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Chapter 70

Rahul and maanvi went to studio. Rahul asked all his today's schedule to be cancelled. To avoid raising any suspicions, maanvi said that Rahul is disturbed because of raj's health. Maanvi handled most of the rehearsals and song selection as she knew how much music meant to Rahul. Maanvi also made sure she don't leave Rahul alone for more than a couple of minutes.

Maanvi comes to Rahul after cheking up on rehearsals for the third time "Rahul... mujhe tumhari thodi si help chahiye. Wo jo abhi naye background singers aye hain... unme se ek se rehearsals me gadbad ho rahi hai. Main kya karoon?" she said.

Rahul put his thoughts aside and replies "Kya gadbad ho rahi hai?"

Maanvi~ "Auditions ke time to usne rhythm theek se pakadi thi par aaj pata nahi kyun uss se nahi ho raha hai. Maine usko samjhaya bhi par usko rhythm samajh me nahi aa rahi."

Rahul~ "Chalo main tumhare saath chalta hoon. Hum dono dekhte hain, pata chal jayega ki kahan problem hai." He got up and gets ready to check up on rehearsals with maanvi.

Maanvi hides her smile and takes Rahul to the rehearsals. Evidently, it was maanvi's idea to ask one of the background singers to mess up with rhythm when she brings Rahul. This way, if maanvi succeeds in getting Rahul to do rehearsals, it will cheer him up.

Rahul and maanvi entered the room where the rehearsals were taking place.

Rahul~ "Hello everyone. Sorry, I have been missing out on the rehearsal today due to some problem. But how about we leave it all aside and try to work our way through? Everyone agrees?"

Everyone nodded and Rahul signals for music to hear the rehearsal. As maanvi had asked, one of the background singer messes up with rhythm and Rahul asks him to try it solo once.

Rahul~ "I think you are missing the rhythm by a small mark. How about we try it solo once, ok? Once you get the rhythm, you will do great. Alright... ready?"

With rahul's signal, the music started again and the guy messes up with the rhythm again.

Rahul~ "No, no, no... you are still missing the rhythm. You need to feel the rhythm..."

Maanvi interrupts "Rahul... how about you show him once how you do it. After all you are the god of music. The songs you sing... comes to life."

Rahul remembered the time he wanted maanvi to be his lead singer. How he tried to trick maanvi into singing as lead but she outsmarted him. Rahul felt that something is off as the guy who missed the rhythm was one of the best singers he had auditioned for this album. He glanced at maanvi who kept her expressions neutral but she still had to avoid eye contact as he would see right through them.

Rahul grabs his guitar and signals for music. As the music kicks off, Rahul forgets his problems and gets indulged in the song. Maanvi joined him as well.

~~Iss qadar... tu mujhe pyaar kar
Jisey kabhi na main sakoon... Phir bhula
Zindagi... laayi humein yahaan
Koi iraada toh raha hoga bhala

Ki darkhast hai yeh, Jo aayi raat hai yeh
Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de
Jo ab lamhaat hai yeh, Bade hi khaas hai yeh
Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de (x2)

Raahon mein mere saath chal tu
Thaame mera haath chal tu
Waqt jitna bhi ho haasil, Saara mere naam kar tu
Waqt jitna bhi ho haasil, Saara mere naam kar tu

Ki armaan hai yeh
Guzaarish jaan hai yeh
Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de

Jo ab lamhaat hai yeh... (Jo ab lamhaat hai yeh)
Bade hi khaas hai yeh... (Bade hi khaas hai yeh)
Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de

Lamz jismon pe aise sajaaye
Baarishon se bhi woh dhul na paaye
Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de

Ho.. naksh lamhon pe aise banaaye
Muddaton se bhi woh mit na paaye
Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de

Hmm.. tujhse toh hoon main yun bohat mutassir
Par kya karoon main hoon ek musafir
Kaisi khushi hai jisme nami hai
Jaane tu ye ya jaane na, o...

Jo jazbaat hai yeh... (Jo jazbaat hai yeh)
Bade hi pak hai yeh... (Bade hi pak hai yeh)
Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de

Jo ab lamhaat hai yeh, (Jo ab lamhaat hai yeh)
Bade hi khaas hai yeh, (Bade hi khaas hai yeh)
Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de

Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de
Bhula de, bhula de
Wo.. tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de
Bhula de, bhula de, bhula de

Ki darkhaast hai yeh
Jo aayi raat hai yeh
Tu meri baahon mein duniya bhula de~~

Everyone is taken by Rahul maanvi's performance. Rahul maanvi shared an eye contact and he understood instantly that this was all a set up.

Rahul~ "How about we all take a break and meet back here after lunch?"

He kept his gaze on maanvi which froze her in her place while everyone else left. Once Rahul maanvi were left alone in the room, Rahul slowly walked towards maanvi. He grabbed her arm and pulled her close.

Rahul~ "I know what you did."

Maanvi breaks eye contact and tries to avoid the topic "What do you mean? What did I do?"

Rahul~ "You always love to outsmart me, don't you?"

Maanvi~ "Why would you think that? I would never even think of doing something like that."

Rahul~ "I still remember how you outsmarted me when you didn't want to sing as a lead with me."

Maanvi~ "Oh... back then I misunderstood you. But all those misunderstandings are a thing of the past."

Rahul~ "But you did made the attempt to outsmart me. Today also, you planned all this."

Maanvi~ "I did nothing."

Rahul~ "If that is what you wish to keep saying, but tell me something... how does a guy I auditioned, who was best among the other people... started to miss the rhythm of the song?"

Maanvi understood that Rahul had figured it out, that she had asked that guy to miss the rhythm on purpose. Feeling little uncomfortable as her act was about to be unveiled, maanvi tried to run away. But Rahul quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her in his arms.

Maanvi hasn't felt this nervous being in his arm for a long time. Rahul's eyes still had the same mesmerizing power that would make maanvi forget everything else. Staring into each other's eyes, they both stood there for next few moments.

Rahul~ "I know you did this on purpose."

Maanvi forgot for the moment what she did "What did I do?"

Rahul~ "You asked that guy to miss the rhythm on purpose, so you can get me to sing."

Maanvi~ "Why would I do that?"

Rahul~ "To cheer me up... help me move past the thoughts that were affecting me."

Maanvi~ "That doesn't seem like me... or does it? Hmm... who knows."

Rahul~ "Oh yeah? Keep up this act for just a little bit longer and we will find out what happens when you try to trick the mastermind."

Maanvi~ "Mastermind? You? (giggles) Sure if you say so."

Rahul pins maanvi to the nearest wall and they are barely an inch away. This sudden change left maanvi surprised. Without giving her any time to think, he gets even closer to her. She gives in to let him kiss her, but Rahul whispered in her ears instead.

Rahul~ "You did this all for me, didn't you?"

Maanvi replied in whisper as well "Yes."

Rahul~ "I missed your feeling nervous around me." He smiled looking at her.

Maanvi slowly opened her eyes and finds him still standing so close to her. She was breathless as her trick was caught which she played on Rahul.

Rahul~ "Now I know that you feel this way when you do something and I m about to catch you red-handed. Like the time when I tried to get you to admit that you love me."

Maanvi~ "I admitted it myself, didn't need you to play your tricks."

Rahul~ "Acha ji? It had nothing to do with you feeling jealous?"

Maanvi~ "No... no... I wasn't jealous. Why would I be jealous?" she tries to deny it.

Rahul~ "Because you feel that only you have right over me, and if anyone else tries to claim my time... you feel jealous." A shine glistened in his eyes for a moment.

Maanvi~ "And is that wrong?"

Rahul slightly shakes his head.

Maanvi smiled "So what now?"

Rahul~ "We do lunch and get back to rehearsal. But before that..." he moves closer to her to steal a gentle kiss.

That song must have worked a spell in the air as if it kept playing over an over, making their moments special. They finished lunch and returned to the rehearsals. They did few more runs of the song with their background team in the rest of the day.

Maanvi found a way for Rahul to avoid his dad. For that, she just needed to talk to Rahul about it, and if he wishes... she can make it happen.

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Chapter 71

Maanvi follows Rahul to his office. She was waiting for right moment to talk to him, when he will be alone. Rahul read her and understood. He turns around to face her once they were alone.

Rahul~ "Something on your mind?"

Maanvi~ "Rahul... I know you don't wish to face your dad." She said hesitantly.

Rahul~ "I will have to confront him eventually."

Maanvi~ "But you want the case to make some progress before you do, right?"

Rahul~ "What's your point?"

Maanvi~ "There is a way you can buy a little bit of time."

Rahul settles down on the edge of table next to him. "Which is?"

Maanvi~ "You know... Diwali is right around the corner. And maa baba were insisting that we visit them with ravina and mahul. If you want... we can live with them for few days."

Rahul~ "That is a nice idea. This way we can have mahul and ravina spend some time with maa and baba as well, and I won't have to try to keep myself under control around dad."

Maanvi~ "But I will have to talk to mommy ji."

Rahul~ "I don't think mom would mind."

Maanvi~ "But we need to inform her that maa baba requested a visit and we will be making a stay with them."

Rahul~ Ok, do as you like."

Maanvi grabs her phone and makes the call to sonali. Sonali picks it up right away.

Maanvi~ "Mommy ji, were you around your phone that you picked it up so fast?"

Sonali~ "Maanvi, I was just talking with your maa. I was about to call you and your call came in first."

Maanvi~ "What were you two talking about?"

Sonali~ "Nothing much, just that your maa wanted us all to visit... and she was hoping if you stayed with them this Diwali."

Maanvi~ "I wanted to ask you the same thing. I was wondering if you will allow Rahul, ravina and mahul to stay with me at my parents house?"

Sonali~ "Let me guess... none of you can stay without each other?" she teased.

Maanvi~ "Umm... That's... It's just..." she fumbled.

Sonali~ "Its fine maanvi. You don't have to say anything. Myself and your dadi ji will handle things here. If we need anything, we can call you. Its not like you will be going to different city. Your parents house is only about 30 minutes away. You can come back if we need you." She said it all for maanvi.

Maanvi~ "Does that mean we can stay with my maa and baba?"

Sonali~ "Sure maanvi. You don't need to worry. It is all covered here."

Maanvi~ "Thank you mommy ji."

With that they disconnected the call. Rahul heard it all and was relieved to be able to have more time to prepare before he will have to confront his dad about his mom's murder.

Rahul~ "Maanvi, could you go ahead and do all preparations?... I will pick you up and we can head to your parents house together?"

Maanvi understood that Rahul wanted to avoid almost everything that has his dad's influence around. She also knew that how much Rahul resented the fact that raj is his father, who also happens to be his mom's killer. Maanvi headed back to sabarwal mansion to pack some cloths and other necessities for all 4 of them.

What maanvi didn't knew was, that Rahul had asked inspector to meet him away from crowd. Rahul drove to a secluded area where inspector was already waiting. Few minutes later, Mr. khurana also joined them. They handed all the proofs to inspector and told him about the witness.

Inspector assured them that now he has enough evidence that can speed up the case progress. He also asked for bringing the witness to police station where his proper statement can be recorded. He also proposed a witness protection which mr. khurana denied. Mr. khurana asked them to keep the witness for last and present him only when most other proof are done with. Raj may seem off lately but there is no reason he would not try to get rid of all the evidence and the witness. Raj has connections which means that they were not going to underestimate him.

Back in sabarwal mansion, sonali and dadi ji were playing with ravina and mahul. Maanvi waits for Rahul but then decides to call. Rahul informed her that he is on the way and will pick them up in few minutes. As he said, he did arrive in few minutes. He and maanvi helped ravina and mahul in their kiddie chairs while chotu put the bags in the trunk. And the 4 of them, Rahul, maanvi, ravina and mahul were off to meet maanvi's parents.

Soon, they arrived at the chatergee residence. Shilpa and upamanyu were eagerly waiting for them. Upu and shilpa helped ravina and mahul while maanvi and Rahul grabbed the bags. After getting inside, maanvi was the first one to speak.

Maanvi~ "Maa, baba... this is so not fair. Now you pay attention to your grandkids only." She complained.

Shilpa~ "No maanvi, that's not..." she couldn't finish before harsh walked in and interrupted her.

Harsh~ "I agree with maanvi. Now that they got their grandkids, they would barely even talk to us. At first, baba used to pay most of his attention to maanvi only... now its only mahul and ravina. Welcome to my world maanvi." He teased.

Upu~ "And why shouldn't I? These are my grandkids! You will understand when you will have your kids and grandkids. But for that you need to marry a suitable bengali girl, harsh."

Harsh~ "Again with the marriage talk? Everytime you talk to me, you keep bringing my marriage topic. I told you, I will marry when I find someone." Which that harsh went to his room.

Rahul~ "Is something wrong?" he inquired.

Shilpa~ "Apart from harsh avoiding the marriage topic... nothing is wrong."

Maanvi~ "And I m guessing, this is why you wanted us to come and stay. Hoping that we can talk to him and convince him?"

Upu~ "Well... your maa thought that maybe seeing you all, harsh will understand that he should settle too... marry a pretty bangali girl and bring the same light to this place... like you used to."

Just then harsh walked in from his room again. "See? Baba don't want me to marry some bangali girl... he wants me to bring someone who can replace maanvi in his life. There is no one on earth who can replace maanvi!" he took a stand.

Maanvi~ "Replace me? What are you talking about dada?"

Harsh~ "Baba wants a girl who can sing as good as you maanvi. Which will fill a space left in his life when you married and left us."

Rahul~ "And even if baba finds someone who can sing, I don't think harsh wants to marry her. Because..."

Harsh finished that sentence "maanvi is irreplaceable. And as long as baba is going to try to pair me with a girl who he wants to bring in just to fill maanvi's place... I don't want to marry!" he declared.

Maanvi~ "Is that right baba?" she looked at upu.

Shilpa~ "Ofcourse not maanvi. Only harsh feels that way. You know we love you so much. We could never think of replacing you."

Maanvi~ "But you still feel an emptiness in your life, since I married and left."

Harsh~ "That doesn't mean we need someone to come and fill it this way."

Rahul~ "I agree with them. You don't try to fill the place you have for your loved one. But you can make new place for someone new in your life."

Harsh~ "That's my point."

Upu~ "We are not trying to replace maanvi..." he tried to be defensive.

Harsh~ "Then why insist on me marring a girl who is also good in singing? Its not like you don't have good students. You run the best music school!"

Upu~ "You can't sing... how am I going to think that your kids will be able to sing as well. At the least, if the girl you marry can sing... then maybe your kids will be able to sing too?"

Harsh~ "So you want singer grandkids? I think mahul and ravina already covered that for you."

Maanvi~ "Ok that's it! Hold on a minute... ravina and mahul will do whatever they want to do. If they like singing..." Rahul adds his comments in between while maanvi completes her sentences.

Rahul~ "Which they do."

Maanvi~ "...They will persue singing as well. But lets not restrict what they want to do or don't want to do..."

Rahul~ "Because studies and other hobbies are also important."

Maanvi~ "...And dada has all right to chose the girl he wants to marry..."

Rahul~ "Follow his heart."

Maanvi~ "...Why are you trying to set who he can marry? Simply because you want grandkids who can sing?..."

Rahul~ "Singing can still be developed with dedication."

Maanvi~ "Not helping Rahul..." she looked at him for commenting in between.

Rahul smiled cutely "I thought I was."

Harsh~ "You know... look at Rahul maanvi... I mean they are so adorable together. Why can't I choose who I want to be like they did?"

Rahul~ "Well... we didn't really get to choose... fate brought us together."

Harsh~ "But you did had feelings for each other... which you confessed later."

Rahul looks at harsh "And is there someone who you have feelings for?"

Harsh felt little taken back because of the direct question from Rahul. "No... no... but what if I had? Its not like baba is going to approve. He has his own standards set for the girl who can be my wife."

Rahul~ "You should talk about it, you know. This time you have me and maanvi backing you up."

Maanvi~ "He has?" she was confused just like harsh who also spoke at the same time as her.

Harsh~ "I have?"

Rahul~ "Yes, he has us. And if he likes someone... there must be something really special about her that caught your dada's attention."

Harsh~ "Umm... well... I think this topic has taken enough of our time. We need to finish all the Diwali preparations. I m going to get freshened up. Got tired at work."

He dodged the topic and went back in his room.

Shilpa helped Rahul and maanvi to settle in there room as well. They all gathered back at the dinning table. Rest of the evening went by talking about upu's music school, Rahul-maanvi's new duet album... and so on.
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Chapter 72

At night, while lying on the bed, maanvi and Rahul discusses the days events.

Maanvi~ "Something seemed off..."

Rahul~ "Nothing ever skips by you, does it?"

Maanvi~ "You know that's one reason why you love me." She smiles.

Rahul~ "Hmm... I thought I loved you because we complete each other."

Maanvi~ "That too." She lets her head rest on his heart and he puts his arm around her.

Rahul~ "It will be a nice Diwali gift..."

Maanvi~ "...more like surprise..."

Rahul~ "...when I can finally relax..."

Maanvi~ "...if my guess is right..."

They both were talking in circles and finally realized that they were not referring to the same topic.

Rahul~ "What do you mean?" he looked with confused expressions.

Maanvi~ "That dada is hiding something... Didn't you noticed how he reacted over his marriage topic?"

Rahul~ "Yeah, but that was because..." before he could finish, maanvi speaks her suspicions.

Maanvi~ "I think dada already likes someone. He is just afraid to tell everyone about her because he fears that no one will support their relationship."

Rahul~ "What if he hasn't been able to confess his feelings to the girl yet? And he don't know what she feels about him."

Maanvi~ "Why does that feel like you are talking from experience?"

Rahul~ "Why can't you think that I can just relate to your dada?"

Maanvi~ "Because the way you said it... and also that I know you better than that."

Rahul~ "Ok. But sometimes it feels that you don't know me as better as you think you do."

Maanvi~ "If you are referring to the trip you made to inspector about the case... I think I do know you well enough."

Rahul looked at her, all surprised "How did you...?"

Maanvi~ "Because that was all on your mind when I left you at the studio. But when we met again, you had a complete different expressions on your face. Also... just now you were thinking about the case."

Rahul~ "Wow! You are getting smarter."

Maanvi~ "Did you just say that I was dumb before?"

Rahul~ "Umm... no... not at all! You were smart earlier... just that... you are getting smarter than you were before. Maybe the studies that say that working women are smarter are right."

Maanvi~ "Don't try to move away from topic."

Rahul~ "Which one?... your dada's hiding the identity of his crush or that I met with inspector?"

Maanvi avoided to answer that. "We should do something to try and find out who dada has crush on."

Rahul~ "You mean like... interrogating him... or like... following him?"

Maanvi~ "We can ask someone to follow him." She suggested.

Rahul~ "Or I could just talk to him. Afterall, I understand him better than you."

Maanvi eyes him "Whatever... but I know I m right. Dada is hiding something. You can try your way. If that doesn't work, then we do it my way."

Rahul~ "As you command your highness." He said it flirtingly.

Maanvi held her tough stance for a moment but slowly started to blush when she looked in his eyes. She tries to push him and move away but he held her firmly.

Maanvi~ "Rahul..."

Rahul~ "What? Can't I even get flirty with my wife now?" He had a little sparkle in his eyes.

Maanvi~ "Everything has a time for it. Look at the time... its past midnight and we have lot of work in the morning!" she tried to get free from his arms.

Rahul~ "Maanvi... don't you know that romance usually gets to its peak after midnight?" he continues his flirting with her.

Maanvi~ "Aren't you father of two? You have a responsibility to them. You know they wake up early and there are no servants her to take care of diaper duties..." she threatened him but in playful manner.

Rahul~ "So, you are saying that... if I don't set you free, like right now... then you will make me take care of the diaper duties?" he kept his playful stance.

Maanvi~ "Maybe... I mean yes... how can you even think that a faher's responsibility don't count these small tasks?" she went to a little defensive as she figured that Rahul didn't felt threathened.

Rahul~ "I m not afraid to take on these responsibilities. But you also asked me to talk to your dada about your suspicions. I don't think I will get a better chance than early morning." He replied.

Maanvi~ "Yes. But I know that you are very lousy at waking up early. Usually I m the one who wakes you up every morning."

Rahul~ "You are very mistaken. I let you do the honors. You know why?" he teased.

Maanvi~ "Do enlighten me."

Rahul caresses her hairs and replies "Because that way... yours is the first face I see in the morning... and the last I see before I fall asleep... yours is the only face I see when I close my eyes... and when I write my songs... so when the death comes to claim me someday... yours will be the last face I will see..."

Maanvi places her hand on his mouth and stop him from saying such things. "You know I hate it when someone talks that way... Especially you!"

Rahul uses his free hand to hold his ear and gesture a sorry. Maanvi lightly nods and then places her head back on his chest. Soon they fall asleep.

That morning, Rahul woke up first and notices maanvi sleeping, holding on to him. He gently slips his arm off from under her hand, kisses on her forehead, and head to check up on ravina and mahul. When he gets their, upu and shilpa had already taken care of the morning duties.

Upu~ "Good morning Rahul! I was wondering who wakes up first to come and take care of the morning duties. It seems my guess was right that Rahul is a wonderful father."

Shilpa~ "Maanvi's baba wouldn't have let you do anything even if you had woken up before him. He says how many chances will he get to do small duties like these for his grand kids?"

Harsh walks in and joins the conversation "Ravina and mahul is all that baba talks about. I thought that with maanvi gone, I would have baba's attention but it seems that he always gets a reason to avoid that." He cracked a joke.

Rahul~ "I think baba keeps his eyes on you but... he never lets you know. I know my mom does that. I always used to do crazy things just to get her attention, and later I found that I always had her attention. Waste of all my efforts into mischiefs." He added to this light-hearted conversation.

Harsh~ "So Rahul, is maanvi still asleep?" he had a prank in his mind.

Rahul~ "I sense that you want to play a prank on her?"

Upu~ "No! Harsh! Don't you dare touble my maanobi!" he said.

Harsh~ "I see your point." He said to Rahul and they both enjoyed a laugh.

Leaving ravina and mahul under the care of upu and shilpa, Rahul and harsh walked off to the storeroom where all the decoration stuff was kept. Finding the right moment, Rahul decides to bring up the topic that he wanted to discuss with harsh.

Rahul~ "Harsh, I wanted to ask you something."

Harsh~ "Yeah... sure. What is it?"

Rahul~ "Last night when your marriage was mentioned, you seemed a little... distant." He carefully choosed his words. "I thought that maybe its because of your work, but still... is there something you want to talk about?"

Harsh face turned little blank for a moment. But then he took a deep breath and said "You are right in your suspicion. I do feel a little uncomfortable to talk about it."

Rahul~ "You can talk to me you know. I can understand how hard it is to tell everyone about someone you have feelings for. Especially when your family wants to pair you with a girl of their choosing."

Harsh looked at Rahul with surprise for a few moments "How do you...?"

Rahul~ "Only maanvi knows that I understand this from experience. You still remember how crazy situations led to my marriage with maanvi?"

Harsh flashed back for a moment and remembered maanvi's marriage. "So, you were already in love with maanvi... when you were going to marry that other girl... Avanti? How did you fall in love with maanvi anyway? You knew that maanvi and everyone in this family hated you."

Rahul~ "That is very long story that I will tell you some other day. But the point is... I couldn't tell anyone that I fell in love with maanvi and wished to marry her. But fate or situations... worked in my favor when no one else would have taken my side. But in your case... I can say that if there is something... or someone... you will have maanvi's and my support."

Harsh kept his gaze into blank space in front of him for few moments, thinking over what Rahul just said. As Rahul was ready to move the decoration boxes out, harsh spoke "Rahul, there is something I haven't told anyone. I fell in love with a girl that comes to my store to buy things. She also loves me. I proposed to her and she said yes. That was two weeks ago... around same time baba started to ask me to pick one of the girls he showed me pictures of. I haven't been able to talk to baba about her yet. Nor did I let her parents bring the proposal to my parents yet. I told them that maa baba will bring the proposal to them."

Rahul~ "Well then, lucky you have me and maanvi on your side. Why don't you give me her details and a photo, and I will propose this as my idea. We will see what baba thinks of it." He suggested.

Harsh's eyes brighten with that idea and he agreed. He brought a photo to Rahul, and Rahul told him to bring the girl and her parents upto speed after Rahul talks to baba about this. Rahul was sure that he can convince baba to agree for this pairing. Harsh was very hopeful hearing rahul's assurance. That day, during lunch, Rahul proposed the pairing as his idea. At first, upu acted like he don't like the pair, but he agreed. He also asked to invite the girl and her parents home that evening.

When away from rest of the family, upu came to Rahul and maanvi and told them what he understood. He made it very clear though his words that he already knows that this proposal didn't come from Rahul, but it is harsh's choice. To Rahul maanvi's surprise, upu never had any objections, he was trying to get harsh to talk to him by bringing other proposals.

Thus, everyone helped with the decorations and preparations for that evening.

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my sincere apologies for missing out for so long.
without further delay... posting the next chapter.
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Chapter 73

That evening, chatergee residence was attending to some guests. Harsh was finally relieved to know that his parents agree to his choice of girl. Everything went the way harsh had hoped, except the part when raj and sonali arrives un-announced. As they are part of the family... shilpa, upamanyu welcomes them, while Rahul feels his temper rising. Rahul makes an excuse and goes out to the roof to get some air. Maanvi follows him and tries to calm him.

Maanvi~ "Rahul?"

Rahul~ "Don't try to convince me to go back in there maanvi. I don't want to see my dad... I just can't bear having him around."

Maanvi~ "I m not going to." She replied calmly.

Rahul turns around and looks at her "Then why did you followed me here?"

Maanvi~ "Why? Do I need permission to be around my husband?"

Rahul~ "Oh, I get it... you wont convince me to go back down... you will lure me back in."

Maanvi~ "I m not going to do that either."

Rahul looks at her again trying to understand what is it that she was trying to do "Ok I give up. But I think I will find out soon enough which method you are going to use to get me to go back in."

Maanvi~ "If you already know, you must also know what will happen if that is why I m here."

Rahul~ "I want to see you try. Not sure you can say something that can calm me down and convince me to go back inside and not react to having my dad around."

Maanvi~ "I know you are angry and hurt... which is understandable. That's what I used to feel towards your family for what your dad did to mine. But you know I was wrong. I treated you badly for what your dad did. So tell me, was that right?"

Rahul~ "But you still had feelings for me before we even met... remember? I know that little secret of yours."

Maanvi~ "But when our paths crossed... I still mistreated you, which was wrong."

Rahul~ "What's your point?"

Maanvi~ "That you do not do the same thing that I did."

Rahul~ "Meaning?"

Maanvi~ "There are other people inside too. Do you feel it right to spoil their evening simply because of your dad? If that is good enough reason for you and you wish to join everyone, everyone will be happy. But if not, I will still understand."

Rahul allows her words to run through his head until they can calm him down. They made sense and Rahul felt that what she said was right. The evening was for chatergee family and most importantly for harsh... and it would be wrong to spoil the evening for everyone simply because of raj. Thus Rahul took a deep breath and gets ready to head back in with maanvi and join everyone.

As soon as Rahul and maanvi enters the room again, upamanyu grabs Rahul.

Upamanyu~ "Hey Rahul... where have you been? Never mind that, everyone wants to ask something from you." He says to Rahul as he brings Rahul to the center of the room. "Okay everyone, Rahul is here and ready to grant your requests. So ask what you wish from him."

Rahul~ "Baba, you are bringing me in like I m some sort of ginie."

Upamanyu~ "Oh, is that so? But I can assure you that this is not the case. Don't worry."

Harsh takes up the opportunity to make his request first "I want to go first." Everyone agrees so harsh continues "Rahul, when you first met maanvi... what was the first song that came into your mind? I want you to sing that for us."

Rahul~ "Well, that is going to be hard until we know when we met the first time. For that I will need maanvi's help."

Maanvi looks at Rahul, wide eyed. "Rahul... why don't you sing the first song in which you made me your inspiration?" she tries to avoid the situation.

Rahul grabs her hand and brings her to the centre of the room "Not so easy Mrs. Maanvi. You can't just avoid the question harsh asked. Afterall this is your brother's request."

Maanvi~ "But dada won't mind hearing that song too, right dada?"

Rahul~ "Oh come on maanvi... everyone has heard that song like a million times. Why are you afraid to find out when was the first time we met?"

Maanvi~ "Because I find it quite boring to take everyone down that memory lane."

Rahul~ "No one feels bored when they are about to find out something people have been asking for months."

Maanvi~ "You just won't let this go that easily?"

Rahul shakes his head to make it clear to her that he won't let this go. Understanding that there is no way out for her, maanvi agrees to ride the memory lane and find out when they first met.

Rahul~ "Most clear memory about maanvi, if I remember right... is the day I heard her voice for the first time."

Shilpa~ "When did you hear maanvi singing?"

Rahul~ "The day of the auditions for my chorus team. But when I went in the room, they were playing her recording... She wasn't there."

Shobhana, harsh's lady love, who is here tonight with her parents to discuss harsh-shobhana's marriage plans... asked "So your story started like Cinderella story? You searching for the girl with that mystery voice?"

Rahul~ "In a way..."

Shobhana~ "What do you mean?"

Rahul~ "Maanvi and her parents didn't liked me back then... you know, because of me preferring rock music and they loving classical music."

Maanvi and her family knew that it was only half the truth, but no one needs to dig up the old wounds from raj-upumanyu's past, hence the discussion moved on.

Shobhana'a parents "Well that is nothing that would have stopped you two from meeting again?"

Rahul~ "Still, difference of opinion can cause a lot of bad impressions. Maanvi for instance didn't approved of my music for a long time. But she had her own secrets." He grinned saying his last sentence.

Shobhana~ "Maanvi, when was the first time you heard rahul's voice?" But then she realized and answered her own question... "How silly of me. Rahul started his carrer at an early age, for sure you must have heard his voice on radio or somewhere. So, what did you think of his music for first time."

Maanvi looked at her baba first, and then answered when she felt that its safe to share her first impression of rahul's song "When I heard his song very first time, I felt that his voice was nice and soothing but the choice of song was wrong. Like he said that belonging from classical music background, I had difference of opinion. When whole world liked his songs, my opinion didn't count in that matter."

Harsh interrupted the further conversation "That is all well and good but I didn't get an answer to my question yet."

Rahul~ "Alright, coming to that question... you want to know when I first saw maanvi or when we first met?"

Harsh~ "Is there a difference between the two?"

Rahul~ "Huge difference between the two. I met your sister but didn't see her face until she joined my chorus team."

Harsh~ "Ok, in that case you can tell the answer to both questions. When you first met and when you first saw."

Rahul narrated the answer in a story fashion how he heard her voice first at his studio, then in a building under construction, then in the alley where he was trying to hide from his fans. Lastly when he heard her again in his studio that lead to them finially seeing each other face to face.

Shobhana concluded "So it was like the cinderella story... only you were chasing her voice instead of the girl who owned the glass slipper."

Shobhana's parents~ "You must have been very excited to finally find the girl with mystery voice? Surely if someone someday makes it into a book or a movie, people will love it."

Sonali~ "Bonds that are formed in this way do tend to live on through lifetimes."

Shilpa~ "Very well said sonali ji. I think we can continue this discussion anytime. For now we should get to dinner or it will go cold." She pointed out.

The whole evening was a success except raj and Rahul. Rahul's distant behavior was clear to raj. Hence, finding the right opportunity, raj tried to confront Rahul about it.

Raj~ "Rahul, is there something you wish to talk about? Whole evening I felt as if you were being distant from me. If there is anything that is troubling you, you can tell me."

Rahul~ "Not sure if it is something worth talking over." He replied coldly.

Raj~ "What is wrong Rahul? I want to know."

Rahul~ "Leave me alone... please. This is a happy occation and I don't want to create any scene."

Raj~ "Son, if there is something bothering you, I always ask you to tell me and I will sort it out."

Rahul~ "Not sure you can do it for me this time." His inner emotions slowly beginning to show up.

Raj~ "Please son, I wish to know."

Rahul~ "Fine! You want to know so bad what is bothering me? You!... You are bothering me. I know it all now. And because of that, I can't stand being around you any more." His anger visible on his face.

Raj~ "I don't understand what you are talking about?"

Rahul~ "I know what you did. You betrayed my mother's trust, my trust... I don't want you anywhere near me and my family. You are the worst person I have ever known."

Raj watched Rahul in complete shock "What... How... Son..." he felt as if even words left him. He couldn't speak anything to Rahul or give an explanation.

Rahul~ "If you have a faintest of respect or love for my mother... you would surrender yourself and beg for punishment for all your sins. As far as I m concerned, there is no punishment big enough for what you have done through out your miserable life."

Raj stared at Rahul for another moment before going out in the hall. He slowly talks to sonali and asks her to stay a bit longer, he will send in the driver with another car. On sonali's asking where he is going, all he said that some urgency has came up and he needs to rush out. Sonali didn't push him further for answers, nor did raj said anything else.

Raj simply just left the chatergee residence.

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Chapter 74

Maanvi walks up to Rahul "Is everything okay?"

It was maanvi's voice that calmed him down. "Everything better now that he has left. I told him maanvi. I told him that we know what he did." Replied Rahul.

Maanvi~ "What do you think will happen now? You think he wil turn himself to the police?"

Rahul~ "I don't know. And I don't want to spend another moment thinking about him. I want him gone from our lives and stay away from our loved ones."

Maanvi~ "And how does that make you feel now?"

Rahul thought about it for a moment and replied "I am still mad at him, just relieved to not having to hold it all inside."

Maanvi~ "Good."

Rahul looked at maanvi trying to understand what she wanted to imply. He wished to ask but the question stayed clear in his eyes and maanvi read it.

Maanvi~ "Rahul, we talked about this before... you holding your anger inside. It affects your ability to connect with your music. You are a great singer. If you keep letting these situations affect you, it will harm your music. I know how much your music means to you. You need to learn to let go of your anger and move past it."

Rahul~ "It is easy to say maanvi. Hard as hell to apply in reality."

Maanvi~ "I don't believe so. Your connection with music comes from your soul. Question is... where is your soul connected to?"

Rahul~ "That has an easy answer. My soul is connected to you, ravina and mahul."

Maanvi~ "Then should it be so hard to let go of the rest that cause you so much hurt and pain?"

Rahul~ "When did you get so wise?"

Maanvi~ "Ever since I met you."

Rahul smiled "I could really take some lessons from you."

Maanvi~ "On what?"

Rahul~ "How to change the atmosphere from tense to romance."

Maanvi~ "Oh, you think I was romancing with you?"

Rahul pulled her close "No, you started to flirt with me."

Maanvi~ "When did I do that? You are the one who is starting to flirt with me."

Rahul~ "You told me to let go of everything else and only hold on to you."

Maanvi~ "If that is what it takes to have you sing your mesmerizing songs for me... I don't mind."

Rahul~ "For the record, I like this bold and romantic maanvi."

Maanvi~ "Acha ji?"

Rahul~ "Haan ji."

Maanvi's efforts like always were the savior for Rahul from his feelings of hurt caused because of his father. But the next morning will bring something more for them all.

That early morning, it was sonali's call that woke Rahul.

Rahul~ "What happened mom? You called this early?"

Sonali~ "Rahul!... Your dad is missing. I don't know what to do. There are police here in the house asking for him. Please Rahul, come home."

Rahul~ "Mom, you need to calm down. Me and maanvi are coming. We will tell you everything."

He disconnected the call and got up to get ready. Maanvi understood something is up so she got ready as well. They soon got to the sabarwal mansion.

Sonali saw them coming and rushed to them "Rahul! I don't know what is going on."

Rahul~ "Mom, mom... calm down. Come inside with me and I will tell you everything." He escorted her to his room, maanvi following behind them.

Sonali~ "Why is police here? Why are they looking for raj? They are not telling me anything. Would you please tell me something that would make sense of all this?"

Rahul narrated the whole thing to sonali who listened everything and felt dumbstruck.

Rahul~ "From what I can tell... dad has made a run for it. He is running away from police."

Sonali~ "I don't believe this! I have been living with a murderer for so many years? How could I not see? All this time it was right in front of me... why raj always avoided the shanti pooja we did for gayatri? Why he got rid of almost everything that belonged to gayatri... even the house that she lived in."

Rahul~ "Yes, because it reminded him of what he did. And the fever he suffered from when he learned about the reopening of this case."

Sonali~ "Police looked in raj's office and found all his belongings. Where do you think he has gone?"

Rahul~ "I guess he left his belongings because he felt that it could easily trace it back to him. Credit cards, mobile, and other traceable items. Whatever he is about to do, I don't think we will find him that easily. I guess it was too much to hope for that he would turn himself in."

Sonali~ "But he cannot hide as his truth is out."

Rahul~ "I don't feel so sure about that. For so long he stayed hidden in plain sight. I bet he still have some ways we don't know about. But whenever he is caught, he will face the justice."

Sonali~ "The more I think about this, the more it creeps me out. Now I understand why you and maanvi wanted to stay away from this home. You used the invite from shilpa and upamanyu to get away from here."

Maanvi~ "Rahul... we need to tell this to dada ji and dadi ji too."

Rahul~ "I will maanvi. You should stay here with mom for meanwhile."

Maanvi noded and Rahul went to tell dada ji and dadi ji about this. Sonali took sometime to gather her thoughts. During that time, Rahul, dada ji and dadi ji also joined them. Inspector enters behind them to let them know what he will do about this case.

Inspector~ "Mr. sabarawal seems to have ran away to avoid an arrest. If you can cooperate and tell me any details about your other cottages, farm-houses, offices, any accounts that mr. raj has access to... it might help us to look for him. But I doubt he will go anywhere near them. But just in case he ever thinks of hiding there..."

Sonali~ "Sure inspector sahab. I will tell you everything I know.

The inspector took all the notes from what Rahul, sonali, dadi ji and dada ji could tell him. He told them that he will keep tabs on them in case he ever tries to contact them or try anything. They all agreed and then inspector left to continue his work.

Sonali~ "Rahul... I don't think I can stay here anymore."

Dadi ji~ "I agree with sonali puttar. Rahul puttar... if its not too much to ask, would you please let me and your dada ji move back to our old house in Punjab? It wasn't much but it still felt much more like home than any other place."

Rahul~ "I understand what you all feel. If you can give me a day or two, I will have the old house ready for you. Me and maanvi were also looking for a new place to live in. We did find a bungalow outside the city and it is available. I will contact the agent and have it ready for move-in too. For now we can stay in hotel."

Sonali~ "I don't want anything to do with raj's money."

Rahul~ "We can donate it for a good cause along with this place. Maybe something good can come out of this place afterall."

With an agreement, they all left the sabarwal mansion, never to return or lay eyes on this mansion again.

The police also did the best they could do, but raj was no where to be found. Like other unsolved cases... in coming months, this one joined the pile of cold cases as well. The sabarwal mansion was demolished and in its place was built a college and hostel for young and talented people who could not afford the training programs on their own. This hostel was run by the charity that was created with the money that once belonged to raj.

The sabarwal music company was also renamed to gayatri music group. And the bungalow that Rahul and maanvi brought was named as gayatri villa. Their lives changed and went on peacefully without any word from raj.

Raj was never heard from or was ever seen during the past months. Some thought that he may have ended his life but Rahul knew him well. Rahul never believed that raj could end this all so easily. But he had a lingering feeling that they will one day hear from him again.

It has been 5 years since then. Ravina and mahul were growing beautifully in the care of Rahul, maanvi and sonali. Every evening, ravina and mahul would spend one hour with Rahul maanvi at the studio then another hour in the kiddie park.

Their lives as normal as it could ever be. Rahul maanvi produced some great hits in these past 5 years. But for past few days, maanvi had heard about another company that was doing some great work by helping and promoting new artists.

Somehow she suspected that this company has connection to raj. The only question in her mind was that could this be a way raj was trying to redeem for his past sins? She got her chance too, to get some answers.

There was an event where all companies that do great work in the music industry have their company owners and executives invited. So did this new company maanvi heard about. She hoped that she can find out more in the event.

That evening in the event, maanvi realized that the owner had sent his apologies through his assistant meghna for being unable to attend. Maanvi asked her boss name which meghna efficiently avoided answering. But maanvi remained persistant to the end.

Meghna then gave in to maanvi's request and asked her to come with her. Maanvi accepted and went with her. Meghna escorted maanvi to an old house where maanvi's suspicions proved correct.

Raj~ "I had a feeling you would know. After what I did, I don't even know how to address you. Because I know I have lost all the respect I ever had."

Maanvi~ "I guess you are right. But would you mind telling me what are you doing here? And where have you been all these years?"

Raj~ "I was hiding away so I don't have to face you all, especially Rahul. All these years I m trying to pay back all the bad things I did by doing the right things."

Maanvi~ "Rahul thinks that right thing for you to do was to turn yourself in."

Raj~ "What I did to our family, that can never be undone. But what I did to others... like your father. At the least I can undo that by helping young talented people like your father."

Maanvi~ "Then why are you here now?"

Raj~ "You have met meghna, yes? I was hoping that you will figure it out that meghna has been the face of this company while I helped her from behind the curtains. She has grown into quite a nice person and someone who can carry my work."

Maanvi~ "What does that has to do with anything?"

Raj~ "I m turning myself in... handing over everything to meghna. All I would like to ask of you is to watch over her in case she will ever need any help."

Maanvi~ "Why do I do anything you ask of me?"

Raj~ "Because you are much better than me. Also she reminds me of gayatri. I know you never met gayatri but if you had, you would understand. So I was hoping that meghna can help Rahul heal his old wounds while Rahul and yourself can help her in case she needs anything."

Maanvi~ "Is she rahul's half-sister?"

Raj~ "I don't know. Why?"

Maanvi~ "You remember Mr. khurana? He loved gayatri ji. It just occurred to me that meghna could be his daughter."

Raj~ "You would know better. I don't even know him that well. But you can certainly look into it."

Maanvi agreed and left. And as raj said, he also turned himself in to the police next morning and faced justice. After some digging, it was revealed that meghna was infact related to gayatri. Gayatri had a twin-sister who died giving birth to meghna, an year after gayatri's death. Meghna's father died of cancer before meghna was born, hence meghna was raised in an orphanage.

As raj said that meghna reminded of gayatri, it did turn out to be true. Mr. khurana gladly took the responsibilities of taking care of meghna and helping her with her work. While Rahul learned of his cousin sister, he was happy to have some part of his mother return in his life. It helped him move past the hurt and pain of the loss of his mother.

Their lives took the turn for the better.

Even meghna finally found her true family after all these years. Hence it was an happy ever after for them all.

THE END.

Edited by sweetcathy29 - 8 years ago

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