Officially Nupur was now appointed as the public prosecuter. Nupur collected all the files and collectibles from Dia's office with regard to Mayank's case. She came to the police station and was made to sit on a chair by the constable. After few minutes Mayank came dragging his body. His life had no hope after hearing the news of Dia's death. A swirl of life flared in his body after seeing Nupur in front of him. Both of them were sitting facing each other with a wooden table maintaining a distance between them. For few minutes there was a complete silence. To interrupt the silence Mayank called from his whole heart very slowly "Nupur".
Nupur took a deep breath closing her eyes trying to avoid that sound from entering her ears. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Mayank curiously looking at her. She gestured her hand up as a sign to stop. She took a deep breath and continued.
"Main Nupur Bhushan hoon, tumhaari lawyer"
Mayank was astonished to hear that. But Nupur continued.
"Yahaan par main apna kaam karne aayi hoon aur main tumse ye umeed rakhti hoon ki tum bhi mujhe mera kaam karne doge. Main ek baat ka vaada karti hoon ki humaara beeta hua kal is case ke beech nahin aayega. Main har mumkin koshish karungi tumhein insaaf dilaane ki, par tumhein bhi ek waada karna hoga ki tum bhi humaare kal ko beech mein nahin laaoge."
Mayank felt a thorn pricking deep in his heart but each word of her was making that pain feel like pleasure. He was constantly listening to her and after she stopped Mayank said "Tu ye case mat lad."
Mayank never wanted to involve Nupur in this world. That's why he said that. He knew that Dia's killer could be no one but their gang members but he didn't knew that it was a miss shot which was actually planned for him.
Nupur took a deep breath and said "Maine Dia se promise kiya hai ki main ye case ladungi issliye tum isse jo bhi samjho mere liye ye Dia ki aakhri iccha hai. Kal humaare case ki hearing hai, Dia ne tumse jitni baat ki hai mujhe use abhi study karna hai. Accha toh phir kal court mein milte hain"
Nupur was leaving when Mayank said "Ek baat poochoon usske baad kabhi kuch nahin poochoonga." Nupur knew she can't avoid Mayank so she said "Hmm.."
"Khushi…..meri…" Before Mayank could complete his sentence Nupur said "Haan".
She knew Mayank wanted to know the father of Khushi. She turned on her heels and left the police station leaving Mayank gazing constantly at her until his sight allowed him.
Nupur opened a briefcase and found some files in the briefcase, some random phone numbers and a mini tape-recorder. She picked it up in her hand and flipped it to check it what it meant about.
She found a play button on its top with some random buttons and pressed it. She heard a familiar voice of Dia questioning someone. It took her no time to understand that the person she was interrogating was none other than Mayank. She heard the conversation and found Dia's notes about the case in one of the file. She was going through them when she heard her name in the conversation. She placed the file on one corner and heard the whole conversation. Mayank felt pure at his heart while narrating the story, from Nupur coming into his life till leaving him. What she meant to him and how very reluctantly he explained about Nupur, his wife.
She ran her fingers across her hairs grabbing them and trying to pull them out. She understood Mayank's motive for the marriage but she couldn't bear with what happened with her, she felt betrayed yet loved but in the pages of her life she had completely erased the word love.
To distract herself, Nupur turned towards the door and found Gunjan standing on the door. From the tears that made a line on her face Nupur could easily get the idea that she heard her whole story again but this time from Mayank's point of view.
"Wo tumse pyar karta hai Nupur"
"Toh?" Nupur said in a questioning tone and turned her back towards Gunjan wiping the tears that blurred her vision.
Gunjan placed the coffee mug which she was holding in her hand on the table and moved towards Nupur. "Tumhein sach mein nahin pata tha ya tum jaanboojh kar aise behave kar rahi ho Nupur?"
Nupur took a deep breath and gathered her courage to speak in a coarse voice "Gunjan main iss bare mein koi baat nahin karna chahti toh please agar tum mujhe apna kaam karne do"
There was a complete silence for about a minute. Gunjan kept staring at Nupur until she dropped her gaze down and then she turned on her heels and left the room. Nupur went near the door and closed it. She again sat back on her chair and started making some points for the hearing. After completing her work, her gaze stopped at the tape recorder. She took it into her hands and pressed the rewind button and then the play button. The sound felt to echo in the whole room.
"Nupur... mere ko chod ke chali gayi aur uss galti ki saja main ab bhugat raha hoon"
Nupur lied on her bed. She caressed Khushi's face and lied flat on her back gazing at the ceiling.
She heard the voice of unlocking the door and found the door knob rotating as if someone is trying to open the door. She got up and went near the door and suddenly the door opened and she found a familiar figure entering from the door. She figured it out that it was Mayank. Mayank placed his hand over her mouth and pushed her towards the wall. He then slowly removed his hand from her face and slowly placed all the strands coming on her face to the back of her ear. He placed his finger over her lips in a gesture to remain silent. Both of them were looking into each other's eyes. Slowly Mayank's finger slid down from her lips and he moved himself closer to Nupur. She could feel his breath over her chin as he tilted his face a bit sideways and then slowly pressed his lips over hers. Firstly, Nupur was reluctant as she tried to push him away but then with his lips pressing hard over hers, her hands fell down and slowly she kissed him back. Mayank's hands embraced her and as they moved away from the wall with Mayank's back towards the door, when Nupur saw a vague image pointing gun at Mayank. He shot two bullets, with one he shot dead Mayank and with other he shot dead Khushi. Nupur's voice shrilled and she found herself wet in sweat sitting on the bed. She looked around and found everything calm. Then she turned herself towards Khushi and found her sleeping quietly. Then she realized that it was a dream, rather a horrifying reality.
Scene: Courtroom
"Your honour, there is no second opinion that this person standing over here should be given given to death" Opposition lawyer ststed his point of view
"I object your honor" Nupur stood up banging her hand over the table.
"Objection sustained"
"Thank you, your honor. As I stated earlier, my client has not killed a single person. When the police arrived and asked him to surrender he left his gun and quietly got arrested without running or creating any havoc."
"I object your honor" Opposition said
"Objection sustained"
"Your honor, there is no point in arguing. He came with a group of about 6 people, tried to expropriate the Ngo building by captivating all the people. He tried to kill a girl of about 2 years and… id police might not have arrived by that time he would have killed her. I can't understand why the public prosecuter is trying to defend a case which cannot be defended." Opposition stated.
"Your honour I would like to state that there was no harm done by him or his gang members. Moreover, I talked with my client and he is ready to help the government in every possible way he can, he can help to reveal the true face of underworld" Nupur stepped forward and passed some papers to the judge. "Your honor, these are the phone numbers found in his cell phone and the last ones highlighted have been given by him."
For few hours whole discussion proceeded and then judge said "Court apna faisla lunch time ke baad sunaaeyga"
After the judge left the courtroom, police took Mayank in their custody.
Outside the courtroom Mayank was sitting in between two constables. He could see Nupur talking to Gunjan. After few minute a young lad arrived with Khushi in her arms. Nupur picked her up and kissed her on her forehead and then pouted her face looking into her eyes. Then she rubbed her nose with hers. Mayank could easily identify a different happiness on her face, a smile of pleasure; completeness that she felt without him being in his life. He was happy for her. This court case meant nothing for him until he could see her. He knew nothing can turn this case in his favour, however, Nupur had tried her best. He desperately wanted to be the one standing there with his family, amidst the love of his family but he knew that cannot happen.
I have tried my best to give a pretty long update. I will try to give frequent updates if possible. I read the previous comments of all my readers and I promise that the gap between two updates will not be more except during my exam times 😳.
I hope you liked this part. Feel free to discuss anything about this FF with your comments. Waiting to have your response.
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