@SakshiB and @Hehee I hope you both have the same confusion . The last chapter read -

After they were done with the teasing , Amairaah said to shreya , " On a serious note shreya , Daya bohot achche hai . Dont worry . " Shreya smiled at that . "Bas ek problem hai ki unhe mere smoking ke barime pta hai " she said very lightly .

Shreya couldnt clearly catch that so she asked " kuch boli kya tu ? " Amairaah said no and they both went to sleep .

So yeah Amairaah had said that Daya knows about her smoking habit . But she said it so lightly that shreya couldn't hear . Shreya asked her " What did you say ? " And Amairaah replied , " Nothing "

I hope this clears your confusion .

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Chapter 10

It was around 10 in the morning . Amairaah was sitting in a chair looking at Kavya . Her feet were dangling over the tile flooring . The whole night had passed but they both couldn't register what exactly had happened . Kavya broke the silence , " I wish things could have turned out differently . But each and everything was coming as a shock to us . We couldn't do a damn thing . I am sorry yaar . Maine socha bhi nahi tha kuch aisa ho sakta hai krke."

"I know you are sorry . And I know its genuine. It just that bad luck seems to find me more often now-a-days . Or may be I go searching for bad luck . " Saying this Amairaah got up from the chair . She needed to get a good shower . She opened the door to her washroom and started the water . She rested herself along the walls of the shower area . Amairaah let the water flow through her hair . Her whole body ached . She was still feeling dizzy , not like yesterday but still it was quite enough to take a note . She hadn't eaten anything at night . So now she was hungry and nauseous at the same time .

Both Amairaah and Kavya had skipped college today .They were in no mood . Ehsaaan and lakshya had called them and told that they would be there in the afternoon to meet them . Both the girls had been waiting for around 15 mins on the dining table for breakfast. " DATTU...nashta kaha hai ? " Amairaah shouted angrily . Dattu came running with two glasses of some semi tranperant liquid and said , " Sorry didi woh radhabai bajaar gyi toh waqt lag gya." She asked dattu , " Ye kya hai, nashta kaha hai ?" Dattu told them that Shreya had instructed radhabai to give lemonade to both of you without fail . Amairaah put her face in her palms . Stunned , Shocked , Disappointed , Upset, angry , frustating and now hungry , she thought . Her anger was boiling by the second now . Subconsciously her hand was up and she pushed the away glass so angrily that the glass fell from the table and broke into pieces . She was done , done taking the accusations for what she had not done. " AMAIRAAH !" Kavya shouted. " Gussa pe kabu rakhiyo . Thik hai jo bhi hai galat ho raha hai . Par adhe se jyada time toh tera gussa hi leke dubta hai tujhe ." Amairaah brushed her hair aside from her face using both the hands . She knew Kavya was right . And why to take anger out on Dattu she thought . " I am sorry." Amairaah whispered and she started to pick the broken pieces . "Dattu told her that he will pick them up . But Amairaah said , " No its fine , Toda maine hai utha lungi me. Tum nashta banao ." Amairaah stopped Dattu and asked if he knows where Shreya di was today ? Dattu told her that when she had called about one hour ago she was in some K.B. nagar

(In the bereau )

The goons had escaped second time . ACP sir was in a very bad mood . In fact every officer was . Looked like the day was going bad for literally every one

" Kaise ..Kaise pta chal jata hai un logoko ki hum ane wale hai krke .Kaise ?? " ACP sir said out of frustration . Abhijeet suddenly had something in his mind . " Sir, kuch do saal pehle bhi ek case me aisa hi hora tha. Humare pohochne se pehle hi apradhi farar rehta tha . Tab yaad hai sir kya hua tha . Bureau ke phones tap ho rahe the . Kahi iss bar bhi toh kuch aisa nahi ??" ACP sir was impressed by this thinking. " Ho sakta hai abhijeet . Bilkul Ho sakta hai . Bureau ke sare fones check karo aur yahi nahi apne apne priavte numbers bhi check karao . " ACP sir ordered. They all started the checking but after 2 - 3 hours everybody's hope was shattered as no such device was found . Now they had nothing to go on , No leads no clues. " Iska matlab ek hi meaning hota hai boss." Dr. Salunkhe said to ACP pradyuman . " Kya ?" ACP asked . " Jo bhi in sab ke piche hai usne ek voice recorded ya sound sensor chod ke rakha hai. Woh dhundhne ki koshish karo . Salunkhe replied . " Yeh sound sensor kaisa device rehta hai Dr. Salunkhe ??" Insp. Rajat asked . " Yahi manlo ki sound waves detect krta hai aur unhe jaha isnan baith ke sunna chahta hai waha transfer krta hai. Haa ek chiz aur bata sakta hu , Inki range lagbhag adhe Km tak rehti hai. " Dr. Salunkhe told them. " Kya ?? Matlab adhe Km dur tak awaje record ho sakti hai ?? " Freddy asked surprisingly . " Nahi yaar Freddy , Ye kaise possible hai . Range adhe km ki hai matlab jo insan humare bate baith ke sunra hai woh sensor ke adhe km k andar hi kahi maujoot hai . Usse jyada dur nahi . Aur haa ye recorder ya sensor abhi bureau ya forensic lab me nahi hai iski garuntee me le sakta hu." Salunkhe replied . " Ye itta confidently kaise kya bol sakta hai tu salunkhe ? Agar usse aisa koi device rakhna hi tha toh bureau hi toh sabse pehle dimag me ayega kisike ." ACP asked him . " Boss ye jo sensor hai ye constantly ultrasonic waves emit krta rehta. Waise jyada hanikarak nahi hoti hai ye waves . Par kuch particular frequence ke upar agar koi insan continiously inke contact me rahe toh terrible headache rehte hai use . Aur humare yaha toh aisa koi dikh nahi raha ." ACP had a look at all of them. Yes all of his officers were fine . That means only one thing he thought . "Ye sensor bereau me nahi kisike ghar par hai . kisike ghar par Hai ye sensors." Abhijeet said , " Sir , Jo dono sites pe hum gye the unhe pakadne wahase shreya aur mera ghar lagbhag adhe km ke andar hi ata hai . Hume wohi se dhundhna shuru karna chahiye." The ACP agreed to this and he sent his members to search for the houses .

Daya, Shreya ,Abhijeet and purvi first went to Abhijeet's house .

All four of them were seaching for the device like crazy . Moving furniture , Tilting piloows and cushions , Emptying the wardrobe.

Shreya was searching some drawers when suddenly something struck her mind ," Amairaah" Why didn't this thing crossed her mind she thought . " Kya hua Shreya ? " Abhijeet asked . " Sir kal sham se Amairaah kuch aisehi symptoms dikha rahi hai . " Shreya said. Daya came there too . " Haa boss , Kal bohot chakkar aa rahe the use. " Abhijeet angrily said , " Ye baat tumhe abhi dhyaan me aa rahi hai . Kaha dhyaan tha tumhara jab salunkhe saab itta chilla chilla kar bolre the sir me jabardast dard rahega , chakkar ayenge . Acp saab ko inform karo ki hum waha jaa rahe hai pehle ." Purvi left to inform ACP sir. Shreya tried calling Amairaah but her phone was switched off . She then called kavya .

( Shreya's house )

Amairaah and kavya just had their lunch with Ehsaan and lakshya . They had a light time . BAmairaah wasn't able to keep down the lunch also . Seeing this Kavya went to nearby pharmacy and bought some tablets hoping that they will calm her nausea down .

" What bug did you catch ?? Seriously kuch bhi nahi kha paa rahi hai tu." Kavya asked her as Amairaah took the tablet . " Dhoop lag gyi hogi . Chod ho jayenga thik 2 dino me. Chal sote hai. Ghar pe rehne ka kuch toh fayda ho." Kavya asked Amairaah to go ahead and said that she will join her in few minutes . Amairaah went ahead and tried to sleep. Kavya was completing her assignments on her laptop . She had checked Amairaah once and found her sleeping peacefully .She again returned back to her work . After about 15 mins of working she received a call from Shreya telling her not to touch any stuff of Amairaah . This got Kavya confused . Things were getting more complicated by the minute . The bell rang and four people were here. " Amu kaha hai ? " Shreya asked . " Woh apne room me so rahi hai." Kavya replied . " Sir dard wagre ho raha tha kya uska kuch . " Abhijeet asked . Kavya told him yes and how she had taken 2-3 pain killers in a day to keep the pain down . " Purvi tum pehle Dr Salunkhe ko fone krke pucho ki koi treatment wagre lena jaruri hai kya ? Hum tab tk room check krte hai. " Daya said .

They opened the door and started seaching for the device . Shreya asked Kavya to wake her up . They would need to search the bed also . Kavya obliged and started to wake Amairaah. As soon as Amairaah opened the eyes she was shocked seeing the ruckus in her room . Everything was being moved from its original place ,The vase had no flowers in it . Every cushion was being turned and the books were out of the shelves . " Ye kya ho raha hai ?" Amairaah asked . " Amu tu niche jaa kavya ke sath . Hum baadme sab btate hai tujhe . " Shreya said . Well thats not a problem unless they put all the things back together Amairaah thought . And she wasn't even interested in what was happening . Her nausea had gone but her head was still being crushed under a hammer. She got up and was about to take her first step when BAM !! Another wave of dizziness hit her ."Shit" Kavya shouted as she helped Amairaah.When everybody heard the sound they looked at what was happening . Daya offered her a hand and she rejected this time . Daya felt hurt . He remembered yesterday's events when she was crying her heart out and telling them she hadn't done anything wrong before she fell unconscious . Regret was written all over his and Shreya's face . Amairaah had also told them about the pain killers but they didn't listen . Abhijeet saw Daya's face and knew something was wrong . He made a mental note to ask him later .

Daya said something to Shreya through eye contact and they continued the search . Abhijeet started emptying Amairaah's bag . Her sthethoscope , some notebooks, pens, wallet these were the only thing that were found. Abhijeet was becoming frustrated by the minute . When he placed the wallet on the table he heard a very small sound of something falling on the floor. He searched and his hands touched something unusual . The device was found . "Daya" he said and he carefully watched the device . Daya immidiately called ACP sir and told him that they found the device . Purvi came inside and said " Sir , Salunkhe sir bol rahe the ki aise koi specific treatment ki jarurat nahi hai . Woh radiation se jaise admi ka contact kam hoga symptoms apne aap Kam honge .Bas ek bar blood test karwane k liye kaha hai . Bol rahe the kabhi kabar blood cells ka count kam hojata hai radiation ki wajahse " Shreya heaved a sigh of relied after listening to Purvi . "Waise, Shreya...Amairaah ka itna sir dard de raha tha. Ek baar bhi pucha nahi tumne. " Now what to answer Shreya thought as she looked at Daya. " Me tumhe sham ko sab btata hu boss. Purvi tum jao Amairaah ka blood forensic lab me bhjiwane ka intezaam karo. "

ACP pradyuman then deployed Rajat and Sachin to find whatever info they can get on the sensor and get that thing to be deactivated immidiately and he himself proceded to Shreya's house .

Daya , Abhijeet and Shreya were coming down from Amairaah's room . Dr sakunkhe had already sent some assitant to pick Amairaah' s blood sample .

Amairaah was sitting silently at the dining table . She gave her hand to the assistant so that she could take the sample . The assistant rubbed her hand with some spirit . "Shreya di , This spirit contains alcohol but dont worry I wont drink it." Amairaah said mockingly .Kavya laughed at Amairaah' s dialogue.

The assisstant pricked needle in Amairaah's hand but it didn't enter her vein . The second prick was also nowhere near the vein. After the third prick failed , Kavya took the syringe from the nurse's hand saying " Ok lady , who gave you this job ?" Kavya took the blood sample of Amairaah very easily forwarded it to Purvi .

ACP sir entered the house . Everybody who had a relaxed posture suddenly became very became conscious .

" Abhijeet kaha tak pohocha investigation ?" ACP sir asked . Abhiheet told him that the sensor was found inside Amairaah's wallet and he had sent it to Forensic lab for investigation . " Waise ye tumhare wallet me aya kaise Amairaah ?"

ACP sir asked Amairaah . " Pta nahi sir mera toh wallet humesha mere sath hi rehta hai. Kab koi daalke gya pata bhi nahi chala ." They further asked if anybody had come to meet her who was being too friendly with her out of a sudden. But nothing strange had actually happened that day except that Amairaah had crashed with some stupid patient . Then it came to her notice and she immidiately said , " Sir , uss din ek admi ake jorse takraya tha . Dono ka saman gir gya tha aur ho sakta hai uthate waqt usne kuch kiya ho." " Kaun tha woh admi ?" ACP sir asked ? " Pta nahi sir hume laga koi patient honga hospital ka . Par sir wahake cctv me footage mil jayga. " Kavya replied . Everybody left for the college to see the cctv footage. They were satisfied . At least they had some thing now to go on with investigation .

It was evening and kavya took Amairaah's leave . She had started feeling better now though not fully but she had at least eaten something and hadn't thrown it up .

Amairaah was in her room. She was still tired. But she was satisfied that her innocence was proven right . She never realised when sleep overtook her .

It was around 8:30 PM when Daya and Shreya had returned home . Daya was going to have dinner at their place only. Radhabai offered them water. " Amairaah kya kar rahi hai Radhabai ?" Shreya asked . " Woh to so gyi beta kabki. Ekto din bhar bichari kuch kha pi bhi nahi paa rahi thi. Upar se chakkar. Woh kavya ne kuch goli lakar di thi dopahar ko aap ane se pehle woh li toh sham thodasa kha payi. " They both knew somewhere they were also guilty for this situation. Daya had told eveything about last night to Abhijeet. Abhijeet had told him it will be fine . Amairaah will come around in two- three days. " Daya , dinner ke liye uthake dekhu amu ko ? bohot kam khaya hai na usne ." Shreya asked Daya. " Haa bilkul . Thoda achcha bhi lagega usse khana khaygi toh. Tum uthado me fresh hoke ata hu."

Radhabai was serving food to Daya and Shreya. Amairaah was coming down in some time . She didnt want to wake up but shreya was determined to put some food in her tummy. Amairaah carefully walked the stairs . She wasn't feeling dizzy anymore but she was still scared .She took a seat at dining table and took very little food in her plate and started eating.

Daya and shreya were mentally prepared for whatever anger Amu was ready throw at them . Shreya said , " Amu sorry , Galti ho gyi humse. " But here was the shock.

Amairaah didn't even lift her head saying " It's fine "

They both looked at her with a touch of defiance , as if still waiting for her angry answer. But her answer was worse than anger . It looked like the false conviction and accusations didn't matter to her anymore . Whole dinner Amairaah didn't even make a noise.

" Ice cream khane chale ?" Daya asked to lighten up the mood . " Ice cream khane iss waqt ? kuch bhi kya daya ." Shreya asked . But Daya said , " Are chalo , achcha lagega sab ke dimag yaha bohot bhari ho gye hai ." " Aap dono kha ke aaiye , mujhe sone jana hai. " Amairaah said . "Are behna , trust me maja ayega." Daya said making an assuring eye contact . They all were getting ready when Shreya's phone rang. ACP sir calling at this time ,Whats the matter ? Shreya thought .She picked up the call but was relieved that it was nothing serious and he just wanted to discuss some files with her . Par Hogaya plan ka popat ,She thought . Daya was laughing ," Inspector Shreya , Tumhara plan cancel ho raha hai. Humara nahi. Chalo Amairaah." Amairaah was still hoping that Shreya would come . But daya jokingly said , " Are chalo jaldise, Waise bhi din bhar toh rehta hu tumhare behen k sath. Kabhi toh picha chode mera . " Shreya picked up a cushion of sofa and threw it at Daya . But alas she had no option but attending the call . So Daya and Amairaah left .

" Kya baat hai aaj gussa nahi ho humpe ? Maine toh bohot ulte seedhe jawab expect kiya the. 2-3 din naraj hoke baithogi . Manana padega aisa lagra tha . Par aaj to gazab hi ho gya ?" Daya asked Amairaah while driving .

" Sometimes even I surprise myself ." Amairaah replied. " Waise Daya sir , woh admi ke barime kuch pata chala kaun hai ?" Amairaah asked . " Nahi abhi toh nahi , sare police station me uska photo bhej diya hai . Lets see kya samne ata hai toh ." They reached somehwere but it was definitely not an ice cream shop . "Ye Hum kaha aye hai ?" Amairaah asked ." Ye Rahul ka private clinic hai ." Daya replied as he locked his car. "Daya sir maine kaha tha na mujhe nahi jana hai . Aap aisa kyu krte hai. Aap wapas chaliye yahase." Amairaah said pulling Daya's hand . " Chaliye daya sir yahase .Please mujhe nahi jana ." Amairaah was trying to convince him like a child. Daya pinched the bridge of his nose and in a very serious tone said, " Bachpana ho gya honga to chale. " Amairaah still nodded negatively looking down. Daya sighed . He held her by the hand and took her into the reception area. There were a bunch of sick people around. Daya asked the receptionist to tell Rahul that he is here . The receptionist went inside and came back after 5 mins . He told Daya that he can go inside once the patient comes out . " Amairaah wahape koi badtameezi nahi . Okay ? " He warned Amairaah. They both entered the chamber . Daya introduced Amairaah as Shreya's sister . He explained the whole situation to Rahul .Rahul asked Amairaah to get inside for a proper examination . The examination was done and Rahul came back and sat on his chair . " Waise sab normal hai Daya . Haa thoda blood pressure low hai because she said she has been constantly throwing up today. Toh uske liye ORS pite rehna hoga usse . 2 days of rest and she will recover completely. Rahi baat pair ke jakham ki , sister tayari kar rahi hai me firse dressing kar deta hu ." Rahul said to Daya . " Baat actually ye hai Rahul , ye sab sensor ka wagre natak hone se pehle bhi Amairaah ko ekbaar chakkar aaya tha. " Rahul pacified daya it might be due to general weakness and he will prescribe her some multivitamins and tonics .

The dressing was done and both of them took leave . They reached the parking and Daya asked , " Ab chale ice cream khane ?" Amairaah angrily looked at him " Can I make a correction in my attitude and show my anger now . Mujhe nahi jana kahi ice cream khane . Ghar chod dijiye bas." " Bhai car to ice cream khane jaa rahi hai . Haa agar tumhe paidal jana hai toh me bilkul mana nahi karunga ." Daya said sitting inside the driver's seat . Amairaah was still watching from outside . She knocked Daya's window . When Daya opened it , " Aap bohot hi bure aur ziddi insan hai sir ." came a reply . Daya laughed at that . Amairaah took a seat and Daya started the car saying , " Bhai bure ka toh pata nahi ,par apke sath rehne ke liye ziddi banna pada . Aapko takkar jo deni rehti hai. " They both laughed at this . Daya told her that Shreya was going to bring her to doctor tommorow anyways but he saw that her mood was good today and so he took the opportunity . They both reached the ice cream parlour and ordered their Ice creams. Thsy were eating quitely , when Daya said" Waise apne btaya nahi Amairaah ji aapko kis baat darr lag raha hai itna ? " Amairaah was shocked to hear this. He knew her very well she thought . But she didn't want to tell anybody about that . " Darr, mujhe kis baat dar hai ?" Amairaah replied without looking up . This confirmed Daya's doubt . He said , " Darr toh hai kisi baat ka . Aur kuch jyada hi darr lag raha hai . Jo gussa dikhake tum apna darr chupati ho , Aaj wohi darr ki wajahse se apne gussa chupa rahi ho ? " Amairaah stopped eating ice cream for a moment . " Me woh tissues leke ati hu." Amairaah left to avoid conversation . When she returned even Daya didn't continue the topic . It was already a roller coaster ride for her today. The night should at least be peaceful he thought . They ate ice cream in silence and left.

The car stopped and they reached home . "Amairaah...ghar agya ." Daya said ."Daya sir, woh mujhe..." Amairaah said ."Kya hua Amairaah ? Chalo btao ." Daya again asked her calmy . " Daya sir , woh gunde mujh tak pohoch gya . Agar maa baba jaisa kuch firse shreya di ke sath hua toh ?" Amairaah asked .The fear was very clearly seen in her eyes. " Amairaah beta, meri baat suno . Jo ho gya woh ho gya . Aur jab kisi insan ke sath bura Hona hota hai na woh kaise bhi ho hi jata hai . Chahe tum kitna bhi khud ko protect karo . Hume andaja bhi nahi rehta par bura hojata hai . Aur hum us chiz ko kitni bhi thik karne ki koshish kare na woh nahi hoti . Par in sab buri chizo me hum ek chiz bhul jate hai , jab achchi chize hoti hai woh bhi aisehi hoti hai . Bina bataye suddenly . Toh unn chizo pe concentrate karo . Haa abhi Shreya CID me hai .Jaan par khatra toh bana rahega. Par hum sab hai na sath me . Me hoon uske sath , Tum chinta mat karo . Jake achchi chizo ke barime socho ." Daya said . He kept his large palm on her head, moved it slightly, "Samjhi ??" Amairaah nodded with a smile . "Jao , ab apni behen ko ye ice cream de dena yaadse nahi toh kal toh meri khair nahi aur aram se bina kuch soche so jao thik hai ! Me nikalta hu . Its getting late." Amairaah smiled lightly and entered the house . Daya left after he saw Amairaah entering inside the house .

Amairaah entered the house. She saw Shreya was still on call with ACP sir . She went into the kitchen and after sometime kept the ice cream bowl in front of Shreya .

Shreya mouthed her thank you . Amairaah left for her room . As soon as she changed into her night clothes , Sleep surrounded her mind .