(Sorry sorry! I had promised for yesterday, but couldn't fulfill it. Here it is, I hope it is good enough to compensate.)

     It was evening. HM was still sitting in the same position on the stairs.
Marks of dried tears were still visible on her cheeks, while a fresh set of tears was shining in her eyes, ready to flow down...!

SS came n sat down beside her....

SS: Ms!

HM:.....

SS:(shook HM's shoulder) Ms!

HM: haa...haa SS!

SS: subah se shaam ho gayi Ms!
Aap yahi baithi hain isi tarah...
Aap aese react karengi to baaki sab ko himmat kon dega...

CC came n sat down on HM's other side...

CC: haa Ms! Udhar PJ ka b yahi haal h.
Aap ne kuchh khaya b nahi h ms.
Pj ko santu ji ne zabardasti 2 niwaale khilaaye hain , u b kuch nhi kha rahi hain...

SS: or anubhav sir ka to subah se kuch pata nahi h...

CC: Ms! Aap plz khud ko sambhaaliye or chaliye na andar, pj ko b samjhaaiyye...

HM looked lovingly at her 2 innocent juniors, who were no less than siblings to her...🥰

HM: Theek keh rahe hain aap log... Chaliye ...

They all stood up...

CC: Ms! Ms! Hum kaa kehte hain aisa udaas chehra le kr jaiyye ga kaa PJ k paas..??? Plz thoda muskuraiyye to sahi...

SS: haa Ms! Cheer up! 😍
Aap bataaiyye na aap ka mood kaese fresh hoga...
Main apni barbie doll b laayi hu 💞💞... Or teddy b h..💓💓
aap ko kya chahiye..???    🤣🤣

HM finally smiled at her innocence...🥰

CC: uff ye masoomiyat...!!😍😍
Santu ji...! Aap ne bataya nahi k aap ko doll pasand h...😍
Ab Hum gift karenge aap ko...

HM's smile faded...

HM:  ks Yahaan hoti, to abhi tumhe 1 kantaap lagaatien...

She became sad again...

SS (whisper): kya kiya tu ne cheete... Itni mushkil se muskuraai thein Ms.. tu ne phir se Karishma maddam ki yaad dila di....😡

CC (whisper): sorry santu ji.. sorry...!!😟

HM: chaliye andar....

CC/SS: ji..!!

They stepped inside, HM turned back n glanced at the silent lawn....

Hua hai tujh se bichhadne ke baad ye maloom..
Ke tu nahi tha, tere saath ek duniya thi...!

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     It was midnight, at Veer Mahal, ks finally entered her quarter extremely tired n exhausted....
   The condition of mortgaged girls was miserable there. Strong n tough police officer like her was drained off completely in a day...!!

She felt sympathy for the poor girls who were bearing this exploitation since ages..!!!!

KS had noticed them. They worked like robots...! Their eyes were dim n hopeless..!!

   KS poured herself a glass of water, n lied down on the mat.
She was missing her mpt family, her vani, n specially her Ms badly.....!

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        HM was pacing to n fro in the room, checking her cell phone every minute...
CC n SS were looking at her worriedly...

HM: ab tak call q nahi kr rahi hain ks... ??
Ab tak to unka call aa jana chahiye tha...

CC: Ms! Ab dekhiye hum ko to pata nahi h na km ki uhaan ka situation h.. jaese hi mauka milega u phone karengi zaroor...

HM: Santosh! Cheeta! Tum dono ka phn silent ya switch off to nahi h na..
check karo!

CC: nahi Ms, hum to kab se phn phully charge kr k baithe hain...

SS: haa... Main ne to aaj game b nahi khela phn me...

CC: ufff.....
(Santu glared at her n he stopped...)

HM: anubhav sir kahaan hain..

SS: anubhav sir or pj b continuously apna phn check kr rahe hain...

Suddenly HM's cell phone rang..
She instantly looked at the screen.
     The river side pic of ks with HM clicked by As was blinking on screen...
                    "SI Sahiba
                         calling.  "

HM felt that in a hot dessert, she has suddenly spotted a stream of water , under a shady tree...

     She picked up the call impatiently...

HM: Karishma Singh...!

Tears streamed down KS's eyes. She was trying to suppress her sobs...

On the other side, HM got worried, as she didn't get any reply...

HM: KS..!! KS!! Hello...
Plz Kuch boliye...!!

KS: Maddam Sir..!

HM's hand shivered. She bit her lips to control her tears, but she failed to...
They both were quiet for long, n silence was speaking...

Kitni dilkash hai uski khamoshi....
Saari baatein fuzool hon jaese...!!

After a long silence,

HM: kaesi hain aap?

The soft, caring voice was soaking KS's all the tiredness n pain...

KS: Aap ki aawaz sun li..
ab bilkul theek hain...

HM smiled with teary eyes...

HM: kuchh khaya aap ne..?

KS glanced at the plate of plain chapatis which was given to them in the name of food. She had not taken even a bite...

Ks: j... ji.. ji Ms! Kha liya h humne... khana...

A tear escaped HM's eye...

HM: aap ko jhoot bolna nahi aata KS...!!!!!!

Ks smiled.

KS: humein jhoot bolna aata hai Ms!
Pr aap humein jaanti hi itna hain k 1 minute me pakad leti hain......

HM: to phir q sataati hain aap..????
Khayaal rakhiye na apna...!
Bht maza aata hai humein pareshan dekh kar...!!

KS smiled and cried at the same time...
She was really longing for her ms's love n care.
It was just a day, but it had passed like years.....

KS: Ms! Shaant ho jaiyye..
Ab hum dhyaan rakhenge..
Waada..!!

SS (wiping her tears): main anubhav sir or PJ ko bula k laati hu....

As n pj came almost running . HM put the phone on speaker...

As: Chanda...! Chanda kaesi ho tum..??

PJ: bahu raani... Kab se intezaar kr rahe hain aap k phone ka...

KS: anu bhaiyya... ! Amma..! Hum bilkul theek hain...
Aap sab kaese hain...?

CC: hum sab b 1dum theek hain maddam... Or aap ko bahut jyada miss kr rahe hain...

SS: haa!
Or sab se zyada to Ms, anubhav sir or pj...
Ms or anubhav sir ne to  subah se kuchh khaya b nahi... PJ ko zabardasti 2 niwaale khilaaye the ... Bas!!

   Our santu spilled out everything in innocence, while everyone striked their forehead with palm...

Bgm: lagg gayiiii....!!

HM (slowly): ab humaari khair nahi...

PJ (overacting): wo... Santu 👧🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ka matlab hai k⁉️❓⁉️❔ hum bas 🤓😎 khaane hi jaa rahe the...🍄🍗🌭🍕🍕🌾🍔🌮🍘

Ks: santu..! Apni head constable PS ko bol do... K overacting ka Toofan h na , phone k paar aa raha h...

SS: aap khud hi bol dijiye na km... Phone speaker pe h..
    🤣🤣

CC: uff ye masoomiyat...!!

KS: topa aadmi..!
Abhi Wahaan aa k kantaap lagaayenge tum ko...😡

CC: saarryy.. km saarryy!!

KS: tum dono baat karo hum se  santu... Cheeta...??
Or baaki sab se bol do hum Ko kisi se baat nahi karna h...😡

As(buttering): behna! Chanda raani..!! Humari gudiya!  Suniye na ...😘

KS: santu! Apne DSP sir ko bol do hum Ko kuchh nahi sunna h..😡

HM: ks! Dekhiye...

KS: santu...! Apni SHO Haseena Malik se bol do k unse hum bht zyada naaraaz hain...!
sab se zyada...!

HM: offoh...! Nahi...
Maaf kar dijiye humein SI Sahiba...!!😏

KS: nahi...

As: plzz Chanda..!!

KS: nahi...

HM: achha! Achha ks! Hum...hum promise karte hain, hum sab khana kha lenge....!
Sorry.... Plz..

KS: ......

As: Chanda hum b wachan dete hain....

KS: pakka...🤨🤨

All 3: haa...haa pakka...

KS:hmm... Theek hai!

  They all sighed with relief....

As: or sab kuchh batao Chanda..!

HM: haa pure din ki details bataaiyye na.....

   KS reported everything. She just skipped that she was whipped...
Everyone was in tears listening to the condition of mortgaged girls, n specially knowing that even ks was facing it right now...!!❤️

KS: vijay ne sahi kaha tha.. ye humari soch se kahin zyada khatarnak h....

HM: hum un sab ko insaaf dilaayenge..

  After having some random talks...

As: theek h Chanda! Tum bhi vishraam karo ... Shubh raatri.!

All : good night maddam/ks...!

KS: good night!

   HM switched off the speaker but didn't hang up the call..
Everyone left...

   HM knew that ks will also not hang up...🥰

HM: ks!

Ks: ms! Hum bata nahi sakte kitna miss kiya hum ne aap ko...

HM: hum ne b...!

KS: kuchh kehna h aap se.. aap hi k style me..

HM: kahiye....

KS stopped for a while.

KS: "Zindagi dhoop tum ghana saaya...!"

  A fresh set of tears streamed down HM's eyes...
She was elated to hear this from her KS...❤️💕
She couldn't speak for some time...
On the other side ks was crying silently too...

KS: Ms! Rakhte hain..
good night!
   
HM: good night 💕
Apna khayal rakhna.. plzz

KS: ji..! Aap b...

   
That's it.
I m waiting for your comments.
Sorry again.
Stay tuned 🙂