CHAPTER 2

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Recap: Abhijeet went into his flashback and saw the birth of his first daughter, Tanishka.

A tear slipped down his cheek. Only he knew how much he missed her, how much he wanted her by his side, how much he wanted to keep his hand on her head and caress it, how much….

Abhijeet's POV: Kya galti thi uski, haan? Kya maanga tha usne aisa mujhse? Sirf do pal ka saath, do pal jisme sirf mai and woh ho? Aur maine use kya diya? Dard, takleef, nafrat! Maa-Baap to apne sabhi baccho ko samaan nazar se dekhte hai. Phir mai kaise itna partial ho gaya? Kaise? Jisne mujhe pita hone ka ehsaas dilaya, jiske aane se meri jindagi me chaar chaand lag gaye, jisne har pal mujhe anjaane me hi sahi apni jimmedaariyon se waakif karaya use maine… maine… apne inhi haathon se door kar diya. Par (angrily) mai toh hu hi bewakoof. Gusse me kuch bhi kar jata hu. Janti hai woh yeh baat. Phir bhi mujhse door chali gayi. Mujhe samjhaane bhi nahi aayi. Chali gayi bina mile, bina kuch kahe…. Itna bhi kya gussa? Paris chali gayi, waha se lautke police academy join ki aur ab mission par jaa rahi hai kal. Itna sab kuch ho gaya and mujhe pata tak nahi. Bachpan me ek chocolate khaane se pehle bhi mujhse puchhti thi. Aur ab apni jindagi ka itna bada faisla mujhse bina puchhe le liya….. Kya mai uske liye itna paraya ho gaya hu? Kya uski jindagi me meri koi ehmiyat nhi? Kahi usne mujhe apna pita maana chhod to nahi diya?

He shivered at that thought. He sighed painfully and held his head in his arms. Suddenly he felt an arm on his shoulder. He looked up and saw his wife standing there. He immediately cleared his eyes.

" Tum kabse apne aansu chhupaane lag gaye mujhse, haan? Jab itni hi yaad aati hai uski to ek phone kyu nhi kar lete? Jaante ho ki woh kaha hai par phir bhi milne nhi jaate. Kyu khudko aur use sazaa de rahe ho?" Tarika said, a bit angrily.

Abhijeet: "Tumhe mujhe sikhane ki jarurat nahi hai ki mujhe kya karna chahiye aur kya nhi. Mai agar usse milne nahi gaya toh woh bhi toh mujhse milne nahi aayi. Maine gusse me use keh kya diya ke uski shakal nahi dekhunga toh usne toh mujhse raabta hi tod diya. Sazaa mai nahi woh de rahi hai hum dono ko."

Abhijeet angrily left the room and went to the terrace. Tarika lied down beside her younger daughter thinking about her elder one. They didn't come to know when both of them drifted into sleep at their respective places. In the morning, Tarika got up to find that Abhijeet had still not returned from the terrace. She sighed, got down from the bed and freshened up. She came out of the washroom to find him waiting with his essentials to freshen up. He went to the washroom without looking at her. Tarika sadly went to wake Minakshi (Minu).

Tarika:"Minu… Minu… Utho beta. Dekho subah ho gayi hai. Chalo, jaldi se uthke fresh ho jao. College jaana hai na tumhe."

Minu: "Mamma, paanch minute, plz"

Tarika: "Nahi beta, chalo jaldi utho, dekho papa fresh hoke aate hi honge."

Saying this, she went down to do the morning chores leaving Minu, who after seeing her mother going, again took the blanket and went to sleep. Abhijeet came out and saw the usual, every morning scenario. He simply went near the bed, pulled the blanket, folded it and kept it on the couch without a word. This left Minu no option other than to wake up and get freshened. She just avoided an eye contact with her father and went to the washroom.

After freshening, she came down to see her parents and her favourite chachu-chachi silently having their breakfast. (Daya and Abhijeet share the same house) Abhijeet's red eyes and constant head pressing had already told Daya about the previous night events. So he just avoided asking anything. Everyone had their breakfast and moved out of the house. First they dropped Minakshi to her college and then headed towards the bureau. The journey was silent as it had been seen the past 5 days. They reached the bureau and Daya parked the quallis. Tarika was heading towards the FL when heard a small and meek "sorry" from behind. She turned to find Abhijeet standing there with down head. Daya and Shreya had left to give them privacy.

Tarika: "Tumhe mujhe sorry kehne ki jarurat nhi hai. Tum dono mere liye bohot ahem ho. Mai tum dono ko hi takleef me nhi dekh sakti. Samjhe, mere sweet-but-still-buddhu husband?"

Both of them smiled at that. They hugged each other tightly for a few moments and left to their respective offices.

All the officers had arrived in the bureau except Rajat and ACP sir. On asking, duo got to know that Rajat was on a leave for a day. They nodded and went to their desks. Abhijeet as usual got busy with the files or to be precise, pretended to be busy with the files. His attention was somewhere else which was well noticed by Daya and their Senior who had just entered the bureau. All stood up to greet him except Abhijeet who was still in trance.

ACP: (a bit loudly) Daya, maine kal tumhe jo file di thi woh complete ho gayi?"

Daya: "Yes Sir"

ACP: " Good, use lekar foran mere cabin me aao."

Saying this, he went towards his cabin followed by Daya. Abhijeet who had come out of his trance hearing the loud voice of ACP, kept starring at their backs and then resumed his work sighing heavily. Here after checking the file, ACP kept it aside and looked towards Abhijeet through his cabin glass.

ACP: "Kya ab bhi woh wahi sab….."

Daya: "Haa sir. Jab se DIG sir us sab ke bareme batake gaye hai tab se yahi haal hai. Aap toh dekh hi rahe hai na sir. Na kuch bolta hai na kuch. Ab toh mujhe fikar hone lagi hai uski ki kahi is sab me woh apni tabiyat na kharaab kar le. Kaash us din DIG sir ne woh sab na bataya hota. Kaash sir kaash."

And both of them drifted to the 5 days back incident.