Chapter 16 - Careful
"Mam, I want to meet Surya sir, can I see him now ?" Shivaay asked urgently as soon as he entered Rubina's cabin.
"Shivaay ?" Rubina looked at him questioningly. "No, you cannot meet him, he has been to London for a meeting for a few days."
"Shoot." Shivaay cursed under his breath.
"Everything alright ?" Rubina asked as she stared at him in concern from over her laptop screen.
"Uh.. actually...it's...uh.. confidential." Shivaay stammered. "Is there any way to contact him ?"
Rubina nodded. "He's going to call me-" Rubina was cut off by her phone ringing, she saw the caller ID and gave Shivaay a small smile. "-its his call."
"Can I speak to him first ?" Shivaay asked and added. "Please ?"
"Ok." Rubina received the call and after a quick talk she passed the phone to Shivaay.
Shivaay went out of Rubina's cabin and narrated everything to Surya.
"Oh no." Surya muttered. "Shivaay please usey kuch bhi karke roko...Mein jald se jald aane ki koshish karta hu." ("Shivaay, please stop him...I'll try to come there soon.")
"Ok sir, mein try karta hu." ("Ok sir, I'll try.) Shivaay nodded, even though he knew Surya couldn't see him.
"Yeh sab kuch jarur uss Harshad ka kiya dhara hoga." ("I'm sure this is all that Harshad's plan.") Surya mumbled in anger, absent-mindedly.
"Harshad ?" Shivaay repeated and he remembered that Aryan had mentioned Harshad. "Harshad yani Aryan sir ka best friend ?" ("You mean Aryan sir's best friend Harshad ?")
"Hmm." Surya answered. "Friend bolne ke layak nahi hai woh. Aj tak Aryan ne jitne bhi galat kaam kiye hai woh sab uss Harshad ke kehne pe kiye hai." ("He's not worth calling him friend. All the things which Aryan has done wrong till now is because of that Harshad's influence.")
"Pr Aryan sir toh Harshad ke baare mein bahot acchi baatein karte hai." ("But Aryan sir keeps talking good things about Harshad.") Shivaay said.
"Pata nahi Harshad ne kya patti padhai hai Aryan ko. Woh Harshad ek drug addict hai, woh Aryan ke saath sirf paiso ke liye hai. Lekin Aryan ko toh mein hi galat lagta hu." ("Don't know what Harshad has taught Aryan. That Harshad is drug addict, he's with Aryan just for money. But Aryan never listens to me cause he thinks I'm lying. Always.") Surya replied.
Shivaay heard a sigh coming from the other side.
"Anyways, Shivaay, please take care of Aryan and keep me updated." Surya said.
"Yes sir." Shivaay said and hung up.
♠
Shivaay reached the Chinese stall in the evening as usual.
Shivaay had started meeting Raja and Ganya almost every night since past week. He never talked much, he just stood with them hearing all their talks or sometimes recording those talks.
Today was no different, Shivaay met those two airheads (Ganya and Raja) and recorded all their talks.
Shivaay returned the packet which he was keeping with him since past 3 weeks. They had already paid him the money for keeping the packet so they didn't pay him anything this time.
After a while of talks Ganya and Raja turned to Shivaay.
"Shivaay." Ganya called and furrowed his eyebrows. "Kya kar rahe ho tum ?" ("What are you doing ?")
Shivaay was startled by Ganya's voice and he flinched slightly. Shivaay was recording their audio but they both didn't know that.
"N..nothing ?" Shivaay said but it sounded more like a question so he cleared his throat and added a lie, "Mere boss ka message tha, unhone kal subah jaldi bulaya hai office mein." ("It was my boss's message, he said I need to reach office soon tommorow morning.")
Ganya nodded, he wasn't convinced but let it slide this time.
"Hum jaa rahe hai." ("We're leaving.") Raja said and winked, "Akhir kal bada haath jo maarna hai." ("After all, we've a big game to play tomorrow.")
"Suno.." ("Listen...") Shivaay said lowly.
"Bolo, kya hua ?" ("Yeah, what happened ?") Ganya asked.
"Woh...mere bhai ka birthday hai agle hafte toh mujhe...kuch paise... chahiye the." ("It's...my brother's birthday next week so I...need some money.") Shivaay said without any eye contact.
"Haan, haan, bolo kitne chahiye ?" ("Yes, tell me how much do you need ?") Raja smiled.
"10...10 hazar." ("10...10 thousand.") Shivaay replied.
"Ok." Raja quickly pulled out a bundle of notes and and handed over the money. "Aur chahiye ho toh bhi bata dena." ("Tell us if you need more money.")
"Nahi, thanks." ("No, thanks.") Shivaay smiled but it didn't reach his eyes.
"Waise.." ("By the way...") Raja came near Shivaay's ear and whispered, "...tumhe pata hai na ki in paiso ke badle tumhe humara kuch kaam karna hoga ?" ("...you know that you'll have to do our work in exchange of this money, right ?")
Shivaay clenched his fist but nodded nonetheless.
"Filal toh koi kaam nahi hai lekin jab hoga tab mein tumhe bata dunga." ("There's no work for you right now but whenever there will be, I'll let you know.")
Both, Ganya and Raja laughed and after biding bye to Shivaay they left.
Shivaay sighed in relief and started walking back home. On the way to home, he sent the audio file to someone.
♦
Next day...
Shivaay reached his office and shook his head, Aryan was again late.
"Yeh Arry kab sudharega !" ("This Arry will never change.") Shivaay said to himself.
Shivaay occupied his seat on his desk and started his laptop. He was about to start his work when suddenly he heard some noises.
Shivaay looked around but there was no one in the room except for himself. He stood up and started following the noise.
As he followed the noise and tried to listen to it closely, he got to know that the noises were coming from behind the couch.
Shivaay cautiously reached near the couch and peeked behind the couch and his eyes widened.
Behind the couch was Aryan and some other person his age. Both of them looked wasted and stricken by hangover. They were holding their heads in their hands and groaning loudly.
"Arry !" Shivaay said and quickly helped him up.
"Stop shouting kid !" Arry mumbled as he covered his ears. "Loud noises... hurt." He hissed.
"Sorry." Shivaay said in a softer tone and made him sit on the couch.
He also helped the other person to sit on the couch. After that he asked the housekeeping to bring some lemon juice for them both.
After an hour, Aryan and, the other person, who Shivaay learnt was Aryan's best friend Harshad, seemed sober and normal.
"Yeh sab kya hai Arry ?" ("What is this Arry ?") Shivaay asked sternly as he glared at Aryan.
Aryan looked here and there like a child who did some mischief and got caught by his parents. "I'm sorry." He mumbled with a sigh, still not making any eye contact.
"Aye, tum kyu sorry bol rahe ho ?" ("Aye, why are you saying sorry ?") Harshad asked in disbelief and glared at Shivaay. "Yeh ladka tumhare yaha naukri karta hai, issey koi haq nahi hai tumhe sawal puchne ka !" ("This boy works for you, he doesn't have any right to ask you questions !") He then said to Shivaay, "Naukar ho naukar ki tarah raho." ("You're a servant, act like one.")
"Excuse me ! Mein naukar nahi hu, I'm his Personal Assistant." ("Excuse me ! I'm not a servant, I'm his personal assistant.") Shivaay snapped.
"Harshad !" Aryan hissed. "Ussey aise baat mat karo." ("Don't talk to him like that.")
"Accha toh yeh kal ka ladka ab tumhe mujhse jyada pyaare ho gaya hai ?" ("Oh so now he's more closer to you than me huh ?") Harshad stood up. "Thik hai, I'm going bye !" ("Ok, I'm going. Bye !") Harshad fumed and started walking out and on the way to the exit of the cabin, he shoved Shivaay.
Aryan sighed as soon as Harshad left. "I'm sorry, kid. Harshad is just...short tempered."
Shivaay exhaled his anger and nodded. He was about to say something when something on the coffee table caught Shivaay's eyes.
"What's this ?" Shivaay asked as he bent over the coffe table and touched the white powder traces which were beside two beer mugs.
"I don't know." Aryan shrugged. "Kal raat Harshad laya tha. Bol raha tha ki issey beer ka maza badh jata hai." ("Harshad had brought it with him last night. He was saying that beer tastes good with it.")
Shivaay brain cells sparked up and he abruptly turned to Aryan. "Tumhe pata bhi hai yeh kya hai ?" ("Do you even know what this is ?")
Aryan shrugged again.
"Yeh drugs hai, Arry !" ("These are drugs, Arry !") Shivaay whisper yelled.
"What ?" Aryan was dumbfounded. "How do you know ?"
"Cause-" Shivaay caught himself in time. "-That doesn't matter, but trust me these are drugs !"
"No way !" Aryan said and took some powder on his fingers and sniffed. "Oh my god." He whispered to himself in disbelief. "You're right."
'Surya sir was right.' - Shivaay thought. 'This Harshad is leading Aryan on the bad path.'
"Shivaay !" Aryan shook Shivaay out of his thoughts. "Get this cleaned and please keep this between ourselves."
Shivaay nodded and said, "Please be careful Arry. This is not appropriate."
Aryan nodded and muttered a 'thanks'.
"Aur haan, Arry..." ("And oh, Arry...") Shivaay said, "...Mein tumhari...mein tumhari help karunga records manipulate karne mein." ("...I will... I'll help you in manipulating those records.")
"Really ?" Aryan asked in normal tone.
Shivaay nodded.
"Great !" Aryan exclaimed with grin. "Thanks, kid."
"Yeah yeah whatever." Shivaay muttered back and got back to work.
♣
Unknown place...
Ganya and Raja were standing in the middle of an isolated factory with a lot of men who were their gang members and one of them was their gang leader.
They all had just arrived and now they were waiting for another gang to come there.
This was going to be a huge drug deal. Ganya and Raja's gang were going to get a huge sum of money after this deal.
The other gang arrived soon.
Both the gang leaders shook hands as per tradition and exchanged two black briefcases.
Everything seemed to be going just fine and without any problems until a gun shot was fired followed by several other gunshots.
"Hands up ! Police ne tumhe charo ore se gher liya hai." ("Hands up ! Police have surrounded you.")
The inspector boomed through megaphone as police officers gathered around the gangs with theirs guns raised in the gang's direction.
The gangs weren't going to accept defeat just yet. The goons fired at policemen and a small gun fight took place.
Many members from both the gangs had to take the bullets and several others surrendered. Ganya, Raja and their gang leader 'Naren' tried to fight back and escape but they failed and were arrested by the police.
♣
Shivaay gave Aryan a side glance as he stretched in his seat.
"Aryan.." Shivaay said slowly. "...Sir, yeh toh sab jaante hai ki Surya sir oosulo ke kitne pakke admi hai, sab log toh unse darate hai toh fir aapko yeh record manipulation request kaise mili ?" ("...Sir, everyone knows that Surya sir is a man of his principles, everyone fears them then how did you get this record manipulation request ?")
Aryan didn't detach his eyes from his laptop screen when he answered, "Request mere pass nahi Harshad ke pass aayi thi, usne mujhse request ki, ki mein itna kaam kardu." ("I didn't get the request, Harshad did and he asked me to do it.")
"Oh." Shivaay muttered.
This Harshad was next level guy. On one hand he was spiking Aryan's drink with drugs and dragging him into unethical practices and on the other hand he was pretending to be the most amazing best friend of Aryan.
And worst thing was, Aryan believed that Harshad is his well-wisher.
Shivaay needed to do something about this Harshad but he knew that Aryan won't listen to him. Aryan trusted Harshad with his life and even though he liked Shivaay, he won't pay any heed to Shivaay's words when it's against Harshad.
"Uh...Sir, if you don't mind, I'll be doing this work myself cause you've this important file to take care of and it's urgent." Shivaay said and handed over a file to Aryan.
"Arey haan, mein toh bhul hi gaya tha iske baare mein." ("Oh yes, I had absolutely forgot about this.") Aryan slapped his forehead. "Thanks kid." He smiled.
Shivaay returned the gesture.
♥
"Yeh sab kaise hua !" ("How the hell did this happen !") Naren yelled furiously.
Naren, Ganya and Raja were locked up in a cell in police station.
"Hum tino ke alawa toh iss deal ke baare mein koi nahi janta tha." ("No one knew about this deal apart from us 3.") Naren fumed. "Tum dono mein se kisne gaddari ki ?" ("Who among you both betrayed me ?")
Raja shook his head in denial and tried to explain his innocence but Ganya was engulfed in his own thoughts.
"Humare alawa bhi ek hai jo jaanta tha iss deal ke baare mein." ("There is one more person, apart from us, who knew about this deal.") Ganya said thoughtfully.
"Kon ?" ("Who ?") Raja gritted through his teeth.
"Shivaay Singh Oberoi."
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Hey bubblies !
Something thrilling is coming up ! 😉
And oh ! Yay ! Ganya and Raja got arrested !!! They won't be bothering Shivaay anymore..😁👍
What do you think has happened in this chappy ?
Did I rushed the things ?
If there's anything you didn't understood or if you're confused just ask away in comments and I'll answer it as soon as I can..☺️🙂
And oh, I think it's too early to bring in the female leads (Annika, Gauri and Bhavya) cause this book is supposed to be ShivOmRu centric and the ladies entry will shift the focus so I'm not gonna make Annika and Bhavya enter in this book right now.
Gauri will still be there cause she's Om's best friend so...
Please forgive me if you're waiting for Annika and Bhavya's entry but this book is more about brothers and not their love stories.
Till the next update,
Have a safe and great life 😇
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