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Here enjoy your next chapter.

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It's been 3 days and nobody discussed that topic again. Acp has joined the bureau after completing all the formalities and training with HQ. Daya and whole team was helping him and taking care of him. Abhijeet was usually at home or at beach during evenings as he is suspended for a month. He usually goes alone and spends all his evening at beach and come back home late. He even went to Shimla to meet his daughter Shreya during this time. He was looking much relaxed now. May be it was the outburst that made him relax. It was Sunday evening when team was at Acp's house along with Dr. Salunkhe. They were chatting and laughing on pankaj and Freddy's jokes. Pankaj was telling a story about Freddy –

Aur sir aapko pta h Freddy sir darwaza khulne ki aawaaz se dar ke bhag gye.

Acp (laughing) – Fr toh tumhe Abhijeet aur Daya se dant pdi hogi…kyu Freddy!

Freddy – Aree main bch gya sir… us din toh Abhijeet sir aur Daya sir dono hi shehr se bahr the.

Daya's smile got vanished while Acp got suspicious. It was the time when they took Acp to Aligarh for operation. He asked – Daya tum dono (stressing on dono) shehr se gayab?

Daya (stammered a bit) – han sir… voh…voh Abhijeet ke ek meeting mein tha aur main us hafte apne dost ki shaadi mein gya hua tha. Pr sir Rajat tha bureau mein.

Acp looked at him suspiciously but ignored for a while. After some more time team left from there and only Salunkhe and Acp left. Looking at Acp who was still in thoughts, Salunkhe asked –

Kya soch rhe ho Boss!

Acp Pradyuman – Abhijeet aur Daya kuch toh chupa rhe h yr abhi bhi… aaj Daya ek second ke liye ghabra gya tha jb Freddy ne kaha k voh dono shehr se baahr the. Salunkhe esa kabhi nhi hua k Abhijeet aur Daya dono hi shahr se gaayab ho voh bhi tb jb main bureau mein nhi hun.

Kuch toh chakkar h… (looking at him) tu toh yhi tha yr… tub ta kya hua tha us waqt.

Salunkhe (low tone) – Yr us waqt main Abhijeet pr toh dhyaan bhi nhi deta tha…use hmesha hi… Rajat ne kaha k Abhijeet meeting ke liye gya h…Abhijeet bureau aagya tha 2 din baad hi… aur Daya ek hfte ke liye baahr tha. Mujhe shaq hi nhi hua.

Acp put hand on his friend's shoulder who turned his head down in guilt. Yes guilt! He was feeling guilty for hurting Abhijeet beyond limit. He has hurt him and tore their relation apart beyond repair. Since Acp has returned Salunkhe was unable to look straight in Abhijeet's eyes. When Abhijeet expressly said that their relation is too much broken to repair, he knew Abhijeet was right.

On the other hand, Acp decided something in mind. Next day, a new case was reported and Acp ordered Daya to lead the case while he himself stayed in bureau. He looked for the specific recordings of bureau hall and his own cabin. He looked at the entire recording but didn't find anything specific. He banged his hand on the table with a disappointed face – Damn it! Kuch nhi mila ek hfte ki recording mein.

Abhijeet tum itne perfect kyu ho. Sb kuch chupana aata h tumhe.

Meri hi di hui training mujh pr hi aazmaate h yeh dono dost.

He closed the laptop and looked outside through the window and then remembered something – voh papers jinpe Abhijeet kaam kr rha tha… voh sb kya tha?

He started checking all the drawers of the cabin knowing that Abhijeet must have removed every piece of information from there but still checking but found nothing. He even checked Abhijeet and Daya's desk drawers but found nothing. Something clicked his mind and he smiled.

Acp called Salunkhe at his home while he searched for the papers he got from HQ which Abhijeet presented there as a proof that Acp was in coma for the whole year. He found it and when he heard sound of Salunkhe's car coming he prepared coffee for the two. Salunkhe entered inside sat on sofa and Acp presented some papers and x rays in front of him with coffee. He said –

Salunkhe ye voh papers and x rays ki copy h jo Abhijeet ne HQ mein submit ki thi. Ye dekh k bta k sach mein vaisa hi hua h sb jo hme dikhaya gya h.

Salunkhe (confused tone) – Kya mtlb Boss…main smjha nhi.

Acp Pradyuman – Salunkhe mujhe nhi lgta k main sirf coma mein tha… agr baat sirf itni si hoti toh Abhijeet aur Daya itna ghabraaye huye nhi hote jitna us waqt the jb main hosh mein aaya. Han main janta hun k us din bureau mein usne btaya tha k voh aur Ashutosh mujhe kaisi haalat mein hospital lekr gye the… pr baat sirf itni nhi h… kuch aur bhi h jo voh dono mujhse chupa rhe h.

Salunkhe nodded and said – theek h Boss… main dekhta hun. Salunkhe studied the papers and x rays carefully. After half an hour, his face expressions were tensed. He looked at Acp Pradyuman with serious eyes and put the papers down and said in a serious tone – Boss tum theek keh rhe ho.

He showed him the xrays and said – ye xrays se pta chl rha h dimaag ki ye nas bhut buri tareh se damage hui h… ye toh medicines ke use se theek ho skti h… lekin ye dosri nas jo brain ke left side pr h ye bhi damage h…isko tb tkk nhi ched skte jb tkk ye pehle vali nas recover nah o jaye… aur ye left wali nas bina operation ke theek nhi ho skti Boss!

Acp Pradyuman (tensed) – lekin agr voh log mujhe operation ke liye bhi le gye…toh chupayi kyu ye baat.

Salunkhe – Boss ye operation krna sb doctors ke bas ki baat nhi h… aur ye bhut hi expensive operation h… km se km 2-3 crore rupay.

Acp Pradyuman (shocked) – KYA!

Salunkhe – han Boss!

Acp Pradyuman (tensed tone) – lekin Salunkhe un dono ne itne paise kahan se jma kiye honge…

Salunkhe – Boss tum Ashutosh se kyu nhi poochte… Usee toh sb malum hoga na…

Acp Pradyuman (irritated tone) – Aur voh sb ugal dega hna… Un dono use bhi achi khasi patti pdhayi hogi k kb kya bolna h kya nhi.

Abhijeet ka dost h voh… muh se bhaap tkk nhi nikalega. Aur vaise bhi ye koi crime ya case nhi h k hum use dra dhmka ke ugalwa lenge.

He remembered something and took out his phone and called someone – han Shambhu… kaha h is waqt?

Aur tera bhai… voh kahan h?

Kya!

Acha – 2 theek h… sun Abhijeet ko nhi btana maine call kiya tha.

Acp sat on sofa with a thud and placed hand on his forhead. Salunkhe looked at him in confusion and asked in loud tone – Pradyuman… hua kya h akhir… tum btaoge bhi!

Acp remembered something particular incident of few days ago.

Flashback

Abhijeet came to bureau to pick Acp and Daya in the evening as Daya's hand was injured and he couldn't drive. DOU did not allow Acp to drive due to his recent medical condition. So Abhijeet was driving, Acp was on passenger seat and Daya was sitting at back seat. Due to too much traffic on the main road because of festival season, Abhijeet took another route which goes through few lanes of Mumbai. Upon reaching a particular lane from where Abhijeet's mother's house was clearly visible, Abhijeet turned the wheel to other lane and turned away his face in pain. He didn't want to look at that lane so turned his face away. Within a second he realised he was sitting with Acp and Daya, he recovered and changed his face expressions to normal ones. Though the change was for a second only but Acp's sharp eyes noticed it and he got confused. Before he could ask anything, his phone rang and he completely forgot that incident.

Flashback over

Acp looked at him with tears in his eyes and said in a lost tone – us bache ne mere liye apni maa ki aakhri nishani… apni maa ka ghar bech diya Salunkhe!

Salunkhe (stunned) – KYA!

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