“Sharda Aunty!” She turned to me, moving her eyes from the papers in her hand and shot me a glare. “Fine! Sorry, Dr. Sharda.” I said walking to her, she’s told me numerous times to avoid calling her aunty in hospital.
She was my mother’s best friend and always treated me like her own daughter. She’s also the one who helped me enroll into the medical college easily and here I am, to express my first day to her.
“How was it?” She asked with a gentle smile handing the reports to the nurse beside her.
“It went all amazi-” Someone cut me and I turned behind to check the person who had the audacity to cut me.
“Can you do it today? It’s urgent and I want it as soon as possible..” A tall guy with brown curls asked and his expression could show the emergency whatever he was in.
“Beta I hardly managed to do it despite it being risky for my job and I’ve handed over the samples to the laboratory 3 days ago, you can only get it the day after tomorrow” She told him politely and I wondered what risky work she was even talking about.
He nodded disappointedly before turning away and going back.
“Yeah so how was your day, Akshara?” She asked again turning to me and I glanced down at a key that was probably that guy’s.
“I think he dropped this, I’m coming back after returning!” I said glancing at aunty before running in the way he went.
I kept running as I didn’t find him anywhere and finally stopped near the exit door breathing heavily.
“Are you looking for something?” I asked slowly walking out as I saw him looking down everywhere. “Ohh yeah, I dropped my ke-” He stopped as I showed him the key in my finger.
“Thankyou for this” He said forwarding his hand to take it but I moved it to another side and he looked at me with crooked brows with a helmet in his hand.
“Can I take this?” I asked looking carefully at the cute pink bow shaped keychain that looked so adorable.
“No, that’s gifted by my girlfriend. Now give that back to me.” He said forwarding his hand again and I again moved it away.
After going back to aunty and telling her about the exciting first day of my college and then listening to her lectures about how to behave etc, I’ll have to go back home and get bored as Aaliya is also not in the city currently.
I better annoy someone for sometime.
“You first tell me, what were you talking about with aunty?” I asked and he wrapped his arms before asking. “Why would I tell you?”
I smiled sarcastically wrapping my both arms before blurting. “My father is a part of the board members, I can get your work done faster.” I offered.
He suddenly snatched the key from my hand without permission and said “Not interested.” before walking back.
“Your girlfriend will break up with you today!” I shouted in anger but soon regretted too as he turned back and stared at me.
“The day after tomorrow, your aunty refused to give the reports today.” He said with a smile before walking away.
Does he have cancer?
Whatever it is, he is dating a wrong person if she is gonna breakup with him just because he has some disease.
2 days later
“Aunty….” I dragged longer walking into her cabin. “When are we going bac…” I stopped soon as I saw the same guy again.
“I’ve talked to Dr. Tiwari he’s said it will be ready after 3 hours and it’s already 10pm+ so I suggest you to come back tomorrow.” She said glancing at me and signing me to wait.
I am staying at her home tonight because she is alone and she requested papa to let me stay with her today and I also don’t mind it either. That is also why I’m here since 7 because she’s been postponing going back home.
“But it’s urge-” she cut him. “I’ve helped you enough so now try to be patient and come tomorrow to collect it.” She said firmly and he opened his mouth to say something but stopped.
“Thank you for your help, I’ll take it tomorrow.” He said stepping out and I again remembered him saying that his girlfriend will breakup once he gets the report.
The more I was curious about was the risk she talked about.
I tried not to disturb but my nose didn’t stopped from getting into it. I walked out and I heard aunty shouting my name before I shouted at that guy.
“You…pink keychain!” He stopped on his tracks and I ran to him.
“Is the report important?” I asked and he turned to me before nodding. “Do you want it today?” I asked and he’ thought for a second before nodding again.
“Tell me the address I’ll bring it to you.” I said and he raised his brows at me. “And why would you do that?” He asked and I also didn’t know why.
Because I want to know what you are making her do that is risky.
“I jus-” I stopped soon as his phone started ringing and he pulled it out and then let it ring until it ended. “You could pick it up and say that you’re busy for at least.” I said with a fowl.
“He’ll not let me go without letting him know why I ran back suddenly from the clu-” he stopped and I grinned. “You were talking about club right? Does your girlfriend knows that you went for club?” I asked with narrowed eyes.
“She knows, she went there with me.” He assured and I shrugged.
He suddenly told me the address. “Bring the reports there.” He said and was about to go when I stopped him again.
“How dare you? I’m helping so much and not even a single thankyou?” I gasped and he turned back to me. “Just hand me the report, I’ll give you anything you ask.” He said with another seriousness before again turning back and walking away.
“Anything you ask. Just say that I’m not getting anything.” I mocked returning back to the cabin.
“I’ll give this to him” I said grabbing the sealed envelope of his reports that a doctor just handed over to aunty as we both were about to go back.
“Akshara? Say that again?” She said glancing at the wall clock which displayed 1:27.
I’ve told him that I’ll be giving him then I will be giving him.
“I am going, bye” I said nervously before opening the door and running out.
“Akshara your dad has given your responsibility to me!” She yelled from behind and I kept running out until I reached the ground floor and realised that I don’t have my car.
Papa dropped me here and I was supposed to go back with her.
I can take a cab maybe..
I stepped out the hospital with my bag on my back as I came here directly after my class.
I saw a car following me as I took 5-6 steps before the driver called me. Last night, the driver called the female lead same way when she went there and someone else pushed her inside from the back before kidnapping her.
I fastened my speed and he drove behind me shouting “Mam” “man” when I finally realised and stopped to at least listen to the driver.
“Mr. Sharma has asked me to drop you there.” He said and I crooked my brows before I raised my hands holding the reports. “Reports!” I exclaimed and he nodded before I sat inside.
That Sharma has got some brain.
He dropped me in front of a building that looked like under construction.
I took a step forward just to trip on a stone and fall over my knees. I didn’t paid attention to the pain in my knees but the papers had spread all over the ground.
I had opened the seal to check the report in the car before my angel side of the brain told me not to, And I decided to listen to it.
I had asked Aunty about it also but she refused to let me know anything.
I gathered all the papers quickly before running upstairs. Who’s gonna pay for these stairs? Obviously me, I had the fever of knowing what disease he really has even though there’s no guarantee he’ll be telling me.
I finally took the last step and walked forward to see him standing with his face somewhere else. I stood behind him without his knowledge and looked where his eyes were.
I couldn’t help the loud chuckle coming out my mouth as soon as my eyes fell on a guy sleeping with a beer bottle between his arms, hugging it as if it is gonna leave him.
His sharp face features shined in the moonlight urging me to flash my phone’s light over him and see his entire face.
“He doesn’t date.” The guy standing before me said pulling me out of my thoughts. “Then what? I also don’t date!” I muttered glancing at that guy again but now he had turned to another side.
“But I think you guys match each other, so I can ask him once he wakes up.” He said and I smiled so wide at him. “Awwww, not thanks.” I said with a fowl.
“He’s not even gonna understand it anymore!” He muttered grabbing the envelope form my hand and I avoided getting curious over what he just said also.
He looked at me with narrowed eyes as he saw the envelope opened. “It got teared when I just fell!” I lied and he glanced down at my knees.
“You should get that treated.” I looked down at my knees and gasped when I saw blood Mark over the jeans fabric of my right knee.
“Forget it, what’s the report about?” I asked him. He looked at me as if wondering wether to tell me or not. “You watch news?” He asked and I nodded even though I couldn’t even name a single channel.
“It is going to take over all the channels.” He said increasing all my curiosity. I didn’t asked him again because I knew it has nothing to do with me.
“Fine! I’m going, ask your driver to drop me back home too.” I said before turning back when he shouted “wait!” And I turned back.
“The main test report is missing!” He said with some papers in his hands. I grabbed the folder from his hand and looked all over before not finding it.
I stared at the papers thinking they didn’t give it before I remembered falling down there.
“I know where it might be! I’m coming back in seconds!” I said before running downstairs. I tried to avoid my over breathing because of the stairs as much as possible.
I finally reached the ground and walked where I fell before looking all over with my phone’s flash.
“Here!” I exclaimed grabbing the paper and my eyes fell on a POSITIVE before someone snatched it from my hand.
“What are you doing here?” A guy with helmet over his head asked. “Picnic! Wanna join?” I said sarcastically with rudest tone.
He glanced at the paper before I tried to snatch it back but he raised it up. “That’s my friend’s name on it, why do you have it?” He asked again and I wrapped my arms turning my face aside.
“Because I was here to give this to him, now give that back to me!” I said and he glanced at the building again.
“I’m going to him so I can hand it over to him too.” He said before walking there and I also didn’t stopped him because I didn’t wanted to walk those stairs again.
“Hey!” He shouted from far away. “What?” I asked. “Are you the girl who met him in a hospital the day before yesterday?” I shook my brows before nodding and asking “Why?” But he walked inside ignoring me.
The same car came again and I sat inside preparing myself for the speech I have to give back at home for coming here even though aunty denied to.
I found it a little weird to see 3 dark black Cars driving speedily and stopping near that building at this hour before driving off.
My eyes slightly opened and soon bulged open when I noticed the place I was at.
Fuck it!
How many days were it even been after going back home that I’m kidnapped again?!
“You fucking kidnapped me again just after 2 days!” I exclaimed before putting my mouth in control.
I looked all around and it was also an empty room just like the one Siddharth kidnapped me in.
I looked at my tied hands to the chair and glanced at my legs that were tied this time too.
Suddenly my breathing raised as soon I remembered the person behind this all..
“Shaurya! You fucking traitor! Come in front of me!” I yelled tearing my throat but no one came.
“Why did you do this?” My voice slowly started lowing.
“I trusted you…” I looked up to avoid my tears.
“Arhaan trusted you..” I felt a tear rolling down my neck imagining how broken Arhaan is gonna be once he discovers it.
“WHY?!!” I shouted again.
“Shh” I heard before He stepped in from a door before walking towards me.
“Did you recognised Vidyut yet or not? Because if not, it is going to take too long.” He said grabbing a chair from the side and sitting on it facing the backrest.
“It was you? In the helmet that day?” I asked with gritted teeth and he chuckled. “Night, it was night.” He corrected resting his both arms at the backrest before lying his head over it.
“Wh–” he again cut me. “Now don’t keep chattering the same word. I’ve told you that you’ll die after knowing everything than belie- oops I don’t have the right to talk about believe, sorry.” He said holding his ear with one hand.
“So…let’s start it. From where? It would be fun to explain my dear friend Arhaan but.. he’s not supposed to know it ever!” He said and I chuckled at it assuming he might have discovered it till now, causing him to give me an unimpressed look.
“Don’t tell me you’re expecting him to save you, do you?” He asked with confidence and I leaned closer to his face with as darkened expression as much I could make.
“Don’t worry, I’ll be the one saving you.”
I leaned back on my chair again. “Sidharth?” I asked.
“Him? He kept running here to there from me, but my men.. might have done him till now” He said and I remained silent at his misunderstanding.
“K-Kiara?”
I asked with full curiosity as I had full believe that there was nothing like she left the city or anything. He smiled at me.
“Kiara?” He shouted and my eyes widened in shock.
“Kiaaaaraaaa” he shout again turning behind himself before suddenly turning to me causing me to flinch.
“Did you really expected she’ll walk in front of you? Co’mon! I tried..” he said resting his face on the chair.
“I tried to keep her alive, For complete one week! I had no plans of killing her, or even hurting her. But she had to hear me talking with someone discovering everything.” He sighed.
“Give her food, water, this that! So I ended up killing her.” I saw the scariest expression forming over his face.
“And you? 3-3 warnings! Still you didn’t had to back off! And look where you are today!” He stood again from the chair and stared at me.
“Why??!! I had decided to end this all shit by getting you both divorced than handing you over to that Sidharth then why?? I didn’t wanted to kill an innocent again but you forced me to!” He said before falling over the chair again.
“Just a single wish!” He again said charging towards me with a pointed finger. “I can’t digest seeing that man happy, that was going great until you came! Or actually I brought you!” He said again before calming down and sat over the chair again.
If he only let me slap him one time he could at least talk in good state.
“When I looked at the picture of your friend, Aaliya. I really felt as if it was something like love..but what more it was, the desire to snatch away her from Arhaan too.” He said confirming my doubt, that letter was from him.
“And soon I had to join her brother in it too who somehow saw one of my men sending you those letters when I discovered he had the same intentions of breaking her marriage with Arhaan.” He said before chuckling.
“And later, in a video sent by a man of mine. I saw you, and everything came back to my mind.”
“I wanted to fulfill Vidyut’s last wish then, he had told us that he found you and Arhaan a great pair by God knows what After meeting you in that hospital first time. After all he was also an innocent who died because of Arhaan” He said again reminding me.
I kept my tv on for for an entire week with the news channel on but I never met that guy ever again and Sharda aunty had also moved to some other country for better opportunities so I didn’t asked her about him either.
It was Vidyut!
“And coming to why I did this all..” He said again gaining my attention as I looked at him with tightened jaw.
“You know the amount he lent to Vidyut? For the startup of his company, after taking it from the same father he claimed to hate?” I crooked my brows confusingly before shaking slightly. “200crores” he said showing me two fingers.
“And just 6 months back from then, my father had asked for just 50 crores..His father didn’t even considered his long friendship and denied. I requested Arhaan, begged Arhaan to talk with his father but..” He shook his head slowly standing up from the chair and again standing in front of me.
“His ego was far away important than my father’s life. My father died of a heartattack because of the stress and tension he had for the huge loss of the company.” He then suddenly squat down in front of me and I could see something very different in his eyes.
“Your Arhaan didn’t even had a little bit guilt of his fault. I didn’t hold any grudges. I didn’t even minded him lending that amount to Vidyut, even though my father’s company was now on me and it hadn’t still recovered loss..that was on the verge of bankruptcy.” His voice was quite low now.
“But then..” he suddenly smirked and he met his eyes with mine. “You appeared out of nowhere with a piece of paper in your hands that turned everything upside down.” He said again standing up and walking around in the room.
My eyes suddenly lit and I breathed in before asking. “What was in the reports?” He then took in a long sharp breath before turning to me. “I lied, you won’t know everything before dying because..” he chuckled thinking something before again looking in my eyes with the same coldness.
“I’m not the only betrayer in this story.”
He suddenly walked out of the room without any word before shutting the door again.
I gulped before pulling my hand out the rope tied over the armrest of the chair.
My arm got all red as I finally managed to pull it out before lifting my hips slightly to pull out the paper cutter I hid in my jeans pocket.
I glanced again at the door he went out from before cutting the other rope around my hands and later my legs.
I finally cut the last rope around my waste before standing up and looking around rapidly.
I looked again at the door he went inside and another door which was supposed to be the exit then maybe.
I instantly ran to the door and turned the door knob happily and was about to open the door when I felt some cold object on the back of my head.
“I decided to shoot you with a gun because I know it wasn’t all really your fault except for you didn’t stopped even though I warned you multiple times. Because I’m not the villain of your story.” I could hear him pulling the trigger and I closed my eyes shut.
“You are the villain of everyone’s story, even yours.” I said tightening the grip of the cutter in my hand that I luckily didn’t threw away and turned back suddenly slitting wherever it went to.
Just to get hit hardly on my lips by his gun. “You should have tried my throat instead of my cheeks, oops” He said running a hand over his bloodied cheek.
The pain on my lips was sharp and I could feel my eyes going blurry and I tightened my jaw because I didn’t wanted to shed a single tear for what he’s did.
I remembered treating his wound when he fought with Reyansh. I had always been more supporting in his side than the other 2 but..
“Sit back on the chair, NOW!!” He yelled pulling me out of my thoughts and I got up from the ground staring at him with hatred before sitting back on the chair.
“Let’s end this now bhabhi!” He shouted pointing the gun at me and I just kept staring at him if only some money made him go against his childhood friendship.
“I swear, I didn’t wanted to…” He said slowly pulling the gun down again as if read my mind.
“I…I even left Aaliya, even though I fell for her at the first glance when Her brother sent me her picture to break the marriage just because Reyansh wanted her… I knew the definition of friendship, but Arhaan didn’t. He’s the reason of all this!”
He shouted the last line and I saw moisture in his eyes that he didn’t allowed to come before again targeting the gun over me.
I can’t wait for him to really kill me.
I’ll need to think something.
Thank god! I’ve seen Arhaan’s body atleast.
I internally hit myself before again focusing on the situation.
“Shaurya stop yo–” I didn’t even know what to say forward when we both suddenly turned towards the door because of a loud thud sound.
I gasped as soon as I felt someone suddenly being punched inside before he fell beside the chair I was sitting on. “S-Sidharth!” I gasped looking at his wounded and bloodied face as if beaten brutally.
Shaurya suddenly ran to Sidharth and the gun fell from his hand before and held him up. “What are you doing here?” He asked in horror as he could even open his eyes hardly and suddenly a smile formed on my face before I turned to the door.
Just to find no one.
Sidharth slightly pointed him towards the door before fainting again. Shaurya glanced at me one time before standing up and slowly walking there.
I controlled the urge of shouting him to go with the gun but he walked there empty handed.
Movies are important for any profession.
As soon as he stood out the door, I saw his eyes enlarging and I also stood up front he chair.
I closed my eyes tight as soon as I saw someone punching him straight on the nose and he took steps back inside again from the pressure.
I opened my eyes again to see Arhaan standing at the door with heavy breathing, he’s eyes on me and I tightened my jaw as soon as I saw the small cuts all over his body.
He then again turned to Shaurya who was glancing all around when Arhaan punched him again on the same place. He’s nose will require a surgery now.
“None of your men are here anymore.” He said before finally changing the location and punching him on the stomach now. “Did you beat them yourself?” I asked in disbelief and he took a short break with Shaurya’s collar in his hands.
“We’re not in movies, Akshara. I brought some with me too.” He said and I nodded. “Continue!” I said as soon as I realised and he punched him again last time before leaving him.
Shaurya again chuckled with bloodied face before looking at Arhaan. “I can only imagine your face when you’ll be knowing the entire truth.” He said and Arhaan glanced at me for a second before again turning to him.
He then stared at him so deeply I wondered if he even looked at me so deep ever.
“What did you get by this?” He asked holding him by his collar again. Shaurya leaned close to Arhaan and whispered lightly. “Peace.” Before He punched him again causing Shaurya to fall over the ground.
Shaurya couldn’t even fight properly with his broken hand and he decided to do it all just dependent on his rented men.
I heard voices from the door before turning there.
“Yeah yeah there!” Neil exclaimed walking inside before Reyansh also stepped in. “Are you alright?” Reyansh asked running to me and I nodded. “Where that killer? We’ve got the police too!” Neil exclaimed and I looked behind him to see 5 policemen also.
There eyes slowly dragged on to Arhaan still staring at Shaurya, who just stood up with a smile forming over his lips before wiping off the blood from his face.
“Who hurt you this badly?!” Neil gasped running to Shaurya with concern. I didn’t see any shame in Shaurya’s eyes and Reyansh also looked at everyone.
Shaurya ignored Neil and slowly walked to me with heavy breathes. “It didn’t came out as planned.” He said before putting his hands in his jeans pocket and pulling out something.
“It’s password protected, that I’m not gonna tell you. But it contains the rest of all the information I didn’t told you.” He said handing me a pen-drive before motioning me to lean my ear to him.
I didn’t but he leaned to me and slowly whispered. “I didn’t killed Vidyut.” My eyes widened as he slowly walked to the police before surrendering himself.
“I’ve committed 4 murders, no 5. I’ve killed Vidyut Sharma also.” He said forwarding his hands to them and the officers glanced at each other.
He just accepted that he killed Vidyut, he’s lying to me or them? Kiara. Vidyut’s mother. The guy at the cafe. And fourth?
“Uhh, It’s not over yet!” He exclaimed turning to me again irritatingly.
“You will have to die.” He exclaimed before suddenly pulling out another gun from his jacket and shooting it my way.
I shook in a sharp breath as soon as I felt someone darting in front of me.
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Y’ll don’t expect me, Ruhi! to give a sad ending even by mistake. Right?
Also sorry for this late update.
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