Chapter 18
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[MEMBERSONLY]
[NOCOPY]
RECALLING ARNAV
Part 9
Section 2
Next morning, Arnav, in full ASR mode, walked in to the haveli in which his Chacha, Anuraag Mallik and his family lived.
A uniformed servant led him to his uncle's study, announcing, "Arnav Singh Raizada is here to see you, Saahib."
The glass holding gin tilted, pouring the contents to the carpeted floor as Anuraag Mallik reeled in shock.
"You! How dare you come here?" Anuraag frothed at the mouth.
"Who was the lady Papa was having an affair with at the time of his death?" ASR asked.
"What?" Anuraag almost collapsed in shock.
"You heard me," ASR drawled.
"Why do you want to know?" a crafty look crept in to his uncle's eyes. Maybe there was money to be made out of this, he thought avariciously.
"Tell me," ASR ordered.
"What do I get out of this?" Anuraag asked, his eyes expectant.
"Nothing," ASR said.
"I never do anything for nothing. You should know that," his uncle had the gall to say.
Biting down bitter words, ASR drawled, "The question should have been, what do I lose if I don't answer."
Anuraag sat up, alert. ASR was a bad enemy, as he knew to his expense.
"This house is pledged to Mani Ram Mathur who TOO is... shall we say, very eager to transfer the documents to me," ASR stood, his legs apart, his hand in his pocket. "Shall I buy it?"
Anuraag placed the glass carefully on the table.
"What do you want to know?" he asked, defeated and angry at his defeat.
"Who was the lady?" ASR asked, his cold face and colder eyes masking his anxiety.
"Sunehri."
"Who?" ASR frowned, his direct eyes drilling holes in his uncle's face.
"A dancer at a kotta," Anuraag muttered.
ASR waited, his very silence a question.
"He had been involved with her for a year or so before his death," Anuraag revealed.
ASR grit his teeth.
"She wanted more money than he had given her. He had promised her a house in Lucknow in a... shall we say, a moment of weakness."
Anuraag smiled an oily smile. "She wanted it urgently as her landlord was pressing her to move out. But Arvind Bhai had no intention of keeping his word. Why should he? His kaam was over. He wanted to move on to other women. After all, he had kept her for one full year," Anuraag's smile was a twist of his cruel lips.
"She came to Sheesh Mahal during the wedding ceremony and managed to corner Arvind Bhai. Apparently your mother saw them," Anuraag said, lying back in his chair.
"Sunehri came to Sheesh Mahal the next morning. To gloat or to make sure that her lover was really dead, I don't know," Anuraag said ruminatively.
ASR stood as still as a statue, digesting all the unpleasant details of his father's lechery. The very air around him seemed polluted; the blood flowing in his veins seemed dirty.
"Then she came after me to get the house, but I soon showed her where to go," Anuraag's face held contempt and disgust. He turned to look at ASR to find that he had walked out.
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