23 Punctured Tyre
Part 23 Punctured Tyre
Dhruv was nervous. Did Arnav find out about him?
but how? No way... he should have told Khushi to get her trust. There was no chance for him to know what he did? Arnav became cunning after seeing Khushi. To get her, he was showing himself a hero. He wanted to talk to Khushi.
He saw Khushi leaving Arnav's room and Arnav going to the office. It was clear that Arnav was thinking about something deep. He waited until Arnav left. He came to Khushi's room and knocked on the door. Khushi opened the door and stood, not letting him enter her room.
"What?"
"I need to talk to you."
"What about?"
"About you, me, and Arnav..."
"I don't think it's necessary," She said, even though she wanted to know what he wanted to talk about her, Arnav and himself. Because she didn't want him to know she was interested in that.
"How could you make such a decision to marry Arnav?"
"Why should I not?"
"Khushi, he cheated on you. He loved Anu and played a double game with you. Did you forget it?"
"He didn't love Anu. She is his friend."
"Did he say so?"
"Yes,"
"He is lying. How could you trust him?"
"How could I trust you?" She snapped.
Dhruv was struck.
"Even your father trusted me..."
"My father? What do you mean?"
"He wanted you to marry me. Didn't he ask you to marry me when you called him?"
Khushi frowned.
"How do you know what my father told me?"
"He... he only told me..." he managed to answer.
"But he never told me that you were in touch with him..."
"You had never liked him talking about me, right?"
"Oh, do you know that?"
Dhruv was silent.
"You know I never liked him talking about you. Still, you told your mother you would marry me. What do you think of me? Do you think I would accept your proposal if you declare it publicly?" she sneered.
"Yes, Khushi... I think in that way only. Because I know how much your father wanted you to become a Bahu of our family. You broke his heart. Only I know how he felt bad..." he played his sentimental card.
"So, you know my father's whereabouts..."
Dhruv was stuck. He understood what a blunder he had made.
"No. I don't know where he is. He called me sometimes..."
Khushi looked at him suspiciously.
"If I had known his whereabouts, would not I have taken you to him immediately after you came to India?"
"When did he call you last time?"
"Last week..."
"Didn't he call you after that?"
"No..."
"Tell him I'm in India if he calls you again." She said, observing him.
Dhruv's eyes sparked. Yes, he could tell her that Shashi was against her marrying Arnav.
"I will ask him to call you, if he calls me," Dhruv said, as if he was a nice guy.
"Mmm..."
Dhruv left RM immediately and headed to the place where he was keeping Shashi. He wanted to call Khushi through Shashi's phone. He could clear all her doubts and make her believe him.
He hurriedly started his car and headed to the bungalow.
That was when he got a call on his phone. It was one of the guards who looked after Shashi. He went to meet his girlfriend the last night and returned the next morning, but he didn't see anyone in the bungalow. So, he called his partner, but his partner didn't answer. Aman snatched his phone just as he was about to cage him in their godown.
Having no choice, he called Dhruv. He attended the call. Before he asked,
'How is Shashi uncle?'
The man asked.
"Sir, where are Shashi sir and Kaluram?"
"What do you mean, Kishor? Where are they? Where the hell are they?" Dhruv asked, panicking.
"Sir, I went to my house last night as my mother fell ill. I took her to the hospital. (He lied to Dhruv as he would kill him if he said he went to meet his girlfriend.) I just came back and saw the house being vacant. No one is here, sir. That's why I called you."
Dhruv was horrified.
"Where are they? Where did they go? But how? Who would have taken them?" he asked, not understanding anything.
"Sir, don't you know where they went? I thought you would have taken them somewhere for his treatment."
Dhruv was horrified. He remembered how Arnav talked to him confidently that morning.
"Wait. I will be there in an hour." Dhruv disconnected the call and geared the car up.
Kishor disconnected the call and heard a mild noise behind. He turned behind. In no time, someone sprayed something on his face. He fell to the ground, losing his consciousness.
Dhruv came to the place and shouted,
"Kishor... Kishor... where are you?"
He didn't get any reply. He searched for him while dialling his number. His mobile rang from the next room. Dhruv rushed to the room and found Kishor lying on the floor. He tapped his cheek.
"Kishor... what happened?"
Kishor didn't respond as he was unconscious. He heard a noise in the building. Dhruv looked around nervously. He saw a few masked men surrounding him. he stood up fearfully as they had a log in their hands. They started hitting him black and blue. Dhruv could do nothing as there were seven members.
"Hey, why are you hitting me?" They didn't mind answering him, but concentrated on what they started.
After breaking his hand and leg, they left the place. leaving screaming Dhruv.
Aman disconnected the call, smiling at Arnav.
"Done..." Aman raised his thumb.
Arnav leaned on his seat.
"We could have kidnapped Dhruv. Then we will become free..."
Cutting him,
"No... it will affect my wedding with Khushi. If we leave Dhruv freely, he will try to create problems between me and Khushi. that's why I want him to be helpless for a while."
"Do you think he will be quiet even if you break his leg and hand?" Aman asked.
"He won't be... at the same time, he could do nothing. He will be in fear of missing Uncle Shashi. He can't be peaceful from here on."
"Mmm... I inquired about the doctor's crew and talked to them. They are ready to treat Shashi uncle."
"That's great. Send him to Tamil Nadu and start the treatment as soon as possible."
"Yeah, I will take care of him."
"No, you don't, it. We should not underestimate Dhruv. He may send his men to watch us to know about Uncle Shashi's whereabouts. So, assign someone whom Dhruv can't doubt."
"Mmm..."
RM
RM became feverish, seeing Dhruv's condition. He called his friends and asked them to bring him home. He didn't listen to them when they said he should be taken to the hospital to get treated. He wanted Khushi to see him in that condition. So that she would sympathise with him and would not ask him about Shashi. What would he tell her if she asked him about his father? He thought he would talk to her in his father's voice as always. But her father and his phone were missing. He didn't know who they were. Why did they take Shashi from his place?
At first, he doubted Arnav. Later, he changed his mind. They could not be Arnav's men because Arnav would not have been quiet if he had known the truth that he was the one who kidnapped Shashi. They might be someone who was related to Shashi. Dhruv connected the wrong dots. Arnav knew this was how Dhruv's pea-sized brain would function. He knew what Dhruv would do if he tried to prove him wrong. He would easily break the truth with his strong lies. So, proving him was a waste of time. As of now, making him powerless was more important. Or else, he would trouble them in some ways.
Everyone in RM was shocked to see Dhruv, who looked like a punctured tyre, including Khushi. That was the condition until Arnav arrived.
To be continued...
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