Location: Mumbai...next morning...
Geet was sitting on her study table and going through the reports... She was confused...not a clue...She had been studying the Report since night and was left with no Clue regarding the mysterious slaughter... She opened the Cause of Death section and found it was poisoning coupled with the head being bashed with cricket bat...She shuddered at the thought though she herself was a slaughterer. There was a knock at the door...
Geet: come in!
The door opened at she smelt a man...She turned round to see Abhijeet looking at her room amazed...
Geet: Abhijeet...aap yahaan?
Abhijeet: haan...ji Dr. actually mujhe ACP sahab ne bheja hai...report dekhne ke liye... Aapko kuch mila?
Geet: *sighs* nahi...main kal raat se report ulat-palat kar rahin hoon...pur no Success...
Abhijeet: Waise aapka room kaafi mysterious hai...kya Sunlight nahin aati...
Geet stuttered: aati hai...pur jab main kaam karti hoon...to I don't like light...Darkness helps me in concentrating...
Abhijeet: kya umda thought hai!
Geet smiled at the exclamation... Abhijeet moved forward and dropped his head on the Report... She pointed at the key points and as she did so...Abhijeet's hands touched Geet's... He gasped...
Abhijeet: aap...ki skin kaafi thandi hai...
Geet stuttered: u-umm...yes...h-hu-humesha se thi!
Abhijeet looked convinced: ohh!
They focussed back on the report...
*~*~*~*~*~*
Maan was getting ready to board his Mumbai flight when Harshvardhan bumped in...
HV: Maan...aap kahaan jaa rahe hain?
Maan replied without looking at him: Mumbai!
HV: kyun?
Maan: kaam hai...
HV: lekin achaanak?
Maan: meeting popped up...I have to leave...
HV: aapke saath koi jaa raha hai?
Maan remained silent and eventually Harshvardhan left...
*~*~*~*~*~*
Abhijeet and Geet pondered over the Report and then searched the internet for the particular poison...which was the cause of death...
They came to know that the poison was manufactured only in Dubai and were happy to get a trifle clue... Abhijeet jumped with joy and hugged Geet... After some time, he realised that he had gone ahead of his limits and stepped back...
Geet assured him: That's okay...you're my friend na!
Abhijeet smiled...
*~*~*~*~*~*
That night, Geet was lost in her thoughts...Maan's marriage and then his torture on girls...She had been weeping all the day after having a very bad fight with Maan that morning...
(Morning)
Maan got up and found that Geet was sitting on the bed...lost in thoughts...
Maan: Good Morning Geet!
Geet didn't reply...She moved away...She was furious... He asked again...
Maan: are you okay?
Geet remained silent...
Maan calmed himself down: mujhse baat karo Geet
She remained silent...That was it! Maan Singh Khurana ka ego... He dashed towards her and pulled her by hand...
She moaned in pain...Maan didn't loosen his grip...
Maan: tum mujhse baat kyun nahi kar rahi ho?
Geet remained silent though her eyes flooded with tears...
Maan: agar tumhe mujhse baat nahi karni hai...mat karo...main maraa nahi jaa raha hoon...aur ek baat...us ladki ne tumhe bataya ki meri 44 shaadiyan already ho chuki hai...and you believed...I am still on 20th...
Geet was shocked...He pushed her away and she fell on the floor after her stomach hitting on the corner of the table...
Maan went out slamming the door behind while Geet screeched in pain...she was lying there helplessly and would have been serious if Nakul had not chanced to peep in...As soon as he saw Geet, he called Daadima and she was rushed to the hospital...
After few hours of medication, the doctor announced that Geet had lost her two month child because of the injury, the family was shocked...They thought that it would be really difficult to tell Maan not knowing he himself had killed his baby...
Geet was taken back to her house and was advised bed-rest... That night Maan came home late... Geet was sleeping when the door slammed and Maan entered clumsily... She moaned... Maan!
Maan's eyes were red and he spoke: Oh! to tum yahaan ho! chalo mere saath...
Geet: kahaan?
Maan pulled her out of the bed not realising her pain and forced her to a local bar...
Geet's heart started panting...she clutched him tightly... He pulled away from her...
*~*~*~*~*~*
Geet was sitting in her room lost in her past when Ayesha came...
Ayesha: kahaan kho gayi...?
Geet: nahin...kahin bhi to nahi! tu bataa? aaj kya khaya?
Ayesha: abhi jaa rahe hain...wahi bataane aayi thi...ghar pe rehna!
Geet: hmm...
PrecapGeet lost in thoughts...
Edited by CIDMaaneetNaksh - 14 years ago
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