AN EVENING WITH FRIENDS

It was a long day at CID beuro. It's almost 9:30 pm. everybody is feeling tired. There was nothing interesting happened today. Actually not each day is as happening as we see in TV serials. In reality there are days like this. In one word, it was BORING. It was Shreya who was first seen to show a little bit of restlessness. And as it always happens, it was not unnoticed by Daya.

Daya: Kya baat hai Shreya? Koi problem?

Shreya: N-nahi to sir, aisa bilkul nahi. K-kuch bhi to nahi

Daya: are you OK? Dekho Shreya, agar tumhe koi bhi pareshaani hai to mujhe, mera matlab hai, hume bata sakti ho.

Shreya (now with a big smile): actually sir, aaj waise bhi aur to kuch karna nahin hai. Mere pas car bhi nahi hai, aur raat kaafi ho chuki hai, to main soch rahi thi, agar nikal jaun… I mean, if its alright then only….

Now Abhijeet was seen coming here.

Abhi: Arrey Shreya, yeh bhi koi pareshaan hone ki baat hai? Daya jayega na tumhe chhorne (looking at Daya with a mischievous smile). Daya blushed red.

Suddenly Freddy came almost running towards them – 'Sir, aaplog Bandra ki taraf jayenge na? mujhe bhidrop kar dijiye na Sir. Aj itna der ho chukka, aur meri bike bhi nahi hai. Meri wife sir bahut naraz ho jayegi sir…'

Abhijeet: Freddy, main tumhe chhod deta hu na, tum idhar aao… ( trying to tell him something ishharon mein)
Daya: It's OK abhijeet, tum rehne do. Freddy, chalo, tum bhi aa jao.

IN CAR...

After dropping Freddy it was only the two of them in the car. There was an awkward silence amongst them.

Shreya was in her thoughts: Sir, aap ko kuchbolna chahiye. main to sirf aap ke saath thoda waqt akele me spend karna chahti thi. lekin aap hai ki kuch bhi nahi keh rahe hai. kya aap ke paas kuch bhi nahi hai mujhe kehne ke liye?
In Daya's mind : Kehna to bohut kuch hai tumhe Shreya. Lekin pata nahi, kaise kahun. Jo baat apne aap se nahi kar payi aaj tak, who tumse kaise kahun Shreya? Yeh dil ab tutne se darta hai... Main kya Karun? kaise tumhe samjhaun? yeh mera darr hi hai jo humare beech deewar ban kar khade hai.

Daya: Shreya, tumhara ghar aa gaye

Shreya: Thank you Sir, Good Night.

Daya: Good Night.

Daya starts the car without waiting a second there. Shreya stands startled. Shreya turned around to unlock her door. Suddenly someone wearing a black mask hit her on the back of her head with an iron rod. Instantly she fell unconscious, and the person ran off. The silence of the night remained the same, only with the girl lied upon the lawn and red blood flowing from her head distorted the beautiful nocturnal beauty.