When I'm With You

Chapter 16

My exams are coming to an end. I was busy with my studies and revision. He does all the housework these days.

Sometimes I feel poor when I see him doing everything on his own. If I think I can help, he will not allow me to help.

Got a lot of notes and pdfs through college  WhatsApp group. All the time, the notification Kling-Kling-Kling-Kling-Kling-Kling kept coming. I can't even eat food while studying.

He will force me to eat. Sometimes he would feed me. My head was hot like a pressure cooker during these days.

After all, we have never been able to speak properly.

I decided not to workout for two weeks. But every morning he would wake me up with the same bursting alarm. Not for workout, but for exam preparation.

The night after the exam, we talked a lot. The lights in all the quarters were turned off, not just in our house.

Battery Low !

Its beep sound came as my phone started to breathe its last.
The red light flickered.

I have my laptop in my room for charging. Chris' phone next to the TV is set to charge. I looked at his Instagram for hours and I am the person who reduced the charge on that phone too ! ! !

I don't know where the hell I put my charger, I opened the table drawer and the item was vanished.

For God's sake there is also no charge in my power bank too.

God, What is this?

I went to his room to buy Chris' power bank.

He is bathing.
I asked him out loud, "Chris..... where is your power bank?"

The sound of the water from inside stopped. He said out loud, "It's under my shelf, in a cardboard box."

"Okay" I walked over to the shelf. Then again I heard the sound of water.

I knelt down under the shelf and searched for the item in the cardboard box he had mentioned.

It has an old pendrive and remote's battery, and a lot of electronic wastes. For what he is  keeping this stuffs?

I pulled the power bank from the very bottom. I plugged it into my phone. I moved the box inside the shelf and got up.

Wait.

What's that?

I looked down again.

A few papers.

Again I pulled the box out and pulled out the papers without tearing.
Seems like it's a property for something.

No.

This is Chris's profile.

But this doesn't seem to be the profile of the Academy.

Doesn't seem to be a school certificate either.

It is something else.

I flipped through each page.

On the third page is written about his biodata.

I glanced through each word.

Suddenly my eyes were stuck in a word.

I opened my mouth in disbelief.
Those papers fell out of my hands without me even knowing it.

My heart beat increased.

I can't hear any sound now.

As if time had stopped.

Mind and heart are empty.

Don't know what to think.

Not sure what to do.

My conscience doesn't speak to me now.

I can only feel the breath I take in strongly.

Soon as I came back to life I put those profile papers back in the same place where I took them.

I came to my room and closed the door.

Rishma.... Please be cool.
Talk to him. Please ask him in a way that he does not think is wrong. And try to understand why he is hiding this from you.

You are his friend, and you have the right to ask and tell him anything.

First you have to be patient. Use the right word at the right time.
For God's sake please shut your mouth for some days.
Understand ?

"Tiny" Chris knocked the door.

"Yes" opened the door without a second thought.

"Is there any problem?" He asked, narrowing his eyes suspiciously.

"Problem? What problem? No" I said as if nothing had happened, with only my head sticking out.

"No, nothing. I saw you closing the door. That's what I asked."

Damn it.

I opened the door wide and said as usual, "Nothing."

"Okay come, let's make dinner" He walked into the kitchen.

I spoke to him as usual without any doubt.

During the conversation while having dinner I decided to ask something.

No no no... Rishma this isn't right time, don't ask anything directly... please keep your mouth shut.

Rishmaaaaa.... wait wait waiiiiiiit.....

"What was your job before you came to St. Petersburg?" I asked looking at my plate.

"I've done a lot of work," only that much he said and got up.

I didn't stop him to ask anything else.
I have a lot of questions, and I can't ask them all now.  I should wait.

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What you think about Chris ?
Who is he ? Any guess ?

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