The Wait

Part-30

"Unbelievable Rawte.

Tumhe andaza bhi hai tumhari gusse ki wajah se aaj kya hone wala tha.?

Pathan ICU me hai abhi ,tumhari wajah se."

Rathore shouted as soon as they returned to the ETF bureau after handling Pathan to the police and arresting his acquaintance.

The other members had stopped by to nurse their respective minor injuries they had during the fight , meanwhile Arjun didn't even bother to change the shirt drenched with blood walking straight into his cabin ,with Rathore following him few minutes later.

"Commissioner sir tumhe specially Pathan ke case se bahar rakhna chahte the tumhare iss gusse ki wajah se.

itne saal ho gaye tumhe police force me aur aaj bhi mujhe tumhe basic rules follow karne ke liye kehna pad raha hai.

Agar itna hi tum apne gusse pe kaabu nahi kar sakte toh chhod do ETF aur maar do jaake Pathan aur shikander ko aur baith jao jaake jail me."

Rathore gritted his teeth staring at Arjun's back , who stood facing the window completely silent ever since Rathore barged inside.

"Kyunki ye toh tay hai tumhara gussa ek din kisiki jaan leke rahega."

Rathore added quickly and pulled the door open to leave but stopped angling his head to the sideway.

"Agar vo koi ek team me se koi hua , toh mai tumhe kabhi maaf nahi karunga."

And Rathore left without looking back.

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The next day everyone became busy in finishing the paper works of the case with Sakshi sending a report and the two chiefs in their respective cabins.

Normally they would chitchat among themselves to keep the boredom away but since Rathore was in a grumpy mood ever since the case was solved and Arjun hadn't spoken a single word after returning from the mill , others eventually kept mum focusing on their works fearing anyone could be yelled at any moment by their two chiefs.

Stretching herself a little Sakshi excused herself to grab a mug of coffee , only to find Riya sitting in the cafeteria alone lost in her own thoughts.

Another unusual thing she had noticed after the case.

Riya was mostly silent among her friends , especially after the hug that had left everyone speechless.

"Riya ?

Kya hua tum yahan akeli kyun baithi ho.?"

Sakshi asked approaching her.

Riya looked up to her bringing her chain of thoughts to an halt and shook her head.

"Nahi kuch nahi , mai bas coffee lene ayi thi."

"Riya mai kal se dekh rahi hun tum kuch pareshan ho, batao kya hua hai.?"

"nahi aesi koi baat nahi hai.

Mai hum dono ke liye coffee banati hun."

Riya was about to get up from her seat , while Sakshi made her sit back taking a seat on another chair in front of her.

"Mai chhotu aur Shree ki tarah tumhari purani dost nahi hun issliye mujhe nahi bataogi.?"

Sakshi complained , thus Riya forced a smile on her face quickly.

"Aesa nahi hai Sakshi, mai bas....."

Releasing a deep breathe she looked up to Sakshi worriedly.

"Arjun sir kal se bahut gusse me hain.