[FF] #YKAGH... pyaar ki iss rah par CH 74 PG-98 - Page 66

Chapter 64

Payal was looking for an opportunity to talk to maanvi when she will be alone but so far she had no luck. Maanvi was also busy with her routine as she will be meeting with some song writers today. After trying a few times to talk to maanvi, payal decides to talk to her later in the evening.

Payal texts vikas and they decide to meet up in lover's park. Payal arrives at the rendezvous point at the set time where vikas was already waiting for her. Together, they look for a decent secluded spot to sit down.

Payal~ "Vikas, I m really worried. Maine itni baar koshish ki par maanvi bhabhi se baat hi nahi ho payi. Maine tumse keh to diya ki main baat karlungi par pata nahi kyun darr lag raha hai."

Vikas~ "Darr? Par maanvi aur Rahul to humari relationship ko accept kar chuke hain. To unse iss bare mein baat karne me kaisa darr?"

Payal~ "Pata nahi, par aisa lag raha hai ki kuch bahaut bura hone wala hai." She expresses her fears.

Vikas~ "I think you are a bit nervous. Tumhara mann tumhare darr ko justify karne ki koshish kar raha hai aur kuch nahi. Ek baar tum Rahul ya maanvi se baat kar logi to tumhara yeh darr bhi bhag jayega."

Payal understands his point of view but for some reason she felt as if someone is following her. She maybe simply feeling a little paranoid but whether her fears are well founded, she would soon discover.

Rahul and maanvi were in a meeting with the song writers.

Rahul~ "Maanvi, let me introduce to suhail, sana and navdeep. Suhail and sana are brother and sister, they write different genre songs. Navdeep here, he mostly writes songs with classical touch."

Maanvi~ "Hello. Aap sabse mil kar acha laga."

Sana~ "Aapse mil kar bhi bahaut acha laga. Humne aapke baare mein bahaut suna hai. Aur aapke aur Rahul ji ke duets bhi sune hain. You have such a sweet voice and we would love to write songs for you."

Maanvi~ "Thank you for the compliment. Rahul ne bhi mujhe bataya ki aap log ache gaane likhte hain. Rahul ka kehna hai ki meri album ke liye songs likhne me aap log meri help kar sakte hai. Do you have any particular suggestions?"

Navdeep~ "Maanvi ji, agar aapke mann mein kuch ideas ho to songs decide karne mein help milegi. We have some songs that we wrote recently. They would be magical if you sing them."

Maanvi~ "I would love to hear the lyrics then."

Suhail~ "Sure maanvi ji."

They all discussed some parts of lyrics and maanvi loved them. They all agreed on some adjustments to the lyrics to better suit the mood maanvi wanted to set in the song and pretty much finalized the songs that maanvi would love to have in her album.

Later when she returns back to sabarwal's studio, the receptionist informs her that a parcel came in for her a few minutes ago. Payal receives the parcel and takes it to the room that has been assigned to her as a temporary office. It was a medium sized box, nicely gift wrapped.

Payal~ "Lagta hai vikas ne mujhe cheer up karne ke liye gift bheja hai. I have to admit, I like his style." She happily unwraps it. "Dekhoon to mere liye kya bheja hai."

But what was inside scared the hell out of her.

Hearing her scream, Rahul and maanvi who were in nearby room comes to her room. Scared payal clings to maanvi seeing the contents. Maanvi tries to calm her down and Rahul walks towards the box to see the contents.

The box had a heart shaped pillow with printed photo of vikas and payal on it. There was a knife stabbed in the pillow between vikas and payal's photo, and blood all over it.

Maanvi~ "Could this be some sort of stupid joke?"

Rahul~ "I need to talk to vikas, take payal to my office. This is a serious matter maanvi. Whether it was supposed to be a joke or a threat, I will find out."

Maanvi nods and takes payal out of the room. Rahul calls vikas and asks him to come down immediately. From rahul's tone, vikas understood something must have happened and he comes to sabarwal studio as fast as he could. Vikas is escorted to payal's room by the receptionist. Vikas enters the room where Rahul was waiting for him.

Vikas~ "Rahul, what happened? Something serious happened isn't it?"

Rahul pointed him the box on the table. Vikas looks at the contents and is shocked to see it.

Vikas~ "Did... someone... payal...?" he couldn't even say anything out of shock.

Rahul~ "Someone sent this to payal. She is shaken badly. Maanvi is taking care of her right now."

Vikas noted the stern voice "Is this a threat? Who could have sent this?"

Rahul~ "That's what I was hoping you could enlighten me about."

Vikas~ "I really don't know Rahul. Knowing that we share a similar field of work, you would understand that it could be anyone among our fans."

Rahul~ "Yes I can understand that. A crazed fan who gets obsessed over you. But that would also mean that being in relation with you, payal is facing a threat from this crazy obsessive fan of yours."

Vikas~ "What do you suggest we should do?"

Rahul~ "First we need to make sure that no harm comes to payal."

Vikas~ "Yes that is my priority."

Rahul~ "We need to find out who sent this package. I intend to report this to police and ask them to keep this matter away from the press."

Vikas~ "We might still need to warn the press from posting anything related to this matter or it could put more risk for payal."

Rahul~ "Hmm... I guess I agree to that point. No matter how much we try, press will hear something and they do like to spice it up. But to keep them occupied, I guess we just have to give them something spicier to keep them distracted."

Vikas~ "You sound like you have something in mind."

Rahul~ "Just ideas for now. Maanvi and I will think of something."

Vikas~ "If you don't mind, can I see payal once?"

Rahul stares at vikas for a moment then allows him to meet payal before leaving.

Rahul asks one of his security guy to stand guard outside payal's room and not let anyone inside. He and vikas goes to rahul's room where maanvi and payal were.

Seeing vikas, payal runs to him. "Vikas, tumne dekha kaisa ghatiya mazaak kiya kisi ne?" her voice clearly indicated the fear and shock. "Maine kaha tha na ki mujhe darr lag raha hai ki kuch bahaut galat hone wala hai. Mera darr sahi nikla."

Vikas~ "Payal, I understand. Dekho, we will set this right. Ok? Rahul aur main mil kar iss situation ko sambhal lenge. Tum tension mat lo. Whoever did this, we will find out." He consols her.

Rahul~ "Yes payal. I promise, hum sab kuch galat nahi hone denge."

Payal nods to indicate that she has full faith on all of them.

That evening, police arrives at the sabarwal studio. On rahul's request, the inspector and two of his guys came wearing formals and not their uniform so as to not raise any questions. Receptionist escorted them to rahul's office as he had asked.

Inspector~ "Rahul sir, we came here as soon as we could."

Rahul~ "Thank you inspector. The situation is little sensitive and we don't want a media circus."

Inspector~ "I completely understand. We will keep this investigation discrete."

Rahul~ "Let me take you to payal's office."

Rahul escorted the three of them to payal's office. Inspector carefully checks the box and its contents asking some questions occasionally.

Inspector~ "I would need to ask some questions from payal as well. And if I can see the video recording of the time when the package was delivered at the reception."

Rahul~ "Sure. I already asked the techs to get a copy of the recording for you. Its in my office."

Inspector asks his men to bag and tag everything in the box and take it to the lab to process and find clues as to who sent that box.

Rahul and inspector return to rahul's office. Inspector asks payal some other questions and records her statement. He also takes vikas's statement and asks him to go through his fan mail and stuff to help determine any possible suspects who would do such thing.

Vikas assures his full cooperation towards the investigation.

As the inspector and his men finishes the work and are about to leave, inspector wishes to talk to Rahul about something important in private.

Rahul~ "Any problem inspector?"

Inspector~ "Before your call came, I was going through another case that is related to you and your family."

Rahul~ "Which case?"

Inspector~ "It may not be easy for you to hear but as the investigating officer, it is my duty to inform you that we have recently uncovered some evidence related to your mother's death."

Rahul~ "My mother's death? What evidence? What are you talking about inspector?" he gets a little confused about what inspector was trying to imply.

Inspector~ "We are opening your mother's death's investigation."

Rahul~ "But my mother died in a car accident."

Inspector~ "Some recent evidence that we have found says otherwise rahul sir. According to these evidence, that wasn't an accident, it was planned. Someone went through a lot of trouble to make it look like a car accident and cover their tracks well."

Rahul was in shock hearing that his mother was murdered and that it was not an accident. His childhood memories of the time he spent with his mother floated in front of his eyes, tears start forming in his eyes.

His mind plays a sort of imagination that his mother is driving down the road and someone hits her car. His mother is dying in the car and a shadow figure is laughing in the shadows behind a tree. Then his mind fastforwarded to the memory when his mother was on hospital bed, counting her last breaths.

Rahul took a few minutes to be able to find his voice again "Why would... someone... try to... kill my mother?..."

Inspector~ "We don't know that yet. We have filed an appeal at court to reopen the investigation. As the investigation progresses further, we might be able to find out answers to who and why."

Rahul takes another breath and looks at inspector "Do what you must. I want the person who is responsible to face justice. Rest assured, you will have my and my family's full support in your investigation." The pain, the hurt and the anger was clear in rahul's eyes. But he was his mother's son, he would never do anything to disgrace her memories and what she stood for.

Nice update,
Waiting 4 nxt part.

nice update..!! i dnt knw bt i thnk vikas has some secrets within nd sure to create trouble in ravi's lyf...pls update soon!!

Chapter 65

Rahul paces in his office with a heavy heart. Maanvi has been noticing him for almost an hour.

Maanvi~ "Rahul, jabse inspector gaye hain tab se tum aur pareshan lag rahe ho. Kya hua?"

Rahul~ "Kuch nahi maanvi. Chalo ghar chalte hain."

Maanvi grabs his arm "Rahul, kuch baat to hai. Maine tumhe itna pareshan kabhi nahi dekha hai. Tumhe pareshan dekh mujh par kya beet rahi hai pata hai?"

Those words were good enough for pulling Rahul out from the deep hole he fell in when he thought about the possibility that his mother was murdered and her murderer has been running free for all these past years.

Rahul~ "I m sorry maanvi. Mujhe pata hai ki tum mujhe pareshan dekh kar pareshan ho jaati ho. Par inspector ne mujhe kuch baat batayi..." He hesitates to tell maanvi about it.

Maanvi~ "Payal aur vikas se related?"

Rahul shakes his head. "Nahi, kuch aur baat hai."

Maanvi worriedly "Batao na Rahul... your silence is scaring me."

Rahul~ "Inspector ne bataya... meri mom... ka accident nahi hua tha... kissi ne unka accident karwaya tha. She was murdered." Fresh tears started forming in his eyes. He wipes his tears controlling the tide of emotions and turns around to face maanvi.

Maanvi held her hand to her mouth in utter disbelief. "Par kaise?"

Rahul~ "Inspector ne kaha ki abhi recently kuch naye evidence mile hain jis-se yeh lagta hain ki meri mom ka accident nahi tha, par kissi ne karwaya tha. Itne time se meri mom ka khooni azaad ghum raha hai maanvi." He sits down on the couch trying to hide what he was feeling.

Maanvi goes and sits next to him. "Rahul, main to imagine bhi nahi kar sakti ki iss waqt tum par kya beet rahi hogi. Par tumhe strong rehna hoga."

Rahul~ "Kaise strong rahoon maanvi... kaise?"

Maanvi had no answer for him. "Hume ghar chalna chahiye Rahul. Ghar par sab humara wait kar rahe honge. Mahul aur ravina bhi toh humara wait kar rahe honge."

Rahul took a heavy breath hearing the name of mahul and ravina. Then they both take off to get home. The whole time he kept thinking about how he would tell everyone about his mother's murder. Even if he don't, they would detect that something is bothering him.

Maanvi~ "Ghar par sabse kya kahoge yahi soch rahe ho?"

Rahul~ "Main kuch nahi kahoonga tab bhi sab samajh jayenge ki kuch baat hai jo mujhe pareshan kar rahi hai. Main chahoon bhi to itni badi baat nahi chupa sakta."

Maanvi~ "Tumhe lagta hai ki sabse yeh baat chupani chahiye? They are part of the same family and they deserve to know, don't you think?"

Rahul~ "Par yeh baat jaan kar sab par kya beetegi, yeh socha?"

Maanvi~ "Yeh koi choti baat nahi hai jo unko pata nahi lagegi. Par jab pata lagegi to unko iss baat ka zyada bura lagega ki tumne unhe nahi bataya. Mujhe yeh bhi pata hai ki yeh baat jaan-na unke liye bhi utna hi mushkil hoga jitna ki tumhare liye."

Rahul knew that maanvi is right, but telling everyone about his mother's murder would be the hardest thing he would have ever done.

Payal and vikas left the sabarwal studio before Rahul maanvi. Vikas dropped payal at sabarwal mansion and left for his home. Payal was still shaken by what happened. She went inside and found sonali and dadi ji sitting with mahul and ravina in the hall.

Sonali~ "Payal, Rahul aur maanvi kahan hain? Wo tumhare saath nahi aaye?"

Dadi ji noticed that something was up. "Kya hua puttar? Tu itni sehmi hui si kyun hai?"

Payal just stood there looking all pale. Sonali carefully sets ravina down on the couch and goes to payal. Sonali put her hand on payal's shoulder which brought her back to the present.

Payal tried to speak in broken sentences "Mausi ji... wo, wo... gift... knife... blood..."

Sonali couldn't make out much from what payal was trying to say. "Payal, kya hua hai? Yeh gift, knife aur blood se kya matlab hai? Kuch hua hai, Rahul aur maanvi kahan hai?" she tries to help payal to say everything but she was in no condition to say anything further.

Dadi ji~ "Sonali puttar, tu maanvi ko abhi phone laga. Mera to dil ghabra raha hai."

Sonali helped payal to settle down and called chotu to bring some water. Then she makes a call to maanvi. Rahul and maanvi had just entered the premises when maanvi's phone rang.

Sonali turns around hearing maanvi's phone ringing as Rahul maanvi enters the hall.

Sonali~ "Maanvi, aaj studio me kya hua? Mujhe sab jaan-na hai. Aur yeh payal kya keh rahi thi... gift, knife, blood... mujhe to kuch samajh me nahi aa raha hai."

Maanvi~ "Mommy ji, main aapko sab batati hoon. Par aap mujhe do minute dijiye. Pehle main Rahul ko room tak chod kar aati hoon."

Dadi ji signals sonali to let maanvi and Rahul go to their room. Maanvi Rahul goes up to their room. Few minutes later, maanvi comes down. In the meanwhile, dadi ji had also asked housemaids to take payal, mahul and ravina to their respective rooms.

Maanvi sat next to dadi ji and started narrating everything. She first told them about the gift that came for payal which also disclosed that payal and vikas had been dating for sometime.

Sonali~ "Yeh sab mujhe kissi ne phone karke kyun nahi bataya?"

Maanvi~ "Mommy ji, hum khud bhi yeh sab samajh nahi paaye the. Aur uss par jo inspector ne bataya uss se to Rahul aur bhi jyada shocked ho gaye hain."

Dadi ji~ "Kya bataya inspector ne?"

Maanvi~ "Dadi ji, inspector ne ek purane case ki files fir se open karwayi hain."

Sonali~ "Kaunsa purana case?" she inquires.

Maanvi~ "Rahul ki mom ka accident ka case."

Dadi ji and sonali both looks at maanvi with lots of questions in their mind which she understood. Maanvi narrates rest of the day's events.

Sonali~ "What! Inspector ka kehna hai ki gayatri ka murder hua tha?!"

Just then Raj comes in as well and hears what sonali just said. He was planning to stop this news from getting to the family but apparently he was too late.

Dadi ji~ "He bhagwan, yeh iss ghar me kya ho raha hai? Iss ghar ki khushi dekhi nahi jaati logon se..."

Raj~ "Sonali, yeh main kya sun raha hoon? Inspector ne kaha ki gayatri ka murder hua tha? Par wo to car accident mein..."

Sonali~ "Yeh to mujhe bhi maloom hai raj."

Maanvi~ "Papa ji, inspector ne kaha hai ki abhi recently kuch naye evidence mile hain jis-se yeh lagta hai ki kisi ne accident karwaya tha. Isliye unhone court me investigation reopen karne ke liye application file ki hai. Rahul ne kaha hai ki hum iss investigation mein full cooperate karenge."

Sonali~ "Theek kaha Rahul ne. Main bhi chahti hoon ki uss insaan ka pata chale jisne aisi ghinoni harkat ki hai. Aur uss insaan ko uske kiye ki sakt sazaa bhi ho."

Dadi ji~ "Sonali theek keh rahi hai. Aise insaan ko to chodna nahi chahiye."

Maanvi~ "Hum sab yahi chahte hain."

Raj stood there quietly as he knew exactly who the culprit is. It was apparent to him that now the truth won't stay hidden for very long.

Mr. Khurana was relaxing in the room he had built the shrine for gayatri. When his phone rang, he answered it without looking at the caller id.

"Hello, Mr. khurana?"

Mr. khurana~ "Speaking."

"Sir, sabarwal family ko gayatri ji se related news mil gayi hai. Sab log shock me hain."

Mr. khurana~ "Aur raj? Uska kya reaction tha?"

"Sir, raj sir ne kuch nahi kaha."

Mr. khurana~ "Theek hai. Main khud baat kar lunga. Tum dobara mujhe phone mat karna nahi to ho sakta hai ki tumhari jaan ko khatra ho jayega. Aage ka kaam main khud handle kar lunga."

Then the call was disconnected.

Mr. khurana~ "Raj, raj, raj... (sigh) Ab to tumhara raaz sabke saamne aane hi wala hai. Ab kahan bach kar jaoge? Kuch bhi kar lo... main tumhe bach kar jaane nahi dunga. Mujhe gayatri se kiya promise jo poora karna hai."

Mr. khurana picked up an old photo that he had taken with gayatri, out of a drawer "You have no idea how much I have missed you gayatri. Once this is over, and we meet again... there is so much I want to tell you. But first I would tell you how sorry I m to have made you wait for so long."

He looked at gayatri's photo on the wall and stayed there until he fell asleep. An hour later his servant came and helped him to his room. After tucking him in, he thought "Sirf suna tha ki kuch log apne pyaar ko kabhi marne nahi dete. Aaj dekh bhi liya. Mujhe aapki fikr hai sahab, aap ab tak sirf apne pyaar ko insaaf dilane ke liye jiye. Par uske baad aap apni zindagi kiske bharose jiyenge?"

He had concern for the man who was kind to him and his family. He sighed and closed the door behind him as he left the room.

Chapter 66

Raj couldn't sleep that night. He was just lying on bed. Sonali notices him and thinks that he is also wondering who could have done this.

Sonali~ "Raj, mujhe maloom hai ki aap gayatri se bahaut pyaar karte the. Wo meri best friend thi raj. Iss tarah itne saal baad yeh pata chalna ki gayatri ka khoon hua tha... main samajh sakti hoon ki aap kaisa feel kar rahe hain. Main to yahi kahongi ki itne saal to wo insaan bach gaya, par ab hum sab uss insaan ko sazaa dilwakar rahenge."

Raj didn't pay attention to anything she said. He was deep in thoughts that he didn't even realize that sonali was there right next to him.

Raj~ "Kismet ko badal ne ki aisi keemat..." he whispered to himself. His mind kept playing back those memories.
"the offer that meant I would have to stay away from my family for few months... gayatri finding out about what I did to upamanyu to win a singing competition... the divorce argument in which gayatri would have taken Rahul away from me forever..."

Raj thought to himself "Either way I was going to lose gayatri. After divorce, she would have stayed away as if she never existed in my life, but I would have lost Rahul as well. Killing her was the only way I could have Rahul in my life. Was my intention so wrong that everyone hates me? All I wanted was to be successful and for that I have made huge sacrifices. Why can't everyone see that?"

Sonali gently puts her hand on raj's shoulder "Raj..."

Raj snaps out of his thoughts. "Gayatri..."

Sonali~ "Mujhe maloom hai raj. Gayatri ki yadein purani zaroor hui hain... par dhundali nahi hui hain. Hum aaj bhi yahi sochte hain ki kaash gayatri aaj bhi humare saath hoti."

Raj~ "Sonali... tum so jao. Main thodi der apne office main akele baithna chahta hoon." He gets up and leaves.

Sonali~ "Pata nahi kyun khushiyon ko itni jaldi nazar lagti hai? Ek haste kehle pariwar ki puri duniya hi palat jaati hai. Kaash uss insaan ka pata jaldi chal jaye aur iss ghar ki khushiyaan wapas mil jaye."

Her wish was honest one but she didn't knew that this one truth will have the power to change all their lives and their relations. The wheels have started to turn and nothing would be able to stop them.

Next morning came and Rahul felt as if all of his strength had been siphoned away. How much he wanted to believe that last night was nothing more than a nightmare but he knew it well that it was as real as it could get.

Only one thing remained in his mind... that the case re-opens and the culprit is found soon. He kept feeling as if his mother's soul is wandering without peace for all these past years. And this feeling was making him anxious.

He didn't realize that maanvi was awake right next to him. She was listening to his heartbeat as the thoughts were making his heartbeat race up and down.

Rahul~ "Tum kab se jag rahi ho maanvi?"

Maanvi~ "Jab se tum apni maa ke baare me soch rahe ho."

Rahul caresses her hairs and kisses on her head. "Bina ahe tumhe sab kuch kaise pata chal jaata hai maanvi?"

Maanvi~ "Maine tumse pyaar kiya hai Rahul. Tumhare dil se mere dil tak aati ek anjaani si dor bandhi hai jo mujhe tumhare dil ki har baat bata deti hai."

Rahul~ "Itna pyaar karti ho mujhse?"

Maanvi~ "Koi shak?"

Rahul smiles and says "Meri mom agar aaj saath me hoti, to jiss halaat me humari shadi hui wo halaat bhi kuch aur hote. Mom ko humesha pata hota tha ki mere mann me kya hai. Main kehne wala hota tha par mom ko sab pehle hi pata hota tha."

Maanvi~ "Sab maa aisi hi hoti hain."

Rahul~ "Acha ji?"

Maanvi~ "Haan ji."

Rahul~ "Bhagwan ne lagta hai tum sabko banaya hi aisa hai... apne se jude har kisi ke mann ki baat pehle hi samajh jaati ho. Ab mom dadi aur tumko hi dekhlo... tum teeno hi meri baat kitni baar bina kahe hi samajh jaati ho. Kuch to secret hoga... nahi matlab kuch to karti ho tum sab jiss-se tumhe sab baat pehle hi pata hoti hai."

Maanvi looks up at him "Kuch bhi nahi karti main... bas samajh me aa jaata hai ki jiss-se hum pyaar karte hai usske mann me kya hai."

Rahul~ "Mujhe to nahi samajh me aata ki tumhare mann me kya hai."

Maanvi~ "Aisa tha to tum bina kahe meri help kaise karne aa jaate the? Aur jab baba hospital me the to tum unka khayal rakhte the. Jab main baba ko lekar pareshan hoti thi tab tum mujhe bina kahe hospital le kar jaate the... Aise hi kar dete the?"

Rahul~ "Wo to mujhe feel hota tha ki tum baba ko lekar pareshan ho."

Maanvi~ "Bas uss hi tarah hume feel hota hai jab tum kisi baat ko soch rahe hote ho ya kisi baat ke liye pareshan hote ho."

Rahul~ "Hmmm... point taken. Par mujhe humesha to pata nahi chalta. Kabhi kabhi pata chal jaata hai. Par mom ko, dadi ko, aur tumko to humesha sab pata chal jaata hai."

Maanvi~ "Kyunki hum sunte hai... sirf sabdoon ko nahi... par mann me uth-te har khayal ko. Tum bhi sunte ho par dhyan nahi dete."

Rahul stares at her then notices the time. "Oops, aaj phir late ho jaunga. Maanvi, hume tumhara album complete karna hai aur humare duet album ki preparations bhi karni hai."

Maanvi looks at him and smiles. She didn't wanted to see him stressed and was trying to take his mind off the case of his mother's death as it is something the police will work on as best as they can. But she knew well that things like this if happened to someone you care about... tend to have its effects on you.

They both get ready and meet their kids before leaving for the studio. When asked to join for breakfast, Rahul assures dadi ji and sonali that they will have their breakfast in the studio.

Meanwhile, payal wakes up all flustered because of the nightmares she had last night. That parcel with bloody knife stabbed through the stuffed heart was scary enough for her. Thinking about vikas, she picks up the phone and just then vikas's caller id starts flashing on her phone.

She takes a breath and answers "Good morning." She tries to pretend all normal.

Vikas from the other end "Good morning. Par tumhari awaaz se lag raha hai ki tum raat bhar theek se soyi nahi."

Payal tries to deny "Nahi... nahi to. Main to bahaut achi neend soyi. Ek bhi darawana sapna nahi dekha."

Vikas~ "Isliye tumhari awaaz aisi aa rahi hai? Payal, main jaanta hoon apni jaan ko. Kya mujhe itna bhi nahi pata hoga ki kal jo hua wo sahi nahi tha? Jiss ne bhi aisa kiya wo dubara phir aisa nahi kar payega. Main iss tarah ka kuch bhi tum tak kabhi nahi aane dunga. I promise."

Payal~ "Vikas, main nahi chahti ki tum apne kaam ko chod kar har waqt sirf meri chinta karo."

Vikas~ "Yeh koi baat nahi hoti payal. Aur kisne kaha ki main kaam ko chod kar tumhari chinta karunga? Main kaam bhi kar sakta hoon aur tumhari chinta bhi."

Payal~ "Agar meri chinta karne se tumhara kaam suffer nahi karega to achi baat hai. Par main phir bhi yahi kahongi ki tumhe pareshan hone ki zaroorat nahi hai. Waise bhi mere saath meri family hai na. I will be fine."

Vikas~ "Payal... abhi thodi der pehle Rahul ka mujhe call aaya tha. He told me to put the idea on hold... about talking to our families... for our marriage... until the issues are sorted."

Payal~ "I think he is right. Jab tak yeh issue sort nahi hota tab tak hume sambhal kar rehna hoga."

Vikas~ "Rahul also said that there is police protection at your house. And he wanted me to not ask you to come meet me. Instead, I m welcome at sabarwal mansion when I want to meet you."

Payal~ "In short I m under house arrest?"

Vikas~ "Well... its for your safety. I wont argue with his decision. I also want you to be safe. And if you don't want me worrying for you all the time, you will accept his decision as well."

Payal~ "What! How could you..." then she thought for a moment before replying "Alright. I understand. I will stay with my family, safe from any harm by this possible stalker."

Vikas~ "Crazy stalker. Possibly one of my fans who cant see me with anyone." He corrected her.

Payal~ "Ha ha... very funny." She added little sarcasm. "You better handle these crazy fans and fix these problems if you want to be with me."

Vikas~ "Oh... is that warning or you are angry with me?"

Payal~ "Maybe little bit of both... hard to tell."

Vikas~ "Hmm... are you punishing me because you cannot leave house and I cannot come to see you without affecting my work? Well... let me assure you that I will come to see you today, either during lunch time or after work."

Payal~ "That is not assuring you know. Even you are not sure when you will be able to come and see me if you are saying either lunch time or after work."

Vikas~ "Now you are simply teasing me. Ok fine, in lunch time. It would seem little awkward to come meet you in front of rest of the family. Rahul maanvi are cool but I don't know rest of your family members. You know what I mean..."

Payal~ "And you said you are ready to bring the marriage proposal to my family whenever I will be ready... How could you be ready when you are so nervous to come see me in front of them."

Vikas~ "Those are two very different cases. One is bringing a marriage proposal to your family and have their approval of our relationship. Sadly, that's not how the things happened and your family found out about us through Rahul and maanvi. So I m not sure what your family feels about our relationship."

Payal~ "Why don't you come for dinner and find out?"

Vikas~ "Are you sure? I don't think I m welcome with your family... atleast not after what happened yesterday."

Payal~ "Didn't rahul bhai already said that you are welcome here?"

Vikas~ "Yes, he did. Fine then. I will talk to him again about coming to sabarwal mansion for dinner and have a formal introduction with your family as well."

Payal~ "Good. That's settled then. See you tonight."

Vikas~ "See you then."

They disconnected the call and eagerly waited for tonight's dinner with rest of the sabarwal family.

Nice
Waiting 4 nxt part

Chapter 67

Rahul and maanvi worked through the songs most morning, mainly to keep their mind occupied so as to avoid thinking about gayatri's case. As the hours passed and the work for today almost done, their mind starts to wonder about gayatri's case. All Rahul wanted to know was the face of the person who could do such horrible crime.

He was trying to write some lyrics but he shuts his diary as he was unable to concentrate on it. He feels like his eyes are tired, his head hurting, all his strength draining away...

Maanvi understands the pain Rahul was holding in and trying to keep it all to himself. So, she walks behind his chair, puts her hand on his shoulder and tries to make him lie back with the support of the chair. She slowly massages his shoulders, neck and head to comfort him.

Rahul~ "Maanvi..."

Maanvi~ "Haan Rahul."

Rahul~ "Mujhe kis baat ki sazaa mil rahi hai?"

Maanvi~ "Tumhe aisa kyun lag raha hai ki tumhe sazaa mil rahi hai?"

Rahul~ "Ek bache se uski maa chin-jana sazaa nahi hai to aur kya hai maanvi?"

Maanvi~ "Iss baat ka jawab to shayad kisi ke pass bhi nahi milega Rahul. Par maine logo ko kehte hue suna hai ki humesha ache logo ke saath hi bura hota hai... Kyun hota hai... iska koi explanation nahi hai."

Rahul~ "Par meri mom hi mili thi... mujhse chin-ne ko?"

Maanvi~ "Rahul, main nahi jaanti ki kya hua... par main itna zaroor kahoongi ki ho sakta tha ki aaj bhi kisi ko pata nahi chalta ki tumhari maa ka accident nahi hua tha. Aur aaj bhi tumhari maa ka katil aaraam se raatoon ko so raha hota. Par sach saamne aayega aur usko sazaa bhi hogi. Jo dard aur takleef tum seh rahe ho... wo khatam to nahi hogi... par gunehgaar ko sazaa milne ke baad kam zaroor ho jayegi."

Rahul puts his hand on her hand that was on his shoulder "I hope..."

Then his assistant knocks on the door. The assistant was escorting the inspector who wanted to talk to Rahul. Assistant leaves and closes the door behind him. Inspector comes and Rahul offers him a seat.

Inspector~ "I have two news for you. First, we have shortlisted three persons who could have sent that box to payal ji. And second, court has approved our application to reopen the case."

Rahul welcomes the news as it gives him hope that after so many years, the real culprit will be punished for the crime. "I was hoping to hear that news."

Inspector~ "I thought it fitting that I deliver the news to you myself."

Rahul~ "I would also like to request to you that you keep me updated with all the progress."

Inspector~ "Sure. As soon as we got the case reopened today, my men and I have started the investigation. If you come cross any information, I would suggest you pass the details on to me and not discuss with anyone, not even with your family."

Maanvi~ "That is an odd request inspector sahab."

Rahul~ "Maanvi is right. Is there something else you wish to tell me inspector sahab?"

Inspector~ "Nothing substantial as of yet."

Rahul~ "But it seems that you suspect someone close to my family."

Inspector~ "Like I said mr. Rahul, we don't have anything substantial. But we think that there might be someone in your house who has connections to the culprit."

Rahul and maanvi gets shocked by inspector's suspicions.

Rahul~ "Someone in the sabarwal mansion knows the culprit?... That's not possible! All the servants are our trusted people. They have been working for us..."

Inspector interrupts him "I know Mr. Rahul. They have been working for your family for years. All the more chances that one of them might have been sent to work for you to keep an eye on your family."

Rahul~ "That is a strong accusation inspector. I believe that you have a good reason behind this."

Inspector~ "Yes there is. If you wish to know... all I can tell you is that when we filed the application at court... someone tried to have that application turned down. They tried hard but we found out about it and they cleared their tracks. We are still trying to trace them."

Rahul~ "Someone didn't want the application approved? When was this?"

Inspector~ "This was a day before I informed you about the application. You would have heard about it after the case reopened."

Maanvi~ "But if we found out about it after someone tried to have the application turned down, so how does it brings suspicion on the people who work in sabarwal mansion?"

Inspector~ "Because they stopped trying to have the application turned down from last night. And by morning, they cleared their tracks. So, it seems they wanted to have it buried and not let you all finding out about it... but since you did, they stopped trying."

Maanvi~ "So you are saying that the person responsible could have someone working for us?"

Inspector~ "Only in the mansion... not in your studio. We kept a track on your employees here as it is easy to hide among large group of people instead of hiding at a place where it is easy to get detected. But like I said earlier... it is only a suspicion. There is a big chance that we are wrong. You see... they started trying to stop the case from reopening from the next day we filed our application. Only few people from police knew about the evidence we found and there was no action from anyone to stop us from looking into the case. That leaves the people working around the court who may have connection to the culprit."

Rahul~ "What stopped them from trying to interfere with the case now?"

Inspector~ "My best guess... they know sabarwal's have strong connections and which means that once you found out... you will use your connections anyway to have the case reopened and might even trace the people who tried to stop the investigation."

Rahul~ "In other words... letting us know helped you to reopen the case?"

Inspector~ "Yes, you can say that."

Rahul~ "Which also means that if I use my connections, it would help you to uncover more evidence and find the culprit sooner?"

Inspector~ "I wouldn't advice that sir. Some processes requires time and they cannot be rushed. But if I need your help to move the evidence and process into priority, I will ask you."

Rahul~ "I would suggest you have this case moved to top priority."

Inspector~ "It has already been moved to high profile case sir."

Rahul~ "That is some relief to hear, but if needed... do make sure that this case gets top most priority. I want the culprit found and punished severely."

Inspector~ "I will handle it sir. But I would like to request you to keep the info I gave you to yourself. I do not want you investigating and interrogating anyone at sabarwal mansion until I have something substantial."

Rahul~ "I understand inspector, I wont mention anything to anyone."

Inspector~ "Thank you Mr. Rahul. Now I should get back to work. I will keep you posted."

Rahul and inspector shaked hands and inspector leaves. The recent conversation made Rahul far more relaxed as he now felt as if the count-down for the culprit has began and they will soon be behind bars. What he didn't suspect was after hearing inspector's suspicions, it would be hard for him to act normal around servants feeling that one of them might know the culprit all these years.

The inspector was right to suspect that someone in the sabarawal mansion has connection to the culprit, but he didn't know that the culprit is in the sabarwal mansion. After raj returned from his trip and heard maanvi, sonali and dadi ji talking about the case, he did stop the attempts to keep the case from reopening as it would only trace it all back to him sooner. What he might try to stop his truth from coming out might be hard for anyone to guess at this point, but his truth will be reavealed. How the rest of the family will react after raj's truth is revealed... is something that will unfold soon as well.

Vikas gets the call from the inspector about the three suspects they have who could have sent the box to payal. Inspector has asked him to arrange some type of fan event to have them come out of their hiding to which he agreed.

Vikas plans a small fan event with his assistant, with the excuse of completing 7 years in musical industry. The event will then be used to identify the person who sent that box. There might be a chance that this person don't buy this event act and not attend. But this was a chance vikas, inspector and his team were willing to take.

With the opening of gayatri's murder case, it was a good distraction for anyone to not make a news out of this obsessive fan case, helping the inspector to close this one easily.

After returning from his studio, vikas gets ready to join the sabarwals for dinner. He arrives there at the decided time and is welcomed by sabrwals. Vikas notices the tension and thinks that it might be because of him.

Vikas~ "I m really sorry for causing so much tension."

Sonali~ "You don't have to apologize, its not you beta."

Dadi ji~ "Sonali puttar is right. Its not you."

Rahul~ "Don't worry about it vikas, I know you and I can get it sorted with the inspector. He is doing his best."

Vikas~ "Yeah, I know. I talked to him this evening and he came up with a way to catch the person responsible sooner."

Rahul~ "And he will. So there is nothing to worry about."

Maanvi tries to change the topic to help lift the mood "Vikas, payal never mentions anything about how you two spend your time together. So I wanted to ask you... Are you romantic type or serious workaholic type?"

Rahul~ "What are you trying to imply maanvi?" he eyes her.

Maanvi smiles "I m not trying to imply anything. I m just asking vikas."

Rahul~ "Are you trying to compare me and vikas?" he keeps eyeing her.

Payal~ "There is no compare between Rahul bhai and vikas. I believe Rahul bhai is both romantic and workaholic... taking in notice how he pretty much keeps maanvi bhabhi around him all the time."

Rahul~ "See?... even payal notices that."

Maanvi~ "Yeah, I know your style of having romance." She teases.

Rahul~ "What does that mean maanvi?" he teases her back.

Maanvi blushes for a second then controlling it, replies back "If you want me to tell in front of everyone then fine. All I mean is that you try to..."

Rahul interrupts her "Maanvi!... maanvi... maanvi... no one wants to know your personal opinion here. Everyone knows the type of person I m. Don't have to get so excited and detail your experiences."

Everyone in the room laughs looking at Rahul and maanvi. Maanvi's effort to lighten the mood worked and soon they all move on to the dinner. The rest of the evening went on nicely.

Chapter 68

Raj was with the family, but still not really with them. His mind kept worrying about what will happen if the truth comes out. He feels as if gayatri's spirit is speaking to him.

"...Raj... raj... raj... (her voice fading into whispers) You were only able to delay the inevitable. You would have lost your son... years ago. Back then, you may have even had a chance to get him back... if only you would have asked for forgiveness... Now, you will lose your son... and this time... he will be the one to make the choice to stay away from you... for the rest of his life..."

Raj~ "No... no..." a sweat rolls down from his forehead.

Sonali places her hand on raj's hand and asks "Raj... are you alright? You are really sweating." she notices his hand really warm. She checks his forehead and finds that raj is running a fever. "Oh god raj, you are running a high fever... Maanvi, call the doctor. I will take raj to the room to rest."

Maanvi nodded and calls their family doctor. Rahul was about to follow behind sonali and raj when dada ji calls to him.

Dada ji~ "Rahul puttar, you take care of payal and vikas. Vikas is our guest and someone must attend to him. Your dadi ji, sonali, maanvi and myself are here to take care of raj."

Rahul glanced once towards his mom and dad before agreeing to dada ji's suggestion. Dada ji and chotu went after sonali as well to check up on him while Rahul stayed back with payal and vikas.

Vikas~ "I apologize if I caused any troubles."

Rahul~ "Don't need to apologize for anything vikas. I m sure, dad is worried about something work related. Ever since he returned from his trip, I noticed that he has been acting weird."

Vikas~ "Do you know what its about?"

Rahul~ "Dad never shared his problems with anyone... not even mom. So if there is something going on, we will probably hear about it after my dad has sorted it."

Vikas~ "Sounds exactly like my dad."

Payal~ "I don't get you men... why do you always have to think that you have to sort all your problems by yourself? There is nothing wrong in sharing the burden."

Vikas~ "Because... sometimes letting other people know of the problems, only makes them worry as well. Its not like you could help in anyway?"

Payal~ "How could you possibly know whether we can help or not? Even if we cannot help... there is always a moral support we can give... Isn't that what defines a family? Love, care and support for each other?"

Rahul~ "What else do you know about problems and family... Ms. Philosopher?"

Payal~ "Girls are born philosopher... they do have a great point of view for almost all situations."

Vikas~ "Oh really?"

Payal~ "Yes, really."

When payal and vikas were busy talking, rahul's phone buzzed in his pocket. Seeing vikas and payal busy, Rahul sneaks to a corner to check his message. It was a message from an unknown number.

"I know everything you wish to know about what you have on your mind. If you wish to talk to me, come outside... alone... and I will tell you what you need to know."

Rahul wondered what is it, that the sender is referring to. Out of curiosity, Rahul comes out in the garden. He looks around and finds no one. Thinking that this might be some stupid prank, he turns around to get back inside... just then his phone rings. Rahul sees the unknown caller as caller id. He decides to answers it and hear what this person has to say.

Caller~ "Mr. Rahul sabarwal."

Rahul~ "Yes. Speak what you have to say."

Caller~ "I heard from a birdie that you spoke to the inspector. I would like to tell you that our dear inspector is partially right in his suspicion. But let me correct it for you..."

Rahul~ "What do you mean? How do you know all this?"

Caller~ "Patience sir, patience. One thing at a time. I will provide answers to all your questions... the ones you asked... and also the ones you didn't ask. Firstly, I was correcting what the dear inspector told you. Your mother's murderer don't have anyone spying in your house... that murderer is living in your house."

Rahul~ "What! You are Lying! How do I even know you are telling the truth?"

Caller~ "Because I have spent all these past years finding the truth behind your mother's death... And to uncover all the proof I could find... to prove what I found."

Rahul~ "Why didn't you take it all to police then?"

Caller~ "Because the murderer would have easily suppressed it all... and escaped from being convicted. I have been trying hard to get justice for your mother... but I think this time I wont have to do it all alone. So, mr. sabarwal... would you like to help me?"

Rahul~ "I want to see the proof first." He demanded.

Caller~ "Sure... but then I will have to put a term of my own as well."

Rahul~ "What is your term?"

Caller~ "I like your way mr. sabarwal... Mostly people agree to it before even hearing it. Well, my term is simple... you cannot speak or mention about our conversation to anyone including your family until I tell you. That is my one and only term."

Rahul~ "Fair enough... since you accused that someone living in this house is my mom's murderer."

Caller~ "So, do I take it as an agreement?"

Rahul~ "Yes. But I have one last question... who are you and why are you doing this?"

Caller~ "That's two questions mr. sabarwal, and lets just say that all your questions will be answered when we meet. I will contact you again tomorrow. Make sure you are alone when you are headed to work."

Before Rahul could say anything else, the caller disconnected the call. Rahul stared at his phone for a moment before returning back inside. Vikas and payal barely noticed when Rahul left them and got back. A minute later, chotu comes to inform Rahul that doctor has arrived.

Rahul~ "Escort him to the room, I will be right behind." He told to chotu, then turned to face vikas and payal "Vikas, I think you should head back as well. Its too late and payal should rest. These family matters will only worry you further as you both already have worries of your own."

Payal and vikas both understood that Rahul was referring to vikas's obsessive fan problem that they were dealing with. They agreed to rahul's words without resistance. Thus, Vikas wished them well and left, and payal retired to her room as well. As for Rahul, he headed straight to sonali and raj's room.

Doctor has just completed raj's check up when Rahul entered.

Doctor~ "Its nothing to worry about, Mr. raj sabarwal's illness seems to be related to his stress. I m going to give him an injection which will help him relax. His fever will soon come down. Try to talk to him to figure out what has been bothering him. Helping him sort his issue will make sure his condition don't get like this again."

Dada ji~ "But Raj never talks about his problems." He states with a concern.

Doctor~ "That will be sad because if that is the case, and he stresses again... his fever might return."

Sonali~ "Is there any other way we can help him?"

Doctor~ "I can only prescribe medicines but that will only help him while their effect lasts."

Dadi ji~ "Do it doctor sahab, if that will help raj. In mean time, we will try to keep raj away from stress."

Rahul~ "I know dad, he and his stress loves each other. He wont tell anyone... neither will he stop thinking about it. I would say... Until his issue don't sort itself, he is going to need that medication."

Doctor~ "Well, If you ask me, I would suggest to keep him busy with other work so he don't get time to think of his issues. That might work as it does for a lot of other people I know."

Maanvi~ "Don't worry doctor sahab, we will do whatever we can to keep papa ji from stressing."

Rahul~ "Thank you doctor sahab. I will escort you to your car."

Rahul escorted doctor to his car and they discussed little more about raj. Then Rahul returns to sonali and raj's room. Sonali asks them all to rest and she will take care of raj, if she needed anything... she will call them. Dada ji, dadi ji, rahul and maanvi left to their rooms.

Reaching their room, Rahul maanvi changes to their night suits and gets ready to sleep. Lying on the bed, Rahul thinks about what transcribed with the stranger on the phone. He kept awake trying to think who could have done such a heinous crime of taking his mother from him, and murdered her in cold blood?

The thought haunted him. He turns to look beside him and don't see maanvi. He raises up and calls for maanvi but no answer. He notices a shadow leaving from outside his room's door and decides to check it out. He follows it outside the sabarwal mansion and soon finds himself in jungle. There was fog everywhere and Rahul could barely see anything around him. Then a female voice calls to him.

"Rahul... Rahul..." the whispers were echoing through the trees.

Rahul~ "Who is it? Why were you outside my room? Where is maanvi?"

"Rahul... Rahul..." the voice started to feel as it was heading away from him.

Rahul~ "Wait! Get back! You didn't answer my questions." He runs in the direction he felt the voice was coming from.

The fog denses and Rahul almost runs into a tree trying to catch the voice. He stops and looks around to figure out where he has reached.

This time a male voice calls to him from a different direction.

"Rahul... Rahul... I know who killed your mother..." the voice whispers.

Rahul~ "Then tell me!" he demanded.

This time Rahul finds a shadowy figure in the dense forest. The shadow turns around and starts to walk away. Rahul runs to catch it but seems he could only follow... the closer he thought he was getting, the farther that shadow went from him.

Rahul yelled at the shadow "Stop! Tell me who killed my mother first!"

Shadow smilled and then disappears in the fog.

Rahul~ "Noo. Wait!" he runs in the direction to where he last saw the shadow.

He looks around but stands there for a moment in the dense fogy forest, listening to the silence. Then a soft familiar voice calls to him.

"Rahul... my son..."

Rahul thinks it's a trick but that voice was no mistake. He knew instantly that the voice belonged to his mother.

The voice calls to him from behind this time.

Gayatri~ "Rahul... my son..."

Rahul turns around and fog has now taken shape of his mother.

Rahul~ "Mom..." he was just as much surprised as he was shocked to find his mother standing in front of him.

Chapter 69

Rahul's eyes fills with tears seeing his mother in front of his eyes.

Rahul~ "Mom." That is all he could speak.

Gayatri~ "Rahul beta, you have grown up so much. I wish I would have been there for you... but fate didn't wanted it that way. I know I don't have the right, but still... I want to ask you something."

Rahul~ "You have every right mom. Ask me anything."

Gayatri~ "Then firstly I would tell you is... this is just a dream Rahul. It is only in your head, and I would want you to let these go. If you try to hold on to this dream, you will lose the beautiful family you have found... I m happy that you have maanvi, ravina and mahul in your life."

Rahul~ "If this was just a dream, you would have told me something different. Here you are telling me things that would help me get through the problems that are surfacing."

Gayatri~ "So what would you have me tell you?"

Rahul~ "If you were only my imagination, you didn't had to ask."

Gayatri~ "Hmm... I should really keep in mind that my son has grown up in a young and smart man that I always hoped he would become."

Rahul~ "So... what do you want me to do?"

Gayatri~ "What would you do?"

Rahul~ "Whether you are my mom's spirit or not, I wish to thank you for visiting me. I needed this and yes, I will let go of this dream... not because I fear losing my family... but because I found your love and care in my family. I don't know if you know or not, Ravina and mahul has slight likeness to you mom."

Gayatri~ "I noticed. We share the same eyes. And the names... its sweet."

Rahul~ "Well... maanvi wanted to use our mothers names. I insisted on using our names instead. Moreover, the names she came up with were funny." He scratched his head.

Gayatri~ "And what names did she picked?"

Rahul~ "She started playing around with all three names... gayatri shilpa and sonali... and came up with names like trishna gopal siya yash..."

Gayatri~ "They are not funny as you make them to be."

Rahul~ "Yes but... you are missing the point. These names fail to use all the letters in your name. But the names I suggested used all the letters in our name."

Gayatri~ "So why not say that in the first place instead of calling them funny?"

Rahul~ "Well... I don't know. I could have... but..." he couldn't say why he made silly excuse.

Gayatri~ "You are like every other man. You will have a good reason but you tend to use the most silly one to convince your wife on a point."

Rahul~ "Mom..." he looked at her when she teased him.

Gayatri~ "You still have the same way of looking at me like the way you used to when you were little."

They kept looking at each other in silence for a moment before Rahul spoke "I missed you mom."

Gayatri~ "I miss you too beta."

Rahul~ "You know what I went through after you died?"

Gayatri~ "I know... And I was so helpless..." tears formed in her eyes as well.

Rahul~ "Why didn't you come to me like this back then?"

Gayatri~ "You were so little to understand. You would never have let this go... and I wouldn't have been able to forgive myself for doing that to you."

Rahul~ "I love you mom..." he said as a tear rolled down from his eyes.

Gayatri walked close to him and wiped the tear "I love you too beta."

Rahul touched her hand, held on to it for another moment before replying "I will find out who is responsible for this, and have that person face justice."

Gayatri~ "That... is what I m afraid of. The anger you are feeling... it will consume you, it will hurt you... the old wounds will open and hurt even worse than before. I want you to be prepared for it, if you intend to do this."

Rahul~ "I intend to do this, more than ever."

Gayatri~ "Then all I will tell you is this... the truth will hurt you like hell. But you need to move on from it and hold on to the beautiful family you have. Your father never gave priority to his family... but you are not like him. You are my son, you are strong... just look towards the people who love you dearly. And you will be fine."

Her words remained as an echo as she turned back into fog and faded.

Rahul wanted to hold on to the feeling for longer, but then he slowly let it go... just holding on to what she said. He opened his eyes and found maanvi's head resting on him.

Rahul~ "How long have you been awake?"

Maanvi~ "Since you started dreaming." She replied looking up in his eyes.

Rahul kissed on her forehead "I love you maanvi."

Maanvi~ "I love you too Rahul."

Rahul~ "I m going to need you more than ever. Something tells me that this case will take me to hell."

Maanvi places her hand on his cheek "Rahul, please don't say that. And if that is the case, is it necessary to do this?" she asked worriedly.

Rahul~ "It needs to be done. That is why I m going to need you... to be my strength, and to help me get through this."

Maanvi~ "I will always be right beside you... No matter what comes."

Rahul nodded and started thinking about what he wanted to do. He decided to take maanvi with him when he goes to meet this person who wanted to tell the truth about his mother's murder.

Rahul~ "Maanvi, I need to meet someone today. If I leave before you and message you the location, will you join me there?"

Maanvi looked at Rahul with questioning eyes but understood why he asked this. She understood that it has something to do with what he said before. She nodded.

They finished their routine riyaaz, got ready, had their breakfast. Rahul announced that he is leaving a little early, maanvi will join him at studio. Rahul drove off towards studio. He was mid-way to studio when his phone buzzed.

Rahul slows his car to check the message. As expected, the caller from last night had messaged him the location to meet up. Rahul immediately forwards the message to maanvi, who returned a reply that she is on her way. Rahul turns his car around and headed straight to the address where the caller wanted to meet him.

Rahul parked his car and waited for maanvi. Few minutes later, a taxi stopped near him and maanvi got off.

Rahul~ "You took a taxi?"

Maanvi~ "Well... since we came separately, I guessed you don't want anyone at home to know where we went."

Rahul~ "My wife is really smart... like a CID."

Maanvi~ "Smart and handsome husband deserves a smart wife."

Rahul smiles "Oh really? Well mrs. Maanvi sabarwal, enough with the flirting. Lets go meet up with this person."

To which she agreed and they both headed inside. The address was to a mansion but the location seemed somewhat familiar to Rahul. As they headed to the door and about to knock, the door was opened by a guy. That guy escorted our couple to a dimly lit room.

It took their eyes few seconds to adjust to the dim light. They noticed the whole room turned nto a shrine, dedicated to gayatri. A familiar voice from behind them called out.

Mr. khurana~ "I thought I asked you to come alone."

Rahul~ "If what you are about to tell me is as shocking and disturbing as you hinted, then I will need all the strength and support I can rely on."

Maanvi~ "This is rahul's mom, right? Why do you have a room dedicated to her?" she raised the question that mr. khurana was expecting.

Rahul could see right through mr. khurana's eyes "Because he loved my mom... still does. And that is why you wish to get justice for her by bringing the truth out."

Mr. khurana~ "I loved your mother from before your father came into her life. I was a friend to her. But things happened that made me go away. I heard about her accident and came back. Found out the truth that shook me to the core. But I never had enough that I could use to convince anyone... that it wasn't an accident, but a murder."

Maanvi~ "What changed?"

Mr. khurana looked at Rahul and maanvi "I met you and understood, that you two are different... Good different. That you two will help me when others didn't. That you two will fight to get justice for gayatri. That is if I can convince you that what I m about to tell you is truth."

Rahul~ "It took you all these years to collect all the evidence and get in touch with me."

Mr. khurana~ "Only half of what you said. I didn't try to get in touch with you, instead I tried to use you as a means to punish your father. But I soon realized that I was wrong. That was when I tried to get in touch with you."

Rahul~ "You tell me that and now expect to have me believe you? How do I know you are still not trying to use me to punish my father?"

Maanvi started to connect the dots and absent-mindedly said "That curse on Rahul... guru ji disappearing... punishing papa ji... gayatri ji's murder... papa ji's health after hearing about case reopening..."

Rahul heard what maanvi was saying and his mind reached the same conclusion as maanvi. They spoke at the same time.

Rahul~ "Dad had my mom killed!" he said in shock
Maanvi~ "Papa ji had rahul's mom killed?" she said in confusion.

Rahul and maanvi all looked at each other and then at mr. khurana, trying to process it.

Mr. khurana walked towards the table and took out some papers, photos and other stuff. Rahul maanvi looked at them and mr. khurana narrated the whole story.

Mr. khurana concluded "...And all that I could tell is that gayatri was going to leave raj, and take you away from him as well. But raj got her killed, maybe because it will reveal to the people that raj was married. I found the guy who got used by raj. He told me everything and provided me with things that was the first proof I had against raj."

Rahul~ "And with his money and connections, dad would have easily had it all burned away... Leaving no proof that he had anything to do with my mom's murder." He filled with rage and disgust for his father as he thought about it.

Mr. khurana~ "The guy who escorted you in, is the same guy that was used by your father. Your father threatened him and his family, if he tried to go to police. Luckily, I ran into him and he was blabbering things in his drunken state. I have been keeping him safe from your father as he is the only witness."

Rahul couldn't get past the fact that his dad had gone so low, just to achieve his goal of being famous and rich. Maanvi was the one who helped him move past that thought. After knowing this, Rahul couldn't go back to sabarwal mansion and face his father. It would be a hard decision to make, since rahul wants to keep it hidden from raj for now... that the truth is known to him.