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Part-69

"Maine kuch nahi kiya sahab, mujhe jo bola gaya maine kiya."

The girl cried eyeing the officers around her.

"Kya karne ke liye kaha gaya tha tumhe.?"

Chhotu asked.

"Mujhe sirf ghar walon pe najar rakhne ke liye kaha gaya tha. Yahan kya kya ho raha hai vo batana mera kaam tha.

Aur mai uss ladke ko jaanti bhi nahi thi, mujhe bas usse paise deke kin numbers pe message bhejna hai sirf ye batana tha."

The girl answered whimpering.

"Aur kisne kaha tha tumhe ye karne ke liye.?"

Rathore asked next.

"sir vo guard, Sukhwinder."

"Chhotu, leke aao usse."

Rathore ordered quickly, and hence Chhotu quickly walked out of the room to find the guard.

"uss raat tum uss guard se mili thi seedhi ke paas.?"

Riya asked.

"Haan. mai usse keh rahi thi ki mai ye kaam aur nahi karna chahti mai yahan se jaana chahti hun, per vo bolne laga ki kuch din aur karna hai phir chali jaana."

"Achha. Phir ye sab kya hai.?"

Ayesha asked putting up the credit cards they had found from her bag.

"Ye sab kahan se mila.?"

Rathore enquired.

"Iske bag se. Ek iske naam pe hai aur baaki kisi Mayra ke naam pe hai."

Riya replied, and Arjun watched the girl gulping a little as she stared at those cards.

"sahab ye sab chori ke cards hain, mai isse pehle chori kiya karti thi aur ye mere paas reh gaya hai."

The girl replied slowly.

"Sir Sukhwinder niche nahi hai, subah se aya nahi vo aur phone bhi switch off aaraha hai uska."

Chhotu informed on walking back to the room.

"Uski agency ko contact karo aur uski address nikalo. Jayega kahan."

Rathore murmured.

"Shree, mujhe lagta hai na isne heavy makeup kiya hai."

Sakshi muttered under her breathe, earning a blank look from him.

"Iss waqt bhi tumhe makeup ki padi hai.?"

"Arey matlab iska skin tone alag hai aur isne makeup dark laga rakhi hai."

Sakshi pointed out, that went over Shree's head.

"Kya.?"

"Tum jaa sakti ho."

Arjun said to the girl, making Rathore give him an amazed look meanwhile the girl wiped her tears getting up slowly.

"Per dhyan rahe tum iss ghar se bahar nahi jaa sakti jab tak case solve nahi ho jaata, aur na hi niche kisiko bataogi jo bhi tumne abhi yahan kaha."

Arjun added quickly.

"uh ji sir."

The girl nodded before leaving the room, when Rathore turned to Arjun.

"Tumne usse jaane kyun diya? Hum usse aur puch tach kar sakte the."

"Koi faida nahi hai Rathore, jo bhi puchhte vo jhuth hi bolti."

Arjun replied quickly, grabbing all eyes.

"Sir vo jhuth bol rahi thi.?"

Ayesha asked curiously.

"Haan. Uss raat jo stair ke pass tha uski height Sukhwinder se match nahi karti. Isne jarur subah suna hoga ki Sukhwinder nahi aya hai aur uska phone nahi lag raha hai issliye uska naam le liya. Per baat kuch aur hi hai.

Shree inn cards ki photos le lo, bank me pata karo Mayra ke baare me aur ye cards wapas Survi ko de do usse lagna chahiye hum uski baaton pe yakin kar rahe hain."

Arjun commanded, to which Shree quickly nodded his head.

"Ok sir."

"Mujhe na uspe doubt hai, usne dark makeup laga rakhi hai."

Sakshi pointed out , thus all heads turned to her except Shree.

"Makeup.?"

Riya narrowed her gaze.

"Haan uska skin tone na alag hai, per usne dark makeup laga rakhi hai.

Maine dekha abhi uske ek kaan ke pichhe ka skin fair hai jo uske chehre ke sath match nahi karta."

Sakshi explained.

"usse makeup nahi aata hoga Sakshi."

Chhotu answered.

"Tumhe samajh me aaya vo kya bol rahi hai.?"

Shree asked Chhotu curiously.

"Nahi re, per makeup ko leke 2 hi line hoti hai na. Adhi ldkiyon ko makeup aati hai aur adhi ladkiyon ko nahi."

Chhotu shrugged , to which Shree passed him an impressive look before continuing his work.

"Uska matlab ye hai ki Survi normally fair hai per usne dark makeup se apna skin dusky bana liya hai."

Ayesha explained to them.

"iska matlab ye hua ki vo apna asli chehra chhupana chahti hai sabse.?"

Riya guessed.

"Per vo aesa karegi kyun? Aur usse bhi bada sawal hum usse puch tach ke liye leke aane ke bawajood vo jhuth kyun bol rahi thi.?"

Rathore murmured thoughtfully.

"Ye kuch aur hi baat hai Rathore. Kuch chhut raha hai humse abhi bhi."

Arjun murmured spinning a pen in-between his finger ,when he felt an eye on him and angled his head to Riya meeting her eyes.

Riya looked away that instant, feeling embarrassed for crying in front of him, that too over something trivial.

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As Shree ,Sakshi left for the bank enquiry , Chhotu went to Sukhwinder's home address ,Arjun Rathore cleared up the suspects lists, whereas Riya, Ayesha were stuck with the guests to keep an eye on everyone.

Ayesha chose to be among the crowd unwillingly, while Riya refrained herself from interacting with anyone and stayed on the upper floor near the railing keeping a watch on Survi who seemed to be extra alert after the interrogation.

The people, the hustle bustles , the taunts everything was taking a toll on her mind that she wanted to get over with the case as fast as possible ,but it seemed difficult considering there were some evil faces behind those smiles around.

"Mam ,Vedant sahab ko kuch ho gaya hai aap chaliye please."

One attendant said urgency and Riya's forehead creased as she followed him to Vedant's room quickly.

Vedant stood up from the bed as soon as she entered in and asked.

"Kya hua tumhe.?"

"Tum jaa sakte ho."

Vedant asked the attendant who obeyed him immediately and left the room leaving them alone ,much to Riya's confusion.

"Bataoge kya hua hai.?"

"Kuch nahi hua hai. Mujhe bas tumse baat karni thi aur mai jaanta hun tum mujhse baat nahi karna chahti issliye jhuth bolke bulaya tumhe."

Vedant answered, making her look at him in disbelief.

"Tumhe dad ne zyada kuch kaha toh nahi na? I'm sorry mai zyada kuch bol nahi paya wahan, mai dad ko next time bol dunga vo har baar tumpe aese naraj na ho."

"Tumhe kuch bolne ki jarurat nahi hai.

Meri ek help kar sakte ho.?"

She raised a brow at him, and he reluctantly nodded his head.

"Jab tak mai yahan hun, apne dad ko mere baare me kuch bhi bolne ki jarurat nahi hai. Wohi mere liye sabse badi help hogi. Tum bas apne kaam pe dhyan do, thik hai.?"

"Riya , mai jaanta hun tum mujhse naraj ho per mai aesa kya karun jo tum meri baat suno ek baar.?"

He asked desperately, thus she released a deep breathe looking up to him.

"Kya baat karni hai tumhe.?"

"Huh.?"

"Mai sun rahi hun kya baat karni hai tumhe, batao."

"oh.

Mai tumhe sorry kehna chahta tha."

"Vo tum pehle bol chuke ho."

She said trying to sound calm.

"Nahi inn chizon ke liye nahi, pehle ke liye.

Mai jaanta hun meri family ne tumhe bahut hurt kiya, tumhari family ko hurt kiya aur mai uss waqt kuch nahi kar paaya tumhare liye issliye tumhari narajgi jayaz hai, aur yahan aane ke baad mai tumhe VIdhi ke baare me bhi batana chahta tha per...."

"Pehli baat tumhe mujhe Vidhi ke baare me batane ki koi jarurat nahi hai, vo tumhara personal matter hai.

Dusri baat tum uss waqt mere liye kuch kar nahi paaye mai issliye naraj nahi thi."

She clarified ,and watched him growing confused.

"Matlab.? Tum uss wajah se naraj nahi thi.?"

"Nahi.

Tumhari mom chali gayin thi toh mai uss time kaise expect kar sakti hun ki tum mere liye aake fight karoge. ?

Per tum dono ne ek baar bhi sach jaanne ki koshish bhi nahi ki, bas jo hua usse sach maan ke baith gaye.

Aur college khatam hone se pehle maine kitni baar tumse baat karne ki koshish ki tumhe yaad bhi hai? College me , tumhare ghar ke bahar?

Tumhe uss waqt meri koi baat nahi sunni thi , toh mai kyun sunu abhi tumhari baatein.? "

She lashed out at him.

"Mujhe laga tum uss waqt sirf dad ke against hi bologi issliye."

Vedant argued.

"Vedant, agar itna hi bharosa tha apne dad pe toh aaj tum dono kyun doubt kar rahe ho unpe?

Aese hi maan ke chalo na vo tab bhi sahi the aur aaj bhi.

Aur tumhare parents ko ek baar side me kardo, toh hum friends nahi the kya?

Tumhe mujhpe bhi believe nahi hua ki mai tumhara ghar kyun todne ki koshish karungi?

Tumhare dad aur relatives jo bol rahe the tumne wohi believe kiya , toh mere liye bhi tum unke barabar ho gaye.

Ab samajh aaya mai kyun tumse naraj thi.?"

"Tab mujhe pata nahi tha mom ke sath kya hua tha."

"Tumhe aaj bhi pata nahi hai ki kya hua tha."

"Toh mujhe bata deti sab kuch pehle se."

"Tumhe sayad yaad nahi hai ki mai tumse ek baar iss baare me baat bhi ki thi, per tumne mazaq me le liya uss baat ko."

"Toh ek aur baar bata deti, mai sun leta na tab."

He chided.

"Mai kyun bataun tumhe tumhari hi ghar ki baat itni baar? Aur kya guarantee thi ki tum sunte tab? Tumhe apne hi ghar me kya ho raha hai dikh nahi raha tha toh mere bolne se kya kar lete tum?

Aur mujhe kaise pata chalega mere yahan se jaane ke baad tum mujhe contact kar rahe the , ya dhund rahe the? Jab mai yahan thi tab toh ignore kar rahe the.

Toh tum mujhe kuch bolo hi mat, aur ye sab abhi discuss karke kya faida? Tumhare dad ghum phir ke aajayenge bolne ki mai phir se kuch kar rahi hun unke ghar pe ,aur tum baad me sorry bolke nikal jaoge."

She scoffed watching him abruptly keeping mum ,then turned around to leave only to pulled back by her wrist.

"Riya, meri baat puri nahi hui hai."

She freed her hand that instant glaring him.

"Apni hadd me raho Vedant. Shadi hone wali hai tumhari toh ye sab harkatein chhod do. Atleast Vidhi ke baare me...."

Before she could complete Vedant interrupted her quickly.

"Sorry per mujhe jaanna tha Survi ne tum logon se kya baat ki."

He asked and suddenly her irritation lessened.

"Toh tumhe darasal mujhse yahi puchhna tha, ye purani baatein nikalna sirf bahana tha."

She pointed out, and he abruptly kept mum making her shaker her head in disbelief.

"Aur tumhe kyun janna hai Survi ke baare me.?"

She asked after a while.

"Batao please kya usne mere baare me kuch kaha.?"

Vedant sounded desperate to know the answer , making Riya stare at him confused.

She could feel something was off about the topic, and him thus nodded her slowly as a yes.

"Riya dekho usne jo kuch bhi kaha sab sach nahi hai. Har story ki 2 side hoti hai aur pura sach jaane bina police wale kisiko judge nahi karte, right.?"

"Jo kehna hai jaldi kaho, mere paas zyada time nahi hai."

She murmured and watched him hesitating a little before speaking up.

"Ye sach hai ki mai Mayra ko jaanta hun."

Her forehead shrunk in confusion since the name 'Mayra' rang a bell in her mind and she waited for him to explain further but he stood hanging his head low.

"Huh? Mayra.? Kaun hai ye.?"

She asked after a second.

"Mai aur Mayra social media me mile the, Vidhi se pehle mai Mayra ke sath relationship me tha.

Bahut casual relationship tha hamara, per vo zyada time tak nahi chal paaya uski controlling aur obsessive nature ki wajah se.

Jab maine mind makeup kiya usse breakup karne ke liye tab usne mujhse shadi ke liye puchha. Aur maine mana karke usse breakup kar liya.

Mai usse ignore karne laga toh vo mere social media account pe comments karne lagi , issliye maine usse har jagah se block kar diya. Uske baad meri usse kabhi baat nahi hui mera yakeen karo."

"Ek.. Ek minute inn sabka Survi se kya lena dena hai.?"

Riya asked failing to join the dots.

"Kyun usne tumhe bataya nahi.?"

Vedant asked confused.

"Mai tumse puchh rahi hun kya connection hai dono ka, bataoge.?"

Riya shouted growing frustrated with him and he gulped a little at her anger.

"uh vo kuch dino pehle Survi mere room me aayi thi aur uske paas Mayra aur mere chats, photos, Videos the jiske badle vo mujhse paison ki demand karne lagi."

"Kya? Kab.?"

"yahi kuch 2 hafte pehle.Vo dhamki dene lagi ki sabko bata degi.

Tum jaanti ho dad ke gusse ko, mai darr gaya aur kisiko kuch bol nahi paaya.

Maine usse paise bhi de raha hun per usne kaha vo chup chap rahegi shadi tak aur phir chali jaayegi issliye mai chup raha."

"Aur Mayra? Vo kahan hai abhi.?"

"Pata nahi. Maine usse phone kiya tha phone laga nahi. Uske social media accounts bhi deactivate hai."

"Toh Survi ke paas vo chats, photos , videos kaise aaye.?"

Riya asked further.

"Maine usse puchha tha per usne kaha vo jaanne ki jarurat nahi hai mujhe.

Per usne kiya kya hai? ETF puch tach kar rahi hai sunke mujhe laga ye baat ab mujhe chhupani nahi chahiye aur sabke samne batane ki himmat nahi ho rahi thi issliye tumhe bataya."

Riya fell silent over his answer trying to process everything while Vedant eyed her curiously.

"Kya usne mere baare me kuch aur bhi kaha hai? Tum ye sab dad ko nahi bataogi na please.?"

Riya shot her eyes up with a glare as she spoke up.

"Tumhara dimag kharab hai ? Ghar me itna kuch chal raha hai, ek ki maut ho chuki hai aur tumne ye baat hame batana jaruri nahi samjha?

Vo ladki 3 mahine se tumhare ghar pe tum pe najar rakh rahi hai, aur 2 hafton se tumhe blackmail ,aur tum uske baare me bina kuch jaane na sirf usse paise de rahe ho ,usse apne ghar me bhi rehne diya hai.

Tumhari akal kya ghas charne gayi hai.?"

She asked in disbelief.

"Per Riya uske paas sare chats , videos hain , mai agar uski baat nahi maanta toh vo sabko bol deti mere aur Mayra ke baare me aur meri shadi tut jaati."

Vedant reasoned.

"Toh koi bhi chat, video leke aayega tum usse paise de doge kya? Tumne ek baar bhi uske baare me jaanne ki koshish ki vo kahan se aayi hai , tumhe aur Mayra ko kaise jaanti hai.?"

Riya chided even though she knew the answer and as expected Vedant lowered his head much to her frustration.

"Ek minute tum jaante the Survi hi tumhe aur Vidhi ko messages bhej rahi thi.?"

She asked after a moment.

"Kya? Nahi nahi mujhe nahi pata ye sab.

Aur Surbhi mujhe vo messages kar rahi thi? Per vo toh paise leti thi na mujhse."

Vedant sounded surprised and Riya shook her head still in disbelief, just when she remembered something.

"Parso tum hi mile the Survi se raat ko 3 baje stair ke paas.?"

"uh haan mujhe usse paise dene the,per tumhe kaise pata?"

She ignored his curiousity and went ahead with another question.

"Ye baat ghar me aur kis kis ko pata hai.?"

"uh kisiko bhi nahi. Mai Vidhi ko batane ki soch raha tha per kaise bataun samajh nahi araha hai.

Aur dad? Dad ko pata chalega toh pata nahi kya hoga."

Vedant murmured worriedly.

"Tum pehle mere sath Rathore sir ke paas chalo, aur wahan sab kuch kaho jo abhi mujhse kaha hai."

She stated firmly.

"Nahi nahi, mai sabke samne nahi bata sakta. Pata nahi sab mere baare me kya sochenge."

Vedant shook his head.

"Vedant ,Sab kya sochenge iss chakkar me Bansi ki maut hogayi yahan pe.

Vo ek staff tha isliye tum logon ke liye uski zindagi mayne nahin rakhti?

Aur tumhe ek baar bhi khayal nahi aaya Jo ladki tumhare ghar me tumhe blackmail kar sakti hai vo aur bhi bahut kuch kar sakti hai?

Tum abhi ke abhi chalo mere sath."

"Per Riya."

"Tum arahe ho ya mai sabko yahan bulaun.?"

She warned ,thus he reluctantly nodded his head.

"Mai araha hun."

As Riya went to the room where Rathore and Arjun were working followed by an anxious Vedant who gulped unnecessarily thinking of the consequences aftermath.

Riya lightly pushed the door open motioning him to come inside but Vedant shook his head worriedly.

She spared him a blank look pulling his hand inside the room and stood in front of her two chiefs.

"Sir, isse kuch kehna hai."

Rathore stood up from the couch, and Arjun who was leaning against a corner table looked up from the files they were reading and the first thing they noticed Riya holding Vedant's hand.

Riya on following their eyes realized her own action , and let go of Vedant's hand stepping to a side to let him speak.

"Kya kehna hai.?"

Rathore asked, eyeing her then Vedant who looked uncertain and worried.

Just then Riya's phone rang which she checked quickly and it was Ayesha from the downstairs.

"Riya , jaldi niche aao."

Ayesha breathed in a go as soon as the call was answered , then disconnected it leaving Riya confused.

"Sir mai abhi aati hun."

She chirped quickly before rushing out of the room, and stood near the stairs watching a bizzare scene down in the hall.

Some of the women among the guests were fighting and Ayesha was trying to stop them among the chaos.

Riya sprinted downstairs walking up to Ayesha while Arjun ,Rathore too came out standing near the stairs.

"Kya hua.?"

Riya asked Ayesha.

"Ye log apne bachon ke achievements ko leke ladh rahe hain."

Ayesha groaned trying to stop a woman who pushed her away continuing with her shouting with the other woman,whereas Riya caught Ayesha swiftly not letting her lose the balance.

"Tum thik ho.?"

"Hmm...per inn logon ka....."

"YE SAB KYA HO RAHA HAI YAHAN PE.?"

the chaos suddenly halted at the loud angry voice of Rathore ,and everyone turned to him near the bottom of the stairs ,meanwhile Mr Sharma came standing near the railing.

"Survi kahan hai.?"

Riya murmured noticing her absence around.

"Thodi dair pehle toh yahin thi."

Ayesha replied roaming her eyes around and they went towards the kitchen to search for her.

"Bahar ke logon ke samne ye kya tamasha laga rakha hai.?"

Mr sharma shouted at the guests.

"Bhaisahab sab issi me shuru kiya tha. Vo meri beti ke baare me bolne lagi."

The woman answered pointing at the other woman,who started to object her only to be interrupted by Mr. Sharma.

"Agar tum logon ko aese hi ladhna hai toh apne apne ghar chale jao. Kisiko shadi me aane ki jarurat nahi hai."

"Sir."

Ayesha called out from the kitchen thus Rathore and Arjun rushed to there ,where Survi was lying unconscious on the floor.

"saansein chal rahi hai."

Riya said checking her pulse.

"ye sab kaise hua.?"

Rathore asked the other staffs.

"Sir hame nahi pata, vo achanak se gir gayi."

One of them replied.

"Ayesha jaldi ambulance bulao."

Arjun said, to which Ayesha nodded bringing out her phone dialling the number.

Soon the ambulance took away the girl ,when Arjun heard Mr Sharma's scoff behind him.

"Jabse police wale yahan aaye hain iss ghar me tamashe khatam hi nahi ho rahe hain."

"Aap hamari line bol rahe hain."

Arjun said turning to him and folded his arms across his chest looking up to Vedant near the stairs.

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"Survi Vedant ko blackmail kar rahi thi.? Kisi Mayra ke sath Chats, videos ko leke.?"

Anil asked in surprise as he stood inside the room along with his father, brother and the whole ETF team.

"Vedant tumne ye sab bataya kyun nahi?

Aur Mayra abhi kahan hai.?"

Anil asked further eyeing the ETF team.

"Ye apne bhai se puchho.

Isne na sirf ek blackmailer ko ghar me rehne diya, ye baat ab tak police se chhupake rakhi ,aur toh aur isse pata bhi nahi hai ki wohi ladki isse aur iski fiance ko messages bhej rahi thi."

Rathore answered in a straight tone, much to Anil and his father's surprise.

"What.? Survi hi vo messages bhej rahi thi.?"

Anil exclaimed in shock.

"Mujhe toh lagta hai apni shadi todne ke liye issi ne hi sara natak kiya hai."

Rathore added eyeing Vedant, who shook his head.

"Nahi sir, mujhe nahi pata tha messagges ke baare me. Mai sach bol raha hun."

Vedant sounded desperate when his father stood in front of him with a hard glare.

"Iska matlab inhone baaki jo kaha vo sach hai.?"

"uh..."

Vedant hesitated, angering Mr Sharma more.

"Mai kuch puchh raha hun tumse."

"Dad..mai vo... mai darr gaya tha."

Vedant lowered his gaze and the next moment his father slapped him across his cheek hard.

Sakshi, Chhotu , Shree ,Ayesha exchanged looks among each other , Riya stood unfazed along with Rathore whereas Arjun spoke up.

"Mr Sharma aap apni family problems baad me discuss kar sakte hain, filhal hame Vedant se puch tach karni hai."

Mr Sharma glared at Vedant again then walked out of the room followed by Anil, who looked like wanting to talk to his brother desperately but however kept mum.

"tum Mayra ko kabse jaante the.?"

Arjun asked Vedant.

"Sir, yahi kuch do saal se."

Vedant replied.

"Aur usse last kab baat hui thi tumhari.?"

Arjun asked again.

"Uh 10 mahine honge. Maine usse har jagah se block kiya tha , uske baad meri usse kabhi baat nahi hui."

"Toh Mayra se breakup ke baad Vidhi ke sath tumhara relationship start hua tha, right.?"

Chhotu asked curiously.

"Haan sir, Vidhi aur mai usse pehle sirf friends the."

Replied Vedant.

"Bada fast hai ye toh , ek se breakup kiya, dusre ke sath relationship start aur phir jaldi jaldi shadi bhi tay ho gayi."

Sakshi muttered under her breathe near Shree.

"Mujhe toh abhi bhi issi pe doubt hai."

Shree murmured.

"Achha hua aesi family se Riya bach ke bahar agayi hai."

Chhotu said joining them.

"Haan. Socho agar shadi ho gayi hoti Riya roz roz inke drame dekhti, aur ETF officer banne ka time hi nahi hota uske paas."

Sakshi shook her head.

"Tum abhi jaa sakte ho."

Rathore ordered Vedant , who nodded his head before turning to Riya and walked near her.

"Riya, kya tum ek baar Vidhi se baat karogi.?"

"Mai.?"

Riya looked at him confused, when he held her hand.

"Haan tum. Mai toh baat karunga usse per mai nahi chahta hamare bich koi misunderstanding ho.

Tum usse baat karogi toh usse yakeen ho jayega mere aur Mayra ke bich koi relation nahi hai ab. Please tum ek baar baat karogi usse? Mere liye , please.?"

Arjun tightened his jaw eyeing the way he was holding her hand then glared up to Vedant while Riya angled her head to her friends for help before pulling her hand away from his hold.

Rathore stole a glance at Ayesha who had an unpleasant look thrown at Vedant's direction , and he cleared his throat speaking up.

"Vedant tum jaa sakte ho."

Vedant slowly nodded giving a last glance at Riya, then went out of the room letting everyone breathe in relief.

"Survi ki tabiyat kaisi hai ab.? Kuch pata chala kya hua tha usse.?"

Rathore asked.

"Sir stable hai, per hosh nahi aaya hai ab tak toh usse observation me rakha hai.

Aur abhi uski test kar rahe hain, uske baad pata chalega."

Ayesha replied , and Rathore nodded his head.

"Sir Survi ke paas jo phone mila isme Vedant, Mayra ke chats, photos, videos sach me hai.

Per hairani ki baat ye hai isme Mayra ka mail id logged in hai, toh mujhe lagta hai ye phone Mayra ka hai."

"Per Mayra ka phone aur Credit cards Survi ke paas kaise aaye.?"

Sakshi questioned.

"Sir, Vedant bata raha tha ki Survi ne usse 2 hafte pehle blackmail karna shuru kiya , jabki vo 3 mahine se yahan iss ghar me hai.

Agar uske paas Mayra ka phone tha toh usne pehle kuch kyun nahi kaha.?"

Riya questioned ,making everyone think over it except Arjun who walked past her towards the couch taking a seat there and spoke up.

"Shree, hall ka cctv footage play karo."

"Ji sir."

Shree quickly played the video ,and everyone gathered around him to watch it but to their dismay there was nothing unusual in it.

"Ye toh sabko chai coffee de rahi thi, achanak behosh kaise ho gayi.?"

Chhotu asked.

"Adhe toh apne apne kaam me busy the aur adhe jhagda dekhne me. Suddenly aesa kya ho gaya."

Ayesha too murmured.

"Dekho dekho .."

Sakshi pointed at the screen frowning.

"Kya hua ? Koi dikha.?"

Riya asked taking another look at the screen.

"Arey nahi. Vo PA usko koi kaam dhanda hi nahi hai, jab dekho yahin hai sabke bich. Ye dekho wahan khade hoke jhagda dekh raha hai, iski baaj ki najar ki wajah se isko salary milti hogi."

Sakshi frowned.

"Sakshi vo wahan hum pe hi najar rakh raha hoga, yaad hai usne kya kaha tha ? Uske sir ne hum pe najar rakhne ke liye usse khas kaha hai."

Chhotu commented.

"per isme toh aesa kuch dikh nahi raha jiski wajah se vo suddenly behosh ho jaaye."

Riya pointed out, just when Shree got a message.

"Sir, Mayra ke naam ke jo credit card mila tha uski details se Mayra ka address mil gaya hai.ye Chandigarh ka address hi hai."

Shree informed them after reading the message.

"Great. Ek kaam karo Rawte, Riya aur Shree tum teeno uske ghar jao ,Chhotu , Sakshi ghar me najar rakho ,tab tak mai aur Ayesha hospital jaate hain."

Rathore commanded ,thus Riya and Shree nodded watching Arjun simply leaving the room without uttering a word.

"iss ghar ke logon ko manna padega. Kuch bhi ho jaye shadi rukni nahi chahiye."

Shree shook his head as they climbed off the stairs, watching the guests acting all normal in the hall.

He then angled his head to Riya who didn't answer him , instead looked lost in some thoughts.

"Ab tum kis soch me ho.?"

Shree asked her, yet no reply came from her side.

She being too immersed in her thoughts missed a step on the stair ,losing her balance and jerked forward when Shree quickly held her forearm keeping her still in the spot.

"Kahan dhyan hai tumhara? Dekh ke toh chalo."

Shree muttered, making Arjun stop on his track and he turned around to find her struggling to stand properly on her leg.

"Kya hua moch aagaya.?"

Shree enquired.

"Pata nahi. Per maine zor se rakh diya pair toh pain ho raha hai thoda."

She replied ,when Arjun came standing near her.

"Kya hua.?"

"Sir vo lagta hai Riya ke pair pe moch agaya."

Shree answered.

"Nahi, moch jaisa lag toh nahi raha hai, mai try karti hun chalne ki."

She tried taking a step ahead stretching a hand towards the railing for support , but it was held by Arjun instead.

She swirled her head to their joined hands for a moment ,then looked up to his face meeting his eyes for nanoseconds before he looked down at her feet and she composed herself quickly ,while Shree rushed to bring a stool for her.

"Ek kaam karo ispe baith jao, dekhte hain kya hua hai pair ko."

Shree said putting a stool just near the bottom of the stairs, and Riya didn't miss his teasing eyes along with the sudden playfulness in his tone.

Arjun made her sit on the small stool letting go of her hand ,meanwhile She didn't dare to look up to him focusing on her leg instead.

The moment she took off her shoe ,Arjun bent down to her level to inspect her foot making her eyes widen and she instantly pulled back her leg.

"Sir kya kar rahe hain aap."

Arjun looked up to her with a pointed look, whereas Shree narrowed his gaze at them.

"Ye tum khud thik karne wali ho.?"

Arjun asked pointing a finger at her feet.

"uh…sab yahan pe hain aapke baare me kya sochenge , aap khade ho jayiye sir."

She blabbered inspecting her own foot and tried twisting it to both the sides to lessen the pain.

Arjun looked at her curiously when a woman approached them from the hall.

"Toh yahi hai vo jo tumhe mil gaya hai.?"

Three pair of eyes snapped up to the woman ,and two of them knew what exactly she meant by that.

Riya stared at her in shock then turned to Shree who put a fist over his mouth controlling his laugh ,and from her peripheral vision she could see Arjun slowly standing up looking puzzled.

"Na..nahi aunty. Aesa kuch …."

"Thik hi hai. Per iss ghar me shadi hoti toh raani ki tarah rehti,ye police walon ke sath jeena bada muskil hota hai.

Khair jo jiski naseeb me hota hai usse mil hi jaata hai."

The woman spared them a pointed look before leaving, and Riya gulped as she moved her gaze to Arjun who was now staring at her with an unreadable expression and she knew what was coming next.

"sir..maine kuch nahi kaha."

She mumbled slowly.

Arjun walked away from there without uttering a word ,and Riya quickly wore back the shoe as they followed him out.

"Tera pair thik hai.?"

Shree enquired watching her limping a little.

"Shree, tumhe vo jhuth nahi bolna chahiye tha.

Ab dekho sir naraj ho gaye."

She muttered worriedly.

"Ri sir uss wajah se naraj hote toh tujhe wahin sunake jaate."

Shree pointed out.

"Haan per sir gusse me toh lag rahe hain."

She objected watching him inside the car from a far.

"Vo toh room se hi gusse me nikle the. Tumne dekha nahi kaise bahar aaye the.?"

Shree raised a brow, thus Riya stood confused.

"Kyun.?"

Shree just shrugged in reply before walking away, and Riya had no other option but to follow him.

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As they reached Mayra's address found the house locked ,thus Shree broke the lock before they entered in while Riya went ahead to enquire about her from the neighbours.

"Sir padoshion ka kehna hai ki Mayra yahan rehti thi per usne suddenly kisi aur ko ye ghar bech diya 6 mahine pehle.Aur jisse becha vo ye hai."

Riya said showing a photo in her phone.

"Survi? Ek maid ke paas itne paise ki vo aesa ghar kharide.?"

Shree wondered.

"Haan per Survi zyadatar yahan nahi aati hai aesa yahan ke logon ne kaha.

Aur wese bhi Vedant ke ghar me usne ek rented house ka address diya hai, sayad sabko dikhane ke liye vo wahan rehti thi."

Riya explained looking at Arjun who walked ahead to search the house ,without uttering a word making her sigh.

As they started searching around Shree went to look in to the bedroom finding a big curtain covering a side of the wall that he found odd and pulled the curtain aside but what he found on the wall was even more odd and surprising.

"Sir, Riya."

He called out and seconds later both came inside the room standing Infront of the wall, stunned.

The wall had numerous photos of Vedant attached, some were with Mayra and rest were his solos with dates written on them.

"Vedant keh raha tha Mayra obsessive nature ki thi, per itna thi usne bataya nahi tha."

Shree murmured in a daze.

"Mayra ne ye ghar 6 mahine pehle Survi ko becha tha, per isme kuch photos me toh 4 mahine pehle ki date hai."

Riya pointed out.

"Toh Kya Mayra ka obsession Survi continue kar rahi thi.? Yahan pe toh Vedant ke ghar se nikalne se leke ,bahar kahan kahan jaata tha sare photos hai."

Shree questioned scratching his forehead.

"Iska matlab Vedant sach keh raha tha."

Riya murmured under her breathe, earning a pointed look from Arjun before he spoke up.

"Ghar me search karo, Mayra ke baare me yahin se pata chalega."

Riya turned to him as he left the room in a jiff and she sighed.

On further search she found documents of Mayra in the drawer , whereas Arjun came out of the room with some papers.

"Shree, pata karo iss hospital se Mayra ka kya connection hai."

Arjun asked forwarding the papers to him.

"ok sir."

Arjun then moved his gaze to Riya who was busy looking through some documents.

"Kya mila.?"

He asked approaching her.

"Uh sir.."

She forwarded the documents to him but hesitated to speak since he still looked angry and looked inside the drawer to find something else.

As Arjun was checking the papers ,Riya cleared her throat a bit standing in front of him.

"Sir,agar aap uss aunty ki baat se naraj hain toh maine sach me unhe kuch nahi kaha tha.

Vo toh...*Pause* aese hi bol rahin thi.

Sorry sir."

She said earnestly,and Arjun didn't reply anything.

"Sir aap daant lijiye agar aapko..."

"Mai uski wajah se naraj nahi hun."

Arjun said interrupting her in middle,and watched her face shrinking confusingly.

"Ji?

Uh toh phir.."

She trailed failing to acknowledge the reason ,when he slammed the documents aside on the table taking a step ahead towards her.

"Toh?

Tum jo......"

Arjun paused suddenly realising he can't even explain the reason behind his irritation to himself, let alone her.

"Sir mai kya.?"

Riya asked curiously, making him stare up to her for a moment before he backed out.

"kuch nahi. Ye sare documents sath le chalo."

He commanded and walked away from there leaving her confused.

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"Sir, Surbhi ke medical jaane ke baad ghar me sab kuch normal hai. Na sirf ye log isse casually le rahe hain,balki kal dulhan ki family se bhi log aane wale hain yahan engagement ke sare preparation discuss karne.

Ye toh mai pehli baar dekh raha hun ek engagement ke liye itna kuch ho raha hai."

Chhotu informed as soon as everyone returned back to the mansion.

"Na inhe darr hai na kuch.

Aur ye dono bhai apne apne room me hi hai pura din ,per lagta hai niche kisiko kuch pata nahi hai ki Vedant ne kya kiya hai.

Ek aur baat vo jo guard Sukhwinder hai, vo kal raat se urgently Punjab wapas chala gaya hai uski wife ki delivery hone wali thi issliye. Usne jaldi jaldi me kisiko inform nahi kiya tha phir baad me kiya, vo abhi Punjab me hai."

Sakshi added.

"Mayra ka ghar usne 6 mahine pehle Survi ko becha tha, per uss ghar me hame Vedant ke photographs mile aur vo bhi ek puri wall pe.

Mayra Vedant ko stalk karti thi, vo kya kar raha hai kahan jaata hai sab kuch, per ghar bechne ke baad bhi Vedant ko stalk kiya jaa raha tha .

Ye unn photographs me mention kiye huye dates se hame pata chala. Toh hame lagta hai ki Mayra ke baad Survi Vedant ko stalk kar rahi thi, aur uska pichha karte karte yahan tak aayi."

Riya explained.

"Uss Vedant ke itne fan.?"

Sakshi muttered under her breathe.

"uss ghar me jo bhi documents , papers mile sab Mayra ke the, Survi ka kuch bhi nahi mila hame wahan."

Riya added quickly.

"Mayra Vedant se shadi karna chahti thi, per Vedant ne mana kar diya.

Toh kya aesa ho sakta hai ki Mayra ki maut ho chuki ho, aur Survi se uska kisi tarah ka relation ho aur vo Vedant se badla lena chahti ho Mayra ke liye.?"

Ayesha guessed raising her brow.

"Nahi Ayesha, iss kahani ek aur twist hai.

Mayra ke ghar se jo ek hospital ki paper mili thi maine uss hospital me contact kiya toh pata chala ki wahan ek doctor tha jo Mayra ko achhe se jaanta tha, dono dost the.

Vo doctor toh abhi abroad shift ho gaya hai per usne kaha ki Mayra ne usse kisi plastic surgeon se introduce karne ke liye kaha tha uske abroad shift hone se pehle.

Uss plastic surgeon se Mayra ne apni plastic surgery karwayi thi , aur ye kuch 7 mahine pehle hua hai."

Shree explained.

"Toh kya Survi hi Mayra hai.?"

Sakshi exclaimed after thinking a lot and her eyes widened as Shree nodded positively in answer.

"Toh Mayra ne plastic surgery ki aur Survi ban gayi aur wapas Vedant ki life me agayi.?

Iska matlab vo jo ek mahine se Vedant aur Vidhi ko message kar rahi thi usse laga hoga uski messages se shadi tut jayegi, per jab kisine iss baat ko seriously nahi liya toh usne message karna bhi chalu rakha aur Vedant ko direct blackmail bhi kiya."

Rathore said thoughtfully.

"Sakshi dekh rahi ho kitna pyar karti thi ladki usse.?"

Chhotu whispered near her ear.

"Pyar hai ya bewakoofi.?"

Sakshi shook her head.

"Survi ko kya hua tha.?"

Arjun asked eyeing Ayesha.

"Sir, usse bhi zehar diya gaya tha, per ye Bansi ko diye gaye zehar se zyada dangerous tha.

Aur ye zehar khane ke jariye nahi diya gaya hai Survi ko, uski aankh ke jariye diya gaya hai."

Ayesha answered.

"Aankh ke jariye.?"

Riya asked, confused.

"Haan. Zehar ka asar itna zyada tha ki aankh me jaate hi vo behosh ho gayi ,uske baad Zehar ne apna slow reaction dikhaya. Uski ek side aankh puri tarah se sujh gayi hai, doctor keh rahe hain sayad uss aankh se kuch dekh payegi vo ab."

Rathore replied her, while Arjun thought something then asked.

"Kaunsi wali aankh.?"

"Left wali."

Rathore replied quickly and Arjun nodded spinning a pen in between his finger.

"Mujhe toh laga tha vo suicide karne ki koshis kar rahi thi pakde jaane ke darr se, per yahan toh baat kuch aur hi hai."

Sakshi mumbled.

"Per agar Survi ye sab kar rahi thi toh usse zehar kisne diya.?"

Shree questioned.

"CCTV me toh aesa kuch dikha hi nahi."

Sakshi pointed out.

"Aesa bhi ho sakta hai ki Survi ka sath dene wala koi yahin pe ho aur pakde jaane ke darr se usne Survi ko zehar de diya ho."

Chhotu guessed.

"Per Mayra yaani Survi iss ghar me 3 mahine se hai, toh jo bhi uska saathi hai vo 3 mahine se uske sath hai ya phir recently aya hai? Kyunki agar first option dekhe toh iska matlab koi ghar ka hi hai kyunki bahar ka koi 3 mahine me naya nahi aya hai ghar me, guards toh kuch din pehle hi aye hain."

Riya pointed out.

"Koi ghar ka hi hai.

Bahar ke suspects sirf hame uljhane ke liye tha, inhi ghar walon me se koi ek hai jisse Survi ki iss obsession ki baare me pata tha.

Aur usne Survi ke sath milke itni lambi planning ki. Aur ye jo bhi hai hame kal tak dhund nikalna hai isse ,hum aur zyada time nahi le sakte yahan."

Rathore chirped straight.

"Kyun Sameer, tumhe bhi achha nahi lag raha hai yahan pe.?"

Sakshi asked straight, earning a blank look from Rathore.

An hour rolled by as they looked in to the papers, photos thoroughly to see if they were missing something when Shree came to Arjun and forwarded him the tab.

"Sir aap ne jo kaha tha ,file isme hai."

"Hmm."

Arjun nodded taking the tab from him, meanwhile Riya on the other end of the couch looked at both of them curiously as the scenario was as same as their secret talk from the other day then raised a brow at Shree silently asking what is it about.

Shree didn't answer instead motioned her to ask Arjun before going back to his seat and since she was uncertain about the reason behind his anger ,tried taking a peek over the tab by slowly moving an inch closer to him and then she heard Arjun's voice.

"Riya apne kaam me dhyan do."

He sounded calm and slow but clear enough for her to hear without averting his gaze from the tab , and she slumped back on her seat focusing back on the photos she was checking.

"Ek kaam karte hain hotel chalte hain, baaki kaam wahin se kar lenge. Wese bhi kaafi late ho gaya hai."

Rathore said interrupting everyone's work.

"Per Sir Anil insist kar raha tha hum jitni dair ho sake yahan ruke unki safety ke liye, uska kya kare.?"

Chhotu asked.

"Mai baat karlunga Anil se."

Rathore answered thus everyone picked up their stuff to leave the room, only to meet with Mr Sharma near the door accompanied by his PA and another man.

"Mai aap logon se hi milne araha tha."

Mr Sharma said standing in front of Rathore.

"Kahiye."

Rathore replied, as the team behind him waited for the man to speak.

"Dekhiye officer mai pehle se police bulane ke shakht khilaf tha, aur mujhe lagta hai aap logon ke aane ke baad se situation aur complicated ho gayi hai yahan."

"Aap kehna kya chahte hain sidha point pe aayenge Mr Vardhaman ? Hamare paas zyada time nahi hai yahan."

Arjun interrupted him curtly, earning a glare.

"Kuch galtiyan aap logon ki hai, aur kuch mere bete ki. Toh mai chahta hun ki aaj jo kuch bhi hua yahan aap logon ke alawa kisi aur ko pata na chale.

Vo ladki pakdi gayi hai aur case solve ho gaya hai toh aap log case close karke jaa sakte hain."

Mr Sharma chirped straight.

"Ji nahi, case abhi close nahi hua hai.

Aur aap sayad bhul rahe hain Survi pakdi nahi gayi hai, usse hospital le jaaya gaya hai aapke ghar se aur vo bhi issliye kyunki usse zehar diya gaya hai.

Ab vo itne mahine se bina kisike help ke ghar me itna sab kuch toh nahi karegi ."

Rathore answered him ,and Mr Sharma's forehead creased at his words.

"Kya matlab hai aapka.?"

"Aapko matlab bahut jald pata chal jaayega.

Abhi hum chalte hain."

Rathore said and walked away from there, and others followed.

As Riya was about to walk past him, she stopped on hearing him saying.

"Tumhe toh bahut khushi ho rahi hogi na mere ghar ki aesi halath karke."

Sakshi frowned beside Riya, whereas others stopped on their track turning around to them while Riya whipped her head to Mr Sharma who continued speaking.

"Pata nahi vo kaunsi ghadi thi jo maine tumhe apne ghar me aane diya.

Tab toh maine sambhal liya tha , per ab phir se aayi ho toh sab kuch phir se kharab ho raha hai.

Per isse apni jeet mat samajhna tum."

Riya looked away from him ignoring his words, yet he didn't stop there.

"Apni ghar ki izzat rakhna mujhe achhe se aata hai, kisi ki tarah apni family ko leke bhaag nahi jaaunga."

Riya gritted his teeth looking back at him finding him smirking ,while Chhotu came forward to intervene only to be stopped by Arjun.

"Don't mind me Mr Rathore, vo kya hai na mera inse purana hisab hai. Jab bhi samne dekhta hun yaad aajata hai."

Mr Sharma said without turning to Rathore, who looked pissed and was about to snap when he watched Riya speaking up.

"Achha hai Mr. Sharma kahin bhaagiyega bhi mat, kyunki mujhe lagta hai abhi bahut kuch dekhna baaki hai aapka."

Riya said and the smirk from his face slowly faded up.

"By the way ek aur baat, wese mai yahan aayi toh thi ETF officer ke naate apni team ke sath per aap apne ghar ke problem se zyada mujhpe focus kar rahe hain, mera reaction jaanne ki koshish kar rahe hain , mujhe achha laga ki itne saalo baad bhi mai aapke liye utni hi important hun."

"ETF officer, team , jahan tak mai jaanta hun ye team meri help karne yahan aayi thi aur aapki officer toh yahan mujhe jawab de rahi hai Mr Rathore."

Mr Sharma muttered slowly ,thus Riya glanced at her wrist watch then looked back up to him.

"Uh abhi mai off-duty hun."

She said and ignored his reaction turning to Sakshi.

"Chalein.?"

Sakshi nodded her head with a smile and they both walked past him stopping right in front of Rathore who nodded his head at her with an impressive look before walking away.

TBC.

so i didn't get time to finish this case this time because of the family drama.. surely in next