FF; BEING MRS. RAVAN KUMAR chap 113-117(LAST CHAP) Pg 157**updated** - Page 78

CHAPTER EIGHTY FOUR

'I am going to call the police... This is illegal...You can't do this...'' Said Mr. Bhalla

'Oh calm down old man... If you haven't done anything wrong, then why are you worried ...'' Said Abhimanyu

'Besides who says police listens to terrorists...'' Said Ishita as she leaned in to JB

'So... Are you going to tell me where your brother is or am I going to beat it out of you...''Said Ishita as Abhimanyu stood behind her rolling up her sleeves much to the shock a very frightened Mr. Bhalla

JB looked at them and smiled almost as if he was taunting them. He looked straight back at Ishita and said

'Who said I have a brother...''

'Is that so...'' Said Ishita

'Yes it is...'' Said JB

'Alright... You see my friends over thought that it would be productive to interrogate you, use all the techniques they learnt and stuff, but you see, I know people like you, I know what and how you operate. Loyalty is everything and there is no way you are going to betray Nazem... I mean can you admire such loyalty... You both would rather die than give each other up...I admire that '' Said Ishita smiling

'Well if you know why, are we wasting each other's time...'' Said JB

'Ishita please I am begging you, you do not understand...'' Said Mr. Bhalla panicking

'Did I ask you to talk... No one said you should talk... I really shouldn't be pissing me off if I were you...'' Said Ishita as she turned to Mr. Bhalla who was beginning to sweat

'You do not understand... He will kill...'' Mr. Bhalla began but Ishita interrupted

'Arre yaar... Abhimanyu will you please take care of that ...'' She said

'Gladly... ' Said Abhimanyu as he walked to where Mr. Bhalla was and took him to the guest room where Ishita was leaving Ishita and Abhishek in the lying rook with JB

'Okay... Where were we, oh yeah ... Nazem ...'' Said Ishita

'Actually we were talking about how you are going to let me go because you have nothing on me...'' Said JB

'Ishita this is time wasting... We should just take him into custody...'' Said Abhishek

'Will you calm down... He will beg me to listen to him I promise...'' Said Ishita smiling

JB looked at her as he arrogantly smirked knowing there was no way they would do anything to him. It would be illegal and it would mean whatever Ishita was trying to solve would be a burst if they handled him wrongly. Ishita was boiling inside and wanted to wipe that filthy smirk off his face but she also knew she needed to play it right if none of the people she loved were to end up in jail

'This is time wasting... Can you just take me to jail or something ... I will be out by the evening anyway...'' Said JB

'You really need to be telling me what I need to know...'' Said Ishita

'Or what... See unlike you I have no weaknesses... You can't possibly take something from me that I don't have...'' Said JB

'Are you sure...'' Said Ishita as she stood up grabbing the knife that was on the table and the remote

'You see I have a different alternative...''She added

'Ishu what are you doing...'' Said Abhishek worried

'Abhishek... I suggest you walk out of here and let me do what I am supposed to do, this means you won't be liable if I kill this pompous ass...'' Said Ishita as she looked straight at JB

'Yo' bro tell your lady to back off...You all work for the government, you can't do this'' Said JB smirking

'Who said I work for the government...'' Said Ishita before she leaned back and jibbed the knife through JB's leg before she pulled it out leaving JB screaming

'Ishu...'' Said Abhishek

'Like I said... Sit back and watch me work or get the hell out...'' Said Ishita as she sat back down and looked at JB who was beginning to laugh

'Is that all you got...'' he said

Meanwhile back upstairs Santosh had begun to cry and she was fidgeting as to what was going on downstairs. When she heard screams coming from downstairs she began to cry thinking her husband was being tortured.

'Please... Mihika please ask her to stop... Please...'' Santosh cried

'Shhsss... let me think...'' Said Mihika who had been looking in and out of that window since they walked in

'Vishu is a fool but he doesn't deserve this... Please... I am begging you... ' Cried Santosh

'Buzz... Buzz...'' Of went Shlok's phone and immediately he read the text he turned to Mihir and said

'You need to figure out a way to get to the guest room without anyone downstairs seeing you. Can you do that...'' Said Shlok

'Yeah... I will use the roof... There are stairs that lead down to the balcony into Ishita's room... Which was the guest room...'' Said Mihir

'Alright... Tell Abhimanyu, we have 20 minutes... Nothing more nothing less ...'' Said Shlok

'Okay...'' Said Mihir as he snuck out

'Can we use the roof...'' Said Mihika

'No... It will be too far... our only option is that window...'' Said Shlok

'Are you going to throw me down... Please do not kill me... I am begging you... Listen I will do anything you want but please do not kill me... Do not hurt my family please...'' Said Santosh panicking but before Shlok would even assess how to calm her sown

'Smack...'' Mihika punched her making her unconscious

''Whoa... Mihika ...'' Said Shlok shocked

'What... She wouldn't shut up and I needed to think...'' Said Mihika

'Oh please...'' Said Shlok knowing it was completely unnecessary

'Plus I enjoyed that so, there we are...'' Said Mihika as she looked down the window again

In the guestroom Vishu was acting brave and wanted to fight Abhimanyu but Abhimanyu had managed to push him down tying him to the bed as he said

'I really do not have time for this... Listen to me... I need you to give me that ledger...'' Said Abhimanyu

''What ledger...'' Said Vishu playing damn

'Listen I really do not have time for this nonsense... Sooner or later there will be people barging through that door and when they do I will not have time to save you... You are really not priority believe it or not ...Now give me that damn ledger...'' Said Abhimanyu

'I have no idea what you are talking about...'' Said Mr. Bhalla standing his ground

'I do not even know why we bother... I swear...'' Said Abhimanyu frustrated

'Hey...'' Said Mihir as he walked in through the open window

'Mihir... Thank God... Talk to your father... I don't have time for this...'' Said Abhimanyu

'Papa... It is important that you tell us where the ledger is... I will explain everything later just please...'' Said Mihir

'You are working for her... I can't believe you hate me that much ...'' Said Mr. Bhalla

'Papa... Please now is not the time... Tell me where the damn ledger is or I swear I am going to have Raman arrested for drug trafficking...'' Said Mihir without flinching

'Finally probi, you grew a pair...'' Said Abhimanyu impressed

'You would do that for her... What does she give you, how much does she pay you?'' Said Mr. Bhalla

'Okay first of all I do not work for her, I work for RAW, she just happens to be my field supervisor... I am not going to say it again... Where the hell is that damn ledger ...'' Said Mihir

Abhimanyu left them there and walked into the closed bringing out a laptop that Ishita had left there for them. Whatever she had gathered was on their and they were supposed to make sure they got all that information she had and wiped the laptop clean. He did that in 5 minutes and he was done and ready to leave.

'Dude we need to leave and we are not leaving this place without that ledger... There is no way I am allowing her to risk her life for an ungrateful man like this one...'' Said Abhimanyu

'Just give him time... papa stop being stubborn and just tell us...'' Said Mihir pleading

'No... I know if give that up, it will mean trouble. If Raman doesn't end up in Jail, that man will kill us...'' Said Mr. Bhalla being stubborn and Abhimanyu wasn't having that anymore

His phone had begun buzzing and he knew that their ride had arrived and he needed to be out of that house and in that car as fast as he could. He took a pocket knife from his back pocket walking straight to Mr. Bhalla and putting it to his throat as he said

'You have five seconds or I swear to God I am going to slit your throat then leave you here to bleed...''

'You can't...'' Said Mr. Bhalla stammering causing Abhimanyu to extend the knife that Mr. Bhalla ended up having a cut on his neck

'Trust me, you really do not want to try me...'' Said Abhimanyu

'Okay... Okay... It is upstairs...'' Said Mr. Bhalla as he began sweating

Where upstairs...'' Said Abhimanyu

'Is it in your room...'' Said Mihir

'No... No it is not...'' He said

'Okay then where...'' Said Mihir

'Raman's room...'' Said Mr. Bhalla stammering

'Papa, just tell us where...'' Said Mihir

'How do I know you will keep them safe? My family... How will I know ...'' Said Mr. Bhalla

'You have my word... It has never meant anything but right now it is all I got...'' Said Mihir

Mr. Bhalla looked at his son while Abhimanyu still held a knife to his threat and he knew there was no going back. Things had fallen apart and there was no way he was going out of this. He had messed up and had been trying for the last couple of years to fix it but it just got worse and worse and now he had no choice.

'In Raman's closet... Behind Aryan's Urn ... There is a flash drive... It all you need to know...'' He said tears filling his eyes as he got ashamed

'Okay... Mihika you got that...'' Said Mihir through his Bluetooth

'Yeah I got it... Now come on 3 minutes we meet at the back... IF you show up late, we are leaving you behind ...'' Said Mihika as she hang up, destroying her phone and Mihir did the same

'Dad, get up... We need to leave but you need to be as quiet as you can possibly imagine. If we are going to get the hell out of here ... Then this is the time to listen to me...'' Said Mihir

'Mihir what is going on?'' He said worried because this didn't quite add up

He was supposed to be interrogated by Mihir not being escaped out of his home. If this was supposed to be Ishita's plan then it wasn't making sense. She had him where she wanted him and he was hands down caught but this, his escaping made things complicated for her and her father.

Back in the living room Ishita was making headway and buying the people upstairs time to leave. She knew once she got the signal from one of her guys she had stationed at the backdoor that they were gone, then she would execute part be of her plan.

'Come on JB, Just tell me what I need to know and all this will stop...'' Said Ishita

'Is that all you got... Come on you really hit like a girl... You need to hit harder than that...'' Said JB as he looked at her with his bruised face

'You know what you are right, this is counterproductive... I have an idea... Here...'' Said Ishita as she pulled in towards the TV with Abhishek helping her; She wanted to make sure that Abhishek was not in sight of the back door and so pushing JB ahead was the only way that would happen and it worked.

'They say when someone falls in love, the lose sense of self. Others believe even the most intelligent of men lose themselves when they find that one woman who dries them mad... That is why people continue to love the meanest most unworthy human beings just because of that tiny feeling called love'' Said Ishita

'Yeah so...'' Said JB

'Well... You may be tolerant to pain but I do not think that she is...'' Said Ishita as she turned on the TV

Abhishek was in shock more than anything. I mean he expected that she was a tough person but this was extreme even for her. He looked up and he could see Sarika had been tied down to a chair with man who was wearing a mask and standing behind her as Sarika begged to let her go

'Ishi... Ishu what are you...'' Said a Shocked Abhimanyu

'I do not know who that is...'' Lied JB

'Are you sure... She seems like she knows you...'' Said Ishita as she turned up the volume

'Please... Let me go... I do not know what JB did but am sure he didn't mean it... He is a good man...'' Said Sarika tearfully

'Ohhh She seems to like you a lot... Let us see how much you love her...'' Said Ishita as she grabbed her phone

'Do it...'' She said

The man in the mask came forward and stood in front of Sarika and he began slapping her senseless, as she screamed and cried begging.

'Please stop... Please...'' Sarika cried

'Ishita... Can I talk to you for a second...'' Said Abhishek pulling her a side as she let that sink in with JB

'What are you doing? This is not right... What has gotten into you...'' Said Abhishek

'You see your way is not working... I need to do this my way... Mr. Bhalla will never give away the location of that ledger because either he doesn't have it or he is so afraid of someone more than anything... This idiot does and unless he tells me all I need to know, he and I are not done...'' Said Ishita

'But this is Sarika... Ishita that is Sarika that is being beaten like some kind of common thief... Shlok's Sarika... You can't do this just because you want to save Raman...'' Said Abhishek

'Who said anything about saving Raman?'' Said Ishita carelessly

Abhishek looked at her and the demeanor she had was of someone had nothing to lose. In space of all the three years he had known her, this was a side of her he had never really seen. This Ishita was unpredictable and that didn't quite play well into his plans. When she was being the irrational, his plans went out the window.

'Okay this is ridiculous... How sure are you that it is with him ... May be Mr. Bhalla is playing you, have you thought about that...'' Said Abhishek

'Yeah... And I know he isn't...'' Said Ishita

'Why are you so sure about that...'' Said Abhishek

'Because I have his son...'' Said Ishita

'By have you mean...'' Said Abhishek but Ishita just looked at him and walked back into the living room where JB was

'So... JB, where were we...'' She said increasing the volume on the TV such that he heard Sarika's screams even more

Abhishek needed to pull Ishita out of here because she was not focused at all. He needed to find that ledger at all costs and Ishita being this radical was not helping him in anyway. There was only one way this would work and it was if Bala, who was the lead agent on the case, pulled her off it before it got late

'Bala...'' He said after dialing

'Yeah... Do you have an update for me yet...'' Said Bala

'No... I am just saying that maybe you should let me lead this interrogation and this operation. Ishita is...'' Said Abhishek but Bala interrupted

'Her instructions were use all means necessary to ensure that we got that ledger... Is she doing anything less than that'' Said Bala

'Well... No... But what she is doing...'' Abhishek began but Bala interrupted

'Is it illegal... ' Said Bala

'Excuse me...'' Said Abhishek

'I am saying what she is doing? Is it illegal...'' Said Bala

'Yes... Very ...'' Said Abhishek

'Then I do not want to know... I just need results...'' Said Bala and he hang up

'What the... What the hell is going on...'' Said Abhishek and knowing he needed plan B. He walked to the kitchen and dialed another number...

'We are in trouble...'' He said

CHAPTER EIGHTY FIVE

Meanwhile back in the living room, Ishita was making a little bit of headway

'Stop... Stop it... Just ... Please...'' JB begged

'See... I told you... Love is a funny thing...'' Said Ishita as she called again asking the man to stop and he stopped standing behind Sarika again

'You see that beating will continue until you and I start talking...'' Said Ishita

JB looked at the screen and Sarika was beaten and she had blood coming from her nose and her face was beginning to swell up. She looked horrible and unrecognizable that it broke his heart.

'If I tell you he stops...'' Said JB

'Yeah... That is pretty much how that is supposed to work...'' Said Ishita

'You can't do this... She is your friend... How could you...'' Said JB

'Do I look like I care...'' Said Ishita coldly

'Are you just going to let her do this...'' Said JB looking straight at Abhishek

'Are you going to tell me or should I continue...''Said Ishita

'Listen if you don't ask her to stop... I swear to God I am going to tell her everything...'' Said JB

'Why do you need his attention to talk to me...'' Said Ishita

'Ishu stop... That is an order...'' Abhishek said

'Sorry dude, orders changed. I answer to Bala... Not you...'' Said Ishita as she grabbed her phone and walked standing in front of JB

'Should I order round two... It is more fun to watch than round one...'' Said Ishita with a smug look on her face, almost as if she was enjoying this

'Abhishek I swear to God... Tell her to stop...'' Said JB screaming

'Or what...'' Said Ishita

'I will tell her Abhishek I am not kidding...'' Said JB again

'JB just shut up...'' Said Abhishek

'Abhi...'' JB said again

'Okay I need to make that call...'' Said Ishita threatening to dial

'Ishu wait... JB let me think...'' Said Abhishek

'Hey... Order round two ...'' Said Ishita to the man on the other line

'Okay... Okay... Hold on... I will tell you...'' Said JB

'Alright tell me then...''Said Ishita

'Nazem Yusuf... You want to know who he is, I will tell you...'' Said JB

'If you lie to me...'' Said Ishita as the man in the mask pulled out a gun putting it into Sarika's mouth

'I will kill her right before splashing your brains all through this carpet... Are we clear...'' Said Ishita as she pulled out her gun

'Nazem Yusuf... He is a businessman from Pakistan that...'' JB began but Abhishek

'Ishu... Let us take him in...'' Said Abhishek

'No... Let him talk...'' Said Ishita looking at JB

'He is an arms dealer operating in Pakistan... He was supposed to come to India in the acquisition of...'' Said JB and Ishita interrupted

'Nuclear bombs, how he was...'' Said Ishita

'Not bombs... Not exactly I mean.. We just sold part of them and also loads of guns ...'' Said JB

'What...'' Said Ishita shocked as she looked at Abhishek before she looked at JB again

'Where were you going to get these guns and nuclear parts... ' Asked Ishita

'We already had them... We know where they are, we know how to get to them, we just needed the right time to sell them...'' Said JB

'Who are going to provide these launch codes...'' Said Ishita

'Oh no... You want to know... You let her go first...'' Said JB

'You are really no tin a place to negotiate do you know that...'' Said Ishita

'You need info from me.. You need to let her go...'' Said JB

'Okay... ' Said Ishita as she turned getting her phone

Back with Raman, he and his kids had had a splendid time. They took him to the park where they used to go with Shlok every time they were in India. They showed him some of their favorite places in Delhi and he was slowly learning a few things about them along the way. They asked that he take them to the mall given they wanted to grab something for their grandparents before they went to their house.

'It was the last part of the surprise...'' They said and so he was excited to see what they had planned exactly

He was a bit nervous of course because he knew his in laws and he were not necessarily in good boos but he also understood that he had to mend a lot of bridges and he had to begins somewhere.

'Papa... Papa ...'' Called Ruhi

'Yes... Sorry...'' Said Raman as he turned and looked at her

'Oh God... Where is your attention...'' Said Aditya

'Here of course...'' said Raman

'Okay... Here, this place serves the best ice-cream, even mom loves it...'' Said Ruhi

'Oh really...'' Said Raman getting into the excitement

He looked around the place and he began having a sense of familiarity almost as if he had been there before. He brushed it off as just anxiousness but as he would later realize, nothing came as a coincidence where his wife was concerned

'It is also the place we first saw you...'' Said Ruhi

'What...'' Said Raman surprised

'Yeah... You were here with Kushan Uncle... ' Said Aditya

'Wow... I don't even seem to remember that...'' Said Raman

'That is okay, Mihika Auntie asked us not to come meet you so we had to hide.'' Said Ruhi

'But it is fine... Gama says memories are never too late to make, right...'' Said Aditya causing Ruhi to giggle

'Gama...'' Said Raman looking at Aditya

'Yeah Grandma, we call her Gama...'' Said Aditya as Ruhi continued laughing

'What is so funny...'' Said Raman as he chuckled looking at her

'Aditya always likes quoting Gama but he doesn't understand most of her sayings...'' Said Ruhi

'Liar... I so do...'' Said Aditya defensively as Ruhi continued to laugh

Raman looked at his son who was feeling a bit bad and knew that the boy was just trying so hard to make sure that his father liked him. If only he knew...

'Hey Ruhi... No nice to laugh at your brother...'' Said Raman as he hide his smile

'Sorry Papa...'' Said Ruhi as she got her ice-cream and went to sit down

Soon after Aditya followed suit with Raman not so far behind. As he took his seat he noticed that the driver who had been taking them around that whole day was talking to someone and it seemed important. Two more other guys joined them and Raman knew something was a bit off. The driver came to where he was and said

'Excuse me Sir we have to leave now...''

'What... Why we are just having ice-cream it won't take long...'' Said Raman

'No Sir, I am sorry we have to go like right now please...'' Said the driver again

'Oh hey... Look... It is Abhi Uncle...''Said Ruhi as he pointed at someone who was in the car that was just getting into the parking lot

Raman and the driver both turned but the driver began to panic.

'That is not Abhimanyu Sir, ' said the driver before he turned to Raman and said

'Sir, I need you and the kids to get up and follow me. If you do not do as I say I will carry you outside myself...'' Said the driver

'Why... What is the problem...'' Said Raman

'Sir, I have very clear instructions to make sure I get you to a safe location. Get up and let's go...'' Said the driver

'Okay... Fine ...'' Said Raman as he turned to his kids and said

'Hey, can we have ice-cream in the car, Papa left his medicines there so we sort of have to go anyway...''

'Okay...'' The both said as they got up and with the three remaining men shielding them, the made it outside using another door

'What is going on? What are you doing'' Raman asked

'Saving your life Sir...'' Said the driver

'And who are you...'' Said Raman

'My name is Neel Pathak, Special Agent RAW...'' He said and

'RAW...'' Asked Raman

' 'It is Research and Analysis Wing ... It is an External Intelligence Agency Sir...'' Answered the driver as he got into his car and drove off with the two men following then in the exact same car make and model but they took a different turn

Raman had a lot of questions that needed answering but he also knew that this Neel fellow was never going to answer them. He however had a nagging inkling that he couldn't just ignore

'How do you know my wife again...'' He asked

'She is my boss...'' Said Neel

'Hold on, she is an agent like you...'' Said Raman a shocked Raman

'Well not exactly Sir, She is the Assistant Director for Criminal, Cyber and National Security, it is sort of a special task force within the agency...'' Said Neel much to Raman's shock

'Who is the Director...'' Raman asked having an inkling of that too

'Abhimanyu Raghav Sir...'' Said Neel

'And how long has this been...'' Said Raman and Neel interrupted

'Three or Four Years give or take, Sir...'' He said

'What are they working on?'' Raman asked

'Am sorry Sir, you do not have clearance to know that. She told me to let you know only about what she does, she also said you will ask a lot of questions but you will have to wait until our final destination Sir... So sit back and let me do my job...''Said Neel causing Raman to sit back and look at his children who in all honestly could care less about what they were talking about but just kept on enjoying their ice-cream

'I think we are going to Gama's place...'' Said Ruhi innocently as she looked out the window

'Yeah... Have you ever been their...'' Said Aditya

'Uhhh No...'' Said Raman

'It is so nice, they have the best sweets I swear...'' Said Aditya causing Raman to smile at him hoping his face didn't show his worry

Back inside the Bhalla Mansion, Ishita was making head way as much as she was running out of patience. It was paramount that she figured this out before it got too late.

'That is the deal... If you want to know more ... You have to let her go...'' Said JB

Ishita looked at JB and smirked realizing that this was going to be harder than they thought. It was supposed to be that Mihir and the Bhallas left that house and they were taken to safety. She needed to make sure that they were all okay including her parents.

'Do you know why I started all this...'' She said causing JB to look at her like she was crazy

'Am sure you do not care but I will tell you anyway... I was properly settled in London, doing extremely well when one day these people show up in suits at my door steps and tell me they have a warrant of arrest for my father and he needs to be deported back home...'' Said Ishita much to JB's surprise

'What has that got to do with me...'' Said JB

'Good question... You see those tunnels that you people have been using to smuggle fugitives in and out of this country are underneath a restaurant that my father owned...'' Said Ishita

'WHAT...'' Said JB as he turned to Abhishek and added

'WHAT...''

'You see, this Nazem fellow has been a problem for me. He has been selling information from operations that the RAW has been handling. One of those operations had something to do with this father in Delhi of a man named Bhalla who was trafficking drugs. Now this case had been closed because as we all know, Sharma was taken to prison. But you see Sharma somehow disappeared from prison, and soon his name was making a name for himself in the underworld. Now once this son of his through various means got a hold of these tunnels beneath a hotel that my father owns, government secrets began spilling out like there was no tomorrow. I want to know how Abhya Sharma came to know about these tunnels and who had been feeding him this Intel...'' Said Ishita

JB knew he was screwed and he needed a way out because there was no way she was allowing to go down for a crime that had nothing to do with her.

'I really do not have patience for you nonsense because I need to find evidence that will ensure that my father doesn't end up in jail and I had gathered it alright except for one thing... It showed my husband shows goes to jail. Someone in law enforcement had managed to make it look like I was stealing government contacts and evidences and selling them through Raman but they had no concrete evidence and Criminal Investigative Bureau thought that it would be nice it they used my family to get to me...'' Said Ishita with a look that even scared Abhishek

'I hate people who use my family for anything. Now I ask again... Who the hell do you work for... I need to know where your brother Nazem is... ' She added as she grabbed her phone and dialed saying something

'BANG,,,BANG ...'' Off went the gun and Sarika began screaming

'Please... Please don't... I am begging you...'' Said JB

'Where is he'' Asked Ishita

'He is not my brother... I swear he isn't.. We are just old friends... We met in prison 10 years ago... He and I are just faces the use but we work for someone else

At that point Ishita could sense Abhishek had begun to panic and she knew she had him where she wanted him. Everything since they found out about him was to ensure that once it was revealed, there was no going back for him. All this JB had to do was say it on record

'Someone else is my boss... We all work for him... Me, Jhakad, Shagun... All of us ... Abhya Sharma was just a middle man, his second in command if you may... A very nasty one but he was a middle man...'' Said JB

'JB shut the hell up...'' Said Abhishek

'Who is your boss JB...'' Ishita

'Him... Abhishek Singh... He is our boss or he is the one who reports to the man himself I do not know who he is but to get to him it is through Abhishek... He has been selling...'' JB started to talk but before he could say anything, Abhishek drew his gun and shot him in the head

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CHAPTER EIGHTY SIX

Meanwhile back with Mihir, his instructions were very clear, once he left the house, he was to drive for 45 minutes and park outside this fitness center that had been closed for months. He was to wait there for 1 hour and if Shlok didn't show up, he was to continue with the plan B without him and wait for further instructions. So once he got there, he sat in that van and waited as instructed

'Mihir, what is going on...'' Said Mr. Bhalla

'Mihir please...'' Santosh began crying

'Will you two shut up, I need to concentrate...'' Said Mihir as he began looking around

'Mihir, let me out of this car. I do not know what you and Ishita are mixed in but you need to let me leave...'' Said Mr. Bhalla who was trying hard not to show he was freaking out

'Papa, I swear to God if you do not shut up, I will come back there and do it for you...'' Said Mihir

'What happened to you? You just shot that poor girl... You could have killed her... You just shoot Mihika...'' Said Santosh who was in tears

'If I wanted to kill her, I would have. I just gave her a flesh wound... She will be fine...'' Said Mihir as he continued sitting around

'Where are you...'' He mumbled

He was beginning to get worried because he had been sitting there for close to 50 minutes and she was nowhere to be found. He knew he had just 10 minutes before he drove off. And he really didn't want plan B because it them meant that something had happened to Ishita. He looked around and that is when he saw the outside lights in the Fitness Center begin to flicker. He sighed with relief as he told his parents to get out of the car and follow him as they made it inside.

Mr. Bhalla and his wife walked inside still green about what was going on and it was scaring them to death. It was even harder to think this was going to end well because they knew somehow their daughter in law was at the center of all this, the million dollar question was, what the hell did she want

Mr. Bhalla and his wife walked inside still green about what was going on and it was scaring them to death. It was even harder to think this was going to end well because they knew somehow their daughter in law was at the center of all this, the million dollar question was, what the hell did she want

'Ishu...'' Mihir called her as he made it inside with his parents not so far behind

'It is me, Shlok can't make it, he says something came up back at the house and he couldn't come away... Did anyone see you get here...'' Sarika asked

'No...'' Said Mihir

'Are you sure...'' She asked again

'Yes... I am positive...'' Said Mihir reassuringly

'Okay... 'Said Sarika

'Are you alone...'' Asked Mihir as he looked around

'No exactly... I still have two of the guys on my security detail, Ishita's detail'' Said Sarika

'What do you mean two... They are supposed to be six... Ishu ...'' Said Mihir surprised

'Relax, they need more help at your house and also her father...'' Said Ishita

'Meaning...'' Said Mihir

'We needed to protect her father, there was no way she was allowing him to smell the inside of a jail cell again...'' Said Sarika

'I know...'' Said Mihir

'Wait... Her father was in jail...'' Said Santosh much to Sarika's detest

'Ma, what did I say, shut up...'' Said Mihir turning to his mother

'Mihir, it is fine... I promise...'' Said Sarika

One of her bodyguards walked in with a tiffin and a flask handing it to Mihir right before he whispered something in Ishita's ear much to her relief

'Okay... We have no time, we need to get our stories straight as Bala plays his part...'' Said Sarika handing Mihir the food to serve his parents

Meanwhile back at the house, Ishita arched back as JB's blood splattered across her face shocked that that had actually just happened. She looked at him as a lot of things went through her mind but she didn't have time to think. Abhishek drew his gun pointing it at her and so did Ishita pointing at him. The guards in the kitchen and the living room came out standing behind her as the remaining agents stood behind Abhishek all of them their guns drawn

'Oh well... Now isn't that a pickle...'' Said Abhishek

'Isn't it...'' Said Ishita

'Ishu... Why didn't you just let it be'' Said Abhishek

'Because... When someone usually puts a hit on my family, I tend to respond...'' Said Ishita

'What are you doing? None of you is leaving this place alive? Your clueless sister is upstairs and that spineless friend of yours... That idiot Mihir and his parents... Bhalla can't give me up... His son will end up dead ...'' Said Abhishek

'I bet he will give you up, not that I care... I told you when I came to you; I wouldn't rest until the culprit is caught. You see, I am very nice but not very forgiving... All of you, you are going to jail...'' Said Ishita

'Okay... You got me... Now what ...'' Said Abhishek confidently

'I will bring you in...'' Said Ishita knowing this was going to be next to impossible

Abhishek threw his head back laughing as he looked at Ishita finding what she was saying extremely funny

'You're funny... I swear you are... Wow...'' Said Abhishek but Ishita just looked at him

She had played this scenario in her head a hundred times and she had a way out, she always did. All she had to do was buy her guys sometime

'You know Ishu...'' Said Abhishek

'What...'' Said Ishita her gun still drawn

'You and I could have been something... I could have made you happy you see... Raman... He is just a spineless son of a bitch... There is nothing he could offer you but No... You wanted to help him...And his good for nothing father... It is sad actually...'' Said Abhishek

'Uhh well... Even you falling and proposing to a girl you know you will never have is even more pathetic...'' Said Ishita

'Now I am going to kill you... Such a pretty face and big brain is going to waste...'' Said Abhishek

'Oh yeah... We'll see about that...'' Said Ishita as she ducked

'Boom...'' Off it went the smoke bomb

It was terrifying enough to make the people in that room disoriented a bit and also enough time for Ishita and her crew to sneak away. She knew he was not going to make it easy for her to escape like that and she also knew that now that she was out of that house, she was on her own. Going back to her family would mean putting them in jeopardy and that was not an option. She had to lay low and see how all this panned out praying and hoping Bala played his part, which was going to be the hardest.

Meanwhile, Raman made it to the Iyer residence and there was a lot of security there. Mrs. Iyer came out of the house welcoming them, and by them, her grandchildren as she led them in. Raman walked with Mr. Bhalla standing in the middle of the leaving room flickering through all these channels as if he was waiting for something on the television.

'Good Afternoon Sir...'' Raman said but Mr. Iyer just turned and acknowledged him before he turned to his grandbabies

Hey my little rock stars...'' He said

'Hey Grandpa... We brought papa... We wanted him to meet you... He says he has never been here...'' Said Aditya

'Yeah... Can I show him the memorial for mama...'' Said Ruhi

'Sure... Right after you change those clothes and clean yourself up... You have ice-cream stains everywhere...'' Said Mr. Iyer

'Oh... Sowi ...'' Said Ruhi smiling

'Here ...'' Said Mr. Iyer handing her s mall towel as she called Neelu who took them away

'Neel... Make the call... Neelu will keep them up for a while...'' Said Mr. Iyer and Neel walked out

'Are you ready...'' Said Mrs. Iyer

'No... But I have no choice...'' Said Mr. Iyer as he took his wife's hand in his

Raman wanted to ask what was going on but he knew no one was going to tell him anything. Mr. Iyer seemed to be rattled about something and he couldn't help but worry. He kept on flickering through the channels until Neel came back inside

'KBN News Channel...'' He said and Mr. Iyer took a deep breath before he tuned in

Meanwhile back at the Bhallas, Abhishek felt like an idiot for falling for that because he had been around them long enough to know when it was a hoax or when an actual bomb was going off. That thing didn't even hurt anyone and that when he realized that Ishita had been playing him all along.

He quickly rushed upstairs to see what was going on but to his disappointment, Abhimanyu was lying unconscious on the floor with a broke vase lying on the ground. He called Abhimanyu as he got up holding his head

'What happened... ' He asked

'Who the hell attacked you...'' Said Abhishek

'I do not know, he came from behind, came through the window...'' Said Abhimanyu

'Oh My god... How about ...'' Said Abhishek as he and Abhimanyu who was still struggling to be on his feet got up and walked upstairs only to find Mihika was on the floor with a gunshot wound on her leg

'f**k...'' He screamed

'I tried to call you but... He was gone... I tried to stop him and he shot me... The ingrate shot me...There was a sound downstairs that just... I couldn't get him'' Said Mihika as she hissed in pain

'Which way did he go...'' Said Abhishek

'He went through the window that way...'' Said Mihika as she pointed to the window of the balcony where Mihir had used sheets and the ropes they had used to tie his father and they escaped

'He went rouge...The idiot whose family we tried to help went rogue... Where is Ishita ' Asked Mihika pretending she didn't know

'She escaped... She shot JB and escaped...'' Said Abhishek

'What... Now Mr. Bhalla has the ledger and Ishita was working for him all along...'' Said Abhimanyu shocked

'No... She was their boss... She played us all along...'' Said Abhishek convincingly if these two didn't know what was in was in play, one would believe them

'No... That just doesn't make sense... Ishu hates that man... Why would she be helping him...'' Said Mihika

'Listen I do not know... Maybe she wanted to save her husband. Did she tell you where they were taking him...'' Asked Abhishek

'As a matter of fact no... All she kept on saying was that only her kids knew...''Said Mihika

'Okay so where are her kids...'' Asked Abhishek

'I have no idea...'' Said Abhimanyu

'Howe about Shlok... Where is he...'' Asked Abhishek as he looked around

'Mihir locked him in their...'' Said Mihika pointing to the bathroom

Abhishek went to check and he found Shlok had been tied in the bathroom with his mouth tapped over. He had a wound on his forehead that was bleeding.

'What the hell ...'' Said Abhimanyu

'We have to find her... Come on...'' Said Abhishek as they all went down stairs

'We need to go back and brief Bala... ' Said Mihika

'No... She might get to him before we do... 'Said Abhishek as he removed his phone and began dialing

'Yes... Is it done yet ...'' Said Bala

'Not exactly Sir...'' Said Abhishek

'What do you mean? This was supposed to be a simple evidence gathering, get the ledger then get out, what happened...'' Said Bala

'Well Sir, Ishita just killed our only lead and now she and that Probi, Mihir have escaped and have taken the Bhallas with them. She not only killed the only lead we had, JB, now she has the ledger as well because I know she and Bhalla are working to together...And I think she also has killed and kidnapped Shlok's girlfriend, Sarika'' Said Abhishek

'What do you mean...'' Said Bala

'I think she played us all from the start and she went rogue... We need to find her... I am telling you Sir, we need to find her...She was the one selling Intel'' Said Abhishek

'Dammit Ishu... Get back to office let me handle the rest...'' Said Bala handing up

Bala knew exactly what was going on and Ishita had already briefed him on what had actually gone on. But they needed to figure out a few more things before they finally got their man and for that, Ishita had to lay low for a while.

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CHAPTER EIGHTY SEVEN

When they got back to the station, Bala knew he had to play this to perfection and make sure all the work they had been doing for the last four years was not for nothing. Abhishek and Abhimanyu had made it to where Bala was and they had briefed him about what happened. Abhishek had managed to tilt the truth such that it fit into his plan.

Ishita had a ledger that could bring him down and destroy everything he had worked so hard to achieve. He needed to make sure that that ledger never really saw the light of day. It was paramount that he destroyed Ishita's credibility such that when she walked in with all that she thought she had as evidence, no one would believe her

'So... I do not even know where to start... She is one of the best agents we have, if she doesn't want to be seen, she won't be...'' Said Abhishek

'She is not an agent remember...'' Lied Bala

'Yeah but she was reinstated temporarily for this case, wasn't she...'' Said Abhishek

'Look I get she was a bit anxious about clearing her father's name but I do not thinks she would go to this extreme. Besides how does this even clear Raman's name...'' Said Bala

'I don't know... Maybe she is ...'' Said Abhishek but Abhimanyu interrupted

'Listen, I have known Ishita longer than most and I can tell you this is not like her. Besides she hated Raman just as much as she loved him... All this began with destroying Raman, remember... If she indeed was guilty, how running away with the evidence that could put him away supposed to help her cause'' Said Abhimanyu

'Maybe she didn't hate him as much as she led on. I know she fooled me...'' Said Abhishek

'Even if... This just brings us back to square one...'' Said Abhimanyu

'Not entirely, I mean we still have a suspect that given the recent events we have reason to bring him back in...'' Said Abhishek

'No... Arresting her father would not only be illegal... It would be wrong... On what grounds are you going to bring the man in, you already exonerated him, remember...'' Said Abhimanyu

'We will think of something... He is the reason all this is happening...'' Said Abhishek

'I am not dealing in anything illegal...'' Said Abhimanyu

'The woman just attacked you and left you...'' Said Abhishek but Abhimanyu interrupted

'I told you, I didn't see who attacked me. They attacked me from behind. Besides it could have been anyone... ' Said Abhimanyu

'Are you serious right now...'' Said Abhishek

'Okay enough...'' Said Bala causing the two to calm down

' I think we should set out agents at Mr. Iyer's place...'' Said Abhishek

'No... No... I have a better idea...'' Said Bala

'Which is...'' Said Abhimanyu

'Her father stands for truth and there is no way he is going to allow her to do this knowing it is wrong even of it is at the expense of his freedom. We just need to convince him and quite frankly the world that she is dangerous... ' Said Bala

'Yeah... If what Abhishek is saying is true, she is working with Nazem Yusuf... I mean that is the only justifiable and logical explanation...'' Said Abhimanyu

'If... Are you now doubting my credibility ...'' Said Abhishek

'Well forgive me but I do not know you well enough to put you above her... So yeah, I am giving her a benefit of a doubt for now...'' Said Abhimanyu

'You two need to get your stories straight... Did she or did she not kill our suspect JB ...'' Said Bala

'I didn't see it... So at the moment all we have is his word...'' Said Abhimanyu

'What happened to you all of a sudden... You seemed to think she was guilty before we got here...'' Said Abhishek

'No I didn't... ' Said Abhimanyu much to Abhishek's confusion

'Okay I do not have time for this... Abhimanyu... Handle everything and make sure that you inform the press... Just tell them that she is a person of interest that we are looking for... Do not tell them anything else... Maybe they can help us locate her...'' Said Bala

'Where are you going'' Asked Abhishek

'I need to brief my boss... He is not going to be happy...'' Said Bala

'Hey Boss... You need to see this...'' Said one of the officers causing to look at the papers Bala before he grabbed his badge and gun and walked out

Abhimanyu knew exactly where he was going, this plan was working so far to perfection and all they needed to do was ensure that Abhishek met his contact and mess up, that was all they wanted and they would nail him for falsifying evidence. This was going to be harder than they thought and they would later realize they needed a lot of patience.

Bala got outside and instead of taking the security car assigned to him, he instead grabbed Mihika's car driving it 45 minutes before stopping by a caf. He knew there were people following him and he to go to plan B. They had planned this extensively and were always 3 steps ahead of everyone.

That is why they were the best at what they did. He went inside, after about 5 minutes walked out, switched cars while a RAW agent took his and that is how he lost his trail. Once he was sure on one was following him, he made way to the Iyer residence.

He needed to talk to Raman; it was the last part of the puzzle. Raman was her weak link and Bala needed to make sure that he didn't falter.

Meanwhile back with Mihir and Sarika, it was important that Mihir took his parents to a safe house while he reported back to RAW. Ishita was about to hand herself in and she wanted to ensure that everything was going on as planned. She went to the location where they were as they all waited for Bala's call.

'What are you doing here?'' Said Mr. Bhalla who spotted Ishita walking in

'Is everyone okay...'' Said Ishita

'Yeah we are all fine... Why are you here?'' Said Sarika

'Well... He killed JB and wanted to kill me so I got out of there. I need to know his role before I go in...'' Said Ishita looking at Mr. Bhalla

'What are you talking about...'' Said Santosh

'How does Abhishek fit into all this...'' Said Ishita

'Why would I ...'' Mr. Bhalla began talking making Ishita irritated

'I really do not have time for this, this idiot has a hit on Raman because he believes it was Raman who outed him... Now if you want me to save him, start talking... How is you and you and Abhishek met...'' Said Ishita

Mihir looked at her father disappointed because now he was slowly realizing that Ishita had been holding out on him on a lot of things. There was so much they didn't know and so much that clearly their father had been hiding from them. Mr. Bhalla looked at his son and his wife and where they were and realized that he may have been in way over his head and he needed her help

'Okay... Okay... I will tell you everything but first, I need to make sure that Raman and Simmi is safe...'' Said Mr. Bhalla

'They are... Shlok is taking care of it...'' Said Ishita and Mr. Bhalla embarrassed out of his mind began talking

Back to the Iyer's residence Mr. and Mrs. Iyer had been staring at the TV for a while and were clearly nervous about something. There were guards in and out of the house and Raman slowly understood that something was about to happen given how tense everyone seemed to be. He looked at the television just to be that the hell his father in law was staring at and he was about to get the shock of his life.

'Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen... We have a bit of important breaking news that is about to be broadcasted straight from the CIB and the Police as well. Let us head back to the Press Conference to see what this is all about'' Said the host of the show

There was a press conference going on at the police station and Abhimanyu, Abhishek with a bunch of other officer were all standing there was the press address was about to start. Raman didn't understand what the fuss was all about and the more he saw how Mr. Iyer was getting anxious the more he became curious.

'Good Afternoon, we are appealing to the public to help us in finding this person...'' Said Abhimanyu and once he lifted the photo, there was Ishita

Raman didn't quite know what he was seeing didn't know how to assess it. Everything was absolutely fine that morning. He left the house all smiles with everyone okay, now it was like there was a cloud that was happening he was just catching up, like always.

'We are searching for this person in a case involving the disappearing of Ms. Sarika Bhela... If anyone has information about her please report to the next local police station. We will really appreciate your cooperation and incase of any other communication we shall let you know. That is all for now...'' Said Abhimanyu

'She is armed and dangerous so do not approach her... Once you see her, report to the police...'' Said Abhishek

'What happened to Ms. Sarika... ' Asked the reporter

'Is this something related to the Bhalla Group of companies...'' Asked another

'How is Mrs. Ishita Kumar Bhalla related to this? Is she a suspect too...'' Asked another

'That is all we have for now. She is a person of interest that we need to find...'' Said Abhimanyu

'We also feel...'' Abhishek began to talk but Abhimanyu interrupted

'That will be all for now... Thank you...'' He said before he turned to Abhishek and they all moved away

'So there you have it, the telenovela of the Bhallas continues... She seemed to come back to help but that didn't quite work out as planned... Now we wait to see how all this is going to unfold...Back to you in the studio'' Said the reporter

'Oh wow... There we have it... This news broke today morning that a warrant for her arrest had been issued but the police couldn't find her. Let us talk to what this actually means from our legal expert...'' Said the reporter

'Well this is simple... The warrant clearly states she is being arrested on suspicion of kidnap and murder... this whole person of interest business is just make sure they cover their basics if they have this wrong...'' Said the expert

'Wrong how...'' Asked the host of the show

'Well... They are suspecting her of murder and kidnap but they haven't seen a body or anyone reporting this woman missing... ' Said the expert

'But isn't that a bit illegal... Issuing a warrant of arrest for someone when on such charges when you are not even sure...'' Said the host of the show

'Well it is in a way but I think there is more to it that is why a judged issued this warrant. I hear there is a tape showing this woman being tortured...If that is true, gives them probable cause and thus make the matter more serious...'' Said the expert

'What the ...'' Said a shocked Raman but Mr. and Mrs. Iyer were unfazed

'There is also that little matter of her divorce hearing coming...'' Said the host

'Yes... She filed the papers last week officially anyway...'' Said the expert

'Does this mean things at the Bhalla Mansion didn't work out...'' Said the host

'Well apparently this has been going on for the last 7 months at least from her husband's side but they held out because of custody issues. Mrs. Ishita Kumar Bhalla moved into Bhalla mansion in a head to help her husband who had suffered that horrible accident but things have clearly not going on well. Mr. Raman Kumar Bhalla with the help of his father and Lawyer has been processing this divorce for 7 months now but the issue has been who gets custody of their two twins. Now Mrs. Ishita Kumar Bhalla has so far managed to dodge these proceedings but seems Mr. Raman Kumar Bhalla is done playing games...'' Said the legal expert

'So what does this actually mean...'' Said the reporter

'Well from what we hear, Ishita Kumar Bhalla also known as Ishita Iyer has a multinational online company and this needs her to travel a lot. Her lawyer claimed she couldn't be at the first hearing because her flight was cancelled. The judge wasn't buying it, so now she has that to worry about as well as this.'' Said the legal expert

'Oh well... I couldn't make this stuff up, now...'' Said the host

'What the hell is going on...'' Said an utterly shocked Raman

'Then this other bomb shell... Sarika, Isn't this the newly promoted head designer for RKB Fashions...'' Asked the reporter

'I believe she is... Something is definitely going on... ' Said the legal expert

'Definitely... So do we now assume that she is not out of the country given this whole police appeal ...'' Said the reporter

'I am not sure, the police seem to think by the look of things that she still in the country...'' Said the legal expert

'Oh wow, things get juicier by the minute... We'll be back after these messages...'' Said the reporter

Mr. Iyer turned to his wife and sighed as worried out of his mind and it was clearly evident on his face

'Did we do the right thing...'' he said

'I do not know but we have to trust her... She asked us to do just that...'' Said Mrs. Iyer as she held her husband's hand

They both knew this was a very dangerous line Ishita was running but they also understood her need to do so. A lot of people's lives depended on it

'Mr. Iyer what is...'' Said Raman but Mr. Iyer sat down instead and said

'You wait for Bala...''

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CHAPTER EIGHTY EIGHT

Raman was beginning to get anxious and he knew that there was a problem that for some reason none of them was willing to tell him. He watched as images of Ishita kept on flashing on the television not knowing what was going on.

Bala walked in using the back door and as if on impulse Mrs. Iyer and Mr. Iyer got up walking upstairs as they asked Jai to prepare Ruhi and Aditya's travel bags.

'I know you... I know you...'' Said Raman looking at Bala

'Yeah we've met...'' Said Bala

'At the Emerald Hotel... You told me...'' Said Raman concern and worry in his voice as he said

'What is going on...'' He said

'Look we do not have...'' Bala began but Raman began flipping out

'I need someone to tell me what the hell is going on or I am going to call that nosy reporter lady and tell her there is a misunderstanding and I left my wife at home today. There was no divorce of anything of that kind happening and she and I were working through some stuff. I am...'' He began to fidget and that is when Mr. Iyer walked back in saying

'Okay one, keep your voice down, the kids are not to hear anything of this, two you really have no option than listen to him because my daughter is going all this for your ungrateful family. She somehow seems to thinks she is the reason you all are in this mess and thus is trying to take you out of it. So please, stop being melodramatic and listen...'' Said Mr. Iyer angrily as he came back down

'Alright, Raman... I need you to listen to me and listen very carefully...'' Said Bala

'What is going on...'' said Raman

'I am going to tell you exactly what is going on and I am going to need you to trust me...'' said Bala

'What...'' said Raman furious

'Mission Mrs. Ravan Kumar, I am going to tell you all about it... but for all this to work, I need you to be patient, sit down and listen to me...'' said Bala to a very agitated Raman

Raman having no choice sat down trying to stay calm and with this Bala began the story of how all this began

'Ten years ago Ishita walked into your family because we were investigating your family...'' Said Bala

'And by we you mean...'' Said Raman

'Criminal Investigation Bureau...'' Said Bala

'She works for...'' Said Raman confused

'No... She works for a different organization but she was still on probation so they swapped her between agencies. She was... is... the best we have. She volunteered and we were more than happy to let her do it for us. None of us knew of course that this was somehow personal with the whole Shagun issues as you know... If we did, we would never have allowed that because it would have been a conflict of interest...'' Said Bala

'I know this, my father and Shagun and the money they stole from her father... I know the story... What has it got to do with anything'' Said Raman

'Yes, what you do not know is what she did to endure that your father never saw the inside of a jail cell...'' Said Bala

'I do not understand ...'' Said Raman

'When she fell in love ewith you, she refused to give up any member of your family. We even threatened legal proceeding against her but she refused. She howvere gace us someone else whom we figured we could trade for in place of your father's freedom...'' Said Bala

'I do not follow...'' Said Raman

'Sharma had been out of prison and had begun operating again. She gatherd evidence, enough to bring Sharma and his whole organistaion. All your father had to do was give up Sharma's contacts. Your father did give them up but he neglected to tell us that in his export and import business, he was dealing in a lot more than just smuggling and drugs. The people he was in busniness with were very bad and very influential people with a lot of resources. When Ishita brought down Sharma, she wanted to ensure that your father didn't get himself into any more trouble so she blackmailed him through me '' Said Bala as he looked at Raman

'What...'' Said Raman

'And it worked for a while. Your father especially after you got married kind of stopped smuggling and had been doing alright probably because the money he had managed to make during that time. ' Said Bala as he looked at Mr. Iyer who was just listening

'Until what...'' Said Raman

'Until Shagun and the Abhya happened... You see Shagun and her father especially afther your father fired her were kind of out of options. So when Abhya tracked the down with a proposition, they took it. Abhya had been taught everything he needed to know from his father and they shared the same contacts. So when they somehow realized that Mr. Iyer had a restaurant that had an old tunnel that led straight to the loading docks where Bay imports and exports was... ' Said Bala causing Raman to sit as he tried to asses the information

'Those tunnels were old and nonfunctioning but they were like the perfect hide away place. Everything could easily come in and out of their without detection. The tunnels were very very old and they needed a lot of work fixing... They were using them for their smuggling but it wasn't quite safe and this is how your father comes in...'' Said Bala

'I do not follow...'' Said Raman

'Shagun walked into your father's office and she charmed her way into your lives. She knew he was looking for a daughter in law for his son and she knew what buttons to hit to grab his attention and she almost succeeded except for one factor... Ishita happened and by the time they realsied what she was actually doing there, it was too late. You two were getting married and the restaurant was back in the hands of Mr. Iyer'' Said Bala looking at his phone almost as if he was waiting or a call

'Shagun and her father knew this was an opportunity that they didn't need to let it pass by them and they had no idea about the deal your father made. By then she was still working for the Iyers the restaurant, they were handling small drug deals. Little things pills, opium, cocaine but those tunnels were wearing thin and they knew they had to put them right, so she stole from Mr. Iyer...'' Said Bala

Raman sat there at a loss for words not knowing what to do. I mean everything was so all over the place that it was too unbelievable for someone to begin to fathom.

Now as we know how your marriage sort of happened and fell apart and how things ended... Ishita went abroad encase f obvious reasons and well you...'' Said Bala holding his tongue

'Now that was the back story, here is how the Mission Ravan Kumar actually begins... Ishita was back in London doing her thing with her business and everything and she was doing really well when suddenly her father, who had come back to India to check on their business here was arrested on suspicion of smuggling...'' Said Bala

'Wait... What... I do not understand...'' Said an utterly shocked Raman

'I know... Your father had got a hold of that tunnel and he had sold it to Jhakad, well at least part of it. It was still in Iyer's name and they all had not changed the papers because maybe they knew you would have a problem with it. The problem was your father never really quite anticipated what problem his olf friend and his nemesis could brng'' Said Bala looking at h phone as he said

'I have to take this, please excuse me...'' He added as he left

Raman sat up his fingers entwined together with his hand as he looked at the Television with his wife's picture still flashing. He had no idea what to do or even think. Everything Ishita had done had been a lie, from the day they met. How could she just...

'Ishu told me that no matter what no one was supposed to know about that stupid tunnel and I didn't tell no one about it. Things were good, they were great to be exact but after about 3 years everything fell apart again...'' Said Mr. Iyer causing Raman to look up at him

'You and she began having problems with the baby and everything. She wanted to just have a place where she didn't have to think or worry about anything and so she began going back to the rift... She said she and Shlok were working on something big that was going to ensure me and her mother never worked again...'' He added

'I knew this wasn't healthy and I also knew that she needed to deal with her baby's loss but I didn't know how to make her do it... You had opted to leave and go away, your father wasn't helping matter either and your mother...'' Said Mrs. Iyer as she looked at Raman holding her tongue

Raman could see this was difficult for them to talk about but he needed to understand how any of this had anything to do with Mrs. Ravan Kumar Mission and b, how is whatever was going on now supposed to be helping

'I don't understand how any of this is related to what is happening now'' He said

'Abhya and his gang where illegally selling of weapons and government secrets and also smuggling fugitives through that tunnel. CIB arresting her father was because they had no actual evidence of who was actually doing all the selling and so taking the owner of the restaurant was what they could do...'' Said Bala

What...'' Said Raman shocked

'We had all sorts of agents around working on this case but all those that came close ended up dead or disappeared somehow. Now at first we didn't know how this was being done until your name sort of poped up in one of our leads...'' Said Bala

'My name...'' Said Raman confused

'Yeah... Your name... We, and by We I mean RAW... They investigated and sort of leaked information about the case just to see how it worked... We put out fillers on the dark web that we wanted that information and it worked, tracing it back to a man named Jhakad who was working for your company at that time. When we traced the money we paid to an offshore account, throw several shell accounts that were in your name...'' Said Bala

'Okay I am not even understanding what you are saying...'' Said Raman confused

'I know... Shagun made sure none of this traced back to her so she opened it up in your name and we found out that every 4 months she would withdraw half a million and sent it to Abhya Sharma under your name... RAW wanted to arrest you but they needed to know how you got that information. They decided to sort of investigate you for a year... Your mother somehow came to know of it and told me about it and that is when I informed Ishita about it...'' Said Bala

'Ishu... had just beat cancer and she had begun getting really involved in her business... That code she and Shlok had done had somehow managed to build RUADISH in less than 2 years. It was a huge deal and they were making good money. She wanted to come back to India and get everything we lost when she met you...'' Said Mr. Iyer looking at Raman much to his shock

'Ishu wanted just to make sure nothing went wrong and she contacted one of her people in CIB who worked on the initial case of your father and that is when the ripple effect began. The person she contacted was Abhimanyu who contacted his someone else and that created the ripple effect that brought her back to India...'' Said Bala as Shlok walked in with laptop but he didn't even acknowledge them, he just sat down and began typing away

'CIB wanted to come grab you but Ishu, she wouldn't allow that... She knew that this was too easy and there was no way you could be involved in this. She imagined your father was involved and so she began investigating. That is when she found out, RAW was investigation you ...'' Said Mrs. Iyer

'She went back, had a chat with the head of RAW and that is when she was briefed about what had been happening for the last couple of years. She told them there was no way you knew anything about government ops let alone computer skills that would pull off what these people had been doing...She has earned and knew the only way it was working was if someone withing the agency was tipping them off eberytime they came close to getting them'' Said Bala as he turned to Shlok and asked

'Is it time yet...''

'No... But wrap this up fast... Abhishek is rallying up trrops to come here...'' Said Shlok

'Anyway, she had gone far enough in RAW and had laid the ground work where destroying the Bhalla clan was concerned. So we began operation Ravan Kumar... We were supposed to make everyone believe that she had come out of retirement to bring her husband's family down because of her fit for revenge. Only me, Mihika, Abhimanyu, Shlok and Ishita knew what was going on... Everyone else especially people from CIB were to think, she came here to bring you and your father in and also maker sure that your rot in jail for what you did to her dad...'' Said Bala looking at Raman as he added

'Until Shagun's attempt to kill your father... We had found out that your father kept a ledger as collateral that incase since these people tried to harm any of his family, he would bring them down. Outside our circle, Abhishek was the only one who knew about that ledger so when we heard there was a hit on your head and the threats about your life that your father was receiving, we knew someone had leaked that information and it had to be him...'' Said Bala

'Okay got it...'' Said Shlok sighing with relief

'Now the next 12 hours or days depending are very important... Shlok is calling Ishita and she is about to hadn herself in... Whoever Abhishek is working for does not want to be caught and if it is the person we thing it is, there is no way he will go without a fight. We need evidence, evidence that only she can gather given her skills. We have to make sure that we protect you no matter what. We can't make it look like we know about it and so this is where you are going to come in...'' Said Bala

'Yeah anything...'' Said Raman

'That divorce fiasco... You have to play it out like it is the truth and you need to take these children and keep them safe. We are going to tell you where to go and no matter what you hear or see, you need to stay away from her.'' Said Bala

'I can't... No... I just can't sit back and...'' Said Raman and Mr. Iyer irritated said

'Yes you can and you will... You have been doing that for a while so a couples of more days won't hurt...''

'What if she...'' Raman began and Bala interrupted

'She is really good at her job... Trust me Raman... She is going to be fine...'' Said Bala leaving Raman very unconvinced

'Uhhh ... Guys ...'' Said Shlok as he looked at the TV

When Raman turned and looked at the TV, he could see Ishita was being pushed to the ground and they were putting her in hand cuffs. She was standing in the same room where that press conference had happened like she had been there all along. Raman maybe should have felt proud for what she had done for him, or sad that she was going through this but at that point in all honesty he was scared and pissed. Scared because he wasn't sure if whatever she was going through was worth it and pissed because she didn't think he had it in him to take it.

'I have so many questions that I ...'' Siad Raman and Bala interrupted

'Shlok will try and fill you in, you need to get ready, Mr, Iyer... We have to go...'' Said Bala as Mr. Iyer followed suit both of them walking out through the back door

Raman turned and looked at Shlok who was dialing a number anxious as well

'Dude... Where the hell are you...'' Said Shlok

'Here... I am here...'' Said Romi as he walked in together with Kushan

'Thank God... Okay, I am leaving with Raman and the kids, you need to handle Ammi and Papa when the cops get here... Kushan... This driver is taking you to hwere the Bhallas are... Use all the law you have in that head of your to ensure no police man gets to them... Are we clear...'' Said Shlok

'Yeah... I got this...'' Said Romi

'Yeah...' Said Kushan

'Okay, we do not have time, let us go...'' Said Shlok as he turned to Neelu and asked her to bring the kids downstairs

'How is it that all is is planned out like this so easily... How am I supposed to be fight for a divorce that I have never even actually filed'' Said Raman confused

'We are RAW, anything is possible...'' Said Shlok

'Is everyone in this family and agent of RAW...'' Said Raman out of frustration but Shlok just looked at him and smiled

'We are just law abiding citizens...'' He said before he turned grabbing his laptop again causing Raman to shake his head with a realization that he may have married into a family filled with government agents and spies

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Chap 89-92