’s profile was cool. He was good looking, intelligent and was doing very well in life. Hence, we selected his profile.’ Mushtaque said, ‘Hmm. So now, do you have a lawyer?’ Rupesh gulped his saliva and said with fear in his eyes, ‘Lawyer?’ Mushtaque smiled and said, ‘Yes, lawyer. You will be spending the night in jail.’ Amit cried, ‘Sir, please don’t do that. We are sorry. Our lives will be ruined. Please let us go. Please Sir. We will beg for forgiveness from Disha Ma’am as well.’ Mushtaque smiled and said, ‘You should have thought about it before getting involved in crimes like this.’ Mushtaque then left the room. The boys cried and cried but no one listened.

The traffic seemed to go on till eternity. Disha interlocked her fingers and looked out of the window. Poorv enjoyed the beautiful moments. Disha then looked at Poorv and said, ‘Poorv…..’. Poorv responded, ‘Yes?’. Disha said softly, ‘Whatever happened……it was all misunderstanding. Please don’t let this episode come in between your and Raunak’s friendship.’ Poorv smiled and said, ‘Don’t worry about it.’ Disha said, ‘Thanks’ and went back to looking out of the car window.

Mushtaque and Raunak came out of the Police station. Amit and Rupesh were at the acme of misery and remorse. Rupesh told Amit, ‘We should not have done this. Our life, our future, all ruined.’ Amit said, ‘But, we did it all for Romit Sir. He has done so much for us.’ Rupesh said with rage, ‘No. Even you know the truth. We did not know do it just for Romit Sir. We did it for money as well. We were paid. Shame on us. Just for some money, we sold our souls.’ Amit said, ‘But why did we even do what we were asked to do?’ Rupesh clasped his hair and looked around. He saw the phone. Mushtaque forgot to take the phone with him. The phone from which Amit and Rupesh had made calls to Disha, was there right in front of them. After the interrogation, Mushtaque forgot to take the phone. Rupesh touched Amit’s shoulder, pointed to the phone and whispered, ‘We will have to inform. Let’s send a text message of help. Maybe only then we will be out of this mess.’

Finally, the traffic cleared and Poorv and Disha reached Disha’s home. Disha’s dad was sitting on the verandah listening to some beautiful music while enjoying the blissful evening. Disha got off the car and walked up to her home. Poorv was about to drive away when Disha’s dad said, ‘Poorv, son, come in. Have dinner with us and go.’ Poorv was about to say no, but, before he could say no, Disha turned around, looked at Poorv and said, ‘Please come in. Have dinner with us.’ Jayati was super happy to see Poorv. Jayati and Jayant loved it when guests came over. Jayati loved cooking. While Poorv and Jayant talked, Jayati and Disha quickly made sumptuous, scrumptious dinner for Poorv. During dinner, Poorv stole glances at Disha. He wished time would stop here and he could spend more time with her.

After dinner, when Poorv was about to leave, Jayant told Disha, ‘Disha, go and walk Poorv to the car.’ Disha nodded. She walked with Poorv. Poorv opened the door of the car and was about to board the car. Disha said, ‘Good night.’ Poorv said, ‘Disha…..’. Disha replied, ‘Yes?’ Poorv looked at her eyes and said, ‘Can you please give me an honest answer?’ Disha looked at Poorv with curious eyes. Poorv continued, ‘You don’t have to answer me right away. Take your time. All I want to know is, if this was not a fraud social media encounter, had you been interacting with the real “Poorv Mahajan”, and if…….if the real Poorv Mahajan honestly felt something for you deep in his heart, what would you have felt for Poorv?’ Disha looked at Poorv’s eyes without blinking. Poorv smiled at her and said, ‘ I will wait for your reply. Take your time and answer me honestly.’

Amit quickly texted, ‘We are at the police station. Please save us. We got into this trouble because of you. Please help or else we will tell the Police all about it.’ Jahnvi heard the beep on her phone. She was shocked to read the message.

Mushtaque smiled at Raunak and said, ‘Let’s go and meet the brains behind all this. She will tell us why she did all of these…….’