15. THE RAID (2)
Aaryan took out his revolver and rushed behind the narcotics officers, Milind at his side.
In the drawing room, the actor sat angry, in an armchair and his family- his wife and a small boy of around six and a girl of around eight sat opposite him, petrified. All the servants too stood in the living room.
All the cell phones had been confiscated and the landlines had been cut.
Neha wrinkled her nose in distaste'the house was extravagantly decorated bordering on the obscene. The air was stinking with unscrupulous wealth.
The narcotics officers had already embarked on the search of the drawing room and the ground floor. Large thuds of feet indicated that the first floor was already under investigation.
With a nod at Milind, Aaryan and the rest of the team thundered up the stairs
On the second floor was the children's bedroom.
Rajashree, Shreyas and Neha and Ajay took up the large drawing hall while Aaryan and Junhui took up the children's bedroom.
Aaryan went through the cartooned bed and wardrobe thoroughly. Junhui took to looking in the different cupboards, gaily decorated which lined the whole room.
After a while,
Junhui: Kuch mila?
Aaryan nodded. "Aise nahi ho sakta. The information was secure."
She paced the room irritated. She went towards the door and back again to the bed.
She opened a wardrobe and rifled through it'.It was full of clothes, which hung from hangers.
She opened the wardrobe next to it. It too was of the same design'..but something was odd. She opened the first wardrobe again. A small, slow smirk formed on her features.
"Aaryan!"
He was talking on the cell, "Nahi......abhi tak nahi.........."
"Ye dekho.......ye wardrobe.......don't you feel something is strange."
He spoke into the phone "Milind main do minute baad tumhe call karta hoon."
The first wardrobe had less space than the second even though they were built by the same dimensions......
Aaryan pushed the back of the wardrobe. It did not budge.
He looked at her, "Please!"
She gave a small smile. Flinging all the clothes out of the wardrobe, she delivered an expert kick on the wood. It splintered. Another kick resulted in total destruction.
Aaryan looked inside the cavity and a slow, sad smile formed on his face.
His cell rang. "Milind....We found what we were looking for.....Good.........Theek hain, we down there in a few minutes."
Edited by Pooj@ - 15 years ago