HM: SS...KYA UPDATE HAIN CASE MEIN?

SS: MS MAIN AUR SUNNY KOSHISH KAR RAHE HAIN...BUT LOCATION TRACK KARNA BAHUT DIFFICULT HAIN?

KS : WAHI TOH INKA MAIN MAKSAD HAIN...STORAGE...ITNI ASANI SE NAHI CRACK HOGA..

HM : AAP THIK KAH RAHI HAIN KS...AAPLOG TRY KARTE RAHIYE...DSP SIR NAHI AAYE? WOH KISI KO BHEJNE WALE THE NA...ISS CASE MEIN MADAT KARNE KE LIYE ?

PS: AAGAYE DSP SIR...

AS : JAI HIND....JAISA KI HUMNE AAP  SABHI SE KAHA THA...HUM AAP SABHI KO KISI SE MIL WANA CHAHTE HAIN...." KARAN MISHRA "...YEH HAIN MAHANAGAR KE S.H.O AUR EK RAW AGENT BHI.... AUR HAMARE ACCHE DOST BHI HAIN....

KM:  HELLO...MAIN KARAN MISHRA...AAP SABKI ISS CASE MEIN HELP KARNE AAYA HU..

HM WAS LOST IN SOME THOUGHTS....WHICH WAS NOTICED BY KARAN...HE GOES CLOSER TO HER AND SNAP'S  HIS FINGERS...

KM : HUME DEKH KE KAHA KHO GAYI AAP MISS MALLIK ?

HM: AA...IM SORRY...HUM KUCH SOCH RAHE THE...JAI HIND...AND WELCOME

AS: TOH THIK HAIN...HAMARE KHYAAL SE KARAN ISS CASE MEIN MUNASIF SABIT HONGE..HUM ASHA KARTE HAIN KI SHAAM TAK HUME  KOI BADI UPDATE AUR LEADS MIL SAKTE...GOODLUCK... AB HUM PRASTHAN KARTE HAIN..JAI HIND

EVERYONE: JAI HIND SIR

KM: TOH...ABHI TAK KYA DETAILS HAIN...CASE RELATED?

HM: ABHI SAB KUCH UNCLEAR HAIN...SS AUR SC LOCATION TRACK KARNE KI KOSHISH KAR RAHE HAIN...AUR HUM SAB SUSPECTS..BAS ABHI ITNA HI...

KM: HMM...HUM SAMAJ SAKTE HAIN...DRUGS DEALING CASES MEIN LOCATION KARNA IS DIFFICULT...BUT KOI BAAT NAHI...AB TOH MAIN BHI AA GAYA HU...LET'S GET TO WORK

HM: JI...CABIN MEIN CHALTE HAIN...

THEY GO INTO THE CABIN AND SIT FACE TO FACE...

KM : TOH...KYA TARIKA HAIN AAPKE KAAM KARNE KA ?

HM : HUM KUCH SAMJHE NAHI ?

KM : HUMNE SUNA HAIN KI AAP JAZBAAT SE CASE SULJHATI HAIN...AUR AAPKA INTELLIGENCE LEVEL TOH UNMATCHABLE HAIN...

HM: SHUKRIYA...PAR AISI KOI BAAT NAHI HAIN...UNMATCHABLE AND ALL...PR FILHAAL HAMARE PAAS ISS CASE KI KOI PLANNING DIMAG MEIN NAHI HAIN...

KM : KOI BAAT NAHI...AAPKI INTELLIGENCE AUR HAMARI ON POINT NAZAR ISS CASE KO UNH SOLVE KAR DEGI...LAGTE HAIN PHIR KAAM PR

HM : ( SMILE ) I LIKE YOUR CONFIDENCE...

THEY BOTH BEGAN WORKING ON THE CASE...IT HAD BEEN QUITE A TIME SINCE THEY WERE TOTALLY ENGAGED IN WORK...

KM: UMM...EXCUSE ME

HM: SURE...

KARAN GOES OUT AND BRINGS TWO CUPS OF CHAI....HM WAS QUITE EXHAUSTED AND SHE WAS SITTING WITH HER HEAD IN HER HANDS...KARAN GOES TOWARDS HM AND SILENTLY FORWARDS THE TEA TOWARDS HER...

HM : AA..AAP..CHAI...AAPKO KAISE PATA KI HUME ISKI JARURAT HAIN ?

KM : BAS PATA HAIN..INSAAN KO DEKHKAR BATA SAKTE HAINN HUM KI UNHE KISS CHIZ KI JARURAT HAIN...AAPKO DEKHA TOH AISA LAGA....KI AAPKO CHAI KI NEED HAIN...

HM : ( SMILES ) HMMM...ACTUALLY IN SAB KE CHALTE EXHAUST HO GAYE THE...BAITHYE PLEASE

THERE WAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE UNTIL KARAN FINALLY SPOKE...

KM: AAP SINGLE HAIN?

HM : ( CHOKES DUE TO THIS SUDDEN QUESTION ) AAP YEH KYU PUCH RAHE HAIN..?

KM: AAPKI SHAADI HO GAYI ?

HM : ( NARROWS HER EYES ) JI NAHI

KM: STRANGE...AAP JAISI KHUBSURAT AUR KAABIL AFSAR ABHI TAK SINGLE HAIN..KUCH DIGEST NAHI HUA...KISI CHIZ KA INTEZZAR KAR RAHI HAIN ?

HM : OHH...TOH AAP AISE AA RAHE THE...KAR TOH RAHE HAIN HUM...KISI CHIZ KA INTEZAR...AAP?...SINGLE ?

KM: 125th...

HM: MATLAB?

KM : AAP 125th PERSON HAIN JO HUMSE YEH SAWAL KAR RAHI HAIN...AUR JAWAB HAIN " HANN"

AS HAS JUST ARRIVED AT THE THANA TO TAKE THE UPDATES...HE WALKED TOWARDS HM'S CABIN AND SILENTLY STOOD THERE WHEN HE SAW BOTH OF THEM LAUGHING AND TALKING COMFORTABLY....HE HAD A TINCH OF JEALOUSLY WHICH HE WAS TRYING TO CONTROL...HE COUGHED TO GRAB THEIR ATTENTION...

HM LOOKED AT AS AND SIGNALLED KARAN....THEY BOTH SALUTED HIM

AS: KARYA KI PRAGATI KAHA TAK HAIN ?

KM: KAUN PRAGATI ANUBHAV...

HM : ( ROLLED HER EYES ) PROGRESS ( AS LOOKED AT HER )

KM: ACCHA HAIN...HUMNE 4 SUSPECTS LIST OUT KIYA HAIN...AND I THINK HUME EK BAAT UNSE ENCOUNTER KARNA PADEGA...BAKI JAHA TAK MUJHE LAGTA HAIN LOCATION ABHI TAK TRACK NAHI HUA HOGA...WOH LOG KAAFI SHAATIR HAIN

WHILE KARAN WAS EXPLAINING THE POINTS TO AS...HM WAS BUSY NOTICING THE CHANGE IN AS....SHE SMIRKED WHEN SHE REALISED THAT IT WAS JEALOUSLY IN HIS TONE...

AS: THAT'S GOOD...AAPLOG KI CHAI PAR CHARCHA JAB HO JAYE TOH BAHAR AA JAIYEGA...HAMARA MATLAB HAIN JAB CHAI KHATAM HO JAYE...

HM BIT HER LIP AND SILENTLY LAUGHED AT HIS COMMENT...SHE DECIDED TO PLAY ALONG

HM : ( IN MIND ) WESE TOH ANUBHAV SIR....KUCH DINO SE HUMSE DHANG SE BAAT BHI NAHI KAR RAHE...SHAYAD JEALOUSLY KA CHAPTER LIKHNA PADEGA...

THEY BOTH REACHED IN THE THANA HALL

AS: HAMARE PAAS 4 SUSPECT LOCATION HAIN...HUM CHAHTE HAIN KI AAP SABHI EK BAAR UNHE INTEROGATE KARE....SS AUR PS AAP...CC AUR KS AAP DONO JAYENGE CITY HALL AUR DEEP WELL SITE...HM AAP...

HM : SIR HUM KAH RAHE THE KI KARAN JI AUR HUM BAKI DO LOCATIONS PAR CHALE JATE HAIN..SAATH MEIN..WOH KYA HAIN KI KUCH AGAR HUMSE MISS HO GAYA TOH...AUR FIR 2 LOG MUNASIF RAHTE HAIN..

AS : ( CONTROLLING HIS INSIDE BURST ) JAI...JAISA AAP THIK SAMJHE HM...BAS SHAAM KO HUME REPORT DE DIJIYE GA...HUM CHALTE HAIN...JAI HIND

HM SMIKRED WHEN SHE SAW AS TURNING TO HAVE HER LOOK...

AS HAS FINISHED ALL HIS WORK AND WAS PREPPING TO GO HOME...WHEN HM AND KARAN ENTERED...AS WAS LOOKING DOWN AT SOME FILES...

HM: JAI HIND SIR

AS: BATAIYE HM AUR KARISHMA....( HE REALISED THAT IT WAS KARAN ) OHH KARAN...BAITHIYE

HM : WOH HUMLOG SAATH MEIN GHAR JA RAHE THE TOH  SOCHA HUM DONO HI REPORT DE DETE HAIN

AS : ( HIDING JEALOUS ) JI BOLIYE...

KARAN AND HM BEGAN EXPLAINING TO HIM THE DETAILS...

AS: GREAT...PRAGATI KABILA TARIF HAIN....( HE RINGS THE BELL ) DO CUP CHAI...APLOG THAK GAE HONGE...SUBAH SE KAAM PAR HAIN...CHAI HAMARI TARAF SE

THE CONSTABLE SERVED TWO CUPS OF TEA TO HM AND KM...BY MISTAKE HIS HAND COLLIDED WITH THE CUP AND THE HOT TEA FELL ON KARAN'S HAND

KM: AAH...( HE BEGAN THRUSTING HIS HAND )

HM LOOKED AT AS AND TOOK KARAN'S HAND AND BEGAN CLEANING IT WITH HER HANKERCHEIF...SIMENTOUSLY BLOWING

HM : AAP THIK TOH HAINA ? 

AS : ( FORWARDS THE OINTMENT ) KARAN...YEH DAWAI LAG DETE HAIN...( HE TOOK KARAN'S HAND TO APPLY THE CREAM )

HM SILENTLY SMILED AT HIS REACTION

KM: MAIN THIK HU...MAIN CHALTA HU...

HE LEFT....LEAVING HM AND AS ALONE...

HM: THIK HAIN SIR...TOH HUM BHI JAYE..?

AS: JI...WESE KARAN KE SAATH KAAM KARNE MEIN AAP SAB COMFORTABLE HAIN ?

HM: JI SIR...IN FACT, HE IS AMAZING TO  WORK WITH...

AS: ACCHI BAAT HAIN...AAP PRASTHAN KAR SAKTI HAIN HM...

HM: JAI HIND SIR....( SHE LEAVES THE CABIN )

AS LEFT OUT THE BREATH HE WAS UNKNOWINGLY HOLDING...

AS: KYA KAR RAHE HAIN HUM...KYU JEALOUS HO RAHE HAIN HUM...HUME AAPNE AAP KO SAMJHANA CHAIYE....

HE LEFT HIS CABIN...EXPLAINING HIMSELF THE REASON

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