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Two days later, at night, Karishma was sitting in a half-lying position on a bed with wet eyes and a sweet smile doing her favorite thing; looking into the album 'Karishma's world'. Shorya settled down beside her, in his nightclothes, and looked at the picture she was staring at; dressed in simple floral frocks, ten-year-old Karishma with her tear-stricken face was kissing Haseena's palms who was smiling looking at her. "Why she is smiling and you are crying?" he asked startling her. She wiped away her tears. While closing the album and hugging it to her chest, she gave him a smile and said turning towards him, "To know that, you had to know the story behind this picture..." "Then tell me...I am all ears.....if you don't mind sharing your Haseena's special memories with me." Shorya said pulling herself towards her, with his hands on her shoulder and their back touching the bed rest. Karishma smiled, "Mind? I can talk to you on Haseena and our moments for hours!!" She added and started narrating the incident.

Two ten year old girls wearing cute white and green colored similar floral frocks, hand in hand, were entering in a garden, one with high pony tail and bat in her one hand and the other with shoulder length open hairs and a ball in her hand. Girl with ball said, "Haseena, I will bat first." "No Karishma you will again hit shots and ball will go in courtyard of that witch aunty," the other girl with bat responded gesturing towards a house adjacent to the park. Hearing her refusal, Karishma frowned, threw the ball towards Haseena and walked away angrily saying, "Then I am not playing....i like bating and I will only bat first or I won't talk to you." "Karishma! Wait! Listen to me!" Haseena shouted picking up the ball in her other hand and ran behind her. "Please don't be upset....if Karishma wants to bat first then she will...in fact, as you like batting then you do batting only and I will ball you," Haseena said cupping her face lovingly yet innocently in her little hands, putting their bat and ball on ground. "Really?" she asked smiling whole heartedly to which Haseena nodded and added, "Come on now go to that spot and I will ball you." She gestured towards the spot opposite to the house and Karishma stood herself in right posture hitting the bat on the ground waiting for her ball. Haseena moved opposite to her and walked near the wall adjacent to the house. From there pretending like professional cricketers, she ran towards Karishma and threw the ball to her and just as the ball reach to her bat, she swung her little arms and threw ball to her left side. As Haseena ran towards ball, Karishma stood there only, "oh madam don't you have to take run," she asked looking at her surprisingly to which Karishma smiled sheepishly and added, "Nope, there is a new rule in cricket that there will be only fours and sixes no singles and doubles." Haseena rolled her eyes and added putting her hands on her sides, "When and who invent this rule?" with an innocent face and naughty eyes, Karishma had pointed herself with her index finger and added, "It's a special rule which only come in action when Karishma and Haseena play cricket." "Of course, of course, why not and that too only when you will bat right?" Haseena added with raised eyebrows to which Karishma gave her an air kiss and added with a sly smile, "You are the best buddy." Haseena gave her a minute glare and then smiled fully, "Okay!" with that she walked to her spot and started throwing her balls. After two to three balls, Karishma wasn't able to hit a full shot, so, she had dropped the bat and sat down on the ground making an angry pout, crying eyes and complaint, "Haseena...that's not fair, you are not balling good....look I hadn't even hit one six in FOUR balls," she added stressing the word four indicating it as a huge number. "But...how am I responsible in this...I am balling good you are unable to hit shots..." Haseena responded from there only. "that means....you are saying that I don't know how to play...fine then I will not play with you anymore....i am going," she stood angrily to walk away. "No, no, I wasn't saying this.....come na, I will give you right ball...Promise," she agreed to her giving up instantly hearing which Karishma at once smiled and added, "You know you are good girl......all other kids are very bad.....they don't let me play cricket....they said I play unfair.....now you tell me am I playing unfair...." Haseena standing at her spot to throw ball, responded like a matured one, "Absolutely not, whosoever were saying this were wrong and you don't have to play with anyone when I am there." Karishma nodded smilingly and Haseena threw another ball for her, this time she swung her arms as much as she could and hit the ball high which landed directly on the front house's window mirror and SMASH!!!

Both the girls got frightened but Karishma's face got pale and her hands shivered tears formed in her eyes and she screamed, "Witch Auntie's window mirror broke down.....now she will not leave me, she will complaint to mom and she won't let me play with you." Just then they heard a sound coming towards them, "Who dared it....today I will not leave her..." Before that lady could appear on broken window, Haseena at once snatched the bat from Karishma and shouted at her, "Karishma hid behind that big tree...hurry up!!" Karishma who got too scared to think what to do, just followed Haseena's words, being extremely frightened. A strict old lady came at the window and started glaring Haseena with big eyes from behind her thick glasses wrapping her bulky body in an old yet decent Saree. Haseena gulped down seeing her who warned her shouting angrily at her, "Today, you had broken glass of my window....how many times I had warned you not to play cricket here but it seems my simple warnings are going on deaf ears....." "Sorry Aunty!! It won't happen next time...please return my ball." Haseena apologized genuinely. "You want ball.....let me get you one." That lady went inside. "Haseena, had she gone?" Karishma whispered from behind the tree. "She went to take ball.....be there only....do not come out, I will handle her." Haseena advised her like an elder sister would, no matter how small in age she herself was.

Couple of minutes later, that lady came out holding something on her back. Karishma as soon as senses her presence near her, she at once closed her eyes afraid of her. That lady came and stood in front of little Haseena who was though frightened but determined for not letting Karishma face her. She took out her hands from behind to show a ball and stick to Haseena who gulped down her throat once again and clenched her frock tightly in her fist at both sides. Peeking through that lady's sides she glanced at Karishma hidden behind the tree with closed eyes and scared face. Still keeping her gazes to Karishma, she released her fists and stretched out her palms in front of the lady making up her mind. "Good that you yourself had stretched them out!!" she added with a smirk and in one swift motion hit at her little hands back to back twice, causing her to wince in pain, "AHHH!!!" Hearing the voice Karishma at once opened her eyes to look for the source and when she saw the scene, she screamed, "HASEENAA!!!" and ran towards her. Forgetting all her fear, she pushed the lady away from Haseena with both her hands applying her full force, filling anger in her eyes and shouted with tears streaming down from her eyes, "How dare you hit my Haseena?? How dare you? You are bad Aunty....you are a witch." She was shouting, crying vigorously and hitting her with her small feeble hands.

An hour later, Karishma was sitting in Haseena's room in her villa, holding her both hands with red imprints and crying bitterly. "Karishma!!! It is not paining....you have been crying for one hour....please..." Haseena said trying to take her hands from her grip but Karishma had clenched them more tightly and shaked her head in negative. Refusing to give away and still crying she added, "Why you had let her do this? You should have told her that you had not broken the glass...i had done it....i would have taken those lashes...." "Karishma!!! If I would have done that then our moms would not have let us play together....and I can bear these lashes but can't be away from you," Haseena replied to her. "Look at these marks!!" Karishma said and kissed her palms where she had been hit, while fresh set of tears rolled down her cheeks, Haseena smiled seeing her, It's okay...I am fine."

"At that moment, Haseena's Nanny, who was listening to our conversations, clicked this picture," Karishma finished narrating the incident to Shorya with her wet eyes and wide smile. "Mind blowing! At such a tender age she was so protective towards you," Shorya remarked getting amazed. "Though we were ten at that time but she was like that from four years of age to twenty years, be it school, college, university, friends, assignments sports, or any other problem, she never took a second before jumping in front of me without thinking if she can solve the problem or not. You know, with her, I never felt the need to befriend with anyone. She kept on protecting me for twenty years until that fateful day.......and after that....i neither knew how to befriend with or talk to mates and colleagues nor I wished to because I knew that no matter how saint one could be, no one can take the place of Haseena." Karishma was sharing with him about Haseena enthusiastically with a wide ear to ear smile when her eyes went on Shorya who was admiring her. She stopped at her tracks and asked, "What are you looking at me?" "I am seeing, that you could talk about Haseena for infinity...." He remarked gesturing towards time. "Oh shit!!! I need to wake up early for station," she added realizing. He nodded with a smile and with that they both slept.

Next morning Pushpa ji was sitting on her desk holding her head as a file was placed in front of her on which she was unable to concentrate because of the drama going on around her. She lifted her eyes to look upon the two hoping that she could silence her by her gaze only. Santosh was roaming around the hole Police Station, taking one file, checking, putting it back and taking out another from another table or cupboard while Cheetah was running behind trying hard to woo, "Santu ji....I am sorry....i know I had asked you for dinner and I forgot myself but I had not done it intentionally." "I know Cheetah, you forgot by mistake.....don't worry but now I got angry by mistake too," She taunted with a fake smile, closed the file and moved towards another. Cheetah once again followed her in another corner of the Police Station and tried once again, "Karishma had ordered me to do some file work....please Santu ji....i was stuck there." "You got free from that work before our dinner time don't lie to me.....and don't you dare talk to me," she scolded him and moved towards her desk followed by Cheetah too. But before reaching there she stopped turned around and screamed at him angrily showing her index finger to him, "Don't follow me....today you will be two feet away from me...or I will crush you Mr. Cheetah Chaturvedi." Cheetah at once took to steps backward and nodded his head obediently, Santu turned back towards her desk while he left standing there with a worried face. It was then Haseena who had been seeing the entire scene leaning on the door, decided to mark her presence, "Greetings!!" Alerted, they all at once saluted her. Scanning the whole station she asked, "Where is Karishma Singh?" "Madam, her duty is on Laxmi chowk so she went there." Pushpa ji informed her to which she nodded and moved towards her desk. Pushpa ji who was about to sit back, mistakenly got her leg twisted a little hurting her knee on which she hissed slightly but did not pay much attention and resumed her work.

Half an hour later, Haseena had called Cheetah in her cabin. "Greetings Madam Sir!" he saluted entering inside. "Greetings!!" she responded and looked up to him. "Cheetah have you heard about hotel moon star?" she asked. "Of course madam, its City's the most famous seven star." He responded. "Have you been there? I mean how its food and service is?" She asked. "Madam, I am just a constable....it's one dinner would cost more than my month's salary....but ya I had heard that they are very good at food and services," He responded respectfully. She take out an envelope from beneath her files and handed it to her with her signature smile. "Madam what is it?" he asked surprisingly. "Open it!" she persuaded. As soon as, he saw it, his eyes popped out, 'VIP Voucher- Hotel Moon Star' "Santosh is angry from you for forgetting your date, Right? Take her tonight there...she will be happy," she added. Cheetah's eyes got wet which did not go unnoticed by Haseena. He put the envelope back on her desk and added, "Madam Sir, I am honored that you had thought this much about us but it's not up to my status and I don't want her to give any false hope for her after marriage life.....and moreover I can't take this from you.....don't worry I will woo Santu ji anyway. We love each other and she will understand me." Haseena smiled fully and added, "I am impressed by your self-integrity and honesty but you are taking me wrong.....i am not saying to conceal anything from Santosh. Tell her that I had gifted you both this, like this it won't give any false hope to her. Secondly, having a loved one in life is the greatest blessing and in front of it all the money is worthless. You both are blessed to have each other's love, I don't want it to fade away." "But madam sir...." he was still hesitated. "Cheetah....if in my place your elder sister would have been giving you this....then too you would have refused her." She asked, expertly hiding her longingness for family and love behind her polite voice and sweet smile. He nodded his head negatively in response, took back the envelope and got amazed to see a bright smile on her face. "You are a great person madam sir not because of this expensive gift but because of that wide smile on your face which came after seeing me accepting it.....Thank you," he expressed himself genuinely and left the room after getting a nod from her.

About two hour before lunch, Haseena came out of her cabin when she saw Pushpa ji talking over the phone, "I am telling you that it is not too much.....i can drop your lunch there only." "I know you won't have anything from there also......it's okay na beta why are you getting so much worried for me....i am alright." "But...." "Okay, fine." She finally hung up with worried expressions. "Pushpa ji?" "Greetings madam sir!!" she was about to stand up but Haseena at once stopped her, "Please be seated....please!" "Santu?" she called loudly. "Yes madam sir!" "Karishma Singh's tiffin might be placed there on shelf....gave it to my driver and ask her to deliver it to Karishma Singh before Lunch time." "Madam Sir......how?" Pushpa ji added amazed. "I had listened everything when you were talking to her a while ago." She responded while putting a stool beside her and a chair along with it. Sitting on the chair, she bend forward to her feet to pick up her leg, "Madam Sir, what are you doing?" Pushpa ji gasped and all others got surprised. Haseena started sliding up her Salwar while adding, "What had you thought if Karishma Singh is not here to take care of you then none will. Yesterday only I had called you Amma, It is my duty to take care of you." She opened a cream and started massaging her knees smoothly with her fingers. Pushpa ji was looking at her with wet eyes, feeling relieved of her pain. After massaging her knees for a couple of minutes, she slid up knee support pad up to her knees, slid down her Salwar again, "Keep it like this only, I had booked an appointment for you in City hospital with Dr. Mukherjee, she is a specialist. Either I will take you or Karishma Singh. One more thing, you won't get up from your seat unnecessarily and no field duty for you, for at least a week....Okay?" She instructed her very politely to which she nodded overwhelmed. "Good!!" with that she walked inside her cabin unknown that she had secured a very high place in her team's heart in just a few days.

Two hours later, upon a complaint of bag snatching, she reached outside Ladies Park situated at Laxmi Chowk along with complainers. "Madam, there, I was walking in that direction when a boy came from behind and snatched away my bag....please madam, find my bag, I have very important documents in it which I needed tomorrow for an interview, please mam that job is very important for me," Lady pleaded her once again while gesturing towards the direction. Karishma who was on duty there only, came there, "Greetings Madam Sir!!" "Greetings!!" she responded and narrated her briefly about the complaint.

They both were looking around for some CCTV cameras when suddenly, Haseena's eyes went on some kids playing cricket inside it. Their loud noises caught her attention, as she was admiring them who were enjoying their share of happiness from life. Attracting to their innocent smiles she walked towards the park, looking her Karishma followed her. When suddenly, one of them hit the shot and by mistake broke the mirror of back window of the adjacent house, causing a sudden fear and chaos spread all over the faces of those kids. Suddenly, Haseena started getting black and white flashes of a similar incident with two girls. '..........now she will not leave me, she will complaint to mom and she won't let me play with you.....' 'Sorry Aunty!! It won't happen next time...please return my ball.' Some unrecognized coarse voices and then someone hitting a girl with a stick.....all those flashes and lines were roaming inside her head. With suddenly hitched breathe, shivering hands, sudden sever pain in head, she held her head, closed her eyes and instead of jerking away those flashes, she had blocked everything around her and all the voices in her surrounding including Karishma's, who was shaking her and screaming at her, and started focusing harder on those flashes once again ignoring her increasing anxiety attack, getting desperate to have clear view of the faces.

Other side, Karishma was shaking and shouting her name, asking her one thing or other, trying hard to distract her but nothing was working, "Haseena......what happened? Madam Sir? .......Look at me? .......Talk to me? ..........is your head paining?.......madam sir where are your medicines?........Haseena......listen to me.....please.....don't do this......open your eyes.....Haseena please....." Tears had already made their way down to her cheeks, "I.....need to do something.....i need to distract her from her thoughts......What to do? ...." she was mumbling to herself looking here and there. Her eyes went on sharp iron tips of the boundary fence of the park, and without thinking for another second she had harshly pressed her palm on one of sharp ends, "AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! MADAM SIR!!!!" she literally screamed at the top of her voice filled with extreme pain which had caused a fresh set of tears and she was jumping in pain, shaking her hand and dropping blood down there on the ground. Hearing her painful yelling, Haseena had at once brought herself back to reality and opened her eyes, "Karishma!!!! Are you mad? How did this happen.....Oh my God!!! It is bleeding heavily....." Haseena screamed and unknown to herself set of tears streamed down her eyes to her cheeks. "Why can't you take care of yourself......you know I can't see you in pain....." She was tying her handkerchief on her palms while blabbering and crying, without noticing the pain she was feeling on seeing her pain until Karishma threw a question, "Madam sir, you are crying?.......Seeing my injury....why?" "What type of question is this....you are my frie....." and words halted in her mouth realizing what she was about to say as her mind had warned her, 'No....no, Haseena.....you want her to leave you like everyone else....love is not in your fate....don't ruin other's lives in trying to get love.' She at once wiped away her tears, changed her last word and added, "junior......yes.....you are my junior....i will bring first aid from car...." Within a minutes she returned with stone expressions on her face and first aid kit in her hand and started applying ointment on her wound while twitching and hissing herself instead of Karishma as every time cotton touch her cut. Forgetting her pain Karishma was enjoying her Haseena's care after so long, "I can't tell you how much I had yearned your care.....no matter you don't have our memories but your heart is the same....." she was thinking while smiling at her. 

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