FEATHERED LOVE

Chapter 11

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When we reached the hotel, the hotel staff informed us that a guy had been waiting for our return for the past half hour. We rushed to the lobby to see who the guy was and who he was waiting for with such urgency. As we arrived there, we saw a curly redheaded guy standing near the sofa, tapping his foot anxiously.

DIEGO

As soon as I recognized him, I tried to go towards him. He must have been here after seeing my calls.

But as soon as I moved forward, suddenly something struck my mind, the first time I met Diego in this hotel lobby with his friend Max. Max, who I had not seen once since the occurrence of the theft. Max, who has disappeared into thin air. Max, who has honey brown eyes, eyes the same color as that robber whose face was covered. The robber whose eyes had widened in surprise after seeing my face.

Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!

My heart started racing at the possibility my mind had conjured up. If what I thought was true, then this case was way more tangled than I thought.

Why was Max involved with international criminals if he was an art shop owner? is the involvement limited to this robbery only or he was a part of the gang? Did Diego know?

"Maya? Maya? Are you listening?" I came to the world of living when I heard Samay shouting my name. Abhimanyu was also looking at me confused about why I was in a daze. After hearing my name, Diego also turned around. His eyes washed with relief as he met mine. He started walking towards me when I realized I had to take him away from these two.

I had to confirm if he was involved in yesterday's incident in any form. I was hoping he was not.

I ignored the confused expression of my new friends I sped walked till I met Diego halfway. I grabbed his arm and dragged him away to a place far enough that our voice would not be audible to those two. I knew my behavior was suspicious but I could not take the risk of asking those questions in front of them. I was pretty sure that Diego was innocent, but they would not see it that way. I had to clear all doubts before I let them interact.

I took Diego to sit on one of the chairs in the lobby and stood beside him. The minute he was sat, he started bombarding me with questions.

"How are you? Are you okay? OH my god!!!!! My phone fell after I reached home and it wouldn't turn on. I couldn't see your calls yesterday. I repaired my phone today and saw your calls. I called you back and you wouldn't pick up. I was so scared. I immediately came to see you when you didn't pick up my twentieth call and didn't reply to my numerous messages. I came here and they told me there was a robbery, oh god! I nearly had a heart attack......."

He ran out of breath gushing questions one after other. He checked me up and down to see if I had any scars on. After he was sated in his inspection he took a deep breath and held my hand in his.

"Oh, Maya please never do it again. I was so scared that something had happened to you. I came here to find you and you were not there but then I saw you coming with these two strangers and my first thought was that you were in danger. Are you in danger? Is that why you pulled me away? Tell me..." he was starting to breathe heavily again.

"Diego calm down, nothing happened. It was a robbery but I am not harmed. Some electronics were stolen but I will probably get them back soon. The police are tracking them down soon. Nothing big happened." I tried to calm him down.

He sighed in relief and asked," Oh thank god nothing happened. Why did you pull me here then? And have you seen Max? I tried his cell after I could not reach yours but he didn't pick up."