Pat 52 Where is Khushi?

Arnav searched for Khushi in the house. There was no glimpse of her presence in the house. He checked her shoes. All her four sets of shoes were there but her slipper was missing. He sat on the couch and waited for her to come. He thought she might have gone to meet her neighborhood friend. He came to the balcony and looked here and there for her. He didn't see her anywhere. Don't know where she went. Can't she inform him before going anywhere? Doesn't she know he would be worried, not finding her? She should be doing this to make him worried. She is playing with him a lot nowadays... He sat on the couch and sighed.

Arnav started watching TV. As time passed, he lost his patience. Why the hell she is taking time to come back? Removing his phone, he dialed her Swiss number. Her phone was switched off. What the hell...? Why did she switch her phone off? She never had done that... then why now? Or, doesn't her phone have a charge? Why the hell she is doing this? Why? Where is she? Did she really go to meet her neighbor or he is thinking wrongly?

Arnav rushed to Jeff's flat and knocked on the door. Mrs. Jeff opened the door.

"Can I meet Jeff?" Arnav asked.

"Jeff, someone is asking for you," She said looking inside.

Jeff peeped from inside and smiled at Arnav.

"Hello, Arnav... do you want something?"

"Is Khushi here?" Arnav asked.

"Khushi? No... she didn't come here. She must be in your flat..."

"No, she is not there too," Arnav said agitatedly.

"She might have gone to the nearby shop to buy something..." Mrs. Jeff said.

"No, Mrs. Jeff... I was the one who went to the market. She sent me to the market. When I came back buying things, she was not at home and the main door had been left unlocked" Arnav said worriedly.

"Strange..." Jeff said thoughtfully.

"Her phone is also switched off. Don't know where she went" Arnav said restlessly.

"Did you check whether she had put her phone in the charge?" Mrs. Jeff asked.

Arnav nodded no and walked out. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff followed him. They came to Khushi's flat. They looked here and there whereas Arnav checked the plug point in which Khushi charges her phone but there was no Khushi's phone.

"Did you check, whether all the Khushi's shoes are here...?" Mrs. Jeff questioned.

"Yes, but, her slipper is missing," Arnav said.

"That means, she should be gone somewhere nearby..." Jeff said.

Don't know why Arnav felt a restlessness in his heart. He didn't know what to do as he was new to the place. He didn't even know where to go and whom to ask.

"Don't worry Arnav... we will wait for one more hour and then go to the police" Jeff said.

Arnav nodded ok gulping down. Though Jeff asked him to wait he couldn't be sitting at home. He went to the ground floor and started inquiring about Khushi, showing her photograph to people. But, he didn't get any useful information from anyone.

He saw a girl playing in the nearby park. Arnav went to the girl.

"Hi..." He said.

"Hello... what can I do for you?" The girl asked.

"Did you see this girl?" Arnav asked the girl, showing Khushi's photo.

"Oh, yeah... she was standing near a car, talking with someone who was sitting in the car, there..." she said pointing at the entrance of the apartment.

Cutting her,

"With whom?"

"I don't know... I couldn't see his face and I have never seen the car before in this place."

"What car it was?"

"It was a Ferrari car and red in color..."

"Did you see where did she go after talking to the man?"

"She didn't go anywhere but gone in the same car... "

"In the same car...?" Arnav was shocked.

Khushi went in the car... but why the hell? How could she go without telling him...?

"Yeah... she was leaning on the car seat"

"Could you remember how the man looked like?"

"No... I didn't see his face"

"How long she talked to him?"

"She came out from the building, talking on the phone and she walked to the car with a smile, waving her hand at the person who was sitting in the car..." the girl said.

Arnav was horrified. Whom did she meet? The person would be her friend. That's why she smiled at him. Did she go with him or did he take her forcefully from here? Who the person is? Why did he take her?

"Where is your house?" Arnav asked.

"There... F block 8D" she pointed at the building that was on the left side.

"Thank you so much," Arnav said.

He again rushed to Jeff's house and told him everything that he heard from the girl.

"Who did she meet?" Jeff asked scratching his jawline.

"I don't know, Jeff but the person should be her friend," Arnav said.

"How are you so sure of it?" Jeff asked.

"She smiled at the person... so, he would be her friend"

"Yeah, you are right..."

"Did she invite any of her friends to your house?" Mrs. Jeff asked

"No... she didn't..."

"Do you know any of her friends?"

Arnav nodded no sadly but something sparkled in his mind. CHARLES...

"Yeah, I know one of her colleagues... we met him in the Railway station before going to Zurich," Arnav said.

"Then we can get his help to meet other friends of her"

"Yeah...good idea..."

"Do you have his number?" Jeff questioned.

"No... but I know he is from Holligen..."

"Holligen is a big place. How could we search him in the big area?"

"Let me check whether Khushi had been written his number anywhere..." Arnav ran to his flat.

"I will also come with you..." Jeff followed him.

They searched for the information but nothing they could get. Arnav checked all the notes and books in the cupboard. He got irritated as he couldn't find anything. He kicked the bag furiously and a small diary slipped from the bag. Taking it, he checked it. his face lit as a few phone numbers and addresses were in it, including Charles's but his phone number was not there.

"Jeff, I got it... Charles's address is here" Arnav said.

"Let's go to Holligen..." Jeff said.

Arnav nodded ok and left the house with Jeff, towards Holligen to meet Charles.

To be continued...