Through out the day he received those calls. Wholly annoyed and angry he was. Fiery temper had lost its way, instead dispersed thoughts lead there way. On that day he couldn't focus on his job. Same thing repeated on every call, and his work mused without any cause.
It was Spring Season. Aman was awake till 2 AM to finish his office work. This is quite common in his daily life. So finally at 2 AM, he closed all files and shut down his laptop. He set the alarm for 5:30 AM, and fall asleep within fraction of seconds. On that night he had a nightmare. He saw, he was standing at Exit 18 of Dwarka - Gurgaon Expressway. Suddenly a man in hurry, ran to cross the road. On the same time, his cell phone began to ring. Call was from unknown number, while answering he heard a smashed sound, followed by the loud cry. He looked up and found, the man who was crossing the road got hit by a Cab. He ran to see the man. While he was running, his phone rang again. He swiped his finger to answer the call, but he couldn't. He tried, and tried, then suddenly he was out of his nightmare, realizing his cell phone was ringing. He opened his eyes in shock, and found call was from unknown number. He swiped his finger on screen to answer the call, call was from cab driver.
Cab Driver said annoyingly, "Sir, this is Mukesh, your cab driver. I have been waiting from last 30 minutes. How long you will take to come down ?".
Aman quickly checked the time, it was 7:00 AM. By 7:00 AM he had to be in office.
In dismayed tone, he responded, "Sorry I could not woke up on time. I am coming in 10 minutes."
Sweating after seeing that nightmare, and shocked because he couldn't heard the alarm.
He raised himself in hurry, and got ready for office.
Cab driver drove faster than other days. Aman reached office by 8:15 AM. His boss gave him perished look but didn't say anything. He scanned all unread emails and started his office work.
At 9:00 AM, Aman's cell phone started ringing. He checked the number, it was of Cab Driver.
Aman answered the call in busy Manner, "Hello".
Mukesh in annoying tone, " Sir, this is Mukesh, your cab driver. I have been waiting from last 30 minutes. How long you will take to come down ?".
Aman responded confusingly, " What ? I am already in office, you only dropped me.
Mukesh said "ok" and cut the phone.
Aman began his work again.
At 9:45 AM, His cell phone rang again. Cab Driver was calling again.
Aman was confused about receiving call from him again, he answered questioning the driver.
Driver again in the same mode, in which he called, "Sir, this is Mukesh, your cab driver. I have been waiting from last 30 minutes. How long you will take to come down ?"
Aman got angry on him and shouted, "Are you mad or something ? Don't you know I am in office, why you called again ? Don't you know you only dropped me."
Driver said "ok" and cut the phone.
Aman looked around, all nearby colleagues were gazing at him. He felt ashamed, and started typing something quietly. He took several printouts for the report. And while he was reviewing, at 10:30 AM. His cell rang again. He felt like Dejavu. And wondered if the call was again from Cab Driver, he would not leave him.
And to his surprise, call was again from the same number.
This time as he was sure of his reaction, he walked towards nearby meeting room, closed the door and sat on one of the chair.
He answered the call politely, controlling all his emotions. "Hellooo, now what Bhaiya".
Cab Driver repeated the same statements in the same tone.
Now it was getting unbearable for Aman, but still he answered in extra polite way. " Bhaiya, what happened to you. Are you playing with me ? Whats wrong with you. Kindly don't call me again, I am already tensed, don't bother me anymore."
Mukesh said "ok" and cut the phone.
Aman took deep breathe and came outside. He sat on his chair, tried to relax himself. And tried to concentrate on his work. His meeting was about to start.
Again just after 45 minutes from the last call. His cell phone vibrated. Now he was sure about the calling person. He looked around and punched on the wall. And this time, he answered the without checking the number. He shouted," Hello". Call was from his mother.
Mother questioned him, "what happen beta!"
He responded,"nothing Mummy, I am heading towards meeting. Will speak to you later."
This time he was relieved. While he was checking the time on his cell phone. His cell vibrated, number flashed. Call was again from Cab driver.
He felt tired seeing it again. He didn't answered the call, he switched off the cell phone and entered in meeting room. His presentation didn't worked well, due to all happenings.
He was sad, astonished. He switched ON his cell phone. He checked the time, it was 12:00 PM, sharp. And his cell rang again. He went blank, to him it appeared, everything flashed off. He was sad with his presentation. He answered the phone, and again the same statements from cab driver. Not sure what to reply, he cut the phone. He switched off his cell phone and tried to bring himself back to work.
His whole team went out for Lunch, but Aman didn't felt like so he remained. It was 12:44 PM, Aman checked the time. Something made him to switched ON his cell phone. He called Cab Driver, there was message 'number is switched off'. But something kept on running in his mind, he kept cell phone on his hand. And there was call from that number again at Sharp 12:45 PM. These calls kept on coming after every 45 minutes.
Through out the day he received those calls. Wholly annoyed and angry he was. Fiery temper had lost its way, instead dispersed thoughts lead there way. On that day he couldn't focus on his job. Same thing repeated on every call, and his work mused without any cause.
Finally came the time, when he finished his office hours. It was 4:00 PM. He was eagerly waiting for the call from his cab driver. Surely, he was looking to find reasons for the unknown calls. Sharp at 4:02 PM, number flashed on screen, this number was different from the one through which Mukesh used to call.
He answered the call, "Hello".
Person from other end responded, " Hello Sir, This is Khalid, your new cab driver".
Surprisingly Aman responded, "Hi. " Paused for moment and asked, "Where is Mukesh ?".
Khalid went silent for awhile and responded with sadness in his tone, " Sir, Mukesh is no more."
Khalid continued , "He met with an accident at 9:00 AM, while he was returning after your drop, at exit 18 on expressway".
Cell Phone dropped from Aman's ear. Shocked, he lied on chair, slowly darkness covered his both eyes....
Cab Driver said annoyingly, "Sir, this is Mukesh, your cab driver. I have been waiting from last 30 minutes. How long you will take to come down ?".
Aman quickly checked the time, it was 7:00 AM. By 7:00 AM he had to be in office.
In dismayed tone, he responded, "Sorry I could not woke up on time. I am coming in 10 minutes."
Sweating after seeing that nightmare, and shocked because he couldn't heard the alarm.
He raised himself in hurry, and got ready for office.
Cab driver drove faster than other days. Aman reached office by 8:15 AM. His boss gave him perished look but didn't say anything. He scanned all unread emails and started his office work.
At 9:00 AM, Aman's cell phone started ringing. He checked the number, it was of Cab Driver.
Aman answered the call in busy Manner, "Hello".
Mukesh in annoying tone, " Sir, this is Mukesh, your cab driver. I have been waiting from last 30 minutes. How long you will take to come down ?".
Aman responded confusingly, " What ? I am already in office, you only dropped me.
Mukesh said "ok" and cut the phone.
Aman began his work again.
At 9:45 AM, His cell phone rang again. Cab Driver was calling again.
Aman was confused about receiving call from him again, he answered questioning the driver.
Driver again in the same mode, in which he called, "Sir, this is Mukesh, your cab driver. I have been waiting from last 30 minutes. How long you will take to come down ?"
Aman got angry on him and shouted, "Are you mad or something ? Don't you know I am in office, why you called again ? Don't you know you only dropped me."
Driver said "ok" and cut the phone.
Aman looked around, all nearby colleagues were gazing at him. He felt ashamed, and started typing something quietly. He took several printouts for the report. And while he was reviewing, at 10:30 AM. His cell rang again. He felt like Dejavu. And wondered if the call was again from Cab Driver, he would not leave him.
And to his surprise, call was again from the same number.
This time as he was sure of his reaction, he walked towards nearby meeting room, closed the door and sat on one of the chair.
He answered the call politely, controlling all his emotions. "Hellooo, now what Bhaiya".
Cab Driver repeated the same statements in the same tone.
Now it was getting unbearable for Aman, but still he answered in extra polite way. " Bhaiya, what happened to you. Are you playing with me ? Whats wrong with you. Kindly don't call me again, I am already tensed, don't bother me anymore."
Mukesh said "ok" and cut the phone.
Aman took deep breathe and came outside. He sat on his chair, tried to relax himself. And tried to concentrate on his work. His meeting was about to start.
Again just after 45 minutes from the last call. His cell phone vibrated. Now he was sure about the calling person. He looked around and punched on the wall. And this time, he answered the without checking the number. He shouted," Hello". Call was from his mother.Mother questioned him, "what happen beta!"
He responded,"nothing Mummy, I am heading towards meeting. Will speak to you later."
This time he was relieved. While he was checking the time on his cell phone. His cell vibrated, number flashed. Call was again from Cab driver.
He felt tired seeing it again. He didn't answered the call, he switched off the cell phone and entered in meeting room. His presentation didn't worked well, due to all happenings.
He was sad, astonished. He switched ON his cell phone. He checked the time, it was 12:00 PM, sharp. And his cell rang again. He went blank, to him it appeared, everything flashed off. He was sad with his presentation. He answered the phone, and again the same statements from cab driver. Not sure what to reply, he cut the phone. He switched off his cell phone and tried to bring himself back to work.
His whole team went out for Lunch, but Aman didn't felt like so he remained. It was 12:44 PM, Aman checked the time. Something made him to switched ON his cell phone. He called Cab Driver, there was message 'number is switched off'. But something kept on running in his mind, he kept cell phone on his hand. And there was call from that number again at Sharp 12:45 PM. These calls kept on coming after every 45 minutes.
Through out the day he received those calls. Wholly annoyed and angry he was. Fiery temper had lost its way, instead dispersed thoughts lead there way. On that day he couldn't focus on his job. Same thing repeated on every call, and his work mused without any cause.
Finally came the time, when he finished his office hours. It was 4:00 PM. He was eagerly waiting for the call from his cab driver. Surely, he was looking to find reasons for the unknown calls. Sharp at 4:02 PM, number flashed on screen, this number was different from the one through which Mukesh used to call.
He answered the call, "Hello".
Person from other end responded, " Hello Sir, This is Khalid, your new cab driver".
Surprisingly Aman responded, "Hi. " Paused for moment and asked, "Where is Mukesh ?".
Khalid went silent for awhile and responded with sadness in his tone, " Sir, Mukesh is no more."
Khalid continued , "He met with an accident at 9:00 AM, while he was returning after your drop, at exit 18 on expressway".
Cell Phone dropped from Aman's ear. Shocked, he lied on chair, slowly darkness covered his both eyes....
