Chapter 2
Goa is normally a peaceful place. Calm, sereninity and tranquility were in abundance here. People are Sun bathing at the beach, swimming in the water or are playing volleyball. But over and above, there can't be anymore peace here.
Same is the case at Salunkhe House. Dr R.P. Salunkhe is having his morning tea while his son Vaibhav is preparing the breakfast.
"wah Vaibhav wah" said Salunkhe "ek dum kamal ki chai banayi hai tum ne"
"thanks dad" Vaibhav smiled tossing the eggs on the frying pan "aap ko full fry chahiye ya half fry"
"half fry" Salunkhe replied "yaar kuch apni Di ko bhi seekha do"
"aakhir baar unhone aadha ghar jala diya tha jab wo kitchen me aayi thi" Vaibhav reminded "wo kitchen se durr hi aachi lagti hai"
"pata nahi kaun isse shadi karega" Salunkhe shook his head
"aap tension kyu lete ho papa" asked Vaibhav "Di apna khyal khud rakh sakti hai"
"ek baap ko apni beti ki shadi ki chinta toh lagi rehti hai beta" Salunkhe informed "khair koi nahi, utha lav apni Di"
"wo papa..." Vaibhav scratched his cheek nervously
"kya hua" asked Salunkhe confused "koi problem hai kya" that's when the doors opened revealing our own Dr Tarika carrying a guitar case with her
"good morning dad" Tarika yawned
"good morning?!" Salunkhe demanded "magar tum toh kamre me thi. Meine subhe hi dekha tha"
"oh... wo... Vaibhav meine tumhe kaha tha na pillow hata dena"
"what the Tarika" Salunkhe got up "kaha thi tum"
"dad come on" Tarika cajoled "mein toh sirf band practice ke liye gayi thi"
"Tarika" Salunkhe glared at her
"magar dad kal concert hai" Tarika reminded "mein toh abhi naha kar wapis jane wali hoon"
"tumhe hospital me nahi jana kya" asked Salunkhe "tumhari consultancy ka kya chal raha hai"
"Vaibhav, sab thik hai na"
"haan Di" Vaibhav nervously replied as Salunkhe gaped incredulously
"t-tum apne chote bhai se apna kaam karwati ho" Salunkhe demanded in disbelief
"what's the big deal dad" Tarika asked carelessly "Vaibhav needs some credit, I'm helping him"
"credit ka matlab take over nahi hota" Salunkhe yelled "apne room me jav"
"I was planning that any how" Tarika shrugged and walked into her room
"kya karu is ladki ka mein" Salunkhe slumped into the chair "jaise taise doctor banaya meine ise aur ise guitar bajana hai"
"koi baat nahi dad" Vaibhav patted his shoulder
"kaise koi baat nahi" Salunkhe whined "ise na khana banana aata hai aur na hi bartan manjhna. Are hospital me duty college ki tarah bunk karti hai. Oh my god! Kya hoga mera"
"ab upar wala hi malick" Vaibhav said looking at the ceiling. Instead the land-line on table below him rang "mein dekhta hoon" Vaibhav informed unnecessarily as he picked up the receiver "hello, Vaibhav Salunkhe here... ji... aacha thik hai..." he turned to Salunkhe "dad, koi ACP Pradyuman aap se baat karna chahte hai"
"Pradyuman? Itne saal baad?" asked Salunkhe eagerly as he snatched the reviewer "hello Pradyuman... haan Salunkhe, kya tum meri aawaz bhi bhul gaye... haan haan sab khairiyat... aacha? Bolo kya baat hai?... haan doctor ban gayi hai... kya tumhara beta tumhare under senior inspector hai? Kya baat hai... kya? Are tune toh meri problem hi solve kar di... yaha nahi yaar, face to face jab milege na, tab mein sab samajha duga. Tum sirf ye batav yaha kab aa rahe ho... bohut badhiya... mein rah dekh raha hoon tumhari... haan chalo bye" he hung up
"kya hua dad? Kaun tha"
"mera ek purana dost tha" Salunkhe informed "waise Di ki shadi ke bare me kya khyal hai"
"ab toh pakka upar wala malick hai" Vaibhav shook his head
And cut. Sorry for the short chapter. I'm quite busy till 17th of March, so updates will range from nil to 1 or 2.Some guest reader asked me to forward a message to RoseKiller girl. I had PMed her your message. When she reads you may or may not get your update, depends on her.I still need some more ideas for this AbhiRika story. I'll be grateful if anyone drops a suggestion or idea about how will AbhiRika fall for each other. I originally thought Tarika would misbehave with Pradyuman family before they're introduced to each other somewhere out of Salunkhe House. But that would really be bad. So please tell me what should I do to add more masala. So stay tuned and please review.CID Officer Yash, signing off.