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..I am coming  he said 

It would be better if you didn't 

I ought to I must,  he shut off the phone,  he emerged from his room  and made sure nobody was around walked through the long corridor to reach her room 

Eva looked nervous,  the taperecorder was resting on the side table,  

Gosh you look as if you have seen a ghost 

I am alright 

Eva you better be fine  or I can't do this work without you,  your support is needed,  as I have told you often before  you have to be very strong and careful,  this plan s failure and success depends  entirely upon you 

I know it, don't you worry I will get better,  Eva said nodding,  he lighted a cigarette and began  walking up and down the room 

Did you hide your car amidst the canopy of trees 

Yes, after lunch I  went upto the spot,  the car is right  behind the thickets  next to the drive board 

Alright,  he strolled up casually to the window to see outside,  the sky was covered with dark clouds predicting  rain 

Eva it could rain 

Yes it is likely 

Hopefully it shouldn't  when we are executing  our plan,  it will be impossible to change the tyrre in rain,  she shivered 

Chad, will you still kill Daniel if it's raining 

Of course even if there is an earthquake,  today I definitely will kill her , nobody  and nothing can stop me from killing Daniel today 

What will you do about your footprints 

The road is metalled don't you worry 

Suddenly he remembered chauffeur Joe, he was forgotten altogether,  his mind was kept so busy in his planning  that the chauffeur was forgotten 

Eva  we have forgotten Joe

I have taken care of that 

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....four days later he sat reading the newspaper early morning in his study  before going to his office,  Eva entered  the study with the letters , she   put down all the post on the table  and   with a glance   passed a silent message  and left the room,  he  checked tge letters in the  middle of the pile there was a piece of paper  , a couplet was typed on it, he began reading it

Daniel has fixed  twenty eighth  Thursday   a meeting at Mrs hanz  the violin store   lady  at her place  at nine thirty  night 

His heart jumped out of his chest,  Mrs hand was  Daniel's  closest friend,  that fat woman was quite talkative,  once started  sge refused to shut up, , Daniel liked  her because she was a great gossip and Daniel got to know what was happening to who in town 

Daniel was desperately trying to contact  Stevenson for past several days  and now the meeting between Stevenson and Daniel was arranged  at hand s house 

mrig nagahan

...he  along with Eva  made a cunning scheme of killing Daniel,  both of them  believed  it wasn't a preconceived  crime,  they simply  wanted to get rid of her to clear their way,  there wasn't any other better option,  apparently it seemed quite an easy task  with  tremendous    consequences  , the  wealth  they would receive was unimaginable 

But  as it is ..nothing in this world is easy to get,  murdering  someone   certainly in not at all  easy,  earning  sixty million dollars in a  wink was not possible,   one's own life is also at stake when  he tries to take someone else's life,  just think what if your attempt fails  the other gers a chance to kill you,  it is somewhat like the last fight between John's and slid

Emerging from Eva s room  he went into his own to fall asleep immediately  to wake up at ten thirty,  in the shower he   decided to first  contact  Daniel,  she wrongly believed he had been with another woman last evening,  if she  got the proof of his  unfaithfulness  it could   become difficult for him,  he must now try to  make her believe he was true to her,  he had  to bring to life  his invented character of sergeant  Jim,  otherwise she would never trust him,   he got ready and sat down to breakfast on the terrace  , meantime he found a way to solve his problem 

nazm

....winds stopped  of course  but 

As if That Evening  was sobbing 

.

Yellow leaves  in the storms 

Heard strange stories 

.

Hearing them  all the leaves

Sobbed rustled  trembled 

.

Unknown  deep sorrows 

Uprooted the old trees 

.

We looked for you everywhere 

In the valley  on the roads

. 

Every climb every slope

You remained unheard of

.then we consoled the throbbing heart 

After the storms we shall  look 

.

.we will find the ways to locate 

But it was a mere thought 

.

It destroyed us forever 

The winds did stop after a while 

.

But  long time had passed 

On the head of our hair

.

.

Had descended  silver beams

Stars in the sky had disappeared 

.

Roses were dead and gone 

The joy that thrilled had dried up

.

All those people were gone 

Most of all and above all

.

.we were   not yours any more

You were not anymore mine

.

The storms had passed indeed 

But  ages had passed by

.

Kalam iftikhar 

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....baji, he spoke  people  do reach here  to take medicine  but it is not possible to  check  who all came at exactly what time  the boy explained 

Let me show you  her picture she said 

Shamma  showed  sonia s picture saved on her  mobile 

Seeing the picture he was slightly  taken aback  , he became silent 

Shamma again asked if she had come 

No nit in my presence  he replied  vaguely 

Listening to him  shamsher stepped forward  and  bending across and over the counter he grabbed his collar 

Of course you know everything,  quickly answer  when was she here  and how did she go back  he  roared 

He stammered  , he wouldn't do anything to hurt him,  he meekly  tried to release himself from his  tight grip,  shamsher  left his collar to immediately slap him on his face,  shamsher  ordered her to call the police,  he knows  what happened 

Shamma suggested they ought to pick up the boy and question him themselves 

The boy became nervous 

He blurted he didn't do anything,  he wasn't involved,  the Seth had strict orders  to stay out of his way 

Shamsher asked icily where was the Seth 

shalazen

...she  turned the corner  leading to the road  and stopped dead stunned 

The scene had suddenly changed completely,  a few steps  ago there was deadly silence as if time  had come to a stand still , life was stopped  at ease,  on the other side life was a full volume commotion noisy  hyper active,   fast paced   , high rise buildings   fast moving vehicles   illuminated colorful  signboards on shops ,crowds  tightly  moving in all directions,  everything was different 

She breathed  a long  desperate  sigh , clutched her shawl  tightly around her , the weather was quite unpleasant,  inside  sge couldn't have known it, , thankful she had  brought her shawl with her,  she turned to look,  there was still  darkness and very still very silent,  nothing moved,  certainly nobody knew  about anything  so far,  she decided to  join the crowds before the house  woke up and  realized what was  the matter,  she   took a step forward  and quickly  crossed the road to reach the other side,  there was a big mall situated before her, , people were  simply  pouring in and out , it was  surrounded by several eateries and restaurants,  she realized  she was  standing on the food street where  food corners   small restaurants  food courts sold  all types of foods,  air was filled with  aroma of mixed foods,  her hunger was fanned,  but she couldn't  take the risk of stopping there to eat she walked a few more steps and  saw the yellow magnificent car

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...I spent  ten years in different countries,  now I have started an import export business,  zen had brought  her to a Cafe,   after  formally  exchanging  greetings and courtesies  he asked why didn't he get married  adding  so far

Parents were not there,  brother and his wife didn't bother , basically  he was  himself a decent man zen smiled   did he look  over age , his chin supported on his hands 

Not too old  anab commented  casting a glance on him 

I did try my best  to look not so old before reaching here 

If only anab had lifted her eyes  to catch his naughty expression 

How quickly you managed to prepare so much  isn't that surprising  but his  expression was not  showing any signs of surprise  except  mischief 

There is a party in my school today 

Teachers forced me to dress  up, nervously she  rearranged the veil covering her head,  gold bangles  on her wrists  were   absolutely  ignored 

What an awesome  forced  experience   his tone was quite sober 

Zen was speaking to her like they were long time  acquaintances 

If that ugly incident had not happened in her life  definitely sge would have  taken her life  differently