The sun has set, the darkness of the night where over the sky, the stars shining like thousands of fireflies were stuck on the cover of the sky and the moon came in its full form illuminated the black night with its light, the cool breeze was slowing down,  passing through the leaves of the trees,  making a sweet melody in the atmosphere.

Virat was footing on the veranda of his room looking upward at the starry night,  feels the touch of the moon’s cool light on his face. Jia’s sobbing, her painful screams, her beautiful deep black eyes filled with tears, her trembling plump lips which were parted due to heavy breathing, all this making Virat fretful, he could not understand that “Why his heart feel so tremulous ……?”  Before this, he has seen many people suffering in the torture room, even if they are a woman, at that time, they are all was just a Traitor. He knew that this was done to extract the truth from such people. But, Today he could not bear it; he was unable to abide her pain.  

“Why……. Why…..  I  feel so much rattled and discomfort inside me….  That girl is a Traitor……. According to what she has done, this torture was acceptable………. She deserves that pain………. I don’t wanna be weak…………  My Duty is first for me……. I don’t want any feeling in my heart, that makes me weak….”, he murmurs himself, as his both eyebrows were pulled down together, his eyes were shut tightly and his nostrils flare outward leading to form verticles wrinkles between the eyebrows, frustration was visible on his face, “But What is this feeling……? that I don’t understand……….”, while he pulling his head hair in exasperation.

Virat was so lost in his feeling of intense irritation and annoyance,  that’s when the sound of the doorbell of his quarter, falls on his ears; he comes out of his room and opens the door.

“You…… here…….. so late at night……….”, Virat was quite stunned and said to Person on the door.

“Yes……….. Can I come in…….”, Rehan with a smile on his face, asked permission to Virat.

“ Get In………”, saying this Virat along with Rehan step into his lounge.

“I was calling you all day……….  You are not picking up the call…………By the way…..Where were you busy all the day…?………..”, taking a seat on the couch, Rehan queried Virat.

“When I gave you the information of the medical college students………… after that you disconnected the phone…………… and I would have called you more than twenty times………. But you are not even receiving the phone………….. Is everything alright…...”, Rehan concernedly asked Virat.

“I was busy with an important work…………”, Virat said with a cold face.

“Well……… take it…..”, Rehan says and hands over a file in Virat’s hands.

“What is this…….”, Virat raises his eyebrows at the file and asks Rehan.

 “In this…….. the  Delhi Medical College team who came here for Medical Camp……… it has complete information about Seniors Doctors and Medical Students………… it also has some photographs of Medical team with Villagers…….”, Rehan said to Virat.

   Virat takes the file in his hand but keeps it on the side without opening it, “Now…. .What’s the benefit of seeing the file………… In the morning, Rehan already gave me information on the phone that all the medical students have already reached the home…….. no students were left here ……….. It has been proved that the girl was lying about herself……”, Virat said in his subconscious mind as the thought of Jiya’s lie made him more gloomy.

 “By the way……… Virat……. Instead of your Luxurious Mansion…….Why do you live in this small one BHK quarter…………. You have many expensive cars……… But You use only Army Willys Jeep……….. Why Bro…..”, Rehan asks Virat with curiosity.

“I don’t like to be there………… and anyway I’m satisfied here….”, Virat answers Rehan with a cold face.

“Ok……. But you can’t live here forever………”, Rehan said to Virat.

“What do you mean…?…Rehan..”, a frown appears on Virat's face and he asks Rehan.

“O, Come on……..Virat…..How will you adjust here after marriage…?….. You have to take your wife to your Mansion, where all the facilities and Luxurious are available……….”, Rehan said to Virat.

Virat gets a little angry after listening to the word of his wedding, “I do not want to talk about marriage right now…..”, Virat said in an irate tone as irritation slightly visible on his face.

“ You won’t talk about marriage right now………..But at some point, you will have to get married….”, Rehan said to Virat in a friendly tone.

“By the way,………After three months, I have to leave single room quarter and will take a family quarter…….”, Rehan informs Virat.

Virat looks at Rehan with surprise and said “Why….”.

“ In this afternoon Abbu’s (father) call came…………. And informed me that he already fixed my marriage with his friend’s daughter…….”, Rehan said with a slightly distressing tone.

“What…… But you always wanted a Love marriage……….then How you get ready for Arrange marriage.”, Virat slightly chuckle and ask Rehan.

“Yes…….But…….. no one has come in my life yet……..So I thought to marry with my parent's choice……”, Rehan said with a miserable face to Virat.

“So……When will you are getting married…?”, Virat asked Rehan in a queries tone.

“After three months ……….”, Rehan answers Virat.

“ After three months? Why…?”, Virat ask in

“Yah………. After three months……… Because the girl is studying in the final year of Medical College……….two weeks later her last semester exam is about to start, that will last a month……That’s Why Abbu fixes the Wedding date after three months……..”, Rehan said

“Ok….. Congratulation……. First Pratik then Peter and now you……………. Looks like, you all have decided to get settled in life……….”, Virat said

“Yes………. But Why don’t you also think about marriage now……….. Dr. Maya already agrees to become your bride………”, Rehan Chuckle and said in a witty tone.

“Shut Up…………. Rehan………Right now, I do not want to think about marriage………I want to focus all on my mission……… That’s It…..”, Virat said in a serious tone with his husky voice.

“Ok……… As your Wish….. Bro……… I have to go now………Bye…….. We will meet tomorrow……….  “, saying this Rehan gets up from the couch and leave Virat’s quarter.

As when Rehan leave Vira’s quarter, his eyes fall on the file brought by Rehan, Jiya’s thought flash in his mind, he takes out his phone and dialed the number.

“Yes, Sir………”, a voice from the other side said in a formal tone.

“Sandhyaji……….What is her condition now…….”, Virat asked in a calm tone.

“Sir, ………. She is still unconscious……… Right now, we shifted the girl from the torture room to her prison cell…….”, Sandhyaji said with a calm voice.

“When her sense back…….. Start integrating her again……….. Any How, I want the names of that persons……”, Virat order the lady guard.

“Sir,…..How long we will torture her…. every time she tells that she is innocent, she doesn’t know anything……..”, Sandhyaji asks Virat in a sympathetic tone.

“Do anything………. Keep her starving and thirsty...until she confesses everything… Don’t show any softness toward her….”, Virat said in a merciless tone.

“Ok Sir…….”,  saying the words, Sandhyaji the lady guard cut the call.

“I cannot become vulnerable in front of anyone”, Virat murmur himself as rage developed in his eyes.

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Somewhere in Lucknow:

“Sir,…….three days have passed…….. but Jiya has not arrived yet……”, A person said with a depressing tone while weeping.

“What….What are you saying……….Reshma……”, the other person from another side response in shock and worriedly.

“Yes Sir,………..There is no news of Jiya……….yet…She has not reached Lucknow ”, Reshma told to Head Doctor.

“But…… before leaving the Medical Camp, Jiya told me that after arriving Delhi, she will go with you to Lucknow……….”, Head Doctor asks Reshma with a cold tone.

“Yes Sir,……..She was coming to Lucknow…….. But…not with me….”, Reshma said in a low tone.

“What do you mean….. that not with you……… I met you both before I leaving for Jammu airport”, Head doctor roar on Rehma in a hard tone.

“Sir,…….. Jiya already knew that you were going to London and take-off flight from Jammu airport………. You don’t come with us on bus………So, when our bus stopped at the eco point she runs off from the back seat window of the bus by deception to visit the Sundarnagar fair……..”, Reshma was sobbing and told all the planning of Jiya.

“O……God…..”, Head Doctor gets very apprehensive, “Call to Jiya on her cell phone…….” told to Rehma.

“Not possible, Sir………… Jiya forgets to take her phone………… right now, I have her phone…..”, Reshma's sobbing increased.

“How can you both make such a big mistake….. You don’t remember, Which incident had already happened with us………  Bus Hijak Incident……… Now…..What will happen…? if the college administration knows that one student is missing……….And this time,……..I am more worried about Jiya than administration……”, Head Doctor said in a slightly calm tone.

“I am so sorry, Sir………….. But I am afraid,……….  What….If Jiya is in any trouble……”, Reshma said in a concerned tone as the tears continue to follow from Rehma's eyes.

“No…..No……Reshma…calm down……Jiya will be fine……I hope so…., I am coming to India from tomorrow's flight………. But,……. Right now don’t tell this anyone…….OK…”, Head Doctor informs Reshma.

“Ok…….Sir,…….”, saying this Reshma cut the call and raise his both hands in prayer, and she prays for Jiya's safety.

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New dawn came and a fresh day began, Virat gets ready in his Army uniform and coming down to his lounge, when he tied his wristwatch, suddenly his phone which was kept on the side table of the lounge started to ring, as he tried to pick up the call, a file placed on the side table was fall on the floor with a bang, but first, Virat attend his call.

“Yes……Sandhyaji……….If she told the names or confess her crime…….”, Virat asks in his deep voice.

“No, Sir……….. not yet…………”, Sandhya the Lady guard responds to Virat in a formal calm tone.

“ Shandhyaji……….  Raise the level of torture………”, Virat orders the lady guard without any hesitation.

“But Sir,………….. We already kept her starved and thirsty for the last three days…… and hitting her with the whip, But ……… She chanting only one thing..that she is innocent…..” and she is already too weak………..If we continue torture on her………… I don’t think Sir, she will be endurance the torture more……It will be lead to her death”, the lady guard said to Virat while showing so much concern for Jiya.

“I don’t care……….. I only want the names……….”, Virat gives strict orders to the Lady guard in a hard tone.

“Ok, Sir………. As per your order…… I will raise the torture level on her……….”, the lady guard said to Virat in a slight gloomy voice.

“That better……….. Don’t show any pity on her……….”, saying this Virat cut the call, and bend down on his knees to pick up the file from the floor, But, out of blue, Virat gets stunned, his jaw drops, eyebrow raised and eyes wide open when his iris glance on the photographs attached with the documents in the file and the words comes out in his husky deep voice, “Oh…..No….She was telling the truth……… She is not a traitor……. She is innocent …..”. 

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