LOT Part 12
Lack of Trust Part 12
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Author’s POV
“Finally, I’m back” he exclaimed throwing his arms up in the air.
He couldn’t express in words how he was feeling after coming back to his country, his home after all it took him 9 years to come back.
He was extremely desperate to come back but even after a lot of his failed efforts, he had not been able to come back but today he felt as if his sentence of 9 years was over.
now he could breathe freely without feeling guilty because every second of these 9 years was nothing less than suffocation for him.
He jumped back with putting his hand
on his startled heart when a car halted abruptly just a few inches from him
“What the hell man, do you want to fucking kill me” he yelled as the driver peeked his face out of the driving seat with mischievous smile.
“You are not such an easy thing to die, man.” The man fired back to which he rolled his eyes, throwing his bag in the back seat of the car.
He opened the door of the car and settled inside but his creep friend asked “So where are we going Mr. Shivansh????יי
His body stiff at his simple question as this was the reason for which he was desperate to come to India.
“Mumbai Central Jail” These three words were enough for him to know what their destination was.
Shivansh’s mind got clouded with her thoughts and his heart filled with a never-ending guilt that was eating
He jumped back with putting his hand on his startled heart when a car halted abruptly just a few inches from him.
“What the hell man, do you want to fucking kill me” he yelled as the driver peeked his face out of the driving seat with mischievous smile.
“You are not such an easy thing to die, man.” The man fired back to which he rolled his eyes, throwing his bag in the back seat of the car
He opened the door of the car and settled inside but his creep friend asked “So where are we going Mr. Shivansh????יי
His body stiff at his simple question as this was the reason for which he was desperate to come to India.
“Mumbai Central Jail” These three words were enough for him to know what their destination was. Shivansh’s mind got clouded with her thoughts and his heart filled with a never-ending guilt that was eating him from inside with every passing moment
He hated himself for being so weak and helpless back then that he couldn’t help her when she needed him the most, whereas she always stood by him and fought for him not matter what, but when it was time to do something for her, He couldn’t do anything, for this he will never be able to forgive himself but he promised himself that whatever he had to do, he will not let her suffer anymore.
9 years ago, there was nothing in his hand but now he was capable enough that no one could stop him or say that this time no one could force him to do like they did 9 years ago.
His heart started sink thinking that what she must have endured in these 9 years and his eyes breamed with tears.
“Your brother is back di. I am sorry. please forgive me for being 9 years late.” His lips wobbled as a lone tear rolled down from his eye which he didn’t even try to wipe and one by one tears started falling from his eyes which didn’t go unnoticed by his friend.
His heart crumbled in pain seeing his friend like this, this was not the first time, infact he couldn’t even count how many times he’d seen him like this, but still it hurt him.
He halted the car on the side of the road and looked his broken friend who was still lost in himself and was not aware of his surroundings while tears were still flowing from his eyes.
He put his hand on his shoulder and squeezed it lightly saying “Don’t worry, we will get her out of that hell, I am with you”Shivansh turned around and the very next moment he hugged him tightly wrapping his arm around him and started crying on his shoulder like a kid “A…Arpit but she h…has lost 9 years of her life. I’m not a g…..good brother.”
Seeing his pain, his eyes also welled up with tears and He started rubbing his back to sooth his pain as he didn’t know how to console him or ease his pain. They had spent 9 years together but whenever it came to her, he didn’t know how to calm him down as he didn’t calm down until he cried his heart out which took hours but now, he couldn’t give him the hours because they were standing in front of their destination.
He glanced out of the car to see a board with the bold words “CENTRAL JAIL OF MUMBAI”
Arpit pulled off his head from his shoulder and said wiping his tears away “You are not a bad brother, but the time was wrong so stop blaming yourself and please calm down”
“No, you don’t understand, she was rotting in jail and I was enjoying my life with the luxury they were giving me.” he poured his heart out removing his hand from his face.
Suddenly his eyes turned red with anger and his expression hardened as his jaws clenched with fury.
“I just hate them just thinking that on one hand they were showering their love on me Riya Di (sister) and on the other hand Khanak Di (sister) was serving the punishment for a crime she didn’t commit because I can never believe my Khanak Di (sister) can do something despicable like this.” he hissed through gritted teeth remembering their parents who were somewhat the cause of the pain of LOT PON B
Khanak.
“I understand your feeling but like this we will not be able to do anything for her and to do something we will have to go inside” Arpit pointed to the board outside.
Shivansh looked in the direction of his hand and realized where they were where her sister was imprisoned like a broken bird for the last 9 years.
“I’m coming di (sister)??” He harshly wiped his tears and got down from the car, seeing that Arpit also came out.
“This time I will not let you down” he mumbled to himself which Arpit also heard as he was standing right behind him and promised himself in his mind that he will do anything to ease his friend’s pain. He didn’t know Khanak personally but the amount he knew about her from Shivansh was enough for him to make her his sister.
“Come on” Arpit told him patting on his shoulder to which he nodded his head and walked there.
They stopped outside the big metal gate because they needed permission to enter inside, which they had prepared before coming to India.
Arpit took out a paper from his pocket and handed it to the guard who peeked his face out through the small door.
The guard read that paper and opened the small door to let them in.
“Where is the jailer’s office??”
Shivansh asked with hard face and clenched jaws. He didn’t seem to be that Shivansh who was crying like a child in the arms of his friends a while back but there was an aura of a type around him that screaming ‘don’t mess with me’.
The guard gulped down feeling his intense gaze on him and told him the
direction and without wasting a second Shivansh went in that direction and Arpit followed him.
“He was scary man” other guard told him who had read that paper.
“His name is scarier, he is Shivansh Kaushik, son of Rohit Kaushik.” hearing which the first guard’s eyes widened and he asked him “What is he doing here??”
“I don’t know” he shrugged his shoulders.
Arpit and Shivansh halted outside a double door and Shivansh looked at Arpit who nodded towards him.
Shivansh took a long breath before knocking the door and as soon as the permission was granted, they both entered inside and see a middle-aged man in a khaki dress sitting behind the desk and looking at them with narrowing eyes.
“Please seat” he pointed towards the chairs placing on the other side of the desk on which they both sat down.
“Yes, may I know who you both are and what do you want from me??” He asked them in serious tone placing his both hands on the table.
Arpit looked at Shivansh whose face emotionless but his eyes screaming otherwise and when he saw him clenching his hands into fists under the table, he understood that he was trying to control his raging emotions and he had to start the conversation. He placed his hand on his fist which made him look at him. He blinked his eyes in assurance and then glanced at the jailer who was looking at them with calculative eyes.
He put the same paper on the table and said in a serious voice “we want to meet Khanak Kaushik”.
As soon as Shivansh heard his sister’s
name, his heart started beating fast that he was going to meet her after 9 years. He didn’t know how he’ll react when he will meet her after long 9 years.
He picked up the paper from the table and read it carefully and said putting it back on the table “Sorry I can’t help you. I can’t get you to meet Khanak Kaushik”
Shivansh felt like someone had poured hot boiling water on him and how dare he say that he will not let him meet his sister.
He stood up kicking chair back with forced and seethed slamming his hand on the table “What do you mean you can’t let me meet Khanak Kaushik. I have special permission to meet her and don’t you know who I am.”
The jailer also stood up from his chair and told him matching his tone “I know very well who you are and what you can do, but I cannot fulfil this wish of yours because Khanak Kaushik needs to be here for it to be fulfilled.”
“What do you mean if she is not here then where is she??” His heart dropped in the pit of stomach in anticipation of where Khanak was and whether she was okay??
But his next word also gave him comfort, along with a strange dread also started to arose inside him
“We don’t know where she is?? It is true that she was sentenced for 10 years but because of her good behaviour, she was released three years earlier and we have no idea where she went after that.”
“Don’t worry, bhai (bro) won’t “Varun teased Sneha who was nervously biting her nails but shot dagger at him as soon as she heard him.
“Why are you galring at me like you will eat me up. I am also in line after bhai (bro)” he said throwing a cushion at her which landed straight on her face and she screamed in anger “what the hell bhai (bro)”
She threw the cushion on the sofa in frustration getting up and she threatened him putting her hands on her waist “What’s your problem?? Can’t you sit quietly and what did you say that your turn is yet to come.
Beware, even if you try to scare him, no one will be worse than me and have you forgotten that I have so many secrets of yours. Do you want me to tell bhabhi (sister-in-law)”
“What do you want to tell me?” Riya asked as she entered the room and was followed by Atul, Anjali, Trisha and Ritika who looked at them with baffled look.
Warun looked at Snobs who use giving
him an evil smirk which was enough to tell him what his devil sister was about to do and he couldn’t let this happen.
“Bhabhi (SIL) do you now that he……..” Sneha tried to speak but Varun didn’t let her finish her sentence, he shut her mouth with his hands and told Riya nervously with an extra sweet smile ” Nothing, she lost her mind ever since bhai (bro) has taken Ashish to study to interview him and she is babbling nonsense so don’t pay attention to her”
Sneha stomped her feet on his making him winch in pain but he didn’t loose his grip on her mouth.
Riya suspiciously first looked at her husband and then at Sneha who was shaking her head and trying to say something but because of his hand her voice was coming in a muffle which she couldn’t understand.
She knew that something was going on between these two siblings so she raised her eyebrow
“Varun leave her” she told her husband in a strict voice who gave her a pleading look in return but when he saw his wife staring angrily at him, he let her go but not without whispering this in her ear “I won’t interview him if you keep your mouth shut”
“Promise” Sneha asked him in a low voice to which he nodded his head lightly.
“Would you two care to explain to me what was happening here?” Riya asked them on which both looked at each other to ask what should they say but before that they thought something a sweet voice grabbed their attention ” You both are just like Bua (paternal aunt) and Chachu (paternal uncle), they both love to fight too but my Bui is not like them.”
Everyone looked at the little girl who was in her father’s arms and was looking at them with her doe like eyes. she looked adorable and eatable with her pouty lips.
“Hey I don’t like to fight.” Ritika said in her defence on her niece’s remark to which Trisha retorted pointing her little finger at her “lair lair pants on fire”
Everyone started laughing while Ritika glared at the little devil who winked at her.
“Oh, you are so cute” Varun cooed pinching her cheek lightly to which she said with red tint cheeks, hiding her face in her papa’s neck feeling shy “You are also very beautiful like my dadda.”
Everyone chuckled listening to her and Varun pinched her red cheeks “Thank you cutipie, will you be my friend?”
She nodded her head lightly snugging he face more into her father’s neck who patted her head lightly seeing her antics.
“What the fuck man, where d myself trapped?? This is the exact opposite of what Misti had described about this deadly looking man. Lovely caring my foot, I feel like he is going to swallow me up with his eyes. do I run away from here?? No no I can’t do that??” his panic mind was not letting him think anything rationally and the only reason for this was the man sitting in front of him who had been boring holes at him for the last 15 minutes with his intense eyes like he was looking through his soul???
Danish smirked internally when he saw him wiping the sweat off his forehead, he could feel the shivers in his body.
He was the man who believed that his
eyes could convey his message more than his mouth because eyes were more dangerous than mouth.
“So, you love my sister” these were the only words in the last fifteen minutes, his voice was icy cold like his expression.
“Y….Yes I love her more than me” Ashish gulped down in nervousness before speaking out.
Danish looked into his eyes in which he could clearly see the sincerity and it was enough for him but he still wanted to warn him because he knew how much it hurt to be cheated in love and he would never wish for his sister to have the same fate like his.
“I don’t want to ask you anything else nor give you any speech but remember one thing that if you hurt my sister then no one will be worse than me. I know my sister is not perfect, neither
WI ever you try to cheat on her then consider that day as your last day on this world” his voice was dangerous and intimidating which sent shivers down his spine and he wanted nothing more than to run from this room but he wanted to tell him how much Sneha meant to him.
“Sneha is my life and I can’t even think of cheating my life so I assure you that till I am alive I will not give Sneha’s place to anyone in my heart” Ashish told him with determination. At this moment Danish saw himself in him because he had once promised her that her place will always be hers.
“You can go” these three words were enough for Ashish to run out of this room.
As the door to the room closed, he whispered painfully putting his hand on his heart “You’ll be here till my last
breath”
Jaipur
Khanak’s eyes were fixed on the pale figure lying on the bed and all the things that the doctor had told her were echoing in her mind.
She used to think that she was the unluckiest person in the world whose own family left her alone in her difficult times but today she realized how wrong she was, as’s she was not alone and an example of it was in front of her eyes, but in front of her she was feeling herself lucky that at least she had felt what was the love of a family and a husband, but this innocent saw nothing but pain.
She put her hand on her head and said caressing her hair softly “I am with you. I will never leave you alone no matter what happens. Everyone needs encouragement to fight the demons of their life, who can assure us that weare not weak, we can fight for ourselves.”
She pulled back her hand when she heard the ringtone of her phone which was in her purse which was lying on the sofa.
She went to the sofa and took out her phone but frowned when she saw the name on the phone.
“Why is Ramprasad uncle calling me late in the night??” she said to herself while looking at the time on the phone which was showing 12:47 AM.
Ramprasad was the watchman of Karuna NGO.
“What happened uncle, you called me late in the night??” She asked him with worry in her voice to which she heard a tense voice from the other end “Sorry dear, for calling you so late. Anita didi is not here otherwise I don’t call you.”
“No problem uncle, you tell me what happened??” she asked him.
“Here a man and his family are creating a fuss outside the gate that our NGO has kidnapped his wife. I tried to explain a lot to him but he is not understanding and now he has even started throwing stones.” He told her about the whole incident, listening to which she didn’t take a second to know whose family they were.
They were Pragati’s family.
“Uncle you stay in your cabin, I’ll do something” she told him to which he said to her “Ok”
She disconnected the phone and called the same officer who had helped her in Pragati’s case as she knew that it would not be right to go there alone at this time.
He picked up the call on full ring.
“Yes Miss Khanak” his sleepy voice came from the other side
“Sorry to disturb you so late in the night but I needed your help” she said feeling embarrassed for disturbing his sleep.
“No problem, this is my duty, now you tell me what help you need from me?? ” she heard his genuine voice from the other side.
She told him the whole situation to which he listened carefully and suggested her “I think you should stay with Pragati in the hospital and as far as the NGO is concerned, I will check there and tomorrow as soon as she regains consciousness, you should try to talk to her because we cannot keep her with us for long and we cannot do anything without her complaint.”
“You are right, I will try to talk to her tomorrow itself and thank you for
her with us for long and we cannot do anything without her complaint.”
“You are right, I will try to talk to her tomorrow itself a
nd thank you for helping me this night” she told him feeling grateful towards him.
“It’s my duty mam” he told her which she thanked him again and hung up.
She turned around to at her and muttered to herself “Please help us to help you”
