Greetings everyone… Ananya here. Hope you all haven’t forgotten me… Long time… Sincere apologies to all of you amazing writers out there, I haven’t been able to read your stories or even the comments I got on my previous episode. But I’ll get back there by and by… Hope you guys aren’t miffed with me…
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An important message to all of you from Pallavishah… She will not be able to post her story, but will try to do so this week, and says that she will finish her ff in a few episodes.
Twinj: When I fell for you: Episode 26
A quick recap: Finally Twinj’s love story is back on track, Twinj spend time together
It’s night. Perhaps beyond midnight. The dogs are howling, the wind joins them, it’s a new moon, the Taneja mansion is filled with darkness, and everyone is asleep. Oh wait…. Looks like someone is still up… Not one, but two…
They sneek into one of the rooms, fumbling in the darkness, completely relying on whatever little light their phones could show.
It’s Rahul’s room. The budding entrepreneur is fast asleep, a satisfied look on his face. The mysterious two move around quickly, looking for something, making as little noise as possible. They stop as one of them opens a drawer, and pulls out two CDs, having the labels Ransom Video 1 and 2 respectively. The mysterious two in hoodies smirked, and one of them murmured, “Finders keepers, loosers weepers!”, as they high fived each other, and walked out, leaving everything the way they had found it.
The next morning.
Rahul, Chinki and Aman are discussing how they will be punished real soon by Amaya and Yuvi, as the two walk down the stairs and get seated with them.
“Where did it go?” Amaya asked quietly, wondering what consequences they would have to face.
“How foolish can you guys be? We had to bring the second CD out in front of the elders today… Do you even realise how badly our plans can fail?” Yuvi roared at them, as they tried desperately to explain that the CD might have grown legs and walked away.. ??
“Bhai… If you promise not to punish us, we could perhaps tell you…” Rahul began, only to receive death glares from Chinki and Aman.
“Speak up!” Yuvi snapped, while they were wondering what they should do next. “Spill or don’t.. you guys are getting punished..” he warned.
But before they could speak up, they heard another voice answer him.
“Bhai… These people misplaced not one but two CDs… And I found them for you…” Kunj said, walking in with Twinkle, who was carrying Pari, as that was the name given to Yuvi and Amaya’s daughter.
They all stood up and looked at Twinj, who had anger filled expressions on their faces. They knew it was the end of their game.
“Chinki! We’re so dead yaar! Your bestie will literally suck the life out of us…” Aman muttered, as Chinki panicked, recalling what they had done.
(What do you think they have done? Do let me know… Ok.. no more interruptions.. let’s get back now)
Soon Leela and RT walked to them, and even Usha and Manohar were called.
“How did they get to know?” Chinki whispered in Aman’s ear, only to see that Aman was shocked beyond his senses.
“How could you?” Twinkle began, “Ma, do you even know that these people had been hiding these CDs containing ransom videos from Alisha’s kidnappers? Wait! You knew all this right? Isn’t that why you hastily took the decision of mine and Kunj’s marriage?” She asked, sniffing, wondering if they also knew about the other CD.
Yuvi, Amaya, Rahul, Chinki and Aman quickly shared a glance at each other, and heaved a sigh of relief, relieved that Twinkle had got to know only this part of their story.
Leela goes to Twinkle, and consoles her, explaining that right on the day after Alisha was kidnapped, they had received a CD, claiming that the kidnappers were well-wishers to both the families, and that if they wished to free Alisha, they would have to quickly get Twinj married, and if they tried any smart moves like informing the police or anyone outside the two families for that matter, they would kill Alisha.
Leela was crying by then, she claimed to be guilty of snatching away her daughter’s right to decide about her own marriage, but also assured Twinkle that had all this not happened, she would still get Twinj married, and she and Usha had decided it long ago.
Twinkle looked around the room at everyone accusingly. They knew they were all her culprits.
“All this is fine! But I’m not going to marry Kunj…” Twinkle said, thinking of Alisha.
They all looked on shocked. Kunj looked on confused. Before he could comprehend anything, the elders had begun persuading her, explaining that the kidnappers had claimed that if they could reach Alisha, they could also reach Twinkle, and then both families would be left helpless. After a lot of consoling and convincing, she agreed, and smiled at them, a hundred other things already running in her head.
“But Twinkle, where did you find these?” Rahul asked, as he came forward to take the CDs from her.
“That doesn’t matter… Anyway, who on Earth keeps this kind of stuff so well labelled as Ransom Video 1 and 2, idiot? Only you could do such a thing, so I thought of bringing these to you…” Twinkle told Rahul, playfully smacking his head.
She turned and winked at Kunj, as the two recalled going to Rahul’s room the previous night and stealing those CDs. Kunj smiled back at her, recalling their Sherlock Holmes avatar.
“But Rahul, Video 2?” Usha asked, as he widened his eyes in horror, realising that the elders had no notice of the second video.
“Ma… It had been left on our doorstep only last night. Even we haven’t watched it yet, we thought of bringing it before you all this morning..” Amaya said quickly, preventing further questions.
Soon Aman inserted the CD in the video player, and they watched the video.
The video only showed Alisha and her screams for help, nothing else. Not even the slightest hint of the background could be obtained from it. The kidnappers weren’t even speaking, avoiding any recognition by voice. Anything they wanted to convey was in text format. They congratulated both families, and affirmed that they knew the engagement was happening that day, and instructed them to keep their good work going, and of course, they had demanded smiles on their faces to avoid outsiders from realising that something had gone wrong. There was no other demand, and Alisha had clearly not been hurt even a little, rising suspicion in Twinkle’s mind.
Soon they all set forth to make the arrangements for the engagement that was to happen that evening.
As everyone ran around, Twinkle and Kunj played with Pari, as Yuvi and Amaya admired them. They got sentimental recalling their siblings being tiny babies, time had flown rapidly, and they had grown old enough to get engaged, and married soon.
“Twinkle, the kidnappers seem to be extremely brilliant. Not a single clue of them or their location. Not even a single trail left behind here… It only gets weirder at the fact that the only ransom they demand is our wedding…” Kunj told Twinkle, citing his observations.
“Oh Mr. Sherlock Holmes! Continue your investigation later. You two better go and get ready for your engagement now…” Yuvi said, rushing towards them, preventing any further discussion on the topic. “Fine!” Kunj said dejectedly, and gave Twinkle a peck on her cheek before walking away, while Twinkle looked down, avoiding eye contact with Yuvi and Amaya, who were teasing her endlessly.
Soon it was time for the engagement. It was planned to happen at the Tanejas’ since they didn’t have much time to book a hall and make other arrangements.
The guests had arrived, and so had the Sarnas, they were only waiting for the auspicious time.
Leela sent Kunj to bring Twinkle downstairs, as the girls were too busy getting pictures clicked.
Kunj walked to Twinkle’s room and knocked. Twinkle opened the door, and assuming it to be Chinki, who had helped her with her dress, said, “Come in quickly and close the door after you. I need some more pins to hold this dupatta in place” she said, clearly struggling with her lehenga.
Kunj smirked at her, and closed the door, just as she had wished. He slowly walked towards his love, who was so busy looking at herself in the mirror that she hadn’t noticed him. He stood behind her, and put his hands on her bare waist. She looked up at his reflection in the mirror immediately, feeling a sensation run down her spine. She looked at him lovingly, and he did so too.
“Gorgeous!” He whispered in her ears. She closed her eyes, feeling his breath on her face, and replied, “You too are looking amazing…” Kunj inched closer to her cheek and rubbed his nose on her cheek. Twinkle turned a lovely shade of crimson, smiling enchantedly.
She suddenly jerked out of his arms, and smacked her forehead. “My God! Stop dreaming Twinkle! How can Kunj be here? Focus on your dress…” She said to herself, as Kunj watched awestruck.
“Dreaming of me…? I’ll show you how this dream comes true my love…” He muttered, as he pulled her wrist, and she landed on his chest. She looked on boggled, still wondering if she was dreaming or not. He slowly caressed her face with his finger, and pulled her closer.
“It’s a bad think to be dreaming of your to be husband when he is right in front of you… Miss Taneja” he whispered in her ear, leaning close, and slowly pinched her hand, “This is not a dream….. Siyappa Queen!” He said, chuckling, as Twinkle’s eyes widened in horror, realising that she hadn’t been dreaming, and now Kunj knew that she does dream of him often.
“No worries sweetheart… I won’t tell anyone..” he said, while Twinkle looked away, avoiding his burning gaze on her.
“And if you are done dreaming, we should go downstairs, Leela ma sent me to call you…” He said, pecking her cheek. She looked at him and motioned towards her dupatta that was hanging loose off her shoulder. He smiled at her. “Jhalli!” He said, as he headed towards her dressing table to get pins, and helped her set her dress properly.
Once it was done, which took a long time, due to intervening romance in between, they held each other’s hands and walked down the stairs, where everyone was waiting for them.
That’s it for now guys.
Hope you liked it.
I’ll see you all soon. Till then, take care…
Loads of love to you all??
Bye