78 What Name?
78 What Name?
No matter how hard Arnav tried to get something, he was back to square one. He did not know how to solve this. Who the hell Sona was...? What was the reason for their grudge? Guruji said everything was happening for the property. How would the Sona clan get his property if she was not Arvind's wife? In which right? When he had many people in his family, how could they claim his property? Did he miss something?
Arnav came to RM with a cloudy mind. He saw no one in the living room. He went to his room, looking for Khushi but the room was empty. Khushi was not there. He strode to Nani's room. Khushi was making the list of needy things for the pooja, sitting with Nani and Ratna.
The trio saw Arnav coming. Keeping the pen and paper down, Khushi rushed to him.
"Arnavji, do you get to know who is he?" She asked eagerly.
Arnav nodded yes, looking at Ratna.
"What happened Arnavji? you look disturbed..."
"Chotte, would you like to have something? I will ask Hariprakash to bring it if you are tired" Nani asked.
"No Nani..."
Arnav clutched Ratna's hand and brought her to the couch. She sat with him, looking at him frowning. Khushi and Nani looked at each other. They also came and sat in front of them.
"Maa, I want to know something from you. Don't say anything in haste. Remember with your clear mind and then answer me" Arnav said.
Ratna ran her eyes on Khushi and Nani and then Arnav. She did not know what Arnav was going to ask her.
"What do you want to know Chotte?" she asked.
"How did you get to know Dad have an affair with someone?"
Ratna was taken back. Why did Arnav ask such a question suddenly?
"Tell me Maa"
"I saw a vermillion mark on the back side of his shirt. I asked him about it. He stammered and said he didn't know"
"Then?"
"One day I got a call. Before I asked anything, a lady said, why didn't you come to our house today Arvind? I asked who is talking. The call got disconnected. A few minutes later, again the landline rang. I was in the next room. Before I go there to attend the call, Arvindji did"
"Did you hear what did he talk about?"
"He said, I will meet you tomorrow, and don't make calls to this number anymore. Disconnecting the call, he turned around and looked at me. He was shocked to see me. He plastered a smile and left the place. The next day he didn't come home until 8'o clock. I called his number but he didn't attend it. I called the office number. Someone attended the call and said, he left the office at 5o' clock. He came home at 9:30. I asked the reason. He said he was in the office doing important work. He lied to me. When I said I called his office number, he looked at me shockingly and said, he was in the office only. The next second he called his PA and shouted at him for lying to me. But, I'm sure the person who attended the call was not his PA. After that, many actions of him made me doubt. Whenever he got calls, he walked out, no matter where we were. At the time of a few calls, he talked cautiously, looking at his surroundings"
"Did you ever see the woman with him?"
"No... I had never seen her. I often attended the call when she called him. She kept on disconnecting the call after hearing my voice. If I had seen her, I would have become a ghost at that time itself and would have torn her flesh" she said wrathfully.
"What did Papa tell you when you accused him?"
"He never admitted his deed even after falling ill"
"Didn't he accept his mistake ever?"
"Never... He didn't accept it. Whenever I got something to suspect him, I fought with him. Do you know what he said? I don't have to know some things... Why should he say so if he was not at fault?"
"Instead of fighting with him, you should have asked him with patience... He might have told you..."
"How could I be patient, Chotte? You don't know how he made me believe him. I grew my trust in him, Chotte. You have no idea how broken I was when I got to know I was getting cheated by him. He had fallen sick and became bedridden. That time also I asked him about the woman. He was in a miserable state at the end of his life. That time also he said nothing"
"But, he lost his talking ability when he became bedridden... Then how could he talk?" Arnav raised the question.
"But, he could have accepted his deed through gesture"
"How could he accept when he never had an affair?" Arnav asked.
All three women looked at him shockingly.
"What do you mean Chotte? What are you saying? We know very well he had an affair..." Nani said.
"No Nani, there were many things that had been going around us we did not know anything about," Arnav said looking at Ratna.
"You mean..." Ratna asked.
Arnav nodded yes.
"If my guess is right, papa never had an affair and he was framed in our eyes"
"But why?"
"Maybe for the property"
"I can't understand anything. If he didn't have an affair with anyone, how could anyone climb his property?"
"That's what I too could not understand"
"No Chotte, there is no chance for your guess to be true. I had experienced the worst at the time... It can't be a lie..."
"Maa, relax... I did not say your struggle was not true. In fact, more than you, I should have struggled a lot. But, I don't know why he didn't say anything to you. Something is fishy"
"Arnavji why are you asking all about the past now? You went to meet someone who addressed himself as Sona's husband. Did you get something about it from the man?" Khushi asked.
Arnav nodded yes.
"I got many things from the man... He was Sona's real husband. He had been in jail for eighteen years and Sona was the one who sent him to jail"
"What? He was Sona's husband and Sona sent him to jail? But why?"
"It's because she didn't like him questioning her activities"
"What activities?"
"Black magic training... he said Sona and her whole family were skilled in black magic"
"Do you believe him, Chotte?" Nani asked.
"He talked about Deeraj and also about Kishan. Deeraj was the one who trapped him in the drug dealing case"
"How could you believe him Chotte? What if the man was sent to distract you?" Ratna asked.
"No, Maa, I don't think so. He said the Sona clan must have killed Kishan too because he was the only good man in the family"
"Everything is right Chotte... but from where the man suddenly appeared? They might have planned to bring you to the lonely place through the man to finish you... don't trust him Chotte..."
Arnav nodded no.
"He won't take me anywhere... he could not... because he is no more"
"Whaaaaat?" the trio said with shock.
"Yes, he was killed in the police station when he was talking with me," Arnav said which horrified them.
"Who killed him?" Khushi asked.
"Don't know. The police are investigating"
"But how did it happen in the police station? Was no police there in the police station?"
"There was... The killer hit his larynx with a needle using a catapult from far away. The man fell in front of my eyes. I could do nothing. I would not have trusted him completely. But his death confirmed that whatever he told me must be true. Or else, why would anyone care to kill him?"
Khushi nodded yes contently.
"I would have gotten a very important name from him if his death had been delayed for two to three seconds"
"What name?"
"The one who is leading the Sona clan... she is Sona's non-identical twin... expert in astrology, skilled in black magic"
"Expert in astrology as well as black magic?" Khushi asked.
Arnav nodded yes.
"She could predict anyone's future just by seeing the palm lines of the person. Param was the one who said that to me. I asked her name. He was about to tell me, exactly at the same time he was killed"
Khushi frowned.
"Who the woman could be?" Nani asked.
"Maybe, Maya..." Khushi said and Arnav smirked.
To be continued...
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