The ETF had once again solved the case. And there would hardly be anyone in the Mumbai police department who was not praising them. But there was a difference. Today after so many months, the case was solved not only due to Arjun' zameen hilado discoveries, but also Ayesha's intelligence. Rathore had once told them," Team ki tarah kaam karke to dekho,ek doosre ko jhelne ki himmat apne aap aa jayegi."And this time the ETF chief was correct. They had made a good duo.
But there was something which was constantly nagging at Ayesha's brain . Today everyone, especially Arjun seemed very distracted. She had tried to ask him so many times, but everytime, to Ayesha's surprise her akdu boss remained silent rather than scolding her.She also tried to ask Shree and Chotu, but they also showed the same behaviour.
They all were supposed to leave for their homes now.
Rathore- " Team, hame abhi ghar chalna chahiye."
Arjun-"Mujhe thoda kaam hai."
Ayesha- "Mujhe thoda kaam hai."
The thing was they had said the same thing at exactly the same time. They share an eyelock. And then both look down- Ayesha-shy, Arjun-angry. The always laughing duo-Shree and Chotu also were exceptionally silent.
Rathod said-"Theek hai, tum dono aa jana, hum ek gaadi lekar jaa raha hain."
Shree and Chotu follow him outside.
Ayesha goes to the investigation room and sits in one of the chairs. She thinks-" Pata nahin aaj ye sab kya ho raha hai. Kahin to kuch hai jo mujhe nazar nahin aa raha hai. Ho na ho iss team mein kuch toh gadbad hai. Aaj to wo akdu bhi chup tha. Shayad office mein hi kuch pata chal jaaye.Khair, bhai intezaar kar rahe honge, main ghar chalti hun " Saying this she goes out. But on the way to the exit, she notices something. One of the drawers near the table was open. She thinks it to be Shree's carelessness, but hardly did she know that the mistake was made by THE Arjun Raute.
She goes to close it. But her investigative mind peeks inside it. There lying was a diary and a pink pen, along with a coin. On the diary the ETF logo was made and underneath it was a label which had Riya Mukherjee written on it. She gets interested and opens the diary. In the diary was the biodata of a beautiful girl, which Ayesha thought was Riya. In the second and further pages, were scrawled in a neat handwriting, details of many cases which the ETF had solved. But the entries ended on a date 27.10.12. Ayesha wondered who was that girl and why all the entries ended on 27th october. She made a mental note to ask Shree about it. She replaced the diary and held the coin. She recognised it to be a Ganpati puja blessing coin. She wondered why it was here. Suddenly the coin slipped from her fingers and fell on the ground with a clink sound. But before she could bend down to pick it up, there, in front of her was standing Arjun, with the coin in his hand.
His eyes seemed to speak volumes of anger and pain. He shouted-" tumhari himmat kaise hui iss drawer ko kholne ki? Itna pasand hai tumhe doosron ki cheezon pe dakhal dene ki?"
But before he could speak more, Ayesha interrupted him-" sir ye drawer khuli hui thi. Mai to bas isse band karne aayi thi."
Arjun-"aur kya ye apne aap aakar zameen par gir gayi?" pointing to the coin.
Ayesha said-"sorry sir, ye mere haathon se gir gayi. Waise ye Riya kaun hai?"
Arjun-" tumhe kya? Door raho is matter se."
Ayesha-"kyun sir? Aisa kya hai ek naam mein?aur iss diary pe entries 27 october ko khatm kyun ho gayi hain. Agar aap nahin batayenge to main Rathore sir se puch lungi."
Arjun holds her by the shoulder and shouts -" Tumhe janna hai, haan? to suno. Aaj tum, ye pura Mumbai jiski wajah se zinda hai, uss jaanbaaz ladki ka naam tha Riya. Riya yahin issi office main kaam kiya karti thi. Ham sabke saath. Ham sabko lagta tha ki who bhi unn officers mein se hai jo masti pe zyada aur kaam pe kam dhyaan diya karte hain. Par woh to hum sabse zyada kaabil nikli. Aaj se thik do mahine pehle, iss desh ko bachate huye usne apni jaan de di. Bolo, kya kabhi bhi ehsaan utar paogi uska?"
Arjun completely breaks down. For the first time, after Roshni and Riya's funerals, had he cried. Ayesha was completely shocked to hear this. She never thought that a simple name could make the hard, unbreakable supercop cry. She didn't know what to do, or how to control the man crying in front of her.
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