Continued... 

Anuseena entered inside Anubhav's house..... Both of them were completely drenched.... 

Haseena: Anubhav.... (Anubhav looked at her) Aapke paas humare pehenne layak koi dress....

Anubhav nodded..... He started walking while Haseena followed him.... Both went on the first floor 

Anubhav: Kuch kshand yahi rukiye.... 

Haseena nodded... Anubhav went inside a room and after a minute came with a towel and a box.... Haseena opened the box only to find a beautiful designer navy blue colored saree.... 

Haseena: Anubhav.... Hum.... hum yeh nahi le sakte....

Anubhav: Parantu kyu??? 

Haseena: Yeh bauht mehengi hai Anubhav aur.....

Anubhav: Hum aapke liye hi laaye the.... Kabse humare paas rakhi hui thi.... Lijiye (Handed the saree to Haseena)

Haseena: Par....

Anubhav: Jaiye aur kapde badal lijiye anyatha aapka swasthya kharaab ho sakta hai....

Haseena nodded and went away in the guest room showed by Anubhav..... 

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After 15 minutes

Haseena knocked the door of Anubhav's room.... Anubhav opened the door.... He was wearing a dark blue colored shirt.... 

Haseena: Anubhav kya aap please hume first aid kit de sakte hai..... Humne bahut dhundha par hume milla nahi....

Anubhav nods.... He brought the first aid kit from his room.... He looked at Haseena's right abdomen whose wound needed immediate dressing.... He also realized that the place of wound was such that she won't be able to do the dressing properly....  

Anubhav: Yadi aap chahe toh hum aapki sahayta kar sakte hai..... 

Haseena: Nahi nahi.... I'll manage.... 

Anubhav nods understandingly and went back into his room.... While a smile appeared on Haseena's lips as Anubhav didn't force her to let him do her dressing.... He respected her decisions.....

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At 2:30 am

Sleep was far away from Anubhav's eyes.... He was lying on his blankly staring at the ceiling thinking about the events that happened in the past.... After some time, he picked the nearby jug to get some water only to find it empty..... Anubhav got up and went to the kitchen to grab a water bottle..... 

On his way back he saw Haseena's door was slightly ajar.... He decided to check on her..... Truth to be told..... He wanted to see a glimpse of her which he will preserve as a sweet memory for the rest of his life.... But what he saw broke his heart into millions of pieces..... His love was lying on the restlessly on the bed..... Sweat beads were covering her forehead and she was murmuring something incoherent..... 

Anubhav went towards her and was now standing a foot away from the bed....

Anubhav (Whispered): Ms. Mallik.... Ms Mallik uthiye.... 

Haseena (murmured): Nahi.... Aap aisa nahi kar sakte.... Pleaseee No.... 

Anubhav sat on the otherside of the bed....

Anubhav: Ms Mallik.... Uthiye.... Yeh bas ik bura swapn hai.... 

Haseena (Murmured with tears flowing from her closed eyes.... Her hands were shivering): Hum nahi kar sakte.... Please.... Aap aisa kyu.....

Anubhav gently wrapped his arms around Haseena.... His one hand was on the saree covering her waist and the other was caressing her hair.... Haseena curled up more into the warmth provided by Anubhav's body.... She was still sobbing in sleep and her body was shivering..... Anubhav hugged her tightly trying to take away all the sorrows from her life.... 

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In Mahila Police Thanna

Santosh: Pushpa ji madam sir kab aayengi.... Abhi taq toh unhe aa jana chahiye tha na.... Voh 10 minute late hai....

Pushpa ji: Kabhi kabhi late ho jata hai beta.... Ab hume hi dekh lo.... Agar do minute ki bhi deri ho jaati hai toh humari bahurani toh nikal jaati hai phir karte raho apna intezaam.... Bus dhundho..... Bus ka ticket....

Karishma: Ik minute, ik minute Pushpa ji ab iss sab mein hum kaha se beech mein aa gaye.... 

Pushpa ji: Jab se humare lalla ne aapse shaadi ki..... Humare laala ke toh bhag hi....

Santosh and Billu: Phut gaye....

Karishma starred at Billu and Santosh in anger....  Billu ran outside in the fear of getting beaten up early in the morning.....

Cheetah: Madam.... Madam aap chodiye yeh sab mude ki baat toh yeh hai ki madam sir abhi taq nahi hai.... Voh toh aksar time pe aa jaati hai na....

Karishma started thinking about the matter while Cheetah took a breath of relief as he was able to save his Santu ji from Karishma's wrath....

Santosh: Karishma madam.... Mai madam sir ko phone laga lu....

Karishma: Lagao..... Aur Cheeteh badnaam se kaho ki ik cup zeher de....

Cheetah: Ji madam....

Saying this Cheetah went outside, and Santosh dialed Haseena's number....

Pushpa ji: Speaker.... Speaker pe rakho Santu....

Santosh kept the call on speaker....  

On the other side

Anubhav's sleep was broken by the ringing noise of the phone.... He picked up the call without seeing the caller id....

Anubhav (In Sleep): Hello.....

On hearing Anubhav's voice Santosh, Karishma and Pushpa ji were completely shocked.... Karishma checked the caller ID only to realize that it was actually Haseena's number....

Anubhav: Hello

Pushpa ji nudged Santosh to speak....

Santosh: Jai.... Jai Hind sir....

Anubhav (Still in sleep): Jai hind.... Koi karya tha Santosh Sharma....

Santosh: Aa... Sir... Voh 

Pushpa ji (mouthed): Madam sir....

Santosh: Madam.... Madam sir.... Kab taq....

Anubhav (Sleepy): Haseena ji toh abhi so rahi hai.... Kal ratri bahut vilambh ho gaya tha unhe sone mein (Yawns) Aur hume bhi..... Unhe thaane aane mein samay lagega..... Koi aur karya....

Santosh: Nahi.... Nahi sir.... Jai Hind

Santosh hanged up the call.... She had a huge smile on her face....

Pushpa ji: Kya ho gaya Santu.... Aise akele akele kyu has rahi ho???

Santosh: Samjh rahi hai aap Pushpa ji.... Madam sir aur DSP sir.... Ik saath.... Ik puri raat.... Madam sir ke toh armaan....

Karishma: Amma bhak..... Kaam pe lagiye sab.... Sarkaar hume kaam karne ka paisa deti hai.... 

Santosh: Pushpee....

Pushpa ji: Kya Pushpeee..... Sahi keh rahi hai voh..... Kuch bhi bakwaas karti ho Santu.... Dono kissi kaam se bhi toh saath mein ho sakte hai na....

Karishma: Santu.... Hume voh pichle case ki file-

Amar enters MPT.... 

Everyone: Jai Hind Sir

Amar: Jai Hind.... Abhi Abhi hume DSP sir ka phone aaya tha.... Unka transfer ho gaya hai, so naye DSP sir aayenge.... Karishma Singh pichle week ki saari files ready hai....

Karishma: Ji sir.... Par kuch check karni baaki hai....

Amar: Aap aur Cheetah yeh kaam kijiye aur Pushpa ji aap hume pichle hafte ki weekly report dikhaiye.... Aur Santosh Sharma aap record room mein check kariye koi pending case toh nahi hai..... Dhyaan rahe ki koi galti na hone paaye..... 

Everybody nodded and left for their respective works.... 

Amar: Vaise Pushpa ji aaj Haseena ji aane vaali hai na....

Pushpa ji: Ji.... Ji sir voh madam sir shayaad kissi zaruri kaam mein attak gayi ho....

Amar: Hmm.... Ji theek hai.... 

To be continued....

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