The Story of us

Chapter 27:- The Assumptious One

It's a usual day at MPT.  It's been a week since Haseena let Karishma join the drug dealer case. Karishma was at her desk trying to find a lead on the case. All she had was a note and the vague image of the intruder. She wasn't able to find much on cameras. Then again she was going back and forth through research thoroughly. She didn't want anything to miss. she pulled up the CCTV footage of the intruder to analyse him closely once again.

This time she noticed something. She had a doubt so she asked Santosh to re-render the image and make it as clear as possible. The new image showed the guy carrying something on his way to Haseena's house. Karishma recalled that night and remembered that the guy was running empty-handed when he was caught. So whatever he was carrying must be somewhere near Haseena's house. Maybe he dropped it or actually succeeded in doing whatever he was there for. She rushed to Haseena's office to report the possible lead.

"Yup! It's been a while. Text me the details. See you tonight!" Karishma heard Haseena talking over the phone. She was about to knock when the next line made her heartbeat drop.

"Missed you too. Take care!" This shouldn't be something to get upset over but Karishma still felt a strange feeling clouding her. Perhaps, it was because of the way she was conversing on the phone. So casual and carefree. She hasn't seen her talking to anyone like this before. It sounded like she knew this person very closely. Haseena hung up the phone and saw Karishma standing like a statue who was about to knock. Yup! Karishma froze again. Seemed like her system malfunctioned.

Haseena looked at her for a minute and then said in a teasing manner " Did you forget how to knock? " She took steps closer to Karishma, stopped a few inches away, looked pleasantly in her eyes and then placed 2 knocks on the door. "That's how you knock. "

Karishma was starting to get a bit uneasy upon the closeness. She fumbled "Wo, I was about to but you noticed me before that.  "

"Acha!" Haseena said while leaning her head on the door. "You zoned out on me again. didn't you?"

Panicked Karishma moved inside the office and said "I think I have something on the case." Then she spent another 10 minutes giving the brief.

"So MS If we are lucky, we can find something lying around near your house."
"Lekin KS, It's been a week. Aur na hi humhe pta hai ke hum dhund kya rahe hain."

"But we can try. I was hoping we can search the area after duty. We can both head back to your place and look for it. "
Haseena scratched her head and said "wo...ahmm.... KS, Not tonight. I am going somewhere. "

"You have plans?"Karishma asked without sounding intrusive.
"Yup! Going on a dinner with someone. " Haseena said while adjusting herself in her chair.

Now the probability of haseena going out on a date was very low but that didn't help keep Karishma's insecurities away. She may not be able to define her feelings towards her madam sir but the pain she felt thinking about the possibility of Haseena spending the evening with someone was distinct. She surely didn't like the idea. Anyways, she tried to calm herself down by thinking that it was none of her business. But then again, who has control over matters of the heart?

" Not that it's any of my business but it would be great if you let anyone know your whereabouts. You know that you are already on someone's radar. Please let Pushpa ji know the venue of your date." Karishma sternly said. It almost seemed rude. And then she walked out of the office leaving confused Haseena behind.

At dinner
" wow! When I asked you to wear something nice, I didn't mean to kill everyone who lays eyes on you " said a man in a black suit.
" Now how can I let you down? " Haseena embraced the person in a tight hug.
He closed his eyes and sighed." you have no idea how much I missed you." They parted and he escorted Haseena to their table. " what's the surprise that you made me all dressed up for?" haseena asked while seating herself at the table.
" you will have to wait for that. Until then let's play the game of catch-up. J told me something. I wanna know how true is that." he asked in a very exciting and teasing tone.