Swaraaj : The Devil

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

A crowd has gotten the beat of the party shortly after bride and groom entered the floor and Panchhi had set up a DJ around pool while the sound was loud and clear and weather was also sunny, guests were enjoying the whole set up, because more than half of the crowd consisted of youth whose definition of fun included loud music, free booze and half naked opposite sex. SK had gotten everybody on the dance floor while DJ was swapping between the songs, Karan had made himself comfortable on another side of the pool, dryer side to be more specific, Nitu and Mira were kept distant from the adult crowd where Karan can keep an eye on both of them. 

While the others moved to the rhythm of the sound Karan was enjoying his solitude within the crowd. But shortly after his concentration was broken by a shadow hovering him, he looked up seeing who the person was, he was surprised to find out the person standing over him, "Suparna" Karan called out, he stood up immediately, "What a surprise?" Karan went around the bench and stood in front of her, Suparna was in cropped top and matching skirt reaching barely to her knees, she was wearing a round hat over her uncombed free hairs which she held by her hand, 

"Oh come on..." She out of the blue wrapped her hand over his shoulder and hugged him immediately, Karan wasn't surprised because it was not his first time when he was victimized for her over friendly nature.... Karan hugged her back, "There you go..." she spoke in his embrace, 

Out on the dance floor, Nitu caught Karan embracing a girl, and she was surprised to find out that it wasn't Panchhi or any other girl from family, she stopped moving and kept looking at her brother, when SK followed Nitu's gaze she also witnessed the hug of her boss, but she recognized her face immediately when she parted from him, 

"Girls can't keep their hands off of him, can they?" Mira called out, both Nitu and SK's gaze turned to Mira, it was more of a glare from SK, and disbelief from Nitu.... 

"Shut Up...." Nitu slapped her hand, 

"Hey! I'm not the one rubbing my body on him, she IS...." Mira complained, 

 "Who is she?" Nitu asked SK, 

"That's the girl from the Mall..." SK said absentmindedly, but it was enough for Nitu to recognize her, 

"What the hell... Dada actually called her..." Nitu was shocked, 

"No, he didn't...." all the girls looked back the source of the voice, "I Did..." said Kairav.... 

"Why I am not surprised!" SK taunted, "You can't resist it, can you?" SK was offensive, but Kairav was passive, he knew the real reason he called Suparna.... 

"Girls, why don't you join the kids club out there, before your Dada finds out you're dancing between adults...." Kairav smirked, 

"You could've asked nicely, you don't have threaten us...." Nitu shrugged and pulled Mira out from there... once they were out of their earshot, Kairav looked at SK, 

"I thought we were both interested in knowing more about Karan Mehta's past life...." Kairav asked defensively, SK was taken by surprise... 

"I still am...." SK shot back, 

"What better way to find out than asking the people who knew them...." 

 "That girl knows Karan?" SK was surprised.... 

"She called Panchhi, 'Birdie'... who else calls her birdie?" Kairav threw question, SK realized what he was trying to say, 

"So you think, they know each other before I met Karan?" SK asked, 

"Have you met anyone besides Nitu and us whom Bhai knew but didn't tell you about?" 

 "No...." 

"That's our girl, she might give us every answer we're looking for...." Kairav looked at distance towards Suparna,