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It was  around twelve  , her phone  began ringing,  startled she picked up her phone,  it was Hyder  flashing on the screen,  she had saved him and his number  , she tentatively spoke  hello on the mouthpiece  not  wanting him to know she had  saved him to contacts 

I am Hyder speaking,  I hope I didn't disturb your sleep,  gulnar had told me  you study  all night 

Oh, so gulnar gave you my number 

Yes of course,  I asked her for it 

 For unexplained reason she  had seemed to hesitate 

Perhaps  she thought  it unwise  to share my number  without my permission 

Probably you are right,  she talks too much,  she constantly chattered twenty minutes before shutting down 

Who rang up 

Gulnar had rung him up, to share her own number with him 

So what  did you talk about for so long 

 Asked shazya smiling 

Gulnar was interested in asking about me and my life in detail 

And why did you call me  up

Just wanted to share the  conversation between gulnar and me with you 

Why

The reason I shall tell you tomorrow,  can we meet somewhere