Part 4
Since then, Abhijeet and Viren were in touch but somehow Abhijeet couldn’t attend Ayush’s wedding and also could never meet Shruti – Viren’s wife.
But now things had entirely changed. Only a week back Shruti and her daughter came to Abhijeet’s place as they had no where else to turn up after Viren’s death and Viren’s parents were long dead. Moreover Shruti was too an orphan, brought up by her aunt who was Viren’s neighbour years back and now had also died.
Abhijeet’s problem was that he had got himself so busy with work that he never bothered about anything else. Now when he got time to spend with a girl, know her more, he longed for a life partner. He couldn’t even bear Shruti’s loneliness and eventually started liking her. But neither could he tell her nor let her go as she was his best friend’s widow.
He was sure that he had seen Viren that say and now this case. The Ayush in this case was just so similar to Viren. Everything seemed blur.
Suddenly Abhijeet heard a sound and turned to see Shruti entering the study.
Shruti – “Abhijeet ji, aap soye nahi kya raat bhar?” (looks surprised and authoritative)
Abhijeet – “Nahi…main…wohh bas ek case ke bare mein padh raha tha.” (he points towards the computer)
Shruti – “Din bhar toh kaam karte hain na aap, kam se kam raat ko toh so jaaya kijiye. Wohh toh main kitchen mein jaa rahi thi, light on dekhi toh aa gayi…”
Abhijeet – “kya hua? Kuch chahiye kya aapko? Itni raat mein kitchen?”
Shruti – “(smiles) raat kahan hai ab. Subah ho gayi hai.5 baj chuke hain.”
Abhijeet looks little awkward…tries half to smile and looks at the clock.
Abhijeet – “Haan..wohh pata hi nahi chala ki subah ho gayi…main zara fresh hokar aata hoon”
Saying so, Abhijeet leaves. Shruti sees him leave and smiles to herself. Then she turns to leave but thinks to log off the computer before going. When she reached the computer, se read something unexpected and she got really scared and ran out of the room in fright.
But now things had entirely changed. Only a week back Shruti and her daughter came to Abhijeet’s place as they had no where else to turn up after Viren’s death and Viren’s parents were long dead. Moreover Shruti was too an orphan, brought up by her aunt who was Viren’s neighbour years back and now had also died.
Abhijeet’s problem was that he had got himself so busy with work that he never bothered about anything else. Now when he got time to spend with a girl, know her more, he longed for a life partner. He couldn’t even bear Shruti’s loneliness and eventually started liking her. But neither could he tell her nor let her go as she was his best friend’s widow.
He was sure that he had seen Viren that say and now this case. The Ayush in this case was just so similar to Viren. Everything seemed blur.
Suddenly Abhijeet heard a sound and turned to see Shruti entering the study.
Shruti – “Abhijeet ji, aap soye nahi kya raat bhar?” (looks surprised and authoritative)
Abhijeet – “Nahi…main…wohh bas ek case ke bare mein padh raha tha.” (he points towards the computer)
Shruti – “Din bhar toh kaam karte hain na aap, kam se kam raat ko toh so jaaya kijiye. Wohh toh main kitchen mein jaa rahi thi, light on dekhi toh aa gayi…”
Abhijeet – “kya hua? Kuch chahiye kya aapko? Itni raat mein kitchen?”
Shruti – “(smiles) raat kahan hai ab. Subah ho gayi hai.5 baj chuke hain.”
Abhijeet looks little awkward…tries half to smile and looks at the clock.
Abhijeet – “Haan..wohh pata hi nahi chala ki subah ho gayi…main zara fresh hokar aata hoon”
Saying so, Abhijeet leaves. Shruti sees him leave and smiles to herself. Then she turns to leave but thinks to log off the computer before going. When she reached the computer, se read something unexpected and she got really scared and ran out of the room in fright.
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