The next morning…
Pallavi called Adithya up and asked him to come to a local park around 10:30 am. Outside the park, Pallavi was having gol gappa on the road along with two other girls.
Aadi hopped in with his bike and crossed the gol gappa seller without noticing Pallavi. Pallavi heard both those girls talk about him.
"Dude… dude… look at the guy… Just look at him. So cute, sweet and handsome…🤩🤩🤩" said a girl. Her eyes were literally shining like stars in a beautiful night sky.
"Which guy…?" asked Pallavi and the girl's friend at once.
"The guy who just passed by on the Royal Enfield. That white shirt guy… Look, there he is. He's parking his bike there…." said the girl. Pallavi understands whom they are talking about and wants to enjoy the show.
"Look at his bike, Sweetheart. It's written that he is a cop. It could be dangerous", said her friend.
"Chill dude! What happens… if we are not able to make him ours, we can at least follow him on social media" said the girl.
"Looks like he is looking for someone. Probably, his girlfriend..." said the friend. Adithya went to the big black Fortuner parked on the other side and looked in for Pallavi. She wasn't there.
He looked around. Currently, there were no other Street vendors other than the one selling gol gappa. Pallavi loved street food. Hence, he decided to check out if she was there and if no, then call her. As he went to the vendor, he found Pallavi there.
Just as he said hi and was about to address her as sister in law, Pallavi winked at him. He instantly understood what to do and said, "My love, my darling…. What are you doing in this hot sun?" and kissed Pallavi on her cheek.
Pallavi puts the gol gappa into her mouth and looks at both those girls. They were shocked at Adithya's action. Pallavi was enjoying all this. "Give me a plate too," said Adithya to the vendor.
"It's okay, we'll share one…" said Pallavi.
The vendor put two gol gappas into Pallavi's plate. Both of them took one each into their hands and hit them together as if they were wine glasses and said, "cheers…." and they ate at once.
"Tell me one thing… Why are you wearing such a dark colored saree in this hot sun? Don't you know it'll make you feel sultry? You should've worn the beige saree I'd bought for you a week ago…" said Adithya. His PDA and overacting was clear.
"Ah… I know. But this, is your favorite color, after all. And, I am meeting you after a week. You know how much I've missed you, right..." said Pallavi putting a gol gappa in her mouth.
"I know. But, still.." said Adithya.
The girls were going crazy and were about to leave the place out of jealousy. The vendor who was also trying his best to woo Pallavi, was now getting jealous of Adithya. As the girls place a twenty rupee note in front of the vendor and were about to leave, Pallavi stops them.
"Just a minute girls… Darling, What's your public social media handle profile name??" asked she.
"DCP_Adithya_Kapoor" said Adithya.
The vendor took his eyes off Pallavi after learning who the man beside her was.
"Alright girls… these were the details you wanted to know…." said Pallavi. The girls left.
Both of them completed their gol gappa. They went and stood near the car. The sun then wasn't shining bright but was hiding behind the clouds making the weather shady. They stood near the car for about 10-15 minutes and continued to laugh.
"Oh my god, Bhabi…. You should've seen their faces. But, why did you decide to fool around??" asked Adithya.
Bhabi refers to your elder brother's wife, i.e., sister in law. Since Vikram was Adithya's elder brother and Pallavi was his wife, he refers to her as Bhabi.
"Nothing…. I wanted to have some fun. Those girls wanted to try you. I tried fooling around….." replied Pallavi and continued to laugh, while putting her purse on the corner of the bonnet.
"Why did you call me here? So urgently?" asked Adithya. Pallavi stopped laughing and her expressions became stringent. This made Aadi conscious.
"Why did you lie to me?"
"About what??"
"Your first love…"
"Where did I lie? It's my profession.."
"And what about the girl who sent you into it? Shresta… who is she? Your best friend??"
Shresta's name brought tears into Adithya's eyes. He lost his stability and leaned on to the car. "Shresta…. Shresta….." said Adithya. He was unable to say anything beyond that.
Pallavi moved a step forward and wiped his tears but suddenly fell onto him and lost consciousness.
"Bhabi… bhabi…" said Adithya, taking his gun out. But, unfortunately, was also shot on his shoulder. He slowly got up to pull down Pallavi's purse which was on the corner.
He unlocked the car and gently made Pallavi sit in the passenger seat of the car and drove to the nearest hospital. Luckily, no further shoot out went on. Pallavi's treatment began immediately as everyone there knew who Adithya Kapoor and Pallavi Kapoor were. She was undergoing surgery to get the bullet removed. Adi was just sitting outside the OT without getting himself treated. He was holding Pallavi's phone and looking at her photo that was set as a wallpaper.
There was a call on her phone. He immediately cut the call without looking at the name. The call came back within a few seconds. He lifted the call after looking at the caller id. It was 'Meera, Dolly's teacher'.
"Hello ma'am, this is Meera, Anjali's class teacher. You haven't turned up at the school to pick her up. Both of us are waiting for you" said Meera.
"Ms. Meera, I'm Adithya, Anjali's uncle. Pallavi bhabi met with an accident. She is in the hospital. Please take her to your place for today. I'll come to see her in the evening. Please help me out for today. I beg of you…." said Adithya. His voice was showing all the pain in him.
"I'll take care of her. Please don't worry. You take care of Pallavi" said Meera and cut the call.
Almost an hour passed by. A doctor and a nurse were beside him requesting him to get the bullet removed. "Please let her come out safely from the OT. I'm used to all this" said Adithya. His hand was bleeding and his white shirt had turned red.
At last, the door of the OT opened. The doctor came out. Adithya got up and asked the doctor. "Sir, how is she?" He had already lost a lot of blood. Upon observing that he was only waiting to know his sister in law's condition, the doctor said, "We've removed the bullet and her condition is stable. It will take her 8 hours to come back to consciousness. She will be shifted to the ward soon."
This was only one half of the truth. He wanted Adithya to get himself treated before he could hear the second half. Adithya sat down and started staring at the OT.
"Mr. Kapoor, please come along. We will remove the bullet in your arm" said the doctor gently and took him along.
The doctor wanted to take him into the OT or at least his room but Aadi didn't want to leave his bhabi alone. His eyes were on the door of the OT. He just nodded his head in no and moved his hand towards the nurse beside him, indirectly forcing the doctor to treat him there. He had no option as every person in Delhi city, how crazy a cop Adithya Kapoor was.
The doctor removed the bullet and finished dressing the wound. Pallavi's phone rang again. It was Vikram's call. Aditya answered it.