Author's pov

Smiling sadly, Kahani was walking towards the portrait of Deep and Lekha when something caught her attention, stopping her dead in her tracks.

There was a shadow of a person on the balcony.

"Who can it be?" She said to herself.

"No no...what if it is a thief !!! Let's check before getting afraid." Her mind encouraged her.

Listening to her mind ,She gained some courage. She walked towards the balcony very slowly without making any noise.

She took some steps ahead but after that couldn't gain more courage ,seeing the sight in front of her.

Her eyes widened when she saw the silleatue of a person sitting on the swing of the balcony. The person's back was facing towards her.The swing was swinging very slowly ,making the typical noise of a swing.

Kahani started to sweat due to fear. Though she doesn't believe in any supernatural activity, the scene in front of her makes her doubt her own belief.

Kahani started to take her steps back . She just wanted to believe that it was just a nightmare and when she would open her eyes, these scenes would vanish.

Walking backwards she reached towards the door without taking her eyes away from the balcony where the person was still sitting on the swing.

Suddenly she bumped into someone which made her open her mouth to scream due to fear but it was closed immediately by a hand of a person. Kahani closed her eyes struggling in the arms of the person.

"Kahani."

Hearing the very familiar sound ,she stopped struggling and turned around. She immediately jumped in his arms as soon as she saw that it was her husband, Deep.

"Kahani, what happened?" Deep asked as he hugged her back. Hearing her fast heartbeat and feeling her heavy breathing, he understood that something had happened.
He rubbed her back to calm her down.

"Woh..woh...I...I went to the kitchen...to...to bring some water. When I was returning...returning ,I heard someone footsteps in this room. I went inside to check..
Deep, Deep, I saw a person on the balcony. " She said, breaking the hug.

"What? It's nothing like that. How can someone be in this room ? Nobody enters except me. Maybe you hallucinated. " Deep said.

"No...I am telling the truth. Trust me." Saying this, Kahani broke down.

Her tears and fearful self hurt Deep.
"Okay okay... I am checking, will you come with me?" He asked her softly.

Kahani nodded as she didn't want to be alone .

They both went inside . Deep switched on the lights . Then he went straight to the balcony to check it. Kahani kept standing in the room, shivering in fear.

"See, it's empty. Nothing is here." Deep said as he came back.

Kahani looked at him in disbelief and ran towards the balcony to see he was right.

"But....but..." Kahani stammered.

" It was nothing. You keep working the whole day. Taking care of everyone, doing everything for us, then handling Disha everything has taken a toll on your health. It is because of your lack of rest ,you are seeing these things. Your brain and you need rest. So come ,let's go." Deep tried to make her understand.

He took her hand and walked towards their room after locking the room.

But Kahani's mind couldn't forget what she saw.
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Next Day

"Kahani, are you okay?" As soon as Kahani joined everyone for breakfast, Mrs Raichand asked her as it was unusual that Kahani woke up late.

Disha was sleeping in her room.

"Yes ,I am fine. It's just that I was very tired. " She said . She didn't want to tell her little experience of last night. It was quite embarrassing.

"Where is Deep?" Kahani asked as she couldn't see him since the time she woke up.

"Here is your Deep, Kahani." Hearing the voice she looked at the kitchen to see him coming holding a tray.

"Your Deep" this unknowingly brought the blush on her cheeks.

"What's all these?" Mr. Raichand asked.

"Today's breakfast is made by me." Deep said proudly as he put the tray on the table.

"Why so?" His mother asked him in amusement.

"Maybe I want to make my wife happy." Deep said with a wink. Everyone looked at him with wide eyes. His parents were shocked and happy as they heard him flirting with his wife openly. Kahani was shocked and turned red because of his flirting as well.

"Hmm...not bad ,beta. You are exactly like me in this matter of romance." Mr. Raichand said and winked at his wife who glared at him playfully with red cheeks.

Kahani giggled, seeing their cute banter.

They had their breakfast while enjoying themselves.
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Kahani was playing with Disha who was giggling every time her mother was doing peek-a-boo with her.

Mr and Mrs Raichand had gone to a relative's house. Deep was in his office.

Kahani had already fed Disha her lunch.

"Let's go...it's time to sleep." She said to her little girl who whined as her playtime came to an abrupt ending.

It took Kahani almost half an hour to put Disha to sleep . She secured her in the crib with pillows around her.

She was about to go downstairs to bring her lunch when her phone rang in the silent house, making her jump on her place.

She smacked her forehead and picked the call up.

"What are you doing?" Deep asked her on the call.

Kahani went out of the room .

Closing the door, she replied, " Disha just slept. I was going to have lunch. Have you had your lunch?"

"No... I am done with my work. I am coming home now. Let's have lunch together at home itself ." Deep said with a smile.

Kahani smiled and said, "I am waiting, come soon. "

"Coming " Saying this Deep cut the call.

While talking on the phone Kahani didn't notice that she came in front of the library cum study room.

She shook her head and was about to turn around when she frowned, seeing the door slightly opened.

"Nobody came here. Then why is it open?" Saying this to herself, she entered inside.

She walked inside but froze in her place seeing the room filled with books. She was mesmerized.

She walked towards the shelf and was about to pick up a book when a thud sound made her turn around.

"Once again this is happening!!!" She said to herself. She gulped in fear.

She found a screeching sound of a chair being pulled. She turned towards the source but couldn't find anything.

Sweat started to form on her forehead and upper lips due to fear.

Her eyes fell on the table where a book was kept . Her heartbeat almost stopped when she saw a figure behind a book shelf.

Screaming her lungs out, she ran out of the room and went straight towards her room. Picking Disha up ,she ran downstairs.

Disha woke up being startled and started crying.

Keeping her eyes on her back she was running towards the main door and went out of the house.

She walked straight to the garden and started to pat Disha to calm her down which made her fall asleep again.

Kahani was still shivering and sweating badly.

She sighed in annoyance as she couldn't find her phone to call Deep. She wasn't ready to go inside to retrieve her phone.

After some time, she saw her husband's car entering the main gate.
She sighed in relief.

Getting down from the car, Deep frowned seeing her outside.

"What happened?" He asked as he walked towards her.

"Library .. I saw..I saw a figure. " She said and broke down holding Disha to her chest.

Deep understood once again she was hallucinating like last night.

He silently took her hand and started to walk inside their house.

Kahani stopped on her tracks as soon as they reached the main door. As Deep looked back towards her ,she shook her head.

"Do you trust me?" Deep asked her softly as he gazed at her fearful face.

She nodded.

They walked towards the library but as usual there was nothing.

Kahani looked down in shame and started crying. She saw everything but was embarrassed because she couldn't prove it to Deep ,maybe he will be laughing inwardly.

Deep took them towards their room.

He took Disha from her arms and laid her down in the crib.

"Kahani, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Sometimes we also imagine things when we feel tired. Your brain needs rest. You are just overthinking about something. " Deep said and pulled Kahani to his chest.

"Don't leave me ,please. " Kahani said as she hugged him tightly.

"I won't." He said, placing a small kiss on her head.

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