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PACIFYING HER ANGRY TEAM

"hum thana pahuch gaye....!!!!!" KS said.

The cab halted in front of the thana. Haseena glanced outside the window and a sweet smile crept on her face remembering the usual banter she used to witness. She moved her head to the Badnaam's tea stall and the illusion of her team sipping the tea and gossiping insanely came in front of her. They got down from the cab and Karishma held her hand and nodded with a smile. Instead of going directly from the main door, Haseena decided to go to her cabin. Nothing had changed in those eight months. Everything was in the same place she'd left. She remembered her last day in the thana when she was pleading with Karishma to talk to her one last time but Karishma was angry with her, the whole day. She smiled looking at her. Karishma dragged her outside. Everyone was working silently on their respective desks. None was interested in talking with each other. Her eyes traveled to the whole thana and a flow of memories rushed in front of her and her eyes got moist. 

Haseena was now standing exactly behind Santosh Sharma, who was working on her laptop. They both were smiling inwardly and she closed Santosh's eyes with her palms. 

"Cheetey ye kya kar raha hai tu... kaam kar na apna..." She chided and Haseena chuckled under her breath. Listening to her voice, Cheetah Chaturvedi and Pushpa Singh looked towards her and their eyes saw the sight, they were yearning for. "maddam sir" they mumbled under their breath. Not believing their eyes, they rubbed them three to four times to clear their vision, and as soon as they realized that the real Haseena, their beloved maddam sir was in front of them, their mouth left open and they kept their palms on their open mouths. Karishma gestured them to be quiet. Their eyes shined and endless tears started flowing from their eyes and a big smiled appeared on their lips. 

"Cheetey dekh raha hai na mai kaam kar rahi hoon!!" Santosh said raising her voice a little. Cheetah and Pushpa Singh at once ran towards her and hugged her from both sides and started sobbing loudly. Here Santosh was getting restless, listening to the sobs around her, and tried to remove the hands from her eyes. 

Haseena bent towards her ears and whispered slowly, "Santosh Sharma...any updates?". 

As soon as she heard her name from her favorite voice, her heart started beating rapidly. "Has...Haseena madam..." escaped from her lips and Haseena slowly removed her hands from her eyes and without wasting even a fraction of a second she turned around and as soon as she found Haseena in front of her, her mind went blank. Karishma, Pushpa Ji, and Cheetah were invisible to her and their sobs were inaudible to her. She was only gazing at Haseena without even blinking as if she would disappear if she'll shut her eyes. She forwarded her trembling hand towards her but withdrew her hand scared of touching her. 

"mm...maddam sir..." She muttered and burst out into tears and started crying vigorously. Haseena took her into a warm embrace and rubbed her back to relax her. "Santu... shhh... rona band karo..." She said in a calm voice with tearful eyes but instead, she was crying more loudly and the other two were also sobbing. They had engulfed Haseena into a bone-crushing hug taking out all their fears and their longing for her. 

"maddam sir... maddam sir... aap mujhe chhod kar kyu gayi thi... aap mujhse pyaar nahi karti na..." Santosh complained like a little kid with hiccups. 

"hume maaf kar dijiye please... I am sorry..." Haseena said trying to break free of their hold. After ten good minutes, they left her but were still sobbing. "Santosh Sharma, idhar dekhiye..." She said cupping her face. 

"nai... mujhe aapse baat... nahi... karni hai... aap... boht buri hain..." She said looking away and Haseena kissed her on her forehead. "I am sorry na... accha aap naraaz hai na... aap jo saza dengi vo maanenge hum..." She said sweetly.