Chapter 18

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Chapter 18

Next day Yash landed in Bhopal and stayed in a Scindia farmhouse which Suraj bought on his name when Yash was just 5 year old. Yash tried his best but it seems as if Aarti just despair in the air.

Yash walked out of a bar holding an alcohol bottle, he was already drunk when walked on a busy road senselessly. A car passed his way but before it hit him a girl pulled him aside.

"Yash" The girl touched his face in concern.

"Kashish" Yash speaks as he looks at her face. She nods yes, smiling that he recognized her. Kashish is his ex-girlfriend. They broke up five years back, dating for 1 year. Kashish took him to her apartment. He slept as she made him lay on the living room sofa. She left to her bedroom thinking what actually happened to him.

Next morning Yash wakes up with a hangover and finds Kashish in front of him. She was holding a glass of lemon juice. Yash recalled what happened last night.

"Yash, where are you going?" She stopped him as he got up.

"I have work." He replied.

"Please don't go, I still love you" She stunned him.

"Yes, after leaving you I realized that I truly loved you, but I had no courage to come back and confess it to you" She recalled that time when she left the city, how much she tried to move on from Yash but failed.

"But I never loved you" Yash was honest. Kashish looked at him hurt, even though she always knew that. In their college days they were friends, later she developed feelings for him and proposed to him on valentine's Day in front of the whole college. Yash accepted because he didn't want to hurt her.

"I love someone else" He tells, seeing her sad eyes.

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Meanwhile, at the Scindia farmhouse, Yash stood under shower, warm water running on his bare body. He pushed hair back. It's been a month since he has been living here. In this month Aman called him many times to remind him that he has a business but it's like Yash doesn't care about anything anymore. Even Radha called him and asked him to visit Mumbai but he just can't think of leaving this city without finding Aarti.

Later Yash went to the police station but didn't get any positive news which disappointed him again, he sat in a bar hopelessly, he just can't understand why she left him. What was lacks in his love?

"Zaroor koi kamee rahi hogi mere pyar mein" Yash got up to leave the bar when the manager himself came to tell him that it's time to close the bar.

"Sir you don't pay" Manager stops him as he walks away.

"Oh" Yash didn't even ask how much he needed to pay, he just took off his ring and handed it to the manager when he didn't find his wallet.

"Sir but this is way too expensive..." Manager was astonished.

"Keep it" Yash smiled then walked out.

"Sir, I could have handled him." Waiter said.

"Shut up, do you want my bar to shut down completely, do you even know who he is? He is CM Suraj Scindia's son" Manager glared at the waiter.

Yash was fully drunk when he got in his car, while driving his eyes started to get heavy and the next moment the car slammed into a tree. He fell out unconscious, his head and shoulder wounded badly. An old lady saw the accident and took Yash to hospital with the help of some people passing from there.

Next morning Yash opened his eyes in a hospital room and his hand reached his forehead only to feel a bandage. He tried to sit but felt pain in his shoulder.

"Beta you wake up" that old lady smiled at him asking him how he is feeling now. Yash looked at her confused so she told him that he met with an accident so she brought him here for treatment.

"Thank you so much Maa ji" Yash thanked her gratefully. Later the doctor checked him and asked him to rest but Yash insisted on going, so the doctor discharged him telling to take proper rest at home.

"Come I drop you to your home" Yash smiled at the lady.

"No beta, I'll go actually I was only waiting for you to wake up" She touched his head dearly.

"When you called me beta then I can't let you go by yourself" He insisted. She nods. Soon they reached her home. Yash finds Gayatri Dubey written on the door name plate.

"Come have some water" Gayatri asked him to come inside. Yash hesitates but then gives up. Stepping inside he notices it's a small house with a room and living room. The lady went to the kitchen and came back with a glass of water. Yash smiled, picking it from the tray then he noticed there were many pictures of some young girl.

"She is my daughter" Gayatri answered even though Yash didn't ask but he won't lie he is curious. Yash keeps looking at these pictures feeling a different kind of peace after so long which he lost since Aarti went missing.

"She was just 9 years old then" Gayatri picked a photo frame. Yash stood from the sofa to look at the frame. The little girl in the photo was wearing a white salwar kameej, a hair band holding her long hair, her innocent eyes and pure smile can melt even a devil heart. A small smile seeps across Yash's lips.

"I don't even know where she is now?" She said, Yash looked at her in confusion.

"Someone kidnapped her from her college" Gayatri looked at the photo frame a lone tear fell from her eyes. This shocked Yash.

"What is your daughter's name?" He questions without caring if she is going to take him wrong.

"Aarti" She was a little confused as to why he asked it. His eyes widened in surprise.

"Aarti Dubey" He tells her full name, with a thumping heart he is waiting for her to just say yes.

"Yes but how do you know" Gayatri asked, getting restless, what if he told her some bad news about her daughter.

"You're Aarti's mother" He smiled like an innocent kid. Then recalled how a time Aarti told him that her mother died. He doesn't know how to question her now.

"She used to miss you a lot" He tells her something which makes her cry just with the thought that Aarti misses her but is not able to meet her.

"Do you know where is she? How is she? please take me to her, I want to see her" Gayatri cried helplessly in front of him. Yash's eyes are saddened, not understanding how to tell her that he himself doesn't have any idea where she is right now.

"Please tell me where she is, have you met her?" She again requested him. He looked away and didn't have the heart to break her hope.

"Beta" She came in front of him.

"I'm also searching for her" He says, her hopeful eyes turn sad. He took a deep breath and narrated whatever happened with her from her kidnapping to her getting missing which broke Gayatri heart, she sat on floor crying feeling helpless that she was not there when her daughter needed her the most. Yash stood there, his own eyes blurred with tears. He put a hand on her shoulder in a consoling manner. She looked up at his face.

"I need to meet the police" Yash told her then moved out of the house with somewhat guilt of not being able to reunite Aarti and her mother.

"Beta" Yash steps halted as Gayatri stops him on the door. She opened a drawer and took out a small book of brown color.

"This is Aarti's book" She handed him the book, surprising Yash.

"I don't know why I'm giving it to you" She wiped her tears, maybe because he took care of her Aarti when she really needed someone, he got her culprit punished, she got justice. Yash turned to leave, holding the book close to his heart.

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Reaching the farmhouse Yash left his mobile on the living room table and left to study. He sat on the sofa taking a deep breath and opened the book only to find a doll drawing. It has two cute ponytails and is wearing a school uniform. Aarti wrote below in her cute handwriting.

"Hi I'm Aarti, you know my best friend gave me this book on friendship day telling me to write down whatever I feel" He read on the next page.

"I love music, dolls, sweets, and a boy from my school, but nowadays he looks sad. I want to talk to him but how can I just go and speak to him. Actually we never talked before and also I feel a little shy in front of him." Yash smiled while reading the next set of lines. He flipped the page as he noticed she didn't wrist on the other page, she is a typical kid who loves the right side and hates the left one.

"He is cute na" He saw there she had sketched a boy who was wearing a school uniform.

"You know he is leaving our school and also Bhopal, I don't know why and I'm really not liking that he is leaving me even though we are not friends, but you know I really like him" Yash moved fingers on last word HIM which is blurred, he somehow know she had cried while writing this.

"Who is that lucky boy for whom my pari cried" Yash thinks feeling a little jealous.

"Hey it's been so long I haven't talked to you" He read on another page.

"Two days back I went to a club with my friends and there I met a guy. He was too gorgeous, it's a secret we made love" Yash heart beats raised reading it because he doesn't like that his Aarti finds someone else handsome also they spent a night. Getting upset he was about to skip pages but something caught his attention, it was his name.

"I cried the whole night you know because I'm a killer. I killed my and Yash's baby" He read that line again and again. Yash recalled that night in Bhopal when he visited his relative's marriage, he later met Prashant and they went to that club. He woke up in his car alone, then he tried a lot to search for her but the next day was his flight back to Italy.

"Maa thought I'm spoiled in mansi company and some guy took advantage of me so she forcefully aborted my baby" His heart goes out for her, he curses himself why he was not there, why destiny played its dirty game with them only.

"I'm sorry Yash" There is an apology and it reminded him of that day in Mumbai how Aarti was crying asking forgiveness.

"No baby, I'm the one who should be sorry" Yash cried and hugged the book close to his chest. He wanted to find her right now but it seems its his punishment for unintentionally being reason of her tears.

"Today my Mama ji is taking me to his home, why because mami ji is not well" Yash doesn't like it.

"Mama ji is nice but his two daughters are really behaving like those two sisters from Cinderella tale. They order me for everything sitting in their rooms like queens" Yash restlessly flipped page.

"Mami ji hit me today, I want to go to maa home, I don't like this place" He felt helpless thinking why he was not with her that day to tell that he won't let her stay with those sick people. Yash flipped some pages which were empty, she hadn't written anything for many days. This reminds him that she has a habit of leaving pages empty if her mood is not good.

"Today I got admission in college" On the fifth page she finally updated.

"Today was my first day and I made a friend, she is so cheerful, and there is a guy who is stalking me everywhere, I'm afraid but it's okay boys are like this only, mannerless idiots'' Yash can feel she is trying to be strong but deep down she is afraid. He hates how she doesn't mention most of the names.

"I told mama ji that a boy is harassing me in college but he yelled at me that I should sit at home instead of going to college" Yash never felt angry but today he wishes to turn back time and give a piece of his mind to all those people. He flipped pages and then more pages only to come to the last page but she hadn't written another word. Yash flipped the same pages again and again getting tensed, why she hadn't written anything then it hit him hard that Akash kidnapped her from her college.

"Aarti" He cried, clutching the book to his chest. He shut his eyes tightly and could see those evil dark shadows reaching to her pure soul to snatch her innocence. Her helpless cries echoes in his ears.

"Yash" Suraj enters the room to see Yash like this broken. Yash looked at him with his wet eyes. Suraj worriedly held his shoulders to make him stand.

"Bauji, I was not there when she needed someone the most." Yash cried, hugging him like a small kid. Suraj rubbed his back not understanding whom Yash was talking about.

"Shhh Yash I'm here now" He tried to console Yash without knowing the reason for his son's broken state. Later Suraj asked the servant to bring some food for Yash.

"Beta come have your lunch" Suraj looked at Yash as the servant kept a food tray on the table in front of the sofa. Yash was sitting in his bedroom lost still holding that book. Suraj touched Yash's head worriedly remembering how an hour back Ramdulare called him to tell about Yash's accident.

"What bothering you please tell Yash" Suraj asks, he knows Yash is staying here for some days, he thought that Yash came here for his work but then soon he finds out that Yash is visiting a police station. He thought like always Yash will himself handle the matter.

"Until now I was waiting for you to tell me about your problem" he tilted Yash chin.

"I don't know where she is" Yash looked at him blankly.

"Who? Who are you searching for?" Suraj caressed his hair in concern, he hates to see his only son like this.

"Aarti" Yash took her name. Suraj is confused about who Aarti is but he's gonna search for that girl no matter what.

"I will find her, Yash" He says, which makes Yash a little conscious.

"Yes but first you need to make yourself strong, she won't like to see you like this" Suraj picked lunch tray and fed Yash a little. Later Suraj took Yash to Scindia mansion, he doesn't have the heart to leave Yash alone now. Maid dragged Yash bags to the bedroom, a doctor came for a checkup, he gave him some medicine and soon Yash fell asleep.

"Please let him rest, he will be fine till morning" Doctor tells as Suraj comes to the door to drop him.

Later Suraj sat in his study room making some calls to search for the girl Yash was looking for.

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Next day Yash was lost the whole day, Suraj tried to talk to him but he was completely unaware of whatever was happening around him. An old servant suggested Suraj that he should take him to a nearby temple. So in the evening Suraj took Yash to a Shiv temple. Yash stepped out of the car and saw the 300 years old temple glowing golden with all the diyas lights, the bells ringing making the holy place all the more pleasing. Yash along with Suraj take off their shoes then Suraj supports him climbing the stairs. Yash lifted hand and rang a huge golden bell with all faith and walked inside only to bend in front of Shiv idol with just a wish in his heart.

"Please make me meet her" He folded hands and closed eyes. A girl passed by his side only to halt in front of the idol. She lit a diya then folded hands. Yash relaxed in her presence. She steps back as Suraj guards gestures to her to move out if her prayer is over. She steps back looking at the idol wishing for something in her heart. She stumbled a little and held Yash's shoulder for support. Yash opened his eyes as she apologized without looking at him and went out even before Yash saw her face. He looked for her restlessly but she got lost in the crowd. He madly went out pushing the crowd aside just looking for her but it was too late.

"Yash" Suraj placed a hand on Yash's shoulder asking what he was doing.

"Bauji woh Aar..." Yash points at the road. Suraj looked at him confused and asked what he was saying. Suraj thought he was just tired so they returned home. And he left Yash in his room for some rest.

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Precap: Reunite.