Chapter 11: Chapter 11

Memory of Roshni Continues

Before I could say anything, Ammi spoke up.

"Now she is out of danger Heer."

Heer looked at Ammi and Tithy and said, "I will stay here with Roshni Api. You both should go home and take some rest. You both look tired."

"But I want to.."

When Ammi tried to refuse to go, I spoke up.

"Ammi, you heard what Doctor said. I am

fine. Heer is right. You both should go home now. You both need rest also.”

Everyone was talking but Tithy seemed lost somewhere. Finding this odd, three of us turned to her and Heer spoke up.

"Tithy, it's okay. Don't worry. Go home and take some rest. Besides, Api needs to eat. Aunty will cook for her and you can bring that, right?"

Mrs. Ayesha nodded to that and said," Right. I need to cook for her. Tithy, we should go and come within few hours. Till then Heer will be with her."

Tithy silently looked at everyone and got near me and I tried to convince her.

"It's okay sweetie. After taking rest for a while, you come back to me, okay?"

Smiling sadly, Tithy nodded to that and hugged me lightly. Then she turned to Ammi and said, "Let's go Ma. We need to hurry."

Ammi also hugged me and patted my back. When I looked at her face, she said, "We will be back shortly, sweetheart. You take some rest."

Saying this, she kissed on my forehead and left from there with Tithy.

When they left, Heer sat beside me on the bed. I looked at her with a sad smile.

Turning other side, Heer caught the sight of the flower bouquet. When I also turned to the flower bouquet, Heer got up and brought the bouquet to me and asked, "Who brought it, Api? It's beautiful"

When I replied that I didn't know, she gave me something and said, " What's this, Api?"

I was thinking who could be the sender when she got me to catch the sight of an envelope.

After thinking for a while, I opened it and got shocked seeing what was inside the envelope.

There were a note and some pictures.

The pictures were of my family which includes Heer also.

In a picture we three were with Ammi getting out of a hospital. It was the hospital where we used to go for Ammi's routine checkup.

In a picture Tithy and Heer was together sitting in a restaurant and other one was of me sitting alone on a chair at a roadside cafe.

Heer and I was looking at each other being utterly shocked. Without saying anything, I turned to the envelope and got out the note.

There was a writing on one side of the note.

“Some things are better left untouched.”

When I turned to note to the other side, I found another writing.

“If you keep looking for us, we will find you first.”

Before I could say something, Heer asked me, "Who do you think send this, Api?"

"I don't know."

I whisperingly answered and tried to get myself together. Heer was again about to say something when it hit my mind and I spoke up.

“Titly”

I was looking for her family and trying to find the reason why she was in that state that night...

While I went on thinking like that, Heer spoke up after remaining silent for some time.

"Titly is no more, Api. Our effort will not make the situation better let alone make it worse. You know it better. Then why are you going on like this?"

When I glanced at Heer, I found her giving me a pleading look to stop. She was concerned about me, about us.

Looking at her, I became silent thinking what should I do now.

I was not being able to decide anything but my heart kept telling me the same thing which was not letting me to stop whatever I was doing.

Whenever I decided to stop, my heart convinced me that I have to go on saying,

"Roshni, you can’t turn away from this problem forever. It’s right to go on trying to solve this and if it needs you to stand alone then you have to. You won’t be able to ignore it. You cannot pretend it didn’t happen to you. It’s not in you, Roshni.”

I came back to reality when my phone rang off. It was Murat Sir.I attended the call and he asked for some files.

Taking the files from my table, I left my cabin.

Ruhaan's P.O.V.

It was lunch time. After working for several hours I felt hungry and thought of going to company cafeteria.

Entering cafeteria, I found Tithy eating with others while gossiping.

But strangely she wasn't blabbering. She was listening to others.

Seeing me, some of the employees greeted me. Greeting them, I went forward and took my meal.

I took a seat and started eating. While eating, I thought in mind, "Is she still upset or something!"

Finishing my meal when I was leaving, I heard Tithy saying, "I always wanted to become a secretary" and got paused there...

Tithy's P.O.V.

At lunch time Neety came to call me for lunch. I was upset and was in no mood to eat but Neety literally dragged me to the cafeteria.

When we started eating, some other colleagues also joined us. All of them started gossiping while taking their lunch.

I was mostly a listener which rarely happens. I generally never get upset on random things but when Ruhaan sir scolded me no whenever I found him upset, I also become upset automatically.

On the dining table I lost the track of their gossip but came to reality when Neety asked me what did I wanted to become.

The sentence slipped of my tongue without getting me to understand properly."I always wanted to be a secretary"

Neety smiled at me and said, "Pretty cool. You fulfilled your dream then."

I was done with my lunch. With a smile I got up taking my plate while replying her, "Sort of."

When I turned, I found Ruhaan Sir standing there like dumbstruck and staring at us to be more precise staring at me.

Looking at his blank face my jaw dropped. I greeted him with a nod and left from there.

When I came back after sometime, he was gone from there.

I also left the cafeteria with Neety and went towards my cabin.

When I was sitting idly in my cabin thinking about random things, Maria one of my colleagues entered with a file in hand.

She put the file in front of me on the table and said, "Do some work also."

I looked at her blankly. She again said, "Take the file to Ruhaan Sir. He is needed to check it."

She left my cabin but not before giving me a sarcastic look.

Nonetheless I remained silent and when she left, I got up. Taking the file, I started forwarding to Ruhaan Sir's cabin.

I was almost there while thinking of random stuffs and absentmindedly collided with someone.

When I found the person none other than Ruhaan Sir, I immediately apologized.

"I am sorry, Sir."

He stared at me for a while with a blank look and then said, "It's okay."

"Like seriously he said it's okay!! Didn't he say on my first day if he found me absentminded ever, I will be out of my job." I thought in mind.

When I remained silent, he asked me, "What brings you here?"

"Sir, the file. You are needed to check it." I replied forwarding the file to him.

"Leave it on my desk. I will check later."

I assumed he was going out and asked again "Sir, are you going somewhere? Should I accompany you?"

He looked at his watch and said, "I am off to meet Mr. Mahmud. No. You don't need to accompany me."

"But sir, I can accompany you. I mean meeting Mr. Mahmud with you for office work is kind of my job also. If you want, I can.."

He interrupted me and said smilingly, "Yeah it's a part of your job but you don't need to accompany me. When you are done for today, you can leave."

Saying this, he left from there. He was smiling but for what!!

Anyways finding him smiling, a small smile occupied my lips also.

I got back to my cabin and started my work.

Ruhaan's P.O.V.

When I heard of Tithy's aim, I got paused there. Turning to me, Tithy greeted me silently and walked passed me.

I came back to reality when my phone rang off. While attending the call, I left the cafe.

The call was from Mr. Mahmud. I had a meeting fixed with him. I returned to my cabin and took a file and checked it.

When I was about to leave my cabin, I collided with someone. It was Tithy. She immediately apologized then.

When I said, "It's okay" she got surprised may be she thought of my warning of first day.

When I said to her that I was going out for a meeting and she didn't need to accompany me, finally she got back to her normal self.

She started blabbering to state reasoning her points to go with me.

I smiled at her being relieved but nonetheless forbade her to accompany me.

I told her to leave after her work and left from there as I might not be coming back to office after meeting.

As I knew after meeting Mr. Mahmud, I won't be able to work again but I had to meet him nonetheless.

I walked up to the elevator passing her. The smile that occupied my lips finding Tithy back to her normal self, faded instantly at the thought of the meeting...