Zindaan – The Golden Cage Chapter 11 (Flowers & Thorns)

“How can you do this with Ishu?” Swayam asked angrily stamping his hand on the table. “Her involvement with the case is putting our hospital reputation at stake” Mr Singhaniya replied. “Dad, You are not doing right. Don’t you are doing this because of Rhea’s father who invest in hospital. She doesn’t like Ishu that’s why you are terminating her….Isn’t it?” He shouts while hitting the files on the desk. “Swayam, Behave yourself or else I will terminate you too for disrupting the atmosphere,” He said firmly. “You care about patients…Really? If you care about them then you didn’t terminate gynaecologist of our hospital” He chuckled.

“Advik is there for handling cases” He replied making him angrier. “Gosh! You deserved applause for choosing a newbie over an experienced doctor” He said walking out from his cabin. “Where are you going?” Swayam asked her who was moving toward her car. “I didn’t get time from my schedule for picking up my phone in the morning. I am going agency for picking that” She replied. “Ishu, Please ask the help of your Dad. I know we are not together anymore but at least we were working in the same place.” He said calmly. “Nothing can done for that. Everything is over ” She replied while driving her car toward the main gate while he still stands there in the basement.

Shivay was shocked and he didn’t know how to behave.  He never faces this type of situation. “What happened to you. Open your eyes” Shivay pats her cheeks but she was not responding. He shouts for help and Aditi marched inside her cabin.”What happened to her?”  Aditi asked while sprinkling few droplets of water thinking her unconscious. “What are you waiting for? Call the doctor” He shouts who was starting her face blankly. She immediately dialled the number on her phone. Shivay picks her up and makes her lie down on the couch. He holds her hand which become cold. He stares her, he forgets where he has to go and what will be the consequences if he won’t go.

“Where the hell is a doctor?” He asked. “Sir, He is coming.” She replied. “What happens?” Nisha asked looking her tensed face who come out of the cabin. “Anika gets unconscious and God knows what is the reason for his anger. He didn’t take an interest in any employee. He is behaving like he is going to hang me ” Aditi said while she nods her head worriedly. Nisha doesn’t know about Aditi but if Drishya gets to know about this she,  probably kill her. But she has to inform her or she will be dead for sure. She typed a message and send it on the number. Thanks to Drishya’s luck that all their conversation get dug inside with her old phone or else Detective Kashyap going to suspect her more.

Kshitij sees the message and gets shocked. He talks to her a few minutes ago then how she become unconscious? He has to inform Drishya but how he is going to do that. “I get something but can I don’t share with you,” Vishal asked to him looking at the footage on a computer. “Do you want to get punch?” He replied while he rolled his eyes “No, thanks”. ” I was joking. You got serious about everything. Of course, I am going to tell you” Vishaal complained while he glared him. “We are not clowns that we need to joke around on everything,” Kshitij said. “Look at this, I checked the call history of Tanya, Juhi’s sister,” He said showing him some papers. “Guess what! Whom she called before her sister disappearance?” He asked while Kshitij deadly glare him. “We are here for playing guess game ” He shouted. “Shivay Singh Oberoi,” He said. “What?” He asked. “Not this only, this is footage of the parking area of that cafe where Juhi had seen last time. I checked all the numbers of Cars which were parked there at that time.” Vishal said to him. “So what?” He asked looking at the numbers. “This Car belongs to Drishya Malhotra” Vishal replied while signing toward the highlighted number while he looks on.

Shivay is roaming here and there while Doctor is checking on her. “It is drug poisoning. We need to admit her” She informed him. “I will call an ambulance” She replied but he interrupts her in between. “Let’s not waste more time,” He said picking her in arms and move toward his car. The doctor told them to stay outside. “Sir, we should inform her family,” Aditi said to him who was sitting there while surfing his hairs in tension. “Do inform them?” He said unknown of the fact that it can change his life if he met with her family. “Dr Swayam, Where is Dr Drishya?” Dr Twinkle said to him walking inside his cabin. “What happens?” He asked. “Her Sister….” She tried to say but he cut her “What happens to Anika?” He asked. “Someone drugged her” She replied. “What?” He immediately rushes outside but his steps immediately get stooped after watching Shivay. “Let me inform Ishu,” He said turning back and dialled her number.

“Can I meet with Mr Khurrana?” Drishya asks to the receptionist. “Mam, He is busy in a meeting” She said. “You can wait” She added while she moves toward his cabin. “Sir, Drishya madam is here. She wants to meet you” She informs him. “Sorry Gentlemen, I will continue it after ten minutes” He excused before moving toward his cabin. “Sorry to make you wait, princess,” He said entering while she turns toward him. “You were at the meeting. There was no need of coming here leaving that in between. I can wait, uncle” She replied with her alluring smile. “It is something serious?” He signed her to sit while she nods her head.

“How do you get to know?” She asked. “You just come here only for something important ” He replied. “I want your help,” She said. “Regarding what!” He asked. “Mr Singhaniya terminates me,” She said while he looks on in shock. “Why? You are such a responsible doctor” He asked. “I get involved in a case. I am suspect and that’s why he throws me out of the hospital” She replied. “In which case Ishu?” He asked. “A kidnapping or maybe murder ” She replied. “I told you to stay away from these things.” He said with a serious face. “Please talk with Mr.Singhaniya, I will resign by myself if I found as a culprit. I promised some of my patients there for recovery. How could I leave them? Moreover, that place becomes affectionate for me” She said. “I will talk. Do you need any help regarding the investigation?” He asked. “Let them search. I too want to know what they get from ashes.” She replied. “Dad…I….” Rhea gets stopped after looking her there. She sees her at the entrance. “Thank you for help, I think I should go,” Drishya said after looking changing colours of Rhea’s face. She walked outside when her voice stops her. “You don’t have a father that’s why you keep coming between me and my Dad” Rhea taunts her. “Not every child need a father in their life. Some of them are ‘Nobody’s children ‘. One more thing, I don’t have enough time for useless talks ” She smiles and move from there.

“What’s wrong with her? Can you tell me how is she?” Shivay asked. He is pissed off from the ignorance of the doctor and staff there. “We found the drug in her body. She is fine now” Doctor replied. “Dr Navya, some officer wants to meet with you.” The nurse informed her while she nods her head. “Can I met her?” Shivay asks while she signed him to go inside. He moves inside and stares her pale face which is not glistening like before. He didn’t notice most things but he knows that her face always glows because of a smile. He holds her hand which is attached to wires. He slowly moved a hair tuft from her face and stuck behind her ear. He took her face keenly, he doesn’t know why he is feeling that he know her from before. “Did you inform her family. Nobody cares about her that’s why they didn’t come” He asked from Aditi who was standing. “I do inform her father” She replied.

“She is drugged with Fentanyl,” Navya told him. “Is it deadly?” Kshitij asked while she nods her head. “Then we have to look all drug store” He replied while moving. “It’s not an any ordinary drug. This drug is only for medicinal use and restricted to the hospitals. It’s not got a sale on every small store” She said from behind. “You mean, Mostly it gets sales under medical supervision,” He asked while she nods her head.

“Thank you for help,” Khisitij said while moving from here. “It’s weird why culprit uses this particular drug. He can use any drug which is easy for getting” He thought. “We need to search your hospital,” Kshitij said to Mr Singhaniya who clearly seem little annoyed with the idea of investigation. “There are other hospitals too in this city. Why only you are behind mine one?” He asks annoyedly. “Sir, Our team will look there too. Please cooperate” He said while he signed his manager to show him full hospital. “Don’t disrupt the hospital atmosphere while searching. Do it privately ” He said while he nods his head.

“How is my sister, Dr Navya?” Drishya asked to her while huffing. She probably comes there by running. “Drishya, Calm down,” She said. “Hell with your calmness. How is Anika? Do tell me” She shouts shaking her who was amazed by her behaviour as she is known to be calm in nature. “Other patients are here too. Anika is drugged with Fentanyl. She is fine now” She replied while she swiped away sweat from her forehead. “You can meet her.” She said keeping her hand on her shoulder. She runs toward the room but her feet get chained after looking Shivay. She looks him from the glass window who is sitting there holding her hand.

He turned back toward the door while she hides. He thinks that he just see ‘Maya’. “She didn’t like the outer world then what she is doing here, ” He thought while standing to move but Anika holds his hand. He looks at her face and then takes out his hand from her grip. Drishya didn’t think that she sees her nightmare ‘Shivay Singh Oberoi’ like this. “I can’t go inside” She blabbered. On hearing the sound of the opening door, she runs from there. “Maya! You are here” He called out her name searching in the corridor of the hospital. She immediately runs toward upstairs getting bump on someone, on which she shouldn’t.

“Watch your steps, Miss Malhotra” Kshitij said holding her hand and pull her upward. “Sorry, I was in a hurry” She apologised. “What are you doing here?” She asked to him turning back to check Is Shivay still following her or not. “Leave about me. What are you doing here at the isolated place of the hospital” He asked while she looks on? What is she going to say to him? “Actually, Some medicines get finished in pharmacy. I come here taking that only from storage as my patient need it” She lied. “Hmm….Where is the prescription? ” He asked. “Pardon! What?” She asked not getting him. “Prescription of the patient for which you need medicine,” He asked while she gets tensed. “I forget that on my cabin” She replied meekly. “Oh, I forget you get a good memory. You don’t need list of medicines, you can remember their name….Isn’t it?” He asked crossing his hand across his chest. “Let me ask in pharmacy about medicines,” He said while her face colour gets fade. Before he could say further, his phone ring becoming her saviour. “What? I am there in few minutes” He said cutting the call and run downstairs leaving her behind. She wondered whose call is that detective Kashyap leaves the suspect behind.

“Maya! ” Shivay muttered looking here and there, then he reminds how she some here. He also reminds that because of Anika he didn’t go home. She will be going to very angry. “Take care of her and do inform me if her family reached here,” Shivay said to Aditi while staring Anika’s face. He moves toward his car and drives to his house. He knows that Maya is going to hell angry and whenever she gets angry, it is nothing less than a storm. “Maya, Where are you?” He shouts her name which echoed in the huge hall of that mansion. He walked toward his room after not finding her. “Maya, Where are you? Where did you go?” He ask restlessly not finding her in his room? “I know you are angry, then get angry but don’t leave me.” He shouts. “You can’t leave me….Get it. I will destroy everything if you do it. Maya!” He shouts on the top of his voice. He was repenting why did he go to Anika? What if he lost Maya because of Anika.

“You know I can’t see tears in your eyes. Why are you crying Shivay?” She muttered from behind while he turned. “Where were you? Why did you leave me? I get so scared.” He asked shaking her in the devasted state while she smiles. “I was here only Shivay. It’s you who went leaving me here” She replied making him silent. “If you want to keep running behind that girl, then why did you come here?” She asked while he looks on. “She went unconscious. I take her to the hospital” He said holding her hand. “She didn’t get die Shivay, she just gets unconscious,” She said glaring him while he gets shocked. “Maya, What are you saying?” He asked not liking the mention of Anika’s death. “You are not like before, you get change,” He said. “It’s you who get change. You start seeing a defect in me” She replied while walking out from his room. “Forgive me, I won’t do that again. Please don’t leave me ” He said holding her hand from behind. “How dare she to snatch you from me? Kill her Shivay” She turned furiously. “What?” He asked in disbelief.

Kshitij reaches at the crime scene. “She is dead,”  Palak said to him who was checking the scenario. “How?” He muttered. “We have to wait for the autopsy result. It is looking like suicide though ” She replied while taking photos of the crime scene and a dead body. “How do you guys get to know? ” He asked to Vishaal. “We get a call from a cafe that she jump from the terrace” He replied. “Maybe she did suicide because of fear of being caught” He suggested. “No, If she has to do suicide then she probably did it before. I am not getting it the girl who disappeared from a long time, how can she come in front for doing suicide” He said in frustration. “Damn it! We lose the last link” He said holding his head.

“Make sure no one can go outside. Do check all visitors” He said while Vishal moves inside the cafe for taking the statement of people. “Kshtij Here….”,  Palak said to him while showing her wrist. “Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.” She read the quote which is written. “Gosh! That jerk play with us. He distracts us from the case of Juhi by using Anika” He shouts disappointedly. “He intentionally leaves something else too,” She said giving him a white chit. “When thorns who are tough for protecting flowers, start pricking in flowers, then they deserved to pull out” He read. “Is it a quote?” He asked on which she immediately googles. “It is not, ” She said nodding her head negatively. “What does it mean?” He muttered while looking at the words.

Precap – Drishya asks about DNA reports to Anika….Kshitij searches the Malhotra mansion for finding the person who drugged Anika…Anika found her chaand bracelet with Shivay

What do you think Who can drug Anika?

Why is Drishya hiding from Shivay?

Who murdered Juhi?

Who gets shocked to know that Rhea and Drishya are related personally?

I am not giving proper clue as to if you guess the whole story, then it becomes predictable. Let me give a clue if you get meaning behind the line ‘Flowers…..pull out’, then you get most of the story.

Kindly ignores grammatical and spelling errors. Keep smiling and Keep guessing. Thank you to all who commented  on last part ?. Thanks LCharish, Niharika, Shona, Saniya, Khushi for your precious comments, it means a lot. I will reply to your comments as soon I get time?

Regards

Niyu?