My Key To Freedom…- RiAnsh OS

Hii everyone!! Happy Independence Day!! I know I am late but i didn’t know how my OS becam so long 😛 don’t get bored

Riddhima was standing in the middle of a crossroad, in the middle of night. She sat down with a thud on her knees, taking a fistfull of soil in her hand. Letting it go slowly, as she watched it happening. She looked up, at the National Flag, which was moving with the air.

“I prooved it. I did it. I wish I didn’t have to wait for my death, like you didn’t have to do. Don’t worry. I am coming to you soon.” With a deep pain arising in her chest, she sighed heavily and closed her eyes, only ONE drop of tears escaped through her eyes and she smiled feeling something on her forehead.

Flashback

“Vansh please take your tiffin!!” Riddhima tip toed from the kitchen in her kurti-plazzo with a tiffin in her hands.

“Thank you Mrs. Blushhead.” Vansh kissed her forehead taking the tiffin and she, as usual, blushed.

“I…I am not… blushhead.” Riddhima replied shyly.

“Okk then my panda, I will be back soon. We will spend some time together.” Now, Vansh kissed her cheeks and left. Riddhima stood at the door till he was out of her sight.

Coming back again, she saw that his story room was all, messed up. She smiled and cleaned the room, arranging the files properly, keeping the pens, pencil in the pen stand.
While continuing with cleaning, her eyes went through an envelope. It was not even opened. She opened it, and read it fully.
Her worried expression could tell it was not any normal letter. She heard the doorbell ring and saw 2 police officers standing at the door.

“Vansh just left.” Riddhima told them.

“That’s fine madam ji. He forgot the blue file here only can you please give it?” One of them retorted.

Riddhima nodded and went back to the study, took the blue file in her hand. But stopped in middle.

“Blue means confidential. It shouldn’t be given to any police officer rather than the one who has it.” She recalled her memory. She kept the blue file and exited the room, only to see both of them sitting in the hall.

“There is no blue file and…” Riddhima was cutted in between.

“There is! If you don’t mind we would like to see the study.”  The other said.

Even though she had noticed full politeness in their eyes, Riddhima denied for any file to be there. Both of them greeted Riddhima and left. Riddhima closed the door and sighed.
Her footsteps echoed in the hall, as she slowly moved towards their bedroom.

Picking her phone, she dialer Vansh’s number which was unreachable. Riddhima was a little confused but dialed again and this time, Vansh picked it up.

“Missing me so much?” Vansh said teasing her.

“Tch .. I called you to tell something.” Riddhima said.

“That you love me? I know.” Vansh replied.

“Vansh it’s serious.” Riddhima explained.

“What happened?” Vansh’s voice
immediately changed to concerned.

“Two policemen came saying you have sent them to get the file.” Riddhima said.

“Don’t say you have it to them.” Vansh replied.

“No I didn’t. I know those are confidential.” Riddhima exclaimed.

“Thank God sweetheart.” Vansh sighed in relief.

“Is there any problem Vansh?” Riddhima asked.

“There is, I will come home and explain.” Vansh said “call you later, love you.”

“Love you too.”

Riddhima smiled and keeping the phone back, left for doing some household chores.
After making the lunch, she was getting bored so decides to watch TV. She switched it on, only to see the news about a police officer who has been jailed right now for being disloyal.

Riddhima was little tensed. She called Vansh, but his phone was switched. The doorbell rang again, again there were police officers.

“Your husband is arrested for being disloyal.” One of them said.

“You can meet him for the last time.” The other exclaimed.

Riddhima was numb, she hurriedly went with them only to see Vansh standing silently as his batches, and starts were being removed, he was going be hanged. Riddhima ran to him pushing all the officers and hugged him tightly to which he responded doing the same.

“How did this happen Vansh?” Riddhima sobbed hard.
“It’s all a plan sweetheart. I lost everything. I lost my dream, I lost my respect, I lost… I lost my life.” Vansh said with tears filling up.

“No no no!! You….no vansh! ..” Riddhima cried loudly clutching him more tightly.

A tear escaped Vansh’s eyes seeing his Sweetheart crying like this, for him.

“Riddhima…you have to… fulfill my only dream. Now it will be fulfilled by you.” Vansh rubbed her back wiping her tears.

“Please don’t leave me Vansh… I will die without you.” Riddhima whispered to him.

“Oh laila majnu! Leave now! Your time on earth is over!” Some of the officials laughed.

Riddhima and Vansh looked at each other with deep pain in their eyes, all the emotions, dwelling up together, the moments they cherished together.

Riddhima pulled by some lady officers and same for the Vansh. Riddhima cried loudly but all she could do scream and cry, the officers took him inside the room and closed the door. Riddhima was still crying Vansh’s name trying to move from the lady officer’s clutches and she heard a gunshot.

The officer left Riddhima and she fell down on the floor, lying straight with tears in her eyes.

3 months later

Riddhima was sitting in Vansh’s study going through some files, checking up everything and listing them.
“According to the reports, Vansh was in touch with terrorists, but there is no date or time given, I should check up on that too. One more robbery.” Riddhima smiled slightly and sighed.

Wearing pants and shirt along with a hoodie, she covered her face with a handkerchief. Kissed Vansh’s picture and locked the house with a small bag pack. Coming out, she ran slowly towards the nearest police station, some of the police men were sleeping, some were having coffee, while some were busy solving the cases.

Riddhima went to the backside, and slowly entered the inspector’s cabin from the cabin. It was the same man who joked on them that day. Riddhima took out the bottle of chloroform and got a handkerchief wet from it, putting it infront of the nose of the sleeping officer. As soon as she felt he was unconscious, she rushed to open the cupboard looking at the files with name of people… There she found it.

VRS

She carressed the name. Putting it back in her bag, she left from there not before writing ‘Idiot’ on the officer’s forehead with a pen.

Entering home back, she sat on the study table again with her round specs while she was busy in comparing what happened and what is written in the file, pictures of Vansh in the court, at the police station, leaving from home, being with Riddhima, everything was sychronised.

“This is enough to prove him innocent.” Riddhima said with a smile.

“Don’t worry Vansh. Your dream will be fulfilled.” Riddhima said looking the picture of Vansh on her phone. Scrolling through pictures in her gallery, their marriage, their honeymoon, their arrival to Mumbai, their closeness, everything was captured in Vansh’s phone.

The clock struck 12, the date changed to 14th August. Riddhima opened her eyes. She got up and changed into a beautiful pair of salwar kurti, along with red bindi and some blue bangles. Took her backpack full of files, pictures and evidence and left her home, locking it. She directly went to the police station, and stole the files infront them and ran away, the police officers chased her but she was running more and more faster and at last when she saw no kne behind, she came to crossroad beneath the national flag.

Present
(hope you didn’t forget it was flashback)

Riddhima smiled slightly when she felt something on her forehead.

A gun.

She looked towards the officer, and smile widely. The police made her sit in the Jeep and took her to the police station. She was sitting their with her hand handcuffed. She looked the officer whom she wrote ‘Idiot’. He came and sat next to her.

“You can’t do anything alone. Accept your defeat.” He said.

Riddhima looked at his uniform, his name, Kabir and chuckled.

“Inspector Kabir, today you will free from being an inspector.” Riddhima said politely.

Kabir laughed and went away. Riddhima too smiled and slept on the seat.

15th August, 7:30 am

Riddhima was standing handcuffed in the court.

“Mrs. Riddhima Rai Singhania, can we please know the reason of the theft?” The judge asked straightaway.

“I…w…Why can a person steal something?” Riddhima did acting of stammering.

“That’s my point my lord, she is trying to defame the police like her husband did!

“No!!! Don’t you dare say anything about it from your filthy mouth. I can porve him innocent RIGHT HERE!!” Riddhima shouted at the lawyer, her plan was working perfectly.

“Oh really? Then do please. He just…”

“Mr. Jagdish. You shouldn’t repeat the same thing again again, we have heard it.” The judge said.

Riddhima looked at the judge, he blinked at her and Riddhima nodded. Wiping her tears, she asked for her bag. Opening it, she got every single point.

“My lord, according to the file made by officer Kabir, Vansh went to meet these ‘imaginary’ terrorist on 5th of May. 3months ago. So i think I only have to prove that on 5th of May, he didn’t meet any terrorist. Am I right Mr. Jagdish?”

She asked the lawyer who nodded in yes with his curiosity to know what she is planning to do. Here, Kabir had understood that his plans are going to fail miserably.

“I have these pictures your honour, of 5th of May.”

Riddhima handed over all the pictures to the judge. The pictures had time stamps, and each picture was totally explained by Riddhima in a fluent way. The judge glared Kabir with deadly eyes.

“ I think this would be enough.” Riddhima explained standing infront of the judge.

“This prooves that Mrs. Rai Singhania is not guilty, she wanted to prove her husband loyal and she had very well succeeded in it. So now, Inspector Vansh Rai Singhania is settled free from the jail, and Mrs. Riddhima Vansh Rai Singhania is appointed as sub-inspector as she was incapable to do so due to her family.”

Riddhima forgot to listen everything else, she had tears of joy in her eyes. Her Vansh was alive!!

Riddhima was standing infront of the jail, peeking inside. Her frown changed to a smile as soon as she saw Vansh who stretching himself. Riddhima’s were full of tears, and same was for Vansh as soon he saw his life, his love, after 3 months.

Riddhima ran to him and he did the same, taking her in his arms moving in rounds. Riddhima clutched him tightly and cried. Vansh kissed all over her face and then on her forehead.

They touched their forehead, breathing heavily and giggling in happiness.

“You are my key to Freedom”

He said.

1863 words!!!!

I really didn’t realise what I wrote. Just watched Shershah and it’s such an awesome movie. Hats off to Dimple’s pure love. Hope you all liked it! Do comment your reviews and tell me how it was!!

Tanvi 💫