The worst thing about distance was that you did not know whether they were missing you or forgetting you. Nowadays, the ever known world around him appeared too much unknown for Abhijeet. He could not match the present events and situations with the former days.
Daya was changing so much in front of his eyes. He was changing in every single day and he was unable to find any reason behind this. He just knew that a grey distance of silence was getting stored between their relationship and it was increasing day by day. They did not exchange much words now, for they did not find any topic to talk about. Daya and Abhijeet, the incredible duo of CID Mumbai, who were famous for their legendary friendship and unending talks, now were searching for any topic to discuss about.
But that too was an one side attempt, for Daya did not lack partner to have his talks. Abhiansh was there. Nowadays Daya was busy with him. Abhijeet could notice an effect of Abhiansh's presence over Daya's attitude, style and fashion. He did not say anything. What would be the gain?
The day after Shreya' accident, when Abhijeet went to bureau, his gaze were searching for Purvi, to give a thanks for her assistance! He met her in the record room and said in soft tone...
Abhijeet: kal Shreya ki waisi halat thi isliye main tumhe ek cup coffee tak offer nahin kar paya... aaj tumhe mere saath coffee shop par chalna hoga...
Purvi: lekin sir...
Abhijeet: mujhe kuch nahin sunna Purvi... humari bureau ki opposite pe hi to hain coffee shop... wahin chalenge hum... please mana mat karna...
While talking, they reached near Abhijeet's desk. Abhijeet took his seat and Purvi sat opposite to him with a soft tone...
Purvi: sir kal meri liye coffee se bhi zaroori tha Shreya ki halat... meri jagah koi aur hota to woh bhi waisa hi karta...
Abhijeet turned a bit absent minded after this as Daya's action of going away, without listening to him, appeared in front of his eyes. He said in a low absent tone...
Abhijeet: pata nahin Purvi... shayad hi koi aata... kal tum mere liye ek farishtein se kam nahin thi... main kaise tumhara ehsaan...
Purvi grabbed Abhijeet's hand tightly with an eager yet emotional...
Purvi: Abhijeet sir please... is mein ehsaan ki koi baat nahin hain... aap ne kitni baar apni jaan jokhim mein daalke meri jaan bachaya hain... to samajh lijiye yeh meri taraf se ek choti si koshish thi aapki madad karne ki...
After realizing that the atmosphere was getting a bit soggy, Purvi said in a bit frank tone...
Purvi: waise mujhe koi aitraaz nahin hain aapke saath coffee shop jane se... balki mujhe to accha hi lagega apni senior ki paise kharch karwake... waise bill aap denge na?
Abhijeet looked towards her and then burst into loud laughter in which Purvi too joined. Abhijeet said in jolly tone...
Abhijeet: zaroor mahotarma... lekin pehle aap apni kaam khatam kar lijiye...
Purvi(with a bright smile): jee sir... waise sir, Shreya kaisi hain ab?
Abhijeet(in sad tone): theek hain ab... sar mein dard hain... aaj ek nurse rakhke aaya hoon uske pass... abhi kuch der pehle hi nurse ki call aayi thi... woh dawai leke so rahi hain ab...
Purvi: okay sir... main jati hoon ab...
She left toward her desk while Abhijeet too picked up his pen and a file but at that moment, his gaze was attracted by the sight outside the glass sliding door of bureau. Daya and Abhiansh were there, talking to each other. He felt bad but ignored his feelings as he really did not want to spoil his happy mood today.
He and Purvi left bureau a bit earlier, taking leave from ACP sir. But reaching near the coffee shop, they found it to be closed! Abhijeet said in disappointed tone...
Abhijeet: shshaahh! Aaj hi ise bandh rehna tha!
Purvi: kya kare sir? Shayad iski owner ko maloom pad gaya tha ki hum log aane wale the aaj...
Abhijeet(with loud laugh): kya Purvi tum bhi!
Both shared a hi- five with laughter burst, unaware of the fact that a pair of eyes were noticing them with rage and with an angry yet painful whisper as "accha!" Abhijeet and Purvi walked towards the taxi stand nearby as Abhijeet offered her...
Abhijeet: accha coffee house to chut gaya! To ab tum mere saath kisi restuarant par chalo... yahan se cab pakadke chalte hain... kyun ki gadi to Daya ke pass hain...
Purvi: theek hain sir... chalte hain...
Daya, who was watching all these from a bit far away, was feeling that his body was burning in anger seeing the closeness between the two. He clutched the steering wheel as tight as he could as his eyes were red in anger. Today he was feeling anger over Purvi. On what purpose she attended office everyday? To work or to chat with others? He knew Abhijeet. He was never that close or easy with others like he was with him. But today, he was feeling that Purvi was snatching his position in Abhijeet's life, abandoning him! Tarika was not here, she was on a long leave and out of town, to meet her parents and in this opportunity, Purvi was trying to snatch her best friend's boyfriend! He started his car and went beside Abhijeet- Purvi with speed. Both of them stopped at their track with his arrival while Daya opened the door of passenger side with a firm...
Daya: Abhijeet aajao... hum saath mein jayenge aaj...
Abhijeet was really too much surprised to find Daya here, mot, at this moment. He said in a surprised voice...
Abhijeet: Daya tum yahan? Tum to itni jaldi bureau se nahin nikalte... aur phir Abhiansh ke saath jana nahin hain tumhe?
Daya(in hard tone): aaj kaam kam tha... aur aaj mera koi program nahin hain Abhiansh ke saath... tum gadi mein chado... aaj hum saath mein ghar jayenge...
Listening this, Abhijeet looked towards Purvi with a bit hesitation and then spoke out, after taking a break of three seconds...
Abhijeet: sorry Purvi... aaj tumhare saath restaurant nahin jaa paya main... par isi haphte kisi din chalenge... tum please bura mat manna...
Purvi(with smile): bilkul bhi nahin sir... hum baad mein chalenge... aaj aap Daya sir ke saath ghar jaaiye...
Now Abhijeet got into Daya's car with a relaxed face and with a smile playing over his lips. Finally... finally after so many days, he was getting an opportunity to spend some free time with Daya. He was really feeling so much excited! All the complaints of his mind, against Daya, almost got erased with just the thought. They were together again, without any third person!
But little he knew that due to his this little conversation with Purvi, the fire inside Daya's heart had increased much. Abhijeet and Purvi had planned to go to restaurant! He could not believe! Abhijeet never ever visit any restaurant, personally, with anybody else except him and Tarika. Most of the time, he and Abhijeet used to visit restaurants after long walks in the beach at free windy nights. They walked on the beach bare footed, used to talk simultaneously and then visit any restaurant at late night. And they would talk there also! Their talks were unending! Many old memories, many more unspoken words, many hidden feelings used to be shared there in the low lighted restaurant table! So many sweet colourful golden- silvery moments used to take birth each and every moments there. And today, Abhijeet had made plans to visit restaurant with someone else! Yes, he knew that Abhijeet visited restaurant with Tarika often, but today this Purvi was taking the place of both Tarika and him in Abhijeet's life.
Daya was thinking all these while driving the car and unintentionally, a blind anger was taking birth in his mind automatically! And at the same moment Abhijeet spoke up...
Abhijeet: aaj kal to tumhara kaam itni jaldi khatam nahin hota hain Daya... aur phir tum Abhiansh ke saath time spend bhi to karne jate ho... phir aaj kya hua? Itni jaldi nikal aaye tum? Woh bhi mere saath... Abhiansh busy hain kya?
Daya could not suppress the stored anger inside him anymore. He could not help to show it. He said in a tough manner...
Daya: kyun? Jaldi nikal kar ya phir Abhiansh ke saath na jakar tumhare liye koi problem create kar diya kya maine? Plan kharab ho gaya mere wajah se?
Abhijeet was really shocked to listen this. He really had not expected this type of questions from him. He said in shocked tone...
Abhijeet: tum aise kyun baat kar rahe ho? Aaj kareeb ek mahina hone ko hain, hum saath mein ghar nahin laute aise... isliye hi pooch liya bas...
Daya(in anger): abhi lautte nahin iska matlab yeh to nahin ki kabhi nahin lautenge... tum to yahan Purvi ke saath restaurant jane ka plan tak bana liye the... main abhi tumhe waqt nahin de pata, maloom hain mujhe... Abhiansh is shahar mein naya hain... aur hum itne saalon baad mile hain... isliye uske saath thoda zyada waqt beetata hoon main... is shahar se thoda jaan pehchan karwa raha hoon uska... lekin mere waqt na dene se ya phir Tarika ke yahan nahin hone se tumhare zindagi koi farq pad raha hain aise lagta nahin hain mujhe... dekho kaise gappe marne ke liye nayi saathi dhund liya hain tumne... Inspector Purvi!
For Abhijeet, these allegations were like almost a bolt crashed from the blue! He wondered whether the man sitting beside him was really Daya or not. He could not believe that Daya could talk such rudely with him. A shade of darkness appeared over his face and he replied with the same dark face...
Abhijeet: agar tumhe waqai waisa lagta haina Daya to mujhe aur kuch nahin kehna... Purvi ne kal Shreya ki accident ke baad bohot madad ki thi meri... hospital bhi aayi thi, ghar bhi aur Shreya ke liye khoon ki bhi... itne tension ke beech mein use ek cup chai ya coffee tak offer bhi nahin kar paya main... isliye hi use yahan, coffee shop lekar aaya tha coffee peelane ke liye... lekin coffee shop to bandh hain... isliye hi restaurant ke plan bana tha... jo bhi ho, main ab koi aur explanation dena zaroori nahin samajhta tumhe... aur tum behaviour to aise kar rahe ho, jaise tum mujhe ya Purvi ko aaj hi jana hain... nahin na? Kayi saalon se jante ho na hume tum? To phir?
While talking, they had already reached near their house. After listening all these, the whole anger again turned its direction and it blamed himself only! Why had not he listened to Abhijeet yesterday? Then neither he had to take Purvi's help then, nor Purvi would have got the chance to be close to Abhijeet! And above all, had he overreacted today? Was he too rude, just now?
He was thinking all these silently while he stopped the car as their house had arrived. Abhijeet did not wait even not a single moment and got down from the car immediately. Daya could see his slender body entering the house. He could notice the distance, both physically and mentally! For the first time! He shivered! Would this distance increase? Would there be creation of a long road between them, which could never be crossed? Would a great wall of silence engulf them silently?
Abhijeet had not spoken even a single word since the return. Rather he was sitting on his bed, with the door of the room locked properly. He was feeling a strange pain inside his heart. How could Daya say all these things to him? How could he think that he keep chatting to other girls unnecessarily? He had such thoughts about him? Just the thought of this was increasing the amount of pain and anger inside his heart.
He was sitting alone, covering his face by his palms. Today, this loneliness was much more dear to him. The person, whom he used to think as his own till now, was really his own? The angry arrogant person, sitting beside him in the driving seat, was completely unknown to him. He did not know him. He had not loved him. The person, whom he knew and loved, had lost, he realized today. That Daya, who used to love him, who used to listen to him and most importantly who used to understand him, had lost somewhere. His world was totally empty today! He was totally alone in the crowd of all!
He was thinking all these silently in the dark, silent room when he heard a soft knock on his door. He got his senses back within a moment! Was Shreya calling him? He got down from the bed and opened the door but got shocked to see outside. A shocked whisper came out from his throat as...
Abhijeet: aain... yeh!
END OF THE CHAPTER
So what might have happened? What had Abhijeet seen? The distance between Daya and Abhijeet was increasing continuously, will they gain control over the situation before everything get destroyed? Will Abhiansh get caught? Will Daya understand that he was getting cheated? Why is Abhiansh doing such? What is his intentions? Will everything get alright? How? What is the relationship existing between Abhijeet and Purvi? Stay tuned to know more.
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Wrose8792: they both are victims dear. Both are being used by that devil Abhiansh. Thanks for the review.
Sanjana Gupta: OMG! Such a super long review. Dear, analysing Daya'a character in CID, especially when he got trapped in relationship triangle, I think that he does not think very much deeply and he always remain confused! In Senior Inspector Abhijeet, he was neither supporting Purbi nor Abhijeet. He was confused! And this repeated in dareya track too. He always act in hurry, which is really unexpected from such a mature cop. And just think, Abhainsh had not called Abhijeet as "tum" or something like that in front of all, they were alone to act such. Remember? Thanks for the review.
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