Arhi FF: Look Into My Heart ~ Part 3 - Page 15

Part 3:

Aman like he had guessed was walking in the direction of the house. He noticed that his body guards and his Di's bodyguards were talking to each other. Few of the body guards were standing watch in the front of the house and he guessed few more were on watching around the other sides of the house. He thought that Aman had gone a little over the top bringing so much security to the remote area.

Aman had reached him and had also read his thoughts from the direction he was looking and said "Sir, there is more danger in remote places than in cities sometimes sir. These village roads are plagued by robbers and the likes. He nodded in reply and then heard high perverted laughter he frowned and looked in the direction it came from. There were a group of 5-6 young men looked like they were from the village. The laughter died down a little when he looked in their direction, they were standing just outside the gates of the guesthouse.

He turned in Aman's direction to ask him about what they were doing here but he never got the chance, his Di joined them and he immediately forgot everything else. She came to him and said "Chote... hmmm... Aman please get some warm dinner ready..." before Aman replied they heard one of the boys yell loudly.

"Saabji if you are done... send her out... we have been waiting..." Even the words didn't register in his brain properly, forget getting the meaning of the sentence. In a split second his Di frowned and in another split second she was moving at the speed of light towards the gates and in less than another split second she had reached the group of boys and was in front of the boy who looked like their leader and was probably the one who said the words.

And then all hell broke loose... Di held the collar of the boy and started slapping him right left and center without saying a words. It took him a while to realize this was really happening and he was not imaging it and he looked at Aman whose jaw had dropped and was hitting the floor. Their eyes met and they both realized that it was real and not imagination and a second later they made for his Di.

By the time they reached his Di, her body guards who had reached her first were separating her from the boy and he noticed that they were detangling her from the boy very skillfully like they knew where her hold on the boy would be weak. It looked... it looked as though they had done this before...hmmm... many times, he noted mentally to talk to her head of security. His bodyguards though were trying to pull the boy away from Di, shock evident on his face and also on the faces of all his body guards.

All the people present at the scene were high strung, only people who were calm were his Di's bodyguards. He even noticed one of them was calmly fetching a bottle of water from his Di's car to her, along with a folding chair. Ooh God!! His Di went about her business attacking people and this was skillfully kept from reaching his ears, he needed to stay in India more. But if her reason for attacking people was comparable to what happened here today, he would find no fault with her actions... But he will be damned if he told her that.

By now they had settled Di in her chair and shooed the boys away. She was coolly drinking the water that was given to her and her head bodyguard was asking her "Anjali ji... I have told you before, please if you need to trouble somebody... we are there to do it for you... please don't do it yourself." She was nodding her head the way she does when Nani tells her to get married which means she was not even listening, his eye brows rose in amusement at the scene in front of him. He had to admit it was highly amusing.

The minute his sister registered his presence she jumped out of the chair and said "Chote, we are leaving now... right now. I refuse to stay in this village with her anymore, she is not safe here." He frowned at her as she was speaking about everything aloud in front of the people there, but he nodded in agreement.

Then she turned to her head of security and said "Raghu, we need to leave now, please move all the files in the backseat of my car to somewhere else. We will be taking a girl with us and we will not be stopping anywhere till we have reached the air field. Raghu... I will be ready to leave in 10 minutes."

As soon as she finished the instructions she turned to him and held his hand and started walking towards the door of the guest house. He heard Amans voice from behind "Sir...". His Di stopped and turned and looked at Aman and said "Aman don't test my patience, even if this deal is down the drain... I don't give a damn we are leaving..."

He was looking at his sister, the intensity in them, he sighed and turned back towards Aman and said "Aman you heard her. Call the pilots tell them to be ready for takeoff." Aman nodded very briskly and turned away and pulled out his phone to follow his orders.

His Di walked him inside and then started to say something when he stopped her and said "Di why were you talking about the girl in front of everybody..." She frowned very deep and said "Chote they are not everyone... they are our bodyguards... we trust them with our lives..." She was right as usual, her moral compass always pointed north, like his financial compass. He leaving now would delay this project, he was going out of the country in three days. He had planned to finish this deal so the work could start when he was away. But once again her innocent eyes flashed in front of him and he knew he had to leave she was not safe here. He is rich enough to bare the loss the project getting delayed a couple of weeks.

His Di was waiting for his answer and he looked at her and said "Let's move Di." His Di nodded and said "Wait Chote... I thought I will bring her out and you can just talk to her, I don't want her feeling embarrassed in the flight and all in front of you. Ok..?" he frowned slightly, trust his Di to think of everything and nodded his approval.

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Anjali went back into the room this time leaving the door unlocked and slightly ajar this time. She found Khushi sitting gingerly on the bed and as soon as she heard a noise she looked up and got off the bed. Anjali was struck again by the beauty of the girl, her innocence enhancing the effect of her beauty. Anjali smiled widely at her and said "Khushi... come lets go out."

She saw Khushi shiver and her eyes fill with fear and said "No worries Khushi... I am with you all the time and it's just my brother out there... ok?" she walked towards Khushi and wrapped her arm around her shoulder and held Khushi by both her shoulders and said assuringly, "I will be right there... right by your side...ok." And gently moved her towards the living room.

She knew she was pushing Khushi a little bit but she also knew this was necessary for the girl.

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He turned around to face his Di and the girl... he was struck speechless... she was beautiful but then he had an idea about her beauty but seeing her in the light... her fair skin, her long flowy hair, her little nose, her naturally shaped eyebrows, her long lashes, eyes cast down... but from what he remembered they would be the most beautiful part of her. She was also just a tiny thing... looking even teenier in his Di's dress. She also looked like she was barely 17-18... that thought brought him to his senses... she was just a child...!!!!

He looked at his Di who was frowning at him and when he looked at her she gestured to him with her eyes towards the girl. He nodded and cleared his throat and said "I... I..." he drew a blanck... what was he to say to the girl who he met in circumstances like this... He was lost!! He looked to his Di and she was glaring at him angrily, what the devil was he supposed SAY...

Then he heard his Di clear her throat and say "This is my bhai..." she paused and he looked at his Di who was looking like she could murder him now, but she was careful not to show the anger in her voice. And then she continued "...Chote and chote...this is Khushi" he was shocked... now was his turn to glare at his Di... she introduced him as freaking CHOTE!!! And he was not one to control his anger like his Di, so he glared right back at his Di... and walked a little closer to them and the girl moved more into his Di and he stopped immediately, then his concentration moved completely to the girl in front of him and his brain forgot the silly little spat he was having with his Di.

He said slowly said "I am Arnav Singh Raizada" and waited... she nodded slowly acknowledging him and folded her hands and said "Ji... Namaste... Hum... Kh... Khushi..." he knew he would never forget this moment in his life... Her voice sweet as honey, tell him her name... KHUSHI... every man's quest in life... beautiful... just beautiful...

His thoughts were rudely interrupted by his Di clearing her throat and saying "Khushi, we are leaving now, you are coming with us..." She gave a pause so it could sink in. Just like Anjali expected Khushi panicked and said "I can't come... this is my home..." Anjali nodded and said "I know Khushi... but it is no longer safe for you here... think about it... the people in the village..."

"But... but Anjali ji... nothing happened..." she cut off Di's sentence and said in a fear filled anxious voice almost a whisper... his heart was beating fast in some unknown turmoil it was feeling... he wanted to help but didn't know how... he wanted to say something but didn't know what... he wanted to erase the pain but had no balm...

His Di though was tough and gentle at the same time, she put her hand on Khushi's cheek and said it so the girl understands the situation... "Khushi... it's not safe anymore for you here... you need to leave this place..." Time stood still, pain hung in the air, he understood the meaning of pin drop silence as the young girl faced another big decision in her life... he felt the pain, it stung him twisting like a dagger in his heart, he decided that very moment... he will not build his power plant at this site and make the people who put her in so much pain progress and prosper... let them rot in HELL!!

Tears flowed from her eyes, he could only see her face partially as she was turned to face his sister but waves of pain vibrated from her body and hit him... she hiccupped and hugged his sister and cried silently... He wouldn't be able to take much more of this so he looked at his sister as she batted her eye lashes rather fast to keep her eyes from tearing up. Di knew her responsibilities she needed to be strong now. His hands fisted anger at the inability to do anything...

His Di consoled her for a couple of minutes and said "We are leaving now Khushi... lets go..." her head which was snuggled into his Di's embrace, she looked up immediately and stuttered in more fright "N... Now??... I can't... how...where... where will I go?" his mouth shot out the answer even before she had finished saying it "My house..." This time she did look at him, though he was not sure she could actually see him through all those tears. His Di was looking at him too one of her eye brows raised in question and surprise.

She asked him again more like just repeated what he had said "your house...?". He took a deep breath he didn't know why he had said it...what drove him to do that he had no idea... but he had said it and he was not a Raizada if he did not keep his word.

So he took a deep breath and said "Yes, to my house... with Di... to my family... lets go." and walked out of the room without turning back.