Chapter 45: The Day.

DAYA was driving RAJAT to the hospital who was still unconscious next to him with seatbelt on.

DAYA saw him stir as RAJAT with squinted eyes see the sceneries moving from the windowpane and turned to see DAYA driving and asked: What I am doing here?'

DAYA asked: You don't remember what happened last night?'

RAJAT gruffly: What happened last night?'

DAYA looking at his hangover face asked: Were you drunk last night?'

RAJAT: I don't drink.'

DAYA asked to check: RAJAT, what's your name?'

RAJAT sleepily: Sir, you just call me RAJAT.'

DAYA: Oh yeah. What's my name then?'

RAJAT: DAYA sir, why are you behaving odd?'

DAYA: I am behaving odd or you? Do you have short term memory loss? You were kidnapped last night.'

RAJAT still not interested asked: Am I?'

DAYA: You really don't remember?'

Thinking about it RAJAT said with closed eyes: Oh... Yes. I was standing somewhere and then suddenly someone pulled me and everything went dark. I couldn't see him in dark but he injected me something saying 'It will help you.'

DAYA shocked: What? Did he drug you?'

RAJAT blabbed: I don't know sir. Why do they keep doing this to me? Am I a billionaire's kid or have top secret of ISI or RAW that they keeps abducting me. Inti baar to Kohinoor bhi chori nahi hua hoga jitni baar unhone mujhe kidnap karne ki koshish ki hai. I am tired of this all sir.'

DAYA understanding his ordeal said: Don't worry. Nothing will happen after this. Mr. Z has got caught.'

RAJAT opened his eyes turning his head at him: Mr. Z got caught..?'

DAYA: He was the one who kidnap you last night.'

RAJAT, who was comfortably resting on his seat, all of sudden straightened himself asking DAYA in surprise: Mr. Z kidnapped me? Is he still alive or my sister...'

But he stopped in mid sentence flinching in pain at the body stretch. DAYA noticed it and saw RAJAT raising his T-shirt a bit to see a long band aid to his side.

DAYA asked: you were injured? When did you get hurt?'

Reality hit RAJAT as he remembered everything from last night how NILESH attacked and SHAKTI got stabbed while saving him and asked DAYA: Where is SHAKTI?'

DAYA a bit surprised answered: He is dead.'

RAJAT's eyes filled with tears remembering the incident as he asked DAYA: Where are others?'

DAYA: They are at Bureau. Why?'

RAJAT: I need to go to Bureau.'

DAYA pulled the break looking at his devastated state and asked: Are you all right? What happened?'

RAJAT tells him everything happened last night.

RAJAT: SHAKTI while shoving me off the building said to be aware of his father. He said KRIPAL is the key to the reality CID is looking for. I was running from NILESH. Mr. Z didn't kidnap me. He saved me from NILESH and his men.'

DAYA looked shocked: What?'

RAJAT: Please, let's go to the Bureau.'

DAYA looking at him asked: Are you sure you are fine?'

RAJAT: yes, I am fine.'

DAYA nodded and turn the SUV towards the Bureau.

CID Bureau: Interrogation Room -

ABHIJEET was sitting in front of handcuffed Tony Marques and other officers except DAYA stood a little far while TARIKA stood behind them to keep her calm as ABHIJEET interrogated Tony.

ABHIJEET: So you confess that 18 years ago you killed PRITHVI and his family.'

Tony coldly: Yes I killed him and his family.'

ABHIJEET: Why did you kill them?'

Tony: To please myself.'

TARIKA lost at it as she loosened her clenched fist sprinting towards Tony and banged his face hard on the table making ABHIJEET stood up startled as she agitatedly yelled at Tony: Just to please yourself, you killed my whole family bastard!'

TARIKA abruptly pulled Tony by his collar that the chair behind him fell and gave a strong punch on Tony's face before ABHIJEET held back her from further violence.

All the officers stood stunned as TARIKA struggled in ABHIJEET's grip shouting at Tony: Your enmity was with my father. What did my mother and brother did to you to die like that? Why did you kill them?'

Silent Tony retorted back equally loud: In the shootout, CID killed my girlfriend right in front of my eyes. She was pregnant with my child. There is no record of that in the police files that they killed my unborn child. She had nothing to do with my business. Why they killed her and my kid?'

All the CID officers stood shocked looking at him as he continued in vicious tone: Each day my heart burned and I lived in agony. So, I just killed PRITHVI and his whole family.'

Tears rushed down TARIKA's eyes as she asked in disbelief: CID se revenge lene ke liye tumne meri jeeti jaagti hasti khelti family ko maar diya..?'

TARIKA looked away: You call that revenge?'

She shouted at him: You should have killed PRITHVI to let his family suffer without him. Or you just have killed his family leaving PRITHVI alive to make him suffer the same pain as yours! That would have been your revenge! Why did you kill them all leaving me alone to live? You should have just killed me too with them! Why did you leave me alive?'

The room echoed with her words leaving it in a dead silence as all the officers watched her breaking down while ABHIJEET pulled her in a hug.

Kyu dil se nafrat kam nahi hoti?

Aankhe bewajah hi nam nahi hoti.

Khushi hotho tak aakar thahar jati hai,

Kyu muskurahate phir bikhar jati hai?

Tears went down RAJAT's eyes seeing his sister's outburst who arrived there with DAYA to witness all this.

TARIKA wiped her eyes and looked back at Tony: Your heart burned and my father died each day in guilt for not able to save an innocent life that day.'

TARIKA questioned: Your girlfriend died that day while saving you. What did you do that day to protect her and your kid? Is it CID or you are the one who killed her?'

Tony was aghast by her contempt, tears brimming up in his eyes remembering the day his girlfriend got shot in his place.

TARIKA repulsed: No one would have known the pain of losing a loved one better than you after loosing your love and kid. Did you really love your kid? Then how could you kill VASUDHA in front of her kid? How could you do that to a 5 year old kid?'

Tony looked shocked at her saying: I didn't kill VASUDHA.'

All looked surprised by his statement as ABHIJEET asked: What?'

Tony looking at TARIKA said: I killed PRITHVI and his family but I didn't kill VASUDHA.'

TARIKA looked at him in disbelief.

'He is telling truth. He didn't kill my mother.' All turn to see RAJAT.

RAJAT looked at Tony as his eyes stopped at RAJAT for a moment remembering the day.

Flash back: 18 years ago -

Mumbai Railway Station -

There weren't much people at the station as a train stopped at the station from Bangalore.

Tony with vengeful eyes gets down the train looking around the station.

Behind him a man in his late 30's got down the train with a little girl in his arms and walked towards the exit and the girl said: I want to drink water.'

The man put her down to see her bare feet and asked her: Little angel, where did you leave your sandal?'

The girl looked at her bare feet then at the train and then at his father shrugging off with a pout.

Her father shook his head at her looking back at the train and said to her: That's why I told you to stay with your brother at home. Why don't you listen to me?'

Girl with a smile said: Sorry.'

Her father smiled: You should have told me when you took off your shoe beta.'

He made her sit at one of the benches and gave a little water bottle to her saying: Drink this water and wait here. I will quickly go and bring your shoe back from the train. So, don't go anywhere from here until I came back. Ok?'

Girl innocently asked: Agar train apne saath aapko bhi le gayi to?'

The man smiled at his daughter and said: Beta, it's the last stop. Train will stop here for 20 minutes. Ok?'

The girl nodded and the man runs back to the train to get her sandal.

He gets into the train looking for the sandal and finally found it under the seat. He was getting down the train with little sandals when his eyes fell at a group of people and he got worried.

He thought things would have been cool down in last two months but he didn't know they were still being looking for him this desperately as one of the men from the group said pointing at him: Boss, wo raha journalist PRAKASH.'

PRAKASH frightened looked at the direction of his 5 year old daughter who was drinking water from her bottle lost in her own kid world and then looked back at the group who were furiously approaching towards him.

He wouldn't have bring his daughter with him if he knew things had turn this dangerous but except the police he helped so far nobody knew about his visit to Mumbai today, then how did the goons know about it.

He knew he can't run, he won't be able to run far from them. He secretly kept the sandals at the train door not taking his eyes off the goons and had a glance at his daughter sending a silent prayer to the Lord to keep her distracted and walked away with the goons voluntarily to keep them distracted from his daughter.

Other side the little girl saw his father walking out with some scary looking guys and got down the bench walking towards the direction only to bump with something.

She stables and froze to see a pair of shoe in front of her got wet from the water fell from bottle in her hand and slowly shifted her eyes up high to see a tall dangerous looking man with moustache and beard.

The girl scarily looked at the man for soaking his shoe.

Tony looked the little girl almost on the verge to cry thinking if his kid was alive then he/she would have been around her age and smiled at her saying: It's ok.'

The girl smiled back at him extending dairy milk to him saying: Sorry.'

Tony looked amuse at the chocolate in her hand and asked: This is for me?'

Girl nodded and Tony asked: Why?'

Girl smiled giving the chocolate to him: Because you are kind and I like kind people.'

Those words of the little girl moved something in Tony's heart and he asked her: What's your name?'

Girl: PURVI.'

PURVI tried to look behind him at the direction his father went and said: I have to go to my Papa. Bye bye!'

And little PURVI walked away as Tony stared her with a heartfelt smile and turned around only to collide with something.

Tony looked down to see a same size boy fell down on his feet after colliding with him.

Tony kneeled down asking the little boy: Are you ok?'

The little boy got up dusting off his hand looking at him with a bright smile and said: I am sorry.'

The little kid's smile was the second thing of the day after the little girl's kind words that gave an ease to his anxious heart and asked him: What's your name?'

Boy: RAKSH.'

Tony seeing the kid alone asked: Are you here alone?'

RAKSH: No. I have come with my mother.'

Tony smiled a bit offered him the chocolate PURVI gave him and asked: Do you like chocolate?'

RAKSH: My mom told me not to take anything from a stranger.'

Tony smiled and pointing him at PURVI's direction said: Not from me but you can take it from a friend like you, right?'

RAKSH looked at the direction to see a little girl with a Mickey Mouse bag on her back was looking for someone looking around.

PURVI momentarily turned to see Tony and a little boy with him looking at her and she smiled at Tony waving him bye before walking off.

Note:

Flashback will be continued in next chapter.

Poem: 'Aakhir Kyu?' by Tulipbeauy.

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