Sakshi woke up at the first crack of dawn... she showered and dressed up... in a simple sleeveless loose blue dress... it had tiny flowers printed on it...
Blood pumped through her ears... she tried to swallow but found her throat dry...
She couldn't sleep for a minute last night...
He loves her...
She... was being loved by someone... inspite of the fact that she had a child... she had been...
She didn't know what to do... as usual Shree came to pick up Muskaan...
"Shree..." Sakshi called...
"Haan Sakshi..." Shree smiled back... Sakshi planted kisses on her daughter's cheeks...
Then looked at Shree... "Shree... yeh mission kitna dangerous hai... I mean... Arjun.. theek toh rahega na? Waise... you know... I want to work on this mission as well.. back end pe... please don't tell him..." Sakshi looked at Shree with pleading eyes...
Shree half smiled... "I will look into it... dekho ETF main sab teams assassins aur aise logo ko dhund ke nikal rahe hai... aur main... yaha back end se chupke sir ko jitna help kar sakta hoon kar raha hoon... don't worry Sakshi..." Shree smiled...
"No.. sach main bol, promise kar ki Arjun theek rahega, aur main help kar paungi na?" Sakshi looked at him...
Shree half smiled... "Haan.. tu help kar payegi... but as far as Arjun sir is concerned... uska waapas aana..." his words trailed off...
Tears sprang up her eyes.. "Nahi... yeh nahi ho sakta... please tell me that apart from this stupid suicide mission kuch aur toh hai!" Sakshi looked at Shree...
"Shayad Sakshi... I will give my best at this... aur Sakshi..." Shree called her...
"Hmm..." she looked at him..
"You do know that he loves you right?" Shree held her hand...
Sakshi bit her lips... she nodded...
Shree half smiled... "Par Sakshi..." she asked...
She looked at him... "Do you know that you love him too?"... her eyes widened...
She tried to shake her head... no... t.. this... was...
"Tu dar kyun rahi hai Sakshi? Waqt kam hai... jazbaat kuch zyaada... jab tak samaj aa jayega... shayad... tab deri ho jaye..." Shree told and left along with Muski...
~*~Sakshi tip toed to the garden... where Arjun was sleeping on a sheet spread on the ground...
At least she thought that he was sleeping...
She sat down... next to him...
"Why does this have to be a suicidal mission?" Sakshi whispered...
She gently ruffled his hair...
As hours passed by... her heart started to squeeze...
She passed him a loving glance and left...
Arjun opened his eyes and half smiled... now he knew that perhaps there was another reason for him to return...
~*~"Bye Sakshi..." Arjun held her hand...
"Bye Arjun..." Sakshi replied...
She wanted to tell him.. yes... she loves him! She wants to marry him... she wants to grow old with him...
But her reservations... her damned reservations didn't let her say anything but...
"Bye..." she whispered...
"Sakshi... I don't know if it's appropriate to tell you... again... that... I love you.. do you?" Arjun looked at her... nervously...
Sakshi just remained mum... she couldn't utter the words...
Arjun gave a sad little smile... he moved forward to kiss her forehead but... he left... his heart sinking in grief...
Saskhi stood near the porch... waving him a bye...
She immediately went back to her laptop... she switched on the tracking machine...
Shree was sitting next to her... Muskaan was sent to Ayesha's house...
Sakshi took in unsteady breaths... her fingers wrapped around a small beaded necklace... soft words of prayer forming on her lips..
"Sakshi! Sir... sir ka tracker ko diffuse kar gaya hai!" Shree said alarmed...
"What!! Kaha tha last reported site? Let's go!" Sakshi picked up a few guns and ran into the SUV...
"Sakshi! Are you crazy?" Shree said...
"Yes I am! Main jaa rahi hoon... tum abhi ke abhi squad ko leke mere peeche aao... please..." Sakshi pleaded Shree...
Shree nodded... this was not a time to be rational or irrational...
He called up Rathore... sure that the squad would come "Sir, Arjun sir is held by Saarthak, please come with squad... aap log mujhe aur Sakshi ko follow kijiye..." Shree said and jumped into the SUV with Sakshi driving...
And she drove as though the devils were before her...
~*~Edited by Armagadon - 9 years ago
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