And that was it. The day of the car race. Ved, Veera and Vishal had arrived five hours earlier to make arrangements for the celebration after the car race.

Veera's eyes were desperately searching for Jagjot all over the place.

Suddenly, Ved got a message. It was from Jagjot. "Arrived?", Jagjot asked. "Yes", Ved replied. "Ok, you can leave your sister with me. I really want to meet that wiz kid", Jagjot texted. "Ok, sir. Can you please send me your location?" Ved asked. And Jagjot sent his location.

The trio reached Jagjot's location. He was standing near his dragster, a 'Jet car' dragster.

'Jagjot Ketkar', Veera exclaimed! With all of her energy, she was carrying inside her since morning. Jagjot smiled watching her excitement. He could see the car enthusiast little Rachna in her. He remembered how Rachna used to get excited upon cars passing by her, and he used to explain to her every little detail about each car passing by.

The chain of thoughts broke when she heard Veera saying to Ved, "bro, look Jagjot Ketkar", while jumping up and down continuously like a jumping enthusiast.

Jagjot looked at Ved with a smile. Just then, Ved introduced Vishal. Jagjot and Vishal shook hands. "Hello Mr. Ketkar, I am Vishal Mishra", Vishal introduced himself. "Hello, I am Jagjot Ketkar, nice to meet you", Jagjot said. "Nice to meet you too, sir", Vishal replied.

Just then Jagjot looked at Veera, who was looking at him and his car continuously with her puppy eyes. Jagjot carried her up in his arms and said," I think you liked my car". "Yes, I do", Veera said while carrying a smile on her face.

Jagjot put her down and she started circling around his car while touching its exterior. "It doesn't look like Formula 1" Veera said with a confused expression.

"Because it isn't", Jagjot said. Veera looked at him with a hell of a lot of confusion on her face.

Jagjot couldn't help but chuckle at her expression and said, "Not every car and car race is Formula 1. There are different types of cars and car races munchkin".

"So which one is this?", Veera asked. "It is a dragster for drag racing", Jagjot replied.

"Please tell me about it" Veera insisted on him with excitement.

"Sorry munchkin, but I have to perform burnout", Jagjot said with a dull expression.

Veera became upset. Jagjot looked at her and carried her in his arms and said, "By the way, if you don't mind, then we can have our car discussion after the race ends, will it work for you, munchkin?" he said with puppy eyes. Veera nodded in excitement with a wide smile and sparkling eyes.

"Can I see you performing burnout?" Veera asked innocently.

"Yes, munchkin", Jagjot replied with a smile while carrying her down and Veera again turned into a jumping enthusiast.

Jagjot started his burnout session. He kept his Jet car stationary and started spinning its wheels. The temperature of the wheels started rising causing them to produce high flames.

Veera was standing with Vishal watching Jagjot performing burnout from a distance. Her heart was burning in flames of passion and desire just like the tires she saw burning in flames.

Hours passed. Veera was roaming all around the place with Vishal. She interacted with and took pictures with every car racer she met. Everyone was so nice to her.

Finally, the time has come. The race was about to start. Jagjot's Jet car was paired to compete with another car racer Trevor Bennett's 'Vampire' dragster.

This was the first time Jagjot was feeling anxious, because Veera was watching him and that too with lots of hope in her eyes. Jagjot could see her hopeful eyes, which were constantly looking at his Jet car, clearly, even from a distance. And he didn't want to disappoint her.

The announcement suddenly broke his chain of thoughts, and he regained his composure, making himself ready for the race.

As soon as he heard the gunshot, his adrenaline started rushing. His heartbeat reached its peak and his blood pressure started increasing. Sweat was flowing from all over his body. He started breathing heavily and his stomach was growling hard. But he pushed the accelerator as hard as he could. The stadium was filled with cheers and hooting. Some were cheering and hooting for Jagjot and some were cheering for Trevor. But Veera was going crazy over Jagjot's Jet car. She was jumping on her seat while cheering Jagjot, and Vishal was calming her down.

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