"Tring. ..tring. ..tring. .."

Shravan didn't mind his phone. ..He leaned at suman as though it's  his emergency work as of then. ..

  Suman put her palms between their lips and wiggled her brows at shravan, pointing the ringing phone. ...

   Shravan clucked fake, "must be Ranjith,he has born to disturb me. .."

   Shravan extended his arms to attend the call. ..

Suman slipped away from him at safer distance. ..

    " better luck next time. .."  she said teasingly smiling. ..

Shravan pouted and took the phone. ..

" private number..? "  He immediately attended, hearing at the other end his posture stiffened. ..

" I will be arriving shortly. ..sir "

He said seriously, and changed his attire to a blue jeans and a linen white shirt. ..

Suman was witnessing him puzzled. .

    " suman. ..its an important meeting. ..I had reset all the locks. ..don't worry. ..stay safe. ..make yourself comfortable. ..i will be back "

He said in a hurry, by folding his shirt sleeves ...

  Suman neared him and folded his sleeves. ..

" don't worry. .I will take care. ."

Shravan set his hair in position and strode down faster. ..waving bye to suman. ..

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      Shravan parked his car at the gate. ..the security allowed shravan inside after checking his id. ..

  Shravan walked through the portico, thinking that it must be important otherwise, the home minister wouldn't call him to his home. ..

  
    Shravan approached the hall and knocked hesitantly. ..

  " come in ...shravan. .."

   Shravan stepped in and saluted the home minister who had already talking with someone. ..

     HM  bowed his head to Shravan's reverence. ..

  " come on shravan. ..it's not official. ..sit down ..."

  Shravan relaxed and seated in the couch. ..

   Now only shravan noticed a man who's sipping his cup thoughtfully. ..

  Shravan eyed him oblivious to his identity. ..He was looking moderately built with smily face...His posture detailed him to be higher grade family. ..His white attire made shravan to think that he must be a politician. ..

    HM noticed Shravan's query. .

He served him with a cup of tea. ..

" shravan. ..here's your tea man. ..Btw, meet Mr. vikram. ..a politician, lawyer, businessman. ..a multifaceted personality. ..He represents our country at International court. .."

Shravan stood up and shook his hands with him. ..

" pleased to meet you sir, I wasn't aware of you. ..it gives immense pleasure to meet you sir "

Shravan smiled at him warmly. ..

Vikram smiled back. .." it's very interesting to meet young people like you man. .."

He patted Shravan....

  HM sipped the tea. .shravan still confused why he's called there. ..

Same thoughts ran with vikram. ..

   The HM finished his tea and sat back comfortable. ..

" shravan. ..ramnath was my college mate. ..he's one of my best buddies. .."
His eyes soak with moist. ..

Shravan was shocked to hear it. .because, his father never told him anything about their friendship. ..

This was almost a high voltage shock to vikram too. ..

  " shravan. ..He never made any  advantages with our friendship. ..He was a man of duty confined to his life. ..we can't see such men today. ..I lost him. .I have lost a gem. .."

   Shravan hung his head down to control his tears. ..the HM, touched him to console. ..letting out a deep sigh. ..

" you know shravan. ..I handed over him the important mission because of his honest ...and that itself killed him today. ..I am so sorry shravan. .."

  He apologised deep from the heart. ..

Shravan kept silent. ..

" I must say, he almost neared the culprit. .."

He smiled with pride. ..

Shravan looked up, intrigued. ..

There's a havoc in vikram. ..He felt like sitting on the bed of thorns. ..they were talking about him. ..at any  time, things may turn upside down. ..vikram was restless. ..His face blanched to white. ..He sat numb, witnessing their conversation. ..

  " but shravan. ..He didn't even confront me who was that terrorist's leader. ..He wanted solid proofs against him. ..He was working on it. .."

    Vikram  sighed in relief. ..

'Even now, I have time. ..thank god. ..ramnath didn't tell him about me. ..'

    He observed HM  keenly. ..

" shravan. ..He had sent me some audio files before his death. .."

Both shravan and vikram sat straight. ..

  
    The HM  took his laptop and played the audio. ..

" buddy. .. i have almost closed  the international terrorists leader. ..he's a heavily reputed businessman, has his hand at politics too. ..I can't tell his name without solid evidences. ..It needs time. ..

Sofar, with Shravan's reference  , I got a clue that the assassins had a intruder in research team itself. ..

Then, I identified that the radio waves are from a device that can be used to find location, gather informations, even they can blow it too. ..

To my wonder, the waves pointed suman, a marine biologists who's innocent ...I don't know how she had stepped into this. ..but, I am hundred percent sure that she's innocent. ..

I ordered the NSG team to move only for Suman's safety. ..because, if the assassin knew our mission, they may blow her which would be dangerous to her life and our  research station too. ..if it happened, it would be an international issue again. ..

I don't know why, i miss shravan. ..ofcourse, he's okay now. ..i saw him happy with his girl. ..

My intuition alerts me that the sword turned to my side. .

If something happens to me, don't worry. ..shravan would take my duties. ..He would complete what I didn't. ..

Thanks for the trust you had on me. ..my dear friend. .."

  The audio paused. ..

" so, shravan. ..He has passed his duties to you. ..the secret mission to find the leader and safeguarding the ISRO  mission is on your charge. ..in addition, you have to prove your wife's innocence too. .."

Shravan looked him alarmed. ..

'How did he know that I married suman. .?'

He smiled, understanding Shravan's thoughts. ..

" I know man. ..infact, happy for you...you're smarter than your father I would say. ..take charges. ..you are officially on. ..vikram would help you "

All through this time,vikram was speechless. ..in either way, Shravan's work was to find vikram. ..because, he's the sole reason for every menace he had encountered. ..

   By killing ramnath  , vikram had stepped into the trap by himself. ..He eyed shravan irritated. ..

  'I guess he's a monster in intelligence. ..he's like a wounded tiger in every way. ..i should be careful. .'

   Vikram widened his grin masking his outrage. ..

" it's my pleasure to help you man...here's my card. ..you can call me anytime for any help. .."

  Shravan kept the silver layered card at his purse and shook his hands. ..

" best wishes young man. .."

The HM   wished shravan good luck. ..

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   Shravan opened the door with his thumb impression. ..

   It's started to gloom outside as the house was covered with tress around. ..

Shravan got inside and found suman sleeping at the couch at sitting position. ..the novel she had been reading covered her face till her nose. ..

    Shravan  stood mesmerised by the way she's sleeping with the novel. ..He noticed the wall clock ticking to 7 pm. ..

  " sumo. .."

He wishpered at her softly, taking off  the novel which covered her face. ..

    Shravan leaned a bit closer and whispered again. ..

" sumo. .."

This time, she got up in a jerk and smiled to find  shravan. ..

  " shravan. ..when did you come. .?"

" just five minutes ago. .."

"  what's the  dinner. .?"

Shravan was tired. ..He needed a shower badly. ..

" Sumo. ..sandwiches would do. ..I will take shower and come. .."

   Twenty minutes ticked away. ..shravan descended down in a thought that he would relish Sumo's cooking. ..

" sumo. ..sandwiches. . "

He approached kitchen and found sumo sitting at the kitchen cabinet with down turned face. ..

" Hey sumo. ..what happened. .?" 

He inquired. ..

" shravan. ..don't get angry. ..Please. .."

  She  jumped to the floor and stood  like a student who didn't complete her homework. ..

Shravan looked her quizzically. ..

" shravan. ..I don't know to cook. .."

She said embarrassed. ..

" What. .?sumo. ..aren't you kidding me. .?"   Shravan asked doubted. ..

  " no. ..promise. .."

She was serious. ..

Shravan huffed. ..

He silently reached   fridge and found some noodles packet. ..

    He turned the stove on and prepared to cook noodles. ..

  Suman silently walked behind shravan. ..

  " shravan. ..I am sorry. ..what to do. ..I have no mother to teach me. ..and. ..I lived in hostel throughout my life. ..I will learn to cook. ..Please don't be angry with me. .."

She spoke softly. ..

Shravan pulled her to his back. ..and made her to garland his waist. ..

Suman leaned at his back and tightened her grip around his waist. ..

" how romantic. ...you're cooking for me. .."

She whispered huskily. ..

Shravan suddenly turned to her and leaned asif he's approaching her lips. ..Suman closed her eyes to receive them. ..shravan went  past her face and took the plates. ..

He snapped at her face. ..

Suman opened her eyes in a jerk. ..

   " you look pretty with those almond eyes sumo. .."

  He pressed his lips on her eyes and dragged her to the dinning table. ..

" let's eat now. ..come on. .."

He set the plates  , started to narrate his meeting with HM while eating. ..

  As they finished their dinner, it was ten minutes past 8. ..

" there's a visitor "

The audio alert rang that there's someone at the doorstep. ..

Shravan turned on the vedio. And surprised to see the monitor. ..

" Mr. vikram. .?"

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