Chapter 12
"Take care of Abhijeet.." Tarika replied softly.
"of course I will Tarika.." Maya assured her and then the call ended with a click.
Tarika kept her cell aside and glanced once again back to the photo album; she smiled ruefully as she looked at it. Ten Years has passed..NO..Twenty years has passed and in these twenty years most things changed which she didn't even imagine. Some changes take place in their lives, the changes which they both never anticipated.
Tarika walked to her wardrobe and pulled out one brown colored book, she took that book and once again got back to her desk as she carefully opened the book. Turning to a blank page she pulled out a pen from a side pen holder and wrote in her fine handwriting.
06 August 2014
Aaj meri aur Deepak ki 5 Wedding Anniversary hain! Main kaafi khushnaseeb huin ki mujhe Deepak jaise husband mille. The best part of him is ussne mujhe mere ateet ke baremain sab jankar mujhe accept kiya. Kaafi kum log asa kar pate hain. He is best husband and the best father indeed. Shaddi ke teensaal baad we were blessed with twins, Riddhima and Raunak, they are the most special part of my life! My life wouldn't be better than this.
I know, I still miss him but we know we can't be together..
May be we were never destined to be with each other..
Tarika heaved a sigh of relief as she glanced at the last line. She closed the book and moved towards the veranda of her room. The whole city was wrapped in cold sheet, the wind was chilling but it didn't affect much her, she was not bothered by any of this. Her mind was too busy and too occupied with all the thoughts and events.
A smile curved on her lips as she remembered the first time she met Aditya in her home. Salunkhe told her that he is the kid of his distant relative and asked her to take care of him for time being. Tarika couldn't help but noticed that this child was strikingly to similar to the Ace of CID, Senior Inspector Abhijeet, who was away from them due to certain mission
Still laying off her suspicions aside she quickly agreed to take care of little Adi, little did she knew that the small kid was none other than the senior inspector himself in his chibi form.
Over the days, Tarika got incredibly close to little Adi, who had just met her few weeks back. His immense knowledge about crime, forensics, weapons and tools used to amaze her but still she never questioned him. Sometimes Adi used to say such things which were quite beyond his age; it was like a body of child but a mind of an adult. His thinking and behavior was surely mature than his age, she was really impressed by him. And when the death news of ABhijeet struck them, they all were devastated, Tarika was completely blank and was crying her heart out, and at that time it was Adi who supported her. It was like he knew how to handle her. Over the time he acted like a medicine to her. If it was not Adi, god knows how she would have survived. Adi's constant support to her made her bounce back to her work and her life.
Adi stood beside her, supporting her through all thick times. Tarika felt Adi was her little guarding angel, watching over her. In all these years and witnessing Adi's mature behavior and his striking resemblance to Abhijeet made Tarika suspicious about Adi. She even thought that Adi was none other than Abhijeet himself. She was quiet sure about Adi being him but she never asked him about it because her other mind used to brush off this suspicious every time telling her that what she was thinking was practically impossible. The idea of an adult shrinking and turning into its child form was proving quite fictions to her so every time Adi being Abhijeet thought used to pop in her mind the other mind used to brush off the topic telling her that what she was thinking was practically impossible and lack scientific explanation.
But in the back of her mind and in deep inside her heart she knew that what she was thinking was not bluff but was fact, but her head refused to accept it till the end. And after that night when Abhijeet visited her as is his real form her suspicions turned into belief but when he asked her to stay happy and forgot about him made her heart shattered.
The next morning, when she got up she found ABhijeet nowhere around, she was sure that Abhijeet really visited her but Adi and others told her that can't happen since Abhijeet is dead long back.
After this situation she decided to investigate more and to begin her investigation she directly approached Maya, somehow she knew "She was the only one who could answer all her questions and sure she did.
When Tarika confronted Maya, initially she rejected all the things but seeing Tarika's persistent made Maya to spill beans and to tell her everything about Apotoxin 4869 and it's miraculously effects, shrinking into child about Black Organization and everything, like how Maya was threatened to invent the drug, how the organization's senior snipers murdered her brother and family and how she escaped from the organization by taking the APTX pill. She also explained how Abhijeet got involved in this while he was busy investigating the syndicate.
Tarika who heard this was on the verge of hysteria, she couldn't imagine what she was hearing, she thought she was hearing some sort of script from scientific-techno movie. For a split second she even thought she was dreaming all these years but alas it was all true and real.
Maya also explained her that the Organization is still on a move and were searching for her and Abhijeet, so they both decided to disguise themselves and completely change their avtar and adapt to their new life styles so that they could be alive. Abhijeet took the new identity of Aditya while she took the identity of Maya, they were leaving peaceful life till they were ten but unfortunately One of the Organization's member, Bourbon got lead about them, and he decided to kill them so he set Dr Salunkhe's house on fire, which caused his death, luckily Maya escaped from there and informed Abhijeet about it. And that's why they both fled away to America after that incident and were living in disguise there.
When Tarika asked Maya, why didn't Abhijeet told her anything about it? To which Maya replied sadly and said those words which Abhijeet told her , " I can't let Tarika involve in these. After all she is the only one who I can't afford to lose. Even If it means, I have to lie to her..Even If it means, i no longer hold a place in her heart.."
When Tarika heard this, she couldn't help but smile sadly that how much he loved her. After hearing all the truth from Maya, Tarika pretended that she was not aware of any of the things, it was a hard thing to do but still she managed to do it. After it was all Abhijeet's wish that she should be settle in her life and get married. She did what he wanted her to do.
But at the same time she made sure that he is not left alone, she asked Abhijeet..No..Aditya to get married to Maya, Though he was not ready for this but later he agreed. She knew, the marriage was just for a name sake! After all aditya aka Abhijeet never harbored any feelings for Maya but still he married her, later they adopted a girl child and named her Siya.
Over the years they were successful in keeping their identities undercover from the Black Organization, but they both knew that, The members of the organization are still on their hunt and will definitely strike them as they get their chance.
Abhijeet now Aditya knew this from the start that the Organization was dangerous but After the death of Dr Salunkhe, it made him realize that it was a tough task to bring down the whole organization. So he decided to fled away from the country with Maya and keep a safe distance from Daya and Tarika and rest of his team mates so that they don't have to face any dreadful situations like Salunkhe and Maya's parents.
Leaving far away from all his team and her was surely painful but at the same time it was important for their sake. he also made sure that his disappearance doesn't make any harm to them and due to which he asked Tarika to get married. AFter all he don't want her to suffer in pain and mourn over his death, a death which never took place. He just can't do that to her and due to which he made her do that promise, A promise which caused both of them a lot.
But when Tarika asked her to marry Maya, he was taken back but still he agreed to her. After all he can't deny her, can he?
But one thing for sure, he never imagined Maya as her wife, for him, the only one which can take that place was her. But still he knew they can't be married, How can they? First the organization was still on the run, so he didn't want to put her life in jeopardy. Secondly, the huge-age difference between them..She was 50..he was just 28...The society wouldn't allow such relationship. He hardly cared for what the society thinks but he definitely knew that he was not going to put her life in danger even if it means he no longer holds a place in her heart.
They both knew that they can't be together in this life..but they definitely knew that they would be together in the next..
~THE END~
AN
Sorry for the extremely late update. Actually I didn't wish to continue this and was thinking to abandon this one but thanks to Palak97 , due to her I could complete this update.
Also Some of them mentioned in the review section that they want Abhijeet and Tarika together, that can't be because Abhijeet want Tarika to protect her from Black Organization, so he will not marry her or will be with her and Second thing, ABhijeet is 28 years old (due to reverse drug effect) while Tarika is 50, they possibly can't marry each other, rite?
Hope you like this one (I'm 100% that ALL of you would HATE this) but still If you don't like it, mention in the review section :)
