'You will surely not do anything fo

'You will surely not do anything for him. This one deal...few more crores in bank...hardly gonna make any difference to him. But those bunch of poor fellows who worked day-night for this deal, gonna be the sole sufferer if it doesn't take place. They will be at the losing end, NOT JALAL...arre...he doesn't even care whether such a deal happens or not.' Abdul poured both his mind and heart before Jodha...in a bit disgusted tone. This time Jodha couldn't ignore the sense in his words but that was not enough to make her forgo her suspicions. 'He has sent you with all these words...right?'

'No...he hasn't. Jalal believes in fighting his battle...on his own.' Now this was a truth even Jodha couldn't reject. She paused for a moment to think, and then said, 'Gimme the paper. I will sign.'



Abdul forwarded her the file without any word. Jodha rolled her eyes on the paper and signed. She returned the file to Abdul...and uttered, 'Can I go now?'

'I don't have the authority...to say yes or no...Maam.' Abdul replied with a faint smile. But his words only stiffened her face. She left the place without uttering a single sentence. Reason...perhaps not unknown to Abdul.



Job was done. Purpose was served. But after this encounter, one thing Abdul was damn sure about...Jalal will have to shell out his life to get this lady by his side.



'I should inform Jalal about this...dhakkan ko laga tha...I won't be able to convince Jodha...hah...' Abdul took out his phone from pocket. But before he could press for speed dial, phone started ringing. It was Jalal.

'Hey Jalal...I was just going to call you...' Abdul was about to deliver the news, but what Jalal told in the middle, was enough to knock him out of senses.

'How dare you follow my wife!!!...kamine!!!...yeh tha tere dil me?' asked Jalal faking a serious tone.

'Jalal!!! tujhe kaise...' Abdul got the shock of his life. He couldn't thought of any possible way, by which Jalal could have known all these. Sensing his pals' trepidation, Jalal came to the rescue.

'What did you think? Maine aise hi chhod rakhha hai use? Jaan hai meri...How can I let her live unprotected?' Here Jalal paused for some seconds, only to begin again in an authoritative voice, 'I have arranged 24x7 vigils on her. What she does, where she goes, whom she meets...I keep tab on each and everything. Nothing about her...is beyond my knowledge. Only thing is...she have no idea about this.'



'Mujhe bhi nehi bataya...' Uttered Abdul in a low voice. A faint existence of allegation could be sensed in his voice. Jalal wasted no time to address this.

'Abhi bataya na...waise congo yaar...you did it. She signed.' Jalal tried to turn the topic.

'Yap...she did...chal abhi bye...see you in a while...' Abdul was not in a mood to continue the conversation right now. He was a bit upset at Jalal's hiding deed.

'Fine...by then.' With this Jalal ended the call.



This happened for first time in their 20 year long friendship that Jalal hid something from him...that too such a big thing. Abdul was visibly disheartened at his friend. But on the next moment, his mind seized holds of a fact...a fact that explained Jalal's action to him...a fact that he failed to ponder in time. 'When it's about Jodha...Jalal is a stranger.'