Spies & Spice (Completed)

Chapter 13

Two days earlier at DJ's home:

DJ sat next to Loki and Zoya at the dining table as Suman served them all the special dishes she made to celebrate his homecoming.

"Aunty, please!! No more. If I eat so much, I wont fit into any of my clothes after a week." Zoya protested as Suman tried to serve her seconds.

"But these are just snacks, you still have to eat Biryani and..."

"Maa, Zoya is not used to eating big serves, like we do, and she is very conscious of her figure."Loki mocked.

"Shut the fuck up Loki!" Zoya hissed at him and DJ chuckled, enjoying their colourful banter but Suman looked sharply at Zoya.

Suraj Chacha and Tanvir who were sitting opposite to DJ, were shocked to hear a girl use such language and Loki whistled slowly.

Zoya sensed her slip up by the changed mood around the table. "I am sorry Aunty, I wont use such words around here, but please understand that it is just the way we speak back home, its not meant to be rude or anything, just casual... you know." Zoya tried her best to explain.

Suraj Chacha was quick to intervene.

"Of course we understand, we see too many American movies that we know how common it is. But, yeah, try not to do it in front of Suman Bhabhi, okay?"

Zoya nodded her head vigorously as she saw Suman go back to kitchen to bring desserts.

"Beti, is your father still working for that law firm, I forgot the name... or is he practising on his own now?"

"Oh.... Chacha you know everything about us. I get it, you are the guy who keeps an eye on us back in Jersey...." Zoya stopped as he saw the warning look on Loki and then continued in a small tone, "Yes Paps, I mean... my father practices on his own now. He gets very interesting cases but some clients are pure nuts!" She chuckled.

"Nuts?" Tanvir asked in confusion.

"She means that the client was a crazy guy!"Loki explained and realization dawned on Tanvir's face.

"Yeah, one such crazy guy came to Paps and claimed he knew a FBI mole but that guy double crossed him and so on... as if!!" Zoya rolled her eyes.

"Arre why not? We have our men in police who are loyal to DJ bhai more than their department. And I am sure it is the same with CBI or Intelligence bureau whatever it is called, is it not Bhai?" Tanvir asked.

But before DJ could reply, Zoya began to laugh aloud and only stopped when she saw Suman return with Desserts.

"Tanvir, it is not easy to have moles in FBI in US or IB in India here, like the way we can with local police, by compelling them with bribes or threats. Those guys go through so much vetting and clearance process before they become agents and remember this, they are intelligent and highly skilled agents, and are constantly monitored too." Loki explained and Zoya added, "Correct, and when it comes to foreign intelligence agents and spies, US CIA agents constantly spy on Indian RAW agents and I am sure RAW agents here spy on other country agents, and so on. It's a deep web."

"You too seem to be quite experts in this topic." Suman said as she passed on bowls filled with Gulab Jamuns to Zoya and Loki. Zoya ate just one and passed on the leftover gulab jamun to Loki who swallowed it whole in a second.

Watching him enjoy his food like that made Suman smile.

"No, not experts Maa, what we said is common knowledge. Isn't it Bhai" Loki looked to DJ for support.

DJ sighed deeply and stretched his large frame in the chair.

"Yes Loki. How I wish I had a mole in Intelligence Bureau or RAW! Most of our work would be so much easier then. Now a days I hardly deal with local police, they are already in my pocket anyway. But getting hold of an agent, that's a tough job!Most of my business nowadays is with high end suppliers and partners and they are too high up to be afraid of local police. But IB and RAW, they are different league altogether !"