"Excuse me? Hope I am not disturbing you" asked Jaggat . Uday and Arthi who were literally at each other's throats, looked embarrassed. No one would ever be proud when their private fights had an unexpected audience. Uday and Arthi was always loving in front of others though they kept their fights at home to a bare minimum. So this was totally unexpected. Uday was first to recover ...
Uday: ah!! Jaggat. What a fine surprise!!! What brings you at this hour? You want tea or coffee? (he kept jabbering).
Arthi was a bit more composed ...
Arthi: Hi Jaggat, I think you caught us in a bad time. Uday is being so irresponsible nowadays. Her eyes shot daggers at Uday.
Uday: Oh , for Pete's sake , give me a break!
Jaggat: Uday and arthi, both of you don't start again, take a break ok.
Arthi: so jaggat, I will get you some tea. Without sugar, na?
Jaggat: yes Arthi , u remembered!
Arthi left the room, and Jaggat spoke to Uday
Jaggat: Uday, I have come here for an official purpose, not a social visit
Uday: what is it Jaggat?
Jaggat: Akash verma is dead. He was murdered.
Uday: what? Akash!!!! Your joking, how? When? (Uday found it difficult to process this news, his friend Akash died!!!! What's happening to all his friends?)
Jaggat: my heartfelt condolences Uday. Three days back we found a headless corpse in a alley at S.R. street. The body was in a very bad shape, it had stab marks and maggots had started to feast on it. Yesterday a fisherman fished out a head . Forensic tests identified the body as Akash's .
Arthi who had entered the room with the tea was shocked to hear the news.
Arthi: what? Akash!! But why should anyone kill him? He was such a jovial person.
Jaggat: I don't know who did it. But the murders are becoming more and more frequent. Uday if you have noticed, one by one , all your friends are dying. First Aryan, then Sameer and now Akash. There was a huge time gap of 2 years between Aryan's and Sameer's death. But the time gap between Sameer's and Akash's death is just 5 weeks.
Uday: but Jaggat, Aryan and Sameer died in 2 separate ACCIDENTS. The deaths could be a coincidence! You should be looking for Akash's killer , instead of linking all the deaths.
Jaggat: Uday, I can understand your distress, but it is my intuition that tells me there is a connection between these deaths and it has to be one killer behind all this. And I am never wrong. If we read the pattern, then you are next Uday!
Arthi and Uday together says: what????
Uday:But who would want to kill me? What did I do? It's totally madness
Jaggat: Uday I don't have proof to give you now, but soon I will come with all proof to nab the killer. Till then stay safe uday. Don't go out at night ... you have a family that depends on you.
Uday: Good day Jaggat. (he left the room)
Arthi told jaggat: what do we do jaggat? I am getting scared.
Jaggat: don't worry arthi, I'll nab whoever is behind this, soon. Just make sure Uday understands the dangers.
Arthi: I will , but he is so stubborn ... he may not listen to me!
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Nowadays he drove through the city,hoping that he would meet her. Till date he did not get a chance. But still he drove, like a blind man in search of light. Driving for a long time made him tired, and he wanted to have a cup of coffee. He stopped by a outdoor restaurant, parked his car safely and went to grab a cup of coffee.
He bought a chicken sandwich and started to munch on it, when he saw her, he blinked his eyes to make sure that he was not hallucinating. No it was her, he was damn sure. She was here, OMG SHE WAS REALLY HERE!!!!!!!
It was really exciting to see her, he wanted to meet her NOW , but at the same time , he didn't want to scare her away. She grabbed her burger and coffee and went and sat at one corner of the restaurant, "time to strike" thought uday.
He went and sat in the chair opposite to her, she looked up, but made no sign of leaving. She ignored him as if he was invisible!
U: Maya!!! Where were you all these days? I was looking for you.
Maya looked at him stone faced and asked: "what do you want Uday, just leave me alone?"
U: Maya, please, listen to me, I know that I did a big mistake lying to you, but
M: but what uday?? You thought you could have fun with me?? Do I look like a wh**e to you?? You know - I wanted to be a girl in love with a guy - that loved me too ... not a MARRIED MAN'S MISTRESS!!!!!!
U: its not like that Maya, I love you
M: I don't think u know what LOVE means Uday! U only LUST me ... that's all! I was a fool to give my EVERYTHING TO YOU! (she shook her head)
U : But Maya ...
M: enough Uday, I just don't want to talk to you anymore. As a women, I felt humiliated, I felt ashamed of myself for trusting you. Its over Uday. EVERYTHING is over between us.
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