Hello…Everyone…It’s Jessie again….Am so sorry…but…Lotssa works…Pongal cleaning…white wash…and all..uff…cold bi….I honestly felt bad for not updating..but too many reasons…you all know..how much I love to update frequently…..ok….Advance Happy Pongal..to you all…Makar sakranthi wishes…!! Little queen is done…I will post the moment I get lappy..now its almost 12..thats y….
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Chapter 30 (Part 2)
“Sir….But where is Mathews..”,Atif asked confused driving towards Sunshine Resort….
“He was supposed to return yesterday from Bangalore…he went for his SIL’s marriage”,he rubbed his forehead as he tried for Mathews…..”Atif….don’t drive to main entrance…the other one,near sea view…ok..??!!”,he dialed to one of his men.,following their vehicle…”Now,take the lead,get inside the resort one of you!! Got it.,! Keep me informed..”,he said orderly…
“Sir you suspect a trap?,”Atif slowed down a little…
“We dint aim for renovating roofs..so….probably heights wouldn’t be…umm..so..how can someone lose their lives…”,he murmured relaxing his neck muscles…
“Sir..in that case…the trap isn’t for you..”,Atif applied brakes..and saw his boss looking him confused…
“Why not…someone who knew am here..could have planned….to get me here..”,he said unaffected…
“But…usually…its we..boys or legal associates who reach before you….even now…Sir,you dint prefer to visit the site..so..this could have also been calculated..”,Atif’s in-depth knowledge of his field.,dint fail to make him think the other way…
“I don’t think so…keep moving…”,he cocked his brow saying so..
“Agreed tat sir…some one should be too shrewd to guess that way…but the person isn’t….”,Atif said getting hold of the wheel…
“Atif!..be straight!”,he clipped…
“Sir…I think you should meet ma’am…something to divert your attention…this ain’t a big issue for business tycoons like you….”,Atif made his point straight…
“What makes you to suspect that…..She isn’t like me to be targeted…..a budding bussines..”,his words were cut in the middle.,
“Don’t get me wrong…but Ma’am herself is worth to be targeted ..Am.sorry!! But….she….”…
Arjun raised his brows…”Did you realize what you said now.!”,he looked Atif’s face..
“Sir….!! Yes!! We…! In this field..will think the other way..too….!! She is a target for someone…!!! Am sure.!.”,Atif drove with his gaze fixed on the road before…
“Left from here…”,Arjun said after a minute….his mobile flashed with Mathews name when his fingers were busy texting to Neil…
“Yea…what’s happening..”,he inquired gritting his teeth….
“Sir….just now your boys informed me…..Am in resort sir…the workers are much alive….its just they slipped and got admitted in hospital…and Sir…Sir…I was there at that time….”,Mathews said hurried but clear…
“What got you this late to reply me…you want me to come every single time…and why the heck you dint inform.me in first place..?”he shot his questions back to back highly annoyed..
“Sir….it happened..after you left the resort yesterday…..I..informed…senior…
“What.??…Mathews.!!”,(he addressed him sharp)… “You forgot my words..?? Why did you call.him when am here….??…Aren’t you aware of..”,(he sighed closing his eyes) better..leave your job.now….out..!!”,he hung the call….
Parking besides the sea view route,Atif saw his boss as he got down.,he called his fellow guards sent for Birdsong,and informed to guard back gate.,and inquired about the situation there…
Arjun banged his fist on dashboard,rejecting Mathews calls…..Atif texted Mathews about their location…
“Sir…we were asked not to disturb you for a week isn’t…how will Mathews call you…and you know about senior Mehra….He calls us every hour.”,Atif brought the topic again as he saw Mathews heading towards them….”Mathews is one painstaking employee….pls think about it..sorry..if..”,Atif paused when Arjun shot him a glare….
“Sir…Please..!! Am sorry for…I had been arguing with the cops there…someone passed the same fake news….and they came for enquiry…..”
“Are you sure..the men aren’t fake…are they still there…..”,Atif interfered Matherws…
“No…I checked it…I spoke with higher official to clear the air..Sir.!..someone exaggerated a simple issue….Sir.!..cops dint allow me to attend the call..”,the 6 feet tall dark man said sullen clearly exhibiting his helplessness,and irritation…
“Who.Called.Me?”,he asked cold.,digits of his left rubbing his right cheek…
“Sir…..I was about to check that…in Cctv…”,Mathews stopped listening Atif to speak with someone in a call..
“Guys…check every vehicle’s reg no:..:..the person must be still there…figure out the trickster and drag him to our place..”,Atif said authoritative and turned to face Arjun….”Am sure sir..he will be there…..”,he nodded…
“Sir…pls…it was around 9 yesterday night when I was informed about the incident…and exactly that time,Sir too called me…It was sir’s orders…not to disturb…you….at……”,Mathews hesitated to continue further…
Arjun knew what would be the next word..,he raised his neck a little and cleared his throat to silence,Mathews…
“Mathews..!!…(he paused..and saw him to nod respected…)..”May I know the details of your boss?”,he asked nonchalant…
“He is Arjun Ratan Mehra!! My boss!”,Mathews said grim…
“Be it vacation or anything….my dad’s orders or my wife’s request in future…I don’t want that as a excuse…!! It should be…Me in first place…else….”,he snapped his look from Mathews to Atif…
The guys saw their boss straight.,who posed the manoeuvre like that of a king,sitting inside the vehicle,in figure four style,tapping his right forefinger over his crossed thigh…and they stood next to his side,of the window..listening him…
“I won’t repeat the same..!! Am sorry Sir”,Mathews apologized again…
“Good..hope you remember this,till you work here”,he leaned forward to pick his mobile…
“Means..till the last day of my life”,Mathews said surprising Arjun….and smiled at Atif….
“You guys…!!!”,Arjun exclaimed chuckling inward….he saw Atif to coil his arm around Mathews shoulder…. “Sir..We won’t leave you!!”,Atif smiled wide….
“So..you called Mathews here..”,Arjun fake glared him.,and dialed to know to Neil..
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“Amar..Check the parking…especially the vehicle of that team..Pass me the number..Fast.!”,Prena said as her car moved away from their Apartment compound…..
“Sid…Ask those guys to go back…Am I a don! to be followed with 8 bodyguards”,she murmured annoyed.,Sidesh.,her Personal guard and her driver smothered their laughter…
“Ma’am…Arjun Sir and Neil sir will hang me to death.,If I do so.”,the 5’7 fair complexioned fellow animated his fear…
“Enough of your drama.!! Your dad was far better in acting”,she mocked him.,scrolling her mobile…
“Mr..Sunil…Am..”
“Tell me Aunty….How are you? and what…”
“Listen Sunil….I have a news about Drug dealing….Can you send a team now?”,Prena gestured to drive slow…
“Of course..But where…and that’s our job..Aunty..how you got the tip…”,the guy in mid thirties got off his chair walking around his official desk..
“Heard that already they tricked you with fake news..and you are in a raid somewhere…”,Prena dug it deep to know from that familiar officer of Narcotics dept…
“what..??..Raid..! No…!! I wil..”,his words failed every time when she cut his words…..
“May be you don’t know..you are a little one still,”Prena smirked leaning on her backseat comfortably…
“Aunty..!! I will be informed in first place…but tell me…fake news and raid…I mean…”
“Are you sure with your end of news..Confirm and text me..”,She quickly disconnected and dialed to Amar….
“Pin down the fellows…”,she ordered…
“Ma’am how…”,Amar asked confused..
“You want me to teach everything…that’s a plan…So..do every possible thing to sidetrack them..2nd entrance!!…I will be in next 15 mins….Get them down in godown or anywhere…Else you will be fired.”,she said stern…
Sidhesh turned to her side…”Ma’am.,shall I ..”,she gestured to be silent receiving another call…
“Yes…Sunil..”,her voice turned a tone down to gather information.,and Sidhesh shook his head glancing their driver once…
“Aunty..Am sure…No raids today…But…”
“Thanks…I will check with the information again….”
“Aunty..whats the problem..where is Neil..”,he asked finally…
“Someone is repeating the same old game..! Nothing..I will call you later..”,she closed her eyes to calm herself…
-After 10 mins-
“Ma’am..they are fake..got them down”,Amar clipped in his 5 secs lasting call….Prena’s jaw clenched listening that…After a moment of deep thought she punched her mobile screen throwing her frustration….
“So how are you both?”,Prena spoke saccharine sweet….
“What’s wro..”
“You don’t know..!! Ratan Bhai is supposed to know everything that happens under the sun..”.,she sarcastically remarked and the man on the other side sat upright in his study’s mahogany chair…
“Anythin..”.he wasn’t let to finish his sentence….
“Bhai..Just listen!! This time…You aren’t going to stop me…They targeted Neil!…How dare! how dare to target my son…Did I intervene in anything.,I stayed aloof..then why to harm us…Fake raid in his hotel”,she gritted her teeth, holding her rage…
“What..but why”,RR Mehra asked confused…
“Whyyy?!!”,she mocked his query high…”Where is Samrat…And you both are leisurely….”,her words were cut in…
“Bhabhi..Pls….What happened in Royal Residency.? and Neil.,he secured every…”
“Wah! Samrat.! Finally you spoke..I thought you forgot us reaching London…you needn’t worry about Neil….Wonder!..what Radhu is facing now.?”,she stood in her pace of throwing
annoyance…
Both the men accepted their defeat of unable to decipher the situation with her words,and she explained things in one go…
“Aru and Neil had been intentionally diverted with fake stunts.,and guess what for,this would have been done..”..,she exhaled deep…”Samrat.!!….Aru isn’t ready for BS…So…Lets move things the other way…bring the POA in effect…You inform by yourself….We have Neil and Arjun to face the problems.,so let Radhu and Sam stay back..until…”,Prena’s clear.,crisp and dominating tone clearly voiced her firm decision..,and her pause din’t fail to have its effect..
“Until?”,RR asked curious…
“Until..”,Prena smiled…
“Bhabhi…”,Samrat called meekly…
“Yes…. Come to India soon…you both!!”,she clipped as she got down…
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-Bird song-
“What the hell..Are you people insane?”,Neil yelled to the clients in Samrat’s cabin….
She sat tapping her left foot nonstop.,elbows over the table,supporting her face looking the ceiling….
“Samrat uncle is on a trip….and..”,Neil looked them irritated…Clients.,investors..,gathered that early believing a rumor about company….His gaze shifted to Radhika.,who sat chewing upon the situation..,allowing them to scream out their doubts…
“Heard that Samrat left because of the severe loss..”….”No..again…he lost to RR..”…”that’s y he got her married to his son..”,they continued with what their feed.!!
“In either way..She is the owner isn’t..then whats your problem”.,Neil asked cool after thinking for a minute…
“We are here to withdrew our project..”,a man of late fifties said…
“Why..Mehras will flare in business., hm..better than khannas”,Neil chuckled inwardly to rile up Piyali….Radhika glared him listening that…
“Samrat will return from Darjeeling next week…There is no such nonsense gonna happen or have happened…”,Piyali tried hard to sound unaffected…
“That’s a lie…Ask him to speak at least….Why isn’t he attending our calls.”,a person asked….
Piyali looked Radhika…..If only he had called anyone among them.,she would have argued…
“Well..! Its me…the acting chairperson…and Neil..our share holder..shares the authority along with me..”,Radhika said scrutinizing her view on each one of them…
“What you know..about…”,a men of her age took a step forward..
“Shut Up!! Just..Shut up!! Don’t waste my time….Its gonna happen this way!!…to keep on with Birdsong is purely your choice..! Lets deal everything Legal.!”,she moved around her table,and leant her back on table.,crossing her arms and legs…
“Legal! Are you holding the power legally?”,an elderly person asked….She smirked at them…”Proof?”.,he asked…She snapped her look at Neil…
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-Royal Residency-
“Wake them up.”,Prena ordered….She took the wooden chair.,and glared the guys lying semi conscious..,and the packets of stuff lying next to them…She did guess.,their plan..of staging a drama.,of ceasing drugs only in their presence…Only in Neil’s presence….!!…To ruin the hotel’s name.,his fame.,and his peace..!! How much he loved being in this business…She signaled Sidhesh.,and he slapped a guy hard.,who tried to open his eyes…
“Heavy dosage of chloroform?”,she asked derisive…
Gaining conscious.,the guys turned terrified looking their shirts on that corner of room…..Understanding the impossibility to get away alive.,they began to beg for their lives…
“Ssshh…!! Am not going to kill you…Do I look that bad”,she asked..
Sidhesh smirked an unseen one listening that….
“I know.,who had sent you….So..Lets get into another deal….Now..you all need to do me a favor…Okay?”,she smiled at them and one among them cried looking Sidhesh….
“What did I do”,Sidhesh blinked innocence and that guy’s eyes froze looking Sidhesh’s fingers fixing the suppressor over the muzzle of semi-automatic pistol…
“Don’t frighten the kids.”,She got up…. “Ok now…The story is….workers caught you thinking to be real cops and you people escaped..!! So..this will help you to stay away from doubts..doubts of Mr.X..the one who had sent you….But…But…From me..?? I can frame you in unsolved ones and let you rot behind the bars….Even your family won’t be spared..because..we have lots of cases,you see…unable to find culprits….So..”
“Madam ji…What you want us to do..”,a guy next to Sidhesh asked….
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“Dad….You still keep…”,Arjun smiled receiving RR’s call…
“Aru….”,Samrat called surprising Arjun..
“Uncle..you use dad’s phone..Anyways…Its been a week you are in contact only with me…Radhika is hell angry on you..So…”
“Will you listen us..”,RR Mehra asked sharp..
“Definitely not..Am sorry.!”,he said strict after listening Samrat’s decision to get him in BS..Gesturing Atif to get inside the car.,he waved to Mathews…
“But Aru…”,Samrat tried to convince him..
“Uncle..I asked you to register her POA…now why you want me..??…Even as a plan to fool your rivals.,I can’t step in…becau..”
“We din’t ask your opinion..You are going there..!! Once reaching there.,call me…I will be waiting for your call…and Go like a Mehra…ARM!!..Hope you got the meaning.”,RR said uncompromising…
“Now..What have you done there…..ARM?? Dad…! did you…”,he banged his fist annoyed when the call got cut abrupt..
“Flats..!”,Arjun clipped and laid his head back to relax himself…
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“Prena…Aru will come there..But holding him back for Samrat’s company or for any of your plan depends on you….Keep us updated..”,RR said like a report…
“Thanks….Aru will see what I want him to….He will not step back hereafter…”,She replied crisp unraveling her plan.,disappointing the men other side.,staying 4000 miles away from her…
“Prena..Tell..wha….”
“I won’t….Come to India ASAP”,she shut the phone with that…
“They are ready Ma’am”,Sidhesh’s voice forced her to turn around to see those guys in Police uniform..!!
“Good boys!”,she smiled to them… “Got their details..”,she asked to Sidhesh…”Now….Don’t try to fool me..I will be watching..”she looked them expectant..
They nodded their heads in affirmative..
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-Bird song-
“It’s all because of Samrat….Why he behaves so…??”,Piyali lamented for the umpteenth time.,but Radhika had her eyes fixed on Neil,asking the men to wait in adjacent hall…She saw the employees to share weird confused glances about the ongoing happening….Things will be cleared now..!! within minutes..when she gets the POA papers..!! She cursed herself for being less attentive on herself,concentrating only on Arjun…Arjun.!!
She moved aside.,and informed Sarat about the headless rumor about her company….”Uncle..what made them to think.,that dad lost this company…just because he is out of station?”,she asked calculative though she was annoyed…
“I will handle it..15 mins I will be there…”,Sarat clipped..
She sighed dejected of not receiving a proper reply…
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Neil smiled reading a positive reply from Prena….He was indeed worried when his mom got into action.,avoiding him… “Be with Radhu..”,she texted again….
“Sir..But why do you ask that..I mean that is unregistered”,Agarwal said knocking Neil’s sense down…
“What?”,he gasped holding his mobile close to his ears.,taking few steps away from that hall…
“Yes..It bears your signatures…but ..”
“So..Is..Arjun’s registered.?.”,Neil asked hurried…
“Ah..Yes sir….But Sarat sir..has those…”
Irritated with the second call disturbing him,he saw the screen unresponsive.,but felt relaxed looking Arjun’s name….disconnecting Agarwal’s call abruptly,he hurried.,”Arjun…What happened..”
“Nothing..Its fake..But..whats wrong there”,
“Come here..”,Neil clipped..
“Why…Shall I get the POA papers from Sarat uncle..You don’t leave her alone..”,Arjun said..
“God!! Arjun…Ours is unregistered…Its yours which holds value…and come fast…I will tackle Radzzie…”,Neil sagged into a chair on waiting hall…
“But..”
“Are you a fool….Its registered…Come for a day atleast..Lets decide things later..”,Neil said annoyed with Arjun’s hesitation…
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“Hello Piyuuu..”,Piyali rolled her eyes and checked her mobile for the caller’s name…she responded..”Yes..who is this?”.
“Uff..Still you act…Wish to see you in movies..your bad luck….”..
“Cut the crap…what for..”
“Cutting your crap…I called to wish you for your last day in your so called company..”
“What nonsense..have you lost it..”,Piyali spoke controlling herself from yelling…
“Nope..you gonna lose it…”
“In your dreams..”,Piyali said in between her teeth
“Dreams come true..I make them to..”
Piyali smirked..”You still believe…Poor you..the ball is in my court…”
“I let it to stay..But baby..this game doesn’t need the ball…Trump card..”
“I have that too…”,Piyali leaned back comfortable…
“Which one..May be the one sitting next to you…But mine is…”
Piyali’s eyes snapped to look Radhika who was in a deep thought…”Yours is Neil?..”,she laughed a little,inaudible to Radhika.,and continued..”He is a joker.”
“You did a mistake by framing my son…”,Prena seethed in anger…
“Wha..
“Don’t act innocent..!….Am waiting to watch you step out of BS..the way I left Khanna Industries…And I swear…You will never step back there…”.,Prena said cold..
“Prena..you fool..”
“Shut up..you b***h..!..I let you live your life.!..After what you did..to everyone of us…And here again….it begins..,,This time..Its a king.! who gonna throw you out…A king! Remember.,Your words!..King!”.Prena enunciated the word deliberately…
“Stop it..”…
“Fool…A joker is worthier than a king in a game…This is why I said..Business.Is.Not.In.Your.Blood!”,Prena said high.,sneering…
“Prena…What the he…”,Piyali turned irritated…
“Wait to watch the game.,I play with My king and Joker to destroy your court…let the ball stay there..I let it to..”,Prena spelt slow and calculative in rage..
“Good..!! Watched some movie or play..? My trump card…”,Piyali saw Radhika to fiddle her mobile.. “Your princess”,she whispered…”Is the one..who will bring your king down..”
Prena laughed a little…”No harm in dreaming until we wake u….Let your dreams Rest in peace”,she laughed aloud and disconnected the call…
Piyali..How much I wish to see your face now..She said to herself…
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-Arjun’s flat-
He adjusted his black coat..,his cheeks edged away as his fingers ran over the buttons of his shirt….”Choco brown..you look yummy!”..he saw her photo on the wall before recalling her words…His mobile beeped with Neil message asking him to come soon…
Atif smiled wide..a cheerful one.,when he saw his boss back in his style….Arjun strode fast with his fingers running in his left side dark locks,right swaying free…
“Huh! ARM!”,he sighed to Atif as he got inside the car..
“I missed this Boss!”,Atif replied surprising him… “Your caliber?”,Atif asked..
“This time Derringer.”,he pulled Radhika’s pistol back from his waist coat’s pocket…
“Cute..”,Atif replied..
“Radhika’s”,he laughed amused looking Atif’s eyes to get widened in shock…
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“What are they actually going to say?”,Sidhesh asked again when Prena continued her instructions to those guys parking their vehicles little away from BS….Prena shot a look to them..and one among them said.,”Well..we received a complaint against the owner of this company…waiting for our higher officials orders to proceed further…”
“We may inquire her first before taking her in custody.,”,the other one said…
“Her?”,Sidhesh cocked his brow… “Mrs..Radhika..”,a guy replied..
Sidhesh turned his head,shocked, to face Prena…”But to whom..are they going to say this”.,he asked and felt to lose his sense listening Prena..
“ARJUN MEHRA”,Prena said little loud with smile…
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