Here's the continuation of Chapter 24...enjoy reading!! 😳
The vase broke down with a shattering noise at Ayaan's living room.
"Asad, relax!!"
"Are you crazy???" Asad screamed, "There has been a whole gang scheming behind me!!! The ones whom I thought was my life...my friends...my father...everyone ditched me!!!"
Asad collapsed on the sofa clutching his hair in frustration and with tears in his eyes, "Till this moment, I always had this worry that I am being blamed for Zoya's miscarriage...till date I have not been able to prove my innocence to Zoya too, Ayaan!!"
Ayaan looked at him with a worried look, while Asad said, "I myself...fed that sweet to my Zoya...and my child...that witch Tannu!!! She killed my child right...Ayaan...I still can hear the screams of my Zoya that day while she winced in pain that day after having the sweets...I still can feel that clutching hold of hers on my hand" Asad said looking at his right hand, "The way she was screaming...it's paining Asad...I can't bear this pain...am I think I am going to...die..."
Asad's voice broke and he couldn't complete that sentence as he closed his eyes recalling that day, letting his tears roll down.
Ayaan came and sat next to him and put his arm over Asad and consoled him, while Asad gritted his teeth and looked up, "And adding to that, Imraan, Tanveer and Rashid...these three had schemed in separating my Zoya from me and hiring that Aditi right...I knew about Rashid...but Tanveer and Imraan..."
"True Asad...it's good you read that message today...otherwise even now we would have been believing her...I said you right...her intentions are suspicious...now it seems she's characterless too...she is acting as if she loves you, but was living with Imraan as well...Now I get what that IMMYTAN stands for..." Ayaan gave an agitated look, "And this guy had been recording all their conversations for his safety...what a couple!!"
Asad wiped his tears and stood up. "No Ayaan...I won't spare her a moment now!! It's good Imraan died early...or else today he would have died in my hands...but Tanveer...her death is assured today!!"
Ayaan panicked, while Asad barged towards the door in anger.
"Asad listen to me...don't do anything stupid...Asad!!!"
Ayaan rushed behind him and saw Asad already having left. He tapped his forehead, and rushed to his parking lot and rushed behind in his car.
"Tanveeer!!"
Asad knocked the door, and pressed the handle while the door opened suddenly.
Asad walked into a dark flat and looked around.
"Tanveer!!! Where are you??? Come out!!!"
It was an eerie silence, while Asad switched on the lights and saw that the flat was all disordered with the curtains swaying, while the fans were running.
"Listen Tanveer...better come out before I find you and kill you!!! Come out!!" Asad roared.
He opened all the rooms and shouted out for her, while he slipped outside a door suddenly, and he stopped in a jerk holding a shelf which was nearby it. He looked down and made an awful face realizing he had stepped on something which seemed like blood.
Asad looked at his shoe and saw blood dripping from it, while he saw that it was coming out from the other side of a door. He opened the door slowly and walked in following the trail of blood with an abated face.
He looked up and saw blood dripping off from a hand. He was horrified to find a dead Tanveer with several cuts over her hand, soaked in her bathtub in a pool of blood with eyes wide open.
"Holy Goodness!!!" Asad leaned along the door with a horrified look and saw a blade on Tanveer's right hand and her left hand with cuts. She was also completely drenched in water which was mixed with blood, while Ayaan rushed inside Tanveer's flat.
"Asad!!!"
Asad was still in shock looking at that gruesome sight, while Ayaan saw Asad standing at the door. Ayaan reached to him running.
"Asad...you just..."
Asad pointed his finger at the front in shock, and Ayaan looked at the front and moved back in horror looking at that dreadful sight.
"Ya Allah!!!!"
Asad moved back his hair in frustration, and placed his palm on his face.
The ambulance reached below Tanveer's building with its siren.
The media was clicking photos of the death site and police were marking the map, and collecting the things in Tanveer's hand.
Asad was standing at the living room and giving his statement to the police.
ACP Ram Saxena too who had come there came to Asad, "Did you see anyone at the house while you came??"
"No Ram...I came...I searched for her and finally found her dead at the bath tub..."
The ambulance guys took Tanveer's body in the stretcher out of the flat, while Asad's eyes followed her.
"Sir...there's a letter here!!"
Asad and Ram looked over there, while the Constable brought it to the ACP, and he read it through.
Ayaan walked towards them while his leg hit at the table. He moved the table and stepped forward while he realized he had seen something familiar over there.
He looked back and saw a blue-green clutch over there...he bent down and took it and was stunned to recognize it as none other than Zoya's clutch.
"My suspicions are getting true...Zoya is in danger!!!" Ayaan thought about it with fear.
He looked at the police and Asad, and quickly sneaked out of the flat with the purse avoiding anyone viewing it.
"Asad...what do you have to say about this??" ACP Saxena handed over the letter to Asad while he read it:
"I am done with my sufferings in life...I am living a life of solitude as everyone has left me...
The doctor has moreover confirmed that I am schizophrenic...now anyways no one would want to live with me...rather than living a life of solitude or causing harm to others...I prefer to end my life...
Goodbye..."
Asad looked up at ACP Saxena, while the latter asked, "You knew anything about this??"
"No...not at all...maybe Ayaan...dude???"
Asad looked for Ayaan and searched him, while Ayaan reached there with a composed look.
"Where did you go dude??" Asad asked, while Ayaan said, "I just...went to call..."
"See this...you had any idea about this??"
Asad gave the letter to Ayaan and he read it and was confused.
"Ram, she lately started taking a lot of sick leaves...and started mentioning strange incidents taking place with her too...recently a strange lift accident...but I never knew she had mental illness..." Asad said with a distraught look.
"Yeah Mr. Saxena..." Ayaan added, "Lately she started telling she sees some premonitions at home to Humeira...my girlfriend...even today she didn't come for shoot citing she's unwell...but we never thought she had mental issues and would suddenly take such a drastic step..."
"Is this Tanveer's handwriting?? Ram asked, getting the letter from Ayaan.
"That I can assure...its 100% her handwriting..." Asad answered.
"How are you so sure??"
"Because we both did our schooling together...we were classmates...infact the same bench...moreover she has a calligraphic type of writing...I get all my written stuff done through her for my movies...for letters and such...I can easily differentiate her handwriting and it's impossible to mimic her writing this accurate..."
Ram and Asad discussed over it, while Ayaan walked over with thoughts recalling his incident while capturing Zoya in camera and her clutch at Tanveer's home.
"First Imraan's suspicious suicide...now Tanveer's gruesome death...I don't know why but I feel there's an invisible connection to all this Asad..." ACP Saxena said with a doubtful look, "Anyways...you may leave...I will call you for further enquiries..."
Asad left the place, while Ram kept looking at the suicide note of Tanveer.
Zoya was at the rocking chair at her dark room, rocking happily with a smile.
"I was foolish enough to fall in your trap during my death Tanveer...but was brilliant enough to trap you to your death!!"
Zoya recalled how she visited Tanveer's home straight from the set that day, and made her write that letter citing that it was to be used for the film for Tanveer's character and used it against her itself.
"You must be the first one who gets dictated for writing their own death note...that too by the one who is going to kill you..."
Zoya laughed victoriously and said with an evil look, "2 down...2 more to go!! And no one can interrupt me in doing that!"
The main door opened and Zoya turned towards the door and realized that someone had come.
Asad locked the door and walked in with a frustrated and worn out look. He came to his room and saw Zoya sleeping on the bed.
As he turned to go back, Zoya called out to him.
"Asad...where were you all this time??" Zoya pretended to wake up from sleep.
"I was stuck in some work with Ayaan...sorry I couldn't call you...when did you reach home Zoya??"
"I reached home as soon I finished my scenes...and then I took complete rest...didn't even step out of our room and I slept as such...you too come and sleep Asad. What's the time??" Zoya looked at the clock, "It's too late..."
"You sleep Zoya...I will have something to eat...and join you...you sleep!!"
Zoya smiled and lied down, while Asad covered her with her duvet.
Zoya resumed sleeping, while Asad was worried on how he would inform about the gruesome death of Tanveer and the shocking truths he found that that day in that situation of Zoya.
Asad walked back to the living room and sat at his couch, while he saw Bruno sniffing over Zoya's black sandals.
Asad walked towards Bruno and Bruno pushed the sandals towards Asad with his forelegs.
"What's there??" Asad asked and bent down at the sandals. He took the sandals and flipped it back and forth.
Confused, he dropped them back, but just then he was dismayed looking at his hands stained in blood.
He took back the sandals and saw the back side with blood, which showed clearly that it was stained just some time back.
He recalled what Zoya said some time back:
"I reached home as soon I finished my scenes...and then I took complete rest...didn't even step out of our room whole day and I slept as such..."
Asad dropped the sandals, and was disturbed with the increased mysteries surrounding him.
He walked back to the room and looked at Zoya sleeping. He looked at her with so many questions in his mind, while he wondered, "Why are Zoya's activities becoming more suspicious with each passing day?? Where did that blood come from??"
Just then Asad got a message. He opened and saw that the message was from Ayaan.
"Asad...I need to meet you immediately...it's really urgent...come out of your flat!!"
Asad was puzzled and came out of his flat and saw Ayaan standing outside the door.
"Dude...why are you standing here..."
"Sshhh!!!" Ayaan silenced Asad and took him away from the door.
"Where is Zoya??"
"She is sleeping...why??"
"Good...let her sleep..." Ayaan said in a composed tone, "Listen Asad...what I am going to say...it's really serious..."
Asad was confused while Ayaan said, "Asad...Zoya is in danger...to herself and us too!!"
Asad was shocked to hear that while Ayaan said, "See...I am observing her since morning...Asad, I know you don't believe in all such stuff...but trust me...the moment I saw her during the shoot today morning...she reminded me of Aditi...that very same attitude and dressing style!!"
"What nonsense..." Asad said while Ayaan said, "Not everything is nonsense Asad...if you don't see something, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist...see, from today's voice clips of Tanveer and Imraan, one thing we understood...Aditi Sawant is dead!! And definitely Imraan, Tanveer and Rashid Sir has a role in it...but we don't know what happened in reality because that last folder was corrupted and might have had some evidence to it...so I feel...Aditi has taken over Zoya to complete her revenge...!!"
Asad was totally confused hearing all that, while Ayaan said, "You remember I couldn't shoot the scene with you and Zoya today...and I jerked off while panning the camera to Zoya...the reason is...I didn't see Zoya standing next to you...but Aditi!!"
Asad opened his eyes wide in horror hearing that, "What the...what are you saying Ayaan??"
"Asad...she is acting to you...the one is who is staying with you is definitely not Zoya!!! And one more thing...Zoya definitely has a hand in Tanveer's death..." Ayaan showed Zoya's clutch to Asad, "This is Zoya's clutch right?? This "Zoya Khan" engraved in Gujarati...we got this done right; for her birthday??"
Asad took the clutch and looked at it, while Ayaan said, "I saw this at Tanveer's flat today...Zoya has gone to Tanveer's home today for sure!! That's why I suspect she has role in Tanveer's unexpected sudden death!!"
Asad recalled that blood stain in her sandals, and Ayaan's statement and tried to relate to both.
"I came this late night just to alert you and urge you to save Zoya at the earliest...her life is in danger Asad!! It's not Zoya who is staying with you!! She is not in her own self now...please save her...even in you don't believe in all this...at least do it for the sake of Zoya!! Please!! I am leaving now...take care of you too...Khuda Hafiz!!"
Ayaan hugged Asad and as he was about to leave, he quickly came back.
"And one important thing...never let her know that you are having a doubt on her...be as normal as you can...okay??"
Ayaan left the place, while Asad was totally in a messed up situation. He couldn't believe what all Ayaan said too but at the same time couldn't ignore it too as he himself was noticing a difference in Zoya's behavior.
He entered the home and looked at the clutch and placed it at the table over there.
Asad sat at the sofa with a dejected face, while Ayaan's words and all the incidents he has been observing lately flashed through his mind.
Just then he recalled Imraan's message on the wall before his death:
"SHE GOT ME...SHE WILL GET YOU TOO...!!!"
And also his quivering last words:
"Save...yourself...and Zo-ya...from her...other than you...and Zoya...there is one more person...living in this house...!!!"
Asad stood up recalling that and remembered, "Wait...I was about to see Imraan's video footage that day...and did I see that completely??'
Asad remembered how Zoya had come that day while the video was loading, and went to his study while Bruno just went back of him.
He switched on the light and turned his system on and searched that folder.
He opened it and clicked on that video clip, and waited for it to load. It opened and Asad moved the angle facing him and Imraan towards the balcony. He put on his headphones and looked into it.
He saw what had happened that day and Imraan warning him:
"Save...yourself...and Zo-ya...from her...other than you...and Zoya...there is one more person...living in this house...!!!"
Just then he saw a horrified sight of a cloudy apparition standing behind him, and Imraan moving back in horror looking at that apparition behind Asad.
Asad moved closer to the computer. He saw Imraan looking at that direction and saying with a shiver holding the balcony rail,
"She won't spare me...!!!"
And after the horrified suicide of Imraan, he saw that apparition disappearing while Asad was screaming looking down from the balcony.
Asad took off his headphones in aghast, and wiped his face which was sweating profusely.
"Ayaan is right about his suspicions...and so...Imraan too didn't die naturally...he was provoked to die...and was that...Aditi??"
Asad covered his face with his palms and was immersed in tension, "What should I do now?? How will I save my Zoya?? I am totally blank!!"
He looked at Bruno who was standing there looking at him and recalled how Bruno has been acting weird to Zoya, and how he went to Zoya's photo when he asked to go to Zoya.
"Were you trying to tell this to me Bruno?? Are you not going to Zoya because...because it's not our Zoya???"
"Asad, you are still awake??"
Asad looked up at her and Zoya was smiling at him standing at the entrance of the study. Bruno started growling and barking looking at her and Asad noticed it. Zoya got angry looking at that, and as she was about to barge to Bruno:
"Bruno...what's wrong with you?? Off!!!" Asad commanded and Bruno ran out of the room, while Zoya's eyes followed Bruno with a stare.
"Asad, this Bruno is getting so frustrating these days...send him away..." Zoya said with an irritated look.
"Don't worry baby...I will give you permanent peace from everything!!" Asad said with a smile, while Zoya smiled hearing it, while Asad eyed the photo wallpaper of a smiling Zoya behind her, with a thoughtful face.
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