Part 46 Smart Khushi

The man extended the bag to Khushi. Khushi was supposed to take it from him but she thought something and smiled at the man.

"What seeds do these balls contain?" she asked showing excitement on her face.

"Fruit seeds... Mango, Jamun, Jackfruit, Custard Apple..."

"Wow, really?"

"Jee..."

Khushi closed the door and said,

"Come..." she went to the road and the man followed her with confusion.

She saw Vivek was searching on his mobile who was on study leave.

"Vivek..." She called him.

"Haan, Di...?"

"Come here..."

Without a single question, Vivek ran to her. Khushi gestured for Vivek something. He nodded ok.

She saw the headmaster of the Government School examining the saplings children planted outside the School premises.

"Sir..." She called him.

He looked at Khushi and grinned ear to ear. After all, she was the wife of the district Collector...!

"Yes, madam..." he walked to her.

"Ma'am, I'm getting late. I'm going..." the man said.

"I know. I know..."

Khushi noticed a few of her neighbors watching her oddly.

"Vimla Mousi, Rahim Kaka, come here" she called all of them.

They rushed to her gladly.

"Tell me, Khushi..."

"Do you know what's seed ball?"

Except for the headmaster, others nodded no. Of course, he too didn't know about it. Yet, he stood still because he didn't want to show himself equal to the common people.

"This man brought seed balls for me. he says Arnavji, I mean my husband, I mean our collector sent them for me"

"Is it...? Nice..." they said and it was obvious.

"As you guys don't know about the seed balls, I would like to show them to you. what say?"

They nodded hurriedly. Khushi looked at the man and said,

"Put them down..."

The man was horrified. He gulped down looking at people, clutching the blue color seed balls bag tight that was in his hand.

"Come on, do it. See, how curious they are...!" She said.

In no time, the man started running towards his bike and kicked it, making all of them confused.

"Catch him..." Khushi shouted.

The headmaster and Rahim ran to him but he geared the bike up and left the place like a storm. Garima came out and saw the man rushing.

"Who's this Khushi? Why is he running like this?" She asked.

Khushi gazed at the road,without saying anything.

"You said, Collector sir sent him..." The headmaster asked.

"He said so..." Khushi replied.

"Oh... that means, was he not sent by him?"

Khushi nodded her head from left to right.

"Then, who is he?" Garima asked.

"Let me call Arnavji..."

Khushi was supposed to go to the house to take her phone but stopped seeing a jeep coming. A few officers got down from the jeep. They were from the Narcotics department.

"Who is Khushi, here?"

"Me"

"Where is the bag?" the officer asked.

"Which bag?" Khushi asked widening her eyes as she understood what bag he was talking about.

"You bought from the man..."

"I did not get any bag from anyone"

"We got some information that you are going to be involved in drug dealing"

"GONG TO BE INVOLVED? Who predicted it, officer?" Khushi asked.

"Excuse me, inspector, do you know who she is?" the headmaster asked.

"We don't care who is she... but..."

Cutting him,

"She is the wife of a district Collector... Mrs. Arnav Singh Raizada"

The Narcotics were stunned.

"We got information that you have a blue bag full of drugs. That's why we came here"

"A man came to me to give me a seed balls bag but I didn't get it from him"

Khushi looked at Vivek.

"Did you do what I said?"

"Haan, Di"

He gave his phone to Khushi in which he captured the hungama on the mobile. She sent the video to Arnav and also to her mobile cautiously because she didn't know whom to trust. It was an important evidence to prove her innocence. So, keeping it protective was important. After sending it, she gave the mobile to the officer. He watched the drama that happened a few minutes ago and frowned.

At the same time, Arnav came there. He frowned seeing people and Narcotic officers with Khushi.

"What's happening here, Khushi?" he asked looking at the officers.

Before she said anything, people around them said what happened there.

"We are sorry for troubling you, sir. We got information that she is going to be involved in drug dealing. We didn't know she was your wife"

Arnav gave a slight nod.

"If they particularly said about the blue bag, then this is undoubtedly a trap to Khushi..." Rahim said.

"Not for Khushi but for the Collector sir himself..." The Headmaster said.

"It must be Dev Sinha's plan..." Vimla said.

"Who is Dev Sinha? Why does he target Collector's family?" the officer asked.

"His men are getting arrested, sir... that's why he would have planned to trap them with such a strong case like drug dealing," The headmaster said.

"Yes, sir... he is a sand mafia... after Arnav sir took charge in this district, he took strict action against him. Most of his illegal activities have declined. That's why he would have thought of hitting him in this way" Rahim said.

"Sir, I took the video as evidence and sent it to the SP. He will take action to catch the man using his photo."

Arnav nodded.

"Sorry for the trouble ma'am," The officer said, looking at Khushi.

She nodded.

The officers left the place. Arnav headed GH. Khushi and Garima followed him. Others continued discussing the incident and Dev Sinha.

Khushi locked the door from inside. Garima said,

"Damadji, I will bring something for you to drink"

Arnav nodded ok. Garima went to the kitchen. Arnav took a step and hugged Khushi, making her surprise. He kissed her hair, making her smile. Breaking the hug, he looked at her.

"What happened?"

"A man came and said you sent me some seed balls"

"Me?"

"Mmm... I know you would not have sent anything with an unknown person, that too unannounced. As you already alerted me not to get anything from anyone, I had doubts. So, I made Vivek capture a video"

"You have done a very good job. The video will play an important role in this case."

"I thought there was no drug usage in our district"

"What you thought is not wrong but somebody sent the wrong information to the Narcotic."

"Don't you know about it?"

"I got to know about it through my source. That's why I went to meet the Narcotics head today formally"

"Dev's men would have watched us closely. As they could not enter into the camp office, they tried to implement their plan in GH..." Khushi guessed it right.

Arnav nodded yes.

"Thank god, you didn't get the bag from the man. Or else, you would have been trapped in a drug dealing case"

"It's a non-bailable case, right?'

Arnav nodded yes.

"Thank God, you alerted me. or else, I would have taken the bag from the man without thinking as he said it had seed balls in it"

"Dev Sinha knew the tactics of attacking people with their weaknesses. He knew you would not deny anything related to plants"

Khushi nodded yes.

"He is angry with you and got to know you can't be defeated loyally. That's why he is creating a chance to trap us in this way"

"That's why I asked you to be careful"

Khushi nodded yes.

Garima came with a cup of coffee and gave it to Arnav. Taking it from her, Arnav had it in the standing position.

"Sit and have it relaxing, Damadji"

"That's ok, Aunty. We have to go"

Garima nodded ok. She knew he was worried. So, she didn't annoy him and let them go. Arnav and Khushi left GH.

Arnav was thoughtful for the whole day. Khushi didn't disturb him. She knew he was thinking about Dev Sinha. Arnav made calls to people who could make his plan effective.

Night

Dev was pacing here and there, squeezing his hand. His plan flopped. Khushi handled the problem brilliantly and escaped from the trap. Adding to it, Shyam had not found since evening. His phone was switched off. he didn't know where Shyam had gone.

Dev stopped, hearing a knock on the door. he opened the door and became nervous to see the same man who went to GH with a blue bag.

"Why the hell do you come here?" he asked looking at his surroundings cautiously.

"Come in..." he closed the door.

"Sir, the police are searching for me. they will catch me soon if I roam outside. I need a place to hide. That's why I came here"

"What if someone sees you coming here? You can't even do a simple job"

"What can I do Baba? You said Khushi would take the bag if I said the collector sent her seed balls but the girl smartly gathered everyone and asked me to show the seed balls to everyone. What can I do? If I had shown it, they would have gotten to know, it was full of drugs. What will I do if the police catch me? It's a drug case... non-bailable... no one could help me. I will have to be behind bars for my lifetime. The collector will not leave me easily..."

"Ok, ok, don't flatter him in front of me. go to the underground. Don't come out until I say"

"Jee"

At the same time, Dev heard a knock on the door again. He gestured for the man to hide. He nodded ok and ran inside. Dev opened the door and sighed in relief, seeing Sultan standing.

To be continued...