Two hours later, the bus halted at the entrance of a house. Karishma looked outside the window. The view was captivating, a well maintained modern farmhouse and the greenery all around. Far from the chaos of the city, it was a perfect, serene atmosphere. One by one, everybody got down from the bus.
"Ammi, ye aapka farmhouse hai?" Karishma asked.
"Haan beta, bachpan mein Haseena aur Aman holidays mein yahin aate thy...par ab kaafi cheezein badal gayin hain," Ammi said with a sad smile reminiscing the good old days and Karishma smiled too.
"Karishma," Chintu whispered and gestured her to lend her ears, "haan?" Karishma asked as she bend down a little. "Hilltop pe picnic ke liye chalenge, vahan pe cricket khelenge, lunch karenge... Aur phir sunset bhi dekhenge" he said excitedly.
"Okay!" Karishma winked at her.
"Ek kaam karoge hamara?" She asked and the kids nodded their heads.
She shoved her hand inside her pocket and took out a chocolate, "ye apni phuphi ko de dena, aur bolna, meetha kha kar mood thik kar lein, aise sadoo ban kar na rahein"
"Okay! Aur hamare liye?" Pinky asked.
"Aapke liye isse bhi big waali hai" Karishma said with a smile.
As they were walking inside, Chintu and Pinky jogged to catch up Haseena and held her hands, "phuphi!!" They said in unison.
"Haan kya hua?" Haseena asked.
"Ye lein," Pinky forward her palm and Haseena looked at her confusingly, "ye chocolate aapke liye," With a smile on her face Haseena accepted it gladly.
"Muh meetha karein aur aise sadoo ban kar na rahein," Chintu added in the same tone as of Karishma. Haseena looked at her in shock and then her gaze shifted to Karishma who had just walked past her and was going to enter inside the house.
She shoved the chocolate inside her pocket, patted the heads of the kids and started moving. On the way, she remember something and made a call.
"Hello, Misha!" She said in an agitated tone.
"Haan Haseena" Misha answered.
"Kab tak aaogi tum?" Haseena asked. Misha was excited to join them on the picnic and in the bus too but at the last moment she got an important work so she told Haseena that she will reach there directly and would be a bit late.
"On my way. Would be there within an hour" Misha told.
"Okay!!" Haseena was about to hung up the call but she found Karishma listening to her conversation, "Jaldi aana, tumhare intezaar kar rahe hain" she added.
Karishma approached to her as she found everybody dissappearing in the house for settling things and freshening up and stood in front of her.
"Suniye, Baat kar sakte hain?" She asked rubbing her eyebrow.
"Ji Nahi" Haseena answered as she moved towards a perfectly decorated hall and diverted her attention to a flower vase.
However, Karishma followed her and took the vase from her. "Dekhiye," she said but Haseena intervened, "humein kuch dekhna nai hai" and she went to the glass door which leads to the back of the house.
She started walking towards the swimming pool and sat on the edge of it with her legs partially inside the water. Karishma too followed her and sat just beside her. Haseena was waiting for her to say something but she didn't, instead, she kept on sitting there silently, watching their moving legs inside the water as if it was the most important thing at that moment. Haseena was stealing glances of her, every now n then but she wasn't paying any attention towards her. They stayed like that, silently in each other's presence for some time until Haseena heard a loud scream from behind.
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