Chapter 6

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 It was late night . both ariya had slept in the train.Riya's phone vibrated and it woke up her from sleep.

It was from home,''hello?''

''beta…'' it was mom. She was worried for her, and came to know from rathore that both had missed flight. So she called to check on her.Riya assured her that she is on train now and in some hours they will be in Mumbai.her mom was assured and hung up.

Riya rubbed her eyes, and her eyes fell on Arjun sleeping peacefully on the berth beside her.he look so calm and relax, totally opposite of his face when awake.she smiled little, and then went towards washroom.

When she came out from washroom, she noticed a guy was standing near the door, too close to the door.no, he was going to jump….oh shit!

''hey….''Riya hold his arm and dragged him from door.the guy was too shocked to react, then he was in remorse.

''leave me…chodo mujhe…'' the man tried to remove her hold and was going towards the door, but she was not giving up.

This sound awake Arjun. His eyes instantly went to Riya, and was surprised to find her berth empty.then he heard her voice and quickly went towards the door.

''leave my hand…'' he saw a guy was yelling at her and Riya was holding his wrist.

''what?'' he asked and Riya was relieved to find him.

''sir…help me…he is going to suicide…'' she said and Arjun also dragged him away from door, and closed the door, much to the guy's protest.then he turned to the guy is anger.

''kya kar rah the tum?'' he glared at him and  he flinched in fear. Then he composed himself and yelled back, ''tum logon ko kya zaroorat thi mujhe bachane ki? Marne diya hota…''

''tumhara dimag to thik hain? Kya behuda baatein kar rahe ho?'' Arjun wanted to slap the guy and put some sense in him.he looked away in anger , when he heard her.

''kyu? Ghar mein mom dad se jhagra huya? Marks kam aye exam mein? Ya phir GF ne dhoka diya?'' she said in a super pissed tone and the guy again flinched in the last part.

''oh…Gf ne kuch kiya hoga…kahan hoga ki main tumse shadi nahi karoongi…ya phir break up kiya hoga, nahi?'' she said in sarcastic tone, and the guy was started to sob.Arjun felt little bad, but she was too angry to react.

''tum jaisi insaan….agar himmat nahi hain kuch bardasht karne ki to pyar hi kyu karte ho? Kabhi socha hain marne ke baad tumhare gharwalon ka kya hoga? Sirf ek ladki ki wajeh se marne chale ho? Wah….issi din ke liye mom dad ne bada kiya, nahi? Kitne selfish ho tum log….''

The guy at last react, ''selfish nahi hoon main….but mujhse yeh dard bardasht nahi hota.aur pyar kiya nahi jata, ho jata hain.''

''yeh filmy dialogue marna band karo, samjhey tum? Aur who ladki tumhare mom dad se jyada important hain? Unlogon ke liye nahi jee sakte tum?''

The guy was ashamed on himself.he could not face any of Ariya. Arjun was shocked at her outburst. She was shaking with anger…he has never seen her so much pissed…..she is always at peace and relax, totally opposite of this figure standing here and glaring at the guy.he motioned the guy to leave and he leaved, thanking him from eyes.

''Riya…'' he was about to say but was silent again.

''yeh log samajhte kyu nahi apni zindagi ki kimat? Humari zindagi sirf humari nahi hoti, unpe humse zyada humare apno ka haq hota hain…. Aur kya sirf pyar hi humari zindagi hoti hain? Agar who nahi to kuch nahi? Humare apne kuch nahi? Agar pyar zindagi se chala jaye to jeena chod de? Kyu? Life mein 2^nd chance bhi to ho sakta hain….'' She take out all her anger and left for her berth.

Arjun listened to her words and could not help but think at her last words…… life mein 2^nd chance?

He had never think is this way….she is right. He used to live his life when his love was not there, he was happy when he had not find his life partner, he used to live for his family, his baba and aai….and when his love was gone, he pushed his life away. He pushed his family, his friends, everyone. Was he right? No, he was absolutely wrong ! he was too busy in mourning for her, and that was completely wrong. He had hurted the loved ones of his life, and that was wrong.he should have lived for them….he should have given life a 2^nd chance.

He continued to think…..unaware that slowly a new day is beginning outside the train. He promised himself that he will fix all things.

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Next day, @ETF conference room.

The team was as usual busy in case talks, and Ariya was present too. They both didn't want to miss the day, much to the oblige of Rathore.

Shree asked, ''sir, humein raat ka koi plan banana chahiye.'' He was talking about some undercover inquiry at night.

Riya was too busy in a file, and her tongue slipped, ''ab sir kahan raat mein free honge?'' she wanted to say in a low tone, but her tone was enough to hear for all.

Arjun was about to take a sip for Cutting chai, but stopped in track.Choree continued to look at Riya and rathore, while rathore was embarrassed, then his face was smiling.

Riya bite her lips, and tried to cover it up, ''umm.. raat ….raat mein to sab sote hain na….hum sab bhi sote hain….sir bhi sone mein busy honge.''

The team narrowed their eyes in suspicion. Rathore also said, ''you are right Riya….insaan to raat mein sone mein hi busy hoga…. Unlike monsters….U know na RAKSHASH? '' he slowly said the word rakshash and riya gave a loud cough.

''kuch to choot raha hain…'' Arjun thought while Choree were busy to give Riya water to stop her cough and Rathore was smirking mischievously. Rathore thought about some phone call he had in goa.

 

 

 

When he was busy in sweet and romantic talking with his newest BFF turned GF, another phone call interrupted them. It was from Riya's house.

''hello?''

''uncle, main hoon zeeny.'' It was Riya's little angle. Instantly rathore smiled.

''hey princess….itni raat gair?''

''main apse gussa hoon.'' She said in an angry tone.

''arre baba…kyu? Maine kya kiya?''

''apne mumma ko mujhse itni door le gaye…I am missing her.'' She said in a sad tone and Rathore's heart swelled with love for this little girl.

''princess, hum to kaam ke liye aye hain, hain na? and don't worry, hum kal aa rahe hain.''

''sachhi?'' she was happy.

''yes princess….now tell me, ab itni raat tak kyu jag rahe ho? Its nearly 10.30''

''who mujhe na mumaa ke stories ke bager neend nahi ati….'' She admitted and rathore chuckled, ''Dada bhi stories bolte hain, but mumma is the best.''

''who to hain…waise mumma kon si stories sunati hain apko?''

''umm…..ghosts stories.woh main bohut daring hoon na, issliye.'' She said bravely.'' Pata hain uncle, ek monster na bada darawna hain…..woh rakshash tab ata hain, jab koi zyada shor kare, ya phir homework na karein….. aur pata hain who kya kehta hain?''

Rathore patiently listened to her, ''kya kehta hain?''

''agar meri baat nahi mani, to….samjhey ya samjhaoon?'' she said in a older voice and Rathore burst into laughter. She heard it on phone, ''aap has rahe ho? Dekhna rakshash rawte ayega ur apko bhi aisa hi kahega…''

Rathore again laughed….rawte? omg….so hilarious…..

''uncle, main rakhti hoon….nani bula rahi hain. Bye….'' And she hung up.

 

 

 

Rathore suddenly remembered the convo and burst into laughter in the conference room. Everyone looked at him like he has lost it, and Riya was red with embarrassment .he quickly composed himself and went outside.

''yeh sir ko kya ho gaya?'' shree whispered.

''pata nahi…'' chotu answered.

''get back to work guys, warna dant padegi…'' riya said little too urgently and the trio was soon busy in work.

 

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Riya was now in her house, busy in their study room, with her dad's favorite book, which was her favorite book too. It is a Bengali book, translated to hindi, ''pother panchali'' (tales of life's path ).it is her favorite past time hobby, reading books.she has read this book many times, but never bored with it.when she turned the next page, suddenly she found a old pic there.

It was strange….. she had always had this book here, when they were at USA, and she cant remember having a pic . she took it in her hand.

It was a old black and white pic. There were 3 person here, a lady, and 2 men. And she identified that the 2^nd man is her dad, Devesh Mukherjee.

The another man was muslim, wearing a white hat on hat like mostly muslim men does.he was staring at the photo intently, and there was something about this man….she can feel suffocated only to look at his photo.

The lady in the pic was beautiful, smiling. She has just as brown eyes and dimples as Riya.

Her heart suddenly went hyper……. Exactly like her…..

She kept the photo in her palm, instead of keeping it back to the book. There were thousands question in her mind, but no logic behind it. Just a feeling…a gut feeling, and lots of uneasiness.

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It was a important day for team ETF, they were assigned with the interrogation of the famous gangster , Pathan Lala. (at last)

 The police from hydrabad has caught him, and they are handing him over to ETF . commissioner assigned them the case and he is coming in 2 days.

Shree as usual gathered all info and the team was sitting in the conference room, discussing it.

''pathan lala..'' shree started, ''a famous gangstar…..he was mostly active in the 90s time, now his gang is leaded by his son and right hand man…'' his face turned disgusted, ''Sikandar.''

Arjun's face turned hard with the mention of him. His blood boiled in anger and clenched his fist in anger.

Shree continued, ''hydrabad police caught him during a police encounter…he is wounded in leg, so could not run and caught by police.''

Rathore stood up, ''maybe he is not active, but still his words are last for any of important decision.his gang is still leaded by his words, so he is very important for us. He is very hard to crack, he will anger you, but you have to keep calm…and, no manhandling during interrogation…we need all the info, so use persuation,gather all info you have and corner him, but don't let him in your mind, you all got it?'' he said and looked at Arjun specially. All nodded and he nodded too.

Shree again started, ''he is a man of 65, active when he was earlier 30s….first was right hand man of a yesterdays don, but killed him and became leader of this gang. He is ruthless, arrogant, but can keep calm.its nearly impossible to anger him.''

Arjun said, ''that's why its difficult to interrogate him. But we have to find a way.''

Chotu said, ''don't worry sir, we will handle him.'' all smiled a little, but still was busy in thoughts.

Riya asked, ''shree, we don't have a photo of him?''

Shree said, ''yes….but its from his 30s….let me see…'' he then find his pic and showed it through LCD screen, while Riya froze.

(pathan lala)

It was the same man from her father'pic….he is a gangstar? No……this cant be possible……

Many questions ran through her….her father had connections with….?

What the hell are you thinking? Maybe there was, but it was only unknowingly…got it?

Her mind and heart continued to fight, and her eyes refused to remove from LCD screen