Chapter 4
"Khushi I have to tell you really important thing. Please listen me carefully," Bani hurriedly said. Her voice was scared.
"What's the matter Bani why do you look so scared? Is everything alright?" Khushi asked concerned.
"No, nothing is right Khushi. Khushi what I am going to tell you, you might not believe it but it will be true." Gathering the courage Bani finally revealed "Khushi your life is in danger."
"What?" Khushi asked shocked . "But how come?"
"Khushi you won't believe me but it's Shyam. He doesn't love you but your money.
"What nonsense we are just friends Bani!"A frown line formed across her head.
"What?" Bani asked even bewildered. "Khushi please if you guys are just friends that is great but please I am talking no nonsense."
"Bani why should he do this? You are surely mistaken. He himself is a rich businessman. Why would he then hurt me for money?"
"Look Khushi I don't know but trust me. Okay, wait you don't trust me right? Wait I have Shyam's passport. He is from India not from the U.K.
"Enough of this nonsense! Are you crazy? You are saying whatever is coming into your mind. And who are you anyways that knows about him so much."
Bani wanted to reveal her identity. But she couldn't, didn't matter how much she wanted to tell her. Its the first rule as a secret agent that they can't reveal their identity no matter what. Neither Arnav and NK would have helped in this case. "But where were they?" Bani thought. She looked around but there were no where to be seen.
And we have check all his records he is one of the wanted criminal. Indian police is looking for him," Bani told her as she took his passport from her purse and showed it to Khushi. Khushi was thrilled to see his passport.
"Please..." Bani was going to say something but khushi held up her hand in the air to stop her from saying anything.
"Hey, I am back!" Shyam said from behind, a smile plastered on his face. Bani turned blue because she knew that if Khushi would reveal what she has told her it would put Khushi's life in danger.
"I am sorry you guys had to wait for me so long," Shyam said as he put hand on Khushi's shoulder.
Shyam knew that Bani must have told something about him. His body turned cold. Seeing Khushi's angry look, he thought that she in fact does know everything about him.
"Is everything alright?" he asked.
"Shyam show me your passport!"
"Passport? Why Khushi?"
"Nothing just please show me!"
He looked scared now.
"It's in the briefcase Khushi. Wait I show you."
After a minute Shyam comes back and show his passport.
Bani was stunned. It must be fake, she knew it. Khushi took Shyam's passport and checked it. And it looked real. Khushi gave Bani angry stare and thanked Shyam.
"Why did you ask for my Passport Khushi?"
"Just liked that. Just to prove some one (Khushi mumbled). Shyam I think we are getting late," Khushi said him. Shyam took a sigh of relief and gave Bani a evil smirk. Khushi went straight into her car.
"Hey, Bani aren't you coming?" Shyam said.
"Yeah!" Bani replied.
No matter if khushi didn't believe her but she has to be with her all the time. But deep down Bani was nervous because she had not a single ounce of idea what she was going to do. In fact, she was just under training student.
She had no fear of her life, this is what she has learnt from her brother, and that's what it gave her a courage. It was important to save Khushi. Bani looked down but at Shyam. Shyam went to Bani to open her side of the door.
"You won't be able to do anything Bani. You tried your best and I do respect the fact (he smiled his sickening smile). You must be thinking where Arnav and NK right?" Shyam murmured to Bani. Bani instantly looked at him.
"They both are safe and sound under my protection. What did you think? That you guys will ruin my plan in a single moment. You were so wrong. It was just a little drama. And you must have known by now that I studied the blue file, that brought you here. You guys were just so stupid to get caught in my trap."
"What did you do to them?" Bani asked scared now. But at the same she wanted to punch him in his ugly face.
"Nothing yet! But if you tried to act smart around you, your brother Arnav and your best friend NK will have to face the worst," Shyam warned Bani. "Now get in, as I said no scene. My guards are all over here. If you don't believe look around."
Bani looked around as Shyam said and saw dozen of men dressed casually walked one step closer towards her but at the distance, revealing guns in their hands. Bani knew that she won't be able to do anything. At least not at the moment. She alone won't be able to do anything especially when it would put Khushi's life in danger.
"But you have no idea what you have done, Mr. Shyam!" Bani said with a smile of success on her face.
But before Shyam could register Khushi came from behind and gave him a hard slap right in his face, so hard that her five fingers left mark in his cheeks. Shyam's hands flew to his cheek and rubbed it.
"What did you think you could fool me around?" Khushi asked him angrily. "For all this time I didn't believe my best friend but you and what did you do, you deceived me," Khushi snapped.
Before his hounds could shot guns at her Shyam raised his hand to stop them. He didn't want to left any stone turn until he could make Khushi believe that he was right.
"What are you saying khushi?" Shyam asked innocently.
"What you just heard?" she replied.
"For all this time you were fooling me, trapping me in your trap."
"No, Khushi you don't believe this b**ch she is just like her brother a cheater. Why don't you understand she wants to bring you and Arnav together again."
"Oh shut up and how do you even know that she told something against you?"
"Khushi when you asked me about the passport I knew that she must have told you stupid things. Before coming here I heard both her and her brother, Arnav planning things against you."
"What about you just said to her?" Khushi asked.
"What I said her?" he asked.
"Don't act so innocent here I know who is the real cheater Mr. Shyam Jha. You have kidnapped Arnav and NK."
That is when Shyam realized that there was no point making any stories he called all his guards and in another second they stood in front of her and Bani, their guns pointed at their temple.
"Stop it Shyam let Bani go, she has nothing to with this. Your problem is with me so deal with it, just let her go."
"Not so easily Ms. Khushi Kumari Gupta."
Shyam stepped back and ordered his guard to take both of them.
"Leave us you jerks!" Khushi retorted as she kicked Shyam and he instantly asked the guard to leave her and slapped her harder. Khushi swung around and her head hit the car. She fainted there.
"Khushi, bhabi?" Bani shouted.
"Do you still consider her your sister-in-law? Remember your brother cheated her?"
"Shut-up your moron my brother never cheated her. In fact you b**tard and that friend Sheetal created misunderstanding in between them."
Adrenaline rushed in her veins violently. But before Bani could do anything Shyam took Khushi and put her in the back seat and the guards forced Bani in another car. And drove to the unknown place. Bani's mouth and hands were tied and it was extremely hard for her to defend herself and Khushi.
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"Where to keep them Boss?" a man asked Shyam.
"Throw both of them where those two other b**tard are. And bring more people in to guard them to make sure they can't escape from here. Otherwise, consequences you know."
The man nodded.
It was a very dark place. By looks it was very old factory. The metal around had rusted. Few pigeons fluttered their wings as they tried to escape from there. Bani's scream were muffled under the tied clothe around her mouth too keep herself from screaming.
"Bani!" NK screamed. And Arnav looked immediately where NK was now looking.
"Stay quite!" Goon ordered.
The man pushed Bani into the cellar where Arnav and NK were locked. And threw Khushi's unconscious body.
"Bhai!" Bani rushed towards Arnav and hugged him.
"Sshh Bani don't cry I am here with you!"
"Khushi!" NK immediately rushed towards Khushi and she was still unconscious.
"Khushi? Bani what happened to her?" Arnav in quick strides went to her.
"Bhai, that Shyam hit her."
"What?" NK said shocked.
"Yes, NK Khushi bhabi has come to know about Shyam's reality but I couldn't able to do anything. It all happened because of me!"
"No, Bani don't worry we won't let Khushi happen anything. But before that we have to get out of here first."
Arnav wiped Bani's tears and made her sit.
"Now tell us in detail what happened?"
Upon asking Bani told everything little thing to them. That is, how she brought the reality in front of Khushi, how Shyam tried to manipulate the whole reality and Khushi didn't believe him and he then showed his true colours.
"Khushi? Open your eyes!" Arnav shouted. And slowly Khushi opened her eyes.
And woke up. She was relieved to see Arnav in front of her. But she pushed him angrily.
"Khushi?" he said shocked.
"Don't you come near me. I hate you more than I hate that creep!"
"Please, Khushi bhabi!" Bani spoke up.
"How many times I have told you that don't call me, bhabi? Bani the only reason I was with you because of our friendship. Every relationship that I had with brother ended when he cheated me," Khushi snapped angrily.
"Stop it Khushi!" NK spoke up.
"Oh, really do you even know anything about him? You even know that he was two timing person. First he trapped me in his love and then married me. But at the same he had extra martial relationship with another women!"
"Yes, I know him more than you do. Because I trust my friend that you never did!
Arnav never cheated you. You still didn't get that it was all that Shyam's doing," NK snapped. "He and Sheetal tried to create misunderstanding in between you guys! I thought you knew Arnav but Khushi trust was a far thing you didn't even give him the chance to prove himself," NK retorted. He was tired of Khushi excusing his friend.
"NK!" Arnav spoke to calm NK but he refused to listen him. "No, Arnav she claimed that she loved you no she never did.
"NK please calm down!" Bani said as she put her hand on his shoulder.
"Khushi, NK is right it was Sheetal who created misunderstanding. The night..."
Khushi raised her hand to stop her from saying anything and she turned towards Arnav. And she looked straight into her eyes as she searched for the truth. She wanted to know the truth from him. She wanted to hear that she never gave him the chance to say. Arnav too looked back into her brown chocolaty eyes. That were now filled with tears and the questions floated in them.
"Arnav I want to know the truth from you!" She mumbled. "For God sake tell me the truth!" She said as she shook him by his shoulders.
"He won't say anything, Khushi!" Bani replied. "Khushi, my brother had died the day you divorced him and left him," Bani replied with a plain voice.
"Khushi nothing had happened between the two of them the night you saw Sheetal and bhai together in the hotel!"
"What about her lipstick marks on his bare chest? You would say they were just stickers. What about she only wearing his T-Shirt and they both on the bed," Khushi said with disgust and shame.
"No, Khushi! Tea had fell on her dress and she had nothing else to wear so bhai lent her his T-Shirt. She had planned everything. She actually tried to seduce bhai but bhai didn't let her do anything wrong. So, she forced herself on him and that's when you entered into the room. It wasn't bhai who was trying to do anything wrong but it was Sheetal!" Bani told her.
"Obviously you won't believe us so hear this!" NK spoke furiously as he took his phone out and played the recording.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Sheetal screamed. "I was the one who that night forced Arnav. I did all that so that Khushi leave him!"
"And why did you do that?" NK shouted.
Sheetal's voice was trembling as she stuttered.
"Because Shyam had told me to to do so. He said he wanted to separate Khushi from Arnav!"
"Why did he want to do that?"
"I don't know...why he did that? He just gave me 5000 for the work!"
Was the last thing Sheetal said in the recording.
"Now you got it?" NK asked.
Khushi was stunned and her mind was numb and had stopped working. Her heartbeat was slow. Her head spun and she felt as she would faint. She walked backwards until her back she hit the wall.
At the moment nothing else came into her mind but what she saw that night came in front her eyes and what she heard today from Bani's mouth and the recording that NK played buzzed in her ears.
Single tear had escaped her eye. And then she looked at Arnav he had the same one plain emotion on his face that was pure pain that he had that night when Khushi had refused to listen him and the day she had divorced him.
He had kept on saying that he was innocent. He pleaded her to at-least ones give him the chance to prove herself but she hadn't. She was just too blind with what she saw that night that she didn't believe her husband. Eventually she broke down. She clenched her hair harder and pulled them. She was mad at her herself. And she cried endlessly.
Arnav's heart wrenched the moment he heard her cries. He hated when she cried. Her tears were like knifes that stabbed his heart the moment they escape her eyes. He quickly went to her and kneeled on his knees.
It was just her name that he could able to mumble. Khushi clenched his T-Shirt and she rested her head on his chest as she weeped. Her body shook with her sobs.
"I am sorry Arnav! If can please forgive me for not believing you! I am regretful. Please forgive me."
Arnav shut his pain by hearing the pain in her voice. But he himself was broken. His own Khushi hadn't believed him but somebody else.
"Khushi it's okay! It was just a misunderstanding," he had managed to say but there was no emotion.
Khushi knew that he was mad at her. He hadn't forgiven her for what she did. And she didn't expect him to forgive her when she herself didn't listen him. When he told her that he just love her and he can't even dare to think about anybody else.
"Please, forgive me Arnav!"
"Yeah! Do forgive her Mr. Raizada because she just has only few days or I should say only few hours left!" Forgive your dear ex-wife!" Shyam uttered as he came into the cellar where all four of them were locked in.
All four of them eyes fell on him.
Arnav's hand clenched into a tight fist and adrenaline rushed in his vein. His jaws were clenched tightly. His teeth gnashed. Every muscle in him was hungry now of his blood. He moved Khushi away from himself and got up. And he walked towards Shyam as a predator walk towards its prey.
Shyam stood in front of him with his head held high, and maintained his cool posture.
Arnav kept walking towards him until he stood only a mere inch away.
The creepiest smile that Shyam had plastered on his face had infuriated Arnav's every sense.
"Arnav please don't look at me like that you are scaring me!" Shyam said as he pretended that Arnav's anger had really scared him.
Shyam's hounds laughed at the sarcasm in his voice.
His mock further irate Arnav.
"Khushi, I am so sorry baby! I hurt you today. How are you feeling?"
Shyam said as he looked at Khushi.
But she looked away from him in disguise.
"Oh my baby is mad at me?"
That was it. Arnav didn't give the chance to say anything further. He held Shyam from his shoulder and gave a hard punch in his face. And he winced in pain. Under a second, Shyam's hound came running but Shyam stopped them.
"Nein, nur einen Schritt zuruck (No, just step back!" he said in German to the goons.
"It should be a fair game! Right Arnav?"
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