After Meera went into her apartment, Vikram got back into the car. The car was moving towards Kapoor Mansion, the family residence of the Kapoor's.
"Vicky….", said Pallavi in a gentle tone.
"So, Mrs. Pallavi Vikram Kapoor, you either want to give me news or convince me for something. Go ahead. Go ahead…." said Vikram. Pallavi used to call Vikram as Vicky only in these two conditions. Vikram used to enjoy teasing her for this.
"Do you like Meera??" she asked.
"What…??" Vikram said and the car stopped in the middle of an empty road with a screeching sound.
"Ah… I didn't mean it that way! Don't you think she will be a potential life partner for Aadi??" said Pallavi.
Anjali woke up due to the sudden jerking of the car.
"Mumma, I want water," she said.
"Don't start the car. I forgot her sipper at home. We'll go after she has water from the normal water bottle" said Pallavi.
Anjali had understood that her mom likes Meera ma'am a lot and if her fate gives her a chance, she will become her Chachi, her favorite Chachu's wife. Anjali wanted this to happen and that 5 year old was ready to do anything for this.
After having water, Anjali fell asleep again and the car also started.
Vikram was in deep thought. He was not responding to Pallavi's words but Pallavi was like an express train. She had no intention of giving a pause.
"Vikram… say something…." said Pallavi.
"Give me atleast a millisecond's time to intervene, my Shatabdi express….." said Vikram. Shatabdi express is one of the fastest trains of India and looking at Pallavi's speed and style of talking, Vikram had given her that name.
Pallavi got irritated and started to look out of the window. She was quite unhappy. "Okay my sweetheart, listen to me. I really appreciate your thoughts. I liked Meera but, you know, I can't assess people as fast as you do. Anyways, coming to Aadi, I don't think he has moved on from his first love" said Vikram.
"First love? Why will he even have to move on?? It's his job, after all," said Pallavi.
"Are you kidding me??"
"No…."
"Madam, there are many girls in Aadi's life who are passing clouds. You know how mischievous and flirty he is, right."
"Look who's talking, you are a bigger flirt"
"I flirt only with you my lady love…."
"Mr. Husband, please try to fit in two things your brain with almost 0 space left. No 1, you are the driver taking two other lives with you. No 2, you've no more chance to romance with your wife as your daughter is already five ...."
"She's a fruit of our romance my romance de…." Vikram had shut his mouth as Pallavi's eyes were in tears.
"Do you want to know more about your Aadi's first love???" asked Vikram immediately to divert Pallavi's attention.
"Yeah… if his first love isn't his job, then why did he lie to me?" asked Pallavi, getting interested in the topic.
"Shresta… Adithya's first love. She was our neighbor in our maternal grandparents' Village. She and her brother used to visit their maternal grandparents just like us every vacation. I and Shresta's brother Shikar were great friends. Shresta and Adithya literally shared a fevicol bond. They were so close that, throughout the vacation, they used to sleep to eat and sleep together. Shikar And I called ourselves techies. We were more involved in the repair of electronic gadgets and knowledge transfer about all kinds of emerging technologies. You know why Aadi chose his profession of becoming a cop??" asked Vikram.
Pallavi nodded her head saying no.
"One fine evening, Shresta and Adithya were shopping in the village market. There they'd seen a drunk man badly hitting his pregnant wife and children. Aadi was infuriated. He hit the man badly and took his wife to the hospital. Despite being a grade 9 student, he was quite strong. Shresta also helped him. Later in the night, Shresta told him, 'Become a civil servant after you grow up. The nation needs people like you.' Those were the words which changed his life…"
"Oh…. How and when did they break up, then?"
"That vacation was probably their last meeting. After that, I left for the United States for my graduation. After a few days, we got to know that Shresta's grandma passed away. Since she was the only person at home, I don't think she would've visited the place again…."
They'd reached the Kapoor Mansion by then. The gate had scanned the number plate of the car, and the gate opened to show the beautiful garden of the mansion. They had to pass through a driveway that would go around the garden behind which was the most luxurious home of the city.
"Chief. There is no chance of finding the cop here. There is a very huge garden with tall trees. The car also disappeared in less than ten seconds…." said a man sitting on a bike with his assistant on the opposite side of the road.
The chief replied. His tone was making sure that he was irritated.
"Sorry chief. We were late by a few seconds. We had to plan it exactly as roaming around this area is dangerous. The guards won't spare us…. "
The chief told him something.
"We will try chief…." said the man and walked up to the security guard.
"We want to meet sir," said the man to the guard.
"Who sir? Which sir?" asked the guard.
"DCP sir"
"He is on patrol duty today"
"Can you give me his number?"
"As if I have it. Leave now." The guard sent the man away.
After ensuring that no one else was around, he messaged Adithya about the complete situation and sent him the CCTV recording of the gate.
Adithya replies with a thumbs up emoji 👍.
After going about 1km from the Kapoor Mansion, the man reported back to the chief who was still on line. "Boss the guard lied to us. The DCP has gone inside with a lady. It happened in front of our eyes. But, he lied to us that he is on patrol duty. What do you want us to do?"
The chief commands him and cuts the call. The man leaves the place along with his sidekick, who was waiting there for the past 10 minutes.
"I am gonna meet Aadi tomorrow and ask him about his love story….." said Pallavi, opening the door on her side of the car.
"As you wish….." said Vikram, taking Anjali into his arms.
Pallavi also gets out of the car, locks it up and goes into the house.