Chapter 203 - Look, who's growing up at last!

Meera quietly walked past her sister and mother without really drawing attention to herself. Not that they would be much bothered even if they did see her… but still… she still did not have the mood to face them after what she had heard and what she had thought of. And there was also a slight guilty conscious of having eavesdropped on their conversation just now. So, she carefully sneaked back to her.

As soon as she went in, she sat on her bed for a while biting on her lips nervously. A full minute passed before she decisively took out her phone and dialed Zack's number.

As the phone rang, her own nervousness grew. She was not worried that Zack would still be angry with her. But she was actually more ashamed of herself. If possible she would not really want to meet up Zack today… especially after she reacted the way she did. All because he got a work call in the middle of the night… So with what face can she expect him to actually attend her call now?

When the call did not connect after 5 or 6 rings, Meera was getting dejected and anxious. But just when she was about to lose all hope and hang up, the call connected. But in spite of it, Meera did not talk… her heart was pounding on her ears as she bit on her lips out of nervousness.

But to her utter dismay, even Zack remained silent without talking to her.

As time ticked by, Meera mustered up some courage and opened her mouth to talk. Her voice was barely louder than the buzz of a mosquito, "Zack… I… I just…"

Zack let out a sigh and asked interrupting her, "Have you reached home safely?" His voice was soft as ever.

"Yes…" Meera mumbled and stayed quiet. But then she thought of something and asked, "You reached office? Are you busy?"

Zack's lips twitched but then he answered, "Yea. I just reached. I am at parking. I was just about to go up when you called."

"Oh!", Was all Meera mustered to say as a reply. 

Seeing as she was not speaking, Zack himself asked instead, "Why did you call?"

"I… I… I just wanted to apologize for before… and then… uhm… there was something I wanted to warn you about…" Meera said hesitantly. She did not know how to start telling him about what she had just heard between her own sister and mother… she did not know where to start or what to tell. Especially after how she had roasted Shreya in front of Zack not even an hour ago for being self-centered and self-conceited.

She was embarrassed beyond to even talk to Zack… let alone talk about her family purposely sabotaging and plotting against Shreya right after she told him that Shreya had ruined her family.

And of course, there was this other part which felt guilty for tattle tailing on her own family. She felt like a rat. As if she were betraying her trust or something. Not that they had much in her but still.

But deep down she was just a little girl who was craving some warmth and with a straight conscience. So, involuntarily her integrity was with Zack more than her own family even if she hated it. But then it had more to do with the fact that her own family had done something wrong than to the fact that Zack had been good to her.

This battle inside her head came to a stop when Zack's voice buzzed through the phone, "What is it Meera? You are alright there kiddo?" Zack asked in a gentle voice after waiting for a while.

"It was… it was actually Susmitha who leaked the scoop on headlines last week on Shreya…" Meera split it out in one breath as if she couldn't wait to get it out of her mouth fast enough.

Zack was stumped for a second. He was not really expecting that… for obvious reasons of course. But when he did think about it, Meera was exactly the kinda person to do that. After all, just because he had saved her in the passing, she had been following him around like a glue for the past few months. But still, he had his doubts since Meera seemed to have a deeper grudge on Shreya for almost the whole of her life. But either way, he was surprised and happy.

"Look who is growing up, at last!" Zack made a joke light-heartedly chuckling away.

Meera blushed embarrassed but still, she continued, "Susmitha is planning to release more information… I don't know what kinda information though. But I heard her telling mom that she has more valuable information… and she was going to keep exposing them until Shreya comes and begs to take her back into the company… And that… that Shreya had enemies in high places she was afraid of and that it will be dangerous to expose such things…" She remembered every last detail she could think of and told Zack fearing leaving out anything could eventually lead to an even more dangerous situation for Shreya.

"Hey, don't worry. Shreya already knows that is was Susmitha… And nothing will happen to her…" Zack interrupted her rambling.

"Oh…" That was all Meera managed as a reply.

"You don't have to worry. Shreya knows what she is doing… she had known something like this might happen when she fired your sister…" Zack explained further.

Meera let out a sigh of relief… Then she bit on her lips as she hesitantly asked, "Why… why did she fire my sister? What did she do?"

"She beat one of the interns in her department… Last time she let it slide because she is uncle's daughter even though the employee was in ICU for two weeks… this time she couldn't…" Zack said. He felt that it was integral for Meera to wake up from her dreamland about her own family. So, he told her things straightforwardly and brutally.

Meera remained shell shocked for a minute before she could even think about a reply. But she did not really know what kinda reply will be appropriate for something like this. So, she just said goodbye and cut the phone in a hurry.

She did not want to believe but a part of her already believed in it. This fight within her was confusing for her. She felt lost and agitated.

So she decided to call it a night and fall asleep before she drives herself crazy.