Hi guys…This is new year gift… yeah, a little bit late…Please review guys…Your review tells me if I am writing good or not. Princessdev03, Mystery Princess, Crazy for Abhi…I am missing your reviews. Silent readers…waiting for your reviews too. Here is the chapter.

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Lunch time…

Whole team was sitting in the bureau cafeteria for lunch. Abhijeet too joined them. Environment was a bit silent as team does not want to disturb Abhijeet. They were thinking that might be Abhijeet is disturbed or upset on something which don't want to share. On the other side, Abhijeet was silent too. First because of his mental turmoil and secondly, he was ashamed of hurting his family. Finally, Abhijeet thought to break the silence and apologize.

Abhijeet (clearing his throat) – Mujhe aap sab se kuch kehna h.

Daya – Ab kya kehna h?

Abhijeet (guilty tone) – I am sorry guys. I know mujhe ese baat nahi krni chahiye…

Freddy – Aree sir aap kyu maafi mang rahe…hum samjhte h.

Rajat – Han sir…please aap maafi mat mangiye.

Abhijeet – Thankyou guys… Main aage se esa nahi krunga. (looking at Daya) – Tum maaf nahi kroge?

Daya (dramatic tone) – Ab koi ese maafi mangega toh maaf toh krna pdega na…Jao jao maaf kiya. Lekin aage se dhyaan rakhna

Abhijeet (joining his hands) – Han mere baap.

With a chit chat on recently solved case, team finished lunch and went to work. Soon it's 7:00PM and everyone wrapped up their work and left for home. Daya left to meet his informer. While Abhijeet went on his car. While driving, he was again dipped in his thoughts. Soon he reached home. Tarika was already awake. She welcomed him with her beautiful smile. He too smiled back. Today the scenerio was different. Usually, Abhijeet used to tell her about his day in bureau, ongoing cases, Freddy's jokes. But today he was silent while Tarika was telling him things.

Tarika – Abhijeet…main soch rahi thi…ka jab main theek ho jaungi na toh hum ghoomne jayenge. Hame bhi akele mein time spend krne ka mauka milega.

Abhijeet (lost in thoughts) – Kahan jayenge…Delhi.

Tarika (confused) – Delhi…Delhi kyu jayenge.

Abhijeet (snaaped out of his thoughts) – Hahaa…mazaak… mazaak kr raha tha. Hum chalenge na… Goa chalenge…

Tarika – Hm Goa…How romantic!

Abhijeet – Filhaal main kahin aur ja ke aata hun.

Before Tarika could ask him anything, he left for kitchen. He stood their for sometime mentally cursing himself as every now and then he was commiting mistakes. He thought –

Mujhe kuch karna hi hoga. Ese toh kuch bhi bol dunga aur kisi na kisi ko shaq ho jayega. ACP sir ko toh pehle hi shaq ho gya h. Daya se baat kr leta hun…voh meri baat samajh jayega.

He immidiately left for his home. Basically, he wanted to avoid staying in his own house too. If he would stay there, he would blurt out something. He reached Daya's home. He rang the bell. Daya came and opened the door.

Daya – Abhijeet tum yahan…

Abhijeet (smiled) -Hi

Daya (smiled too) -Hi… aao andar aao. Tum baitho main paani lekr aata hun. Tum thake hue lag rahe ho.

Daya already sensed something wrong with Abhijeet. Because Abhijeet used to take water by himself and always end up making coffee or tea himself there. But today Abhijeet just nodded. His eyes has lost his charm. Abhijeet sat on couch. Daya went to kitchen to bring water. Just then Dr. Salunkhe arrived there from balcony. Seeing Abhijeet he immidiately bombarded him with his questions.

Dr. Salunkhe – Abhijeet… Tum yahan… Tum yaha kya kr rhe ho? Tumhe es waqt Tarika ke saath hona chahiye…voh tumhari responsibilty h. Ghar pe kise chod kr aaye ho uska dhyaan rakhne ke liye. Pehle hi ye mission ki hearing ke chakkar mein Delhi ja kr baith gye…wahan se aane mein der krdi tumne. Voh toh acha hua k Tarika ke saath Tasha thi…par bhulo mat voh tumhari zimmdari h.

Aree tu kuch bologe bhi…kyu aaye the yahan.

Abhijeet (straight tone) – Galti hogyi mujhse…yahan aakr. Chalta hun.

He stood up from sofa and went. Daya who was listening all this got shocked when suddenly Abhijeet decided to leave. He ran to stop him.

Daya (loud tone) – Abhijeet… Ruko. He held his arm to stop him.

Abhijeet (turned and smiled) – Sorry Daya… mujhe nahi pta tha k tumhara aur Salunkhe sir ka plan tha… Agli bar tumse pooch k ghar aunga…kahin phirse tumhara aur Salunkhe ka koi plan toh nahi… chalta hun.

Abhijeet left while Daya stood their upset. He turned to Dr. Salunkhe.

Dr. Salunkhe – Ye kya tha.

Daya – Vahi toh mujhe aapse poochna h. Ye aapne kya kiya sir? Aur kyu?

Dr. Salunkhe – Main toh bs Tarika ki fikar mein keh raha tha. Voh toh naraaz ho kr hi chala gya.

Daya – Sir Abhijeet ek zimmedaar insaan h. Usee apni responsibility ka ehsaas h. Voh janta h k usee Tarika ko sambhalna h. Vo yahan shayd koi baat karne aaya tha apne dost se (pointing towards himself). Lekin aapne… ab btayega bhi nahi k kya baat thi. Vaise hi itna pareshaan lgg raha tha.

Dr. Salunkhe – Acha theek h Daya…I am sorry. Tum ussee phone pe baat krlena. I am sure kuch nhi hoga. Tum bs overreact kr rahe ho.

Daya – I hope esa hi ho. (thinking) Par mujhe lagta h k esa nahi h. Kuch toh baat h.

Dr. Salunkhe – Acha Daya…main chalta hun. Kll lab se tumhe main file dedunga.

Daya – Ok sir…Bye.

Dr. Salunkhe – Bye.

Dr. Salunkhe left. But Daya was still worried for his friend. Meanwhile, Abhijeet got angry on Dr. Salunkhe. He just sat in his car and drove off. He reached home and threw away his coat in anger. He took a glass of chilled water and drank it in one go. He wanted to cool down his anger. Just then his phone rang flashing Daya's name on screen. He put the phone on silent mode and entered in bathroom. He splashed water on his face. His thoughts –

Tumhe jaldi theek hona hoga Tarika…sach kya h ye sirf tum bta sakti ho.

He took a deep breath feeling a little bit calm or feeling able to pretend calm and composed. He changed into casual wears.

He prepared dinner and took it to bedroom. Tarika was sitting with closed eyes. Abhijeet was staring at her. Feeling someone's stare, Tarika opened her eyes and smiled. Abhijeet smiled back.

Tarika – Kahan chle gye the Abhijeet.

Abhijeet – Kuch kaam tha…case ke regarding. Daya ke ghar gya tha.

Tarika – Daya kaisa h?

Abhijeet – Acha h…tumhari tbiyat?

Tarika – Bilkul theek…you know Abhijeet mujhe lagta h main bhut jald theek ho jaungi.

Abhijeet (in flow) – Voh toh aapko hona hi hoga…Dr. Tarika.

Tarika (confused) – Abhijeet…

Abhijeet – Salunkhe sahab aapni assisstent ko miss krte honge na…

Tarika – main bhi apne kaam ko bhut miss kr rhi hun. Dinner krlen.

Abhijeet – Hmm.

He served dinner for both. Both had dinner with chit chat. He gave her medicines and left after confirming her sleep. He completed his kitchen chores and sat on the sofa in half lying position. He kept sitting there thinking about what happened in his life until sleep took over!

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