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Chapter 5
*Aditya's house, terrace*
Aditya - Thought toh acha hai yaar. Par woh raazi hoga? Matlab woh kitna introvert hai yeh toh hum jante hi hai. Humse aise kuch waqt ke liye milna alag baat hai. Par agar woh adoption ke baad comfortable nahi ho paya toh?
ACP - I know. Mujhe bhi issi baat ka dar hai. Aur toh aur mai uss ka khayal rakh pauga kya? Tu toh janta hi hai na Adi ki meri duty kaisi hai! Na ghar aane ka koi waqt hota hai na ghar se jane ka! Mission aa jaye toh mahino tak ghar nahi aa sakte. Aur pata nahi konsi goli par kab mera naam likha ho...
Aditya - (cutting in between) Prayduman please!
ACP - (sternly) Sach hai yeh. Tu kitna hi isse bhaag le yehi sach hai. Jab mai subah ghar se nikalta hu toh mujhe nahi pata hota ki shaam ko ghar lautuga ki nahi! Mai nahi chahta ki Daya bhi iss dar mai jiye! Ek baar apni maa ko kho chuka hai woh. Ab agar mai usse adopt karlu aur phir mujhe kuch ho jaye toh? Kaise sahega woh bachcha?
Aditya - (little angrily) Toh kisne kaha tha inspector bano! Sharafat se 9 to 5 job nahi ho rahi thi kya tumse? Mere saath business hi kar lete! Par nahi mujhe toh forces join karni hai!
ACP sir in little smile kept a hand on his head dejected to see his dear friend going back into the same college mood where he used to be snubbed for hours by him in his fear of 'what if something happens to his best friend?' Now to change the direction of Aditya's thinking and to bring him back on track ACP sir said...
ACP - Acha bhai kar li na ab toh forces join! Ab kya kare?
Aditya - (angrily) Kya kya kare? Mai hu na yaha par? Ki nazar nahi aa raha mai tumhe? Life toh sabki hi uncertain hoti hai na. Agar mai ghar se bahar niklu aur koi gaadi uda ke chali jaye toh? Abhijeet ko sambhalo ge ki nahi tum? Ki usse orpha...
ACP - Shut up Adi!
ACP sir cut him angrily to make him realize what nonsense he was uttering while Aditya himself stopped knowing what he was going to say for his beloved son. When after silence of a minute Aditya held ACP sir's hand in both his hands and said... This time calmly as...
Aditya - Dekh mai hu na yaha! Mai hu, Sharada hai. Humare hote hue tujhe yeh sab sochne ki zarurat nahi hai. Jab bhi tu available nahi hoga... Maan le koi mission ho yaa kuch bhi... Hum hai na Daya ka khayal rakhne ke liye! Jaise tu Jeet ke liye hai waise mai Daya ke liye hu! Wada karta hu tujhse Daya ko Abhijeet jitna hi pyar milega. Zarurat padi toh usse zayada bhi. Aur yeh sirf isilye nahi kyuki meri zimedari hai isilye kyuki Daya ko mai apna chota beta already manta hu!
ACP sir looked at him with still some uncertainty in his eyes while voicing out his worry as...
ACP - Mere paas toh kudh ke liye waqt nahi hota yaar... Mai usse kaha se dunga. Aur kudh criminals, khoon, dead bodies ke bich rehkar kaise usse sahi parwarish de pauga?
Aditya - Jitni fikar tu uski karta hai na... Tujhse behtar parwarish usse koi nahi de sakta. Woh bachcha bohot samjhdar hai. Yaa yu kaho zindagi ne usse bohot samjhdar bana diya hai. Woh iss umar mai bhi tujhe samjh lega!
ACP sir was now staring at the floor still having so many questions in his mind... Few valid... Few invalid. Some questions which had no answer to them. And some whose answer only the future knew! Yes Aditya and Sharada were there. If something happened to him he knew they would take care of Daya as their own son. Even when his duty would not permit him to be with Daya these two would take care of him without any single complaint... But then there were so many what ifs? What if some of his enemy would take his revenge on that innocent soul? What if he is not able to fulfill Daya's needs? What if Daya would never be able to accept him? He knew Daya had less demands and at the very early age was mature enough to understand 'life' but then the very same thing made him vulnerable to the acrocities of this very life! He was still thinking about all of this when Aditya understanding the dilemma of his dear friend said...
