3 years later...
ETF office:
"yes Sir....haan boliye sir..." Arjun's voice faded when the person on the other side of the phone told something....
Sir, maine pehle hi kahaa tha ke hum aise hi handle kar lenge.....toh phir ek additional person ki kya zaroorat hai??
Comissioner was the other person: Arjun, I know and I trust your words....par main tum logon par aur pressure nahi dhaalna chahtha........jabse Rathod ko delhi crime branch mein deputation pe bejaa gaya hai, tab se, ETF team over pressured hai......I don't want that to continue.....in the long run, it will affect the performance and morale of the team.....tum logon ka bhi ek personal life hai and usse bhi dhyan pe rakh key eh decision liya hai maine...
Arjun: [understanding his point and concern....afterall, Shree and Chotu were over burdened too.....and Arjun couldn't take this decision of saying no to a new person into their team.....though his personal life didn't matter so much to him, he had to take care of the other 2 in the team] teek hai....par ek ladki??....accha hota agar aap koyi male member ko add karthe....i mean, main kisi bhi aurat ke khabiliyat pe shaq nahi kar raha hoom...[that statement from Riya was framed in his mind from the day she said that to him, so it jumped out everytime such a situation arose before him]...par phir bhi, aap jaanthe hai ETF kaise pressures pe work kartha hai......koyi ladki, woh bhi shaadi shudha....can she handle it?? aap ko nahi lagtha ke aap kuch zyaadha hi expect kar rahe hai unnse???
Commissioner: pehli baat, agar woh handle nahi karpaayegi, woh haan nahi kehthi.....khud hi back out karthi.......
Arjun: [snapping him mid way] Sir....aap mere baat nahi samajh rahe hai.....
Commissioner: hold on Arjun, mere baat poore sunn toh lo....
Arjun: hmmm....boliye.....[that hmmm of his shows that he wont be ever convinced with whatever reasons the commissioner gives him...]
Commissioner: don't run into conclusions so soon Arjun, you are underestimating her Arjun!!! pichle dho saal se best officer ke medal jeeth chukhi hai Ms Singh.......Sharp shooter hai.....encounter specialist bhi hai.......on top of all that, ek expert forensic doctor hai, research mein bhi aache hai...[Arjun's mind was sending all types of signals as the list unfolded......but his mind rejected all those saying "how can she be..." he stopped thinking further and focused on what the commissioner said] She will definitely be an asset to ETF......mujhe apne decision pe aur uss pe poori vishwas hai...[He said that with a sense of pride because it was his firm decision that brought a brilliant officer like Arjun to ETF and from there on, there were no downfalls for ETF...........pausing and adding with a grin].....and the best part is that your team already knows her....so uss ke saath kaam karne mein koyi hiccups nahi hogi.....
Arjun: kya matlab??? I mean,
Commissioner: don't get so shocked Arjun......tum aur tumaare poori team usse jaanthe ho......pehle bhi ETF ka issa reh chuki hai Ms Singh...haan, yeh alag baat hai ke woh tab Ms RIYA MUKHERJI thi...aur ab Mrs Riya Singh hai.....
Arjun didn't hear anything else from the other side....he was dumbed and deafened for sometime hearing the name........He didn't realize when the commissioner bid him bye and cut the call......His mind raced backwards in time.......yes...he now understood why his mind was giving him weird signals.....Mr Singh......Mr Suraj Vanraj Singh...yeah, that was his name....the one who stole away Riya's heart before he could......[Arjun stopped thinking further] It had been 3 years now and he was still mourning over his dead love or was it just dormant?? He didn't want to analyze or do a postmortem into it now.....It was over.....over and out long long time ago....then why was Riya's name affecting him so much.....But why was she coming here? He was so far in the impression that she was happily working at the research desk of the Jaipur crime cell!! Happy in her life as a princess with her prince charming......who had literally taken her away from him in true royal style.....
