" Chalein?" Abhijit said in a very low voice. "Haan!" Tarika replied. Abhijit opened the car's door & Tarika sat at next to the driver's seat. A bhijit drove the car. Tarika started to look at the scenes outside through the window. She had her left hand on her head. Abhijit looked at her with the corner of his eyes but she didn't notice.

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"Tum hosh main toh ho?" Tarika asked with disbelieve. "Kya kahe jaa rahe ho tum tabse? Tumhe lagta hai ki main ne maara hai apne bacche ko" she said with tears in her eyes."Uss bacche ko jishe main ne dash mahine apni kok main paala, jishe main ne janam dia. Abhijit tumhe lagta hai main ne..." she couldn't complete her words & sat on the edge of the bed. Abhijit was standing at the doorway. He came inside the room & stood in froant of Tarika. "Agar tumne kuch nahi kiya toh tumhari call list main Ishaan ke itne saare calls kyun hai? Hain ! Kyun kiya tha usne tumko ye phone calls? Batao mujhe " he shouted with anger. "Baas ! tum ab apna haad paar kar rahe ho. Tum itne der se bole jaa rahe ho. Main kuch bol nahi rahi iska matlab ye nahi hai ki tum mujhpe jo iljaam laga rahe ho wo sach hai" she said with anger & tears in her eyes. " Main haad paar kar raha hoon ?! Main ! Tarika jo tumne kiya wo..." Tarika cut his words " Kya kiya main ne haan? Bolo kya kiya?" "Humare bacche ka kahoon" he excalimed. "Abhijit !" she stood up. "Ab main ek pal bhi tumhare saath nahi rehna chati. Main ne kabhi sapne main bhi nahi socha tha ki tum mujhpe aise iljaam lagaoge" she walked to the cupboard. "Yahi toh chati thi tum" he said. She looked at him with disgust & packed her bag & drove to her old house & after that they haven't met until Tarika applied for divorce.

Before taking this decision she had a discussion with Daya.

"Kya hum mil sacte hai?" she asked her over the phone. "Bilkul mil sacte hai Tarika. In fact mujhe tumse baat karna hai" he replied. "Thik hai toh phir" she cut the call. The next day they met at a coffee shop near forensic lab.

"Daya, Abhijit paagal ho gaya hai" she said with anger. "Usse lagta hai ki..." "Mujhe malum hai" Daya said with anxiety. "Ab batao tum ki main kya karoon? Kaise samjhaun ki wo galat soch raha hai. Bhala ek maa uski baache ko kaise maar sacti hai Daya!" she said with tears in her eyes. "Dekho Tarika ro maat. Mujhe shayet ye nahi kehna chahia magar ek saal ho gayi aur tum dono ki beech ki ye duria badhte hi ja rahi hai." he said & Tarika looked at him with a lot of questions. He continued , "Mujhe lagta hai tumhe Abhijit ki divorce de deni chahia." Kya !" she exclaimed with disbelieve. "Tum kya bol rahe ho Daya?! Tumhe pata bhi hai ki tum kya keh rahe ho?" "Haan Tarika, main sahi keh raha hoon. Abhijit ki dil main ye baat baith gayi hai ki Aditya ki khoon main tum bhi shameel ho" he explained. "Lekin main ne kuch nahi kiya. Areh ! main ne apna beeta khoya hai. Uss bete ko jo meri jine ki wajay thi" she cried. "Main samaj sacta hoon" Daya tried to console her but she said " Nahi tum nahi samajh sacte ki ek maa ki liye apna beeta khona kya hota hai. Mujhe tumse nahi milna chahia tha". "Tumhe ab bura lag raha hoga lekin mere baaton pe gour jaroor karna" he said & left the coffee shop. Tarika sat there for a while & then she also went home.

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The car stopped & Tarika banged out of her thoughts. Abhijit got out of the car & opened the door for Tarika. He took her luggage out of the car & both went inside the house. Abhijit went inside but Tarika stood outside the door & looked at the house very slowly & frequently. So much memories are related to this house. This was the place where she came as a bride, as Abhijit's wife & started a new life. Here Adi was born & this is the place where she & Abhijit left each other... Memories..."Bahar kyun khari ho?" she snapped out of her thoughts hearing Abhijit's voice. "Ander aao" he said. "Haan ! ayi" she replied. She walked in & walked straight into her bed room & stood by the window. "Bohot miss kiya main ne iss khidki ko" she said to herself & Abhijit heard it. "Aur main ne tumhe bohot miss kiya" he thought to himself. "Kyun kiya tumne aisa? he walked to the backyard & sat in a chair looked at the sky.

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The day notice from court came Abhijit was completely shocked. He didn't believe that Tarika can do such a thing. He was really hurt. First he thought to go to her place & ask her why is she doing all these but at the next moment he remembered that they aren't together anymore. She can do anything she likes. He told Daya about it but Daya supported Tarika & then Abhijit decided to divorce her & end it once & for all. And so they are here together after an year.

A couple of days passed. Then in one evening they were having dinner. After a while Tarika said, " Ek baat kahoon?" " Haan ! " Abhijit looked at her. "Pata hai Abhijit, ye divorce case file karne se pehle bhi mujhe lagta tha ki main tumse abhi bhi pyaar karti hoon, magar..." she stopped. "Magar ! kya?" Abhijit shot her a question look. "Magar jabse main iss ghar main wapas ayi hoon mujhe ye ehsaas ho raha hai ki, shayet tumhare liya mere dil main ab koi feelings hi nahi bachi." Tarika replied. Abhijit again lowened his head & the atmosphere became quite.

After sometimes their dinner was almost finished suddenly Tarika had a phone call from an unknown number. "Hello !" she asked picking up the call. " Hello, kya main Tarika se baat kar sacta hoon?" a voice replied from the other side. " Ji, main hi Tarika hoon. Aap kaun bol rahe hai?" she asked curiously. "Tarika !" the voice exclaimed with great joy. "Main hoon yaar. Kartik", he added. "Kartik! tum kab aye wapas?" she exclaimed as she was really happy to hear him. She almost shouted & Abhijit looked at her curiously & she got embarressed so she walked to her room.

Abhijit looked at the way she was going through. He waited sometimes for her to come back but she was too busy talking to her best friend from childhood & her college time crush. So he finished his meal & went into the room. Getting inside he found Tarika looking outside through the window. He than quitely walked to the guest room. On the other side Tarika was thinking about their childhood, teenage & college life when Kartik & she were together.

It was going well. College was almost over & Tarika also got appointed as the lab assistant of Dr Salunkhe. Kartik got scholarship & left India & took off for London. After that they got so busy in their lifes that both best friends almost forgot about each they remembered one-another but weren't able to contact. Now she was really happy to get her old friend back.

"Pata nahi itne saalon main kitna badal gaya hoga. Pata nahi abhi bhi kya ladkia dekhte hi flirt karne lag jata hai.. ya phir ice cream, kya abhi bhi raat ko chori chori fridge se ice cream khaake bimar padta hai !" she wondered. "Chodo. Waise bhi kal mil rahi hoon. Tabhi pooch lungi..." she thought & leaned against the pillows & suddenly jumpped up. " kartik né shaadi ki hai kya ?! Pata nahi uske biwi kaisi hogi ! " she asked herself excitedly.

Next morning after breakfast while Abhijit was to leave Tarika told him that she was going to meet Kartik today. So if she is late then she has kept dinner in the fridge. Abhijit nodded his head & walked off to his car. About an hour later Tarika also left to see Kartik. At a coffee shop she & Kartik met. He was sitting at the corner table of the shop.

"Tarika !" he shouted with joy seeing her. Tarika saw him & approached to him. She sat next to him & smiled. "Wapas kab aye?" she said. "Mer chodo. Shaadi karli aur mujhe bataya bhi nahi," he complained. "Aur ab bina bataye divorce bhi ho raha hai", she replied lowened her head & then looked at him & smiled.

This gave Kartik a great shock. So he asked her why they are getting divorced & Tarika told him everything.

"Tumne pata lagane ki koushish nahi kiya ki wo admi kaun tha jisne tumhe dhamki di thi?" he asked. "Tumhe lagta hai nahi kiya?!" she said. "Bohot koushish ki Kartik. Lekin kuch pata hi nahi chala" she added. They kept quite for sometimes & then Tarika said,"Tumne shaadi nahi ki?" "Shaadi ! areh nahi" he exclaimed. "Kyun? Mujhe toh laga tha ki tin char bacche bhi honge" she said in a mischievous voice. "Tum nahi mili na. Warna tumse hi shaadi kar leta." he replied laughing.

They spent the day together & then Kartik dropped Tarika home & left. After many days Tarika felt some change in herself. She didn't feel such thing for about a year. She stood outside till she could see Kartik's car. When his car disappeared she went inside the house. Unfortunately it was late. When she went inside she found Abhijit sitting at the dining table & having dinner alone. She stopped at the doorway.

"Aa jayi tum?" he said. "Hmm...wo thodi late ho gayi", she explained. "Koi baat nahi Tarika, hota hai. Khana kha ke ayi ho ya...", "Nahi. wo main kha ke ayi hoon", she cut his words. "Thik hai. Tum thak gayi hogi. Jao jaake fresh ho jao" he smiled & Tarika quickly went inside her room. Abhijit finished his dinner & went to sleep but there was something which was disturbing him a lot. He tried to remove that weird feeling from his mind but was unable to do that.

Some more days passed. However the days passed Abhijit realized his mistakes which he did two years ago. Abhijit burned inside though he behaved that everything is okay. Tarika felt something strange but ignored the feeling thinking that it's her misunderstanding.

A couple of days later at the evening Tarika was leaning against the pillows & watching TV in her room & Abhijit was talking over the phone with Daya in the living room.

"Areh! aise kaise? Nahi Daya hum nahi chod sacte ushe. Wo bohot khatarnak mujrim hai", Abhijit said.

"Haan, magar humare paas dusra koi raasta bhi toh nahi hain na", Daya reminded him.

"Agar wo jail se choot gaya toh dabhai mach jayegi. Ek Mansi ki liya hum seycrore logo ki jaan khatre main nahi daal sacte", Abhijit exclaimed.

"Toh kya kare hum? Yun hi haath main haath dhare baithe rahin? Marne de humari hi officer ko?" Daya said angrily.

"Main wo nahi keh raha hoon. Hum koi dusra raasta dhundainge", Abhijit suggested.

"Aur agar tab tak Mansi ko kuch ho gaya toh ACP sahab ko kya jawab deinge hum?" Daya said.

"Daya kuch nahi hoga ushe", Abhijit assured him. "Magar chahe kuch bhi ho jaye Manish jail se nahi chutni chahia", he added.

"Thik hai, jaisa tum thik samjho", Daya agreed.

"Lekin ek baat ka dhyan rakhna hoga ki iss mission ki bare main kisiko bhi pata nahi chalni chahia", Abhijit said.

"Sahi keh rahe ho; warna anarth ho jayega. Thik hai toh phir baad main baat karte hai", Daya said.

"Haan thik hai; bye", he cut the call & so did Daya.

Abhijit turned back & found Tarika standing behind him. She looked curious as she heard him talking with Daya from her room.

"Kya hua?" she asked.

"Kuch nahi", he replied.

"Accha ! nahi wo tum thoda pareshaan lag rahe the", she asked again.

"Haan wo ek case ki bare main baat kar raha tha. Bas aur kuch nahi", he explained.

"Abhijit ab tum mujhse baatain bhi chupao ge? At least hum dost toh banhi sacte hai na. Jaanti hoon ki asan nahi hai iss duri ko mitana lekin hum koushish toh kar sacte hai", she said. "Ab batao bhi kya baat hai?" she added.

So Abhijit explained her everything. One of their undercover cops is kidnapped by a terrorist gang. That cop informed them that there will be a big blast in the city soon & the gang wants a dangerous criminal named Manish in exchange for Mansi. Listening all this Tarika assured him that everything will be fine. Then Tarika walked towards the kitchen to prepare dinner. Abhijit also followed her with the view to help her but as she felt awkward she refused to take help from him & asked him to do something else insted of helping her. Abhijit left the kitchen with a heavy heart. Tarika felt bad for him but there is no other way left. They are together for just three months & after that time limit their paths will be different & so will be their destinations. They could be together as friends but there will be no relation between them. She sighed.

A month passed. The time flew away so swiftly that they couldn't even realize that how the time passed. On one rainy Sunday Abhijit remained at home. Tarika thought to enjoy the morning. She asked Abhijit for tea. He was feeling restless alone so he also agreed. So after ten minutes they were seen having tea, their special ginger tea & enjoying the rain together on the balcony.

"Abhijt, ek mahina ho gaya aur phir bhi hum aise stupid behave kar rahe hai", Tarika said.

"Stupid behave, matlab?" he asked.

"Matlab...", she turned her face towards him & explained, "Hum ek dusre se baat karne se hichkicha te hai, sath hote hai toh irritation hoti hai aur toh aur hum normal baat karne se bhi embarressed hote hai. Aisa kyun?" " Main jaanti hoon ki jō bhi hua hai uski baad ye asan nahi hai magar hum pehle jaisa dost toh ho hi sacte hai na Abhijt?" she sighed.

Abhijit lowered his head & Tarika continued, " Jo bhi hua ushe hum badal nahi sacte aur nahi humari beech ki ye durian mita sacte hai. Tum samajh rahi ho na?"

"Tum thik keh rahi ho. Mujhe bhi yehi lagta hai. Sach kahoon toh main né kabhi nahi socha tha ki zindegi humain iss mor pe le ayegi. Ek galat fameli ki wajah se..." Abhijit sighed. He put his cup on the table & walked out. And Tarika kept looking at the path he walked through.

"Ye acchi baat hai ki tumhe apni galti ki ehsaas hain lekin ab kuch nahi ho sacta. Kyun ki jō tumne meri saath kiya hai uske liye main tumhe kabhi nahi maaf kar sacti", she said lowering her head. She was being drenched by the sprinklings from the rain so she also went inside.