Chapter 3:

Abhi was sleeping in his bed when he heard his phone ringing continuously. He disconnected the call and again dosed off but the phone rang again for which he repeated his actions for more 3 times, 4th time he irritatedly picked up the call.

Abhi: (sleepy)Hello..

Daya:Boss, jaldi se darwaza kholo jaldi.

Abhi rubbing his eyes looks at the phone and again place it on his ears.

Abhi:Kya bol raha hain tu?

Daya;Boss, jaldi se darwaza kholo yaar, mere haath mein bohut saman hain jaldi se.

Abhi annoyingly came out of his room rubbing his eyes,stamping his foot and moved to open the main door.

Daya quickly with lots of shopping bags entered the house. Abhi looked at him with confused face irritatedly shouted at him.

Abhi:Daya, ye sab kya hain subha subha?

Daya:Boss,(looking at him)Aaj Ganesh Chaturthi hain chalo jaldi tayar hojao, Bappa ko lane jaana hain.

Abhi:Daya..

Daya:Abhijeet main kuch nahi sune wala har saal hum case mein busy hote hain, abhi itne saalo baad mauka mila hain jaldi tayar hojao.

Abhi:(sitting on sofa side rubbing his eyes in sleepy mode yawning)Wahi to case aayega to hum iss baar bhi busy hojayenge Daya (yawning widely)isliyeeee main..

Daya:Abhijeet koi haa nahi koi naa nahi, Maine sabko phone kardiya hain sabhi ne haa kehdiya hain aur wo log breaue mein tayari bhi kar rahe hain abh bas humme ye Saman aur Bappa ko leke pahunchna hain.

Abhi:Daya tum har baar to Ganesh Chaturti ko half day ki chutti leke apne kuch dost ke ghar chale jaate ho na aur Ganesh Visharjan uske liye bhi jaate ho na?Iss baar nahi jaaoge?

Daya:(smiling)Aur iss baar sab humare breaue mein manayenge.

Daya was excited while Abhi was looking at him at the glow in his eyes.

Abhi:(keenly looking at Daya)Itne pasand hain tumhe Bappa?

Daya:(smiling nodding)haa tumhe pata hain Boss, jab main orphanage mein tha main aur mere dost Amar-Priya kitni dhoom karte the Bappa ke aane pe.(Abhi narrowed his eyes) Khub ladoo khate the,dance karte the. Infact Bappa ka aana mere liye isliye itna special kyu ki ussi din mera sabse ache dost Amar aur Priya mujhe mila tha. Uss din ke baad main kabhi akela nahi hua..

Daya smile slowly disappears as he gets lost in memories when Abhi sense his sad smile as Daya was missing his friends.

Abhi:Daya(he looks at Abhi)ye bilkul maat bhulna ki Abhijeet tumhara sabse acha dost hain.

Daya:(chuckling)koi jealous ho raha hain?

Abhi:Jo bhi samjho par abh main tumhare saath hu aur abhse hum dono har tyohar maaze se maanayenge.

Daya:(smiling streach his hand)wadaa?

Abhi:(smiling holding it)Wadaa..
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In the last few days:-

Shreya and Tarika were trying to understand the situation of work done at Haveli while sachin and Abhi were learning, impressing Raghu - Bala with their farming and delivery works to get close with Raghu along with they faced various allegation regarding work.

Abhi - Sachin however tackled the situation with working hard but couldn't stop the suspicious eyes of all around them. Day by Day the situation was becoming difficult.

Meanwhile, Shreya was restless from the moment they entered the Haveli and locked eyes with Raghu. She felt something was off about the whole situation,about this whole village and the situation kept getting complicated from the moment they all meet Raghu.

Abhirika and sachreya were confused with the happening.

They witnessed Raghu threatening village people in name of collection of Ransom, beating, fighting behaving like a total thug. Sachin-Tarika were confused weather he is really Daya or really Raghu while Abhi-Shreya were denying the fact about it and trying ways to prove him as Daya.
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Shreya was sitting outside the hut near the rocks thinking about her encounter with Raghu until now. The time she saw him in Durga maa pandal then at the shoot sight then at Haveli, the way he talks, the way his eyes kept staring at her, the encounters she had with him in the last few days.
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UK:(looking at lost shreya)Ye chori tere kaanpura mein hadtal hain re?

Tarika:(shaking shreya)Shre(jerking her head, looks at UK)maafi kaki, meri nanad thoda pareshan hain.

Shreya smiled at that UK as she jerked her shoulders nodding her head in no while she handed them broom stick, dusting cloth as she made her way out.

UK : Jaldi isko khatam kar chori, merko dusra kaam hain re.

Tarika:(whispering to shreya)Shreya kya kar rahi hain?

Shreya:(guilty)sorry Tarika,wo dhayan kahi aur tha.

Tarika:Main ache se janti hu kaha hain dhayan tera(shreya bite her lips)Shreya(tarika looks around) hume bohut kuch karna hain please apne aapko shambhalo.

Tarika held her hands as she smiling nodes while both of them made their separate ways to with dusting cloth and broom in their hands to opposite ways to exact information as per their plan with completing the work.

Abhi and Sachin were concentrating learning about daily hussle activities with keeping an eye around goons, Bala, Gyaan and Raghu . Both of them were looking around suspiciously while Raghu along with Bala noticing and reading their expressions.

Bala:(laughing)haha Dekhle re Bhavu apun ne bola na ye aam ke mafik naram khoon hain re.terko budhwa se baat karna mangta.

Gyaan:(joining them) Bhavu, apun to bolta ke inko kitna sab pareshan kare re, ye baju ke gauo se aaye re lekin abh apun ke admin hain re. Inko jaldi banduk sikhna mangta re.

Bala:(staring at Gyaan)Apun idhar bolra ki Inse ye marna thodna nahi hoga re aur tu koi aur gaana gana mangta?(Catching his collar)inko malum hona nahi mangta ki apun kya kaam kara ye sabji bhejhne ke beech..samjha re?

Gyaan bite his lips with lowering his head and moves making an excuse..

Bala:Isko kuch malum nahi aur badbad bolta hain re.

Raghu glared at Bala as he shut himself with wiping his forehead cleaning the sweat on it. He was nervously shaking his leg with thinking something as Raghu was keenly looking at Abhi sachin who were whispering and stealing glances at them.

Sachin:(mummering slowly)Bhaiya ye Bala Raghu Bhavu se alag hi nahi hota hain uske upar ye(gyaan passes by them passing a smirk as sachin samile at them)

Abhi : Kuch to ho raha hain yaha.. pata karna hoga..

Sachin: Bhaiya mujhe to lag raha hain pata karna to dur, hum ye natak bhi kab tak karpaayenge?

Abhi:(looks at him, slowly whispering back)Jab tak Raghu ki puri sachi nahi jaan lete ye natak to karna hoga sachin aur dhayan se karna hoga yaha kafi log hain aur humari ek lagti humse kisi ki bhi jaan pe bhari padsakti hain.

Sachin nodes as Abhi glances at Raghu with a determine face who was glaring at them sitting on the jeep bonate while staring at them.

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It's was late afternoon around 3 when Shreya was helping in cleaning the dinning table where all had lunch and left for the day.

Shreya:(thinking)Sab dophar ka khana khane aaye lekin Abhijeet Bhai,sachin bhaiya,Bala aur Day..(jerking her head)Raghu nahi aaye.. (coming out of Haveli with waste basket in her hand)sab theek rakhna na krishnaji. Itni dur aaye hain itna khatarnak rasta le rahe hain, bas safal hojaye ye..

She stopped as she heard some noise from nearby. She dropped the basket slowly turning around trying to find the sources of sound. She slowly nearing the sound finds a closed door. She was confused and suspicious with finding the door as she looking around went close to the door and tried listening by keeping her ear on the door. She heard some clear sounds of bagging and footsteps. She looks at door to find a way to open it but to her surprise it's was already open, she stepped inside it with hesitating look and suspicious looks.

It's was pitch dark inside the room, she was unable to see anything but the sounds were getting clear and clear as she kept following the sound with her trembling legs.

After a few more second she felt a strong grip on her waist pulling her aside into corner as she gasped with heavy breathe,wide open eyes,she felt her head gets hit at back and her hairs pulled back with someone grabbing them in their hands.

Shreya:Ahaa...

Quickly a flame light sparkled in front of her eyes with she getting the clear image of the sight infront of her. She saw Daya standing infront of her, her lips turned into a smile with water forming in her eyes. She raised her left hand to touch Daya cheek but she felt the pain in her hair with her head twirled upwards getting her hair pulled with she closing the eyes.

She held the hand pulling her hairs with right hand and cupping the face infront of her with her left hand.

She felt the touch of skin in her left palm and a relief of lossen grip in her hair. She opened her eyes to see the person infront of her was Raghu and not Daya who was staring at her.

Kyun tune meri fursat ki, Kyun dil mein itni harqat ki...
Ishaq mein itni barqat ki...
Ye tune kya kiya..

A tear drop made it's way from her eyes as she rubbed her thum over his skin/cheek as his eyes travelled looking at her fingers touching his bareface, he was very close to her with few inches between their bodies in the small passage where he pulled her.

Shreya;(controlling her tears)Da..

She was about to say something when he dropped the lighter, placing his right hand on her mouth.

Phiru ab maara maara main,Chaand se bichhda taara main...
Dil se itna kyun haara main...
Ye tune kya kiya..

There was again complete dark with some noises in dark. He was looking around while she observed him confusingly.

After a few more seconds,there was a slight sources of light from ventilator which was open by someone. They were still in the same position, he took a sigh as he felt shreya lips touch on his fingers. He looked at her with she making her grip tight on his hand which was holding her hairs.

Saari duniya se jeet ke,main aaya hoon idhar....
Tere aage hi main haara,kiya tune kya asar...

He slowly moved his hand from her mouth. One of her hair locks got stuck on her face as she was taking remove it. He touched her face as she looked deep into his eyes,he slowly removed the lock of hair as she rubbed her finger on his cheek. He looked at her closely with picking a eyelash from his cheek and showing it to him.

Main dil ka raaz kehta hoon,Ke jab jab saansein leta hoon...
Tera hi naam leta hoon

He looked at her then at the eyelash and quickly snapped back with releasing her hair from his grip. They both kept looking at eachother without any words while Raghu bend down to pick up the lighter. Light from the ventilator vanished as it got closed and Raghu again light the flame of the lighter looking into shreya direction.

Ye tune kya kiya

Takes a closer step while she looked at him, he took more step while she plastered her vack against the wall back of her, he pined her one arm around her shoulder with angrily looking at her.

Raghu(angrily):Terko idhar kya kaam karna mangta chori?

Shreya:(grasping looking at Raghu hand,trying to make excuse)wo main...wo main..Saaf safai karne aayi thi.

Raghu:(bending more closer as she held her breathe with he roaming his eyes on her face)Idhar koi aane ko nahi mangta,(shreya bite her lips)terko idhar rehna ka nahi mangta re..huh?batare..

Shreya:(swallowing her breathe as Raghu stare at her beauty in the flame light)Maa..ma..ma..maaf kardijiye.. Phir ye ga...gal..galti nahi.. hogi.

Raghu:(leaning his face closer to her with both looking eachother eyes)terko agar apun yaha dekha to tere gharwale duniya nahi dekhegare.

Shreya looked at him with gasping and wide open eyes as he smirked at him angirly.

Raghu:Samjhi re....

Shreya nodes as Raghu takes back steps slowly she looked at him with tapping the sweat on her forehead.

She looked at him keenly as he rubbed his hands on his shirt then brushing them in his hairs. He looked at her staring while he raised his eyes brows with she jerking her head and moving out as Raghu kept the lighter flame on to make a way for her towards outside.

She came out of the door with keenly looking at it and gasping her breathe. He locked the door with glaring at her and he moved away.

Shreya:(confused thinking)Daya..Daya sir.. ya Raghu.... kaun hain ye?

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Shreya was lost in her thoughts and encounter with Raghu when she felt a touch on her shoulder, she turn back with jerk and found Abhi standing behind her.

Shreya:(jerking her head)Bhai aap..aap abhi tak jag rahe hain?

Abhi sitting opp to her on the rock without any expressions.

Abhi:Tumhe bhi lagta hain wo Daya nahi hain?

Shreya:(lower her head)Bhai wo..

Abhi:(sighing with taking deep breathe)Tum Tarika aur Sachin ek jaise soch rahe ho(shreya looks at him)Shreya main yaha Daya ko lene aaya tha aur usse liye bina nahi jaaunga aur main janta hu wo Raghu nahi Daya hain.(sad eyes)mera daya.

Tarika:dono bhai bhen baatein karlo, hum to yaha audience bane aaye hain.

Abhi-Shreya turn back and see Tarika Sachin standing backside of them.

Shreya:(getting up)Tarika hum to bas.

Tarik:(coming towards her)Abhijeet..(he still sitting looks at her)Maine ya sachin ne ye nahi kaha ki Daya abh nahi raha(Abhi glares at her)I.. I mean may be ye Daya na ho, aisa bhi ho sakta hain na ki Raghu Daya ka humshakal ho.

Sachin:Bhaiya.. daya sir kahi aur bhi ho sakte hain.

Tarika:Abhijeet tumhi socho, iss Raghu ki aadathe Daya se bohut alag hain,(tarika recollecting Raghu)uska style, baatein, dhang sab Daya se alag hain aur sabse badi baat (Abhi keenly looks at her)Raghu baat baat pe Gun nikaleta hain. Itne dino humne ye to ache se dekha hain na ki, khoon kharaba ke bina uska din shuru nahi hota.

Abhi glare as Tarika as she gasped at his reaction while shreya was thinking about Raghu and sachin sit neat Abhi.

Sachin:Bhaiya..(They all looks at him as he sat near Abhi)hum yaha Daya sir ko dhundne aaye the lekin Raghu ke baremein jo bhi suna hain wo Daya sir nahi hosakte. Wo ek bohut bada gunda hain and jo humne dekha uske baad ye saaf hogaya ki wo kayi sare criminal activities mein samil hain. Humara kaam ek criminal ko saza dilana hain.

Abhi:(angirly)Tum kehna kya chatein ho?

Sachin:(sadly)Daya sir hote to wo ye sab nahi karte (clenching his fist)kabhi nahi karte.

Abhi:(getting up from his place)Maine Kal bhi kaha tha aur aaj bhi keh raha hu,shayad usne apni yaadash khodi ho ya koi hain jo usse Raghu banane pe tula ho.

Abhi looks at them while they were fighting an inside conflict within themselves for Daya vs Raghu.

Tarika:Agree.. (Abhi turn to her)Tum jo bhi keh rahe ho wo hosakta hain. Isliye Abhijeet humne Haweli mein enter kiya hain. Uss Daji ko phasaya hain lekin inn kuch dino mein hum Raghu ke ass pass the par kisi ko bhi ek pal ke liye bhi ye nahi laga ki wo Raghu nahi Daya hain aur nahi hume haweli se aisa kuch mila hain jisse ye lage ki wo humara Daya hain.(she looks at all)bolo laga kya?mila kya?

Abhi(sigh):Tarika, ek din nahi sirf ek pal kafi hain Daya ko dhundhne ke liye.

Tarika:Wo pal itne dino mein nahi mila to phir kyu tum iss bewajha zid pe aade ho?

Abhi:Main bas Daya ko dhundna chata hoon.

Tarika:Abhijeet,hum bhi wahi chatein hain lekin uske liye hum ye nahi bhul sakte ki hum Cid officers hain.

Abhi:Jo iss waqt duty pe nahi hain.

Tarika:Phir bhi wo begunha logo ki jaan jaate nahi dekhte sakte.(Abhi jerks his head while tarika take a sigh) tum samjh kyu nahi rahe ho? yaha logo jaan jaa rahi hain,hum usse andekha nahi karsakte.

Abhi:(narrowing his eyes)Main andekha nahi kara bas jo nahi dikhra usse dhund raha hu.

Abhi grin his teeth while shreya interpets them.

Shreya:Bas kijiye aap dono. (Looks at Abhi as he sighs then at tarika who was frustrated)Tarika humne itne mahine lagaye hain Daya sir ko dhundne mein aur abh jab unke jaisa koi humare samne hain to hum usse andekha nahi kar sakte..

Tarika:Par shreya..

Shreya:Thik hain, mere pass ek rasta hain. (All looks at her while she takes a sigh)5 din sirf 5 din..(all looks at her)Kal Bappa ke aane ka din hain. Jab bhi wo aate hain vighaan har ke jaate hain, iss baar bhi wahi hoga.

Tarika:Par...

Shreya:Tarika, agar wo Daya sir nahi hain aur unhone jin logo ki jaane li hain wo begunha hain to uski saaza unhe milengi..(Abhi looks at her)zarur milegi.

Sachin:(nodding)Bhaiya Bala Raghu Bhavu ke saath hamesha rehta hain. Usse confidence mein lena hoga phir Raghu ke baremein jaldhi sab pata laga jayega.

Tarika:Lekin yaad rakhna agar jaise Abhijeet aur shreya tum dono bol rahe ho waise hua to humari mehnat rang layi lekin agar wo Raghu hi hua to hume ye mana hoga ki shayad Daya abh nahi..(abhi looks at her as she gets quite)

Sachin:Bhaiya hume yaha ke baremein CID ko inform bhi karna hoga.

Shreya(nodding):Theek hain Tarika aur sachin bhai jo bhi aaplog keh rahe hain wahi karte hain.

Abhi:shreya?

Shreya:Bhai, hume pata to lagana hoga ki yaha ho kya raha hain. Waise aaj Haveli mein maine suna, Gauo wale Ganesh Chaturthi manane wale hain 5 din ke liye aur inn 5 dino mein hume pata laga na hoga ki sach kya hain aur jhut kya hain.

Abhi:Theek hain(nodding)5 din aur in 5 dino mein agar ye sabit nahi hua ki wo Daya hain to main tum sab ki baat maan jaunga.

Shreya:hum..

All looks at her as she stand beside Abhi while he looks at her confused.

Shreya:(Smiling at Abhi)Mujhe yakeen hain bhai wo Daya sir hain.

Tarika:Shreya tum..

Sachin:Par shreya mujhe laga tum..

Shreya:(nodding)Main nahi janti kaise, Raghu Daya sir se bohut alag hain(thinking)lekin mujhe yakeen hain koi baat zarur hain jo humse chuppi hain. Yaha aake hume sirf volience dekha hain lekin yaha usse bhi kuch zyada chal raha hain. Har koi yaha pe ek nakab phene hua hain aur usske piche ka raaz hume pata karna hoga tabhi Raghu ko Daya sir se alag phechan paayenge humlog.

Abhi:(caring shreya head)ek pal ke liye mujhe laga tha ki tumhe yakeen nahi hain meri baatein pe lekin tumne mujhe wapas galat sabit kardiya.

Tarika:I just hope ki tum dono sahi ho aur (looks at sachin)hum dono galat.

Sachin:(smiles)sahi hain, itni muskilo ke baad Daya sir ke hamshakal tak pahunche hain to baki baat bhi pata chal hi jaayegi. Waise bhi abh tak wo logo ne hume apne asli business ka part nahi banaya hain.

Abhi:(nodding)Haveli mein hume bohut chaukanea rehke ye karna hoga. Sachin aur main Daya(all looks at him)mera matlabh hain ki Raghu ke saath jaldhi kaam karna shuru karenge tab tak tum dono Haveli ke baremein sab kuch pata karo. Daji ke baremin aur uss poti ke baremein bhi jiska naam se Daji baar baar rote hain. Aur yaad rakhna Raghu aur Bala milke hume iss guao se nikalna chatein hain isliye hume aur hosiyari se kaam lena hoga.

They all node as shreya was thinking something. Abhi streach his hands while they all place their palm one after the other.

Tarika:Mission Raghu ki sachai shuru.

They all smile at eachother while someone from far looks at them with tension. He was hidding in dark area without light as he rubbed his plam around his neck.

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Next day at Haveli:-

Abhi was looking at Raghu face constantly while Raghu was rubbing his hand looking at Ganesh idol covered with cloth.

He was continuously touching his locket under the scarf around his neck..

Bappa pandal was decorated with simple basic yet beautiful things,everyone from the village brought something handmade to offer it to Bappa. Tarika-Shreya were looking breathtaking in maharashtian saare as sachin-Abhi were dressed in kurta. Raghu was stunned to see shreya while she noticed him looking at her.

Everyone around where hotting and cheering for Bappa's welcome with dancing and singing. As Raghu was trying to avoid getting involved bur Daji and Bala dragged him inti pooja along with them for Ganesh stapana.

Abhi join hands at Bappa praying recollecting the one of the incident.

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Abhi holding Daya hand as he jerked his hand.

Abhi:Daya kya kar raha hain?

Daya;Abhijeet abh mujhe(looks at Bappa)innpe yakin nahi raha.

Abhi:Daya tu har saal kitna khush rehta tha Bappa ke aane pe .. yaad hain innhone hi tujhe Amar aur Priya se milaya tha.

Daya;Aur purvi se bhi..

Abhi:Daya tu Puranik yaadein bhul kyu nahi jaata.

Daya;Bhul gaaya hu(Abhi looked at him)lekin ye nahi bhulunga ki inked Karan mujhe kitni takleef hui.. (looks at Bappa idol in breaue)maine inhe apna sabkuch mana aur inhone mujhe mera sab kuch cheen liya, mere bachpan ke dost.. mera rishte sab kuch. Abh mujhe inge kabhi yakeen nahi aayega kabhi nahi.

Abhi:(holding his hand)Daya tere yakeen pe to mujhe yakeen tha phir Tera yaaken kaise dagmagaya?

Daya:(jerking his hand)Boss, tumhe mere sab se ache dost ho par mujhese aise kuch karne maat bolo jo main nahi karna chata please.

Daya leaves as Abhi looks at Bappa idol.

Abhi:Hey Bappa, mere iss dost ko maaf karna ye iss waqt naraz hain lekin ek din zarur samjhega aur wapas aayega.

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Abhi:(open his eyes looks at Raghu who was doing puja)hey Bappa, ye Mera Daya hain isliye iski bechani iske chere pe jhalak rahi hain. Bas mujhe rasta batiye taki main ye jaan saku ki ye aise kyu kar raha hain.

The background dhol and music were played which were pleasant to ears.

Deva Shree Ganesha...Deva Shree Ganesha......

Bala shower flowers on Bappa as he take his blessings.

Bala: Jwaala si chalti hain,aankhon mein jiske bhi.. Dil mein tera naam hain..

Sachin:(joining Bala)Parwaah hi kya uska aarambh...kaisa hai aur kaisa parinaam hain..

Bala:(hold Sachin hands as they walk towards Bappa)Dharti ambar sitaare hain..Usski nazaare utaarein.

Abhi:(takes Bappa blessing)Darr bhi uss se dara re..(looked at Raghu)Jiski rakhwaliya re karta saaya tera..

hey Deva Shree Ganesha..Deva Shree Ganesha...Deva Shree Ganesha.....

Sachin and Bala pull Tarika and Shreya along with him and Abhi dancing infront of Bappa while Raghu -Daji(smiling)looking at them.

They all dose some lavani steps looking at eachother while Daji ask Raghu to join them. He hesitates but Bala pulls him with them as Abhi-Raghu dances besides eachother.

Raghu:(joining hands)Ho..teri dhuli ka teeka kiye...Deva jo bhakt tera jiye.

Abhi:(taking gulal and throwing around)Usey amrit ka hai moh hai kya..
Hass ke vish ka woh pyaala piye.

Raghu:(dancing with Abhi)Teri mahima ki chhaaya tale..Kaal ke rath ka pahiyaa chale.

Abhi:(holding the diya)Ek chingaari pratishodh se..Khadi ravaan ki lanka jale.

Raghu;(looking at Abhi)Shatruo'n ki qataarein ik akele se haare..
Kann bhi parvat huaa re,Shlok bann ke jahaan re...

Shreya was stealing galnces at Raghu while Tarika-Sachin were exchanging looks for something.

Abhi:(again flashing gulal around)naam aaya tera hey!Hey Deva shree ganesha..

Bala:(hooting)Ganpati Bappa...

All:(cheering)Moreya...

All were dancing along with priest giving Aarti ki thal to all one by one. Daji,Raghu,Uma kaki,Tarika,Sachin and shreya.

Shreya:(closing eyes) Hey bappa bas ek ishara dedjiye bas ek.

As shreya was doing the aarti Bala loses his balance who was behind Raghu and Raghu takes steps forward with keeping his one hand on shreya shoulder and other on Aarti thal.. Shreya looks at him while he glares at Bala as others were looking at them.

{I know little dramatic then again when Dareya are their thoda dramatic to banta hain}

He turns and looks at shreya who was looking at him with happiness glowing on her face. He was withdrawing his hands while Daji calls them and ask to continue. Raghu quietly follows his instructions as shreya and him do the Aarti, shreya was feeling happy as Abhi was thanking Bappa along with sachin-Tarika being confused and happy at the same time.

Shreya:(smiling)Thankyou Bappa, thankyou so much. Jo aaj tak nahi hua wo yaha hua.. Thankyou..

Drum rolls and music take a bigger turn as all gets engrossed in music and chants.

Ghalin lotangan vandin charan,
Dolyani pahin rup tujhe,
Deva Preme alingan anande pujin,
Bhave ovaleen mhane nama,
Twamev mata cha Pita twamev..
Twamev bandhusch sakha twamev..
Twamev Vidhya dravinam twamev..
Twamev sarwam mam dev dev..

Bala slowly wishpers something in Raghu ear as he looks at him then leave the aarti thal as Bala takes it from shreya. Raghu rolling his shirt sleeves upwards moves from their in anger as shreya looks at him confusingly. She follows him with confusion and slowly Abhi follows both of them as well.

Kayena vacha manasendriyenva..
Buddhayatmna va prakrutiswabhavat..
Karomi yadhyat sakalam parasmai..
Narayanayeti samarpayami..

Abhi and shreya losses Raghu in middle of crowd when shreya see Abhi. Both of them about to return when they sport Raghu at distance moving towards a person.

Shreya:(looking at the person)Bhai ye to wahi hain na jisne Daji pe hamla kiya tha.

Abhi:(unbelievably)haa wahi par Daya ke haath ye kya hain.

They look at Raghu holding a knief with taking steps towards person. Abhi-Shreya exchange looks as they figure out that Raghu is going to kill him. They fastly started moving towards them to stop Raghu.

Achyutam keshavam ramnarayanam..
krushanadamodaram vasudevam bhaje
Shridharam Madhavam..

Raghu approach the preson as he taps on his shoulder and that person point guns on Raghu.

gopikavallabham.. Janaki nayakam ramchandra bhaje..

Shreya-Abhi were little far from them while Raghu smirks at person with glaring eyes and start taking steps closer.

Abhi:Ruko..

Due to crowd Abhi was not audible amd shreya tried to move closer to Raghu running.

Person:Bhavu ruk,apun mardega terko mardega dekh rukja.

Raghu was about to hold the person as shreya hold his hands and that person moves. Raghu glares at shreya, he quickly twilt her and shelter himself behind her with putting her arm around her neck. Shreya gasped as she looked at the gun and realising Raghu action.

Person:Dekh bhavu tu beechu mein nahi aane mangta, apun uss bhudav ko maarne aaya re. Dekhre ye chokri phukat mein maari jaayegi.

Raghu:(smirkingly)Tu maarna re,apunki gharwali thodi hain re.. ghode ko daba re...

Person was hesitating as Raghu felt shreya breathe fast. He glanced at her from corner of his eyes with she shocked to hear Raghu words.

Raghu:(wishpering)Bola tha na re apun ke kaam ke beech nahi aane ka..

Shreya looks him sideways as Abhi reaches them.

Raghu:(intensely looking at her)kaiko ruka re maarna re tu..maar...

Abhi:(breathing heavly)Nahi..(all looks at him with Raghu grip tighting on shreya shoulder)aise maat karna wo meri bhen hain.

Person:Bhavu sunle, jaane de merko,(looks at Daji from between the crowd)ek baar iss bhudaw ko tapkane ke baad iske bete ko tapkaunga. Terko beech mein nahi aana mangta.

Raghu pushes shreya towards person with holding her hand as he losses his balance and fall down. Raghu quickly rolls shreya sideways as he approachs him and quickly stabs him in stomach with shreya-Abhi getting stunned. Raghu smirks as he stabs him continously with envious look as background drum and music sounds plays.

Hare ram hare ram ram ram hare hare,
Hare krishna hare krishna..Krishna Krishna hare hare..Hare ram hare ram ram ram hare hare,
Hare krishna hare krishna..Krishna Krishna hare hare..

Raghu:(stabbing deeply)samne Raghu khadela hain to zyada baat nai karna mangta re.

He picks the gun which has fallen down and shots at him. All with firing sound looks at direction and find abhi-shreya blocking the view as they come closer amd finds Raghu killing the person. Bala quickly approach him with Daji,Tarika, Sachin,Gyaan and Uma kaki.

Bala:Bhavu..

Raghu:(getting up with wiping the blood with Bala passed kerchief)Isko iske logo tak pahunchna mangta.

Bala:Apun dekhlega re bhavu.

Daji:Raghu..

Raghu:terko fikar nahi karne ka mangta,apun dekhlega ye sab tu jaake Puja kare..

He glares at Abhi-Shreya shocked face as he smirks and leaves from their. All were wishpering when Raghu raise his hand with glaring everyone.

Raghu:Bappa aayela hain,moj magta re. apunko guspush nahi karne ka.. samjhare..

All nodes as they leave the sight with only Daji,sachin,shreya,tarika and Bala. Raghu singing moves from their as Abhi looks at his back with hurt in his eyes.

Raghu:Ganesha...deva Sri ganesha.aaa..aaaaaa

Daji:(nodding)bola tha na re Raghu ko nahi marne ko... isko admi logo ko tapkana itna pasand ki kiski nahi sunta..

He nodes as he leaves with Bala looking at him them at everyone else. Some people take the body with them as Bala stand up wiping the blood on his shirt.

Bala;Bhavu darne ka nahi re(looks at Abhi-Sachin)terko bhi yaich karne mangta 2 -3 hafto mein re.(Abhi looks at him as Bala smiles)malum apun ko terko nahi aata re par apun hain na sab sikhadega. (Doing gun action)Gode ko pakadne ka bhi aur goli kisuke andar dalne ka bhich re..hahaha..

He laughs as he move along the boys who were taking the body with shreya-Abhirika-Sachin upset and tensed.

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Tarika:(standing near the rock hill area with disappointed face)Maine kaha tha na ye humara Daya nahi hain(recollecting the murder)Kitni behrehmi se maara usse.

All were silent as they were tensed and stunned with what ever happened. Tarika was fuming with anger with taking out all her frustration.

Tarika;Pata hain wo log itna sab hone ke baad bhi, itne maaze se parasad enjoy kare the jaise kuch hua hi nahi. Specially Raghu wo sahi nahi hain. Humara daya ye manta tha ki burai insaan mein hoti hain lekin insaan bura nahi hota par yaha to sab ulta hogaya ye Raghu insaan halat,situation sab ko bura kardeta hain. Jab se usse mile hain mujhe kuch sahi vibe nahi aari, aaj agar shreya ki jaan chali jaati to..

Shreya:Tarika shan't hojao please.

Tarika:(angirly)Kaise shan't hojao shreya, 5 din 5 din mangethe na tum dono ne, lekin phele hi din ye saaf hogaya ki wo Raghu hain Daya nahi.

Abhi:(angirly)Tarika maat bhulu humne isse pheli bhi kayi baar jaan jaate dekhi hain aur kitni baar to hum logo ne li bhi hain.

Tarika:usmein aur ismein pharak hain Abhijeet. Wo criminals the aur ye nirdosh hain begunha.. (she sigh)tum samjh kyu nahi rahe ho?

Abhi:Tarika,yaha pe sabhi ghuneghar hain koi bhi begunha nahi hain.

Tarika:including Raghu..(Abhi jerks his head)Abhijeet kanoon hain iss duniya mein aur hume yaha bhi wo lana hoga, sabko saza dilani hogi. Hum aise nirdosho ko aur marte hua nahi dekh sakte bilkul bhi nahi.

Sachin:(trying to control situation)Tarika please aaram se,(she jerks her head as sachin looks at her)aur 4 din baki hain Tarika.

Tarika:(sighing)theek hain. 5 din kya main puri chaturti rukne ko tayar hu
Dekhte hain inn dino mein aur kitne logo ki jaan jaati hain,(stare at Abhi)lekin yaad rakhna har ek jaan ke peeche zimedar tum log hoge sirf aur sirf tum log.

She stamping her legs leave while Abhi and sachreya were looking at her sadly.

Sachin;(placing hand on shreya head)tum theek ho.

Shreya;main bilkul theek hu.

Abhi:(looking at shreya)Mujhe maaf kardo shreya.

Shreya;ye aap kya keh rahe hain.

Abhi:Agar aaj tumhe kuch hojata to main apne aapko kabhi maaf nahi kar paata.

Shreya:Bhai ismein aapki koi galti nahi hain, bilkul bhi nahi(Abhi looks at her)Aur iss waqt hume iss baat pe nahi balki iss baat pe dhayan dena chaiye ki hum Raghu ko Daya sir se alag kaise kare.

Abhi:(confused)kya?

Shreya:Bhai hum galat the aur Tarika sahi.

Abhi:(irritatedly)kya keh rahi ho tum?

Sachin:haa shreya kya matlabh hain ye sab ka?

Shreya:(sighing)mera matlabh hain ki abh tak hum Raghu mein Daya sir ko dhund rahe hain lekin hume phele Raghu ko jaana hoga (thinking about him)unhe phenechana hoga. Wo kaun hain kitne waqt se yaha hain,Daji ke liye kaam kyu rahe hain. Usske baad hi hum ye pata kar payenge ki wo Daya sir hain ya...

Abhi:Ya Raghu....(bitting his lips thinking deeply) pata to karna hoga wo bhi jo usne aaj kiya uske baad to ye zaruri hogaya hain. Bohut zaruri....

Sachin;Maine kosish kar raha hu Bala se dosti karne ki ek baar wo hum sabse comfortable hojaye phir I am sure wo humare kaam aasakta hain.

Abhi:(nodding)Uma kaki se bhi rishta bana hoga.

Shreya:(confused)wo kyu bhai?

Abhi:kyu ki maa beta ke baremein sab janti hain aur iss gauo mein kisi pe bhi bharosa nahi kiya jaa sakta kisi pe bhi nahi isliye hume Raghu ke saath saath Bala ke baremein bhi sab kuch pata karna hoga. Mujhe aise lagta hain jaise wo zarur koi baat chupa raha hain ya wo hume jaan bhuj ke Raghu se dur rakhne ki kosish kar raha hain.

They all nodes while shreya looks at door thinking something. Abhi was lost in thinking while he gazes at door then at shreya.

Abhi:(placing his hand on her shoulder)Shreya Hari Kala ko main samjhlunga wo manjayegi tum fikar maat karo.

Sachreya smile at Abhi words as he smiling hold their hands.

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As per they plan Tarika and shreya started helping Uma kaki with her household work and frequently use to buy or make something to eat while impressing Haveli people and goons around Raghu.

Sachin-Abhi were also trying to be friendly with praising Bala for his work and his efforts to teach them with each passing day he was getting impressed with them.

Raghu:(handing gun in Abhi-Sachin hands)Iss guao mein rehna mangta to ye haath mein rakhna mangta. Samjha re.. Bala sikhare inko apun ke asli kaam mein.

Bala:Ho Bhavu(smiling)chal re..

Abhi-Sachin were stunned with sudden approach to them for weponds while they tried to pretend to be innocent about no knowledge about them.

Tarika was angry with everyone while Abhi tried his best to pacify her. Shreya kept a close eye on Daji as he was enjoying food and everything around them.

Bala tried to tease Abhi-Sachin with cracking jokes while Raghu was irritated, they were slowly getting close to eachother and shreya was waiting for a chance to again go down the backyard door to find our what is hidden.

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Here I end today's this chapter, Hope you liked the suspense. What do you think about what is going to happen.

Will Abhi and shreya find out in time about Raghu or will they face with the bitterest truth.
Please ignore the editing, I know these were bad.. but still I made so dropping them.. 🥹😆

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