Phone

"Hello", Dhruv's voice filled Sheela's ears. She was going through cacophony of emotions that she missed to catch his words.

After a pause, Dhruv had to again say, "Sheela?", to bring her back to attention.

"Yes… Mr. Dhruv… Um… Sir… There has been a mistake… I'm sorry.. I'm really very sorry", she almost started sobbing in the call without control over her own emotions.

"Slow down, Sheela… What happened?", rustling sounds could be heard over Dhruv's side showing that he was moving somewhere private to attend this call. Sheela's anxiety was being contagious as now, Dhruv's heart was in his hands too. During the silence, his mind imagined all possible scenarios that could easily go wrong, but he calmed himself down before listening again.

"Yeah.. Tell me, Sheela.. What happened?", he asked her slowly.