Chapter eight
The leader and the industrialist agreed to confess their crime and gave their statement to CB. But they demanded a full security as they were scared of their rivals. But the team sensed it's not the rivals but the people behind this curtain. They transferred them to high security lock ups and filed the case. Rao informed Rathod to face the press conference.
Rathod : Me? Why?
Khan : Because we all chose you to be our face..until our chief show up.
Rathod : but...
Fernandez : No but...ghar jao aur nahake aao...TV pe accha dikha chahiye. (She poked Rathod's cheecks)
Rathod couldn't help smiling on that motherly concern of Fernandez while moving to the elevator. His phone buzzed at the very moment when he entered the elevator and his smile wiped out when he received the call. It's her, again.
Caller : Congratulations ACP Rathod for your success.
Rathod : You?
Caller : Before you go home, meet your agent in P.S.J Hospital, he needs someone from the bureau.
Rathod : But who are you?
Caller : Concentrate on your work Rathod, not on me.
Rathod : Phir vi, why should I believe someone I don't know?
Caller : I know you & that's important darling, go and meet him, he won't disappoint you.
Rathod : I won't until you reveal your identity.
Caller : To know me you have to keep your eyes, ears and heart open...Till now...I'm nobody Rathod, but you can consider me as your friend or Guide... If you really want so.
And the line went dead. Rathod tried to call back but it was from a private number.
He sighed. Saakshi...why she was playing with him? And how she knew about this case? Many questions arose inside him when Khan called him.
Khan : Rathod, can you do us a favor? Our agent, who met an accident, is admitted in P.S.J Hospital; Doctor called us, he's out of danger now & wants to meet someone official. It's urgent, can you met her now?
Rathod : (he surprised but kept it to himself) Ok, no problem.
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Karan was sitting impatiently in front of TV, waiting for the news of the raid of last night.
Simran : Nahi aayega woh news..Di ne sabko ullu banake aapni doston ke saath chali gayee.
Karan : (ignoring Simran) Yaar yeh news kab aayega? I hope yeh Simran sahi na ho..
Anjali : Kya sahi?
Karan : Arre, chota packet!! Kab aayi?
Anjali : Avi, Mr. Arjun?
Arjun : (from behind) Yahan hoon, tum iss waqt?
Anjali : It's boring at home, so came to meet you. How are you?
Arjun offered her a chocolate and moved to his chair.
Anjali : Karan, tum kis news ki baat karr rahi thi?
Karan : Kal ek raid hui thi...
Anjali : Ayan Badola ki party main?
Arjun : Tumhe kaise pata?
Anjali : Subha online news sites pe dekha, police Ayan ko arrest karke van pe bitha raha tha, kisine uska mms banake upload karr dia. But suddenly woh video gayab ho gayee..
Arjun : Matlab garbar hain...Karan, Di kab lauti?
Karan : aab ussko kyun khich rahi ho...late aaya hoga aur aab tak madam kii neend vi puri nahi hui hogi...
Simran : Haan, maine kaal raat usko laute dekha nahi..so gayee thi.
Anjali : Ek minute...yeh Di kaun hain? Karan ki sister?
Karan : Arre nahi, aisi behen mujhe kya meri dushman ko vi na mile...
Di : Kiso galiya de raha han?
Karan jumped from his place. He didn't realize she was already in. Arjun also turned to see her.
Today she was looking different in formal navy blue shirt with black striped pants and a blue-while dotted scarf around her neck made her gorgeous.
Karan : Tu !! Aise !!
Di : What? I'm going to work.
Karan : work?
Di : Haan, I've joined a law farm and today is my first day there, kyun?
Arjun : Aur yeh job tumko kal hi mili?
Di : (Smiled) Do you think I'm of that kind? (Arjun threw her a glare) They confirmed 3 weeks ago... & Last night I was with my old collage friend who is definitely not a lawyer. And karan, my morning starts at 6am not at 12am like you.
Arjun : Raat ko kab aayi tum?
Di : jab tum sab so rah the. (and her gaza fell on Anjali) Hey princess? From which fairyland you arrived!!
Anjali : (Smiled)I'm Anjali, You?
Di : (forwarded her hand for a shake)Dishari, but you can call me Di. Off course woh Didi wala Di nahi(smiled)...
Anjali : ( shaking hand with her) But both sounds similar...& I' m okey with that.
Di : (offering her a chocolate bar) But you can call me anything you want.
Anjali : Thanks (taking the bar) ..Di.
Di : welcome...your highness.
Karan increased the volume of TV. A press conference was being telecasted. All concentrated on it, Specially Arjun. He was looking at the person sitting behind the mikes...ACP Sameer Rathod.
Sameer was narrating about last night's raid into the pub and the drugs, police seized. When police found those drugs were a part of CB's investigation, they hand over the case immediately to CB. They interrogate Ayan and found his Father and that political leader's name. CB followed the lead and reached them. Now, they were taken to their custody and they filed the case.
Two years...yes it had been two years he saw Rathod last and things were difficult in that time. They worked together but acted like mere strangers. They put everything behind professional world, but sometimes those dared to pop out. Still, he was family. Today that man, who was his closest one was sitting there and answering those queries with a stone-cold face, he could easily seen the pain and vulnerability into his eyes. And Arjun knows this time, he is responsible for it and today he has no courage to meet those hurt eyes. He looked away and concentrated on the topic.
Karan : Yeh case toh shuru hone se pehle hi khatam ho gayee...
Anjali : Kahan? CB walon ne 10 month se ispe kaam karr rahe the, suna nahi? & they lost some of their officers into that.
Karan : Haan, aise cases khatarnak hote hain...
Arjun : this ACP appointed CB's new chief?
Anjali : Nahi...(working on Arjun's laptop)...CB ke chief avi vi wahi hain, some Major D.D.T jo 4 years se leave pe hain...ACP Sameer Rathod joined I&E wing. And he'll be acting chief until she returns.
Di : Yeh tumne kaise pata kia? Google se?
Anjali : Nahi, CB ke website se. they updated it yesterday.
Karan : Yeh Simran ki baatain toh galat nikli...who toh keh rahi thi ki..
Di : Kya keh rahi thi? Ke maine jaan boojh ke jhoot bola party se sabko nikal ne ke liye?
Simran looked everywhere except Di.
Karan : Haan, usko laga ki tu party main aana nahi chahti thi...
Di : Main party se chup-chap jaa rahi thi...when I Saw Ayan giving drugs to a girl and she took it happily, I came back to warn you. But I think mujhe ana hi nahi chahiye tha... Isiliye kehte hain valaai ka zamaana nahi raha... huh!
She moved towards the doors.
Arjun : Disha!
Di turned around, shocked. That name, someone called her that after her dad, it had been 6 years she've heard it. She felt she was frozen by that voice. But she pushed aside that and became circumspective. Arjun sensed the sudden change into her eyes, for a fraction of time he felt those are familiar, but at the next second they became alien, again.
Arjun : Your friend, was attended that party?
Di : I called him to pick me up from the pub...& our meeting was preplanned.
Arjun : Aur tum nikle kahan se?
Di : Back door se. (smiled) I called police & get into his car. you noticed that silver Toyota passed your jeep? ( Arjun nodded).I was in it. Now, excuse me.
She walked away. Arjun was looking at her departure. Anjali came and stood beside Arjun.
Anjali : Mr. Arjun, she is mysterious...(Arjun turned his head to her)& may be that's why I like her.
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Shukla came in and saw Rathod in deep thought.
Shukla : Rathod... I've arranged security for Bahl and Badola...& our report..my part is ready, I put it into the folders...baaki ke ready karke Fernandez ko de dena. Aur case no. 1035 k details check karr lena...Banarjee found some activity..
Rathod didn't react. Shukla called him for 3-4 times and then touched his shoulder. Rathod startled.
Rathod : Shukla! You!
Shukla : Haan...I came to ask you about the report..but you were somewhere else.
Rathod : Almost ready hain...give me 2 hrs..
Shukla : Aur Case no. 1035 vi dekh lena..
Rathod : Ok...
Shukla nodded and was about to go, but he stopped on his tracks.
Shukla : Rathod, something is disturbing you. Do you want to share?
Rathod : Nothing...bas new place hain toh thora disoriented ho jata hoon...I'm fine.
Shukla nodded and left. Rathod leaned on his chair. Then he brought out the memory stick that informer handed him at the morning. He was out of danger, and Rao arranged to shift him to a safe house. He remembered his words, always keep an eye on that leader, he is a good resource..so try to keep him safe and alive. And the weird part as, don't show that stick to any from the bureaus and only give it to the Chief. Chief!! he is the acting Chief now.
Rathod again connected the chip to his laptop, but it again demanded the password. Rathod tried his security code again, but this time that access denied pop-up window displayed with "You are not her, darling. Back off". What kind of security it is?
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