“Your hostel's warden contacted us. Where were you last night?” A lady spoke with a raised voice over the call.

“Maa, I was just— I was at my friend's house to… study… we have exams coming up so we thought—” Muskan had been thinking of reasons to avoid getting scolded by her elders. At last, she couldn't come up with any excuse to cover up her night with Abhimanyu in the alley.