[MATURE SCENE AHEAD]“This is just a rumour!! Not a confirmed news.” Riya said in a high pitch and Mishka left out a chuckle.“Rumour? Type about me and Chris and check out the next news,” She said and Riya turned the laptop in her direction typing Mishka’s name but there was nothing. In fact, news about Christian was also limited.Riya furrowed her eyebrows and typed different keywords, but still, nothing came. No news about their marriage, no news about the fashion show, no news about the car accident they suffered, no news about the modelling for Star Magazine, no news about the chemical factory incident. The last eight years of Christian and Mishka’s life were completely erased from the internet, including their famous hashtag CHRISHKA.“They have wiped out my existence and here I was trying my best to hide myself!” Mishka smiled, wiping tears from her eyes. “Knights never cease to amaze me,”Riya felt this weird, too. “Why are you crying? It’s not like you were planning to go bac
Summer Camp, A boy in blue jeans and a brown hoodie was sitting on the rock near the riverside, completely focused on the book he was reading while other children were enjoying themselves with their friends or involved in the activities assigned to them by their teachers. But he was sitting away from the crowd and his ocean blue eyes were busy reading the content of the book, flipping to the next pages when a group of kids of his age group appeared beside him and started to mock him. “Hey, why are you so boring? Come play with us.” They said, removing the cap of the hoodie from his head and his dark brown hair shined in the sunlight. The boy ignored them and continued to read, but his classmates started troubling him. They pulled his cheeks painfully. “Why are you always so miserable?” One of them said. “Of course, he will be miserable, his father never shows up and his mother is always busy.” The other boy said. “Poor unwanted baby,” They laughed at him, but he focused on his bo
At Summer Camp,Wearing a blue jacket and black trousers, a ten-year-old boy was standing facing the paper target. Black headband neatly lifted his light brown hair back, and he focused on the target through his eye blinder. He was holding Walther Hammerli’s ar20 air rifle in his hand and he waited for the next direction of his trainer.“Focus on the golden ring and shoot at 10,” The trainer said and the deep blue eyes of the boy focused on number ten in the middle of the target paper.“Shoot,” The trainer directed, and while he pulled the trigger, his friend Noah came running shouting his name, and the boy missed the shot.“Eric!!! Eric!!!” Noah came running to him and Eric lifted his eye blinder, looking apologetically at his trainer.“I am sorry, sir,” He looked down.“It’s alright, we’ll try again later!” The trainer patted his shoulder, but before he could say anything further, Noah interrupted them again.“Eric!” Noah rushed to him and was panting heavily while Eric glared at hi
NEW YORK,Mishka was sitting on the calabah swing on the balcony. She was thinking about something with her eyes pinned on the stars in the sky when Riya appeared with two cups of coffee and placed them on the table in front of her.“Don’t think so much,” Riya slid into the chair next to her and Mishka smiled.“Kiara slept?” She asked.“Yeah, after a lot of drama,” Riya replied as she handed her the cup of coffee and Mishka silently took a small sip. “What are you thinking about?” Riya asked.“I am trying really hard to manage my personal and professional life, but sometimes I feel I am failing to be a good mom to them,” Mishka said, and a tear escaped from her eyes that she tried to hide. “I took Kiara away from Christian, but do I really deserve her? She isn’t happy with me at all.”“What rubbish are you talking about? Kiara is so small, it’s just she doesn’t understand your ways sometimes,” Riya said and Mishka glared at her. “Okay, most of the time,” Riya corrected.“But that does
Christian walked out of the club and looked around, but nobody familiar was in sight. He took furious steps forward to check and heard some sounds from the empty alley. He rushed there and was shocked to find Daniel on the road while two boys were beating him.“Hey!!! Leave him,” He shouted, running to them and both the boys ran away in opposite direction, leaving Daniel on the road. Christian reached to Daniel and cupped his face. “Daniel, wake up.” He tried to wake him up, and the latter opened his eyes in a half drowsy state with a smile.“Hello, Chris bro!” He said and closed his eyes again. Christian helped him to stand back on his feet and called his chauffeur to bring the car, completely forgetting about Andrea.***Andrea exited the club and was trying to stop a taxi as her phone was dead to call her chauffeur when Danny stopped his car. He rolled down the window and looked at Andrea. “Come, I’ll drop you.” He said and Maya tried to peek at the person he was offering the ride
New York,The next morning, Kiara woke up and stared at her Mummy, who was caressing her forehead lovingly. “Did I sleepwalk again?” She creased her nose, finding herself in Mishka’s room and Mishka laughed, looking at her expressions.She nodded. “I told you to sleep with me, but you wanted your separate room and a separate bed.” She said, tucking a curly strand of hair behind her ear while Kiara turned the other direction and tried to get away from her, but Mishka clutched her small waist and pulled her back to her.“Let me go, I am not talking to you!” She said in a grumpy voice. “You always scold me for no reason.”“Kiara, I wasn’t scolding you. Okay, I am sorry! I’ll not raise my voice again,” Mishka said, and Kiara looked back at her with a winning smile on her face.“You will take me to India then.” She tried her luck again and earned a glare in return.“I took you to India when you were a small baby. The climate there doesn’t suit you.” Mishka and a look of disappointment cros
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER,An oxygen mask was removed from Christian’s mouth, there was a slow recovery in his health. One fine morning, Vera was sleeping on the couch inside Christian’s room when she heard him shouting and her eyes flicked open.“What are you doing here?” Christian spat furiously, his cold eyes pinned at Vera, and he tried to step down from the bed, removing the needle of the drip from the back of his hand.The blood started oozing and Vera rushed to him, and Christian looked at her, flabbergasted, as he couldn’t believe that she could walk on her two feet. “Stop!! Stay away from me, don’t come any closer,” He screeched loudly and Vera’s step halted.Christian pressed the switch near his bed and a nurse came in. He pulled a long face. “Drive this woman out right now!!! If I get to see her here again, I’ll burn down your hospital.” He shouted at the nurse. Hate was dripping from his eyes for Vera, who watched him, stunned.The nurse politely asked Vera to exit, but Vera cont
New York,“What happened, Nikhil?” Riya asked as soon as she entered his cabin.“That fucking lawyer isn’t picking up my calls or replying to my messages.” He spat furiously, “I went to his office, but he isn’t there and his assistant doesn’t know about his whereabouts.” He threw the chair on the nearby wall and Riya flinched.“Control yourself, Nikhil!” She said, her wide eyes pinned at him.“I WILL BE DOOMED, Riya!!!” He screeched loudly, sitting back on his desk. “I have worked my ass off to reach this position. I can’t lose like this.”Riya squeezed his shoulder. “Relax, Nikhil! Don’t lose your calm.”“And your friend, I don’t know what her problem is. I offered her money, double the sum I am paying to this lawyer, but she refused to take my case. I mean, why the fuck she can’t take cases which have media attention?” He continuously ranted and Riya stood there blankly, without uttering a single word.Nikhil gazed at her, “What!! Why aren’t you saying anything?” He asked and his mob