Bang Bang...

“Before she can react, Elham takes the gun from the glovebox and hands it to Ira. And again whispers...

“Stay low...”

With a gun in her hands, Ira is a bit petrified. She tries asking something, but Elham shushes her.”

Elham is driving his MG Hector and is looking furiously at Humzaad, who is sitting next to him and smiling.

“Don’t you smile like that Humzaad... you know it very well how angry I am right now...”

Humzaad continues smiling, which makes Elham more furious.

“Let me make it very clear... my body belongs to me & you have no rights to trespass into it at your own will. Also...”

“Wait... wait... let me also make it clear... I do what I like to do... I am what I am... I am not under anyone’s command... not even you Elham...”

Elham is surprised as Humzaad is looking serious. He’s not smiling anymore.

“... and one more thing, it is not my hobby to enter into your body Elham... I did it for your own good.”

“My good... seriously? Do you think uncle Sharma was going to attack me or that guy...”

“Yuri”

“Yes... Yuri... You think Yuri’s purpose of coming all the way from Portugal is to thrash me...”

Humzaad again starts smiling and looking into Elham’s eyes says,

“Stop being childish... I sensed negative vibes there... didn’t you see how uncomfortable Yuri was feeling while talking...”

“No... I didn’t...”

“... and to know what exactly is going in his mind, I entered into your body...”

“Wow... you are too good Humzaad... to read Yuri’s mind, you entered into my body... great! You could have entered directly into Yuri’s body and gathered all the information you want”

“Stop joking... I am not a ghost or any spirit to enter into any person at random... I was trying to read his mind while talking... and when I couldn’t get much... I touched him under the garb of shaking hands...”

“And what did you find?”

“Ira!”

“What?”

“You were supposed to meet Ira at the mall...”

“Oh freaks!!!”

Elham races his MG Hector towards the mall and continues to argue with Humzaad all the same. Soon they reach the mall and after parking his MG Hector, Elham rushes to the food court where he had planned to have dinner with Ira.

Elham reaches the food court but couldn’t find Ira anywhere around. He looks at his mobile phone to check if there’s any message or missed calls from Ira... he heaves a sigh of relief to find none. He then looks at Humzaad, who is sitting over a table. Elham gives him a weird look and Humzaad smiles in return.

“You better leave before Ira comes here... I don’t want her to see you with me.”

“Trust me Elham... she won’t see me with you.”

“Hmmm... True... but still I want you to leave us alone... I need some privacy of my own”

“Privacy! You’re looking for privacy in this public place”

“Not exactly, all I want is to have my dinner with Ira, without you being around”

“But now you have to look around”

Elham turns back to see Ira standing behind him.

“Hi Ira! What took you so long?”

“Is everything all right.... with whom are you talking... there’s no one here...?”

“I wasn’t talking Ira”

“You were not talking... then?”

“I was just thinking...”

“Thinking???”

“Yeah... thinking loudly!!!”

Ira thinks for a while then sits on the chair and asks Elham to order something to eat.

Elham picks the menu card from the table, looks around and feels relaxed when he sees no signs of Humzaad. Elham places the order and is impressed with the quick service.

Elham and Ira are enjoying their dinner. But more than the dinner, they are enjoying being together after such a long time. While talking casually, Elham notices Yuri sitting at the extreme end of the food court. Elham asks Ira if she would like to meet Yuri, to which she shows no interest. Elham thinks for a while, then continues eating.

Yuri is busy writing something in his diary while sipping coffee. He hasn’t seen Elham there. Soon, his facial expression changes the moment his phone rings. It seems that he was expecting this call.

Yuri picks the phone and silently listens to what the other person is saying. Soon, he starts writing something as if taking some instructions or writing some notes from the person on the other end. Elham notices this and wonders what Yuri must be writing.

Elham’s curiosity increases when he sees two men and a woman joining Yuri at his table. While Yuri is still on the call, he gestures the waiter to take the orders for his guests.

Elham is surprised as he didn’t expect that Yuri would be having friends here. He then remembers that Humzaad was saying something about reading Yuri’s mind. He curses himself for sending Humzaad away, as he is now keen to know what Yuri is up to.

Ira notices the changing expressions of Elham’s face. She asks him if he is fine. Before Elham can answer, he sees Humzaad standing behind Ira, and he at once screams with joy...

“YES...!!!”

Ira is shocked with this loud reply. In fact, Elham was so loud that it even grabbed Yuri’s attention.

Alarmed to see Elham there, Yuri immediately leaves, while those three persons who had joined Yuri stay there.

Elham did not notice Yuri leaving. He asks Ira to excuse him for a while as he wants to say a ‘Hi’ to his colleague. Without even waiting for Ira’s reply he leaves. Humzaad, who is following Elham, again enters into him.

Elham is surprised to know that Yuri has left. He looks carefully towards those people and asks them about Yuri.

“We don’t know about that person sir. Since all the other tables were occupied, we decided to sit here.”

Elham looks at the woman, who must be in her early forties, but looks quite young. Elham then notices that Yuri has left his diary behind. Two men sitting there also notice the diary and decide to subtly hide it. However, Elham is too quick for them. In a jiffy Elham grabs the diary.

“Yuri and his forgetful nature... will never change...”

All the trio stares at Elham and before they can say anything else, Elham points towards the name written in the diary,

“This diary belongs to Yuri, my colleague. Will give it to him in the office tomorrow.”

Elham leaves without saying anything else. He comes to the table and tells Ira that they should leave. Ira is surprised as she is not done with the dinner yet, still she leaves. While leaving the place, Elham notices that one of those guys is watching them while the other one is on the phone.

A confused Ira sits in Elham’s MG Hector and before she can ask anything, Elham gestures her to keep quiet. He then hears some footsteps approaching.

“Go as low as you can and don’t show up unless I ask you to.”

Elham tells Ira in a very low voice. Before she can react, Elham takes the gun from the glovebox and hands it to Ira. And again whispers...

“Stay low...”

With a gun in her hands, Ira is a bit petrified. She tries asking something, but Elham shushes her. The sound of the footsteps has stopped, and the sound of a car’s engine being revved can be heard. Elham stays still in his MG Hector and waits for the car to leave. After revving quite a few times, the car starts and soon leaves the parking lot.

Elham waits for a few more minutes and then tells Ira that she can now relax. Ira adjusts herself on the seat and keeps back the gun in the glovebox.

“Is it licensed?”

“What do you think?”

“I don’t know... and what is it all going on...?”

“Nothing... just wanted to scare you...”

Elham winks at Ira and starts laughing while she looks at him angrily.

Elham starts driving, but as soon as he reaches the exit of the parking lot, he finds it blocked. Elham decides to drive back, but the way back is blocked too. Elham looks at Ira, who is looking worried.

“I will not let any harm come to you... but you’ll also have to protect yourself...”

Ira nods her head and quickly removes the gun from the glovebox.

“Is it loaded?”

“Yes, but be very careful”

Elham then gets down from his MG Hector and finds ten to fifteen armed men. Humzaad, who is still inside Elham, tells him,

“If these guys mean business, then I am the biggest businessman... let’s have them all...!”

“We don’t want to harm you...”

Says one of the armed men,

“... all we want is that diary.”

Elham picks the diary from the dashboard and keeps it on the bonnet of his MG Hector.

“Take it if you can!”

‘BANG... BANG!!!’

The sudden two rounds of gunshots surprises everyone, including Ira who shot it.

Elham looks at Ira, who slyly says,

“By mistake...”

Before Elham can say anything, all the men charge towards him, but Elham proves too tough for them. In no time, he thrashes them all. Elham then clears the way and leaves along with Ira.

Next Chapter...

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