"And I promise I'll solve this for you," she quoted.

"Let's go, then?" Aryan raised his brow.

"You've them with you, right?" Khushi asks.

"Yeah, I've its copies with me," he responds.

"Original?" Khushi questions.

"We have it, in her home," he answers.

"And she's in?" 

"Obviously her home," he frowns.

"Fine, Let's go." She calls for waiter and clears her bill. Both of  them stands up and walks out of the restaurant towards his car. 

All the while, the same gaze has been following them. 

Somewhere in some part of Delhi,

"I want BG on 83.798it127.91139.0983a, pdf is attached and password is usual pattern," someone read that message and as soon as he read it, he went to his cabin from emergency ward, took a file out, and typed the details in re-coded format, sent it to the someone else.

*

She's been in the Kitchen doing her work when she heard a beep on her mobile.  She read the message, decoded the re-coded message and typed the needed in her computer to take out the print. 

I'll have to sneak this print out into his file tonight.

Delhi

CBI, Same day, 4:00 PM

ASR and Arnav Bhatt are in ASR's cabin discussing about the latest case when an inspector came into their cabin. 

"Excuse me, Sir!"

"Yeah?" both of them responds at the same time.

"There's someone here asking for  Madam but since she's not here, they want to talk with any of you," he says.

"Okay, I'll come in a moment ," both of them responds at the same time and looks at each other.

"Do one thing, send her here," Arnav Bhatt butts in.

"Okay, Sir," inspector responds and walks away.

They both continue studying the file waiting for someone to walk-in. 

A few minutes later, "Excuse me!" They heard a lady's voice.

"Can I come in?" she asks for permission.

"Yeah," ASR responds and Arnav Bhatt nods as they look up at her.

"I wanted to file an FIR," she comes to the point straight.

Arnav and ASR looks at each other, "Sure, but take your seat first," ASR says.

She sits down on a chair in front of them keeping her handbag in lap and looks at them.

"What's your complaint?" Arnav Bhatt asks. 

"It's actually I..I have-", she gulps down her throat in nervousness.

ASR gives her a glass of water, "Drink! You don't have to worry, just say whatever you want to say. We'll help you." 

"And you can start with your name," Arnav Bhatt adds.

She drinks it in a go. 

"I'm Krithika. I've been getting blackmailed by someone from a few weeks now," she says taking some pauses in between.

"Do you know Miss Krithika, CBI doesn't accept small cases. We understand you're scared and worried. But Rules are Rules. If it's about blackmailing you should have approached your local police station unless they're bribing you or something. Is that the case?" ASR states the fact while Arnav Bhatt is nodding his head in agreement.

"No, I did approach local station a few weeks ago but they aren't of much help. This blackmailing is not that simple. I can only approach you people for help. Even local police station where I complained, they said the same, if I want I can file a request for CBI to takeover," she cries.

"Okay. Okay, miss. But please stop crying and you've told you've filed a complaint in your local police station, right?" Arnav Bhatt asks the lady who's been sniffing.

"Yes," she answers.

"Have you filed a request for takeover?" ASR asks.

"Yes," she answers again.

"In that case, we'd have been informed by High Court or Supreme court and-", ASR was cut off by Krithika.

"Yes, but it takes more time and I don't think I have much time if this continues. Local Police aren't able to catch the culprit and culprit's been stalking me over and again," she cries.

"But we do have our rules to follow, Miss Krithika. We just can't-" Arnav Bhatt was interrupted by Krithika again.

"I know who's the culprit but police aren't believing me," she says.

"What?" ASR and Arnav Bhatt, both responds at the same time.

"But why would they do that?" ASR asks.

"Corruption! Culprit is the only son of Ex-DCP of Delhi State Police," she adds.

"Can you please tell us the exact details so we can analyze your case?" ASR questions.

"Sure." 

Krithika takes her handbag from her lap, opens its zip and stares at the content for a minute.

ASR and Arnav Bhatt stares at her face curiously and then at each other.

She then dumps the content inside her bag on a table.

ASR and Arnav Bhatt gets shocked for a second looking at the content.

ASR takes a hand gloves, wears it, and takes the packet into hand to examine. 

He cuts the packet with a pocket knife slightly and smells it, and then starts coughing for few seconds.

Arnav Bhatt takes over the packet and smells it, "It's Heroin," Arnav Bhatt mutters.

"A few weeks ago, I've been noticing changes in my boyfriend. He seems so different and harmful to me now, I've been afraid of him. So, I went to police station and told them about this. They filed my written complaint but then as soon as they heard my boyfriend's name, they backed out and told me to back out as well terming it as a lover's fit. I couldn't do anything, so I went back."

She took a pause.

"And a few days later, I noticed these drugs in his house and I kept quiet for a day or two. But those drugs kept on increasing and then I started to get some random threatening notes and some kind of drugs in a packet. Those are the same drugs I've seen in my boyfriends home. I went to police station again but they again refused to listen to, tho, I managed to file a FIR successfully but they aren't taking any action against it. Although they've taken the drugs I've shown them. The drug packets I've got here are the latest ones with the notes you're seeing on the table. So, this time, I've came to you as they're not doing anything. My boyfriend's Mother is a DCP, so, maybe it's all about corruption and bribery. I requested for CBI and they said to get a lawyer, it seems for a few more weeks to process all this and when this case gets handed over to you, I'd be dead by my own Boyfriend. It will be too late," she explains crying all the while.

"How are you getting these notes and drugs exactly?" ASR asked looking at Kirthika.

"These drugs were put into my bedroom as soon as I reach my home. And these notes, these are sometimes put into my handbag and sometimes with drugs itself. I'm not sure how. But whenever this is happening with me, it's my boyfriend with me, he's behaving weirdly lately and  one day I saw him in my bedroom putting something. I'm just so scared," she sniffles.

"Hmm.. " ASR sighs, taking a pause, "We need few more details from you and need to verify of whatever things you've said and contact the police station once. In which police station you've filed the FIR?" ASR threw a question at her.

"Bhandra," she replies.

"Do you have the copy of FIR with you?" Arnav Bhatt asks.

"Yes."

"We'll need a copy of it," ASR asked.

"Sure." She gives the copy to him and Arnav Bhatt goes aside to take a copy of it.

"And what's the name of your Boyfriend?" ASR questioned.

"Aryan Rathode," she answers.

ASR looks at her in shock. What the hell?

His inner thought is said aloud by none other the ACP, Khushi Kiran Gupta. And from behind her emerges Arjun Rathode who stood shocked looking at his girlfriend. 

Khushi turns towards Aryan "ASR, you didn't tell me your girlfriend is so dumb to come to CBI and tell her so-called-story?"

"Let it be, Khushi," Aryan said looking at his girlfriend.

"Miss Krithika, here's your copy. We'll look into the case and verify the facts with Bhandra Police station and we'll inform you about further progress. Until everything you've shown us today will be in our custody. You'll have to leave your contact details with the inspector outside. Let me take you there," Arnav Bhatt interferes as ASR, KKG, and Aryan looks on.

Krithika nods and walks away with Arnav Bhatt following her.

"How dare she?" Khushi gritted her teeth in anger.

"It's Okay, Khushi. I told you, right? Relax!" Aryan soothes her down.

"What do you mean by Relax, ASR? She blood-" Aryan cuts her off.

"I know. But maybe, just maybe, it's not her fault? There's a possibility, right? Aryan asks.

"I don't see any possibilities here, Aryan Rathode. Get this invisible blindfold out of your sight, please," she screams and goes to her cabin.

Aryan sighs and looks at ASR, who's looking at the drama that's been unfolding before his eyes.

"What's wrong with her?" he questions looking at ASR.

"She's just my Boss and your best friend. You should know that. What will I know?" he's going to walk out when he remembers he's in his cabin.

ASR turns to look at Aryan Rathode alias Khushi's ASR, "You can get your ass out of my cabin and to your best friend's cabin. You see, I'm in my cabin itself."

Aryan Rathode huffs and puffs rolling his eyes before getting his ass out of ASR's cabin. 

Khushi's cabin

As soon as Aryan enters the cabin, "Tell your sister to come home early, in the evening. I don't want any emergency emerging out in the evening as it did a few minutes before."

"How would I've known she'd got an emergency? And why are you so tiffed with me?" Aryan asked frowning.

"Because whatever you've been taking lightly today is not at all that," she grits her teeth.

"So what do you expect me to do? I'm not a CBI Officer like you and I've seen such cases before too, you see, with you and Mom handling those. So, what's the need to be afraid and serious? I know you'll take care of it," he answered smilingly.

"And you still think that girlfriend of yours is not at fault?" she frowned looking at him.

"Ahh.. Okay, fine. Just leave this. Whatever happens we will see it happen, okay?" he said putting a full stop to the conversation.

"You know what, ASR, just get out of my office right now and I'll be in her home at the decided time," she screamed at him.

"Okay, fine. I'm going," he walks out. 

ASR's cabin

He sat in his cabin looking at the copy of FIR and threatening notes that Krithika has got.

"I'm missing something here. What's that?" he thinks looking at the notes. 

"What am I missing, dammit?" he roams around his cabin as the words in the notes kept revolving around his head.

"I think I'll go and just ask Khushi, yeah, this is right. Her mind can conclude something," he pauses and after keeping the drugs safely in his custody, with the notes runs to Khushi's cabin.

Khushi's Cabin

Khushi who's been working on her laptop looks at the door as soon as it opens without her permission and looks at the person who's entered her cabin.

"Can't you knock and come?" she asked furious at him.

"You can be angry at me later. For now look at these notes, Khushi," he replies sitting on the chair, keeping notes on her table, and wheels his chair near to hers.

"Khushi? It's Khushi Ma'm, get it? I'm your senior," she scoffs.

"Okay, Khushi Madam-ji"! Can you please look into these now?" he asked frowning.

Khushi looks at him and then the notes, "Yeah, I looked at them. Now what?" 

Arnav in ASR pats his forehead mentally and ASR in ASR stares at her continuously.

"What?" Khushi asks looking at him gazing at her weirdly.

"Are you even a police officer?" ASR questions.

Khushi glares at him dangerously. 

"I mean, why don't you read them once?" ASR squirms in his seat. 

Here I thought I'd made her squirm with my gaze and as always, it's just opposite. Never changing attitude of hers will me go crazy one day. Hmmphh! How will I flirt with her and impress her if she's being her , always grumpy, ever arrogant, and like some Governor. 

He thinks nervously throwing a big smile at her as she didn't stop staring at him.

Khushi finally looks at the notes.

"40 Crores! Else these drugs can be in your coffee next time. Same time, same place."

"Did you get hurt? Sorry. That wasn't my intention. I just money or else this time, I'd put your life in jail instead of a tomb."

"I read the notes now. So what?" she asked looking at him.

"Don't you smell something fishy here?" ASR asked looking at the notes.

"Does that mean you smell something fishy here?" she guessed looking at his hat-on face.

"Yes, there's something fishy here. That's for sure. But I can't get my hands on it." he frowns.

Khushi smiles slightly looking at him frowning, "Why do you think there's something fishy here?" 

"I mean look at the latest two notes. One note came on one day and another note came on another day with some 3 days gap in between both, right?" ASR said looking curiously at Khushi waiting for her acknowledgement. 

Khushi nods, Arnav smiles and continues, "So, both of them should have different shade, right?"

Khushi looks at him as if telling him to continue and he continues,"I mean if the first note has been got into her handbag 3 days before the last note got into her, how can ink on both of the notes have same shade? Why didn't the first note shaded, even if it's slightly? I mean if there's a gap between these notes, there should be some difference between shades, but I found none. As if.. As if," he pauses for a taking a breathe.

"As if?" Khushi's tone encourages him to continue.

"As if these notes have been written at a time, as if Krithika has been lying," he answers frowning. 

"But if it is so, how's it possible? That's what I cannot get. Why would she put herself in a police station or CBI?" Arnav Singh Raizada questions himself.

"You've improved a lot, I see," Khushi looks at him smirking.

"Uhh..Ahh! Thanks!" he said staring at her blankly for a minute. 

Khushi in the meanwhile, gets up, takes a laser out of her pen stand which is at the other side of the table.

"Observe these notes with it." Khushi throws a laser light at him and he catches at the right time coming out of his shock. Otherwise his beautiful face would've been a victim of slightest scar.

To be continued..,

Hi, so, how's the update? 

What do you think about these people?

Arnav Bhatt?

ASR?

Aryan Rathode?

Krithika?

Mysterious Woman and a Man?

Comments are welcome!