Love is dangerous with a Stranger
(A romantic, investigative and detective thriller)
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
“It is not going to be too much Stuart I just want work like this.” David Carter laughed. “In fact to keep myself busy with something like this I came to you again. I am ready to be helpful to you in as many ways as possible.”
“That’s enough uncle!” Stuart said. “I am now feeling relaxed and happy! With your help also I can develop Gaama even more.”
“But Stuart, as you are feeling that much respect and love on me, I want to ask something straight to you.” Suddenly a serious expression was set in David Carter’s face.
“You can ask anything you want.” Stuart leaned back in the chair with a smile on his lips as if he guessed what David Carter was going to ask.
“Why did not you prefer to marry yet? If I am not wrong in my assumption, you are not less than thirty six years aged.”
“You are wrong in your assumption uncle. I am thirty eight years aged.”
“But still........” with a shocking expression in his face David Carter said. “.........are not you thinking progeny is necessary to look after your generation and Gaama also? Why don’t you take it seriously at all?”
“Uncle I just don’t feel like marrying. I have no interest in family, children etcetera.” With an uneasy expression in his face Stuart said.
“Children are not just for you Stuart. They are to continue your generation also. I can say if your dad is alive on this day, he would not have let you remain unmarried till now. Your dad loved and liked you a lot and he has lot of hopes on you.”
“You are right uncle.” Stuart’s facial expression suddenly turned grim. “I am quite unfortunate that I lost my mom at my sixth year itself. From that moment my dad faced very much hardship to look after me and Gaama and he did not even prefer to marry.”
“Now also is not too late Stuart. You have to marry as soon as possible and produce someone to continue the generation of your dad and Gaama also.”
“I sure do try uncle.” Stuart said and he was about to say something more but then David Carter’s cell phone rang.
“A phone call from my niece. May I attend here itself?” David Carter asked.
“Need you ask me like that? Please do that.” Surprising in himself that David Carter has a niece also Stuart said.
“You naughty! When you can understand the things better? When you put your life on a track?” after saying hello and listening for sometime into the phone, David Carter said angrily and his facial expression also turned accordingly
While David Carter was talking like that, Stuart was looking into his face with a smile and surprise.
After listening few seconds intently David Carter said again. “Do you know how much of money I have paid to make you join in that college and stay in that hostel? Now you are saying that you cannot stay there!” David Carter’s forehead was with full of frowns.
“You are not a small girl Jas. Twenty one years old. Don’t behave and talk like a bloody thirteen years aged girl.” What he heard Stuart could not guess but the frowns on David Carter’s face were deepened even more. With the same expression he listened some more time before saying again.
“Alright. I know very well once you took a decision, I cannot change it. I send you my present address and you just come there.” There was some silence before he said again. “I am not angry. I am not a fool to become angry on you as I know it causes risk only to my health but have no affect on you.” Once again there was some more silence. “I make it sure that your stay here will be as much comfortable as possible to you. You don’t worry, I come to the railway station to pick you up.” After few more seconds of listening he said. “You just start from there and phone to me an half an hour before reaching the railway station. Bye.” Then he cut off the call.
“You never told me that you have a niece uncle.” With a smile Stuart said.
“This is also something not pleasant that I can tell to other people.” Sighing heavily and leaning back in the chair once again, David Carter said. “Yes, I have a niece. She is the daughter of my only sister. Her name is Jasmine. The naughtiest girl on the earth! I can proclaim with confidence that she was the reason for my previous two heart attacks and gives me no chance to get the fourth one.”
“Why you are worrying this much about her? What about her parents?” Stuart also leaned back in the chair and knitted his brows.
“Her parents were late. They both died in an accident at her tenth year itself. Lucky guys I think. From that moment onwards it is I who has been looking after her in all respects. To be frank Stuart.........” David Carter paused for a second before saying again. “...........we got only each other as blood relatives in the whole universe and we have no other relatives at all.”
“My god! This is very much pathetic!” Stuart’s face was filled with a sorrowful expression.
“I really feel very much fear what happens to her after me. I just don’t know when I have to leave this world with my heart problem.” David Carter’s face was suddenly with sorrow.
“It never does happen like that.” With assurance in his voice Stuart said. “Even something unfortunate happens like that, I look after her. You don’t worry.”
“Thank you very much Stuart. You really made me feel happy by saying like that.” Suddenly David Carter’s face was filled with happiness. “But you don’t know about her. However much love and affection I have been feeling on her, sometimes she makes me very much irritant and angry. She completed her graduation with business administration and I joined her in a very reputed college and put her in a hostel by paying huge money for her master’s degree in business administration. But just in four months she came to the decision that she cannot stay there anymore.”
“Don’t forget that she is still a kid.” Stuart laughed and said. “She already has some degree in her hands. Let her do with the rest of her life in the way she wants.”
“She is making me left with no other choice except that.” David Carter sighed heavily. “I was a single guy and I have to put her in hostels all along. She has been psychologically affected a lot by that. She always wanted the love and affection of parents which I cannot give to her at anytime. I think that makes her naughty like that.”
“Yes, there was such a possibility also.” Stuart nodded his head in agreement.
“Now she is going to stay along with me here I don’t know how long. In before I request you don’t mind if she vexes you with her naughty behaviour.” Suddenly there was a pleading expression in David Carter’s face.
“I can understand such kids and it never will be like that. You don’t feel fear.” Stuart was about to say something more but then he heard the tapping sound on the door of his chamber and said. “come in”
His secretary Isabella entered into the chamber and greeted them both with a smile on her lips.
“Sir, papers you have to sign.” Isabella opened the files before Stuart and got them signed by him. When she was ready to move away from that place, Stuart said. “Isa, something I want to tell.”
“Tell me sir, what it is?” with the same smile on her lips Isabella asked him.
“Uncle’s niece will be with him very soon and stay along with him for some days. You need to make her stay here as much comfortable as possible.”
“Oh, sure sir. I certainly do so.” Isabella said continuing the same smile and then she looked into the face of David Carter. “I don’t know that you have a niece sir.”
“Yes, I have niece, the daughter of my only sister, the naughtiest in the world.” David Carter laughed “But Isa I want to make a request.”
“Don’t make a request. Just order me. You are the most important person to us.” Isabella said.
“Jasmine is a difficult girl to deal with, naughty and without discipline. You are intelligent, clever and good. Just try to be friendly with her and get a change in her attitude.”
“So her name is Jasmine, very sweet.” Isabella laughed. “It is my responsibility not only to make her stay here all comfortable but to turn her into a good girl also. Just leave it to me.”
“You don’t know one thing! Isabella did her graduation with psychology. She knows a lot about human minds and how to deal with them.” Stuart said with a smile.
“Then it is even more good!” nodding his head with appreciation David Carter said. “My niece is going to be here day after tomorrow by four in the evening.”
Then the three of them disbursed from that place to attend to their respective works at that time.
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David Carter started from the office as soon as he received phone call from Jasmine that she was reaching the railway station and Stuart was also along with him. As soon as she alighted from the train, the first thing Jasmine did was, she came running to David Carter put her both hands around his neck and kissed on his right cheek before she was looking at Stuart with a questioning expression.
“I am working at this gentleman at present. He is the managing director of Gaama which share price you track everyday.” David Carter said.
“Of course I do!” her laughter was mellifluous. “Not just the share price but everything of it I track. What a big company that is with that much of turnover! I read about you also. I am really feeling very much exciting to meet a great person like you.” Extending her right hand towards him Jasmine said.
Stuart took that hand into his right hand just like he was in dream and as soon as his hand met with hers, she squeezed it a little and withdrew her hand.
“Shall we go home now? I could not feel much comfortable and could not get even a wink of sleep in my compartment even it was first class AC. I do hope I may get some sleep in the home at least.” Turning towards his uncle and looking into his face she said.
Then in David Carter’s AC car the journey was started towards his house from the railway station and it was five in the evening they reached it and now all of them were assembled in the main hall of the house. David Carter and Jasmine sat side by side in a sofa and Stuart and Isabella sat in two chairs opposite to them. Stuart phoned to Isabella when they started at railway station and by the time they reached the house she was also there.
“Beautiful! This house is indeed beautiful! I sure can do spend my time so happily here.” Looking around all over the house, Jasmine so happily said.
“Hearing your comment about the first class railway compartment, I did not hope that you would feel in this way about this house.” Stuart said while a small smile was decorating his lips.
“It is very difficult to know which Jasmine likes and which she does not like.” David Carter also smiled. “Anyhow I am not going to let her stay here for long. I simply cannot bear her more than a week.”
“Uncle please don’t say like that and spoil my mood.” Jasmine went near to David Carter on the sofa and put her both hands around his neck.
(I hope that you enjoyed upto here. I shall publish the next chapter as soon as possible. Please don’t forget to rate and review.)
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