MaNan : Moon Light

7. Bad Influence

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When Nandini stepped into the car, she saw that the car is being driven by Raghu, next to him is Harshad who is at present in a call with someone and hastily talking about something regarding the coke delivery in huge amounts. 

Nandini looked at Mukti who is sitting beside her, to try and find out why Mukti is in the car with these two men. Mukti hates these men, especially Harshad. She loathes that person and at one time, she even kept her knife on his throat when he tried to flirt with her. Since that day, everyone in their gang knows to keep these two away from each other. 

So, it's strange that she is in the car with him.

When she tried to ask what was wrong with her eyes, Mukti shook her head and dismissed her. Nandini found this both weird and slightly annoying and yet there is nothing that she can do about it. 

When their car passed by familiar streets, Nandini saw that they are going to their den. It's still her birthday and Nandini just got fired from her part-time job on her first day, then she got almost caught and chased by the police. The cherry on top, she got saved by the guy who killed one of their gang men.

She heard Harshad yelling into his phone, it seems they are going to go normal soon. How much longer were they going to need to fix problems that one brawl has caused? She wasn't sure. 

As the car stopped in front of their den, dropping Mukti and Nandini, the car went in another direction.

Mukti disappeared into the basement and Nandini went straight to Navya and Sarah who seems to be discussing something silly, then she also joined. Their den is full of gang men today, almost everyone is here including Mukti.

It became regular now as they all seem to take a step back from the recent ruckus.

After drinking some water and eating some snacks, Nandini caught sight of a black leather jacket and she stopped. Mukti is back, present sitting on the sofa with her drink and she isn't alone, her men are around her. There was a loud laugh from the table they are sitting at.

Nandini crossed the room and held a hand up to her lips, effectively signaling the men around her to not alert Mukti about his presence and she had gotten just a step away from scaring Mukti.

Before even she prank her, "Silly bear, I know you're behind me", Mukti shifted on the couch to look at her, "You think I'm fucking stupid?"

"Do you want me to be honest?" Nandini asked with a sly smile. 

Mukti looked a lot better than the morning, maybe because she has no work these days, she isn't looking worn out as usual. She is still much too pale and reeks of cigars but at least it looks like she is taking a rest. No, Mukti and her gang looked pretty chill and she is relieved to see this.

"Sit down, kid", Mukti said and Nandini sat beside her as the older threw the chips packet into her lap, without a thanks Nandini ripped open the packet and started eating.

Mukti gestured at the men who are at the other table of the den, "Extra men are added to our gang, be careful", she warned her.

Nandini continued munching her snacks, "I always am".

Navya joined their table as she said, "After Suresh's death, everyone's been going a bit crazy trying to sort things out, looking for rats and things like that, moving deals around so that they won't get disrupted."

Hearing that Mukti took a cigar from her pocket, "All because that skulls fucker had to fuck it all up", she muttered under her breath and sighed as Nandini took away the cigar, crushed it, and threw it away.