Heart vs Brain - Chapter 9

         Hi everyone am back! After a long time... Missed me? Don't know about you all but I definitely did miss you all... I know you all are waiting to read the chapter, isliye jayada nahi bolugi... Go on and read first... But before that let me give you all a recap so that you all don't get confused as the update has come after a long interval

RECAP -
(In the flashback part)
          The story started 3 months ago when Abhijeet's friend Rajeev sent him a letter which told him to fight against some terrorists who were planning a attack on Mumbai... Rajeev died while saving the city from those terrorists and told Abhijeet to catch them all... Abhijeet started investigating the case but the 'gaddar' from their own department came to know about it and informed the terrorists... They tried killing him on the forest road where Abhijeet himself dashed his car onto the the tree and then was saved by Dr. Avinash... With the help of Dr. Avinash Abhijeet proved himself dead to the CID team and the terrorists so that he could investigate the case properly... Daya didn't believe this and so the story continues...

(Present)
         Abhijeet has fired on Daya due to some unknown reason... Daya was in coma for 2 months but now is back in his sences... Dr. Avinash who is now treating Daya is the same doctor who saved Abhijeet then... Daya spelled it out that Abhijeet fired on him but then denied his own words in order to save Abhijeet... Abhijeet doesn't want Daya to tell the team that he is alive as it will be a threat to his plan... Some goons are planning something wrong and have also decided to kill Daya as he is a threat to them too... While Daya was unconscious in the hospital Abhijeet kidnapped him... ACP sir is doubtful about Daya's behaviour from the time Daya came to conciousnes from coma and has decided to investigate the matter... He has figured it out that what happened with Daya 2 months ago is somehow linked to what happened to Abhijeet 3 months ago... No one else but Dr. Salunkhe knows about his plans
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                               Chapter 9
                             *Flashback*
        (A fortnight after Abhijeet proved his fake death)

         The morning noise, the evening smiles and the afternoon cheers were all missing from the CID bereau... The cops were only coming to bureau, completing their work and going back... Even their work had a bit change in it! What? It was those little attempts that they constantly kept making to keep others happy... But even they knew that it wasn't possible to smile with a hole in heart... They couldn't be happy with a part of them missing

(ACP sir was sitting in his cabin when Freedy approached him)

ACP - Haa freedy?

Freedy - Sir woh pichle case ki report tayar hai... App ek baar dekh lijiye

ACP - Haa rakh do mai dekh lunga

Freedy - Ji sir (He kept the file but did not move out of the cabin)

ACP - Kuch kehna hai?

Freedy - Haa sir... Woh daya sir ke bare mai... Sir mujhe kabhi kabhi na dar lagta hai unko dekh ke! Sir dekhiye na kya haal bana rakha hai unhone apna... Na theek se khate hai, na sote hai... Yaha tak ki kisi se baat bhi nahi karte! Jitna zaroori hai bas utni hi... Sir abhijeet sir ko gaye hue 15 din ho gaye (with tears in his eyes) aur ajj tak unke akah se ek aasu bhi nahi gira! Mai unhe rote nahi dekhna chahta sir magar yu unhe ander hi ander ghutte nahi dekh sakta... Please kuch kariye na sir!

ACP - Tumhari baat bilkul sahi hai freedy... Hume daya ko iss sab se bahar nikalna hi hoga... Mai kuch karta hu
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*Beach*

         It was evening time and Daya was sitting on a rock with his legs submerged in water... His eyes still and he was staring at the beautiful scene in front of his eyes... The sun was about to go below the horizon and the birds were flying back to their nests... The blue sky was painted in orangish yellow with setting sun on one side and the moon coming out from another... Tall coconut trees were silently witnessing all the happenings around them... But there he was, so close to the beauty of nature yet far away from all of it... He was lost in his own world which was colour less and life less right now
          Just then he felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned back to find ACP sir standing there...

ACP - Tumhe disturb toh nahi kar raha na? Baith jau yaha pe? (Pointing to a place on the rock beside Daya)

Daya - Sir app puch kyu rahe hai... Ayena please

ACP - (Sitting down) Kitna khobsurat nazara hai na?

Daya - Haa sir

(Both were sitting silently for some time before they figured out what to speak to each other)

Daya - Sir ajj app yaha?

ACP - Kyu? Yaha sirf tum aur abhijeet hi aa sakte ho?

Daya - Nahi sir aisa kuch nahi hai...

(Again they had so much to talk but nothing to say... So after sometime they once again started)

ACP - Tumhe pata hai daya (He was still watching the setting sun)... Jab nakul 7 saal ka tha na tab maine usse ek khilone ki gun laakar di thi... Woh usse din raat khelta rehta tha... School le kar jata tha, khelne jate waqt bhi saath le jata tha, yaha tak sote waqt bhi saath rakta tha... Jab bhi koi ghar aye toh 'Hands Up'! Uss din maine ek sapna dekha tha... Sapna ki mera beta bhi ek din Police service join karega... (With a small laugh) Magar mujhe kya pata tha ki jo 7 saal ka nakul mujhe 'hands up' kehta tha woh waqai ek din mujh par goli chalaye ga! (Finally looking at daya) Janna chahte ho ki maine yeh sab ajj kyu bola tumhe? Isliye kyuki mai tumhe bas itna samjhana chahta hu ki iss duniya mai har chiz waisi nahi hoti jaisi hum sochte hai... Kitni hi koshish kar le daya kuch sachayi hum kabhi nahi badal sakte!

Daya - Sir bachpan mai jab mai Mamta Foundation mai tha na tab ek din waha ek amir ghar ka ladka apna birthday celebrate karne aya tha... Mai kareeb 5 saal ka tha tab... Us ladke ke paas ek khilone ki car thi... Mujhe achi lagi isliye bas usse dur se dekh raha tha... Uske paas bhi nahi gaya... Tabhi us ladke ki maa ne mera haat pakda aur humare ek teacher ke paas mujhe chod diya, yeh kehkar 'Apni aukat mai reh. Mere bete ki chizo pe nazar mat daal... Anath hai na! Iss duniya mai koi khushi tujhe nahi mil sakti'... Uss din mai bohat roya sir... Pata nahi kyu! Mujhe toh 'aukat' aur 'anath' ka matlab bhi nahi pata tha tab... Raghuvender sir ne mujhe bohat samjhaya ki bhul jau lekin mai phir bhi rota raha... Ajj bhi jab kuch khaas khota hu na sir mujhe lagta hai ki woh ladke ki maa sahi keh rahi thi (and a tear fell from his already teary eyes)... Kya woh sahi thi sir?

ACP - (He was already in tears listening to the pain of a 5 year old innocent boy who was sitting in front of him right now... Waiting for an answer... So he controlled himself from flowing away in emotions and said...) Nahi daya... Kisne kaha woh sahi keh rahi thi? Daya kuch logo ko naam wirasat mai milta hai, kuch logo ko baimani se... Magar tumne toh apna naam, apni izzat aur rishte sab apni kabiliyat se kamaya hai daya, woh bhi imandari se!

Daya - Toh phir mai jise bhi apna manta hu woh mujhe chod ke kyu chala jata hai sir... Maa baap kya hote hai maine kabhi dekha hi nahi, jitni baar pyar hua har baar kho diya aur ab app log kehte hai abhijeet bhi chala gaya... Abhijeet bhi chala gaya sir...

ACP - Daya

(But before he could say anything daya hugged him and started crying... He pacified him by patting his back but let him cry so that all his pain could come out)

Daya - (Whispered in a teary voice... Still in the hug) Sir abhijeet bhi mujhe chod ke chala gaya na sir?

        Now it was a question... A question to which ACP sir knew the answer but the reply didn't come out of his mouth... All these days, all of them had tried their best to make daya believe that abhijeet was dead... But today when a simple 'yes' could do so he didn't want to say yes... After all how could a father tell his crying son that his brother was no more... The hope in Daya's voice choked his throat... It seemed to him as if a single three letter word 'yes' would shatter his son's happiness, his hope and his will to live, forever

ACP - Nahi daya... Hosakta hai ki tumhara vishwas sahi ho aur baki sab galat... Hosakta hai ki humse kahi kuch choot raha ho... Hosakta hai ki abhijeet zinda ho!

         He knew he was lying but he couldn't say the truth... If a lie could give his son the hope in life then the lie seemed better to him than the truth... Today love won and science lost... Emotions won and the reality lost... For the first time a father won and ACP Prayduman lost! It was today that the heart won against the brain in the battle of Heart vs Brain!
           The sun had set but the hopes had risen... If there was someone whom Daya believed with eyes closed then it was his ACP sir... If his ACP sir would tell him to jump from a mountain he would jump without even asking 'why'... A simple 'no' from ACP sir was all that he was waiting for! And today in his father's hug he decided to find his brother!!!
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          Two days after Abhijeet had proven his fake death Abhijeet left from Dr. Avinash's house after thanking him for all that he did for him... He took a new identity of Karan Mehra and rented a house in a chawl of Mumbai... He had started his work against the criminals and now a fortnight later he was going great with his plan.
          Tonight when he was returning to his room in the chawl he heard someone coughing in the adjacent room... He was about to pass by when the coughs got louder... He felt an urge to check on the person so he lightly tapped the door... The door was not closed and so opened slightly. Without moving inside he asked 'Koi hai? Mai ander aa sakta hu?' He still didn't get a reply and so he went inside only to see a old woman lying on a mat... Abhijeet had seen her in the chawl before but never cared to know anything about her... Maybe she lived here... But now she was unconscious... Her face showed that she had been ill from a long time and hadn't got any proper treatment... Checking her Abhijeet found that she had very high fever and she was shivering with cold even in the heat of April... After some failed attempts to bring her back to conciousnes Abhijeet decided to call the doctor... He searched for one at 11:00 of night and brought the prescribed medicines and after sometime all his efforts proved to be fruitful and the old lady came to conciousnes...

Old lady - Beta tum?

Abhijeet - Ji mai yehi appke bagal wale kamre mai rehta hu... Woh appke khasne ki awaj sun kar ander aaya toh dekha ki appki tabyat bohat kharab thi... Isliye doctor ko bula ke laya tha... Ab kaisa lag raha hai appko?

Old lady - Beta mai theek hu... Thank you tumne mere liye itna kuch kiya... Tumhe dekha toh tha yaha par lekin kabhi baat nahi hui

Abhijeet - Woh mai yaha kuch din pehle hi aaya hu naa... Mera naam Karan hai

Old lady - Mera Sharda... Waise mujhe sab kaki bulate hai... Lekin zaroort ke waqt iss kaki ki madat karne koi nahi aata

Abhijeet - App yaha akeli rehti hai?

Old lady - Haa... Yaha 3 saal se hu... Aur ab bachi hui zindagi bhi yahi kategi

Abhijeet - Toh appka pariwar?

Old lady - Konsa pariwar beta? Pati ki maut toh shadi ke 7 mahine baad hi ho gayi thi... Bete ko akele apne dum pe pala lekin jab usse meri zarurat padana band ho gayi toh usne gharse nikal diya... Zindagi apne dum par ji thi beta... Aur yeh ghar bhi apne dum par banaya hai... Bas agar kuch na bana pai hu toh woh ek pariwar hai

Abhijeet - Wow kaki! App toh super woman ho... Appke upar toh ek book likhni chahiye ki kis tarah ek aurat apni zindagi akele apne dum par ji sakti hai... Woh bhi appki generation mai... Aur rahi baat pariwar ki toh ajj se mai appka pariwar hu!

Old lady - (With tears in eyes) Beta tumhe nahi pata tumne itni aasani se kitni badi baat kehdi... Aur tumhara pariwar kaha hai?

Abhijeet - Kaki baat sirf appke liye badi nahi hai... Mere liye bhi hai... Meri maa nahi hai aur appko beta chahiye... Ajjse app meri maa aur mai appka beta...

          The chat between the son and the mother went on... After all both had craved for long time for this relation... And even after having their families somewhere in this very world they were alone at the moment... It was pain that bound them in this relation but it there were many happy moments to follow.
          But Abhijeet didn't have the slightest idea that his brother had decided to find him... For the world it was a stupid decision to try finding a dead man but no one knew, that although emotionally, Daya had decided to do the right thing... A hurt tiger is even more dangerous and so was the case with Sr. Insp Daya who was now planning out what to do and how to do it... Two brothers... Both equally capable, at two other places, for two different reasons, had planned something which was unknowingly contradictory and harmful to each others motive...

To be continued...

          Finally am done with it... Now that Abhijeet and Daya have decided to do something which is contradictory to each others plan... A disaster it about to come... What will happen now will be revealed in the further chapters... But for now i have given you all a long update after a long time... So now its your turn to leave a review.