31 Malefic
Part 31 Malefic
Khushi was shocked to the core, seeing the photo of the dead person... Abhishek... The one who cheated on Anu in the name of Love. She could not hold herself from remembering what NK kept on telling her often. *I will kill that B******* one day for sure* whenever Khushi talked about Anu, NK didn't miss saying that. He was furious with Abhishek who was the reason for Anu's death.
NK loved Anu very much and wanted to marry her but she fell in love with the rouge called Abhishek. NK felt dejected. Yet, he could do nothing. He warned Anu and Khushi about Abhishek's behavior. That was why Khushi started nagging Anu to tell Arnav about her love affair with Abhishek but he kept on giving excuses not to meet Arnav. As NK said, he was indeed a rogue and Anu died, after knowing the truth. Now, he was dead. What scared her was, NK urgently went to Mumbai yesterday and Abhishek died today. Did NK really go to Mumbai? Or, it was a pretext? She gulped her fear.
"Arnavji... He is..."
Cutting her,
"Abhishek... The same B***** who Anu loved" said Arnav gritting his teeth.
"Who would have killed him?" Khushi asked.
"Who else? Someone's brother who he cheated on" Arnav said wrathfully.
Khushi looked at Arnav with shock.
"What do you mean Arnavji? Do you want to kill him?"
"Then what? Any true brother would wish the same... A rogue like him should get such an END..."
Khushi glanced at the TV, getting horrified.
Abhishek was found dead in his flat today morning. He was killed by someone brutally last night.
Khushi huffed in relief. She was hundred percent sure that Arnav didn't step out of RM last night. He was with her the whole night. But what about NK? He went to Mumbai and on the same night, Abhishek died. What was this? Was there anything beyond her knowledge or she was thinking too much?
"I may be late today. Be careful. Don't let Aman and aunty go anywhere." Arnav warned.
Khushi nodded ok.
Taking his briefcase, Arnav kissed her forehead.
"Don't spoil your mood by thinking about that leech(Abhishek) ok?"
Khushi nodded ok again. Arnav came out and Aman waited for him. He handed a file to Arnav.
"This is the deal detail, ASR"
Taking it from Aman,
"Yeah, thank you, Aman. Take care"
"I will..." Aman assured.
Arnav went to Agra to deal with a deal.
"Aunty, has Nanne reached Mumbai?" Khushi asked.
"He has not called me yet, Khushi..."
Khushi was horrified.
"Not yet? But why?"
"I told him to call me after reaching Mumbai. He dropped a message last night. See this" Manorama showed her mobile to Khushi.
MY FLIGHT IS ONE HOUR LATE. MY PHONE CHARGE IS RUNNING LOW. WILL CALL YOU TOMORROW MORNING.
"Hasn't he called you yet?"
Manorama nodded NO.
"Massi, as his flight was one hour late, he would have reached Mumbai at midnight only. He would have thought of not disturbing you as he knew you would be sleeping. Now, he must be sleeping. Will call you soon. Don't worry" Aman consoled them.
But Khushi could not get consoled. She wanted to get confirmed whether NK went to Mumbai or not. Taking her mobile, she dialed Manorama's Mumbai house's landline number. NK might lie, that he was in Mumbai if she called him on his mobile. Now he could not. The phone was continuously ringing. There was no response. That made Khushi impatient.
Khushi didn't know whether she should tell the matter to Manorama or not. Manorama would become scared if she got to know the matter. Khushi didn't know suspecting NK was right. She didn't know who killed Abhishek. Without getting confirmed, how could she say anything? Khushi was confused.
"What are you thinking, Khushi?" Manorama asked.
"Nothing aunty, I'm thinking about why Nanne has not called you yet"
"Yeah... he went to Mumbai all of a sudden... and now, his phone is switched off and he didn't attend my call on the landline too" Manorama sighed.
"As per his message, his phone might have switched off. Just try the landline number" Khushi insisted.
Manorama tried Mumbai's landline number. NK attended the call in the third ring in a sleepy voice.
"Haan, Amma..."
"Why didn't you call us? You didn't even attend our call... why?"
"Mom, I already messaged you. My flight was one hour late. I reached Mumbai only at midnight and a heavy downpour here. I got stuck in traffic. Just came home only early in the morning. As I was tired, I slept"
Khushi sighed in relief. Thank God, NK went to Mumbai. What she thought was not true. She became relieved.
Manorama saw Anu baby coming out of the room, crawling. Seeing her, Aman rushed to his room with his laptop. Khushi and Manorama laughed at him. Manorama rushed to her and lifted her in her arms.
"Anu baby... good morning" Manorama kissed her cheek.
"Ma... va dha" she asked for Arnav, which made them awe-stuck.
"Khushi, she says, MA..."
"But, asks for her VA DHA" Khushi chuckled.
"They became close... don't they?"
"Yes, aunty... unimaginably"
"Why not, if Arnav bituwa is ready to do anything to make her happy?"
Khushi nodded yes.
"Aiiii, Va dha..." Anu shouted for Arnav.
"Your Va dha is not at home. He will come soon" Khushi took Anu from Manorama's arms.
"Let's have something..."
"Khushi, add some solid food for Anu baby. Liquid food is not enough for her as she is growing"
"Yes, aunty. I too think the same."
"Mash the rice and the dall together and give it to her with a little bit of ghee for lunch"
"Ok, aunty"
Khushi went to her room and Manorama followed her as Arnav was not at home.
After a while,
Arnav called Khushi on video call. Khushi frowned.
"Video call?" she attended it.
"Khushi, what is Anu doing?"
"She asked for you"
"Ohh... really?" he chuckled.
Khushi turned the phone towards Anu who was playing with her toy, sitting on the bed. She looked at the phone and stuck, seeing Arnav in it.
"Ma... Va dha..." she pointed Arnav to Khushi.
"Hey, baby..." Arnav said and Anu became excited, hearing Arnav's voice.
She tapped the phone.
"Va dha... Baaaa" she nodded her head, like, COME HERE.
"I will come soon, ok?"
"Baaa..." she bit the phone.
"Oh, God... why do you call, Arnavji?"
"Just feel to see her"
"She is going to cry if you cut the call," Khushi said.
"Divert her, please..." Arnav disconnected the call.
As Khushi said, Anu started crying.
"Ma... Va dha..."
"Va dha will come baby. Come, we will play" Khushi threw the phone to Manorama and hid it under the bed sheet.
Anu looked here and there for the mobile.
"Ohfo... the crow took it, baby..." Khushi showed her the sky.
Anu flipped her lower lip, making face. Khushi searched for something in the side drawer. She huffed in relief finding a lollypop there. She gave it to Anu. She threw it away angrily. Khushi stuffed it in her mouth. After tasting it, Anu started sucking it. Khushi sat on the bed getting relieved.
"You are going to face a tough time with these two. Mark my words" Manorama laughed.
Khushi nodded yes.
............
Arnav reached Agra. There were only five hundred meters to reach the conference hall. He got stuck in the traffic. He saw vehicles moving inch by inch. It seems some program was going on in the open ground that was located on the same road. Arnav lowered the window glass to know what was happening there. As Arnav neared the ground, he understood what program was happening there. It was a MIMICRY show. The mimicry artist was talking like Shah Rukh Khan... it was his famous dialogue from the DARR movie... Kkkkkk...Kiran... Arnav smiled, hearing that. He raised the window again and waited for the vehicle to move forward. He ran his eyes and his smile vanished, seeing the banner of the mimicry artist. He had seen him somewhere but where? He tried to recall... something lightened in his mind. He removed his phone and checked it hurriedly. His hand stopped, seeing a particular photo. Yes... his doubt was right. he was the same man that Manorama met in the temple... Tribhuvan.
To be continued...
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