"I spy you!" - 57

“Oh, it is job pressure! I have a colleague who is a close friend of mine; she went out with one of our colleagues and ...” she lowered her voice and said, “She did not take any precaution. She is too close to me and I have been told by her how it feels like”

Amruta just opened her mouth and closed two – three times, as if her theft has been discovered!

It was now Vasu’s turn to probe. “Hey, I remember now! You exclaimed ‘are you also pregnant?’ Now tell me who is the man?” she asked putting her hands on Amruta’s shoulder now.

Amruta just put her head down as if by shame and kept quiet.

That means she doesn’t want to tell who sired her child! ‘I have to keep an eye on her’ thought Vasu even though even now she did not know why she felt that she should keep an eye on Amruta. Is the feeling that she saved her from a horrible fall so strong that it is masking her judgment about Amruta?

When the date of arrival of baby was discussed with Amruta, she mentioned a date. Vasu immediately exclaimed, “It can’t be true! My friend’s is actually almost the same day, may be one day earlier or later” She was hell bent on being on the side of Amruta when her baby’s delivery takes place.

Amruta expressed her satisfaction for visiting Vasu. “But how come you were here today?” asked Vasu.

Amruta just smiled and said, “I shall tell you in the due course of time”. She went off happily to her hometown.

Why did she come here? Was it so secretive that she dodged the question? Were the two questions revolving round Vasu when she left for the airport the next day evening.

She had now donned the role of Suparna who has to roam around in a Western country as a tourist.

She landed without any problem. She had made slight changes in her appearance.

Someone who was close to her could have recognized her as Vasupradha. Otherwise, she was quite a non-entity, actually a tourist visiting the famous historical capital city of a nation. She had worn dark glasses. A vanity bag was hanging from her left shoulder. In her right hand she had some brochures having details of the buildings. She was moving in a group of tourists feeling quite safe. In her mind she was thinking ‘why I have been asked to come here? What are they checking? Suppose I get into some problem, is there anyone to even know my existence?’

She suddenly became aware that a pair of eyes is piercing her back. This knack she had developed ever since she came on board of Intelligence office.

She still felt comfortable moving with the group of tourists. After a few minutes the lady tourist who was all this time with her and chatting continuously said, “I feel queasy. Can you call my husband who is standing at the other end of the road please?” and pointed out to a man there.

Vasupradha nodded and left to the corner of the road where a man was standing. What she did not see was the two men approaching her. They came suddenly and dragged her into a van which came there out of the blue. She was pushed inside the van and it sped from that place.