Part 3
Arjun:Shayad usne tujhe maaf kar diya hai Sam..5 saal ho gaye itni bhi kya narazgi aur (smirking) ab tu kafi had tak uske layak ho gaya hai..
Rathod:Hmm right..(suddenly) what kya kaha tune..mai pehle uske layak nahi tha..
Arjun(chuckles):Are mai mazak kar raha tha..chal case aya hai naya..baad me ye continue karenge.
They get busy with case. Today there is no raid. There Riya is busy with her job. They dont get to talk with each other whole day.
At night 10 pm
Riya calls Arjun and he pick it up in one ring.
Arjun:Hello Riya how are you..kaisa rha aaj ka din..
Riya:Hello sir i am all good..how are you.. (excited tone) sir you know aaj wahan pe mere 2 friends ban gaye..mujhe laga nahi tha mere dost ban jayenge wo bhi itni jaldi.. they are so genuine and understanding..
And she continue telling him about her friends.
Arjun:Thats great Riya..maine kaha tha na tum aise hi khud ko underestimate karti ho.. aur tum ho hi itni achhi tumhare dost kaise nahi banenge.
Riya:I know sir but aap jante hain na i am introvert..i speak less so mujhe laga..
Arjun:Ek min..speak less aur tum..jab se tumne phone kiya hai tum hi bole ja rahi ho non stop..
Riya(pout):Sirr.
Arjun(laughs):Ok sorry..mai mazak kar raha tha..but you know introvert hone ka ek fayda hai ki tumhe apne liye kisi ki zarurat nahi..you enjoy your own company Riya.
Riya(smiles):Haan wo to hai but jab mai kisi ke saath comfortable ho jati hu na to aisi hi baate sunne ko milti hai ki i talk non stop..
Both laughs. After talking some more time they end call and sleep.
While sleeping Riya wakes up with a jerk. She is all sweaty and shivering somewhat. She checks time its 2 am. She sigh relaxing herself and drinks water.
Riya connects her phone with earphones and shuffle play the songs in her playlists. The 10th song Tum Hi Aana plays while she lay down closing her eyes and drift in memory lane.
Flashback
It was one month after Riya's mom death. She was unable to sleep and was all weaty so she thought to listen some songs. She played the song in her playlist and first song came was Tum Hi Aana.
Tere jaane ka gham
Aur na aane ka gham
Phir zamaane ka gham
Kya karein?
(She remember how her mother left her forever..she tries to control herself and keep laying closing her eyes)
Raah dekhe nazar
Raat bhar jaag kar
Par teri toh khabar na mile
(Riya remember how she was awake whole nightnwaiting for her mother to recover..tears start flowing from her eyes.)
Bahut aayi gayi yaadein
Magar iss baar tum hi aana
Iraade phir se jaane ke nahi laana
Tum hi aana!
(Realising her mother can't come back to her ever she start crying loudly and disconnects earphones unable to listen more.)
Just then her phone rings. She sees caller ID Arjun calling. She quickly wipes her tears but knowing he will guess it easily that she was crying she dont pick it up. He call her 2-3 times more knowing she dont sleep this early. After sometime he drops her a message asking her to call him back.
Riya composes herself as much she can and call him back.
Riya:Hello..
Arjun:Hello Riya..kya hua..tum phone kyu nahi utha rahi thi..
Riya:Wo kuch nahi sir..mai so gayi thi isiliye..
Arjun knows she is lying so he dont push her further thinking he may invade her personal space.
Arjun:Oh koi baat nahi..agar tum kuch kehna chaho to keh sakti ho Riya..mai hu yahan tumhara dard bantne ke liye..hmm.. now smile..
Riya smiles hearing it.
Riya(smiles):Thanks sir..wo bas mai sone ki koshish kar rahi thi lekin..
Arjun:Lekin nahi so pa rahi..nightmares aa rahe hain aur mom ki yaad aa rahi hai na?
Riya(nodding):Hmm right sir..(teary eyes).. mai bahut koshish karti hu yaad na karu lekin..
Arjun:Nahi Riya tum apni mom ko bhulne ki koshish mat karo..mom hain tumhari tumhe janm diya hai..bada kiya hai tumhara itna khyal rakha hai..bhulna hai wo bhulo jab wo gayi..sirf achhi baate yaad karo..mai janta hu ye kehna asaan hai par karna bahut mushkil..mujhse bhi bahut logo ne yahi sab kaha..shuru me mujhe bhi yahi sab feel hota tha lekin samay ke saath wo yaad dhundhli ho gayi jab meri aayi chali gayi..janti ho kyu..kyunki wo pal mai jiya nahi tha..ham kis pal ko jeete hain wo hume yaad rehte hain..ab samjhi ya samjhau..
Riya(smile lighlty):Samajh gayi sir..thank you so much..aapne jo kaha mai yaad rakhungi aur karne ki koshish karungi..
Arjun:Riya ab no thanks ok..nahi to hamari baato me adhi jagah to thanks aa jata hai
Both laughs.
Arjun:Ab so jao..good night.
Riya:Good night sir.
Flashback ends.
Riya sleeps while listening song which make no impact on her now. With time she learnt to live remembering only happy moments of her and her mother but sometimes she is unable to control the pain so she listen this song which used to freshen her wound. It now remind her to remember her mom happily. In sleep she disconnect the earphones and sleep peacefully.
Next day
Riya wakes up and gets ready fast. She first go to temple and distribute sweets to children and people there. After that she go to her office somewhat happy and little bit sad too. Suddenly her phone rings. She smiles widely seeing it. She picks it up.
Riya:Hello..
OS:Hello Riyu Happy b'day
Riya(somewhat angry):Ishaan tujhe kitni baar kaha hai na dont call me Riyu..its Riya ok..by the way thanks..
Ishaan(rolls his eyes):Whatever..achha party kahan degi
Riya(winking):Aa ja Mumbai..de dungi party.
Ishaan:Huh tujhe pata hai na nahi aa sakta to bula rahi hai.
Riya(giggles):Exactly..Ishaan bro.
Ishaan:Oh hello ek saal bada hu tujhse bhai bulaya kar.
Riya:Tum mere bhai ho jo marzi bulau..Ishaan Ishu Ish Ishaan bro..
Ishaan:Achha chal bata kya plan hai aaj.. aur ACP sir ne wish kiya.
Riya(gloomy tone):Nahi yaar..har baar to subah subah hi phone aa jaya karta tha lekin pata nahi kya hua aaj.
Ishaan:Are koi nahi kar denge..tension na le.
Riya:Haan.
Ishaan:Chal mai college ja raha hu..bye.. happy birthday..
Riya:Bye..
(Ishaan is Riya's elder brother living in Delhi..he is doing Masters in Business Administrations..he is in last year of PG..he know Riya idolise Arjun and is happy to know she met Arjun and guided her when she was aimless..Riya lives in Mumbai for study purpose.. after her mom's demise her family wanted her to take tranfer in Delhi branch but wanting some change for herself she decided to continue in Mumbai only..Riya was unable to concentrate on study much after the tragedy in her life and decided to do job after graduation only and Arjun supported and helped her as much he could).
Riya reach her desk and start working but was checking her phone every now and then to not to miss Arjun's call or message.
One of Riya's colleague:Riya tujhe pata hai kal ek raid ke dauran ETF ke chief Sameer Rathod injured ho gaye..
Riya(shocked):Kya..lekin kal to raid nahi thi na..
Colleague:Tujhe kaisa pata..
Riya:Wo wo..haan wo mai research karti rehti hu na so i know..
Colleague:Oh..are news me aya hai ki adhi raat ko ETF ko nikalna pada raid ke liye aur usi dauran ye hua..unke haath pe goli lag gayi..aur haath pair kuch chot bhi lagi hai.. he is in City Hospital..
Riya just nods.
Riya(mv):Oh no Mr Rathod ko chot..wo to Arjun sir ke best friend hain..na jane kaise sab sambhal rahe honge..raid ki formalities bhi apne emotions bhi aur Mr Rathod ki absence me ETF bhi..
Riya calls Arjun but he is not picking up making her frustrated.
City Hospital
Arjun is sitting on chair outside Rathod's ward with his hands on his face and head down. Ayesha and Choree are completing formalities of raid. Doctor comes out of the ward.
Doc:Mr Rawte humne unke haath me se goli nikal li hai..aur chot zuada gehri nahi hai..he will be fine soon in around 10 days.
Arjun nods and takes sigh of relief. He goes inside and see Rathod sleeping. He sits there quietly not to disturb him and remembers what happened during raid.
Flashback
It was around 1 am Arjun thought to call Riya but drops the idea thinking that her family should wish her b'day first. Suddenly his phone rings. Its Rathod.
Arjun:Hello..
Rathod:Hello Arjun..tum aur team yahan Bandra wali mill me aa jao..
Arjun:Lekin unki deal to kal 10 baje hai na.
Rathod:Hai nahi thi..(angry tone)ek gaddar ne unhe hamari raid ki khabar dedi to ye log raato raat deal karke nikalna chahate hain..mere informer ne mujhe bataya.. usne uss gaddar ko pakad liya hai..jaldi karo time nahi na.
Arjun with team reach Bandra mill. Dealers were relaxed thinking they fooled ETF so there was less security and darkness made work easier for ETF. They slowly kill goons who were outside mill and enters inside. They were walking inside slowly but due to commotion in silent room dealers got alert and came outside. Firing started from both sides.
At one point Rathod started fighting bare hands because Arjun and Ayesha were already handling 2-3 goons alone and due to last moment deal they had no backup so Choree were taking drugs and money under their custody.
Suddenly one goon shot at Ayesha and she ducked it unaware that it would hit Rathod's hand. They get shocked and Ayesha kills that goon. She takes Rathod to hospital while three of them take care of raid. After raid Arjun go to hospital while Choree do formalities.
After getting him admitted Ayesha sits outside feeling guilty for being careless and not noticing it would hit Rathod. It was 6 am in morning when Arjun comes there.
Arjun:Ayesha
Ayesha(teary):Arjun..mere kaaran wo yahan..
Arjun:Nahi Ayesha tumhari galti nahi hai.. tum nahi janti thi peeche Sam hai nahi to tum use nahi lagne deti goli haina.
She nods.
Arjun:To bas guilty feel mat karo..Shree Chotu mill me hain tum office jao..mai kuch der me aata hu.
Ayesha:Thanks Juno.
She goes.
Flashback ends.
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