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B L I N D
Written by Sunny Fernandes
Introduction:
In life we tend to see things closer to us but yet magically fail at
points on judgement , here is a story that takes you on a journey that is
confusing thrilling and mysterious .
CHAPTER I – THE
MYSTERIOUS MEETING
It’s a lazy and boring Monday, Alarms ringing up and snoozes every 15
minutes , finally its 9:30AM and after the final snooze with all laziness wakes
up Loka a software employee working at Bell Infotech as a software engineer, he
stays with his roommate Varun who also works in the same company .
[Loka works in a regular 9 to 6 schedule whereas Varun works in the night
,So the fun fact is both have a common bike which they have purchased on
sharing basis, So morning it belongs to Loka and Night it belongs to Varun]
Varun: Dude its 9:30 don’t you wanna goto office?
Loka: Chill Dude today my TL is on leave , So its my chance to dance , il
go at around 12pm
Varun: Chal then prepare some breakfast for me.
Loka: Why should I, Dude you get up and prepare .
Varun: See I have done night shift and its your snoozing alarm that has
woken me up , so please its you who has to treat me with breakfast , il have it
and sleep peacefully.
Loka: Fine Fine I give you an exception here for this,il prepare
something now .
[Loka Prepares Bread Omlete for both of them, post which he gets ready
and heads to his office around 11:30AM]
He reaches the office around 12PM and starts off with his daily work and
stuff and the day passes on smoothly and cool in the absence of his team lead.
After his day schedule and work and lot many tea breaks he finally plans to
return back to his room as its already 5:30PM .
Loka: [Looks for his bike key around and doesn’t find them anywhere] Hey
guys did anyone of you all see my bike key?
Neha:[Loka’s Colleague] No dude where did you keep it, just check for if
you left it on your bike or cafeteria when we had been there for tea
Loka: I don’t think I took my keys out at cafeteria, I mostly left it on
my bike itself I guess , il go and qicky check , chalo bye , see you all
tomorrow .
[He heads to the office parking and walks to his bike and finds there is
no key on his bike but he quickly observes a yellow sticky note on his bike tank
with a smiley drawn on it and it reads “You need to eat more almonds hero , you
are forgetting your key on your bike , for your safety I have kept your bike
key inside your tank cover “
Loka Fascinated by the way it was beautifully written in esthetic
handwriting , a instant smile lites up on his face and he is yet very
mysterious of who could that kind heart be ? he goes back to his room with the
note in his pocket and with a big question mark in his mind
[Loka Reaches his room around 7PM]
Loka narrates the whole story of his bike key to Varun and Varun makes fun of him saying don’t get
excited thinking it could be a girl , times have changed it could be a guy who
likes you a lot , Just take a chill pill dude .
Loka : It was indeed stupid of me to narrate you this .
Varun: You are always obsessed by all such stupid things emotional fool ,
just get on tinder and swipe right instead of wasting time on these 90s style
stuff.
Loka : Oh Please I Very Well Know How legitimate your tinder and the
people on tinder are .
Varun : No More Comments , il get you a Pigeon for delivery of letters to
your mysterious girl LOL
[In Sometime Varun Leaves for office , Meanwhile Loka Sits down and tries
to analyze who could it be and how can he trace that person who wrote that note
, Finally He decides to write a reply back on big paper and stick it on his
bike along with the stick note that was pasted on his bike ]
He sits down and thinks what could be his reply for this and finally
decides on it
He Takes a big paper and sticks the sticky note that was pasted on his
bike tank, below that he writes
BIG THANKS FOR KEEPING MY KEYS INSIDE MY TANK COVER , YOU LITE UP A BIG
SMILE ON MY FACE , VERY FEW LIKE YOU IN THIS WORLD ..Can I consider myself
lucky to know who you are Please(draws a smiley below )
Loka Plans to paste it on his bike tomorrow morning once he is back to
office and he is very excited about it
Loka:[Calls Up Neha] Hello Neha Tell me one thing frankly ?
Neha: Whats Up Loka Say?
Loka: I got my bike keys placed inside my tank cover with a note , tell
me frankly were you the one who placed it ?
Neha: Whatt! Why would I do that , instead if I found it I would
definitely hide it for few days to trouble you Haha
Loka: Come On ! You are sure you didn’t do it right .
Neha: Yes Baba , Do you want a bond paper signed for this now Lol , By
the way whats the matter?
Loka: I’m Mesmerized by the handwriting of whoever wrote it and I’m sure
if someone writes so beautifully , how beautiful she would be and how pretty
her heart would be , I relay want to know who she is
Neha: Have you lost your mind Dumbo ! How can you assume its she and not
He?
Loka: Come on , I know you are jealous , you like me that doesn’t mean
you wish this way for me out of jealousy
Neha: Shut Up! My Love for you is not soo weak , bye [And She Angrily
Hangs Up]
CHAPTER 2 : THE REPLY DAY
[Next Morning Loka Wakes up in all excitement to go to office, he wakes
up even before the alarm rings and starts getting ready]
Varun: Mann How come you are awake before the alarm ringed today
Loka: That’s the power of my mystery girl
Varun: I guessed it right, if its for a girl only then a guy gets soo
punctual with no effort needed, you are quite a despo .
Loka: No comments on this Lol
Post this Loka with all excitement gets ready and heads to the office
with the paper that he wants to stick as a reply , he reached the office e
around 10:30AM and parks his bike , he looks around to see if anyone is there
and then slowly takes out the paper and sticks it on his bike . He goes to his
tower and starts off with his work , meanwhile he keeps thinking of the note
whether the girl has seen his not , he keeps assuming.
[Meanwhile Neha Enters inside the office]
Neha: Hey Hero how are you?
Loka: Good Morning Chasmish [Girl with Specs] I’m good how are you
Neha: Great , hope we don’t have much work today and the day goes great
as well
Loka: Yea.. And I’m sorry for yesterday I was soo mean to you
Loka Immediately recalls that the note which was written on his tank and
Sticked also said Hi Hero , and just a minute back Neha addressed him as Hi
Hero , he doesn’t say a word and rushes to the parking area to see if the paper
has any reply to confirm it was Neha or someone else , he goes to the parking
area and checks to see that there is a reply written on the paper .
The Reply reads “Not So Soon Hero, but glad to see you being so grateful,
people are hardly grateful these days , Write
down your name and the tower you are working in
and I will give you the next clue about me by 1PM “ , Loka writes down
his name and the work location and goes back to this tower .
Loka has a sharp doubt on Neha , he keeps an eye on her whether she gets
up from her place.
In a while Neha gets up and starts walking , Loka follows her to see
where she heads to , and she goes to the pantry for coffee and returns back to
the work place , after a while she again goes out and Loka keenly follows her
and there she meets one of her friend outside the work place and comes back .
After an hour Neha again walks out of the work place , Loka as usual
follows her and walks behind
[Neha turns back immediately]
Neha: Dude ! why have you been following me , I’m going in to the
washroom , still wanna follow me ?
Loka : Shhhh[ Asks her to be silent] Chasmish I was confirming whether
its you who was playing park on me in the parking place with the note so was
following you
Neha: Oh God! How many times do I need to tell you, its not me , I have
lot of better works to do
Loka: Hope You are not joking , anyways il be back il go and check once
in the parking what is written on the paper .
[Loka Heads to the parking to check if he has got a reply]
As he reaches he looks for the paper to see if there is a reply and finds
something written on it , he immediately grabs it and it reads “ Well Good Name
, but to find my name you need to earn it , there are 3 parking lots in our
office campus find the vehicle numbered “AB07 IN 2575” and stick this note on
it and I will give you your next clue .
Loka takes the paper with him and goes inside his work place , he calls
Neha to his place
Loka: Chasmish see what she has asked me to do to find her name, such a
huge task for me today , I need your help
Neha: What Kinda Help ?
Loka: Just handle my work for today please while I go and look for the
vehicle it can be at any parking lot in our office and there are so many
vehicles here . Please help me today
Neha: My God Very smart I thought you would ask me help in finding her
but you are putting up your work on me, anyways anything for you , il do it
.But see on this paper she has written her vehicle number , the easiest way to
find her name is to check the vehicle number online and we will get her name in
2 mins
Loka: [Pulls the paper from Neha] No Never , she has said I need to earn
it , so I will give my effort and find the vehicle.
Neha: Heights of Too Good to be true man . Go ahead , all the best
Loka Starts off from the parking lot where he has parked his vehicle and
keeps on searching for the vehicle number that’s written on the paper , he
scans each vehicle to make sure he doesn’t miss it anywhere , he finishes
scanning 1 parking lot , goes to the other still doesn’t find it ,its around
3pm he now heads towards the multi level parking which has 4 floors of parking
he starts off with the ground floor doesn’t find the vehicle , he heads to the
2nd floor and there he finds a Red Color Vespa standing which holds
this number “AB07 IN 2575” ,it’s a great matter of relief for him , he takes a
huge breath and draws a smiley on the paper and writes “I could find your name
though your bike number on online portals but I did not cheat , I earned it now
, please without any further clues tell me your name and meet me my well wisher
the mystery girl “
He pastes the paper on her vespa scooter and goes to the cafeteria and
sips 2 cups of ginger tea for instant energy and in a while goes to his work
place informs Neha about the happenings throughout and where he found here
vehicle .
Neha: You know that is why I like you soo much , imagine you are doing
this for a girl you do not know and haven’t even seen , what limits could you
go then if you are in love with the girl . [She pats on his back]
Loka: Chasmish you know , I humiliate you soo much, talk to you rudely
but you are the only one who stands by be always , there cant be any sugar as
that could be as sweet as you
Neha: Enough Now Okie …. Don’t concentrate on Sugar now , concentrate on
your Honey LOL
Loka: Haha Whata line Chasmish ,you are mad and insane .
[Its around 6PM]
Loka Heads to the parking are to check if there is any new reply or note
pasted on his bikes as he reaches he finds a yellow note pasted yet again on
his bike
It reads “Well done I liked your spirit , your next hint is at the KFC
store near our office , walk in inside the store and act like you have gone mad
, do anything crazy and funny and soon you would see me come to your rescue ,
got the guts?? Then see you at the store around 8PM today “
Loka reads it and laughs out loud he is confused how he will pull this
off as there would be soo many people at the store.
@ 8PM [Loka reaches KFC ]
He enters in with a torn shirt & some grease on his face and shouts
out loud “Iam the kind of America and this is KFC from America ,he giggles and laughs in a
absurd manner and says come all you frustrated folks your company wont take you
to America I will take you to America and he again giggles and laughs “
Meanwhile the KFC security staff enter in and ask him to move out , Loka
resists and says “I’m the sun , I’m the fire if you touch me you get burnt into
ashes , you better get that” The Security personnel get irked by him and start
pushing him out meanwhile a sweet voice comes up “HEY OFFICER , HEY OFFICER
Please wait I know this guy il take care of him and she walks up to Loka and pulls
his ears and then holds his hand and takes him out
Loka looks up to her into her eyes , she has got brown eyes , thick
hairline mascara , beautiful eye liner and the sweetest smile lite up with a
dimple on her face , he just is unable to take his eyes off her
Girl: Hellooo! waving her hands, hello Loka Mister Loka where have you
been lost , anyway should agree you have great guts , you earned by friendship
.
Loka: Your name must be Chocolate Pie , Cutie Pie, Oreo or Cadbury ,
because you look so sweet and talk so sweet
Girl: Chee Shut up that’s such a cliché comment mann , well I wont give
you more task , my name is Ira and I work at tower 4 in your campus itself .
happy Now?
Loka: In this complete Era there has been nothing I was soo excited for
as much as I was for you IRA , nice to meet you
Ira: Too much Flirty huh ! now can I see your real face with all this
grease off
Loka wipes off the grease from his face
Ira: Well you are pretty handsome but this torn shirt is a big noo , there
aren’t 6 packs that you flaunt It [Takes
off her jacket and gives it to him ] take this and wear it , its my fav jacket
I don’t even give it to my own sister , you earned my friendship so here you go
cover yourself .
Loka: [Wears the jacket] Never
felt soo good wearing a girls outfit till date
Ira: Shut up! You are just too much
[They both goto a ice cream parlor nearby and chit chat for a while and
get to know each other , their likes , dislikes and stuff like that and at
around 9 , Loka drops Ira at her place and returns back to his room around
9:30]
Varun at the door…
Varun: Dude where had you been I was calling you over and again and you
were not picking up, I need the bike my shift starts at 9 , I’m already late
because of you
Loka: Sorry dude , finally meet the mystery girl , she is soo nice
Varun : Il listen to your story later , first let me leave for office I’m
already very late
[Varun Leaves for his office ]
Meanwhile Loka Sends a text “Nice Meeting you Ira , my face is all lite
up with smile today”
Ira: [Replies] Nice Meeting you too , thanks for dropping me , you are
insane and crazy guy I have ever meet
Loka: Thanks Ira , we will meet at office tomorrow for chai
Ira: Sorry I’m a coffee girl I’l think of it okie
Loka: Aha Already some attitude huh ! I don’t know you are meeting me tomorrow,
else my smile will be lost somewhere
Ira: Hmm Will see tomorrow
[The chat for a while and say good night to each other and other hand
Loka is very excited to meet her the next day]
CHAPTER 3: Weekend Meetup
[After having a wonderful meeting with Ira , Loka is all happy and wakes
up early with a hope to see her today for breakfast at office]
Its 8AM
Varun : Dude isn’t this mystery girls brining in too much discipline in
your life? I have never seen you wake up soo early before
Loka: Dude its not discipline, its motivation dude motivation
Varun : Well how is she? And what is that all happened yesterday tell me
Loka explains everything to Varun
and all that happened and the complete timeline of the events ,Varun is
surprised and happy for Loka and he starts teasing him .
Loka : Dude she is just a friend come on now don’t start pulling my legs
and teasing me all again
Varun : Well then why are we close buddies if I do not do that ? Anyways
I have a plan for the last weekend for this month , we can go on a trip , you
can call Ira as well and even her friends can join us , there are 2 weeks left
will plan for it well
Loka: Great idea will ask Ira about it today .
Loka Gets ready and rushes to the office around 9:30 Am , this is the
record that he has reached office so early In his recent days , He goes to his
work station , meets Neha tells her everything that happened the previous day ,
Neha obviously is a bit jealous as she likes Loka but she acts cool and asks
him to introduce her to him today, Soon Loka texts Ira and asks her to meet at
the cafeteria and heads to the café along with Neha
Ira: Hey Loka Good Morning
Loka: Good Morning Ira , she is my friend and colleague [Pointing to
Neha] Neha
Ira: [Shakes hand with Neha] Nice to meet you Neha
Loka : Lets have something now I’m very hungry
[They Order for breakfast and receive the items they head to a table and
sit together to have the breakfast]
Ira: So Neha how did you meet this mental buoy?
Neha: My Bad you know , typically I should have meet him at some zoo but
somehow I meet him at my college , I know him since our engineering days
Ira: Soo Sad you had to bear him for so long [Laughing]
Loka: Okie Neha Aunty now don’t get so dramatic , you know I was always
there for you Aunty Neha
[Neha Gets offended for being called aunty Infront of Ira , she gets up
suddenly and starts walking off saying she is sorry for joking]
Ira: [Follows her and stops her] Come on Neha , Be a Sport you know this
guy he is so mean at times though I know him from just 1 day but I know he is
mean , come on for my sake smile and come sit
Neha: Only for U Ira [Turning her face off Loka]
Loka: Sorry Chasmish I didn’t know you would get offended [Holding his
ears] Cholly
Meanwhile walks in Noel a friend of Loka & Neha, he comes towards
their table
Noel : Hey Loka what’s Up? Man you are holding your ears and saying sorry,
you never say that to us
Neha: Right You are Right Noddy he feels he is a hero Infront of girls
Loka: I need to admit I’m one dude, Well sit down Noel had thought to
call you today , need to do an important discussion
Ira: What is that??
Loka: Listen guys we have a trip plan for the last weekend of this month
to Manali , I want you all to join us , lets have loads of fun , And Ira I know
we just meet yesterday its too much to
ask within a day , you can take your time and let me know
Ira: Chill dude I trust you , I’m onn for this plan
Neha: Even I’m ready for the fun , lets rock it
Noel: Yeah Lets do it , il call my girlfriend Eity along
Loka: Cool sounds great will plan soon about this and get going guys ,
even my room mate Varun would be joining us
[In Few minutes they depart to their respective work place with a hope to
meet soon ]
Ira & Loka are chatting with each other from the workplace using
their office chat , in between Neha keeps poking him with jokes and teasing him
It’s the third weekend
As per the plan Manali trip is to happen on the 4th weekend ,
So today Loka has planned a meet up at a nearby mall to hangout and also plan
for the trip .Everyone arrive at around 11AM to the mall .
Loka: Hey everyone , hope are very excited for the next weekend , lets
sip a cup of tea before we begin the discussion
They walk in to Café Yo to sip some coffee and tea over the conversations
Varun : So Folks its gonna be too cold at Manali , we need to do first
things first after this lets purchase some thermals , jacket and winter caps to
be safe in the cold there , that should be our primary goal
Ira: You are right Varun , last week when Loka introduced me to you
remember I told you the same thing
Varun : Ya Exactly and also later you mentioned about your favorite
jacket that is with Loka
Loka : How do you know that dude , I didn’t even show you the jacket
Ira: I told him in our chat , forgot to tell you we exchanged numbers
that day, so had quick chats
Neha:Well you guys got along so soon as friends , I really take huge time
to get close to someone and chat
Loka: That’s why I call her the mystery girl u know
Noel: Okie now after this will quickly shop , post that will watch a
movie then will plan further
[After sipping Tea and coffee they head to the stores and shop for the
required items by the time its 1:30PM they have lunch and rush to the top floor
for the movie , meanwhile Loka gets a call from his land lord , he asks Varun
or Loka anyone of them to come to the room as he needs the room key for some
renovation work ]
Loka: Guys my landlord has called, he is asking me or Varun to be there
at room as some renovation that was pending will be done today .
Varun : This time please you go Loka , I really wanna watch this movie
,and usually when im at home during the day its me who attends all the work
that happens and stuff
Ira: Yes Loka he is right , please go and come back soon [And she walks
with Varun to the ticket counter smiling and giggling]
Loka feels very low , his expression goes sad , he looks at them and
starts walking off to head to the room , Neha follows him and says , hey Loka I
know you are a soft heart don’t worry Ira is just little careless sometimes ,
she lives in the moment , don’t feel bad , don’t worry il come with you
sacrificing the movie , Now Smile
Loka: Neha I really feel bad thinking how unfair I’m to you sometimes,
but you always stand by me
Neha: Chill Dude now lets go .
[Loka and Neha head on their back and soon reach Lokas place where the
owner is waiting for him for the renovation work to start ]
They meet the owner and open the room for the owner , the renovation work
goes on , meanwhile Neha & Loka Chit chat sitting at the corridor , Loka
orders Neha’s favorite Ice cream from Swiggy and soon the order arrives they sit
and have their ice cream , chit chat ,laugh out giggle and spend their time
together
Its Around 4PM in the evening
Neha Gets a Call from Varun
Varun : Hey Neha where have you guys been , Loka’s phone is not reachable
so called u up , our movie is just done will you guys be coming here ?
Neha : Nope dude , its already late , perhaps we can meet tomorrow ,
meanwhile we can discuss about our trip and other things on that new whats app
group.
Varun : Sure Neha , il drop Ira & come back within an hour
[Loka on the other hand is insecure that Ira hasn’t called him nor sent
him a simple text , he is restless and sad.]
Neha: Oye Mr Loka don’t depress over such silly things , chill Varun will
be back within an hour
Loka: I’m not worried about loka ,
I’m really hurt that Ira didn’t even call me or msg me , she has absolutely no
concern
Neha: Dude she is just your friend don’t be sooo possessive so soon ,
just let her breathe and you do the same and chill for Gods sake
[After Waiting for 3 hrs]
Loka: See Neha I told you , this Is not fair , Varun was supposed to come
within an hour right ? but there is no sign as of yet ,not have they contacted
us
Neha: I’m really fed up now , just please drop me to my residence , you
have been a real pain repeating this over and out.
Loka: You wont understand whats going on in my Heart .
Neha: Look Dumbo the functioning of heart is just to pump blood , that’s
it , Case closed
Loka: Come I’l drop you to your home , you wont get it.
[Loka drops Neha to her place meanwhile before going inside her house,
Neha gives him a piece of advice ]
Neha: Listen Loka , I can see that
anxiety on your face , I know you from years , you are a very sensitive guy ,
seems like you have a soft corner for Ira but slow down mate , its just been
few days that you know Ira , I know she is a wonderful girl but give it some
time before you indulge into core emotions and take care of yourself , you are
the only one I Love soo much and I cant see you be soo sad .
Loka: With Teary eyes , after my Mom if someone loves me soo much its you
Neha , But you know right ..[Neha Interrupts]
Neha: Ssssh I know but I don’t wanna hear that, as I always say I Love
You and its my problem. Hope you do not have problem with my problem.
Loka: You are such a sweet heart , bye for now else you will end up
making me cry , take care and Miss you , will meet on Monday
[Neha Goes in, and Loka with a heavy heart returns back to his room ]
Its 9PM – Varun has still not reached the flat , Loka is very restless
and ends up calling Ira, Ira doesn’t pick the call which makes him more anxious
, he calls Varun , he also doesn’t pick his call . Waiting for quite sometime
Loka dozes off on this bed .
Next day morning as Loka wakes up , he observes Varun by his side as
usual ,Loka Immediately gets up from his bed and tries to wake up Varun
Varun : Oh dude please let me sleep this Sunday off , don’t disturb me
Loka: I have been trying to contact you from yesterday , now you are
supposed to get up I don’t know
[Finally after a lot of disturbance from Loka , Varun wakes up]
Loka: Dude tell me where had you been yesterday with Ira , you both were
not even picking my call , what happened tell me?
Varun : Something that shouldn’t have happened has happened cant even
explain you dude .
Loka: [With a Mini heartattack] Whatt!!! What has happened please tell me
, I’m your closest buddy man come on
Varun : [Giggling] why so serious Loka ? I was just kidding , post movie
we just went on a long drive followed by dinner and we promised each other to
keep our phones away , basically it was a phone isolation challenge between us,
which apparently I lost by the end of the day when my Mom called me .
Loka: You are Insane , I was soo much worried about you and Ira.
Varun : You seem to be more worried about Ira than me Mr Loka , Whats
Cooking
Loka: Chuk that dude . You guys are mad , freaking mad.
Varun : Sorry dude I’l make sure this dosent happen again . Just for the
challenge I had to do this , infact we had to do this .
[Loka finally gets convinced and brightens up his mood for the Sunday ,
as every bachelors in their pass time do , Loka & Varun party at their room
with some chilled beer and room made chicken kabab and stuff ]
Around Noon Time Loka gets a call from Ira
Ira: Hey my Cutie buoy how are you ? sorry I hope Varun told you
everything why we weren’t receiving your calls , I know you must have been
terrified
Loka: Yes a lot , you didn’t even call me after the movie , I felt so
sick without you Ira
Ira: Flirting huh already? Anyways I too missed you Mr.Loka
Loka: I can see how much you missed me
Ira: Ok baba don’t be angry , il meet you specially today evening at Café
Yo Sector 20?
Loka: Sure Ira will be there around 5PM
[They hang up , Loka is extremely happy now and is completely lite up
blushing]
Varun : Whats up brother? You seem to be very happy?
Loka: Nothing dude she said will meet in the evening
@ around 5pm Ira & Look meet up as decided at Café Yo Sector 20
Ira: So cutie buoy why were you soo emotional yesterday that I didn’t
pick your call or contact you , Soo much attachment in such short time ?
Loka: Its by design I’m a person like that , if I like someone’s company
I love being around with them and expect the same care and attention , you know
im a big attention seeker , don’t take me wrong I’m your attention seeker and
no one else
Ira: Very deep , you are very different from everyone dude , seriously ,
I can see that core emotion in you and the value you have for it, anyways once
again I’m soo cholly cutie buoy , forgive me
Loka: Okie Okie Fine , never again treat me like that please , anyways
lets order something, this is my fav café , did u every try Yo Café’s Special
Elaichi Tea?
Ira: Nah Never , if you insist we can try that
Loka: Its just refreshing , you need to try that
[Loka & Ira Sip the fresh refreshing tea and chit chat and discuss
about trip and other plans for the next week , they spend quite sometime
together at the café and later Loka drops her till her place and returns baclk
, by then its end of Sunday and for Loka it was quite a fun day ]
As usual the coming week goes as usual with a boring Monday and drags up
till Friday when Ira , Loka ,Noel, Eity , Neha & Varun are waiting for
Friday to end soon as they have a
awesome trip planned for the looong weekend together , all arrangements are in
place , discussion on meeting point , time to leave everything goes on and that
wraps up the super excited day ]
CHAPTER 4- Trip To Remember for Life
[And the day which was much anticipated is here , its Saturday morning
4AM everyone wakes up with utmost excitement @ their hometown Chandigarh ,
everyone start getting ready at their respective homes ]
Loka & Varun head to the rent car site to pick the car they have
booked for travel to Manali which is approx. 280 Kms from Chandigarh , they
pick the car and are on the way to pick everyone
Loka: Dude this is going to a memorable trip man , after a long time we
have got such an opportunity
Varun : True Dude its going to be a bang on trip
Loka: Want to tell you something man , later I wont be able to tell you
this , need your suggestion
Varun : Whats that tell me bro ?
Loka: Look I really like , I mean I Love Ira a lot , every since we
magically meet I had been curious about her now I feel I need her all my life
Varun :[Panicking] Oh Oh man cool down I don’t think this is the right
time , give your friendship sometime is what I suggest
Loka: Lets see man even I’m confused what to do in this situation ,
anyways will think about it later , please don’t tell this to anyone now
Meanwhile Loka and Varun pick everyone from their respective apartment
and start off their journey to Manali with high josh and enthusiasm , the play
antakshari on the way , crack jokes and in all excitement continue their
journey
Around 7AM they stop at a tea stall by a beautiful view of chilling snowy
mountain and greenery around
Its Chilling cold out
there , everyone order for Hot Maggi Noodels & Chai
Ira: Guys its soo romantic weather out here , soo chilled out , loving
this , hope I had a house here by the valley with such an exotic view
Loka: Right Ira this is indeed so heavenly
Neha: After a long time I have come for a trip that’s so exhilarating
& lovely .
Varun : Its indeed more romantic trip for Noel & Eity you see as they
get to explore such a romantic destination as a couple
Neha: Your mind is always in that zone , don’t worry you can see few
places here so that next time you come for your honeymoon you don’t have to
worry about hiring a guide
Loka: Ha Ha Ha You are spot on Chasmis
[They snack on the yummy and hot Maggi noodels followed by hot chai and
soon after this they head towards Manali which is just few kms from this place ]
At around 8Am they reach Solan Valley , the view is like paradise come to
life , everyone is just stunned
Ira: [Looking at the view] Guys lets not waste time to check in at the
stay we have booked , lets enjoy the most .
Noel: Yo! Even I was about to say the same , lets spend max time out in
exploring and having loads and tons of fun , let the enjoyment begin guys
Loka: Hey will goto the view point hut later , lets start off with Skiing
, what you guys say
Neha: Yeah Skiing would be great experience to start off
[They approach the Skiing team and take basic training and rules for
skiing and under guidance they start of the skiing experience , in the first
few tries Neha , Ira & Noel miserably crash down on the snow , the other
magically complete]
Loka assists Ira while Skiing and helps her perfectly complete it without
landing on the snow , after a lot of attempts where both crash down finally Ira
also masters Skiing ,post this as everyone learns to balance , they buy different
color of scarf and start a race in team of 2 people , the race gets adventurous
and competitive with all fun and enthusiasm to its best , each one them enjoy
this to the core
Post this they walk up to the view hut where they stand and experience
the beautiful view followed by Solang valley trip on rope way
They take up the rope way in group of 2 due to the capacity constraints ,The
first slot has Neha, Ira,Varun & Loka
Ira:[As the rope way starts moving] My God , I’m soo very afraid of
height I have phobia , im really worried
Loka: Come on Ira be a sport this is just like a train moving chill you
wont feel the height
As the rope way moves further and further , Ira who is seated beside
Varun holds his hand tight in fear , Varun motivates Ira to be brave , but Ira
is terrified as she suddenly looks down and gets very scared she just closes
her eyes and hold Varun again out of fear , to calm her down Varun hugs her and
asks her to cool down .
Loka: [Anxious] : Ira Chill its nothing that scary
Neha[looking at Loka][Murmurs in his ears] : Dude don’t be so anxious and
also possessive , its just that she’s very much scared
Loka looks at Neha like a sad little smiley, by the time they reach the
other side of the rope way and get down , they wait for Noel & Eity to come
in the next slot , as soon as they come everyone head towards the car.
They reach the car and get in…
Varun: Guys lets goto the stay we have booked and check in now and get
fresh and have lunch as well
Neha: Sounds great
[ They reach the stay they have booked at Manali]
Everyone rest for a while and get fresh , no sooner its lunch time and
they head towards the inhouse restaurant
at the stay they have booked to much on something yummy and delicious
Loka: Woow look at this man every single place here is soo heavenly even
this view from the dining bay is so lovely , I feel like I’m full with the
treat of a view here
Varun : its soo cloudy here today , seems like evening time view
Loka: Ira what happened you are soo quite , still feeling scared?
Ira: Areey No , just the aftermath, IL be fine
Varun: Don’t worry Iruu I’m there right
Ira: Off course Dude ‘
Loka:[Interrupting in anger] : come on lets not waste time in nonsense
and order something , rats are growling in my stomach
[They order some special dish out here and have their lunch and go back
to their rooms for a quick nap for sometime as they are already tired ]
@4PM
Loka & Neha give a wake up call to everyone and asks them to get read
to head to the next destination
[Neha & Loka walk towards the car and ask others to come and join
them there once they are ready]
Neha: Oye Mr.Loka we are on a trip why are you looking so restless ?
Loka: Did you not see what’s going on ?
Neha: Still you are thinking of all that, it was just a simple thing man
she was scared , don’t be soo judgmental now
Loka: Than what do you have to say about Varun being extra caring towards
Ira
Neha: Look Sweetheart , you need to trust Ira , irrespective of your
friend being close to her or not , it doesn’t seem right for you to be
concerned about her life , see you aren’t even in a relationship , so you hold
no right for her actions , let her breathe the way she wants to Loka , if she
belongs to your world trust me no force on the face of this universe will be
able to separate you
Loka: Yeah you are right I have been a lot much concerned and involved in
her personal life.
Neha: Now just cheerup and enjoy the moment to its best.
[Everyone arrive towards the car]
Neha: Guys we are heading to Bhrigu lake ,another exotic place to be at
Ira: The fun is onn
In about 30 mins they reach Bhrigu lake , and start heading towards this
beautiful lake surrounded by nature to its best and as its evening time its
even more cold and chilled out
Everyone start running towards the lake and click selfies and photos ,
Noel & Eity meanwhile do a live video on their Facebook channel that they
manage called Couple Goals .
After a lot of photoshoot & video shoot out here everyone finally
relax sitting down near this amazing lake
Noel: Yes indeed , by the way where are we heading to next?
Loka: we have a 20 mins trek , the mountains are calling us , we are
going to have the most mind blowing night out at Camping place nearby
Varun: Oh My God Camping , hope we have option for Bon fire tonite , will
have loads of fun
Neha: Yes Everything is in place we just need to trek to that place now ,
as Loka said the Mountains are calling
[After spending sometime they trek from the lake to the mountain where
they are going to camp together , after about a trek of 25 mins they reach the
top where there are camping tents and a vibrant and exotic view of nature truly
blissful and amazing]
Noel : Hey guys lets choose our tents before there is a fight come on
lets run and occupy them
Ira: Yo! No complaints No requests the tent you reach first is yours ,
got it guys
Loka: Yeah Ira ready steady and lets go
[Everyone start running at the top of their speed to reach their choice
of tent ]
Finally after occupying them none complain but every one look at each
other in disguise and start laughing out loud, finally each one of them sits
relaxed and sets things in their tents
Ira: No Hotel stay , no resort can beat this stay amidst the nature , its
something irreplaceable
@ 7PM – Its quite
dark and everyone walk to the nearby open space and find a place in isolation
for a group bonfire with some privacy
Neha: Guys its damn cold , hope this bonfire experience brings in some
warmth and fun as well as we play some games
Noel: So what is in
store ?
Neha: We have planned for Truth & Dare it would be great fun
Loka & Varun lite up the bon fire and everyone scream out of
excitement , Varun distributes the beer bottles to everyone to sip and play the
game , Loka explains the ground rules
Loka: Look guys this is not like the traditional truth and dare where we
spin the bottle and the the person where it stops at is asked for a truth or
dare , this is a different experience where each one of us in sequence get a
chance for Truth or Dare and everyone is supposed to take part , No
escaping no excuses , don’t spoil the
fun guys lets start off with IRA
Ira: okie Okie I wont be a spoilsport but before we begin this game lets
do a round of cheers with our beer
[Everyone do the round of cheers with their bottle ]
Loka: So Ira Truth or Dare?
Ira: I have had a lot of dare during the day so I go with truth?
Neha: Okie ill ask you the question , describe us how your current crush
looks like? Please don’t say you don’t have a crush and all that .
Ira: Oops Killer question , well my crush first of all has 2 eyes , 1
nose , 1 mouth
Eity: [Interrupting] Come on babe don’t be a spoil sport
Ira: Haha On a serious note , he has Long hairs , that French beard,
Killer eyes and has a stud personality
Neha: [Looking at Loka and giving weird expressions]
Varun : Looks like you are describing Hrithik Roshan from Dhoom 2 lol
Ira: Now that’s left on your analysis I just had to describe
Neha: Okie so Next goes Mr .Loka
Loka: I Choose Truth
Ira: Okie ill ask you the question , tell us one secret of yours that
none of us is aware of
Loka: Wooho , Okie I think I need
to tell this to each one of you as you all are my closest buddies , working as
a techie was never my dream , still I continue to do it for the daily income
but my passion has been into criminology and I aspire to be a investigation
agent or a spy someday , to go on I’m also doing Bachelor’s in Criminology and
would be completing it in 6 months , no one knows this not even my roomie Varun
, next 6 months would be my final semester and I would be on an exclusive
internship with investigation firm @ Hyderabad called NIA , where I can find a
case to work on or they would assign me one , and my dream is to setup my own
investigation agency
Ira: Criminology you criminal you didn’t feel it important to share it
with us , now I know why you used to say going home every weekend , this was
your silent schedule Loku
Varun : Ya Shame on you , being your room mate I don’t know about this
Loka: Than it should be shame on you idiot .
Neha: Well that’s quite a shocker man , I know you from years but you
never told me this anyways wishing you all success , so that means you would be
leaving us and going to Hyderabad ?
Loka: Yes unfortunately Chasmish
Ira: Awee that’s something very sad coming our way
Loka: Chill everyone , we are here to enjoy lets not get sentimental ,
next person is Varun
Varun : I’m different from all , so I choose both truth and dare
Ira: Whatt! That’s never happened on earth
Neha: You mean he is an alien
Varun : very funny shall I start off
Loka: Power to you brother , go on
Varun : [Pointing towards Ira] Please come forward Ira ,[Takes out 3 balloons
from his bag]
[Calls Loka and asks him to inflate them] [The 3 Balloons are in
the shape of heart when inflated ]
Varun asks Ira to holds the 3 balloons , comes closer to Ira and asks her
to burst the balloons , Ira Immediately bursts the 3 balloons [Everyone Cheer
and scream] , after the balloon is burst there are 3 notes stuck to the string
of the balloon , Varun asks Ira to read the notes sequentially from string 1 [
meanwhile Noel plays romantic song at the background ] and Ira reads out the
note aloud and clear , It Says “ I LOVE YOU “
There is pin drop silence , everyone is just stunned , specially Loka and
Neha
Ira:[Immediately Steps Back] What the heck Varun? What is this ?
Varun : Its my heart beating for you Ira that dared to pull this proposal
in front of all , and its my mind that true to reveal the truth that I Love You
, today, tomorrow and always
Ira: Oh God will you please stop this, we are just friends dude and
nothing more to be thought of
Varun : That’s impossible , than how come you agreed to come for long
drive with me , avoiding all the calls , how come you allowed me to hug you
today at the rope way . Is it some kind of an joke
Ira: Man I just felt comfortable and safe around you not that I have
feelings , and I was really very scared even if Noel would be by my side on the
rope way I would have held his hand , that would not mean I’m in love with him
, so the same applies to you my friend
Loka[Outrageous] [Neha Trying to stop him ] How dare you Varun [Holding
his collar ]
Varun : Listen ill forget that we are room mates , stop being so
outrageous on me
Loka : What will you forget you cheat [Pushing him ] When you knew the
truth you still did this to me you aren’t a deserving friend
Varun : What truth ? I also have something called feelings , why should I
suppress them for you
[Neha Interrupting and asking them to stop fighting ]
Loka [Slaps Varun ] [Screams at the top of his voice ] [Abusing him
*********] you bloody knew and I had told you in the morning itself that I love
Ira and I want to propose her and you asked me to slow down and you do this to
me now [Slaps Him Left and right ] Ira is only mine , don’t even dream of being
her future , its me who introduced you to her , get that
[Pushing him]
Varun gets raged up and the physical brawl starts off between both , they
start trashing each other , everyone try to stop them but it goes out of its
bounds with both abusing each other verbally and physically they don’t seam to stop
Ira: [Screaming out] Are you both goons for Gods sake , stop it and
listen to me , I don’t freaking love anyone of you , nor will I love goons like
you ever in my life ,so stop the fish out , stop fighting for me because none
among you both deserve me [She Slaps both of them and walks off]
Loka : Guys we are not staying here anymore , I’m starting off in the car
, anyone wanna join can join me other wise plan your own travel .
Neha: Dude just chill , will leave tomorrow morning after all its our
time out , take a chill pill
Loka: Really Neha you are worried about this trip? After all this , such
a selfish girl you seem , oh guess you must be happy that Ira doesn’t love me
after all you were looking for a chance
Neha: Mind your language Loka
Loka: I know what I’m speaking don’t you try to get into the space of Ira
Neha: Go To Hell [ She walks off weeping]
Everyone pack their bags and assemble near the car , the journey back to
Chandigarh starts off immediately , Loka is driving them back, there is pin
drop silence in the car
Eithy: You fool Noel who had asked you to play that romantic track
Noel: Cool down , I was asked to play it , I didn’t know the purpose
Eithy: Are you nuts ? you didn’t know ?
Ira: Can we please stop this discussion right here , you guys are married
right? Save the drama for you home and let me rest in peace
Loka: Don’t say rest in peace Iru please
Ira: Shut up , not a word
[After travelling for 4 hours in silence they reach Chandigarh each one
reach their respective apartments and doze off as they are heavily tired , the
trip goes for a toss due to this brawl]
Chapter 5 : The Aftermath
Its been 12 days since the incident that has disturbed everyone specially
Ira & Neha , they both are not in talking terms with Varun as well as Loka
, After about 12 days Loka and Varun feel the
need to apologize to each other and be back as good friends that they
were , Post this they both together try approaching Ira and Neha but both don’t
seem to be in a situation of forgiving them , they try every possible way but
fail to get things back on track
On 16th Day
Loka Gets a call on his phone
Neha: Hey Loka , listen the way you behaved with me and the word you told
me would never leave my heart and mind but more than that you also cant be
erased from my heart , I forgive you because I cant keep you away for long ,
but whatever you told me has made a deep wound on my heart
Loka: I know sorry is not enough for what I uttered that day despite you
being so supportive to me , I really apologize for this , and I’m ready to
accept any punishment for this
Neha: Stop being filmy now, listen I did pitch for you with Ira but she
seems to be not in a compromising mood and whatever Varun did I know wasn’t
right but even your reaction with such violent behavior wasn’t expected Loka
Loka: Please help me Neha I need to talk to her
Neha: Il see what I can do , do one thing today come at Café Yo Sector 23
@ 4Pm , il get Ira along lets see if I can do something
Loka Arrives at Café Yo Sector 23 at 4 pm , Ira & Neha are seated ,
he approaches them to their seat
Loka: Hey Ira, How are you?
Ira: Neha if this is what are your intentions , please don’t count me for
any further plans with you [And she walks off]
Neha: Sorry man , I don’t think we can force her now until she gets into
a peaceful zone, she is very much disturbed by this
[Days pass on Months pass on things don’t get on track , By now Loka has
resigned from his job as he is into the final semester already but has not
moved to Hyderabad for his internship , failing which he will be disqualified
from the course , Neha and Varun push him to move out but he dosent seem to
listen to then only for the sake of Ira , Neha Informs Ira about Loka putting
his career at stake for her ]
Finally One fine day Ira calls Loka to meetup
Ira: Listen dude , I have my own reasons why I’m unable to get away with
this past memory of the incident happened at our trip , but just called you
here to tell you , anything bad that comes to you definitely still affects me
and I don’t want you to be doing this with your career and life , I heard you
have got into alcohol to its extreme at times , and you have stopped yourself
from being the part of your internship that’s underway at Hyderabad? Why all
this ?
Loka: I regret that day Ira , I know I was violent but it was all my
feelings for you I couldn’t take betrayal from my friend , so I reacted like
that ,I know it is not justifiable but I really repent for what I have done Iru
, I seek your forgiveness
Ira: See you did what you felt that time was required , coming to
forgiveness I forgive you for that mistake ,but please don’t expect me to be
normal magically forgetting everything , give me my time , my space to get back
if it is possible for now frankly I cant get back to you all I can say is I
forgive you and wish good for you
Loka: Please Iru , lets be friends at least
Ira: Dude its not some discount offer that if not love friendship , grow
up man , I think you are mature enough to realize nothing is got by force , so
just give it some time is all I ask
Loka: Until you don’t accept me as before I wont goto Hyderabad , my life
is meaningless without you Ira , see we meet by chance but you made a huge mark
in my life
Ira: I know even you mean a lot to me so I don’t wanna fake anything ,
currently I’m not in a zone to be like before , please goto Hyderabad and
complete your internship
Loka: Okie I get it now ! You are guilty that I’m not taking my career seriously
so you called me up and trying to convince me with this fake sorry , you know
what I feel u love Varun so you been harsh to me all these days and even now
deny to be my friend
Ira: Get lost , you will never change I feel , think whatever you want to
I don’t give a shit about it now
Loka : Fine bye
[Loka moves out of the tea shop in anger utterly disappointed , same with
Ira ]
Chapter 6 – Blind
Its been 3 months now , things have gotten out of the hands , even Varun
has been trying to console Loka , but Loka has turned out to be an alcoholic
and has been into alcohol abuse for quite long, Varun somewhere feels he is
responsible for this , on the other hand Ira has gone missing from the town ,
she has even resigned from her job and no one is aware of where she is right
now , this has made things difficult for Neha and Varun to even console Loka
Loka has been getting regular letters and emails from the National
Investigation Academy to report asap failing which would lead to suspension of
his name from the list for life . Loka is not in a mood to compromise and let
it go , he is still there with a hope that Ira would come back to him someday
Financially and emotionally only Neha and Varun have been the whole and
sole support system trying to recover him back to normal , Loka realizes his
mistake of abusing his friend long back he apologizes to him every single day
that what he did was wrong and he is glad that the person he once disowned is
the one standing for him today , Varun still has a huge load lying on his
shoulder as guilt for being the reason for Loka to be like this today .
Loka finally gets a ultimatum from NIA Hyderabad to report by the end of
moth i.e. March 31st failing which he would be blacklisted from
their academy for being irresponsive to multiple requests from them .
14 days left for 31st March
Loka not in a mood to join even after constant pressure from Neha and
Varun
10 Days to 31st March
Neha: Listen Loka it’s a fresh morning today and you are sober by gods
grace after long time , please I beg of you to not let this opportunity go , I
promise you il find Ira for you
Loka: I have created this mess , even when she asked me for time I was
violent last time , I will only find for her , you do not take trouble
Neha: I have been tired of this man , you aren’t listening at all , okie at
least for today be sober we will plan for Varun’s Birthday celebrations , its
been soo long with this pain and grief lets have some time to celebrate our
friends birthday which is day after tomorrow , means we would be celebrating
his birthday tomorrow midnight 12am .
Loka: I Promise to be sober Neha , He has been soo supportive to me
despite everything I think I can do this for him and you , you don’t need to
plead to me for this , I owe you this .
Meanwhile Neha’s starts off with the preps for the next day with cake
orders and plans for a gift for Varun from her and Loka , everything looks to
be getting back on track
Same day @7PM
Neha : [trying to call loka]
Loka even after multiple attempt doesn’t pick her call , leaving Neha
doubt that he is again drunk and not in senses , she gets disappointed but
keeps trying to contact him but he never picks , finally around 10 Pm his phone
comes out to be switched off , Neha does everything by herself for the birthday
and goes to bed in a sad mood
Next day Morning Neha again tries to call Loka but his number is switched
off , she tries contact Varun multiple times but he also doesn’t pick the call
, she calls the maid who works at Lokas flat but the maid says even she rang
the door bell a lot of times but no one has been opening the door, Hearing this
Neha gets a lot worried what must have happened ,
she rushes to Lokas Flat
She tries banging the door and ringing the bell but no one opens the door
, finally with the help of neighbor’s she breaks through the door , goes inside
the room Loka isn’t there but his phone is lying on the bed and its battery is
dead . she goes in search of Varun and finally to her shock Varun is found
unconscious inside the washroom , his face seems to be partially burnt seems
like an acid attack .
Varun is rushed to the nearby hospital , where doctors suspect this to be
a police case and
say it’s a clear case of acid attack , the police is informed
and they arrive meanwhile Varun is under treatment
The Police enquire about this incident with the neighbor’s and also with
Neha , but none seem to be aware of anything , Police sends out a team with
Loka’s photo to trace him as he is Varun’s Roommate , what shocks the cops is
the fact that the door was closed from inside , if there was someone involved
the door should have been open
After rigorous search Loka is found near footpath Infront of a pub lying
down
The cops get him to the police station and start enquiring where he was
last night , on checking his pocket they find Varuns Wallet with him
Police: So this was your motive , stealing his wallet and attacking your
friend so mercilessly ?
Loka: What are you saying sir ? what has happened
Police : Hello stop playing this with us , how do you have Varun’s wallet
and why did you acid attack him
Loka: What acid attack? What are you saying sir , I have no idea , where
is Varun now please tell me , I agree I stole his wallet , he had forgotten his
wallet while going to office yesterday and I’m very much addicted to alcohol
and was in need of it so I stole his wallet and ran off to the pub where I was
drunk later I have no idea what has happened
[Neha who listens to this interrogation, tells the cops that he indeed is
an addict and also had promised to be sober , may be that triggered him and he
stole his wallet m I don’t think he can plan this attack sir]
Police considers her statement and gets the CCTV footage of area where
the pub is located and also the footage from the pub where they discover Loka
to be present all throughout till midnight also they get confirmation from
Varuns office regarding Varuns presence in his office till 10PM . So Loka is
set free
Loka steps out of the police station where Neha is standing
Neha: [In Extreme Anger] [Slaps Loka] You are a looser , I regret
standing by your side till now , you promised me to be sober and did this and
came down to the level of stealing , if you were at home this wouldn’t have
happened , don’t ever show me your face .
Loka: Listen Neha Please
[She walks Off]
Loka reaches the hospital where he finds out from the doctor that this
was a acid attack and that in the moment when he collapsed out of pain he
crashed on the cement edge of the washroom and developed internal brain injury
and blood clot which has caused him go to coma stage and he has lost his vision
for life .
Listening to this tears roll out of Loka’s eyes , he feels very sorry
that he wasn’t there and he remembers Neha’s words and the promise , he feels
guilty that if he was there today midnight they would be celebrating his
birthday .
He immediately goes to his apartment gets fresh and decides to leave to
Hyderabad and report @ NIA [National Investigation Academy] as he still has 7 days to report , he takes
the very next flight from Chandigarh and arrives at Hyderabad with a hope to
fix everything right
@3PM at NIA Hyderabad
Loka: [Visiting the Director Nair] Hi Sir sorry for the negligence from
my end I was going through some very hard time and still I’m going though , I
would like to report to NIA and I have a case for myself , I need permissions
,protocols and a senior to be allocated for this assignment which is very
personal to me , il give my best Sir [He Explains all that has happened to
Varun and requests the director to send him on this on field out of city mission
with all permissions and arrangements in place]
Director Nair: I Generally don’t support people who are not disciplined ,
but since I heard this story I feel your pain and where there is pain there is
something that would definitely come out , I’m glad to approve this mission on
immediate orders
Loka: Sir thank you soo much , I would need a senior police inspector
know this and allow me investigate in his presence at Chandigarh
Director Nair: Don’t worry I have a very decorated officer and a very
good friend of mine posted there , he will be there with you , but make sure
you go by the rules the local
authorities suggest , So I was saying my friend DSP Phani would be there with
you
Loka: Once again glad to meet you and thank you for understanding me Sir
Director Nair: Don’t be very thankful the cost incurred in this mission
would be borne by you for your information , All the best
Loka: No Worries Sir , Money is just a small thing , I can sacrifice my
life in this case for my friend
After all the formalities & reporting at NIA Loka heads back to
Chandigarh the same evening in the next flight to Chandigarh with his Josh high
, this time he has taken this up with all enthusiasm and has promised himself
to make sure the person behind this is behind bars .
@10PM AT Chandigarh Special Police station
Loka : [Greeting the officers enters] Hi Inspector Phani , I hope
Director Nair from NIA spoke to you regarding my role in your investigation
Inspector Phani : Yes My Boy , I have studied this case from my side ,
here Is the evidence file , please take a look , but one thing to note ,
whatever investigation , revisiting evidence or even taking a glance at
evidence file all has to be done in my presence as per protocols because we
cant afford tampering of any evidence or any mishap as this is an official
investigation and you are just an intern who Is not yet a designated officer so
everything in my presence my boy , and don’t worry il be there for you whenever
you want me during the investigation .
Loka : Done Sir As you say
Loka quickly walks through the evidence file and checks the objects
attached
Inspector Phani : See this acid bottle that we found has finger prints of
2 people one is of Varun Himself and the other is of someone else that we need
to find out .
Loka: But when the door was locked from inside who did some one breach
inside is the biggest question in this case sir
Inspector Phani: That’s the point my boy , I’m confused on the same
grounds, we did try to check cctv footage but seems your apartment has no CCTV
footage not the colony you reside has any CCTV installed
Loka: Sir with your permission can we dig into phone dumps to check if
any suspicious mobile phone number was at the location during that time
Inspector Phani : That would be the last thing you should be doing as
it’s a public place how many people are you going to question its not feasible
, we can just go through to check if there is any known contact
Loka: Right sir we will scan through to check if we find some link to
Varun
[Immediately Inspector Phani instructs his team to get the phone dump
data of the location nears Varuns room and he heads to the crime spot along
with Loka]
Loka: [Looks around in the room to find more evidence] As he scans
through every corner he finds a platform ticket of Dehradun in the dustbin ,
and as he further looks around he finds a medium size pink trendy hairclip
below the fridge
Loka feels like he has seen the hairclip somewhere ? he tries to decipher
from his memory but doesn’t recall , he than tries to understand who must have
come to the room whos from Dehradun and the platform ticket was of the day
Varun was attacked .
Inspector Phani : I don’t find this to be an important evidence my boy ,
this clip could be of any random friend and the platform ticket could be of
some use if we try and find out who had come to the room
Loka: No Sir even this hairclip could be an evidence for now let’s keep
it in the evidence file safe while I try to find out if the maid or anyone
related to her are from Dehradun so that we can connect this
[In the background Loka tries to connect this Dehradun matter but
everything comes out negative no one from the friend list or the maid or
cleaner seem related, even the phone dump data doesn’t show any concrete proof
of suspicion on anyone , things get more confusing for Loka , He calls up
Inspector Phani again ]
Loka: Sir sorry to bother you , I need you with me at the crime scene
[They both revisit the crime scene]
Loka: Sir I recalled Varun had a habit of washing his face with cold
water as soon as he comes from office , and the bottle found at crime scene was
the same bottle that was kept dedicated for face wash , we never used that
bottle for drinking
Inspector Phani: That’s a prime point for the case my boy , which means
this is done by some one who is known to Varun , Its easier now how many such
people are you aware of who know about this
Loka: I Guess its me , Neha and a
old friend who isn’t in contact called Ira
Inspector Phani : Do you have any suspicion on Neha ?
Loka : Sir Neha Or Ira both have zero motive to do anything as such
Lokas opens the fridge to check if any finger prints are found inside or any
evidence , there he finds 2 long Hairs of a girl stuck to the moist panel of
fridge , he immediately holds it as an evidence , he also finds traces of
finger print when seen in magnifier look , Immediately they call for the
forensic team to record all the finger prints
Loka calls up the maid and immediately calls her to the room , he
instructs forensic team to take sample of her hair to match it with the hair
found on fridge panel
Inspector Phani : Looking at your Dedication in finding evidence I feel
ashamed of myself to have made such a loose examination without letting details
come in
Loka : Nothing like that sir we all are bound to mistakes , all of us
cannot be right every time , we do overlook some mistakes
The forensic team reverts back with the reports of Hair sample and say
its I negative and doesn’t match the Maid’s Hair , meanwhile Loka sits down a
café and calls up Neha
Loka: Chasmish Sorry for whatever I had been doing and troubling you both
, now I’m responsibly handling this , but I feel restless and depressed within
without you and Ira
Neha: Its okie , and even I’m sorry for being soo harsh on you the other
day , I feel proud of you being soo responsible now and coming to Ira I just
hope we find her to tell her all this , in fact today I was missing you a lot
and was going through my gallery , I refreshed all our memories
Loka”[Takes out his Phone] You know what my phone has more selfies of
your than that of Ira
Neha: Seriously show me ? [She pulls his phone]
They both scroll through the photos and smile remembering the memories
behind them , meanwhile while scrolling Neha comes through a photo
Neha: Dude this cute photo of Ira seems to be shot at some place even we
haven’t been to? When and where did you click this one ?
Loka: [Looking at the pic and smiling] Sorry this was our secret long
drive , you remember we both were on sick leave one day ? we both had been out
that day , it’s 70 kms from Chandigarh , it was one of the most memorable trip
[Zooms the pic and looks at Ira ]
Neha: Come on now stop it , I fear you get into the zone of Kabir Singh
again
Loka suddenly recalls something and picks up the phone again and zooms
Ira’s Pic , he zooms out on her head and finds the same identical medium size
trendy hair clip as in the crime spot .
Loka: Chasmish my God , tell me something very frankly
Neha : What dude?
Loka: By any chance are Ira & Varun committed or are they at least in
contact as friends ?
Neha: No No please don’t start this topic again now , I don’t think in
fact I’m 100% sure they are not in contact
Loka: Chasmish il meet you later , its something very important I have to
go
Loka goes to the police station to meet Inspector Phani
Loka: Sir there is a break through, I want immediate assistance in this
matter to goto Dehradun
Inspector Phani: Cool My boy , but what is the break through
Loka: Sir trust me il figure this out , just support me as I take this
forward , also I would need forensic team to be ready right here
[Loka Along with Inspector Phanis team head to Dehradun immediately ,
there they check for the CCTV footage of the day Varun was attacked and he
could see Ira in the footage buying platform ticket on that particular day ,
they further scan for her social media profile and find her current location
based on her social media activity and reach the location , there she is at the
location , the lady police grab her meanwhile Loka is inside the jeep, he
instructs the driver to drive back to Chandigarh ]
Ira: Hi Loka good to see you in this attire and zone , how are you?
Loka: Sshhh Not a word Ira , il talk to you in Chandigarh , now I’m not
in the mood
In 2 hours they Reach Chandigarh Special Police station , where the
forensic experts are ready and waiting , he asks the forensic experts to take
Ira’s finger prints and hair sample to match it against the evidence found ,
and he goes and explains everything to Inspector Phani , Ira is kept under custody
and Loka is awaiting forensic reports
In about an hour the results are
ready, Loka & Inspector Phani are utterly shocked seeing the forensic
reports , Loka goes inside the interrogation room
Loka: Hi Ira ,I begged of you , I pleaded but you kept saying you need
time , is this what you wanted to accomplish over time ? The finger prints on
the acid bottle were that of yours, the hair clip and platform ticket found was
yours , the hair sample found on the fridge panel was yours , everything is
proven in the forensic report , why did you do this Ira? I still am unable to
understand this coming from you
Ira: I’m really sorry Loka , I confess my crime , I did this and the hair
sample on the fridge , platform ticket and hair clip were purposely dropped by
me at the room so that you reach me , I knew you are good at what you do and
would crack this case
Loka: But why Ira ?
Ira: You remember the day you got violent during the trip and started
trashing your friend that day I saw the monster inside you , after that when
you meet me I had told you remember that I had a past which dosent allow me to
be normal with you , that’s the base of all of it , From my childhood my Dad
used to abuse my Mom and physically assault her Infront of me , each day I used
to see that monster come alive when he is drunk , my mom used to bear all of
this just because she is married to him and she used to say he treated her well
in the beginning few years ,so she always thought he would change one day but
No , the level of torture went on increasing day on day . So same way I saw all
your goodness and the fact is I too love you a lot ,but the day I saw the
monster inside you I could relate it to my fathers violent behavior and that’s
what stopped me from being normal with you despite loving you a lot , I tried
to get over this but Loka this is something that has impacted my mind from my
childhood and I wasn’t able to get over it , So I couldn’t get back normal with
you after that , and at the same time when I discovered you are spoiling your
life in alcohol abuse I couldn’t let myself live with that , you were in the
verge to spoil your life because of me , I didn’t want that happen so I planned
this , I knew this is your passion , so I thought il create a case for you
where you get back to your work and I was sure you would take this case up as
its very personal to you . I didn’t want my love to be a loser in life and see
today you stand here as a investigating intern and you have cracked this case
and also joined NIA.
Loka: That wasn’t a monster in me Ira , you mistook me , I would never
hurt you that way as your father did why did you go in this way and tell me
what was varuns fault to have faced this , do you even know he has become blind
and is in coma
Ira: The Varun that you trust as you close buddy and room mate was
playing a double standard Loka , It was 1 month back that I found this out , I
was in Chandigarh bus station when Varun accidentally bumped , he was going to
his hometown that day , he started apologizing to me , I did forgive him and
asked him to move on , and when I asked him about you he told me you have been
dating multiple girls and have become very arrogant and also a alcoholic he
took me near the pub that you were in and tried to degrade your image Infront
of me , I was shocked for a while but my
heart didn’t agree to the point that you could go soo far beyond into
alcoholism , I couldn’t see you going down like this , so I hired a detective
behind you and Varun to check on the facts [Taking out photographs from her
bag] Look at this Loka , Varun was showing you all the while that he had been
supportive to you but he was the one was
drugging you each day so that you be in this world of darkness forever , when
you were drunk he kept giving you more and more of alcohol and drugs and got
you addicted ,look at the videos [She shows them on the phone where Varun was
drugging him indirectly and forcing him drinks when he was not in senses]
[she takes out 4 letters from her bag] Look at this Loka the ultimatum letter
that you were receiving via post from NIA that never reached you , he used to
throw them out , my detective collected this and that’s how I came to know
about your NIA ultimatum and I planned this immediately , also on the day you
stole his wallet that wallet wasn’t forgotten by him, he purposely placed it on
the bed so that you break your promise that you made to
Neha . Look at this
video[She shows him the video where Varun had the wallet with him and as he
reached the hall he takes out some money and keeps it in his pocket and then
goes ahead and keeps the wallet beside Loka who was sleeping ]
Loka: My God im unable to believe this , Varun had been playing all this
while and I thought he was there for me all this while , but Ira you could have
told this to us or shown us these proofs and busted him right instead of doing
this crime
Ira: I could have Loka but even if I came back to you , you would listen
to me and see the proofs and disown your friend but again you would ask me to
be back as normal and I would say no and again you would take your life graph
down into darkness and I also had a guilt within me for which I wanted myself
to be punished in the jail
Loka: What’s that Ira?
Ira: I told you my Dad was a serial abuser to my Mom , from my childhood
to my high school days I just saw him being violent with my Mom and one fine
day I thought I need to stand up for my Mom , I couldn’t see her cry and weep
in pain each day and that day just for a simple reason of food not being hot ,
my dad started trashing my Mom with belt , she was bleeding I couldn’t see that
, I picked up the beer bottle my Dad was drinking and hit it on his head , he
angrily started making a move towards me and in the moment I stabbed him with
the broken bottle and he died that day . My Mom
has to live a life working soo hard to each penny , she started feeling soo
lonely , at times when I asked my Mom why she is sad even after that monster is
dead , she told me whatever it is he was your father and my husband and she
went on to say she had adapted herself to the physical assault and it had at a
point become normal to her . I knew what I did was wrong , but also knew what
my Mom was bearing all the while wasn’t in any way correct . With this mixed
feeling I always had that guilt of making my Mom lonely , I somehow escaped the
charges that time but here I did this to punish myself for whatever wrong I had
done , an this also had a good cause , I eliminated the person who brought
darkness in your life , my love my life and my dream boy Loka is now back on
track as a responsible investigating officer leaving behind all the darkness
you were into
Loka: [Crying] I never thought my first investigation would be something
like this , I love you Ira , I love you a lot , why did you fall into this , I
always wanted to be with you forever but now il be responsible for you to be in
Jail . What is all this Ira [He gets very emotional ]
Ira: My Cutie Boy Im guilty of all the charges on me but im glad I made
my love responsible , now my only urge to you would be Marry Neha , she is the
one who weeps for you every single day , even my detective is the proff to it ,
Neha selflessly loves you . Its hard to find some one who loves you even after
they know they cant get that love back from you . Don’t worry about me , I’m
messed up in my own head because of the things happened in past
Loka: No Nooooooo Ira , il wait for you all my life , I want you to be
back and when you are back even if you are a 45 year old lady or a 75 year old
lady il be there standing for you to hug you tight and tell you how much I love
you . My Love is not so weak Ira , please come back soon , even il try to pitch
for a lesser sentence since you have confessed everything . Whatever may be the
condition just remember I’l always be there waiting for you .
Inspector Phani : [Watery eyed]: This is by far the most touching case in
my life ever , I generally do not allow this but before we take her into
custody and present her Infront of the court , I would like you both to hug
each other [Inspector Phani moves out]
Ira & Loka look at each other and call out each other’s name and
finally hug each other and say
Ira: I Love You Loka
Loka: I Love you Loads
Ira: I Love you tons
Loka: I Love you till the universe exists
Ira: I Love you till the universe exists rebuilds and again exists
Loka: I love you for all the ages I’m reborn In this world
Ira: I Love you even we are born as animals in rebirth
[Both Laugh out loud looking and each other and their dialogues , Loka holds Ira’s face
looks into her eyes and kisses her forehead and again looking into her eyes
says “You are mine forever “ Ira with
tears in her eyes Kisses Loka’s left cheek and says “Love you always” and
finally kisses his right cheek and says “ Miss You and will wait for the day to
be in your arms forever “ and finally they hug each other one last time before
she is taken into custody ]
Loka with teary eyes comes out of the interrogation room , meanwhile
Inspector Phani has told everything about the case to Neha , even Neha is
deeply affected and sad for Loka and
Ira .
Loka comes out
Loka: [Hugs Neha] Thank you my friend , without any expectation you stood
by me each and every day ven when I humiliated you at times , you are the best
, you are my bestie forever
Neha: [Smiling] Finally you friend zoned me forever ha
Loka: Shut up Chasmish
The next day along with the evidence and a mercy plea the cops along with
Loka approach the court for the judgement in this matter , the court after a
lot of discussion announces 7 Years of imprisonment with the charges of Attempt
to murder and considering the circumstance she had been through the court gives
her a mercy waiver of 3 years which makes Ira’s sentence to 4 years of
Imprisonment .
Everyone meet Ira before she is taken to the Jail, Neha ,Noel , Eithy and
Loka all console her and she is further taken to the jail to serve her term.
Meanwhile Varun who betrayed everyone continues to be in coma and his
friends support his family to keep him safe and they wish he recovers soon.
Loka on the other hand repents each day for his behavior on the trip day
, he still thinks of probabilities that if he wouldn’t have reacted so
violently things would have been different , he starts a blog on Life , he
keeps advising the Millennial Kids to think before they act , not everyone has
the same background as you , something somewhere can trigger and change life
forever .
Loka completes his internship and currently is working for NIA at
Hyderabad as senior investigating officer , Director Nair keeps motivating him
, DSP Phani proudly calls him his boy ,Loka at present is waiting for Ira to be
released, he looks at her photo and often speaks to the photo , he does visit
Ira at times in jail . Hope Loka meets Ira Soon
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COMING SOON …
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