The Wait

Part-72

"Statistics ke hisab se 92% street foods me bacteria hoti hai, bahut kaam log hi hygiene maintain karte hain aur 99% log beemar padte hain bahar ka khake, unme se 85% tay karte hain ki nahi khayenge bahar ka per aesa hota nahi hai."

Arjun angled his head to Riya's blabbering who looked quite serious with her explanation with her attention fixated on the corn in her hand ; all those statistics , while she was munching over the boiled corn ,enjoying every bite of it, and he quietly looked back ahead.

"uh Chhotu bula raha hai, mai aati hun sir."

She said looking over at other direction before walking away from there quickly ,while he stood watching her retreating figure.

Rathore came out of the car looking at the direction everyone was having their time, and for a moment his gaze drifted to Arjun who stood folding arms across his chest staring at somewhere at the beach aimlessly and Rathore let out a deep breathe looking away from him.

As soon as Riya reached back near her friends first Ayesha took a bite from her corn, when Chhotu came running to them.

"Mere liye bhi laana tha na Riya."

Chhotu complained , as Shree too took a bite of the corn.

"Hmm achha hai."

Shree murmured.

"uh Chhotu ye mai nahi laayi, vo...."

Riya fumbled with her words looking back towards where the cars were parked, then turned to them.

"Kya? Arjun ne diya.?"

Sakshi questioned knowing she was standing with him earlier and Chhotu gasped as soon as Riya nodded positively.

"Sach me.?"

Ayesha exclaimed exchanging an amused look with Shree.

"Vo toh sir keh rahe the ki bacteria nahi hai issliye try karna chahiye."

Riya reasoned slowly, making Shree chuckle.

"Ye Arjun sir bhi na. Mere liye ek bhej nahi sakte the."

Chhotu frowned.

"Chhotu mai leke aati hun tumhare liye."

Riya offered, to which he shook his head.

"Nahi nahi mai yahin se khaaunga."

He pointed at the corn in her hand ,when Sakshi pushed him to a side.

"Ae ruko pehle mujhe khane do."

Riya let her take a bite ,then Chhotu followed the cue taking a big bite and Riya's jaw dropped.

"Chhotu."

Sakshi laughed along with others while Riya hid the corn from him frowning.

"Shree, Chhotu ko paani me phenk do."

"Uski itni himmat.?"

Chhotu turned to Shree whose smile disappeared all of a sudden as he tried to resist his hold, but Chhotu was strong enough to pull and picked him up in his arms quickly.

"Ae Ri tu marwa rahi hai mujhe."

Shree whined before he was thrown in to the water ,and he could hear the laughs behind.

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Dialing the number for the umpteenth time Shree chided standing in front of Liza's home and yet again the call went unreachable much to his dismay.

"Kya kar rakha hai phone ko."

He muttered impatiently since he didn't get time to check in the lab after the video call meeting with the commissioner in the bureau and hence he decided to give her a visit directly at her home but the call was getting disconnected repeatedly.