The Protector

"To be or not to be..."

As he woke up and turned his face ....his eyes fell on her...there she was sleeping peacefully besides him...he turned towards her and and kept staring at her...
He envied the peace that was on her face while sleeping ....she was sleeping like a baby...uske dil mein khwahish jagi ke kash use bhi itna sakoon mil jaye ...

She was peaceful because she didn't have to fight her emotions or anything that was in her mind...jo dil m tha wo zuban per...she was transparent...but he couldn't do that...
He had to protect people who were close to him from his own self...

He slowly removed a strand of hair that feel on her cheek and tucked it behind her ear...

He then left the bed and went to get ready...

By the time sana woke up he was gone...
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He was standing infront of a building ...today after many restless days he would finally find some answers... normally he used to be very clam...but today he was unknowingly biting the nail of his ring finger which meant he was not calm today...

After a while he saw a boy coming out of the building ...he was wearing a cap...and was walking fast and was constantly looking here and there as if trying to hide from someone...

Sid saw him and started walking away...and the boy followed him but maintained his distance...after finding a safe place Sid stopped and the kid  stopped too...

"han bol kiya khaber ha..." He said with a little hope although he knew everything ...but he prayed for a miracle.which he very rarely did...esp after knowing the facts...which showed how desperately he wanted things to be in his favour... earlier he wouldn't have  minded anything he always had a plan b ready...abhi bhi plan b ready tha...but it was dangerous...and for the first time in his life he didn't want to take a risk...he wanted to get out of this alive... he had a reason to...

"khaber achi nahi ha saab...wo palat gaya ha..." The boy reported

Sid bit his lower lip...he was trying to hide his disappointment..."have you atleast got the picture?"

"han li ha naa saab ye lo" he was happy he could do atleast something for the man standing infront of him..as he was unable to hide his disappointment...

Sid took the picture from him...gave the kid some cash for his work and left from there..

He called his friend in the police.
'Arshuman adhe ghante m mujhe mil...'
As he cut the call he got a call from Shikher

"Sid we have to meet..."
"not now shikher....I hv a lot on my plate right now" he told him the truth.

"Its urgent"he sounded desperate...

"I have a meeting with Arshuman you join us in half an hour.."

After half an hour the three of them were sitting around a coffee table with three cups of coffee but except Arshuman ...no one had touched it...

Shikher started the conversation:
" Sid its regarding ur case... Apparently the police has found a few more clues...and they have issued a non bailable arrest warrant against you..."
He told him with grief....

Sid didn't seem interested

"Wait a minute but ye baat to Sid ko m ne kafi din pehle bta di thi... didn't u know that?'
Arshuman was his friend from the academy days he knew both harman and sid and was keeping him updated with all the developments in his case since day one. He was surprised Sid didn't mention this bit of information with Shikher who was handling his case...they could have done so much in that time since he had informed Sid about this many days before...just so that they could use this for their benefit before the warrant is issued...

"what the fu*k Sid...when were u gonna tell me that...ager tu ne pehle bakwas ker di hoti...I would have tried something to stop it..." Shikher was losing his calm which he never did...it showed how angry he was...

But it didn't faze Sid ...he expressions were the same...calm and composed..."Relax ...I didn't tell you because I didn't want the exact same thing ..."

"tu chup ker...Arshuman man please tell me everything in detail ...ye admi to kuch batane wala ha nahi" he looked angrily at sid who took no notice of his anger...and finally took a sip of coffee but it had turned cold so he gestured the waiter to come and warm it for him...

meanwhile Arshuman started to explain things to Shikher:" yaar about 2 weeks ago...Sid asked me to keep an eye on a man who was working for Yousaf..as he suspected Yousaf was doing something behind his back...I kept surveillance on the guy...aor mujhe pta chala ke Yousaf ka banda us political party se mil raha tha jis ko Rustam support ker raha tha...now if Rustam and Yousaf were enemies why was Yousaf supporting the Same political party..
So Sid and me we dug deep into the matter " he stopped for a while.

"And what did u find?"Shikher seemed interested.

Arshuman continued" Yaar dekh Rustam was the big thing in Mumbai before Sid came in the story...he was doing all sorts of illegal businesses ..but his main business was drug dealing...and this political party that we are taking about  partnered with Rustam...but as Sidharth started working on the case..he caused Rustam a lot of damage ...uper se Rustam ka case jo tu larh raha ha...usme bhi u guys are very close...Rustam is a sinking ship now...so that political party joined hands with Yousaf who is currently the next big thing...but their union meant ke Yousaf will not help Sidharth anymore.. because as bad as he wants Rustam destroyed..he wouldn't want to harm the party...kunke jab Rustam ke chithe khulen ge to wo Party bhi expose hogi...wese bhi Yousaf has got what he wanted undisputed hold over Mumbai and by partnering with the political party had given him that...so now he is not interested in Rustam anymore at the moment...

instead he will try his best to finish off Sid...most probably at the time of the exchange of the usb that apparently contains information against Rustam that he promised..we bribed one of the insiders to tell us for sure if our speculations are true or not...sid met him today and he said Rustam is planning to kill him during the exchange..."

Shikher was so disappointed listening to this...they were so close to win...and now there were back to square 1 even worse now in addition to the police and Rustam...yousaf was after him too...

"Sid were you even planning to tell me all of this?"he asked him completely dejected...

Sid looked at him and finally spoke:" I didn't want you to get disappointed ...I wanted to be 100 percent sure before telling you...I know how much you have sacrificed for this case...I knew what the news will do to you.." he told him the truth....

" I did nothing compared to you...I can't believe this man...after fighting for so long we are back from where we started...now what are u thinking next.?
He was angry and disappointed...this case was like a swamp...the more they tried to get themselves up the more deep they were sinking...

S"I have thought of something but before that I need to get rid of the police ...I don't want them breathing on my neck when I do what I have thought I would do"

"and how will you get rid of them" Shikher asked him curiously...

"By getting arrested" was his short answer...

Arshuman:"that's not an option sid...chances are they will try to kill you in the prison...wo tujhe wahan se zinda wapis nahi ane den ge..."

"Mujhe wahan se zinda wapis ana bhi nahi ha" he replied with a smile...

Authors note...
I am giving a big shout out to @AnshuSrivastava2 for being the best reader...she always leaves these beautiful comments under my story and keeps me motivated...so thank you girl and love you a lot ❤️😘.
Also thanks to all of you for your kind response to the last chapter it gave me the motivation to edit two more chapters which I am going to post today.❤️