GLIMPSES OF THE PAST-II
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Haseena tied the bandage on her hand and then added, "You sit here in the car, I will be back taking the CCTV footage, and then we'll go to Hospital for Tetanus Injection." Karishma frowned and added, "No, I will accompany you......my hand is hurt not my feet." Haseena rolled her eyes and added, "Why are you so stubborn....fine let's go." Sending the lady for her home, they moved towards control room to analyze CCTV footage of the theft.
"I think I had seen him somewhere......." Haseena said putting pressure on her mind, "Yes.....he lives there on opposite of the park.....Let's go..." She added and they both moved out of the control room.
Climbing two steps ahead was a small opened courtyard in which a middle aged man with torn clothes were sitting with a lady of same age wearing a simple old Saree. Haseena and Karishma stepped inside and picked up the stolen bag from his side, sucking winds out of the lungs of the couple. They were staring at the cops, with folded hands, while Lady's eyes were already wet. "Don't you feel ashamed that regardless of being perfectly fine in health you are still snatching away people's hard earned-money?" Karishma shouted angrily clenching his collar. "Pardon me madam, but hunger could n't differentiate between hard-earned and stolen. Moreover, for you it might be an offence but for a poor helpless father and Son like me, it is the happiness of my kids who got something to eat after days; it is the hope of my old mother to spend some more moments with her granddaughters who got a dose of medicine," without having any tinge of fear or shame in his eyes, he put his point in front of them, touching their right cords. Seeing Karishma's loosened grip on his collar and wet eyes of Haseena, he further added by gesturing towards the only room of the house, "If you don't believe me then see yourself." Karishma looked at Haseena for permission to which she nodded slightly. Both Haseena and Karishma took to steps ahead, and standing on the edge of the room, they both looked inside.
In an iron container, some wooden sticks were burning creating a cozy environment inside the room. Beside which an old lady was sitting smiling looking at two eight to ten years old little girls who were running around her in circle, giggling and shouting, "Dadi, come on catch me.....come on Dadi, raise your hand and catch me.....Dadi, here, Dadi here." An instant smile crept up at both cops' lips seeing such blissful smiles and giggles.
Unfortunately, Dadi's duppatta which was placed on the chair, had slid down resulting its one end to fall in the container. "Dadi.....fire!!" both the girls screamed getting every one's attention. "Dadi ji...." Karishma screamed and ran towards her. She had at once threw away the duppatta wrapped around her neck. Poor girls got frightened, suddenly engulfed there mother and started crying while mumbling, "Sorry Dadi.....I hurted Dadi....sorry.....it's because of me....sorry...." On one side, he was sprinkling water on the fire lit duppatta, mother was consoling her daughter who were repeatedly mumbling sorry. On other side, Karishma had engulfed old lady in her embrace with tears streaming down her eyes as a memory hit her while Haseena was glued to the spot as everything around blacked out and her mind was repeating the girls' words like a fast reel 'Dadi.....fire!!' 'Sorry Dadi.....I hurted Dadi....sorry.....it's because of me....sorry....'
In compound of Malik villa, an old well-dressed woman was sitting on wheel chair warning two twelve year old girls who were busy in their work ignoring her, "Karishma, Haseena.....don't do this....you can get hurt.....it's not your job.....you are still small for this....beta, any of the servants would do it....Haseena, are you listening to me?" "Oho Dadi!! Just chill.....we are now grown up....we can lit these Diya's....." Both Haseena and Karishma together responded, then looked at each other and burst out laughing. Their giggle had put an instant smile on her face which soon turned out into worry seeing them not listening to her, "You won't listen to me like this.....see what I will do now..." She shouted and started pressing the bell attached to her chair. Haseena giggled and added, "Dadi!! Stop it....all the servants are busy in decorating pool side for tonight's party.....none will listen to you.....you want to complaint right?...Very bad.....don't be a spoil sport dadi.....nothing will happen to us.....you do one thing take this cotton and make wicks out of it." Haseena added giving her a cotton roll while Karishma giggled at her antics.
Karishma was setting all Diya's at a distance of two hands, starting far from Dadi's back till the gate. Haseena ran inside and brought bottle of lamp's oil from inside. Starting from the farthest corner, she was putting oil in all one by one while dropping few drops on the ground in meanwhile. Upon filling half of them, Karishma added, "Haseena Let's first lit these." "Okay!!" she responded. After putting wicks in them, she pressed the lighter to lit the first one, then second one, then third one, just then accidently one fire lit wick fall on the ground where there was a long trail of oil drops. In a fraction of second, fire lit along the trail of oil, causing Dadi to stuck inside the round of fire, "Dadi.......Fire!!!" both Haseena and Karishma screamed horrifically. "Oh My GOD!!!" escaped Dadi's lips and she put her thumb on the bell button in hope that someone would listen but unfortunately, fire was increasing and no one was listening to her bells and girls' scream for help. Karishma then shook Haseena and shouted, "Haseena we have to extinguish fire.......Haseena!!!" She nodded still taking hiccups and started looking here and there for a way. "Sand!!!" she screamed loudly and they both ran towards one corner of the lawn where a heap of sand was placed. Karishma had picked up an iron container from a distance and Haseena had started putting sand in it with swift speed while crying and mumbling, "Dadi!! Dadi!!" Both the girls were busy filling the container with sufficient sand at their full speed when Haseena screamed suddenly looking back at Dadi, "Dadi....your duppatta.....it had caught fire.....throw it away....hurry up!!"
Taking the sand filled container they both ran towards the round of fire where fortunately Dadi had thrown fire lit duppatta at a distance. Karishma was using her fists while Haseena was shaking the container and throwing sand on the round of fire while heavy tears were streaming both the pair of eyes as they were shouting, "Don't worry Dadi!!! Nothing will happen to you.......nothing will happen to you.....Dadi..." They had successfully extinguish fire. Throwing the container away, they both ran to Dadi who had took both little frightened crying figures in her embrace.
Clenching on to Dadi, Karishma was crying with hiccups tightening her hold around her, while Haseena was not only crying but shaking her head continuously jerking away the horrific imagination and mumbling, "Sorry Dadi.....Sorry Dadi....i should have listened to you.....It's all because of me.....because of me your hand got burnt......I hurted Dadi.....Sorry....."
Karishma came out of her memory lane by lady's loud voice, "madam what happened to you?" She diverted her attention towards the voice only to see Haseena sitting on her knees, taking deep difficult breathes, shivering body and tightly closed eyes; once again trying hard to focus on blur black and white faces of a similar incident and screaming voices. "Haseena...." Karishma shouted and ran towards her. Sitting at her level, she called her loudly but she was not listening to her, she then held her from both her shoulders and shook her vigorously, "Haseena.....open your eyes!!!" Upon failing by this technique also she harshly pinched her skin on her upper arms, "Ahhh!!!" she screamed, compelled to return to reality. "What is happening to you....Madam sir.....?" She asked her worriedly but she shrugged away her words and diverted the topic.
"This is my card, I am referring you in Malik enterprise....go there with all your documents and they will give you a job. And don't worry, company will bear the expenses of your mother's treatment and your daughters will study in Malik High school," Haseena ordered handing him her card with a referring statement shocking the whole family while a proud smile spread on Karishma's lips. "Madam, who are you?" he asked with folded hands in gratitude. Haseena put down his hands and added, "Haseena Malik- S.H.O woman Police Station Lukhnow, owner of Malik group of Industries and Managing Director of Malik Enterprises." "Madam!!" he lied down on her feet overwhelmed with gratitude, "What are you doing?" Haseena at once jumped back, "Please get up!!.....Please." He stood up and added with joined hands, "Thank you so much madam.....you are our Godmother." Haseena joined her hands in response and added, "please....don't say this.....i am just an ordinary human being like you and everyone else....." with that they both left from there taking away the bag and documents of the complainer. "May God grant your every wish!!" That old lady prayed silently.
After that Haseena on driving seat wile Karishma beside her, as they were on a silent journey towards hospital drowned in their respective thoughts. Karishma was looking her bandaged wound and was smilingly thinking about Haseena's care while Haseena was pondering over her the sudden feeling of restlessness followed by the blur flashes she was frequently getting. She applied breaks to both the car and their thoughts, at the hospital gate. "Let's go!!" she commanded to the point and both came out of the car.
She dropped Karishma to her home and herself moved towards Police Station. "Pushpa ji, why are you here by now?" "Madam, it's my night duty!!" "No, no....you need rest, go to home I will do the night duty." "But madam..." "It's my order Pushpa ji.....go and take my driver with you," Pushpa ji nodded with a warm smile and moved out of the station.
Haseena was sitting in her cabin, doing one file then next and then next as always ignoring her increasing body ache. After completing Police Station's files, she was looking at accounts file of Malik groups when she found something fishy in Malik Enterprise- Lukhnow branch. "Dhruv Roy!!! You dared to cheat me......now you will pay the consequences.....Haseena Malik hate dishonesty and you will pay the price for this...." She shouted loudly after closing the file with a thud.
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