Tea pots

"I'm planning on switching sides. Again! "

Mr. Hussain and his brother widened their eyes.

"Did you just.. " Mr. Hussain asks.

"Yes you heard it right" Jake smirks.

"Then tell us what they are exactly planning? Tell us everything. " Mr. Hussain asked.

"You just need to go meet them and the rest,you guess!"

"Huh! As if I'm going to blurt everything out to them. I never thought Dayal could be this naive."

The politician laughed.

"Can we trust his words? " He's brother whispered but it was not low enough to not be heard by Jake.

"If i was lying, why do you think I never said the whole truth about my job and identity to Dayal? "

"Okay then, hand me your things Jake.We should not take any chance. "

The politician signals him with a short knock on the glass of the table in front of him as if ordering him to put his things on it.

"Sure." Jake took his cell phone and keys out and put them on the table without any hesitation.

The bodyguards gave him a proper checking.

"That's good. " The brother mutters.

"What does he want to know? About his daughter and how she ended up dying in the hospital? " Mr. Hussain smirks.

"Whatever it is. We will talk about it with them. You should just go there according to what the initial plan was."Jake says.

" Should we really go there? " The brother interrupted again.

"We will never give Vikram a chance to win this game. Let's do it as it was planned. " Faizan Hussain said.

"But.. "

"Just follow me, idiot!"

"You don't need to worry about anything. Just act normal as if you don't know anything but the moment they will serve you something to drink just avoid it or maybe you can take the antidotes ! The rest you can count on me. "

Jake says as he gets off his seat to walk towards the door. He stops to look back at them and says " It will be even better if we take fewer guards along with us. I have some of my trusted friends outside so we can take them with us, just for safety! "

"Eh? Do you think we are fools? " The brother pulls Jake closer by his collar and continues " Can we really trust you or is it that this is also a part of your plan?" Before he could say anything else Jake interrupted.

"Yes I don't think you are fools and that is why I asked you to take fewer guards and not all of them. " He said, air quoting the word fewer. "For you think they will believe you if you take a whole army with you? "

The brother stayed silent. Mr. Hussain quickly removed his brother's hands off his collars that he was unwilling to leave and said " Faisal, leave! "

He quickly moved aside.

"Okay.Lets do it then. " The minister says as he hands the cell phone and keys back to Jake.

Jake immediately takes them. Soon he brought the pills to them which he said were antidotes to the drink they will be served.

They walked through the corridor to take the stairs to the room where the team was waiting. While they were walking Jake took his phone out for a moment to type something quickly and then shoved it back to his pocket.

Soon they reached the room and Mr. Faizan Hussain and his brother were the first to enter. Jake walked in soon with two other guards on his either sides except for the other two guards who were already waiting outside the room.

Jake could see Mon and Sam's face already pissed by the long waiting for this minister. They were already giving him death looks, but what can he do? It takes a little time to do something you never did before. Moreover,acting has never been something he is good at!

"Wow! See we meet again. I thought you guys already left the party but seems like you were dying to meet me, Vikram! " Mr Hussain said.

"Yeah… we have had so much together. How can I miss the chance to meet you here privately? And you too! " Dayal said, looking towards Faisal, the minister's brother.

"I guess we are on good terms now. Today's party was not in vain after all. We have renewed our relationships" Mr Hussain said.

"Don't be in a hurry. Let's have some tea first. "

The brother immediately looked towards Jake and was surprised to find things exactly in the same way as he told them earlier. He gives him a small grin as glances at the silky brown liquid pouring from the teapot.

"It's odd if we are the only one having tea. You have some too? " The minister blurted.

"Right" Dayal says with a smile.

Sam pours some more tea for Mr. Dayal.

"That's better" Mr Hussain grins and takes a sip from his cup.

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