An Animal's Deed

Chapter 7: Impatient Chirag

Chirag got a text from his friend...

The friend was a forensic expert..

Chirag could have taken Rey's help, but Rey was connected to Rishi as a neighbour, and thus there were chances Rey might tell him something..

Chirag didn't want Rishi to know, because if the assumptions were false, Chirag didn't wish to give Rishi any false hopes..

The friend had told him he could get blood samples from Rishi somehow, to get the test done..

So Chirag called an NGO, that often arranged for blood donation camps..

He got the brochure and sent it to Rishi..

He texted Rishi:"Your blood group? If it would be needed in the camp, we would love your enrollment."

Chirag glanced at the message once, and sent it..

He kept the phone away, and got back to the cases..

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Rishi was bouncing on his way back home..

College was fun for him, and thus he was in a happy mood.

As he reached home, he slid the bag off his shoulders and almost threw it on the sofa, but then regretted it and apologized for the throw.

He sat down and opened his phone, and smiled widely seeing Chirag's message..

He read through the brochure and then saw his question..

Rishi typed in:"O- ..a rare one"

He closed the phone and began prepping for his work..

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Chirag and team weren't reaching anywhere with the clues till now..

All the four friends knew about Devin's decision, and all of them had a similar ideology...they were all wanting to be atheists..

The officers looked into each one's background, and found that true..all four had participated in several campaigns and protests about this, with Devin..

Chirag had thought they would get some clue from here, but they got nothing..

At 11, the officers dispersed, and Chirag drove towards home..

He quickly changed and didn't even have food..

He opened the phone and saw Rishi's messages..

Seeing the blood group, Chirag's heart thumped..

They even had the same blood group..

He quickly told Rishi to come to the camp at 10 AM tomorrow, to donate blood..

Rishi was awake and saw it immediately..he gave a thumbs up..

He didn't have the morning lectures tomorrow, so he could go..

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Chirag told his friend for the hundredth time, to take care of Rishi and take the sample secretly..

Chirag hated to lie, but he had no other option..
The friend assured him nothing would go wrong..

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Rishi reached the place on time, and he saw so many other people..

The camp was actually organised by the friend, so that wasn't a lie..

Rishi got his name written and Chirag's friend took Rishi in..

After the procedures, Rishi laid down to give blood..

After the blood was taken, the friend ensured that Rishi laid down to rest for sometime and then have fruits and juice.

Rishi followed all the instructions and while going home, he was surprised to find a fruit basket on his table.

He saw a card on it, with this written: "Take care of yourself, if you feel dizzy even for a second, then please go back home, don't rush into the college. Also, these fruits are not a loan or favour, they are a payback to the dishes you've cooked for me till now. These are necessary for you after the blood donation, have it, ok?
Take care and call me once you go home.
-Chirag"

Rishi's eyes misted but he quickly wiped them away..
He wondered why an officer would do that for him, but then his heart answered for him..maybe because Chirag was too lonely to not get overwhelmed by those dinners..

Maybe Rishi had unknowingly made Chirag happy and feel good for sometime atleast..Rishi was very happy that he could help.

He saw the fruits and then took them with him..

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The friend took Rishi's blood samples to his laboratory.

He called Chirag to take his samples.

Chirag was very eager to know the results now, but the friend told him that he would have to wait for 2 days, that was the fastest he could do...

Chirag nodded solemnly and left.

He drove to the branch office and drowned himself in work..

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The killer scrolled through a database, and opened the file his boss wanted..

The boss saw the face that popped up in the file, and smiled darkly..

The picture was of a couple, with two children, a young boy and a baby boy..

The boss pointed at the boy:"Ise kidnap kar liya tha, but iska chota bhai gayab hi ho gya, as if he never existed."

He pointed at the baby while saying the last line.

The killer smiled and asked: "Should I find this boy for you?"

The boss: "The younger one, yes...and also, is bade wale ko bhi dhundhna?"

The killer:"But sir aap hi ne toh use kidnap karvaya tha"

The boss:"I did, but baadme ise jin logon ke hawale kiya, vo maare gaye, aur meri nazar se chut gaya ye. If I see him, I'll recognise him, since I had seen him when he was 16."

The killer nodded.

Devin was not in his senses to hear their conversation.

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Rishi glanced at the picture of his parents, it was of the day Rishi passed out in 12th.

He caressed his mother's face:"Aap kehti thi na, ki Rishu kaash tera koi bada bhai hota, toh mujhe teri itni fikar na hoti, vo dhyaan rakhta ki tu theek se kha le....shayad aapne khud apni wish puri kar di, Chirag bhaiya ko bhej kar...I only idealised him, but he gave me the reality...I really hope we stay this way, mujhe bahot accha lagta hai unse baatein karna.."

Rishi smiled and put the picture back..he washed the fruits and ate them peacefully, all the while thinking of his family members, his parents and unknowingly Chirag..

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The boss was at his office, he was worried the CBI might find some clue to get to them, though the killer was being overconfident about it..

The boss was closely observing the news, when they showed the CBI chief's face...

The boss recognised a striking similarity, he had seen the face somewhere..

He hurriedly took out his own crime file (the one that he made to satisfy himself), and flipped pages to finally reach the year 2002..when they had kidnapped that boy..

He saw the face and matched it with the one on TV..

A triumphant smile came on his face, it was time to pay him a visit..

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