Abhijeet, was walking towards the main door for his exit, when he noticed kavin enter the living room, phone still covering the speaker end of the phone, agitated, he walked to dushyant, but was stopped by abhijeet. 

"uhh, humara milna abhi nahi hua hai...." stated abhijeet, forwarding his hand, as kavin hung up on the call, shaking his hand with his. 

"kavin khanna.." introduced kavin, as abhijeet passed him a smile. 

"ACP abhijeet mathur, aapki bhatiji ka case main handle karunga.." informed abhijeet, as kavin was surprised. 

"aapko..kaise..." attempted kavin to ask, as abhijeet passed a light chuckle. 

"pata nahi chalta shakal se, par yeh antaryami hai...haina, ACP sahab..." remarked dushyant with the utmost of sincerity there could be in a comment so sarcastic, surprising them both, as they realised he was standing right behind them. 

"arre kahan mr. khanna, main toh bas ek sarkari mulazim hoon....public service hi hamari priority hai..." responded abhijeet light-heartedly, his glance back on kavin. 

"baaki, aap dono ki photo tangi hui dekhi mataji ke saath wahan, shaadi se pehle ki hogi...mujhe mere bhai aur meri hi yaad aa gayi, laga mujhe aap chote honge, mr..." pointed abhijeet to all a family tree of photos right above the tv, as kavin chuckled. 

"kavin, please, abhi mr.khanna ke liye thoda young hoon..." stated kavin, a not so subtle jab at dushyant, as abhijeet too chuckled along. 

"chaliye, aap dono ko kaam hoga, baaki hamara yahan aana jaana laga rahega....abhi aapki bhi shrimati se bhi mulaqaat baaki hai..." abhijeet, ready to take his leave, received a glare by dushyant. 

"toh jab tak woh nahi milne waali, toh aapka aana-jaana thoda zyada dekhne ko milega?" posed dushyant a question, that made abhijeet give him an amused look. 

"purvi se toh milne ke liye ab mujhe bhi appointment lene padenge lagta hai agle kuch din mein....agar main aapki jagah hota, toh unko ghar mein na dhoondta...baaki, aap aate rahi hai, bachon se bhi mil lijiyega, ab hum badhe kitna batapayenge, bache apni baati humse thodi karte hain..." clarified kavin, as abhijeet nodded. 

"chaliye, ab aap se behtar kaun janega, lenge hum unka appointment bahaut jald...radhe-radhe!" bid abhijeet his adios, dushyant still glaring at him, meanwhile ishita finally got a chance to rub the sweat breaking all over her forehead, she got from abhijeet talking to kavin. 

"uhh, bhai, woh....singhania ka phone aaya tha...greater noida ki property mein ek emergency hai....i know yeh project aapka hai, but i can manage for a few days, aapki ghar mein zyada zaroorat hai..." offered kavin, as dushyant who was obviously lost in his thoughts, just shook his head in no. 

"nahi kavin, project kaafi bada hai, main personally look over karna chahta hoon isse...baaki, kaam kisikiliye nahi rukna chahiye hai..." declined dushyant, as kavin took a deep sigh, the part of him that knew was this was going to happen was somehow hit the most.

"jaisa aap kahein..." replied kavin, disheartened, not believing in his words at all, as ishita who noticed all of this, immeidately got up. 

"uhh dushyant.."called ishita, her phone in her hand, as dushyant's glance fell on her. 

"woh mera aaj office jaana thoda urgent hai...please tum ruk jao ghar, bachon ke paas koi nahi hoga phir...kavin dekhlega na...saare real estate projects wahi toh dekhta hai..." requested ishita, as dushyant raised his brow. 

"kyun?" questioned dushyant blankly, as ishita glared back at him, and kavin just kept on moving his glance back and forth to and fro them. 

"ishita, maine tumhe kitni baar bola hai, delegate karna seekhlo, sab kuch tumhe karne ki kya zaroorat hai? aur waise bhi, bachon ko tumhari zyaada zaroorat hai iss waqt, and i have an emergency...i need to be there..." instructed dushyant, as ishita didn't say anything, just nodded. 

"i'll just go and give divya a call.." left ishita the room, as dushyant looked back to kavin, while kavin's complete attention was at him now. 

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A green board, filled with photos of dushyant, ishita, kavin, purvi, bani, jasmine, nihaal and equm, all connected by red and green threads, pinned all over the board, abhijeet sat back, and let the sub-inspector explain. 

"toh sir, dushyant khanna ne business shuru kiya tha apna papa ki death ke baad, shuru-shuru mein yeh bas ek consultancy thi startups ko apni sales badhane mein madad karne ke liye, par jab woh companies successful hone lagi, inhone usmein share khareedne shuru kardiye aur unke investments dekhne lage aur slowly yeh ek full-fledged investment firm ban gayi...kavin khanna ne apni MBA puri karke join kiya tha....isne business ko real estate mein bhi expand kardiya hai, Gautam Singhania ki partnership mein..." he explained, as abhijeet carefully looked at both all of the information around them. 

"yeh, gautam singhania ke saath inki deal cancel ho gayi thi na, kaafi saalon pehle...news mein aaya tha..." recounted abhijeet. 

"ji sir, unhone creative differences iski wajah bataiyi thi, par kuch 5 saal baad unhone partnership mein ek contract sign kiya..." he stated, as abhijeet nodded. 

"aur yeh, mrs.khanna, inka business kaisa chal raha tha tab?" questioned abhijeet, pointing to ishita's photo. 

"sir, jab yeh jasmine ke saath pregnant thi uss hi waqt ke aas-paas yeh ek freelance graphic designer thi, shaadi se pehle D.B Design agency mein kaam karti thi...inka business thik-thak hi chal raha tha, par jasmine ke baad, ek saal ki hi baad, inka dusra beta nihaal bhi ho gaya, business kaafi slow hogaya tha...lekin unhone ek marketing agency, Raff ko khareedliya..iska investment wagera sab khannas hi dekhte the, company ekdum bankrupt hone waali thi jab inhone isse khareeda, aur usse news mein graphic designers aur films mein marketing ke liye outsourcing ka kaam uthana shuru kardiya..bas tabse, business ke offices delhi, mumbai aur bangalore mein hai...in fact, pichle saal ke election mein inhone hi PR kiya tha mantriji ke liye...baaki, purvi ji toh quint mein ek video editor se seedha producer ban gayi raaton-raat newsnow mein..." he explained, as abhijeet nodded, gathering all this information, got up and just stared at the board. something was going on in his mind, that would only be revealed later. 

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author's note: hi guys, just thought would take up this chapter to not only help u understand what we already know about the characters from part one, but also, what all has happened since the events of the first one, abhi hi fever se thoda ubhri hoon, story ko track mein aane mein thoda time lagega, so please cooperate...ab hum unke past aur present ke intersection mein aage thoda aur time spend karenge, kyunki abhi bhi bahaut hai inn logon ke baarein mein jaane ko...so stay tuned. 

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