Arshi FF: Payback Last Chapter updated (pg:108) - Page 47

Chapter 25

"How is she doctor?" Arnav asked worriedly to the doctor who was checking an unconscious Ruhaana.

"She is fine. Fainted due to shock!" The doctor said and went after prescribing some medicines.

"Nannav, I have informed the police!" NK informed and Arnav nodded his head.

Lavanya looked at her friends who were looking hell worried. Aman and Payal were pale and stood numb not knowing how to react. Aashi, their daughter, is missing and Ruhaana was found unconscious behind the bushes.

Pari (Ruhaana) came to consciousness and everyone surrounded her.

"Pari...my angel, please tell us...where is Aashi?" Arnav asked in broken voice and others also asked the same but Ruhaana sat numb looking at everyone with her big round eyes.

"Pari...please...only you can tell us. Where did that aunty take Aashi?" Aman begged and Ruhi said, "She can't speak. She won't tell us!"

"Ruhaana, please SPEAK UP!" Arnav shouted in frustration but Ruhaana sat on the bed shifting her eyes at everyone.

It was then they all heard a familiar giggle.

Everyone looked at each other and Adi shouted, "This is Aashi's voice!"

Everyone ran towards the direction of the giggle and to their utter surprise, they saw Aashi with a lady sitting in the terrace and giggling.

"Aashi!" Payal screamed and ran to her daughter. Lifting her in her arms, Payal showered her with kisses. "Amma..." Aashi squealed and kissed her mother.

Everyone walked to the lady and Aman asked angrily, "Who are you? And how dare you take away from daughter?"

Lady looked at everyone in surprise and said, "I didn't take away your daughter. You people called me here!"

"I never called for any caretaker. WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?" Aman roared.

The lady looked at him angrily and said, "Listen Mr. Mathur, yesterday evening it was you who called me and asked me to come here today evening as the caretaker of your daughter Aashi." She took out her cell and showed them the call records. "Isn't this your number Mr. Mathur?"

Aman took her cell and looked at the number.

Yes! It was indeed his number in the received call list of the lady.

"But I never called you!" Aman said and the lady huffed in anger.

Payal took Aman's cell phone from his pocket and checked the dialled numbers. She dialled the number whom he had called yesterday evening and the lady's cell began ringing.

"So, am I lying Mr. Mathur?" She asked.

Aman looked at his phone and said to his friends, "Guys, honestly, I never called for any caretaker."

"Then who called me from your cell phone?" the lady asked angrily, "Mr. Mathur, I don't have time for all this nonsense. I'm going!" She said and stormed out when Aman said, "Listen, Ms."

"Sheila" she said.

"Ms. Sheila, I'm so sorry! There is some confusion. Honestly, I didn't call you. My daughter doesn't need caretaker. Someone has fooled you. I'm so sorry!" Aman apologized.

Sheila nodded and walked out.

Everyone looked at each other.

"Yesterday evening I was at hospital!" Aman said.

"Then who used your cell?" NK asked, "And why did that person call for a caretaker for Aashi?"

"One second, "Adi said gaining attention, "If Aashi wasn't missing, how Ruhaana fainted? Doctor said that she fainted due to shock. What shock? What did she see? Didn't you see her face pale and scared? I think she saw something!"

Arnav made his angel sit on his lap and asked lovingly, "What happened my Pari? Why are you so scared?"

Ruhaana looked at her papa and hugged him. Arnav caressed her hair and she withdrawing from the hug, closed her mouth with two hands.

Ruhaan who was present there spoke up, "Pari, did someone close your mouth?"

Ruhaana looked at her bhaiyya and nodded. Everyone looked alert and Arnav asked "Who?"

Pari shrugged and Ruhaan asked, "Girl or boy?" And he pointed out 2 fingers. Pari touched the first finger indicating that it is a girl.

"A lady?" Arnav asked confused and his angel nodded.

"Poori," Khushi asked, "Did you see her face? How did she look like?"

Pari thought for a while and then pulled Khushi's long hair. "She had long hair like mamma?" Ruhi asked and Ruhaana nodded.

Then she pointed to Payal and Payal looked at herself. "She wore saree?" Aman asked and Ruhaana again nodded.

And then did Ruhaana give the vital clue.

She jumped from Arnav's lap and walked on the floor limping.

"She has a limp!" NK asked and she nodded.

Arnav, Khushi, NK, Payal, Aman and Lavanya looked at each other.

Lady!

Long hair!

Saree!

Limp!

It's her!

Anjali Jha

1.30 am

He opened his eyes frowning at the noise of pouring water to a glass. Rubbing his eyes, he slowly opened it and saw his wife pouring water to a glass and drinking it.

"Payal..." he called in sleepy tone, "Aren't you asleep?"

She looked at him and whispered, "I'm not sleepy"

He sat up on the bed and rubbed his eyes.

"Sorry to disturb your sleep!" She whispered apologetically. He smiled and asked, now free of sleep, "What's the matter?"

"I'm worried" she stated.

"Because Anjali and Shyam are back?" He asked and she nodded.

He sighed and sat leaning to the headboard. "Nothing will happen!" He said softly.

"They are targeting our babies!" She said in a broken voice, "Pari...she fainted today...they, they are hurting this poor babies for their revenge...they..."

She trailed off as she felt him pulled her hand. She fell on his chest and he wrapped his arms around her waist. Kissing her forehead, he whispered, "Everything will be alright!"

She moved closer to him and snuggling into his arms whispered, "Let's go back Aman...please...I just want to be away from here..."

Aman sighed and caressed her hairs.

"I want to be at London...in our little world...away from all these people..." she whispered slowly and gradually, her words died as she fell into deep slumber. And she lied hugging her husband.

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She woke up not feeling his presence beside her. Sitting up on the bed, she looked around the room which was lit by the moon. There was no sign on him. It was then she saw the poolside door open.

Sighing, she stood up from the bed. Wearing her robe over the red night gown, she walked to the poolside and as expected saw him sitting on the slab of the pool.

Silently walking to him, she sat beside him dipping her legs in the pool and patted his hand jerking him.

"You didn't sleep?" He asked frowning.

"Why are you here at this hour?" Khushi asked ignoring his question.

Sighing he looked up at the sky and said, "Just talking with mamma!" She smiled and snaking her arms around his, she laid her head on his shoulder.

"She and her husband is out of the jail" he whispered. She hummed and said, "We came here for Akash. We met him and we'll soon go back! She will not be able to harm us!"

"But she already did!" he whispered.

Rubbing her hand over his arm, she whispered, "No one can harm our family!"

After a long silence, he whispered, "I wish I never had a sister like her!"

She kept mum letting him to open up his heart.

"I wish I was never her brother. I wish I never called her di. If only I saw her true facade before..." he whispered and trailed off hearing her words.

"You cannot change the past" she whispered.

"I can rectify the mistakes I did in past!" Arnav whispered, "And I'm doing that. I declared Anjali Jha out of my life the day I came to know about her ugly truth! But this time, she did something very disgusting. She hurted our babies! And I'm gonna make her pay for that!"

Khushi hummed and whispered, "Don't mourn over the past Arnav ji...you have a big future to smile over..."

He smiled and said, "Because I have my happiness with me..." And he hugged her tight.