Epilogue

Suzie

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My Love

"Riya! RIYAAA!! Are you listening me? Riyaaa! Come here right now!"

"RIYA!!" I shouted her name again. It's limit now, I am calling her since half an hour and she isn't replying forget about coming to me.

What? Oh! Okay, fine. I know I know, I always keep shouting on her and scold her for one or another reason but what can I do? She didn't listen to me or do as per my liking. Do you know what she did now? No! That's why you aren't happy with me.

Okay, so listen what happened this time. Day before yesterday, during our on-field investigation, while interrogating the neighbours of the victim, who was killed in his own OutHouse, The super-hygiene-freak but very-ignorant-about-herself wife of mine fainted. Thanks to Sam that he held her before she fell down on hard floor and hurt herself more by falling on hard concrete floor and nearby benches.

Flashback..

Along with Shree and Liza, I was inspecting inside the room where the murder took place, beside the dead body of Rameshwaram Sadani trying to understand the pattern of murder. Soon we heard some commotions from outside and look at each other before standing up and walking out. And what I saw shocked me to the core for a while, before i start panicking beyond control as I saw Sam and Aisha trying to make my right-now-unconscious wife lay on the couch. I rushed towards her and held her, slightly patting her cheeks, I asked in loud panic-stricken tone "What happened to her? Ri! Kya hua? Sam, told me already, isko hua kya? She was shining brightly few moments ago? So what happen to her now? Bol Sam!?"

"Rawte relax. She will be alright, okay? Just stop panicking and take her home, here we will take care. Go!"

Calm voice of Sam did relaxed me somewhat and made me think about the measures I should take with composed mind and I brought her in office, immediately. As office was near to the crime scene. After reaching there, I picked her up in my arms and made her lie on the couch of my cabin. Sprinkling water on her face, I was finally able to brought her back to her consciousness. I ordered Rupali, a member of Shree's tech team, to bring some healthy fruit juices and sandwiches from the canteen. I sat beside my love and made her drink some water before pulling her close to myself without caring anything, selfishly thinking about myself I found solace of my panic state by the warmth of her body.

She had snuggled up to me while her one hand soothingly rubbing the area of my chest where my heart resides to calm the hyper tensed state of me. She is weak right now, still she is being more Rational among us.

As soon as I calmed down, she whispered in very low yet confident voice "I think we should recheck Rameshwaram's family alibi, especially his son's. The neighbours mentioned that mostly they never saw his son came to meet him but only rare times like end of March or mid December, which means maybe his son came to ask for money. And also they mentioned that whenever he visits they heard some shouts and violent noises coming from the house."

I glance at my wife with weird look as if she grew horns or something because right now she is behaving quite strange. I mean who would, at this moment of tension where her health is not good enough to stand, talks about their professional case. Like seriously. I too doesn't behave like that.

Uh! Okay, sometimes I too forget about everything and focus on case and criminals but she was not like that na. then?

"Arjun relax! I am fine. okay? But we should solve the case first. That Nikhil, Rameshwaram's son will fly out of the country if we didn't act out fast. You did realise that, didn't you?" She said in strong voice after pulling away from me.

Look, didn't I just said she is the more Rational one among us. But still she is weak, I can let her be and concentrate on case.

"But Riya, you just fainted. We need to see a doctor and check what's wrong with you?" I added even after agreeing with her.

"Umm.. Oh relax! It's nothing Arjun. I did felt low since yesterday and I did check with Liza who said I am fine, just a little bit weakness and exhaustion, nothing else. I am absolutely fine. Don't worry, Love."  Riya said with peck on my lip which calmed me down, Incredibly.

"You are Incredible, you do know right?" I had said shaking my head. While she just smiled at me with kind-of mischief look on her face. What's with me? Am I imagining things? Why does this look gave me the same vibe of the time when my wife and her idiot friends - Shree and Chotu, did something stupid or mischief and tried to hide it?

Still I did as per her words and called Sam to take quick action as our main suspect is that son, Nikhil Sadani and soon find out that he was on his way to airport but Chotu had caught him. And even after interrogating him thoroughly he didn't spill the beans.

But you all know right, no one can stand against ACP Arjun Rawte's interrogation, soon he started to speak out like a parrot and told each and every deed of his, that how he want money for his Switzerland trip with his friends, how he had to beg his father for money everytime, his father didn't give money to him easily and why he did killed him. 

"So I did the best I could do to get my own money and that's by killing him as all the property were in my name. I swear I wasn't planning to kill him but he didn't left me any option as he started having thoughts of changing his will on the name of some charity house until I start working myself, how can I let that happen. I called Raghu, one of my drug peddler and ask him to arrange a good assassin for my father. I hadn't be arrested just like those two days when no one get to know that so called Businessman R. Sadani was murdered and lying in his Outhouse, if those stupid useless annoying neighbours of Mr Sadani didn't found his absence strange and hadn't called you for the same then I must have been enjoying my party at Switzerland." Nikhil had said confessing his crime without any regret or remorse. And he was taken away for his further punishment.

Though this case was very simple and same like many others murder of your blood relatives for money but somehow it did hit me somewhere on my heart. Especially after listening his words

'I hadn't be arrested just like those two days when no one get to know that so called Businessman R. Sadani was murdered and lying in his Outhouse.'

Businessmen with high status and especially those without any close trustworthy people living with them are in danger of those money hungry people. Oh how I wish we were together. My eyes pricked thinking something but I swallowed as soon as Shree asked me "Sir, how's Ri?"

And I was back to pampering my love, my wife.

Flashback End..

Yet I didn't know why but that smile of her is still making me feel as if she is hiding something big from me. Hope she doesn't trap herself in any trouble while hiding whatever it is.

And here I am still waiting for her to take rest, not stress.

"Riyaaa!?" I again shouted.

"What is it hubby?" She asked me while coming inside our room with a plate full of rasgulla in her hand. Oh so she was busy in making them.

"Don't hubby me, okay? Where were you from last half an hour? I was screaming my lungs out but you didn't even reply let alone came to me." I asked still maintaining my stern face.

"I was busy in preparing this. Now taste na and tell me, how is it?" She asked cutely which I couldn't deny.

So I took one small bite of her favourite sweet dish before making a face and said "Argh.. it's Yuck. You had spoil my mood already but now you spoiled my tastebuds too."

I turned around facing my back at her. From corner of my eyes, I saw her taking a bite of it and made a confused face before coming infront of me and asked "What are you saying? It tastes good."

"Good? Arghh.. now don't spoil my mind too. Your rasgulla is too sweet for my liking. Tongue has gotten bitter due to its too much sweetness." I replied with frown, sticking my tongue out.

Soon all I taste was sweetness - more than sugar, I taste the sweetness of my liking on my lips before it entered in my mouth. My personal sugar.

Yes, you heard it right. My personal sugar as my Yummy wife kissed me on my lips which I responded after keeping the plate on bedside table. She knew me very well. She knew I was joking all this just to get my favourite sweet dish from her. ;)

Soon she pulled away and asked again "Now tell me the truth, how was the rasgulla?"

Smiling widely, I said with a wink "As Yummy and tasty as you."

"Which means very tasty?" She asked while I nodded in yes.

Pulling her in my arms, I asked "So what's the special occasion?"

She smiled showing her dimple and said "You will know by evening."

And yes I did got to know about the special occasion at evening when I opened the door and got shocked seeing the person standing there in all his glory.

But soon I got emotional as I saw the misted eyes of person standing infront of me. Forgetting every inhibition, I lunge forward and hugged the person who in turn embraced me tightly with a deep sigh of "Mera Beta!"

Soon I started crying in his arms like a small child while Baba was whispering with sniff "Mujhe maaf karde baccha. Tere Baba se galti hogyi tere jazbe Ko samajhne mei. Tera Baba swarthi ho kar soch raha tha. Tujhe khone ke darr se tujhe rokna chaha lekin khud hi tujhko khud se dur kar baitha."

I cried loudly on hearing his words, shaking my heads I said "Nahi Baba. Ap mujhe maaf kar do. Galti mujhse hui hai. Please I am really sorry. I shouldn't have left you. I am so sorry."

 "Love, let him come inside first. He must be tired na."

And my wife's words broke my stupor and brought some sense in me. Now after taking Baba inside our home, I made him sit in living room while my mind calculate everything and until now had connected all dots. So these are all the deeds of Admonishing yet Agreeable wife of mine.

She was talking about Baba's visit as a special moment for which she prepared those rasgulla and other dishes by herself for dinner rejecting Kaka's help and neglecting her health. She went to Baba without my knowledge and made him understand my viewpoint as well as erase those border of ego and distance between us by instilling those feelings of longing for family and elder family members by one or the other way. She was planning all this.

Oh did I mentioned, how much I love my Rational-minded, Incredible, Yummy, Admonishing yet Agreeable wife. My RIYA.

R, I, Y, A.  Yes these are the First Four Letters of Love for Me.

Shh! Don't tell her anything about my love as now I am gonna be angry at her for meeting Baba without my knowledge. Let her pacify me for sometime. Let see what she will do. 

By the way, Baba has decided to shift with us in our home. Now I don't have to worry much about his safety as now he is always under vigilance of two ETF officers.

The End...

Here is the epilogue, hope you all like it.

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Riya's POV

Wait wait wait! Where are you all going don't you want to know how I pacify my hubby dear? Ofcourse you must want to know. But for that you have to read..

  My LOVE's Middle Five Letters

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Regards

Suzie.