IN THE NAME OF LOVE (completed) ✅

Chapter 01

AAHANA POV

"Good morning mam" he greeted me while I got down from my car.

"A very good morning" I replied smiling kindly.

"You look beautiful" he said winking at me.

"Stop flirting! Do your work!" I scolded him playfully.

"It's part of my work mam" he winked opening the rusted gate for me. I walked inside turning in the corridors to reach the place .

"Aahana! Welcome back child" uncle greeted me smiling warmly.

"I come here every day" I spoke rolling my eyes.

"Did he flirt with you again?" He questioned me.

"See! Even you make fun of me!" I whined.

"What can I do child? You are the only person here besides us who visit this place regularly" he spoke.

"I think I should complain to head officer that his watchman and incharge are making fun of me" I narrowed my eyes.

"Will the professor ask him to punish these poor kids?" He mocked while I laughed at him.

"Now ! Off you go!" He ordered and I walked to my class.

If you are wondering where am I and what am doing? Let me make it clear , I am professor by profession. I teach maths . I am here at Mumbai Central Jail to teach maths to the prisoners present here. Government has decided to give them basic education so that they can help in development of small scale industries. Only selected prisoners are given training and my job is to teach them.

"Good morning guys" I greeted few of them replied back while I placed my bag on the chair. I turned around to write today's topic on the board when I heard his voice.

"Good morning"

He replied me a bit late so that I can recognise him but thing is if he talks even in a crowd I can identify that it's him. I didn't turn back to respond to him as I know he's here just to stare at me.

"Do you have any doubts from previous class? There's going to be an exam. If you pass, you will be working for small scale industries from here, your wages will be given to your family or else can be saved in your account. It will be given when you are released. There's another exam after two months, consider that it's your final. You pass in it, you will have permanent job in some small scale industry plus your term will be reduced to half . So I expect you to concentrate on whatever I am teaching you" I spoke passing them information which I caught hold on.

"I have a doubt" I heard his voice.I looked at him to see him smiling kindly.

"How much percentage we should obtain?" He questioned making everyone look at him.

Toppers won't change!

"Authorities will let you know. I told you whatever I could" I replied and he nodded his head at me. I taught them the topics I have planned for today finishing my one hour class.

"That's it for today meet you all next week" I said collecting my things. I am assigned to teach them thrice a week. As I am done for this week, I headed back to incharge to sign my way out.

"Have a nice day" I spoke while everyone started moving out. They were being handcuffed again on their way out by the officer who stood outside my room. As I was waiting for my way out, I could feel him looking at me.

What is wrong with him now a days?

"Bye aahana" he whispered lowly walking beside me.

My hair stood on its end.

"See you next week child!" Officer spoke and I smiled at him. I smiled at the officer who's duty is at the gate. I have been working here since six months and I didn't mind to ask the names of the person's I joke around with. I call them officers but never ask their names , funny thing is I never cared to read their name tags too.

As I started driving back home , my mind drifted back to Soham who for the first time spoke with me .

He called you by your name!!!

"Shut up!" I scolded my heart not to race much. No one knows that he's been arrested except my family and his family. When I first saw him few months back on first day of my class, I couldn't believe that he's here imprisoned for some crime. His father approached me later not to disclose any details to anyone and I agreed to him. I couldn't control my eagerness and told my father but it's ok , he doesn't gossip much.

I always stalked Soham , I wondered where he is for past few months as his social media is not updated, least I could find is him being a prisoner in there!

I parked my car and entered my house to find my dad laughing loudly while watching tom and jerry. I sighed and sat beside him.

"Back from the jail? So early?" He questioned me.

Our servant maid dropped her broom stick looking at me with wide eyes.

"Dad!" I shouted.

"I teach there Laxmi ! Continue your work" I said glaring at my dad.

"What?" He asked innocently.

"Your sense of humour isn't that humourous now a days. You know her right?" I asked him.

"Yeah how will I not know her? She works for us!" He said.

"And she works for everyone else too" I spoke.

"So?" He questioned me.

"She's BBC news channel reporter dad!" I replied sarsactically.

"Oh meant that kind of working for others, I thought she works in their household to" he replied.

Why am I even having this conversation with him?

"So... How is he?" He asked me .

"Who is he?" I replied smiling a bit.

"Your.. You know" he spoke winking at me

"Ask him" I replied.

"You want to go to jail just to ask him that? I am a business man! I don't get to visit that place like some park aahu!" He replied with horrified expression.

I laughed out loud while he continued his distress.

"His hearing is today, his father called" dad spoke seriously

"Final hearing?" I asked him

"Yes" he replied.

I walked up to my room and sat infront of my favourite God Hanuman Ji asking him to save soham so that I can get to stalk his not so active social accounts.

"Will he be released?"

"Will his sentence get reduced?"

"Oh hanu bhayya! Help me please! You know how much I like him!" I prayed eating the Prasad which I kept for Hanuman.

Hope to see you soon Soham !

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Until next time:)