A normal person must have punched him by then but I had high patience level, so I asked him who that person was. He said, “Not one person, but several peoples. At least 5-6 guys or even more which I’m not aware of.” I asked him politely that could he prove that. He thought for a while and said, “Tomorrow is Tuesday, take your entire family with you and leave your wife behind. Go for some movie and when you’ll return I will be waiting with your proof.” Now that seemed like a bet so I accepted and returned back. The whole night I couldn’t sleep, I was having mixed type of feelings. On one hand I was cursing myself to give Subhash the challenge and doubting Nusrat. On other hand I was now suspicious about Nusrat behaviour and was having doubt on her.
Next morning, I called office and asked them for sick leave. After confirmation I announced that I got off from the office today. So I planned for an outing, I didn’t declare for the movie but asked everyone to join me at mall. I wanted Nusrat to stay back, but asking for formality was required. I asked her to join us in family outing. She asked me that how long this outing with take. I saw the clock which was saying 10, I pretended to calculate and said that we’ll return before 7 pm anyhow. She gave a disgusting look and said that she had some social gathering around 1 pm, so she wants to stay back.
I asked her few times to drop the gathering but later I said fine to her. We booked two taxis for the entire family, and packed inside. My mom asked for Nusrat and I said she was not feeling well. She didn’t argue and we moved to the mall. As soon as I reached the mall, I texted Subhash that Nusrat was all alone at home. He texted back a thumbs up and then after a minute texted again to keep the entire family away until he confirms back. I texted ok and placed the phone back in my pocket. We roamed in the mall, played few games in game zone, had snacks in the food zone and then I asked everyone for the movie. Now few were delighted but few weren’t interested. So a little force made everyone ready and we moved in the PVR. It was around 1 pm by then and I had texted Subhash around 10:45 am.
I didn’t receive any confirmation from his end by then. I didn’t bug Subhash neither I bugged Nusrat and got busy in the movie. I was around 2:30 pm and the movie had an interval, when my mobile buzzed. I saw text from Subhash which said work is over now and you all can come back. Now we were in middle of movie so we continued the movie and then returned home around 4 pm. Nusrat was not at home, so I called her on her mobile. She didn’t respond to my two complete calls but picked up the third one. I asked where she was and she said that she was in a social gathering, which she had already told me earlier. She was gasping while she was talking to me.
So I asked why she was gasping so much. She said that she and her friends where doing some kind of physical work, that’s why she was gasping. I asked when she will return home. But before she could answer she snivelled. Now that was suspicious for me, but I wanted Nusrat to tell me about it. So I didn’t ask anything, but she snivelled two to three times more and then said that she’ll be home around 7 pm. I didn’t reply for a whole minute expecting her to tell me why she was snivelling. But she didn’t say anything and asked whether she can go as she has some work to do. I hummed on it and she disconnected the call. It was around 4:15 pm then, so I decided to go and see Subhash in the time being. It was not that I was waiting for Nusrat, and wanted to see her at 7. It was just a blank enquiry for her.