The Wait (Ariya FF) Ariya Teaser (Page-47) - Page 30

Ayesha stood awkwardly ,avoiding the teasing glances of her friends at a distance; whereas Rathore was in the same state as her trying to regain his stern composer.

"good morning sir.

Chhotu spoke breaking the silence in the hall ,when Shree beat back a grin.

"morning sir.

Riya ,sakshi spoke in union ,hence this time Rathore cleared his throat before speaking up.

"good morning team. It's good you all are on time.

"itni jaldi bulane ki koi wajah.?

Arjun being Arjun came straight to the point ,but for a change Chhotu agreed to his question showing a thumbs up to Arjun in his mind.(since he can't show thumbs up to Arjun in Real.lol.)

"arjun sir ne toh meri dil ki baat chhin li.Rathore sir ne toh itni jaldi utha diya ki neend bhi puri ni hui.

He muttered under his breathe ,only audible to Riya beside him.

"kyun? Mujhe laga Arjun suryakant Rawte ko subah jaldi uthne ki adat hai.

Rathore taunted.

"Adat toh hai per subah uthke timepass karne ki adat ni hai,sir.

Arjun retorted back earning a glare from Rathore,meanwhile others sighed at their bickering.

"thik hai toh phir thodi dair intezar karlo Rawte.kya pata tumhare timepass ka ilaz mil jaaye.

"uh..thodi dair matlab sir.?

Ayesha looked at him confusingly,causing Rathore to divert his eyes from Arjun to her.

"matlab commissioner sir aarahe hain,unhone hi puri team ko yahan bulaya hai.kuch discuss karna chahte hain,jiske bare me unhone mujhe bhi ni bataya hai.

All nodded in understanding and took their respective seats when Riya stood up from her chair thinking something.

"mai sabke liye coffee leke aati hun.

"haan please.

Shree yawned rubbing his sleepy lashes,earning a side glare from Arjun making him straighten up that instant.

Riya bit her bottom lip suppressing her laugh,then turned to Arjun.

"Arjun sir aap...

"arey Riya tum bas sabke liye coffee bana do kyunki Arjun ka chai toh ready hai.

Sakshi interrupted her showing her the thermos ,to which Riya simply nodded before walking away.

"manna padega sakshi ko.kitna khayal rakhti hai Arjun sir ka.itni subah subah vo sir ka chai laana ni bhuli.

Ayesha murmured slowly ,and eventually Chhotu & shree's fell a little.

Ayesha ,on obviously noticing their faces wanted to ask them what's wrong but kept mum since the two chiefs were still there focused on their respective works.

The thing Ayesha had noticed about shree and chhotu was their slight disliking towards Sakshi's crush on Arjun,even though she couldn't figure out the reason behind it but it was pretty much clear that whenever Sakshi talked about Arjun or did something for him,the duo would keep mum as if silently disapproving it.

But the question was Why.?

She didn't get enough time to hover over the question as Riya brought fresh hot coffee for them and everyone's mood was lifted.

"wese commissioner sir ne hame yahan bulaya kyun hoga.?

Shree asked taking a sip of his coffee.

"koi nayi case.?

Chhotu guessed.

"case ki baat hoti toh vo Sameer ko phone pe bhi bol sakte the.

Sakshi objected.

"point. Iska matlab kuch aur baat hai.maybe something serious.?

Ayesha raised her brow.

"maybe hame chhuti dene ki baat karne aaye honge.

Sakshi grinned all of a sudden.

"agar aesa hua na toh hum sabse pehle shopping ke liye jaayenge.Ganesh Utsav aaraha hai,aur humne abhi tak koi taiyari bhi ni ki hai yaar.

She added with a sigh,not noticing how Riya's eyes were snapped up to her on hearing her words.

"Ganesh utsav.?

"Arey haan hum toh bhul hi gaye the.Riya yaad hai pichle saal hum sab Ganesh Utsav me sath the,aur iss saal bhi Bappa ki ashrivad se hum sab sath hain.

Chhotu smiled.

"achha.aap sabne milke puja ki thi.?

Ayesha piped in curiously.

"haan.aur uske baad humne ek bahut bada case bhi solve kiya tha.

Shree replied.

Riya couldn't hear the rest of their talks as her mind was stuck over the Ganesh Utsav' and the previous year happenings suddenly came flowing to her mind.

Arjun wasn't really quite interested in his teammates talks regarding puja,blessings since those words were just meaningless for him .

The one person who used to push him over these things ,was no more with him so the celebration ,excitement doesn't matter to him anymore.

A sigh escaped from his lips as he remembered the angelic face smiling at him,nudging him to attend puja when his chain of thoughts were brought to an halt by someone standing up in his peripheral vision.

"uh..mai abhi aati hun.

Riya excused herself ,leaving her coffee unfinished but no one questioned her taking it lightly and continued their chitichats.

There Riya approached the big table which had drawyers meant for the officers to keep their notepads,pens ,other assesories and opened her drawyer frantically searching for something.

Below the notepads she found a red clip ,bringing a small smile to her lips as she remembered her first ever meet with the Arjun Suryakant Rawte; a man she used to despise.

Keeping the clip aside she again started looking for that particular thing she had left last time there but to her dismay nothing was there.

"God Morning the ETF team.

The commissioner entered the hall ,causing all to stand up from their seats and Riya too walked back to them masking up her disappointment.

All saluted the commissioner murmuring good mornings' and Rathore offered him a seat.

"please have a seat sir.

"sure Rathore.you all too sit down,we are gong to have a very serious talk ahead.

The commissioner chirped seriously and all nodded following his command.

"inko dekh ke lag toh ni raha hai ki ye chhuti ki baat karne aaye hain.

Sakshi whispered in a low voice.

"sshh..agar chhuti ka naam bhi sun liya na toh ye hame double paperwork deke jayenge.

Chhotu sushed her,thus sakshi abruptly kept mum.

"kahiye sir kya baat karni thi aapko.?

Rathore started.

"as you know officers Ganesh Utsav araha hai,per usse pehle hamare samne ek bada challenge aaya hai.

The commissioner spoke connecting a pendrive to Rathore's laptop which flashed a boy's sketch on the projector.

"ye sketch dekho sab.kya lagta hai ye ladki ki age kitni hogi.?

"umm..23 ya 24 saal sir.?

Ayesha guessed.

"you got it right Miss Ayesha ,iss ladke ki age 23 hai aur ye ek mamuli college student hai.per 2 din pehle iske bag se hame kuch khatarnak explosives mile hain.i will show you the pics.

The commissioner showed them another pic and shree almost gasped.

"a whole suitcase full of explosives.?

"and that's not the end of the story here.ye ladka ye suitcase leke ek bus stand me khada tha jahan kisiko uske bag pe doubt hua aur usne police ko inform kardi.

Jab local police wahan pahunchi toh vo ladka bhaag gaya aur ye suitcase chhod gaya.

Police ne uska pichha kiya aur unke mutabik vo ladka jab bhaag raha tha tab thodi dur ke baad ek car uske pass ruki thi,jisme se ek admi ne uss ladke ko gunpoint pe rakha tha maarne ke liye.per phir usne usse ni maara,aur apne car me le gaya.car ka koi number ni ,aur na hi uss admi ki koi pehchan jo car me tha.

Aese me bahut sare sawal aate hain jaise ek college student ke pass itni sari explosives aaye kahan se? Vo unn sabka kya karne wala tha? Bus stop pe kya kar raha tha? Vo car me kaun tha?..aur bhi bahut kuch.

Sawal bahut hain,aur waqt bahut hi kam.

Aap sab ache se jaante hain aese situations me hum koi bhi baat lightly ni le sakte,specially jab city me utsav hai,

The commissioner sighed.

"local police ne ladke ke bare me kuch aur pata kiya hai.?

Arjun asked thoughtfully.

"pata toh kiya hai ACP Arjun per bahut kam information hai,jo aapko iss file se mil jaayegi. ETF ke pass ye case lane ka mera ek aur wajah hai aur vo ye hai ki hame local police pe bhi doubt hai ki unki iss matter me kuch illegal involvement hai.

"police ki involvement.?

Chhotu enquired.

"haan kyunki iss matter ko 2 din ho chuke hain aur wahan ke local police hamare kehne ke baad bhi kuch khas action ni le rahe hain ,ulta vo case ko mamuli bata ke close karne me lage hain.

Jis bus stop pe ye sab hua uss in uss ladke ki mobile wahin gir gayi thi per uss bare me hame koi jaankari ni mili.

Toh mai chahta hun ki ETF ye case handle kare aur asli matter kya hai pata lagaye aur local police isme kitna involved hai vo bhi samne laaye.

The commissioner ordered.

"police ka illegal matter me involve hone ka matlab kuch bada plan ho raha hai.

Rathore muttered.

"right. Utsav se achha mauka ni milta criminals ko aese bade plans execute karne me.

Arjun added.

"per sir agar ETF ye case handle karegi toh ho sakta hai local police alert ho jaaye aur vo criminals ko bhi alert karde.?

Riya questioned.

" aesa ho sakta hai. Aur iske liye maine pehle se kuch soch ke rakha hai.

The commissioner replied.

"kya sir.?

Sakshi narrowed her gaze.

"ki ETF ye case undercover handle karegi, jab tak koi clue ni mil jaata .

"undercover.?

Shree and chhotu chorused in union.

"wow.i love undercover cases.

Sakshi beamed,earning glares from both Rathore & arjun.

Ayesha chuckled at her ,whereas the commissioner stood up .

"ok team .kya karna hai,kaise karna hai vo tum sab decide karlo,and department will be ready to provide any kind of support.just keep one thing in mind that we have very less time to deal with this.best of luck and Rathore keep me updated with the progress.

"sure sir.

Rathore nodded idly.

so what is Riya looking for?? any guesses? ..😉

also dusshera is coming and i remember how Riya was killed during the festival so i'm planning something for it..

for now enjoy Ganesh Utsav and Arjun's upcoming dance also..😉 tata...