THE MPT SETTLED THEMSELVES AT THE BACK SEAT WHILE HM OCCUPIED THE PASSENGER SEAT BESIDE AS...

AS WAS RIGIDLY LOOKING STRAIGHT WITH HIS FOREHEAD CREASED AND EYES IN DEEP THOUGHT...

SS TAPPED ON HIS SHOULDER TO BREAK HIS TRANCE...

SS : SIR AAPKA DHYAAN KAHAH HAIN HUM SAB AAPKO KABSE AWAZ DE RAHE HAIN ?

AS : JI JI MAAF KIJIYEGA WOH HUM CASE KE BAARE MEIN KUCH SOCH RAHE THE...( HE TOOK THE BLUETOOTH FROM SS )

HM LOOKED AT AS AND THOUGH HIS EYES AND EXPRESSIONS HID EVERYTHING SHE COULD STILL DEPICHER THE CHANGE...

HM : AAP THIK HAIN NA SIR ? HAMARA MTLB HAIN AAPKO KABSE DEKH RAHE HAIN , AAP KUCH PARESHAAN...( CUT SHORT BY AS )

AS : HUM THIK HAIN MISS MALLIK , HAMARI FIKR KARNE SE JYADA ACCHA HOGA KI AAP CASE PAR DHYAAN DE...( STERNLY )

HIS RUDE COMMENT MADE MPT LOOK AT HM WHILE SHE SLOWLY NODDED AND LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW...

CC : ( WHISPERED ) DSP SIR KO ACHANAK SE KYA HUA ?

PS : HAIN TOH HAMARI BAHURANI KE BHAIYA HI NA...MUH NAHI JAWALMUKHI HAIN , JAB BOLENGE AAG HI UGLENGE...

SS : PAR PHIR TOH DSP SIR DINOSAUR HUE NA PJ , KYUNKI AAG TOH DINOSAUR KE MUH SE NIKALTI HAIN...( POUTED )

CC : UFF , YEH MASUMIYAT...

A SLAP LANDED ON CC'S FACE WHICH MADE HM AND AS TURN BACK AND SHURG...

AT THE LOCATION :

AS : AB AAP SAB HAMARI BAAT DHYAAN SE SUNIYE...SS AUR KS AAP DONO YEHI ENTRANCE PR RUKENGE TAKI TAB WOH LOG BACCHE KO LEKAR AAYE TAB HUME PATA CHAL SAKE...CC AAPNE USS GHAR MEIN JO CAMERA FIT KIYA THA WOH SAMAY SAMAY CHECK KARTE REHENGE AUR SUCHNA DENGE...PJ AUR MISS MALLIK AAPLOG HAMARE SAATH ANDAR CHALIYE..

EVERYONE AGREED AND THEY ENTERED THE GRAND HALL WHICH WAS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED...

HM WENT NEAR THE STAGE , PJ TO THE FOODSTALLS WHILE AS SAT DOWN WITH A GLASS OF COKE...

AS : ( IN MIND ) HUME ITNI JALDI KISI BHI NIRNAY PAR NAHI PAHUCHNA CHAIYE...KAYI BAAR AANKHO DEKHA AUR KAANO SUNA BHI GALAT SABIT HO JATA HAIN...HUM JALDBAZI MEIN AAKAR KOI GALAT KADAM NAHI UTHANA CHAHTE..

HM CAME AND WITHOUT MAKING A SINGLE SOUND STOOD BEHIND AS AND BENT TO HIS EARS...

HM : AAP KYA YAHA BIRTHDAY PARTY ENJOY KARNE AAYE HAIN ?

AS : ( GASPED ) ISS TARAH SE JHATKA DEKAR PUCHNA JARURI THA ?

HM GAVE A TIGHT LIPPED SMILE...

AS : AUR WESE BHI HUM YAHA BAITH KAR PURI JAGAH PAR NAZAR RAKH RAHE HAIN...

HM : ( RAISED HER EYEBROWS ) AREE SIR , ITNI MEHNAT KARNE KI KOI JARURAT NAHI HAIN...AAP THAK JAYENGE ( SMILED )

AS : ( FAKE SMILE ) ITNI CHINTA MAT KIJIYE HAMARI KAHI AAPKI ISS MITHAS SE HUMEIN DIABETES NA HO JAYE...

SS : ( ANNOYED ) MS AUR DSP SIR AGAR AAP DONO KA HO GAYA HO TOH PJ KO BHI DEKH LIJIYE ABTAK 28 GOLGAPPE THUS CHUKI HAIN...

BOTH OF THEM STOPPED AND WALKED TOWARDS PS...

HM : YEH KYA KAR RAHI HAIN AAP PJ ? CASE KE SILSILE MEIN AAYE HAIN HUM YAHA GOLGAPPE KHANE NAHI...

PS : SORRY SORRY MS WOH GOLGAPPE DEKHE TOH RAHA NAHI GAYA...

CC : ( IN BETWEEN ) SIR , WOH DONO LOG BACCHI KO LEKAR YAHA SE NIKAL GAYE HAIN...

AS : THIK HAIN ( LOOKED AT HM AND PS ) AB SATARK RAHIYE AAPLOG...

AFTER SOMETIME KS ALERTED THEM :

KS : HAAN MADDAM SIR YEH LOG YAHA PAHUCH TOH GAYE HAIN LEKIN WOH CHOTI BACCHI TOH INKE SAATH NAZAR HI NAHI AA RAHI...

HM : ( FROWNED ) KYA ? PAR USSE TOH INKE SAATH HI HONA CHAIYE THA...CC NE TEENO KO SAATH HI NIKALTE DEKHA THA...

AS : HUME LAGTA HAIN KI UNHONE USS BACCHI KO KAHI AUR CHUPA DIYA HAIN...TAAKI JABTAK UNHE PAISE NA MILE TAB TAK BACCHA BHI UNKI KAID MEIN RAHE...

PS : YEH TOH BADI GADBAD HO GAYI...WAHA SE YAHA TAK KAHA CHODA HOGA BACCHI KO ?

HM : ( SIGHED ) DEKHIYE WOH LOG ANDAR AA GAYE AUR SHAYAD PAISO KE BAARE MEIN HI UNSE BAAT KAR RAHE HAIN...

AS : ( TOOK A DEEP BREATH ) UNSE KAHIYE KE PAISE TAIYAAR HAIN... SHAYAD HUM JAANTE HAIN KI WOH BACCHI KAHA HO SAKTI HAIN...

PS AND HM INFORMED THE PARENTS TO DO SO AND THEN QUIETLY FOLLOWED THE COUPLE TO KEEP ON THE CHECK...

AS CHEKCED HIS PHONE AND WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EXIT WHEN A SOFT YET FIRM HOLD ON HIS WIRST PULLED HIM...

AS : ( GASPED ) YEH KAR KYA RAHI HAIN AAP ?

HM : ( LOW VOICE ) SHHSH...DHEERE BOLIYE AUR SAMNE DEKHIYE..

AS ANALYSED THEMSELVES STANDING BEHIND A SEMI - OPAQUE WALL WITH THE COUPLE AHEAD OF THEM...

HM : JAB INSE BOLA KI PAISE READY HAIN TOH YEH LOG YAHA AA KAR KUCH DISCUSS KARNE LAGE...HUM WAHI SUNNE KE LIYE CHUPE HAIN KI SHAYAD BACCHI KA KOI PATA CHAL JAYE...

AS NODDED WHILE SHE GULPED AT THEIR PROXIMITY AND STEPPED BACKWARD...

MN : TUM MOHAN KO PHONE KARKE BOL DO KI BACCHI KO ANDAR LE AAYE...

WO : EK BAAR PAISE LE LETE HAIN PHIR HUM KHUD HI USSE LE AYENGE...TAB TAK KE LIYE USSE WAHI KHADA REHNE DETE HAIN TAKI KOI PROBLEM NA HO...

MN : THIK HAIN AB CHALO YAHA SE KOI HAMARI BAAT NA SUNN LE..

THE COUPLE LEFT WHILE HM AND AS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SMILED...

AS : BACCHI YEHI PAR HAIN...AUR WAHI HAIN JAHA HUM SOCH RAHE HAIN...AAP YAHA DHYAAN RAKHIYE HUM AATE HAIN...

HM : AA...WOH HUM KEH RAHE THE KI EK SE BHALE DO , HUM BHI CHALTE HAIN AAPKE SAATH... BACCHE KO JYADA ACCHE SE HANDLE KAR PAYENGE..

SHE SAID WITH A TWINKLE IN HER EYES...HE LOOKED INTO HER EYES AND NODDED..

AS : AAPKI AANKHE BAHUT GEHRI HAIN ( PAUSED ) ...KUCH AISA HAIN INME JO HUME AAP PAR VISHWAS KARNE PAR MAJBUR KAR RAHA HAIN...

HM BLINKED HER EYES AT HIS CONFUSING STATEMENT BUT BEFORE SHE COULD SAY ANYTHING HE LEFT AND SHE FOLLOWED...

AS : SS AUR KS AAPLOG ANDAR ENTRY LIJIYE AUR JAISE HI HUM ORDER DE INHE GIRAFTAR KAR LIJIYEGA...

AS AND HM WENT OUT TOWARDS THE PARKING LOT AND NOTICED A MAN STANDING AT A DISTANCE OBSERVING THE RED CAR...

HM : SIR HUME LAGTA HAIN YEHI WOH AADMI HAIN JISSE WOH DONO BAAT KAR RAHE THE...ISKA PICHA KARE ?

AS : CC SE KAHIYE KI USS AADMI KA DHYAAN BHATKAYE...HUME CHECK KARNA HAIN..

CC DID AS HE INSTRUCTED...THEY REACHED THE CAR AND PEEPED THROUGH THE CAR TRUNK TO FIND THE LITTLE GIRL SITTING INSIDE IT...

HM : ( APPALLED ) ISSE BAHAR KAISE NIKALE SIR ? USS CHOTI SI AUR ANDHERI JAGAH MEIN KITNI PARESHANI HO RAHI HOGI...

AS : AAPKO POCKET MAARNE AATI HAIN ? ( CONCERNED )

HM : EXCUSE ME ? ( STUNNED )

AS : WOH HAMARA MTLB HAIN KI KISI TARAH SE GAADI KI CHABHI CHAHIYE HOGI...

HM : ANDAR PJ AUR KS SE BOLTE HAIN...WOH LOG JARUR KUCH KAR PAYENGE...

THEY TOLD THE PLAN TO THEM AND AFTER SOMETIME SS CAME OUT TO GIVE THE CAR KEYS...

THEY QUICKLY WENT TOWARDS THE CAR WHEN THE MAN STOOD IN FRONT OF THEM...

MN : KAHA ?

AS : GAADI MEIN JA RAHE HAIN PRABHU...WOH ANDAR JO MADDAM GAYI HAIN NA UNKA KUCH SAMAN REH GAYA HAIN...

MN : DEKHO KOI SAMAN WAMAN NAHI HAIN ANDAR MUJHE BEWAKOOF MAT BANAO...

AS : DEKHIYE UNHONE HUME GAADI KI CHABHI BHI DI HAIN ISSI KARYE HETU...( SHOWED HIM THE KEYS )

MN : RUKO EK MINUTE MEIN PHONE KARKE PUCHTA HU...

THE MAN TOOK OUT HIS PHONE WHILE CC TIPTOED FROM BEHIND AND HIT HIM WITH A ROUGH STICK MAKING HIM FALL UNCONSCIOUS...

HM : JALDI ( OPENED THE CAR TRUNK )

THE GIRL CAME OUT AND INSTANTLY HUGGED HM...

GR : YEH LOG ACCHE NAHI HAIN...YEH MUJHE MUMMY KE PAAS NAHI JAANE DE RAHE...

SS : AAP DARO MAT , AB HUM AA GAYE HAIN NA...HUM AAPKO AAPKI MUMMY KE PAAS LEKAR JAYENGE...

AS : ( SMILED ) CHALIYE ANDAR AUR GIRAFTAR KARTE HAIN DONO KO...

EV NODDED AND MOVED INSIDE WHEN AS TURNED BACK TO THE CALL RINGTONE...

AS : MISS MALLIK NE APNA PHONE WAHI PAR CHOD DIYA ( HE LOOKED AT THEM WHO HAD ALREADY ENTERED )

AS : HUM HI LE AATE HAIN...

HE WENT BACK TO SEE THE CALLER ID POPPING UP " DATTA JI "

AS : DATTA JI ( PAUSED ) YEH TOH MAHIPAL SINGH KA SECRETARY HAIN...INSE JARUR HUME MISSION SE RELATED KUCH PATA CHAL SAKTA HAIN...

HE PICKED UP THE CALL AND STOOD SILENT WAITING FOR HIM TO SPEAK BUT HE DISCONNECTED THE CALL...

AS : SHATIR INSAAN...( SUDDENLY A MESSAGE POPPED UP ON THE HOME SCREEN )

" HASEENA BETI AGAR SAB THIK HO TOH KYA TUM HAMARA SUITCASE LE AAOGI KAL ? "

AS : YEH KAUNSE SUITCASE KI BAAT KAR RAHE HAIN ? DEKHNA PADEGA...

HM : SIR ? AAP YAHA KYA KAR RAHE HAIN ? AUR HAMARA PHONE BHI...

AS : ( FUMBLED ) AA NAHI WOH KISI KA PHONE AAYA THA... NAAM KUCH " DATTA JI " THA...

HM :  ( GRABBED THE PHONE ) AAP JAIYE HUM BAAT KARKE AATE HAIN...

AS : JI JI KIJIYE NA BAAT HUM CHALTE HAIN...

HM RE - DIALLED HIM WHILE AS STOOD BESIDE HIDING...

HM : NAMASTE DATTAJI...HAAN HAAN AAPKA SUITCASE HAMARE PAAS BILKUL MAHFUZ HAIN KAL HUM AA JAYENGE DENE...
KISI KO KUCH PATA NAHI CHALEGA AAP BILKUL CHINTA MAT KIJIYE , POLICE WALE HAIN HUM BHI ( LAUGHED )

AS : INKI BAATEIN HAMARA SHAQ GEHRA KARTI JA RAHI HAIN...HUME KAL DATTA KE PAAS SUITCASE PAHUCHNE SE PEHLE KHUD CHECK KARNA HOGA...

KS : ( TAPPED ON AS SHOULDER ) ANU BHAIYA ? AAP YAHA AISE CHUP KAR MS KI BAATEIN KYU SUNN RAHE HAIN ?

AS : ( GULPED ) AREE NAHI BEHNA...HUM TOH BAS UNKA INTEZZAR KAR RAHE THE...

KS : ( SLIGHTLY NODDED ) HUM TOH BAS BATANE AAYE THE KI WOH LOG KO ARREST KAR LIYE AUR BACCHI BHI SAFE HAIN...

HM : AAP  DONO ABHI YEHI HAIN ? CHALE WAPIS ?

KS NODDED WHILE AS LEFT WITHOUT REPLYING OR EVEN LOOKING AT HER...

HM : INHE PHIR SE KYA HUA ? ( KS SHRUGGED )

EVERYONE SEATED THEMSELVES INSIDE THE CAR...

AS : HUME AAP SAB PAR GARV HAIN...AAPLOGO NE CASE BAHUT ACCHE SE HANDLE KIYA ( SMILED )

HM SMILED AND SWITCHED ON THE RADIO AT LOW VOICE...

AS : ( SHARPLY ) MISS MALLIK GANA BAND KIJIYE...

HM : PAR SIR DHEEMI AWAZ MEIN HI HAIN BAS THODI DER WOH , MAUSAM BHI ACCHA HAIN ( SOFTLY )

AS : HUMNE KAHA GANA BAND KIJIYE...

HM : SIR PAR...

AS : MISS MALLIK THAT'S AN ORDER GANA BAND KIJIYE...

HM LOOKED AT AS AND HARSHLY SWITCHED OFF THE RADIO...

HM : ITNA KHADUS AUR BORING KOI KAISE HO SAKTA HAIN ( MUMBLED )

AS : KYA KARE MISS MALLIK HAR KISI KE BHOLE CHEHRE AUR SACCHI AANKHO KE PICHE DHOKHA NAHI HOTA NA...

HM : JI ? ( AS REMAINED SILENT )

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