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chapter 1
"This is not a new chapter of the book!
This the beginning of a new book!
The old one's already ended, closed and tossed into the sea.
This new book has just been open,
It is the first page and a fresh one."
- C. Joybell
365 days a year... And the clock goes round and round.
but suddenly everything comes to a standstill... time stops and so does your heartbeat.
A random day and your regular work, but, BOOM!! A bomb blasts somewhere blasting away your already miserable life into smitherees...
your life is upside down... you have no where to go.
Just like everyone else, I too was an ordinary happy man; A police officer and a loving husband.
I have always tried fulfiling both my roles properly... i had just wished for a happy, peaceful life...
As an officer I wanted to eradicate crime so that i could also provide her the promised security..,.
was that asking for too much?
I was just doing my duties as a cop for crying out loud! Acting upon the oath I had taken.
Why was I then snatched away of all the happiness in the world?
My wife, my only family left, my guide, my love snatched away mercilessly,
Killed in front of my very eyes, but i could do nothing!!
the beasts got me invalidated with those shackles, drugged so as to keep me so helpless, that i remained incabale of fulfiling our marriage vow of keeping her away of all kinds of harm and danger..
they inflicted wounds upon my body, but i stayed mum, but they pierced her not once, but six times...
six deaths wouldn't have been enough for me to bear the pain.
On that cursed date, died Arjun with Roshnii, the Arjun who was world famous for his pranks and jolliness, died!
their deaths caused ACP Arjun Suryakant Rawte, the out of the book cop and no-nonsense, harsh and hard man to take birth..
he broke all ties with the world.. even himself.
with great difficulty I had managed to move on, Joined the ETF and reunited with my long ago best buddy, ACP Sameer Rathode, and now my boss
our relationship had soured, After the cold gtlares and certain outburst of our complaints ansd hurt, things had slightly gone tolerable when death struck again.
This time taking away Riya..
A bubbly girl but still full of professionalism,
A dear colleague and we had stated to become friends too.
She was indeed a brave girl to sacrifice for the nation, though it rendered me shocked, i must salute her bravery and patriotism.
when the sense of loss had slowly rubbed off we recruited three intelligent female with variable personalities...
but one thing was a must... all knew their work well, they were extremely efficent...
Aisha, Lisa and Sakshi.
when we had just started re-establishing ourselves.. Rathore and Shree had been transferred.
Naturally I was now the new appointed chief..
but from that moment started my ill-luck..
first I lost Raju, a poor4, sweet boy and in no time we bonded very well!
but a mindless zodiac psycopath decided snatching awy my last support.
i mwas again a failure.
But this...
MY WHOLE TEAM!! My comrades!
because of my rash foolishness they lost their lives! oh! what a wonderful leader i am..
I led them straight i8nto the mouth of death...
Chotu, Aisha, Lisa, Sakshi!
they all matter to me! I am the reason for their deaths...
Had I not brought them here nothing would've happened...
The commisionr was right! I am the reason for all their ashes...
and for this Arjun Suryakant Rawte will never forgive himself!
i could've avoided all this...
but then again, i can't be the only one at fault.
But! the system for which I toiled so hard, lived only for tje nation..
this system rewareded me in such a manner tha i am left tongue-tied, speechless.
the blame's on me, i take it.
the handcuffs, i take them,
but they questioned my loyalty, towards my team, the police force, and this!
I DONT TAKE IT!
who cares about being an ACP anymore...
Arjun Rawte was, is, and shall always be the archenemy of crime and criminals...
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He wrote these in his diary and stuffed it in his duffel bag. He glanced to his right and found his companion in a deep sleep,
all the action from the escapade had stiffened his muscles, and also all this sitting around the whole night didn't really help..
it was almost dawn, the sky had started fairing up, he got down from his stolen red porshce, he couldn't help thinking about the state of the owner and the frustrations of all those 'able' men working so hard to capture him, that brought a rueful smirk to his face...
the cold morning air hit him hard, clearing his blocked sense...
he started walking, when he'd gone a bit far he saw a small boy of Raju's age collecting dead leaves from under a tree, he went near him and said,
"beta, Suno, yaha chai kaha milegi?"
it seemed he resembled Raju, but Arjun quickly shook away that thought.
the boy gave him the location of a local vendor... he gave a few money to the kid, ruffled his hair and
he left for the stall...
once he reached ther he switched on his phone and texted Karan
chai pee raha hu, man kare to aa jana
the vendor greeted him..
"good morning sir, kya lenge?"
his greeting reminded Arjun of Chotu, who would say that the huge rough man had such a soft heart...
Arjun respected him as an officer and at the same time regarded him as a younger brother.
the vendor repeated the question bringing him out of his thoughts
he placed an order for his cutting chai
the vendor handed him over the chai...
it smelled very nice, almost like the one Sakshi used to make..
he sipped the tea.. the sweet hot liquid soothed his nerves but at the same time brought back a plethora of memories..
first Roshnii, then Riya, then Sakshi, all three used to make tea for him!
though Roshnii's one was his eternal favorite, he was grateful to mthe other two for quietly parcelling his favorite beaverage when he needed it the most.
he had failed them all. everyone!
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