CHAPTER 1
Morning dawn Anika watched the sun rise her determination from last night still in place. She drew in deep breaths to calm herself down , any moment sahil would wake up. She began preparation for the day , the ache in her chest still existed but the nightmare had taken up her mind temporarily in an unique way giving her peace from her hearts cries.
''Didi'' she heard sahil call out to her . She turned and plastered a fake smile for her brothers sake. But her brother was not one to be fooled their bond was something beyond words deeper than blood .She say the look in his eye depth beyond years and the word ''chotte'' filled her, she did not known where the thought came from and dismissed it.
'' Sahil i made ur favorite alloo puri today go get ready u will be late'' she tried distracting him but as usual her brother say through her attempt. ''Di are u ok do u what me to go hit that bhagad billa with my clutches'' '' I swear didi i will make him hurt like hell no one hurts my didi and gets away with it'' he swore with convictionthat made anika tear up.
''Sahil what r u talking about billuji did not do anything . I am the weeding planner and the date of wedding is fixed and all the arrangements exhausted me nothing else'' she said trying to ease up her brothers mind. " didi " sahil stared to protest but anika cut him off with a wave of her hand sahil knew it was futile to continue this conversation so he let it go but not before mentally cursing SSO and wishing him divine justice.
At around 7.30 she called dadi to inform her that she would be late by an hour . She stepped out to the balcony and dialed a number . "Malthotraji its Anika '' she waited for the reply . " I would like u to retry my earlier request'' she told him " yes i know Malthotraji that no clue has been found but could u try once again for my satisfaction " she her him and then continued " I will make the payment use ur best " she said she was about to receive a bonus for successfully marrying billuji and Tia and had decided to use the money to track her past. She just could not bear to think of more and cut the line.
Oberoi manision 8 AM
Shivaye was restless he was awaiting her arrival. Yesterday their equation had changed , she had behaved like an employee and was perfect in planning his weeding. Yet he missed her she was in front of him yet it felt like a huge distance separated her from him. He did not know why he felt so uneasy like waiting for an oncoming storm .Yesterday he had made a decision yet he felt something amiss, after hearing love angels advice he had decided that marrying Tia was the best after all practically it was the only option Anika and he was from 2 different world never to meet dragging her to his world would ultimately lead to her destruction.He had all his life seen his mother trying and failing to adjust and he wished anika to be happy and for that he needed to remove her from his world. A world were every movement was scrutinized and criticized were people back-stabbed each other in a blink of an eye were their was no friend or ally . He knew that anika would be destroyed in his world without any power behind her she would be torn to shreds .
But the said reasoning did nothing to calm his heart , a heart that was irrevocably in love with its pannika. Her name caused his heart to skip a beat, he was waiting for her arrival for a glimpse of her face. " Shivaye baby" Tia voice called for a moment shivaye felt guilty of using her he pushed it aside and turned his head " What tia" he asked . " Dadi said Anika would be late today and that the designer for our clothes is here " he heard her reply anika would be late was the only thing that registered in his head . Was she alright was she sick a line of worry formed in his face " Why" he asked . "Dadi said it was personal she will be hear by 11 let go meet the desgner" tia walked saying that
Location Mr Malthotra office
Mr Malthotra sat on his chair reviewing a file he had seen the file hundreds of timed in he past 5 years. The case was unique a young girl 18-19 found on the banks of a river near the highway heavily injured. The report from the doctors said other injuries like whip marks was found on her along with heavy drugs in her body. At first he though a escape from drug dealer /sex trafficker but the clothes on her suggested otherwise the dress though covered in blood costed lakhs of rupees with real gold and diamond in it.
He tried looking into missing complains but none where found all evidence suggested something bigger in play and he did not want to dig deeper for he feared it would risk her life.
Today he had received her call and request he tried to explain her the risk but something in her voice convinced him to try again deeper.
He handed over the file to Mr Rathod a new partner maybe something he overlooked could be found.
"This case is the only one I was unable crack in my 20 year" he began " I want you Mr Rathod to go through and try again" saying he dismissed his associate .
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