The case was solved and it turned out to be a really shock when the entire thing turned upside down and a new face surfaced up as the real killer.....
They had a long day but all were still in the aftermath of the shocking results and weren't able to call it a day....
Arjun was in his cabin and twirling his pen and was in deep thoughts about the case and also about Riya.....She walked in with the completed case file for his signature....
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"Sir, yeh file....."
Riya's feeble voice shook him out of his brief trance...
He took the file from her and looked at her pale face...she looked tired and there were lines of worries too....She looked disturbed and it wasn't tough to guess that she was still caught up in the case!
"Tum bohat tired lag rahi hi......main yeh kaam jaldi katam kar dehtha hoom...just give me a few minutes Riya!"
Riya replied quickly "nahi nahi....aisi koyi baat nahi.....aap aaraam se kijiye Sir.....Shree nikhalne waala hai....he will drop me....."
Arjun wanted her to come with him but he didn't show that...he never wanted to push her anything at all.....Instead he just smiled and nodded "teek hai"
Riya didn't walk away as he had expected her to do...she stood there as if waiting for him to say something.....may be she also wanted to wait till he completes his work and then leave with him.....so he casually enquired to make it easier for her....he knew that its very difficult for her to take that first step any day "kuch kehna tha mujhse?"
Riya didn't reply but just kept looking at nowhere in particular as if she was brimming with tears to flow out but she had built a dam which wasn't letting them out.....as if her heart had weighed down with something.....
He couldn't see her like that.......May be she wanted to talk to him and lighten her burden......he could read that from her face...from her eyes!
He spoke up to relax her a bit...."kuch dher yahi beito Riya.....tumse kuch baat karna chahtha hoom......[after a few moments of silence, he adds] Shree ko jaane dho.....I will drop you home!"
She nodded and took the chair opposite to him.....
He focused on completing his work before talking to her.....while she sat there, her eyes on her entwined hands which she had kept on the table and she kept quiet so that he wouldn't get distracted from his work!
In between, she messaged Shree not to wait for her.....Shree already knew that she wouldn't be coming with him....it was easy to guess that Arjun sir would take over that responsibility happily! And Shree was only happy to see some light of hope in his best friend's life! Who else other than her first love could give her back that hope and happiness which she had long lost!
Yes, Shree and Chotu had come to know of her disastrous married life.....they already knew it in bits and pieces about her marriage being on the rocks but today, they had seen the court order summoning her and Suraj for the next hearing.....And the rest, they could guess easily!
Her reactions and outpours during Anitha's murder case investigation made it evident too....and gave them an insight into her past!
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Back in the cabin....
Arjun finished checking the file and also completed his pending work.....He closed the file and glanced at her for a few seconds before asking "ghar chalen?"
