Hey guys, I just thought to another ending part, a short version of confrontation. I hope you enjoy it. :)
::ANOTHER CONFRONTATION::
It took him month and 15 days later to finally make an effort to talk to his friend. 'It's time', he thinks as he makes his way towards Senior Inspector Abhijeet who was getting ready to leave for home.
"Mujhe tumse kuch baat karni hai." Abhijeet doesn't bother to look up.
"Case file Dushyant ko de de hain, parh lena agar koi question..."
"Case ko lekar nahi hai." And now he looks up and pauses.
"Us raat ko how..."
"Oh so now we are talking?" Abhijeet questions in amused voice.
"Abhijeet 2 minute meri baat sun lo."
"Daya, I haven't slept in 25 hours, I am tired and hungry."
"I'll drop you home?" It came out more of a question. Sighing, Abhijeet puts his bag back on table and looks at Daya.
"Bolo kya baat hai?" For a second Daya felt they were back in his home, a month and 15 days ago; it seems like dejavu.
"I want to talk about what happened. I am ready to.."
"You are ready?" Abhijeet laughs, a bitter one.
"Jab tum ready ho, hum baat kareinge, jab tum ready nahi ho, hum baat nahi kareinge. Chahe mahine guzar jayein yaan saal kya faraq parhta hai. Haina?"
"Mera woh matlab nahi hai, Abhijeet." Daya takes a deep breathe.
"I am sorry, Abhijeet. Mujhe aisa nahi karna chahiye tha. Ghalati meri hai, main bohut rude hogaya tha us raat."
"1 mahina. 1 mahina laga tumhe, sirf yeh kehne mein."
"mujhe space chahiye thi, Abhijeet."
"Jaanta hon, esi liye.."
"Haan esi liye tumne mujhe space di, yeh pura mahina diya. Thank you, I do appreciate it." Abhijeet looks at him as if searching for lies, but he can't see any.
"Abhijeet us raat main gussay mein tha. It was all still fresh for me. Tum hi socho, agar tumhari ankhon ke saamne tumhara sapnon ka mehal mitti ka dhair hojaye pal bhar mein toh kya kefiyaat ho. Aur jab yeh pata chahle ke tumhare best friend ne bhi jhoot bola toh kaise lagega. Meri bhi waisi hi halat thi, tumhare alfaz sunayi de rahe thay, lekin samajh nahi arahe thay. Tumhari explanation suni maine lekin samjha nahi, kyunki samajhne ki kehfiyaat nahi thi." Daya looks at Abhijeet and waits for his response but when Abhijeet doesn't reply, Daya continues.
"Aur jab tumne kaha ke meri khamoshi ki wajah se maine Shreya ko khoh diya tab..."
"Mera aisa matlab nahi tha, woh gussa..."
"Nahi Abhijeet, tumhara matlab wohi tha aur bikul sahi kaha tha. I guess, it was easy to blame you than to see how of that was my fault too. Tumhe jo kaha sach hi kaha... agar main chup na rehta, usi waqt bol diya hota, un subah Shreya ke samne toh woh sab na hota. Dair maine ki, usko khoya apni khamoshi se aur blame tumhe kar diya." Daya places a hand on Abhijeet's shoulder.
"Mera mqsad sirf tumhe us taqleef se bachana tha us waqt, aur kuch nahi. Mana ke jhoot kuch lamba hogaya lekin meri niyaat saaf thi."
"Mujhe pata hai, Abhijeet. Bas mujha thora waqt chahiye tha. My life became a mess, I needed time."
"Why now?" Abhijeet suddenly asks and his question takes Daya by surprise too.
"I guess, I have accepted my own fault too."
"Daya."
"It's alright, I guess even a fearless cop has some fears within him and my fear was rejection. If I got rejected by her which is why I decided to keep quiet and well, that led to chaos."
"I am sorry." Abhijeet doesn't know for what he is sorry for but words slipped out of his tongue before he knew.
"Me too, Abhijeet. Me too." Abhijeet smiles and Daya all of sudden feels if a huge weight has been lifted.
I hope you enjoyed it. :)