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Chapter 11
Rohan was waiting for them at the cabin. This wasn't over yet and they had to make sure Zoya would be safe. Rohan told Asad when they arrived that Chetan had been in contact with the judge and gave him his cell number so he could get hold of Zoya when she would have to testify about the DEA agent. Rohan waited until Zoya had gone upstairs to take a shower before talking with Asad again. "Asad remember that guy I pointed out that was picked up in front of the court house after the trial?'
"Yes, the one that you called Asif about and told him to follow him. Did he find something out?"
"Yes. He said there were three other men in the car and they drove about nine miles out of town to a deserted plastics factory. He had to call Nikhil to take over the tail because he was afraid they may have noticed they were being followed. Nikhil joined them three miles from where they finally turned off to the deserted factory. Asif had turned at the same corner Nikhil pulled out from so they could see he wasn't following them."
"I have a feeling your going to tell me something I don't want to hear."
"After they turned off and headed towards the factory Nikhil kept driving for about a quarter of a mile before he found a spot where he could hide the car off the main road. He hiked back hoping they would still be there and they were. He said they stayed inside the building for almost two hours. He taped them all leaving, said there were eight men all together. Chetan brought me a copy of the tape a little while ago and he took one to the judge. The judge might know some or all of the men on the tape. We can have Zoya watch the tape and see if she recognizes any of them."
"Have me watch what tape?" Zoya asked coming down the stairs to stand next to Asad.
Asad told her about the man that was in a hurry to leave and how Rohan had some of his men tail him to a deserted factory and managed to get the men on tape.
"Oh my god that is the captain of the three men that were killed," she said pointing him out on the video. " Those two are two of the men I saw coming up the hill at the safe house, but I don't know any of the others."
"Good. Now we know how they had found you and I'm sure the judge will recognize him as well when he views the tape."
"I hate to say this folks but disguising Zoya isn't going to work a second time. These guys are smart and they are going to be watching more closely as to who all enter the courthouse. We know they have a hit on her and they could take her out inside or outside the courthouse. Nine times out of ten they will use a shooter willing to take the rap like the one they had on the judge."
"I don't think so Rohan, I can't see them taking that kind of chance again and there would be way to many witness's. They would do it in a more subtle way."
"How do you think they would do it?"
" They could be watching for every possible way into the courthouse and would probably have men stationed at all possible places looking for her. Once they find her it would only take someone bumping into her shoving a knife in her or sticking her with some kind of delayed poison. Hell, there any number of ways they could get to her."
"She has to testify, we can't just spirit her away and hope that she is never found. They have the money and resources to look for her for as long as it would take them and you know that Asad."
Asad wrapped his arms tightly around her pulling her close to him. Rohan was right, they would never give up until she was dead.
"I've got to get her back to my place, I can keep her safe there but I have to wait until the windows have been replaced. My brother is getting that taken care of for me and should be done by Friday. We've got to keep her safe until then and the judge can't set a trial for a couple of weeks. He has to give us time to keep her safe until we can figure out how we can safeguard her once she has to testify."
"Ok, I'll call Chetan and tell him to get in touch with the judge and tell him our plans. Chetan can tell him that he will get in touch with him on Saturday once you have her back at your place."
They racked their brains every day and night the rest of the week trying to come up with some kind of plan and still hadn't managed to do that. Asad was getting frustrated. He had always been so good at figuring out puzzles yet this was one he couldn't put together to keep Zoya safe. Zoya was watching TV trying to keep her mind off the two men talking in the kitchen. She had heard something hit the wall earlier and went to see what had happened. Asad had tossed his coffee cup in frustration at the wall. She could see the anger written all over him. He was furious with himself that he hadn't been able to come up with some kind of plan. He had talked to his brother that morning who told him the house was ready. They were leaving early in the morning, he wanted her back where she would have the safe room to be safe from any harm.
She was flipping channels on the big screen TV when she happened across one of the news stations. It was at the moment when they were showing a suspect being arraigned for a series of robberies in some town that Zoya found the solution to their problem.
"Asad come quickly," she yelled at him. In no time Asad was in the room standing beside her worried as hell.
"What is it Zoya? What's wrong? Are you ok?"
"Look at the TV, see that guy," she said pointing to the suspect on the screen.
"Jaan what are you talking about, do you know him, is he one of the men who killed the police officers?" Zoya looked at him with shock and then smiled at how he had addressed her without knowing it himself. Then she continued "No, but listen to me, I have an idea. See how he is sitting in a room all by himself, he is being arraigned for some robberies? If I have to testify again why can't we find a way that it can be done on live video? That way I wouldn't even have to leave your house."
Rohan gave a big whoop and Asad grabbed her lifting her off her feet and twirling her around.
"You're such a smart woman, no wonder I love you!" He said still hugging her tight and twirling her around.
"What did you say?" She couldn't believe she had heard him correctly.
"I said you're a smart woman."
"Not that," she said grabbing his arms and holding him tightly. "You said you love me!"
Asad hadn't even realized he had professed his love to her until she mentioned it. Rohan discreetly left the room leaving them to their privacy. He knew his friend was in love with Zoya and he thought she knew it before now. He smiled to himself as he poured himself another cup of coffee and sat down patiently waiting for the all clear.
"I do love you Zoya, couldn't you tell how much you mean to me? I've loved you for weeks but didn't think it fair to cloud your mind with a declaration of love when you were so frightened for your life. I didn't want you to think I had taken advantage of a bad situation."
Zoya reached up and kissed him passionately, she couldn't believe this wonderful man loved her. She knew she loved him and tried to fight it, thinking that when this was all over he would go back to his life and she to hers. She knew she would love him the rest of her life, she would always cherish the time they had together for as long as she lived. She never thought in her wildest dreams that he would love her the same way. After some heavy petting they headed into the kitchen where Rohan was waiting for them.
"Well now that you have declared your love for each other we better figure out how we are going to do this," he said smiling at the both of them.
Rohan called Chetan and told him to get in touch with the judge and tell him their idea on how Zoya could testify in safety. Zoya hadn't let Asad make love to her last night, telling him she wanted them to be back at his home where they had been the first time he had made love to her. Rohan had left first around dawn, he went to Asad's to make sure the place wasn't being staked out then called to give them the all clear. Asad had already told Zoya she was going to have to ride the last few miles to his house in the trunk to make sure no one saw her with him, just in case. He wouldn't relax until he had her safely at home.
As soon as the garage door closed Asad let Zoya out of the trunk. Once inside he reset the alarms and checked to make sure everything was working properly. His brother not only had all the windows replaced as he instructed but had cleaned the place up as well. The police had already cleared out the dead body from his garage and the other two men had either escaped or were taken into custody. The garage steps had been replaced to get rid of the blood stains and he could see that the living room floor had been sanded and resurfaced with a high gloss polymer glaze.
He didn't want to waste another minute, he had Zoya safely home and now he would show her just how much he loved her. He grabbed her hand half running, pulling her up the stairs with him to his room. He felt relaxed, he knew he could keep Zoya safe from any harm in his home. Yet at the same time he had a lot of pent up energy to release. He didn't waste time with pleasantries once he got Zoya into his bedroom. He kicked the door shut then grabbed Zoya kissing her with so much force she felt like she was being bombarded with explosives. His kisses demanded total surrender and she gave it willingly. Zoya almost fell to her knees when he broke off the kiss pushing her far enough away from him to rip her clothes off. With one tug of his hands he had ripped her blouse off her. He took his clothes off too in a matter of seconds, he was impatient to be inside her, to feel her warmth enveloping his manhood. None to gently he reached between her legs spreading them as far apart as he could and entered her with so much force she cried out. Zoya had a death grip on the comforter, she was trying to keep from being slammed back and forth with each hard thrust. She knew she would have bruises tomorrow. She could barely catch her breath due to the force of his love making.
"I love you babe," he grunted between thrusts. "I love you..." Asad loved talking to the woman he was sleeping with, he loved downright nasty, dirty talk. In all his earlier encounters with Zoya he had to refrain from doing so. He didn't want to scare her, and he knew that if he did he would end up professing his love for her. The big difference between other women and Zoya is that he loved Zoya, he was making love to her and not just satisfying his need. Only after a few minutes of their bodies in a primitive dance of their own, they came together, Zoya felt her body shattering under his as she felt him fill her with his seed. Asad eased out of her slowly and lay beside her holding her close to himself. He got up then reached for her, helping her to her feet "Come on jaan, let's shower then we can make us something to eat," he said pulling her with him to the bathroom. After they had eaten Asad made love to Zoya again. He couldn't believe that this woman had ignited in him a hunger so strong that he just wouldn't feel satisfied no matter how many times he took her. Zoya felt what she had never felt in so many years, not even for the short span that she was married. With Asad she felt loved, she felt wanted, she felt a sense of belonging and she felt beautiful. After one last attempt of trying to satisfy their need to feel satisfied, they took a quick shower then fell into a deep exhausted sleep.
Two weeks later Zoya was again testifying in the trial of the men who had been involved in Judge Sharma's murder. The judge had arranged for two members of a film crew to set up a live video feed from Asad's house where Zoya would give her testimony. It had been real cloak and dagger stuff from the day the film crew arrived. They had brought them to Asad's in the back of a transport van. Chetan was the driver and he had driven around the city for almost 40 minutes before actually heading to Asad's incase either of the men were trying to memorize the direction he was taking. Once there, they were ushered into the house and down to the basement where Rohan and Asad had set up the area where Zoya would give her testimony. They had draped a dark blue sheet against the back wall so nothing could be seen other than Zoya herself. In all, there had been fourteen arrests, dealing with the murder of Judge Sharma. After judge Sharma had viewed the tape Chetan had taken to him, he issued eight arrest warrants for all the men in on the video tape. He had known everyone of them. Within an hour of his viewing the tape they had been picked up and booked.
By the time his investigation was through he had six more men from both the justice department and DEA arrested that were involved. Two of the men were high ranking officers in both branches that had been arrested at the airport trying to leave the country. He was confident they had arrested all those involved but would issue an ongoing investigation into the murder and the corrupt officials. When they had made the arrangements for Zoya to testify from a live video feed the judge suggested that Zoya stay in hiding until he was positive they had everyone involved. He said he would get in touch with them through their friend Chetan if he needed anything more from Zoya or when he found out if they had indeed gotten all those involved in the murder. The live feed went off without a hitch. The judge reminded Zoya that she was still under oath then she gave her testimony. The defense lawyer tried his best to get the judge not to allow the video that Chetan's men had taped be played for the jury but he denied his motion. When the trial was over weeks later, all the men had been found guilty of murder, conspiracy to murder, drug trafficking, accomplices to murder and the list went on and on.
Zoya and Asad had been hiding out for almost a year before the judge felt it was safe for her to go back to trying to live a normal life. Asad whisked her off to Hawaii where he had a home as well. His family and some close friends including Rohan and all the men who had worked for him had been flown to the islands to celebrate in the wedding of Asad and Zoya. The judge had been true to his word making sure that all those involved with keeping Zoya safe were paid very handsomely from the Justice department and the DEA as well. Asad hadn't asked to be compensated but the judge made sure he was, even making sure the men had been paid more than the bill was for that he had received from Chetan. He felt they deserved more because it was members from our own government that had tried to silence Zoya. He had been honored when Zoya and Asad had asked him to be a part of their wedding. He quickly agreed telling them he would love a vacation in Hawaii.
"Qubool Hai," Asad said smiling at his bride through the veil that had been erected between them.
"Qubool Hai", he heard Zoya say so softly that it tingled his heart.
" Nikah mukamal hua". They all heard the maulvi say and then the veil between them was lowered for them to see each other for the first time as husband and wife. Walking towards her Asad couldn't help himself and kissed her on her cheek. He looked deep into Zoya's eyes...
"I love you Mrs. Khan".
"And I love you Mr. Khan."
They turned to their guests greeting them all as they stayed hand in hand all evening ready to start their lives together...
P.S. One last time on this story guys, Please hit the like button if you liked it and please do leave back your feedback. I would really really love to know what you guys felt reading this story 😊
Edited by ChocoBerry - 9 years ago
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