Where Ever You Go I Am There

Part 5

Aisha and Chotu entered the conference room just then.....Aisha spoke up snapping her short, "Nirmal ki wife hai.....Main abi abi usse milkar aa rahi hoom...."

She placed an old faded photo which looked like a wedding photo on the table before taking her seat...and yes the man in it was Nirmal and the bride was the same one whom Aisha met a little while back.....

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Next she placed a photo of the same woman in the present insane state and spoke up in rage, "Nirmal has driven that innocent girl who had become his bride into this extreme case of insanity.....ussne Kavitha ko ek chote se village se shaadi karli aur yahaan Mumbai mein usse kisi aur ko bhaech diya.....can you imagine he sold her like some commodity for money??"

Almost all of them around the table hissed annoyed hearing that.....Sakshi was blank and expressionless and Kishore's eyes were on her as if trying to know her reaction....He hadn't failed to sense her sadness which she had buried deep inside and was inscrutable by the others there....but nothing escaped Kishore....Well he was called antaryami by people around him with a valid reason.....He indeed had it in him! His lips curved into a warm smile and his eyes reflected a very positive wish to take away all her pains in one wave of a hand but no he cant......his inner voice chanted inside him continuously...."Stop....you cant do that!"

Sakshi muttered mindlessly, "Sirf yeh hi nahi Aisha.....almost all girls who are into prostitution have such pathetic stories......kisi apnon ne hi unnka trust thodkar unne yeh mauth se bhi dard bari zindagi di hogi...agar kisika husband ne usse dhoka diya toh kabhi premi, ya sautela bhai, pita ya asli bhai, pitha bhi hoga........and all of them will have stories of poverty, helplessness and misery!....Kavitha is just one such in a million others who have been victims to such betrayal"

Though she said in a low voice almost to herself, it was audible to be heard by all....All were now focusing on Sakshi because her words seemed to convey more than just for the sake of a discussion......Though she hadn't intended this effect, her words did seem to make all wonder what she was hiding behind that beautiful smile of hers!...Kishore tapped once on the table as if to snap them all out from Sakshi and bring their focus back to the case...He didn't want her secrets to come out like this before the entire team! He had to help her out of her turmoil without harming anyone else......Wasn't that also one of his purposes of entry into ETF?

Sakshi snapped out from her lost state and added as a damage control, "maine ek baar ek feature keliye aise hi ek area mein research kiya tha....So I have heard many such stories!"

That kind of relaxed the team but Arjun wasn't so convinced at her explanation.....he scrutinized his gaze on Sakshi to find what her expressions meant! He could see that there was a big secret within her.

Aisha nodded and replied, "You are right Sakshi.....yahaan iss area mein bhi kahaaniyan bohat hai...filaal iss case se related ek kahaani aur hai which needs our focus"

Arjun who was concentrating on Sakshi till then turned to Aisha for hearing it out as she continued, "Sonia aur Kavitha ek dusre ke bohat close hai.....wahaan ke kuch logon se patha chala ke Sonia hi Kavitha ko khaana dehti hai......aur kabhi kabhi mental health center bhi le jaathi hai"

Arjun inferred reading between her lines, "isska matlab, Sonia ko Kavitha ke past ke baare mein sab patha hai....yeh bhi ke Nirmal usske pati hai aur Kavitha ke iss haal ka zimmedhaar Nirmal hai...."

Chotu: haan sir....

Arjun: agar usse yeh sab patha tha toh phir humse Kavitha ke baare mein chupaaya kyun?? I mean she didn't even mention her name!

Kishore spoke up with a casual smile, "Sirf dho reasons ho saktha hai......Ek usse patha hai Kavitha ne Nirmal ka khoon kiya aur usse bachaana chahthi hai ya phir Sonia khud khooni hai.....Kavitha ke haalaat dekh ke bathla liya Nirmal se!"