The Darker Side

Chapter-3

Winter the season of romance, love and basically a peaceful season. Days are shorter, nights are longer. Trees sheds it's leaves while moving to and fro.

It was 9:00pm, Ashkira was at her room sitting on her bed looking outside. She could see the fogged windows and could hear the screeching wind. She was on her light blue pajama and light cotton top which could hardly protect her from this winter but she didn't care. She liked wearing light clothes in times of winter.

"Ashu! Come for your dinner", her dad calls her.
She went to dining room and as she saw the food she got excited. It brought a smile on her face because her mum made her favorite green chicken with chapati. And without uttering a single word she directly attacked her food and within 5 minutes she was done.
After that three of them watched the movie "Gippi- a movie about an overweight girl and the challenges she faced in her school life and how she took out ways to overcome her problems". The movie was good but ashkira didn't watch that movie, she went to her room. On reaching her room, she drank water and turned off the lights and again she started looking outside. She was literally smiling. She loves winter. For her its a pure season. A season of happiness.

As she was about to put on her curtains, she saw a car arrives and stops in front of their gate and one person comes out of it slams the door and calls someone. And started gazing towards her house. She thought him to be her father's colleague as his face was unknown to her.
After few minutes she could hear someone closing the door. She thought it to be her dad but it went out to be her mum. Her mum unlocks the gate and starts talking to that stranger. Through their body language it was pretty clear that they were arguing with one another and her mum was not happy to see that guy. And that scenario triggered her to listen to their conversation so she opens her window slowly so that she could hear something. But they were too far to listen to their conversation. The only thing she could hear was her mum saying," I can't go now and don't worry about me, I'm fine and I'll try to come tomorrow if possible. Now please go!"

They hugged each other. That guy move inside his car, started the ignition and went off and on the other hand her mum closed the gate, locked it and came back to their house.
Again she was thinking about that guy. Who was it? What were they talking about? Why she said that she can't go now?
Next morning as soon as she woke up she rushed towards her mum room. She wanted to ask her about that guy.
*Knock knock*
"Any work beta?" Her father asks her from behind.

"Mum!"

"She's not here. She has some work."

She went back to her room and takes out her brush from her bag. Put some Colgate on it and heads towards her washbasin. While she was brushing in front of her mirror lots of questions were running inside her mind. Where is she? Is she with that person? Who was that person? Why did he come so late?