Hii friends, sorry for the delay. I know it was too much this time...almost 15 days. But as you know my job doesnt give me that much time to update regularly. I will try to update atleast twice a week from now on. Thanks for hanging on and not giving up on the story. Hope you will enjoy the update.
Part 17
Sai’s pov
Right after I dropped Virat at the airport I started to work on my plan to trap Amay. I went back home and asked Shivani bua did she talk to Amay after the evening drama.
“What are you talking Sai? Now that I know his true face why I would talk to that man?” Shivani bua questioned.
“So you will let that ba***rd go away so easily. You dont want to teach him a lesson?” I asked.
“What can I do? And Virat only said that there is no evidence against him as of now.” Shivani bua shrugged.
“Yes, but we can collect new evidence.” I suggested.
“What are you upto Sai?Tell me clearly.” Shivani bua looked at me suspiciously.
“My plan depends on Amay. First you have to talk to him like nothing happened. You have to find out whether he has any idea about the evening drama created by those aunties at our house and has he become alert?” I explained.
Shivani bua reluctantly agreed to call him. She tried hard to maintain her cool and not shout all the profanities she could think of at him. And to our luck, he had no idea that his truth has come out. He was still flirting with bua like nothing happened. I gestured bua to continue the drama and schedule a meeting with him tomorrow.
Virat’s pov
It was taking forever to complete the paperwork at court. My mind was with Sai. I was missing her and also I was worried for Shivani bua. I left her in such time when she needed me the most. If this urgent work hadn’t come then that creep Amay would have been in the jail for sure.
From Amay’s incidence I remembered Sai was talking about some plan to deal with him. Though I had warned her not to indulge in anything without letting me know but if that girl listen to me then she is not The Sai Joshi I know. I could only hope she would understand the seriousness of the problem atleast this time.
I thought of reminding her my advice. I dialed her number but she didn’t pick up. I dialed again and she cut the call. That left me wondering why she is doing that. It had never happened before. I checked the time. Her college must have ended. She must beat home till now then why she is not picking up my calls. I called her yet again and she picked up third time.
“Virat, why...why you cant just call me later? If I am not taking up calls then it means I am busy.” She hissed over phone.
“Hey! No hello, no hii, no asking about my journey, you are in a mood to pick up a fight directly.” I commented.
“Is that all you need to hear? Fine, Hello Virat, how are you? How was your flight? Happy now?” came the caustic reply from her side.
“Chill wifey! And whats with that tone? Have I disturbed you?” I asked.
“Yes, I was in very important class and you were calling again and again.” She answered.
“Class? at this time? And Whats that sound? Is it a song playing in the background? Sai, are you sure you are in college?” I raised my doubt.
Sai’s pov
Why of all the time Virat had to call when I have come to meet Amay with Shivani bua. And on the top of that his interrogation! Sometimes I think he is still in his police officer mode when he talks to me. But this time he almost caught my lie when he heard the instrumental music playing in the cafe. I couldn’t come up with any reply when he questioned about my whereabouts so I lied that I was with some of my friends. I thought that would satisfy him but that man!
“Is Aniket with you also? I mean are you only with him or with group of friends?” Came the first question from him which instantly fired up my brain. I really dont understand what problem he has with Aniket.
“Virat, I am not going to clarify this. Do you get it?” I snapped back.
“Achha naaraz kyu hoti ho? Nahi puchhunga koi question. I am really missing you. I am tensed because of this case and wanted to talk to you for a while...want to see your face. Please, make a video call.” He requested.
That manipulative man! When it was back firing him he turned it all against me. And could I ever ignore his plea like this? I had to make a video call to him. He chatted for a while. More like tried to fish out information from me about my plan for Amay. Kept asking about my location. But if he is ACP then I am also a daughter of police officer. I was finally successful in avoiding him and cut his call.
I went back to my table. On my way, I had messaged Shivani bua to leave the table for sometime by making some excuse.
I found Amay sitting there alone and I joined him. I purposefully made sad expressions and even acted as if I am wiping my tears. And as I hoped he asked the reason from me.
“What happen to you Sai?” He showed his fake sympathy.
“Its...its my husband Virat. He keeps doubting on me. He is very rude to me, have put so many restrictions on me. I am trapped in this marriage because I dont have any other place to go.” I started telling him my sob story hoping that he would fall for it.
“What are you saying? Shivani has always praised Virat. I didn’t know he is like this.” Amay replied.
“She is his bua. She will only say good things about him but only I know his truth. How bad he is with me. I hate him. I married him because my aaba gave him my responsibility and at that time I didn’t have any money to survive as completing all the formalities regarding my aaba’s account would have taken a long time. You know, I always liked man like you....I mean look at you, how handsome, how modern, how cool you are. You are of my age. You are so much fun. To be honest, if you weren’t bua’s boyfriend then certainly I would have proposed you. Now, I have my aaba’s pension and savings. I can live my life the way I want but I am stuck with Virat Chavan.” I played the damsel in distress card and bang! Amay fell right into my trap.
“Exactly how much money you have Sai?” He asked the most important question.
“Sab milakar....kuch 25-30 lakh to hoga hi.” I replied.
“Wha...what...30...30 lakhs?” His eyes popped out of his sockets.
“Yes, now money and survival is not a problem but I am stuck in this compromise of a marriage...kash meri life mein bhi tumhare jaisa koi handsome pyar karne wala ladka hota.” I sighed and put my hand over his. It did the trick. He immediately held both of my hands and assured me, “Sai, dont worry. I am there for you, always.”
Virat’s pov
I dont know what it is, call it my policeman instinct but I felt something was off about that whole conversation with Sai. Was she hiding something from me? Was it just a normal outing with her friends or she was only with that Aniket? If it was normal then why the hell she first lied about it? Or may be worse, she is upto something related to Amay? I decided to call Shivani bua and get answers from her.
But I was called again by court and became busy. It was only in the evening I got free from there. I dialled Shivani bua’s number immediately after coming out.
I thought of asking her by making some or other excuse but bua directly told me everything as like me even she was worried for Sai.
“Virat, good you called. I was thinking to call you myself. Please come here as soon as possible. Inspite of my warnings Sai has carried out her plan to trap Amay. He is very clever Virat. He can harm Sai if her plan failed.” Shivani bua said all in one breath.
I become tensed too but managed to stay calm and asked bua for the details. “Virat, Sai decided to lure Amay by flirting with him, telling him that she really likes him and she has 30 lakhs with her to start a new life. Amay caught the bait and now willing to run away with Sai. He had asked her to meet him at his house with all her jewellery and cash she has now then they will run away to a safe place.” Bua told me the plan.
For few moments I didn’t know how to react? What I was feeling? Am I more angry on Sai for flirting with a man like Amay or am I more angry on her risky plan? I swear, if Sai was in front of me right now I would have knocked some sense into her overactive brain. What does she think of herself? Is she some CID or what? That girl didn’t even think that Amay could harm her or trap her in her own plan.
“Bua, I am leaving for Nagpur right now but I wont be able to reach there till 11 am in the morning. Till then please dont let go Sai anywhere.” I instructed bua and called for a cab to reach Nagpur as I couldn’t wait for morning flight.
Sai’s pov
Shivani bua said that she has told everything about our plan to Virat and he had asked to wait for him.
“Bua, what did you do? If Virat comes here, he wont let me carry on with my plan. Besides this, Amay asked me to meet him at 10 am. He will doubt my intentions if I go late.” I reasoned.
“But Sai, I am very nervous about all this. We should at least inform someone at home or call police for help.” Bua suggested.
“Bua, what do you think? Any elder in this house would appreciate our effort to trap Amay? And how can we involve police at this stage when we dont have proof against him. We are going to collect those proof only.” I tried to explain again.
“But...ek bar meri baat to suno...” Bua tried to say something but I assured her. “Bua, trust me, nothing can go wrong. I have hidden spy cam, plus you are also coming with me to take our pictures secretly. I will try to make him accept how he cheated you then I will give my jewellery to him for sometime. All this will be enough proof against him. Then I will keep him busy for sometime then you will call police for help. Its a perfect plan.”
Virat’s pov
I kept asking driver to drive as fast as he could but could only managed to reach Nagpur at 10.30 am. I rushed to the Chavan mansion but to my utter shock, Shivani bua and Sai were not there. They already left to meet that Amay. I was hell worried now for both of them. I tried to calI them but no one picked my call. I put their phones on track. I called my police team and briefed them all about Amay. One police party went to inquire from those mohalla aunties about Amay’s whereabout and his address. From there we reached to Amay’s wife Sarita. She told us about one of Amay’s friend’s empty house where Amay frequently went to party, he could be found there. Together with her we left for that address and I told Sarita everything about Amay's reality, Shivani bua and Sai’s plan. IT team also confirmed the same location.
I checked my watch, it was already 11.30 am. I was praying for Sai and bua’s safety. As soon as we reached there I ran into the house and almost froze to see the scene in front of my eyes. Shivani bua was lying unconscious on the floor and Sai was struggling with Amay who was trying to hurt her by knife.
I am a police officer and I have faced many such situations. I am always quick to take action and take situation in my control but for the first time the person involve in crime scene was my own family, my Sai and just the thought that she could be harmed, made me nervous as hell, testing my limits. After few seconds only I managed to take out my gun and fired in the air to distract Amay. When he looked back I ran to him and grabbed him from back. I snatched his knife and threw it away then I turned him around.
He looked baffled with the turn of events and I used that opportunity. I punched him on the nose. He fell on the ground and from there my team took over and handled the situation. He was arrested.
Sai showed me all the evidences she collected from him. Amay’s wife Sarita who was previsouly blaming Shivani bua for all the things now was convinced that her husband was at fault.She also slapped him.
We took care of Shivani bua her injury turned out to be just minor one. Then I dropped Sai and bua home and told everything to the elders. All were shocked to hear about Sai’s bravery and the risk she took to clear Shivani bua’s name from the scandle. But as always only aai and Mohit praised her, others just ignored as if it was not a big deal. But Sai had that winning smile on her face, happiness of winning the challenge from the elders and clearing Shivani bua's name was clear on her face.
Sai’s pov
I thought my plan was perfect and there was no chance of anything going wrong but Amay found out about our real intentions.
We went to the address given by him right on time. He invited us in but I very cleverly asked to sit in the garden citing the reason that I was feeling bit suffocated. I asked for a glass of water from him and when he went inside I let Shivani bua in. She hid behind a pillar in the garden area. Amay came back and I started talking about Shivani bua. I praised him a lot and then started bitching about Shivani bua that how dumb she is. Amay went with the flow and accepted he has cheated her. He even told how he asked her for money and then cleared all evidences against him.
I smiled as everything he said was recording in my spy cam. Then I gave him my jewellery as a proof of my love for him. We started talking about our plan to run away. Shivani bua started clicking our pictures but I think she forgot to silent the camera sound. Amay heard it started looking here and there. He found Shivani bua and pulled her in front of me. I pretended to not know about her being present here but he wasn’t as idiot as I was expecting. He guessed our plan. In anger he tried to hurt me but bua held his hand. He pushed her with all his might and bua fell down on the ground. She hit her head on the coffee table and become unconscious. Then Amay turned towards me and I dodged his few efforts to hurt me. He got some hits and miss. But then he took the knife placed near the fruit basket and tried to attack me. My mind stopped working, I didn’t know what to do now? I just closed my eyes in fear and waited for the blow to come but it never came instead I heard a gunshot.
I opened my eyes and found Virat with his police team, standing on the door. I finally felt relaxed.Then Virat handled everything from there on.
Although I could see that he was acting as a normal police officer, doing his work, arresting the culprit but the look in his eyes could not be missed. They were screaming at me whenever they looked me. And more than the moment when Amay was about to attack me with a knife now I was dreading the moment I will be alone with Virat.
I know he is going to give me a piece of his mind. I know I pulled a risky plan but it was worth it if it gave justice to bua. But I knew Virat wont listen to me. Besides the anger there was something else in his eyes. He looked very disturbed, seemed like his eyes were burning with some unknown strange emotion. I didn’t know what it was until he came towards me at the end and just stood at a foot’s distance.
He was breathing heavily, there were hundreds of questions he wanted to ask but he just kept looking at me. He scanned me twice with his eyes and stopped around my lips when he noticed small amount of dried blood from the corner. I got it when Amay slapped me during our struggle.
Virat came closer unexpectedly and I was taken aback with his sudden moment. I was about to lose the balance when he supported me by holding me from my waist with his one arm. With the thumb of other hand he caressed the corner of my lips. I winced in pain.
“He did this.....that son of a b***h hurt you...that b****rd did this to you.” Virat shouted when I didn’t answer and I just nodded my head fearing his outrage.
The very next second he marched outside. I followed him too. His team was asking Amay to sit in the police jeep when Virat stopped them. He grabbed Amay’s collar and pulled him aside.
“How dare you touch my wife? I will kill you...you bloody piece of shit. How dare you to hurt her?” Virat kept asking him while punching him again and again on his nose, jaw, stomach and everywhere he could manage to do so. Amay was pleading to stop.
After few more punches Virat gave one last hateful glance to Amay and pushed him in the police jeep.The jeep took him to the police station. Virat gestured Shivani bua and me to come and sit in his car. He looked at me, his breath still heavy with all the anger and agitation and I felt my throat gone dry, I could barely gulped down my saliva.
“You are gone Sai. Ghar jakar ye Gabbar ka gussa jhelna padega.” My inner voice predicted and I couldn’t agree more.
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to be continued....
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