Too Dangerous To Desire

Chapter 5

Aye Khuda

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7 MONTHS AGO...

15th May , 2023
A random street in Mumbai.

It had been 5 months since she met the girl named Haseena in the bus , 5 months since she felt that peace , 5 months since she dropped her home, 5 months since she saw her face and 5 months since she was roaming around everywhere without a sense of time or place.

She didn't want to visit one specific place ever again and she realised she was right when she unfortunately went there again. What she saw there destroyed her completely, even the last hopes at life inside her had died down.

Where was she right now? She didn't know.

How long she has been here? She didn't know.

Where was she before coming here? She didn't know.

When was the last time she had eaten? She didn't know.

When was the last time she felt hungry? She didn't know.

When was the last time she bathed? She didn't know.

When was the last time she smiled? She didn't know.

When was the last time she felt at home? She didn't know.

Was she alive? Yes.

From inside? No.

But after everything did she even care? Not at all!

Karishma was sitting under a bus shed , clutching her knees upto her chest , her condition had obviously deteriorated in the past months , hair more improperly grown , shawl dirtier then ever . She was mindlessly looking at the rain falling piercing the silence of the night. She was looking at it since as long as she can remember. She was silent , she hadn't spoken in a long time and when the silence becomes overwhelming it bursts out in the worst ways possible. A lesson for life is , a silent person is always the most dangerous one.

Suddenly she was blinded by the strong headlights of a car that had stopped infront of her , she kept her palm above her eyes at the sudden brightness. A lady came out of the car , followed by a we'll dressed man. The man stopped near the car with the umbrella and the last walked upto karishma and sat squatting infront of her.

Karishma tried to adjust her vision and look at the lady when she felt something wet on her feet. She was in shed? Was it leaking or was it raining that hard? She looked down and the drop on her feet and then at the lady , it were her tears!

As karishma recognised her, her face turned stone cold , eyes filled with hatred. "Kyu aayein h yaha?" She asked coldly.

"Hum tumhe lene aaye h beta , chalo humare sath" the lady spoke with alot of difficulty.

Karishma chuckled dryly asking "to ab aapko yaad aayi humari?"

"Beta tumhe dhundne main hume 6 mahine lag gye" the lady said between her sobs.

"Nhi" karishma interrupted her and gave a very painful smile " 6 mahine nhi , 20 saal lag gye aapko , hume dhundne main , hum Tak aane main"

"Hum jante h humne gunah Kiya h , ho sake to hume maaf kerdo beta , par humare sath Ghar Laut chalo" she pleaded.

Karishma smiled again while a tear drop unknowingly made it's way out of her eyes. "Kaunsa Ghar? Wo Ghar jaha aap rehti h? Ya wo Ghar jisme aap apne pati aur apni 6 saal ki beti ko peeche chod , bhag gyi thi?"