LOVE, LIFE, SECRETS: Answers lie within – CHAPTER 34

CHAPTER 34: I am there with you

(Day Om tells Ishana that they cannot work together – Day when Priveer and Mishbir find about Karan Verma)

The man looked at his visitors in confusion…. They were all looking at him standing in the narrow passage…. There was curiosity and suspicions in their eyes…. The two man and two ladies exchanged some looks and then looked back at the man…. Ranveer signed Abir to start the conversation…. Abir nodded…. Priyanka and Mishti were looking around the place….

Abir: Is this Mr. Karan Verma’s house? We are here to meet him.

Man: Yes, you are speaking to him. Who are you all?

Abir took out of his ID card from the pocket and put in front of the man…. The man looked at the card carefully and gulped down his fear…. He looked at the other three people and then at the passage way…. Was there a chance he could run out of there…. He was calculating his chances….

Ranveer: So, Mr. Verma, I assume that you are ready for clearing our doubts.

The events occurred in moments…. The man pushed Abir who fell towards the side…. Ranveer’s first instinct was to save Priyanka from getting hurt…. He immediately held her preventing her from getting hurt…. Mishti put her leg in between and the man stumbled…. Before Mishti could get hold of him he steadied himself and ran down the staircase…. Abir and Ranveer looked at each other and signed each other…. Mishti looked at them…. Priyanka was stunned for a moment but composed herself…. Abir and Mishti took the stairs following the man while Ranveer and Priyanka took the other exit….

The man was running towards the main road from the street when Abir and Mishti saw him…. They increased their pace to reach the man before he disappears into the crowd…. Ranveer and Priyanka came from the other side and saw the man running…. They could see Abir and Mishti also following him…. Ranveer looked at Priyanka once and to his surprise she looked calm…. He smiled seeing her maintaining her composure…. Priyanka saw him once and assured him not to worry about her…. They followed the man…. On the way Ranveer informed his men on the main road to be alert…. The man looked back to see Abir and Mishti following him…. He looked ahead and bumped into Ranveer…. He was shocked for a moment and turned to the other side but two men stood in front of him…. Abir and Mishti also reached the place…. The two constables took hold of him….

Mishti: So, you thought you could escape so easily.

Abir: If you have not done anything, why did you run?

Karan: I was afraid seeing you all, but I didn’t do anything.

Priyanka: Well, it is good that you were afraid, now don’t waste our time and answer all our questions with honesty, dare you even think of lying or fooling us again.

The trio looked at Priyanka amazed by her commanding voice…. If any of the Oberois would have heard this, they would have been shocked listening to their little Prinku talking with such authority…. The man nodded his head and Ranveer smiled seeing Priyanka’s effect on him…. Mishti also smiled while Abir was still surprised…. He whispered to Mishti who was standing beside him….

Abir: Mishti, now I am sure she is the one for Veer.

Karan: Ma’am, you ask anything, I’ll tell you everything.

Ranveer signed his men to make him sit in the vehicle…. Abir sat in the front seat with the driver while the other three sat in Ranveer’s jeep….

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They all reached the police station…. Abir signed the men to take him into the interrogation room…. They were about to enter when Abir’s phone rang and he was surprised seeing Ishana’s name flashing on the screen…. He decided to talk later and declined the call.… He put the phone in his pocket but it started ringing again…. He looked at the screen and was amazed to see Ishana calling again…. Ranveer looked at him and Abir showed him the screen…. Mishti also saw Ishana’s name and remembered the hotel incident…. Priyanka also remembered her as she had spoken to her Shivaay Bhaiya with great authority which very few dared to do…. Ranveer signed Abir to take the call while they waited…. Abir nodded and received the call….

Abir: Ishu, I am busy right now, can we talk later, please.

Abir said without waiting for Ishana to start speaking…. But when he heard her voice, he felt something different…. He could easily understand that she had either cried a lot or she was still crying…. He knew Ishana was a strong girl and if she was crying it means she needed him at the moment…. If she could handle it, she would have never called him like this….

Abir: Ishu, don’t worry, I am coming, I am coming there. You don’t worry, I am there naa.

Hearing him the other three looked at him surprised…. He disconnected the call after assuring Ishana that he is coming to her house and took out the keys of his jeep…. He was about to sit when he looked at Ranveer…. Seeing Abir’s face, Ranveer understood that something was wrong….

Priyanka: Abir, what has happened, you look worried?

Abir: I’ll talk to you all later, I have to go now, Ishu needs me.

Mishti was looking at Abir and seeing his concern for Ishana, her heart felt a pain…. A pain as if she had lost him…. A pain that she was no longer his first priority…. A pain that maybe she had no second chance with him anymore…. His words “Ishu needs me” were ringing in her ears…. Tears collected in her eyes but she controlled them…. Priyanka noticed this and felt sad for her….

Ranveer: Abir, go to her, we’ll manage here.

Abir quickly nodded and sat in his vehicle and drove away…. Mishti looked on as his jeep disappeared around the corner of the road…. Maybe she was late to mend anything…. He was no longer hers…. He had a different life now and she was no longer the most important part….

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Ranveer and Priyanka were sitting in Ranveer’s room when Mishti walked in with the records in her hand…. Her look clearly showed that whatever the man had told them was the truth…. Siddharth had paid him to bring in a fake employee for the Ranas who would confess to owning the number which Tia had contacted to over the months….

Mishti: Karan is saying the truth, when I checked more into the records of the Ranas, there is no mention of the man whom we had arrested last week.

Ranveer: Well then it is time to meet Siddharth Rana again.

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Abir knocked the door of Ishana’s apartment…. It opened after few minutes and he was taken aback by Ishana’s state…. Her bloodshot eyes clearly showed that she had been crying continuously…. Seeing Abir in front of her Ishana just hugged him tightly…. Abir stumbled a little because of her action but steadied himself and covered her with his arms…. He caressed her hair to calm her down…. Once her sobbing stopped he wiped her tears and took her inside…. He locked the door and made her sit on the couch…. He went inside and got her a glass of water…. Ishana drank the water and kept the glass on the coffee table…. Abir sat in front of her…. He had many questions in her mind…. Seeing her state made him more worried….

Abir: Ishu….

Ishana: Abir, he is back, and he’ll not leave me this time. I cannot face him again.

The fear in her voice shocked Abir…. The Ishana he had known over the past years was nowhere near to the Ishana who was sitting in front of him…. Ishana had always stood in front of him as someone with immense strength….

Abir: Ishu, who is back, tell me clearly what has happened?

Ishana: Yes, the same Daksh Khurana.

Abir was shocked….

Abir: Ishu, don’t worry this time you are not alone, I am there with you. He won’t be able to hurt you again. I’ll never let him come near you also.

Ishana: Please Abir, save me from him, I don’t want to go through any of that again.

Seeing her pleading for help brought tears in Abir’s eyes also…. Seeing her broken and vulnerable like this pained his heart…. He promised himself that he wouldn’t let her break more…. He would stand by her and protect her….

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