Prologue - page 1
Part 1 - Page 4
Prologue
It was all dark with intermittent thunderbolts and lightening. A girl was again and again accusing a man to be fraud, a swine, a cheater and the man was pleading that it was all misunderstanding. The girl was holding to her stand that she is breaking this engagement now and she wont allow this marriage to happen as he is a man who has cheated by having an affair with another woman while being getting engaged to another. She vows that she will bring the true face of this man out to the whole world to which he portrayed himself as a perfect gentleman. The man gets tensed, he man handles the girl, the girl struggles to free herself from his clutches and in this process bangs a flower vase on his head thus making him to release his grip on her but when she was going to exit, the man again caught her foot which made her to fall, the man had almost pinned her down and was strangling her to death. The girl with all her might managed to push him off but fell on the bed in the process of running. The man was advancing towards her in a menacing way and he had a knife in his hand. He was saying that he will not allow the girl to tarnish the image which he has built before the whole society and for that if she has to die then he will not back off from killing her. He mumbled a sorry to her for planning to kill her and was about to stab her, a gun shot was heard and the girl fled from the scene without looking behind at anything.
A man in his late twenties is shown reading a book in his cottage and sipping a black coffee as it was raining heavily outside. Suddenly he heard a thrashing sound outside his cottage. He came out with a umbrella and a torch to look for what had happened. He could see his gates being crashed with a red coloured audi car. He went near it and saw that the car had crashed against his gate and has run into his compound wall too and had stopped. He approached the car which had been damaged to a great extent. He tried to open the door to see who was inside. The door was jammed due to the accident and he took the help of a stone to break open the glass to see inside. The view before him blew him away. He saw a beautiful girl in mid twenties lying against the steer ring wheel. He tired to open the door from inside and luckily it opened and he got a full view of the girl. She was wearing a red lehenga and her silky smooth hairs were flowing over her shoulders and some fringes were on her forehead. He stopped ogling at her when he realised that he needed to pull her out immediately. He took the petite figure in arms and carried her inside. She was unconscious. She had some bruises on her arms, her hand and her forehead was bleeding to some extent. He gave first aid to her and bandaged the wounds and made her lie on the bed and as he watched her while settling on the couch beside. The moonlight was falling on her and her milky white skin radiated the light thus enhancing her skin complexion. She was a beauty a true yet simple beauty. The man watched her all night and didnt know when he fell asleep.
The morning sun rays hit his eyes and he stirred a little and got reminded of last night events. He jolted up from the bed to see the girl was missing. He went out to check and saw that the car was also missing. He called to the servant who had come just now " Mushtaq Mia, tumne kisse ladki ko yahan se jaate huye dekha?" to which he replied in negative and that he arrived just now only. The man went inside thinking where the girl could and the car could have gone. She was not in a condition to drive and the car was also damaged. Where could she have gone?" He went inside to take a shower and when he came out he got a call in his mobile "Asad beta, kahan ho tum, kab aarahe ho vapis, kya tumhare dost ki sagaai hogayi kya? Asad replied "Ammi kitna sawaal pooch rahi hai aap? Sagaai aaj hai to main vo attend karke ajaunga" The lady at the other end "acha beta, apna khayal rakhna aur jadli aajana, hum sab tumhara intezaar kar rahe hai" Asad "jee maai Allah Hafiz" He hung the phone and took the newspaper to read. He ordered "Mushtaq Mia mera coffee?" Mushtaq brought a cup of steaming black coffee and asked "baba, aap yahan se aaj hi chale jaoge? Asad "haan, kal mera ek client ke saath meeting tha, issliye main yahan ruk gaya, muje aaj Mumbai main apne dost ke sagaai attend karna hai aur phir main vahan se Bhopal ke liye flight main jaunga, vaise, Lonavla se Mumbai kitne ghante padte hai? Mushtaq said "Asad Baba, maine driver ka intezaam kar diya hai, woh aapko lekar jayega, aap fikr mat kijiye" Asad said ok and spread the newspaper to read and the first page blow away his senses. "Mushtaq Mia kissi mestri ko bulakar gate repair kar dena" Mushtaq "lekin gate aise kaise hua ?" Asad " pata nahi, shayad kal raat ki bearish main toot gaya hoga" Asad lied so as not to make it more evident that he was all along with a girl in his cottage as he thought it will not be nice to disclose that in front of a servant.
"Construction Tycoon, Akram Ansari shot dead in a resort in Lonavla"
Asad dialled a number urgently from where he got that the information is correct. "Mushtaq Mia, aap muje ek wreath ka intezaam kar denge, kyunki ab muje sagaai nahi mere dost ke janaze main jana hoga, muje yakeen nahi hota ki Akram ko kisi ne goli mar kar uska muder kar diya" Mushtaq "yeh tho vohi haina, jiski resort main aap kal raat tho gaye the" Asad "haan, yeh vohi hai, I cant believe it, he was with me yesterday night and he was going to get engaged today and now he is no more, life is full of surprises."
Asad attended his funeral and returned back to Bhopal after some interrogation of police since he was with him last night.
"Abbu, main.." started. "Beta dekho jo hua usse bhool jao beta, aur zindagi main aage badne ki koshish karo, hum sab tumhare saath hai" He kept his hand lovingly on her head soothing her. "Di, vaise main hamesha se kehte thi ki vo apke layak nahi tha" The girl roared "Zoyaaa" The father intervened and took Zoya to another room "beta dekho jo hua uske bare main, Nikhat nahi jaanti, usse sirf maine itna bataya hai ki, Akram ki hatya kissine kardi, ab business main hazaron dushman hote hai, haina, issliye thode din ke baad, vo khud sambhal jayegi, vaise tum iss baat ka zikr kisse mat karna beta, vada karo mujse" Zoya promises her dad not to reveal anything to anyone.
A month later
"Zoya beta, Nikhat ko ek change ki zaroorat hai, vo abhi bhi uss haadse se ubhar nahi payi hai, main chahta hoon kit um usse lekar humare Bhopal vale bunglow main chale jao, kuch din vahan rahegi, tho shayad, jagah badalne ki vajah se, shayad koi improvement aaye" Zoya "ok Papa, par vo bunglow tho renovation main haina?" Father "vo tho maine Nikhat ke sagaai ke waqt renovate karne ki socha tha, lekin phir tum jaanti ho, ki kya kya hogaya tho renovation bhi cancel kar diya, issliye ab maine Bhopal ke hi mashoor architect Asad se renovate karwane ki sochi hai, issliye tum vahan jo pehle, Asad se milo aur bunglow renovate hote hi, main Nikhat ko lekar ajaunga" Zoya "par papa, main akeli, I mean i dont know anybody there" "meri Zoya ke liye kuch bhi namumkin nahi hai, main hotel main stay arrange karva dunga, dont worry beta, after all tum Gaffur Farooqui ki beti ho" Zoya "right papa" "beta yaad rakhna, galti se bhi uss baat ka zikr kissise mat karna okay" Zoya "yaad hai papa, nahi karungi, lekin ab uss case ka kya hua, kya koi clue mila, ki kisne kiya, kyun kiya etc." Gaffur "nahi ab tak tho nahi, koi naya inspector ko appoint kiya hai case ki investigation ke liye, Akram ke parivar valo ko pichle inspector se kuch shikayat thi, ki vo case ko teek tareeke se handle nahi kar raha tha etc" Zoya "koun aaraha hai papa case investigate karne ke liye? Apko tho pata hoga, its your circle Papa, aap retired hai tho kya hua, lekin you were once Mumbai s commissioner" Gaffur sighed "main koshish kar raha hoon, aaj sham tak pata lag jayega ki koun araha hai, Lekin tum Bhopal ke liye aaj hi nikal jana okay" Zoya " jee papa"
Precap: Introduction of some more characters essential to the story along with progression of the story from Mumbai to Bhopal.
So how was it? I know I have started with a murder track, slowly everything will be clear when story progresses. Do let me know your opinions through comments. And silent readers ek like tho thok do, kitna time lagta hai.
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