Her legs froze to see the person standing in front of her....."ch..cheeta....cheeta... tum yaha kya kar rahe ho??" she fumbled....she don't know if he has listened anything or not.... what if he heard everything.... what if the blackmailer got to know that cheeta knows everything... he will hurt her Karishma more....she had imagined a lot before cheeta could speak anything.... "maddam sir... aapki jeep par jo firing hui hai uska abhi tak kuch pata nahi chala...aur aap us road ka cctv footage nikaalne boli thi na jaha par karishma madam ka accident hua tha... maddam sir vaha par koi cctv camera hi nahi tha..."he said ...."thik hai aap jaaiye..."she said.... but before leaving cheeta gave her a reassuring smile which she didn't understand but smiled back....

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on call...

"madam, do you want some tea"he asked

"come to the point..!!"she yelled

"o..ohh aap to naraz hi ho gayi... okay... let me come to the point... your loving SI is bringing tea for you... so I want you to throw the whole glass of tea in her hand.... it will be fun..!!"

"tumne soch bhi kaise lia ki hum aisa kuch karenge... aur tumne kaha tha na ki agar hum tumari baat manenge to tum karishma singh ko koi takleef nahi pahuchaoge..."

"haan to mai apna promise break nahi kar raha... ab aap khud hi bataiye... ki aaj shaam ko jab vo duty se wapas lautengi to mai unka accident karwa sakta hoon...magar mai karwa raha kya??...nahi na... kyuki mai itna descent hu ki aapko ek mauka dena chahta aur aap hain ki mana kar rhi... it hurts madam.... and I don't like the people who hurts me..... arre dekhiye aapki SI aa bhi gayi.... all the best"

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KS: maddam sir.....

HM: ji karishma singh......

KS: aaj aap chaai peene bahar nahi aayi toh hum aapka aur hmara chai yahi le aaye...

HM: thank you... baithiye

KS: maddam sir aap kuch badli badli si lag rahi hain? Kuch hua hai kya??

HM: nahi .. ku..kuch.. kuch bhi toh nahi.. aapko aisa kyu lagta hai Ks ... She fumbled

KS: kyuki hum aapko ache se jaante hain...

HM: aisa kuch bhi nahi hai...

KS: acha thik hai ....maddam sir... hum ka keh rahe the ki aaj pushpa ji ka night duty hai aur unke lalla bhi ghar par nahi hai toh aap aaj ghar aaiye na..!!

HM: (coldly) karishma singh hum nahi aa sakte aaj sorry....

suddenly lavina khan entered....

LK: jai hind maddam sir

HM: jai hind lavina singh ...... she said with a smile ....aapko kuch kaam??

LK: nahi maddam sir... humne dekha aap aur karishma ji hain yaha par toh hum bhi aa gye

KS: haan to jab dekh lia tha hum dono baat kar rhe hain to aane ka ka jarurat tha

LK: jab haseena madam ko koi takleef nahi hai to aapko kya pareshani hai karishma ji...

KS: humko maddam sir se kuch personal baat krna hai.... aap jaiye abhi.... maddam sir inse jaane ko boliye.....

before haseena could say anything lavina gestured her to throw the tea on her hand... haseena picked her glass.... the tea was boiling hot.... karishma was continuously glaring at lavina.... she even didn't knew what haseena was upto... she brought her glass near her hand.... and threw it..... "aaaaahhhhh..!!!" she winced in pain..... karishma and Lavina looked at her.... Haseena had spilled the whole glass on herself only....

"maddam sir.... ye kya kia aapne...."karishma said taking out her handkerchief and cleaned her hand...."kuch nahi hua h KS... hum thik hain aap jaaiye..."she said pulling her hand from karishma's hand.... karishma ran out of her cabin....

"kya kia ye aapne...!!" LAvina asked her ...."humne...humne kaha kuch kia..."Haseena said "zyada masum banne ki koshish mat kijiye..."lavina said "hum to karne hi jaa rahe the magar galti se hmare haath me gir gayi hum kya karein.." she replied with a winning smirk..

karishma came back...took her hand in her hand and placed the icepack on the burnt part.... "karishma singh...hum thik hain iski zarurat nahi hai...."she said ...."chup rahiye aap....dhyan kaha rhta hai aapka.... itni laparwah hain.... haath jala liyaa...." she was scolding her having tears in her eyes.... "karishma singh chhodiye hamara haath... aap humari SI hain.... hamari caretaker nahi....aapki zarurat nahi hai hume..."she finally said those words which pierced into karishma's heart.. she wasn't believing her ears...

"maaf kijiyega maddam sir... hume laga hum apni dost ki parwah kar rhe the...ye batane ke liye shukriya ki hum aapke liye ek mamooli si SI hain..." she said and stormed out of the cabin in anger.... Haseena wanted to stop her,...hug her and tell her everything for once but She was helpless

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on call..,

"arre madam dil jeet lia aapne toh.... aapko toh grand salute... Kya mast sunaya hai aapne karishma singh ko... Maza hi aa gaya..."

"just shut up..."

"ab aage kya karna hai vo aapko Lavina batayengi... Okay, bye for now..!!"

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Lavina left the cabin after having a talk... Haseena closed her eyes....

"Hum majboor hain karishma singh... Ho sake toh maaf kar dijiyega..." She thought to herself....

.

.

next day...

haseena came out of her cabin and stood in front of karishma's table....karishma looked at her... they had an eyelock but Haseena immediately came back to her senses...

.. "karishma singh aapse kaha tha chargesheet ready karne ke liye aapne ki ya nahi abhi tak..??"she asked ....karishma nodded in 'no'... "Yahi ummeed thi aapse... Kabhi ek bhi kaam dhang se kia hai aapne?? ... Bss hamara kaam badhaya hai aur bigada hai..."she shouted ...."maddam sir... Karishma madam ke haath me chot lagi thi isliye..."santosh interupts... "Haa.. bas bahana mil gya inko kaam chori ka ek... Zara si chot kya lag gyi kaam se fursat...." Karishma was numb...just listening to what she is saying .... Is that what she thinks of her... "Maafi chahte hain maddam sir... Hum abhi khtm kar ke dete hain..."she said through her tears...."koi zarurat nahi hai...aap vo chargesheet Lavina khan ko de dijiye...vo kar dengi." "lekin....." "that's an order karishma singh..!"she said.. Cheeta was crying silently at her plight...

Karishma sat on her table... Haseena's words were echoing in her ears....

"bas bahana mil gya inko kaam chori ka ek... Zara si chot kya lag gyi kaam se fursat.."

Flashback...

"Karishma was framing a photograph of team mpt in the gym room... suddenly she hurted her index finger... "Ouchh!!"she gasped ...though it wasn't a deep wound but was bleeding.... Haseena came there for some files when she saw karishma there...her back was facing her..."karishma singh... Aap yaha??"she asked...karishma quickly hide her finger and turned... "Haan vo hum ye frame laga rahe the..."..."kya chupa rahi hain aap??" "K..k..kuch nahi...kuch bhi toh nahi..." "Haath dikhaiye..." "Kuch nahi hai maddam sir.." haseena forcefully pulled her hand from her back..."ye kya...ye chot kaise lagi.. kitna khoon aa rha... Aap rukiye hum ointment leke aate hain..."she got worried and bring the first aid... She was cleaning the blood with an angry expression.... "Maddam sir... Kuch nahi hai... Aap kahe load le rahi.."she tried... "Haan aapko toh kuch nahi dikhta hai....kya maza aata hai ye sab karne me..aap jaanti hai na chot aapko lagti hai dard hame hota hai.... fir kyu krti hain aap ye sab..." She said angrily... "Achha maaf kar dijiye aage se nahi hoga...."she assured and smiled....

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A fresh set of tears formed in her eyes remembering those moments... she was hoping that maybe she is tensed due to the recent case and will come and apologize to her when she will realize her mistake... but it never happened...