PART43
44.HOPE.
Manohar waited impatiently for his friend in the hidden car near the abandoned building. His friend had gone in search of his los rudraksh. He hadn't wanted to come back but no amount of arguing could convince Bhasker to forget about his father's rudraksh. But why was he taking so long...if he didn't come back in another couple of minutes, he was going back. Just then he saw bhasker running towards him in panic. Something was wrong...even as the thought entered his mind and he opened the door of the car, he saw his friend stumble and fall. He fell on his knee but instead of standing up his friend covered his face with his hands and cried in anguish.
"What happened?" manohar asked in panic.
"What have we done! Hey Bhagvan ! how could I do this!"
"Tell me what happened," manohar demanded shaking his friend.
"We have done the most heinous crime...we are wrong. They didn't make us nab her for ransom."
"So? We got our money."
"You didn't hear them...you don't know of their intensions..."
"What does it matter to us? We kidnapped her for money and they have paid us the money."
"Money!" bhasker stood up in a flash and slammed his hand on mahohar's chest making him stagger back." Would you sell your mother for..."
"What did you say u..."
A fight erupted with manohar emerging victorious. Looking at Bhasker who was lying on the ground he sneered, "you are too soft. I should never have made you my partner." He offered his hand to lift him ans said, "get up now and let us go."
"How can I?" Bhasker shook his head defeated. "How can I leave that poor woman alone with those monsters when I know what they are about to do to her? It was never about ransom." He got up, "Do you hear me? She will never be returned safely to her husband." He clutched at his hair in despair. "And I am responsible for that."
Manohar's legs faltered a moment before he continued his walk towards the car. "Are you coming? Else I'm leaving without you ."
Bhasker laid a hand on his shoulder to make him stop. "Please Mano, let us save her."
"What?"
"Let us inform the police.."
Manohar jerked away and looked at him in horror. "Are you out of your mind? Do you have a death wish?" he turned back to the car. "I should have known you are not cut for this job. But you are my friend and I trusted you!"
"Listen to me," bhasker closed the door of the car that Manohar had opened. "Do you remember that night we sneaked out to watch movie...and we saw a woman being teased you wanted to interfere even though we were just kids while I was afraid. Now I am asking you please help this woman. Please Mano."
He could feel his friend relenting and rushed on, "you say we can't go to the police, fine. Let us inform her husband...just an anonymous call. That is all it will take. You can't imagine what they are going to do with her. They are going to sell her unborn child and then her too..."
"What?"
"You heard me. That man, Rajveer had to go to jail because of her. Now they want to take revenge. Let us call her husband ...he will save her."
"But ..." he knew he couldn't ignore the plight of that poor woman now. He sighed, "... but how do we contact her husband. We don't even know who he is!"
"They mentioned him as Maan Singh khurana."
"Maan Singh Khurana? The Maan Singh Khurana?"
"May be...from what they mentioned about him I felt he was someone important."
"Important? That he is...if he is the business typhoon. Oh! What a mess!"
Now he understood chances of his escaping this was very low... if at all any clue was left behind then his life was gone...may be Mr. Khurana will feel grateful for any information he would get about his wife. He had to think this thru'. May be Mr. Khurana would also be willing to pay a bit for the help he was doing... but first they had to get away from this place.
"Come on then...we will plan how to go about it on our way. We should find a pay phone and his number..."
"Oh, thank you. I'm so relieved." He hugged his friend. "But you go...I .. I can't."
"Don't be stupid... you can't do anything to help her here..."
"I know ..but I can't abandon her...what if they move her somewhere else? I will stay and keep watch." He opened the door and he pushed his friend inside, "now go...but hurry...promise me you will inform her husband..."
"Oh, s*** ! " Manohar took the gun he had tucked away in his waistband and gave it to Bhasker. "Take this for protection. I will come back as soon as I find the phone... But promise you won't try anything foolish...keep out of their eyes." he warned.
"I will." Bhasker promised before hugging his friend one last time.
Bhasker was walking back stealthily towards the building again when his phone vibrated. He looked at the display...Dr. Pari.
"Bhasker where are you?" came the authoritative voice, which was filled with concern.
"I... why?"
He heard the impatient sigh at the other end. "Where is the woman?"
"What..." he panicked. "...what woman?"
"Don't bother with any lies... I know you with your friend kidnapped a woman this morning. I am asking you about her...where is she?"
Hearing the silence she continued, "You are treading on the path I asked you to keep away... but we won't go there...Now... this is just damage control... Tell me where have you taken the woman? I will take her to safety before further trouble."
"You can't ...she is already in danger! They have her." he cried, "I didn't know ...I swear...I didn't know Dr. di."
Shekhu's nickname of her from Bhasker's mouth softened her. "Tell me what happened?"
He took a pause to compose himself, "It will be alright." Yet even to his ears the words lacked confidence. "Mano has gone to find a phone to call her husband."
"I'm glad you realized your mistake..." Pari thought thru'. She knew Bhasker trusted his friend, but Manohar had a bit more experience with the world of crime. Earning himself some big money thru crime was not new to him. " I am sure you will be able to righten the situation... But I want to help you do it. Tell me who she is and who has her."
Maan was frantic. Each moment that passed without any information about Geet was like living hell. He couldn't, wouldn't, believe that his Geet would willingly leave him. Whatever passed the night before would not make her leave him...no their love was stronger than that. But where was she? He sought the help of Arjun, though 24 hours had not passed since her disappearance. He himself was searching the roads not knowing where to search. To make matters worse he learned that Brij was out of Jail. How could people be so negligent! He had informed those in charge that he had to be informed about Brij's whereabouts. Almost a day had passed before he came to know about it. Was he behind Geet's disappearance?
A sudden dread that she was in some sort of danger gripped him. His hand tightened on the steering wheel. If he was aware of Brij being out of jail he would have insisted that she shouldn't go anywhere without him. But how could Brij do this? Brij's warning that he had connections echoed in Maan's mind. How could he have slept so deep that he didn't even know her leaving his arms? Where are you, Mishty? The image of Geet's terror filled eyes flashed , making his heart accelerate. Babaji keep her safe! His heart pleaded...
His phone rang...Geet!
"Geet! Where are you?" his voice was coarse with relief.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Khurana... I'm Dr. Parineeta." An unknown voice answered him.
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oh oh...i know i am becoming a parrot here😳😳...sorry for the delay in update...was thinking about ways to solve the issue of bringing in a super fast😳 rescue mission for geet...though i had planned to keep her in custody for a bit when i had planned the situation...but i know u will all be upset with that..( someone in particular has been giving me dhamki's so as not to expose Geet to these vile men until Maan reaches her😃) so here is Maan to the rescue😉... hpe this will have u relaxed ...let me think thru the details of the rescue...in a short one next???
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