CHAPTER ONE
Atharv was a small town gangster. all his life he had been living in the slums & living in awe of his big brother James. James had taken Atharv in when he was just a 5 year old boy. Atharv's parents had died in a plane crash & his heartless relatives had driven him out.
begging on the streets & sometimes even starving through the night, Atharv had a rough childhood. shop keepers poured hot water on him to chase him away from their shop & Atharv even learned how to steal at the tender age of five.
james had found him fighting with a dog for a piece of bun & he took pity on him. Atharv refused at first but hunger drove him to join the gang. james was fond was Atharv & pampered him endlessly. even though james was 5 years his senior and could be rather serious at times, Atharv had a sense of attachment to him. like he was a close friend whom he could always trust.
15 years had passed quickly & now james had a huge underworld network with his ever reliable Atharv with him. Atharv had grown into a handsome, rugged young man. he was agile & quick witted. james was aging & he needed someone to take over his business, he found a ray of hope in Atharv . but Atharv always told him that only james could be the leader of the group, without him there won't be him.
drugs, smuggling & killing, Atharv did that all with ease until he met her. it happened that night when Atharv was about to assassinate one of his gang's rival. sitting in a Toyota with a loaded gun, Athsrv waited for the right moment to spring into action. the night was wet as rain drizzled down relentlessly.
the area chosen for the assassination was dark, dingy & filthy. it seemed that his target ahmed revelled in those sort of places. "it's not like ahmed to bother about cleanliness." Atharv cracked a joke with one of his gang friends. they laughed about it for a while but Atharv spotted movement in one of ahmed's house windows. he silenced his partner & drew his gun. it was time to spring into action.
Atharv acted alone. he didn't like to work in groups. they were distracting & time consuming. holding his weapon close to him, Atharv nudged open the front door. shocked that a cautious gangster like ahmed had left his front door unlocked, Atharv proceeded upstairs. he heard noises coming from the only lighted bedroom.
as he neared it, Atharv heard sounds of struggle. it seemed that a woman was forcibly been taken advantage of. "come on baby!" Atharv clearly heard ahmed's heavily accented drawl. the woman's voice was too muffled to be heard but Atharv was sure he heard her plead with ahmed.
having heard enough, Atharv kicked open the bedroom door to find ahmed forcing himself on a woman. "what are you doing here?" ahemed spat angrily reaching for the revolver in his pant pocket but Atharv was too quick. he fired a single shot at ahmed. it hit him right in the heart & finished his life story in a moment.
the woman screamed in fright & ran towards the door as if to escape. Atharv caught hold of her & carried her to the bed. he wanted to give this woman a less painful death. he couldn't take the risk of having a witness to the murder he had just commited.
the woman screamed & thrashed out at him but Atharv held onto her. her hair was all over her face & he couldn't even see her eyes. pushing back her tangled tresses, Atharv pointed the gun at her temple. his breath caught in his heart when he realised that the woman he was going to shoot looked no older than him & simply was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. that marked the first, very different meeting of Atharv & Vividha.
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