The commissioner and Abhijeet stood together in front of ishita with their heads down, as they were deeply apologetic. Suddenly, the door bell rang again, as dushyant entered, enraged, walked straight to the commissioner. 

"yeh kya nonsense tha karwal? tumhara officer meri wife ko harass karne mein laga hai, do minute main ghar se kya gaya!" yelled dushyant, as ishita just covered her face, expecting this to happen exactly. 

kavin, who casually entered the house, shaking his head at dushyant's anger, just sitting on the couch, surprised to see pasi and paswan standing. He called pasi, without calling his name, and asked them both to sit down, which they were scared to do but did. 

"aur, chaye pi?" asked kavin informally, as they both were perplexed and just nodded in agreement. 

"kaju lo na...biscuit mangwaon?" followed up kavin with another question as they both just obliged. 

"sir, we understand your concern, but we just clarified to the media, this was complete and utter nuisance that had no basis in truth whatsoever...I know my officers sir, and they have been nothing but honest to their duty in their years of service..." clarified commissioner Karwal, as dushyant just glared at abhijeet. 

"aur tum, tumhari himmat kaise hui ek lady ko iss tarah, bina kisi arrest warrant ke, thane bulane ka order dene ki?" interrogated dushyant, as kavin just looked amusingly, when he was nudged by his nephew's elbow. 

"aisa kya dekh liya inhone news mein?" looked nihaal for an answer,  as kavin just shrugged his shoulders. 

"maine toh kuch bhi usmein dekhaya jaata hai, seriously lena chod hi diya hai...especially agar tumhari chachi ka news channel hoon...tum bhi kam bheja fry kiya karo, paper padh liya karo, zyada acha hota hai..." responded kavin, as nihaal just resumed to eating. 

"dekhiye sir, aapko mere officers ke kaaran inconvenience hui, uske liye main sharminda hoon....par sir main sirf apni duty kar raha tha, aur mere paas pura right hai kisiko questioning ke liye bulane ka agar mere paas ek solid link hain unka case se...yahan par, aapka beta, aakhri insaan tha aapki beti ko contact karne waala...uske saath uski mummy ko aane ko bola tha, minor hai, akele nahi bola sakte the..." explained abhijeet, as dushyant looked over to ishita, who just looked at him as if saying, 'kyun kar rahe ho aise?'. 

"well, ab main bhi yahan hoon, mera bhai bhi hai, you have three adults now, continue.." ordered dushyant, sitting right next by the left side to nihaal, as you could already sense the discomfort nihaal and ishita felt with his prescence. 

"uhh, papa..woh main comfortable hoon, bas mummy ke saath....aur waise bhi, i'm pretty sure yeh log jasmine ka kamra bhi check karna chahte honge, aap woh dekh lijiye...chachu bani aur equm ki questioning ke waqt aa jayenge..aap log bhi thake hue ho, jahan zaroorat nahi hai, wahan kyun energy waste karna?" suggested nihaal, as abhijeet tried to withhold his laughter, with a smug smile across his face. 

"aap logon ko jasmine ka kamra check karna hai?" questioned dushyant, as pasi and paswan nodded, as dushyant got up, signalling them to come along. 

"main, kamre mein coffee pilunga..." took kavin his leave too, more gladly than dushyant. 

abhijeet, smiled, sitting in front of nihaal. 

"aur beta, toh tum kaunsi class mein ho?" asked abhijeet, a friendly smile on his face, appearing genuine. 

"10th..." replied nihaal, not at all nervous, something an average teen would be, if questioned by an ACP. ishita put her arm around him, rubbing his shoulder. 

"zyada time mat lijiyega...yeh abhi bhi thoda pareshaan hai, jasmine ki news ke kaaran.." requested ishita, as she put on a smile for nihaal, who was perplexed. 

"uhh, no, it's ok really...puchiye joh puch na hain, didi mil jayein bas..." assured nihaal. 

Equm, who was listening from the bathroom, just rolled his eyes. 

"thank god, aap nahi hogi meri questioning ke waqt!" exclaimed equm. 

"kyun?" questioned purvi, from receiver end of the call. 

"aap inse bhi bhattar acting karti, ek achi,pyaari, loving maa ki..." retorted equm, as purvi was not amused. 

"haan, aur tum toh didi bolne se pehle hi mar jaate...ab chup raho aur sunne do!" rebuked purvi, as equm just complied, shaking his head in disbelief. 

"toh beta aap basket ball khelte hain?" attempted abhijeet to make a light conversation, seeming cordial and warm to nihaal, meanwhile nihaal just nodded. 

"aap team ke captain hi honge, phir?" cross-questioned abhijeet, as nihaal nodded, while abhijeet just tried to get him off-guard, he just built up more walls. 

"dekho beta, kai baatein hoti hai, joh hum apne parents nahi share karte...humein daant ka darr hota hai, kabhi-kabhi maar ka bhi...par, aap uski bhai the, kuch hoon aisa joh usne aap se privately share kiya ho? kyunki beta, hum nahi chahte ki koi kami reh jayein humari taraf se jasmine ko dhoondne mein.." attempted abhijeet to get him to talk about arjun singhania, as nihaal looked over to his mom once. 

"beta, koi baat nahi...agar kuch yaad aata hai, toh khulke batao..." assured abhijeet. 

"woh pichle do hafte se practice nahi jaa rahi thi..." revealed nihaal, as ishita was shocked. 

"uska uthne ka man nahi karta tha, class mein bhi, jaise-taise padh rahi thi...woh kaafi disturbed thi....uska break-up ho gaya tha..." added nihaal, as he looked reluctantly at his mother again, before uttering the next sentence. 

"usne abortion karwaya tha, arjun singhania ka bacha tha woh...." disclosed nihaal, as everyone's jaw dropped in the living room. 

equm and purvi, who were secretly listening to this, were bowled over, meanwhile kavin, who heard this by accident, from his room nearby, just spit out the coffee he sipped right out of his mouth. And someone, who shouldn't have heard this, dushyant, who was right by the door of jasmine's room upstairs, was astounded. 

But there was something worse, bani who was sitting right near kavin, wasn't shocked to hear this.....was she hiding something too?