There was not a single person outside...
Abhijeet peeped out from the room and looked around. But still! There was not a single living soul outside. Then who the hell did knock the door? He turned his head and looked towards the wall clock of his room. It was 12 AM already! Then?
He was about to close the door when his gaze was attracted by the things kept on the floor, just in front of the door. He bent down and slowly picked it up. A book was there, on which two yellow roses and one dairy milk fruit and nut was decorated.
He once fondled the things slowly with a surprised face. Who kept these here? Surely Shreya had not. Then? Was it Daya? And it was the moment he saw him approaching towards his room, with fallen face.
Perhaps it was the first time ever in his life, Abhijeet did not feel happy seeing Daya approaching towards him, rather he was doubtful. Why was he coming to him? To hurt him again? To act rudely again? If he did so, he would not remain silent anymore; he would protest, he decided with a firm face.
Daya had reached near him until he took this decision. Now Abhijeet noticed his face properly. Daya's face was pale, dark and sad. He came near him and remain staring towards his face silently. Abhijeet too was silent. He was not interested to speak to him anymore after whatever had happened today. He, too, just kept staring towards him silently. Both shared a painful and silent eye lock until Daya spoke up in a very low tone...
Daya: sorry, maine aaj bina kuch soche samjhe tumhe bohot kuch keh diya hain... mujhe maloom hain main galat hoon... aur mujhe yeh bhi maloom hain ki maine jo kiya hain uske liye ek sorry kaafi nahin hain... tumhe shayad maloom nahin hain, lekin main tumhe lekar bohot possessive hoon... mujhe khud hi maloom nahin tha ki mujhe kya ho gaya tha... tum jab kisi ke saath zyada baatein karte ho to mujhe lagta hain ki tum mujhe ignore kar rahe ho... isliye...
He could not complete his sentence due to guilt while Abhijeet said in a calm tone...
Abhijeet: to kya yeh baat tumhare liye laagu nahin hota Daya?
Daya(in confusion): kya matlab?
Abhijeet(in calm tone): tum jo yeh Abhiansh ke saath rehte ho, maine kya kabhi tumse is bare mein kuch kaha hain? Kya tumhe kabhi poocha hain ki tum mujhe ignore kyun karc rahe ho? Peechle kuch dino se tumhare aur mere beech koi baat chit ho hi nahin paya hain... maine kya kabhi shikayat kiya hain is sab ke bare mein? Nahin na? Kyun ki mujhe tum par pura bharosa hain aur main har ek insan ki privacy par yakeen rakhta hoon... to mujh par tumhe bharosa kyun nahin hain Daya?
Daya remained standing there silently for some moments and then hugged him tightly with a moist...
Daya: I am sorry Abhi... mujhe maloom hain ki peechle kuch dino se main tumhe bilkul bhi waqt nahin de pa raha hoon... lekin Abhi, Abhiansh to mera bachpan ka dost haina? Itne dino baad mila hain... use bhi to meei zaroorat haina? Woh naya hain is shahar mein... use is shahar se thoda wakeef karwa doon, phir dekhna, sab pehle jaisa ho jayega...
Abhijeet gently separated himself from Daya's grip and said in a calm tone...
Abhijeet: mujhe tumhare aur Abhiansh ke rishtein ko lekar koi aitraaz nahin hain... aur sach kahu to mujhe utna haq bhi nahin hain... lekin Daya, tumhe nahin lagta ki ek mahina kaafi hota hain kisi ko, khas kar ek CID Inspector ko, Mumbai shahar se wakeef karwane ke liye? Tum aaj kal uske saath kuch zyada hi waqt nahin beeta rahe ho?
Daya(in shock): tum aisa kyun keh rahe ho Abhijeet?... (after some moments)... kahin baat aisa to nahin ki tum Abhi se jealous ho rahe ho?
Abhijeet(in shock): tumhe waqai lagta hain Daya ki main tumhare kisi dost se jealous ho sakta hoon?
Daya(in calm tone): mujhe galat mat samajhna Abhijeet, lekin tumhare baaton se aisa hi lag raha hain ki tum Abhi se jealous ho...
Abhijeet took some moments to calm down his emotions and then said in such a calm tone, where the coldness had almost overtaken the calmness...
Abhijeet: agar tumhe sach mein aisa lagta haina Daya ki main tumhare Abhi se jealous ho raha hoon, to is mein main kuch nahin kar sakta hoon...
Daya: baat ko talo mat Abhijeet... mujhe ab sach mein aisa hi lag raha hain ki tum Abhi se jealous feel kar rahe ho... maine notice kiya hain tumhara behaviour jab se woh aaya hain... tum uske saath, aur ab to mere saath bhi, kuch ajeeb tarike se behave karte ho...
Abhijeet: oh really! Main ajeeb tarike se behave kar raha hoon? Ya tum aisa kar rahe ho? Mujhe to aaj kal shak hone laga hain ki tum sach mein woh hi Daya hona jo pehle the?
Daya(with bitter smile): main bilkul bhi nahin badla hoon Abhijeet... badal to tum chuke ho... itni choti si baat ko kheenchke itna bada banane ki kya zaroorat hain?
Abhijeet too was to reply something when both heard a painful groan from the guestroom. Both stopped on their tracks and rushed towards the guestroom, or better to say the present habitant of the third member of this house, with equal concern.
Abhijeet was the first to reach the place where he found Shreya, sitting on the bed with her head tightly grabbed in her palms. Seeing duo near the doorstep, she said a moist tone...
Shreya: papa, Daya uncle please... aap dono is tarah mat ladiye... mere sar mein bohot dard ho raha hain... aap log please kuch der ke liye chup ho jaaiye...
The painful pleading from a girl, who was blue eyed for both of them, made duo stopped for a while. They looked towards each other and then lowered their eyes immediately. Some moments passed in deep silence until Abhijeet went to her and embraced her gently with a low...
Abhijeet: sorry!
Daya too immediately joined him and he too uttered a low sorry. Shreya, being relaxed now, hugged both of them simultaneously and took a deep breath. Daya said in guilty tone...
Daya: we are really very sorry Gudiya... hum dono ne hi aaj overreact kar gaye...
Abhijeet did not say anything. Daya was right! They both were wrong today. They really had overreacted. They should have thought about this third member of this house! After all, they were elders!
Missing someone was a part of loving them. If you were never apart, you would never really know how strong your love was!
In the very next day, duo went to bureau in complete silence, like other days and started their work. After some hours, Abhijeet was sitting in the canteen silently, with a cup of coffee in front of him. He was thinking something silently when Purvi appeared in front of him and said in casual tone...
Purvi: coffee shop ya restaurant ki coffee to miss ho gaya! Ab agar aapko koi aitraaz nahin hain to canteen mein coffee to pee sakte haina?
Abhijeet(with a smile): is mein aitraaz ki kya baat hain? Baith jaao please...
Purvi sat down in front of him with a cup of hot coffee held in her hand and then said in a bit tired tone...
Purvi: kahan sochi thi doctor banungi, woh to hua nahin... yeh sare case files sar par aake tapka...
Abhijeet: ab kya karogi? Police wali bani ho to file work to karna hi padega na? Waise tum doctor banna chahti thi to bani kyun nahin?
Purvi: sir, mujhe maths bilkul bhi accha nahin lagta tha... aur physics jo thodi bohot aata tha, chemistry to bilkul bhi nahin aata tha... isliye hi 10th standard ke baad hi science stream ko chodna pada tha... warna aaj main bhi ek forensic doctor hoti... (with a wink)... Dr Tarika ke tarah...
Abhijeet(in fake sad tone): tab shayad Tarika ke jagah CID mein tum hoti... aur mujhe meri Tarika milti hi nahin...
Purvi: woh to hain!... waise Tarika lautegi kab?
Abhijeet(in sad tone): aur ek do hapta lagega... apni mummy papa se milne gayi haina itne dino baad... bohot maze se reh rahi hain...
Purvi: aur yahan aap use miss kar rahe hain!
Abhijeet(sadly): hmmmm...
Purvi(with funny laugh): koi baat nahin... jab tak Tarika nahin aati, uski jagah main le leti hoon... kyun sir? Pasand hoon main? Waise main bhi ek ladki hi hoon...
Abhijeet looked towards her and then burst into laughter heartily. Purvi too joined him after a moment. But this scene was just intolerable for Daya who was watching this from the opposite side of the glass door of the canteen. But it was clear, that if Abhijeet had noticed the scenario also, he would not have understood why it triggered the anger bar of Daya. He would not have understood why Daya humiliated Purvi like that.
Daya appeared in front of them suddenly and then spoke up in straight tone, to Purvi...
Daya: tumhe kya CID mein isliye liya gaya Purvi, taki tum duty hours mein canteen mein baithke gappe lada sako? Is baat ki salary milti hain tumhe? Tum mein koi minimum sense of responsibility hain bhi ya nahin? Kitni gairzimmedar ho tum! Listen Purvi, agar aisa hi chalta raha na to mujhe tumhare bare mein kuch sochna padega... tum samajhti kya ho khud ko? Tum jaisi officers yahan bohot hain, na jane kitni officers taraste hain yahan CID Mumbai mein aane ke liye... humare under kaam karne ke liye... I am warning you for the first and last time, be sincere about your work otherwise you will have to pay a huge price. Hope you have understood.
Abhijeet got a sudden and huge shock listening Daya's long speech of insult. He could not believe that Daya was acting such with a colleague of them, and that also a female colleague like Purvi, who was equal brave and qualified like them. He tried to stop Daya with...
Abhijeet: Daya please... kya bole jaa rahe ho tum? Purvi just abhi abhi canteen mein aayi hain... pure din kaam ke beech thoda relaxation ka haq sab ko hoti hain...
Abhijeet's pleading angered Daya much more. He said in a sharp tone...
Daya: yeh meri life hain Abhijeet... is CID Bureau ke bahar tumhara aur mera jo bhi rishta hain woh personal hain... lekin yeh mera professional life hain aur main Purvi ka senior hoon... junior ki galti dekhke use warn karna mera right hain... isliye please is beech interfere mat karo... aur agar karoge, to bhi main nahin sunne wala... personal life aur professional life ko humesha alag rakhna chahiye... aur Purvi, yeh meri first aur last warning hain... yaad rakhna...
Abhijeet did not understand what to be said in response. After so many years, Daya had come to make him realize about his place in his life! This was what which had left to be listened! He saw Daya was leaving the canteen with rapid steps, but he was too numb to react. Purvi, too, did not wait anymore and left the canteen silently. He could notice that her face had reddened due to humiliation.
He sat back on his chair silently. His breath was really high and his lower lip was tightly pressed by his teeth. Not Purvi, but it was he who had got humiliated today here, in canteen in front of the canteen staffs. His ears were hot and his eyes were burning. How could Daya do it? He knew how Purvi had helped him during Shreya's accident but despite that... He had nothing... just nothing to say right now. Each and everything, including the deep understanding, between them was crashing down slowly and he could not do anything. He did not even desire to. Nothing could be fixed now!
But Daya was unable to extinguish the burning fire of anger inside him after returning to his desk also. The words he heard this morning from Abhiansh and the sight he just saw in the canteen was gradually getting mixed inside him. This morning Abhiansh had told him about Abhijeet and Purvi, his observations about them. Daya knew that Abhiansh wanted him to be happy, so he said all these. Abhiansh's words were ringing inside his ear till now...
"Daya, please bura mat manna. Lekin as a friend and your well wisher, mujhe lagta hain ki tumhe Abhijeet aur Purvi ki relation ko lekar ab seriously sochna chahiye... main tumhara dost hoon aur tumhara bhala hi chahunga, isliye hi keh raha hoon... maine kayi dino se notice kiya hain, Abhijeet aur Purvi ke beech kuch zyada hi dosti ho chuki hain... actually, sirf maine nahin balki baki sab logo ne bhi yeh baat notice ki hain... aur is baat ko thodi bohot gossips bhi chal raha hain... ab woh dono saath mein bureau se nikalte hain... shayad kahin aur time spend bhi karte hain... dekho Daya, main yeh nahin keh raha hoon ki pyar hona koi galat baat hain, lekin jab Abhijeet kayi saalon se Dr Tarika ke saath relationship mein hain, to ab Purvi ke saath yeh dosti bohot logo ko khatak raha hain... aur ab Dr Tarika bhi yahan nahin hain... haan agar tum yeh kahoge ki un dono mein dosti ki alawa kuch nahin hain to bhi... Daya, Abhijeet ki best friend tum ho... log tum dono ko dosti ki misale dete hain... lekin ab tumhe aisa nahin lag raha hain ki Abhijeet ki zindagi mein tumhari jagah woh Purvi le rahi hain... aaj to woh security wale bhi keh rahe the... Abhijeet sir aur Daya sir ki dosti toot chuki hain... Purvi madam hi ab Abhijeet sir ki best friend hain... main yeh nahin keh raha hoon ki Abhijeet ka is mein koi galti hain... tum to jante ho ki woh kitna sidha hain... shayad Purvi hi zyada interest dikha rahi hain... bureau ke har ek insan ko maloom hain tum dono ki dosti aur Abhijeet- Tarika ki relationship ke bare mein... aur yeh to aam baat haina ki is halat mein Abhijeet aur Purvi ki rishtein ki gehrai dekhke log baatein karna start kare... tum please Abhijeet se baat karo... ya phir Purvi ko samjha do CID mein uski jagah kya hain... uski jaisi officer bohot mil jayenge CID ko... lekin Daya, Abhijeet jaisa dost tumhe aur kahin nahin milega... as a senior, tum aisa zaroor kar sakte ho..."
Yes, he was right. He could surely do that. He certainly could make Purvi realize about her position. And he had done that only. Not only today, but he was ready to do this whenever needed. He had intentionally did this today... for this reason only. But Abhijeet! Abhijeet argued with him today and that also for that girl whom he knew since five or six years only! Their relationship was since more than twenty years. But today Abhijeet supported that girl! He questioned him for that girl! Daya could not believe actually! Had Purvi hypnotized him or what? Or he had undergone any type of brain washing? Did he notice a person's external side only nowadays? Why did not he understand? He was too innocent, if somebody talked with him softly or helped him anytime, he or she became good in his eyes, Daya knew.
These question were getting stored over his heart which was continuously increasing his anger and pain with each passing moments. That girl! That Purvi was responsible for whatever mess was happening in his life. She was acting to be great in front of Abhijeet by helping him once. But he would not allow her to win. He would surely end her game! HE MUST NOT LET HER WIN!
He went to Abhijeet's room at late night to have a talk with him. After returning home together yet silently, both refused to have dinner and went to their respective bedrooms silently. Daya could not sleep and was thinking all about all these since long! Now he decided. He should have a talk with Abhijeet. Before blaming someone else, he must look after of his own dear one. Each and every misunderstandings should be cleared. Very soon!
Abhijeet was reading a book in half lying position over his bed. Listening a soft knock on the door, he sat up straight and looked towards the door, only to find Daya was standing near the threshold. He tried to smile and said in calm tone...
Abhijeet: arey Daya! Aao na...
Daya entered the room and sat in front of Abhijeet, on his bed. Both were silent yet both pair of eyes were measuring the opposite one with extra alertness. It was perhaps the silence before the storm!
END OF THE CHAPTER
So it is the confrontation time? What will happen next? Will everything be sort out after this or the crisis will increase more? What is Abhiansh's motive? Will he succeed in his plan? Why is he doing so? What will be his next step? Will Daya realize his real face? Will duo get separated? Stay tuned to know more
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