Ek Ajnabee Haseena

chapter 17

Ishita, had her glance fixed on the ceiling, the white painted turned dark, as the lights were off. There was only one path for light to enter, a small window by the room. suddenly, a ray of light entered from another direction, the door that had been opened, as ishita looked in surprise.

There were two men, wearing something hospital workers do usually, she was confused, and suddenly a man and a woman appeared, she signalled with her the eyes, the question that had been popping in her mind. They looked away not at all responding, just letting the two men pick ishita up. She revolted in protested, as she kept screaming them, but they still weren't leaving her.

Her screams only got louder as she reached by the door, no one came to see her, it's like they wanted this to happen.

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Purvi, adjusted her bun, right after spreading the palloo of her saree on her entire arm, turning around to see how she was looking. When ajay stood behind her, as she smiled looking behind at his reflection.

"achi lag rahi ho...." he complimented, as she accepted graciously, but it seemed to be ironic with his tone.

"chalein?" asked purvi, as he nodded in agreement, signalling her to leave first.

What appeared to be something merely mundane, had a lot hidden behind them.

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Tarika, who was just eating her dinner casually, while scrolling through tv channels. A horror movie started to play, a ghost was walking through the dark, appearing to come near the screen. She left it on, about to grab a glass of water, only to not find it there, and walked to the kitchen to fetch some water.

A scream came from the tv, making tarika not notice her phone ringing, as she only picked it up when she came back to her dinning table with a glass of water.

"hello." She received the call, only for it to fall down from her hand, as she collapsed on the floor in utter shock.

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It was a lavish party, at a heavily decorated hotel, noises of chatter filling in the air, and waiters surrounding the rest, asking people around for drinks, which were getting down people's throats quickly.

Purvi, was casually chatting with a man, couldn't help but chuckle along with him. ajay, who had noticed this, walked over to them, with a fake smile.

"kya baat hai, bada muskura rahe hain aap log?" questioned ajay.

"arre, yeh, kuch nahi, tum batao, kahan the?" responded purvi, casually.

"kuch nahi bas, colleagues se baat kar raha tha.." replied ajay, as he stood so close to purvi, keeping his arm around her waist, meanwhile purvi looked at him with quite the fumbleness.

"tum kyun nahi zara mil aate rahtode sahab se...dhoond rahe hain tumhe..." suggested ajay, in a somewhat commanding tone, he nodded in agreement and left, exchanging smiles with purvi, before leaving.

Purvi brushed off ajay's hand, as he looked at her with complete fury.

"yeh sab kya tha?" questioned purvi bluntly, with utter annoyance in her voice.

"tumhe kya lagta hai, main bewakoof hoon?" questioned ajay, as purvi glared at him.

"oh, toh tum ab jhoot bologi mujhse, chakkar nahi chal raha tumhara iske saath!" exclaimed ajay, as purvi looked around, making sure no one had heard them, pulling him to a corner.

"yeh kya bakwaas kar rahe ho tum!" exclaimed purvi, in a whisper, as ajay threw her hand off.

"acha, toh aisi hi tum yahan, ye, ye, sleevless blouse pehenkar aa gayi! Aur itna makeup karne ka kya matlab tha!" yelled ajay, as purvi just scoffed at his comment.

"jab tum khud yahan bhekhaari bankar nahi aaye ho, toh mujhe kisliey suna rahe ho, dhang se aane ke liye!" rebuked purvi, as she just walked away, after saying something to him.

"biwi hoon tumhari, naukrani ki tarah mat treat karo mujhe!" stated purvi, before leaving.

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Ishita woke up, to what appeared to be a dark room, full of beds, with woman lying on them.

"mummy! Papa!" called ishita, scared, as the woman in the bed next to hers, turned to her.

"chod gaye tujhe..." she replied, as ishita was confused.

"daroo zyada peeti hogi tu..."she remarked, as ishita just shook her head in disbelief.

"tu drugs karti thi!" she exclaimed, shocked, as ishita got up from her bed, to come out.

"arre ruk! Behosh hone waali dawa phir dedenge tujhe, joh raste mein di thi.." she warned.

"par, yeh kya jagah hai?" asked ishita, as she was sorrowful with her response.

"pagalkhaana..." she blurted out, as ishita was filled with horror.

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Author's note: hey guys, sorry mere exams chal rahe hain, isliye updates are short and irregular, but just glad that it's an objective exam so i can still update, and if u don't see an update for a day till evening, that means there' s none. Hoping for your cooperation.