Hi guys… I am back with a new chapter…Yeah, I know I got late but I was busy. And some reviewers requested me to update Tere Liye…but abhi isi se kaam chala lo. Pardon me for mistakes.

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Next Morning…

Tasha woke up early as she has to join bureau today. She got ready for bureau and came out from her room. She smiled seeing Abhijeet sleeping on sofa. She prepared coffee and breakfast for all of them. With the voices from kitchen, Abhijeet woke up. He came to see and found Tasha working in kitchen.

Abhijeet – Good Morning Tasha.

Tasha (smiled) – Good Morning Sir. Aap ja ke Tarika se mil lijiye aur ready ho jayiye…breakfast bhi ready h.

Abhijeet (embarassed tone) – I am sorry Tasha…tumhe ye sab kaam…

Tasha (strictly) – Aap kya kehna chahte h sir…thoda clear krenge.

Abhijeet (stammered seeing her in anger) – G…gu...gussa kyu ho rhi ho yr. Tum toh meri behen jaisi ho… apne bhai par gussa krogi.

Tasha – Ek taraf aap behen kehte h aur doosri taraf embarrass bhi feel kr rhe h… aap decide kr lijiye k aapko kya krna h

Abhijeet (lost tone) – Decide hi toh nahi hota Tasha.

Tasha (confused tone) – Kya matlab sir.

Abhijeet (realised his mistake) – Kuch nahi… main keh raha tha k nashta acha hona chahiye… samjhi choti behna.

Tasha – Ji sir.

Abhijeet – Main Tarika se milkar aata hun aur uske liye juice bhi le jata hu.

Tasha (confused tone) – Sir…Tarika toh coffee leti h na subeh toh juice kyu?

Abhijeet – Han lekin ab se juice legi. Maine padha h caffeine uski sehat ke liye theek nahi h filhaal.

Tasha – Ok.

Abhijeet took juice for Tarika and tea for himself. He entered inside room and found Tarika awake.

Tarika (surprised) – Abhijeet… Tum kb aaye?

Abhijeet (smiling) – Kll raat ko. Tum so chuki thi. Lo juice pio. Aur Tabiyat kaisi h aapki?

Tarika – Main theek hun. (concern tone) Tum theek ho na. Ye ankhen kyu lal h aur swelling bhi h?

Abhijeet – Kuch nahi…bs thodi thakawat h.

Tarika – Toh aaj bureau mat jao na… rest krlo.

Abhijeet – Jana zroori h Tarika. Koi option nahi h. Lekin main jyada bahr nahi jaunga. Don't worry.

Tarika – Ye juice kyu laaye. I want coffee.

Abhijeet – No… Jb tkk theek nahi ho jaati tb tkk No coffee No tea. Only juice.

Tarika made a face and took juice. Abhijeet too settled on sofa and started sipping his tea. He was staring at Tarika. His stare was rueful. Tarika felt that and asked –

Ese kya dekh rahe ho Abhijeet.

Abhijeet – Tumhe dekh raha hun. I missed you na…

Tarika – I missed you too.

Abhijeet got up and left the room. He came to living room and thought –

Ye kya kr raha hun main. Mujhe aapne emotions par control rakhna hoga. Usee shaq ho jayega mere esa karne se. Sambhal ke Abhijeet. Ye sahi waqt nahi h Tarika se kuch bhi poochne ka.

He was standing in the middle of the living room busy in his thoughts. Suddenly Tasha came and called him.

Tasha (loudly) – Abhijeet sir.

Abhijeet (jerked) – H… Han Tasha.

Tasha (worried tone) – Sir kya baar h…main aapko kbse aawaz de rhi thi.

Abhijeet – Kuch nahi… (laughing fakely) … Kya keh rahi thi tum.

Tasha – Yahi k bureau saath mein hi chalte h.

Abhijeet – Nahi Tasha… tum nikal jana. Main zara apne ek khabri se milkr niklunga.

Tasha nodded. Abhijeet went to get ready. All of them had their breakfast together with some chit chat. Abhijeet was mostly silent. After breakfast, Tasha left. Abhijeet too left after Tasha. He wanted to go alone. He wants alone time with himself. He reached bureau and everyone wished him and asked him about his health.

Freddy – Sir aap apna phone check kyu nahi krte… Pta h pura din aapka phone off tha toh hum log kitne pareshaan the.

Abhijeet – Aree yr…phone dekhna hi bhool gya…Drive kr raha tha aur phunchne ki bhi jaldi thi toh bs dekha nahi.

Rajat – Sir hamara toh theek h…lekin ACP sir bhut gussa hain aapse.

Abhijeet – Aree Rajat… Tum darao mat mujhe.

Daya – Boss darna toh bnta h… Ab tumne kaam hi aesa kiya h.

Abhijeet (irritated) – Esa kya kr diya h maine…baccha nahi hun main Daya… CID Officer hun. Kll se sab log ek hi swaal pooch rahe h. (angry tone) Mere liye itna pareshaan hone ki koi zrorat nahi kisi ko.

Suddenly ACP arrived. Everyone wished him good morning including Abhijeet. He replied back and went to his cabin. But everyone got startled with Abhijeet's reaction. Their reaction was genuine as a family and as collegues too. They get worried because they are prone to so many life endangering threats. If they are responsible for the safety of their city, their country people, they are responsible for each other's safety too. After wishing morning to ACP Pradyuman, Abhijeet moved out from bureau hall. Again, he failed to control his emotions. He got angry with all this. But one thing that shocked him was that ACP sir didn't ask or say him anything. He was expecting some angry shouts from him. But he didn't show anything… like nothing happened. He has to report the meeting happenings to ACP sir so he moved to report him.

He entered inside after knocking on the door.

ACP Pradyuman (without taking his eyes off from file) – Baitho Abhijeet.

Abhijeet – Sir voh main meeting ka btane aaya tha.

ACP Pradyuman – Han btao. Kya progress h case ki.

Abhijeet told him everything about the meeting.

ACP Pradyuman – Theek h. Get back to your work.

Abhijeet (confused tone) – Sir!

ACP Pradyuman – Kya hua?

Abhijeet – Aap kuch nahi khenge?

ACP Pradyuman – Kis baare mein?

Abhijeet – Vohi sab… main aane mein late hogya aur mera phone band…

ACP Pradyuman (interuppting) – Kyu? Tumne abhi -2 toh kaha k tum bache nahi ho aur kisi ko tumhari fikar krne ki zrorat nahi h. Toh mujhe nahi lagta k mujhe kuch kehna chahiye.

Abhijeet was ashamed of his words. He was feeling guilty for saying something like that to his family.

Abhijeet (guilty tone) – I am sorry sir. Mujhe esa nahi kehna tha.

ACP Pradyuman – Toh kyu kaha?

Abhijeet – voh actually… (But he fell silent. He doesn't have any explanation to this.)

ACP Pradyuman – Dekho Abhijeet… Agar Delhi mein kuch baat hui h toh btao mujhe. Hum log sab sambhal lenge.

Abhijeet – Sir kuch nahi hua h Delhi mein. Mera matlab sab vaisa hi hua jaisa maine Daya ko btaya bs.

ACP Pradyuman (directly looking into his eyes) – Tumhari flight miss hogyi…Tum phone charge krna bhool gye…vahi sab hena.

Abhijeet (not meeting his gaze) – Han sir.

ACP Pradyuman – Theek h…lekin aage se dhyaan rakhna. Ab jao.

Abhijeet immidiately left the cabin and got back to work. He knew ACP understood that he is lying.

On the other side, ACP was dipped in his thoughts. He understood by looking into his eyes only that something is terribly wrong with him. He thought not to interfere because he knew Abhijeet want to hide it. He knew if he has decided to hide something no one will be able to get it out. Yes… being an ACP he can dig out but he didn't want to hurt his son like officer. He decided to give him time so that he can himself blurt out the truth. But nobody knows that Abhijeet has decided to hide it forever!

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Brawny.