Part 20
You are back to be dead Bhatia" RK said angrily as he reached out for his gun from his pocket but just then he felt a gun point at his own head.
Bhatia laughed seeing him shocked. "What do you think RK..? You would lay a trap for me and I would entangle in it like a fish? You were still a baby RK when I had finished with playing all these games.." he said laughing as one of his body guard held the gun on RK's head.
RK looked at him shocked.
"You are guessing it right.. Go on.. I knew that it was you who was trying to bring me back to India.." he said laughingly as he sat comfortably on the chair.
"Whatever you may do Bhatia, I will finish you off.." he said angrily.
"What is all this happening?" Mr. Kapoor asked dreading.
"Ohh you are also here.. I had next to forgotten your presence.. Mr. Kapoor.. This man is no MBA from London nor is he any manager.. How can he be..? He is just a thug of the streets. I was least interested in what is happening in this company except for that which was related to my deal. And when Mr. Kapoor talked to me about coming to India and that his project manager has got some kind of strange clause out of company's policies.. I felt suspicious. Who was this manager so much interested in getting me here.. and that's when I asked him your name... And then.. You can very well understand what went through my mind.. I decided to just once and for all finish this Kundra story..." He said laughing slightly. Suddenly his expression changed to that of disgust "Your father was stubborn but you are a leech... You have just gotten after my life!! Dont you have anything better to do?" He asked in a low penetrating tone.
"If you knew that I am here and still you came.. You are the biggest idiot.." RK said smiling evilly.
"That's your misconception RK. For now.. You are in my clutches.. And in not more than 5 minutes I will finish you off.." he said confidently as he sipped his glass of wine.
"I wont be finished until I finish you.." RK said angrily.
"Last time you said the same but see I am here.." Bhatia spread his arms beside him.
"You were saved because of.." RK suddenly stopped himself. He didn't want to take Malik's name else Madhu might know the truth.
"Yes you are right.. I was saved because of my destiny.. And yes, how can I forget.. Because of Shamsher Malik.." he said.
RK looked at Madhu dreading and saw her getting shocked. Madhu suddenly felt a blow. Was her father's name being taken here. What he has to do with all of this? Bhatia said Malik saved him.. Did he work for Bhatia..? Did he have anything to do with Rishu's parent's murder? She looked at RK wide eyed. RK feared Madhu getting to know the reality. She wouldn't be able to take it and he cant see her broken.
"Because.. Because you used him to save yourself and that's why I killed him." RK said while eyeing Madhu trying to avert the discussion from Malik. He deliberately said that he killed him so that Madhu's attention gets diverted to her father's murder by him and hate him.
Madhu looked at him in shock and then back to Bhatia. She felt something wrong in RK's behavior. His eyes showed a strange fear which she had never seen in him. Not even when she had told him that she didn't love him at all.
RK was held by the two body guards. He looked around to search for Sultan. He could have gotten himself free from those men but he was afraid that if anything out of hand occurs Madhu might get in some danger. He wanted Sultan to come and cover Madhu. But couldn't find him.
"I am indebted to that man you know RK.. He was really the man of his words. He did give his life to save me.." Bhatia said laughing. "but he was stupid enough".
Madhu stared at him dreading. His father worked with Bhatia? She was dreading something bigger and uglier must not be beneath all this. Just then one of the man holding RK fell down. RK looked and saw Sultan standing behind. He had hit him in the head with the back of his gun.
Bhatia looked at him shocked. "Go cover Madhu" RK said in an instant and the next he turned and kicked the other man on his leg. The man fell down and RK stepped on his back and made him lie on the ground as he kept him on place by his weight. He loaded the gun in an instant and pointed at Bhatia.
"You are gone!" He said with a clenched face. He shot the gun but the man below him pushed him aside and the bullet missed the target.
RK involved into a fight with that man while Sultan held Madhu's hand and dragged her to the side.
"Sullu what are they saying..? Papa was with Bhatia? What is all this..? Please tell me.." she asked restlessly.
Sultan smiled hearing Sullu from her even in such a situation. RK is right.. she is really pure' he thought to himself. "Don't worry Madhu.. I will tell you everything later.. You just stay low.. please.. if you get in any danger RK would leave everything to safeguard you.." he tried to make her understand.
"Yes" Madhu nodded her head. "Please take his care.."
"Don't worry I am around.. As soon as you feel any danger.. Just stay close to me.." he said as he patted her head.
Just then there was a sound of gun shot. Sultan and Madhu both turned to the source of sound dreaded and saw Bhatia standing with the gun while pointed at RK. They looked at RK in shock but found him still fighting with the man. They heaved a sigh of relief while Sultan ran in an instant to cover him.
The other employees present in the meeting had by now ran away hearing the gun shot. Sultan ran to Bhatia and kicked his hand which made his gun fall at a distance. Bhatia lookd at him shocked.
"This has nothing to do with you Sultan.. Stay out of it.." Bhatia said angrily.
"Thats none of your concerns.." he said as he tightened his elbow around Bhatia's neck.
Bhatia tried beating him off but couldn't. Sultan looked at RK who had by now kicked the man on his neck while the man fell off. RK pointed the gun straight at his head. He was about to pull the trigger when he remembered Madhu. He had destroyed her life because he killed her father. He didn't want to destroy anymore lives. RK closed his eyes and controlled his anger as he took in a deep breath. "Whoever you are.. I don't know you.. and I don't want to kill you.. This war is between me and Bhatia.. Just stay out of it." He said.
"Its my duty to save him.. I am paid for that.." the man replied strughling to get out of his hold.
RK breathed with frustration. "Fine.." he said and raised his gun and hit him on the head with the handle of the gun. The man fell unconscious and RK stood up.
He saw Sultan holding Bhatia while they both were in a struggle. He ran to him and kicked Bhatia to the ground. He was taken aback.
RK pointed the gun right at his forehead. "Enough of your talking.."
"Havent you got your revenge by killing Shamsher Malik? He was the one who... " Bhatia said helplessly seeing death so close to him. RK screamed both in anger and fear and shot Bhatia on his chest before he could utter anything about Malik. One after the other he shot 4 bullets right in his heart.
There spread a strange silence all over the hall. Not a sound. RK sat there like a statue as he stared at the lifeless body of Bhatia. He felt as if something big was taken off him, like a weight that left his body. The storm that was unsettling him for 15 years had finally come to stop, that too in an instant.
He screamed with all his might. All his emotions were poured in that scream, a tear fell down his eye. Sultan watched him from a distance. He felt a relief seeing him finally unburdened. And even he was unburdened of the guilt that because of him Bhatia had escaped from RK last time.
Madhu who was till now shocked with all the turn of events was shook to senses on hearing his scream. She stared at him for a few seconds and saw him crying as he knelt on the ground. Madhu walked closer to him and sat beside him. She sat there for a few seconds not able to decide whether she should console him or not. Her father was Bhatia's associate. He might have not done any wrong but still he was with such a man and she felt as if she didn't have a right to console RK anymore.
She was confused as she looked around. Her gaze fell on Sultan and she looked at him hopefully. She didn't know what for but she felt like searching for an answer. Sultan nodded his head at her and somehow that gave her strength. She kept her hand on his shoulder. RK looked at her for a second and then threw himself on her as he hugged her tightly. He cried like a child. The child who wasn't able to cry on his mother's blood pooled body. A child who wasn't able to cry at his parent's loss. Madhu patted his head and as she cried along with him.
After a few minutes Madhu felt he had quitened down. She felt a relief that RK was unburdened after but shhe had a lot of questions in her mind now that she wanted to be answered. She was about to break the hug to face him when she felt RK's body limping over her. Her expression changed to dread. "Rishu.." she said in a husky fearful voice.
But there was no answer. She tried to seperate to see him but RK's weight was on her. She looked dreadfully at Sultan.
"Rishu!!" she screamed looking at Sultan. She couldnt get anything out of her mouth now.
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