CHAPTER 2

The sunrays streamed through the window waking him from his deep sleep. He woke up with a blinding headache and the feeling that it was going to be a tough day for him. He slowly moved towards the bathroom with a totally blank mind. His face was having marks of dried tears. He came out of the bathroom ,get dressed and directly went for the bureau. It was the sixth day in a row, when he had skipped the breakfast.

He raced his car on the road to the bureau. Their last night conversation was still fresh in his mind. He had never thought that someday Daya will hate him . Hate him to the core of his heart. These things were revolving in his mind , when he reached bureau. He stepped out of the car . The security guard glanced at him. His eyes were red and he was looking so tired. He had also replaced his coat with an upper . He ignored the security guard glance and directly went inside. The whole team wished him a "good morning" but in response he only moved his head . He looked at Daya who was standing at the back ,accompanied by Suresh and directly made his way to his cabin. His own personal cabin which was provided with everything needed. But all those things didn't please him as this post was the major point of conflict between them. ACP sir saw him coming so he directly came to him and ask.

ACP:(softly) Abhijeet , thake hua lag rahe ho. Aur agar HQ se tumhein urgent bulaya gaya tu tum aise jao ge.

Abhijeet: Main manage kar loon ga.

ACP:(patting on his back) Sab theek ho jaye ga pareshan mat ho.

Abhijeet: Hmmmm..

ACP: Tumhari Daya se koi baat hui.

Abhijeet: Woh kuch sunne ko tayyar nahi. Woh tu sirf mujhe hi ghalat samajh raha hai. shayad mujh se nafrat karne laga hai.

ACP: Nahi Abhijeet aisa nahi hai. uss ki zindagi mein tumhari jagah koi nahi le sakta. (Abhijeet looked at Suresh, ACP sir followed his gaze and said) Suresh tu bilkul bhi nahi. Khud ko kamzoor karke Suresh ko mauka na do.

Abhijeet: Aap sahi keh rahe hain sir, main kuch jaldi hi har maan gaya hoon.(after a pause) Sir kia aap ko lagta hai ke woh sab kuch maine hi kiya hoga .iss post ke liye.

ACP: Bilkul nahi Abhijeet, main janta hoon tum kabhi bhi aisa nahi socho ge. Tumhare upar lage iss ilzaam ko hum jhoota sabit kar ke rahein ge.

Abhijeet: Thank you sir.

Just then ACP sir phone rang and he went out while talking with someone. Abhijeet finally sat on his chair with a thud. Freddy came to his cabin and start telling him about the case. The case details were slipping from his mind without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind. He lift up his head a little but all he could see from those glass walls was the back of Daya's head who was busy in talking with Suresh. When Freddy was finished he asked him.

Freddy: Sir aage kiya karien.

Abhijeet:(blankly) Ab jo behtar lage woh kar lo.

Freddy was confused with that weird answer but he obeyed what his senior has said to him. Freddy was aware of everything his senior was facing.

AFTER SOME TIME

Abhijeet and the whole team were discussing about the case.

Purvi: Sir hum us Minakshi tak tu phaunch gaye lekin sir woh toh sirf aik khilari thi .Asal game tu koi aur hi khel raha hai . Uss ko kese pakrein ge . Minakshi ne bhi apna jurm qubool liya lekin usse bhi asal boss ke bare mein kuch nahi pata.

Daya: Yeh tu (stressing on his words) Sir hi batayien ge ke aage kiya karna hai. Sir ki planning bahut zabardast hoti hai.

Abhijeet clearly understood his taunt but he said nothing, instead, he passed a painful look to his buddy. Suresh winked to him . The rest of the team also understood what Daya has said. They felt sorry for both of them.

Abhijeet: (ignoring him) Hamein case pe dehann dena chahiye.

Freddy: Kyun na sir hum aisa kar lein ke aik fake news phela dein ke businessman Rakesh mar chuke hain. Yeh khabar sun kar khooni khud ba khud bahar nikal aaye ga.

Abhijeet: Sahi hai. Tamam media reporters ko inform kardo.

AT LUNCH TIME

Abhijeet was helping himself with some cofee, as it was the only thing nowadays which makes him relax for some time ,when someone called his name. He turned and saw Tarika waving to him. She came to him and said

Tarika: Kaise ho Abhijeet ,Uss din ke baad se mulakat hui hi nahi. Ab ye mat kehna ke theek ho kyunke tum bilkul bhi theek nahi lag rahe.

Abhijeet: Waqai, theek tu main bilkul bhi nahi hoon.

Tarika: Kiya uss ke baad bhi Daya se larayi hui.

Abhijeet: Hmmm.

Tarika: Aur woh Suresh kia..

Abhijeet:(angrily) Naam mat lo uss manhoos insaan ka mere samne. nafrat hai mujhe us se.

Tarika: Nahi Abhijeet: kuch ulta seedha mat karna .

At the same time, someone came and collided with Abhijeet . as a result his cofee spilled on his upper. Everybody turned to look at them.

Suresh:(dramatically) Oh sorry. tumhare upper par dagh lag gaye.

Abhijeet: Dekhai nahi deta tumhein kiya. Andhe ho.

Suresh: (cunningly) Yeh tu dhul jaye ga. Uss dagh ko kese hatao ge jo tumhare upar hamesha ke liye lag gaya hai. aik dhookebaaz ka.

This time he was awarded by a slap from Abhijeet. Suresh anger bar raise with the slap. They both held each other collars and were looking like they were gonna eat each other. The whole team came and started separating them.

Suresh: Tumhari himmat kaise hui mujhe haath lagane ki.

While Tarika and the other team were pleading Abhijeet to control his anger.

Tarika: Abhijeet please chor do. Jaane do usse.

Sachin: Sir rehne di jiye.

Freddy: Sir please aap yahan se chaliye.

The sentence which hurt him the most was of Daya.

Daya:(to Suresh) Suresh yaar chal yahan se . Tujhe to pata hai na Sir ka. Kahin aisa na ho ke tere khilaaf bhi koi sazish jar dein.

Abhijeet jerked all the hands which were trying to console him. and left the bureau.

Tarika: Abhijeet...baat suno.

But he had already left.

AT THE BEACH

Abhijeet was sitting alone on a rock. His mind was not accepting the fact that Daya literally hates him. a sweet memory flashes in his mind.

Daya and Abhijeet both were enjoying the pancakes which Abhijeet made.

Daya: Boss tumhare haath mein na jadoo hai.

And he forwarded his hand to pick up the sauce but some of the sauce fell on Abhijeet's shirt.

Abhijeet: Ufff. Yaar Daya tu kab bara hoga.

Daya: Are dhul jayien ge. Aur agar tumhari jagah main hota na tu kehta ke is dagh ko main kabhi nahi dhoun ga kyun ke yeh mujhe mere bhai ne lagaye hain.(Abhijeet passed him an (oh really) look while Daya continued).Aur waise bhi surf excel bhi toh yahi kehta hai ke dagh to ache hote hain.

Abhijeet: Acha tu unhoon ne ye Surf hi kiyun nikala hai. un ache daghoon ko saaf karne ke liye.

Daya:(clapping) Wah boss wah. Itna tu maine aaj tak socha hi nahi. mahaan hain aap.

This time Abhijeet didn't stopped his tears which were rolling down on his cheeks. He was staring the sea when an old man came and sat beside him. He looked at the man . The man was also looking at him.

Man: Lar kar aaye ho kisi se.

Abhijeet: (hiding his tears) Nahi tu.

Man: Main bhi kuch aise hi haalaat se guzra tha aaj se 10 saal pehle. Mere dost se jhagra hua tha mera . tab mein bhi yahan bilkul aise hi aa ke baith gaya tha.

Abhijeet: Aap dono ki dosti bhi kisi sazish ka shikar hui thi.

Man: Nahi us waqt hamari apni ghalti thi.

Abhijeet don't know why but he saw the man trustworthy, so he continued. He told him what has happened in the past few days.

Abhijeet: Aap hi batayien , kiya itna aasan hota hai kisi ko bhool jana.

Just then his phone ranged . he saw it was ACP sir calling

Abhijeet: Aap se mil ke acha laga. Mera naam Abhijeet hai. Main CID se hoon.

Man: Aur mera naam Arnav.

A/N: So how was the chapter. All of your confusions will get clear.

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