Lot Part 17
Lack of Trust Part 17
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Author’s POV
Kalindi walked slowly to her husband who was sitting on the couch in his study room looking at something on his phone, his eyes were moist with love, adoration and many more emotions but longingness was most prominent one and his fingers moving gently across the screen like it was not his phone but something very precious.
She peeked from behind him without making a sound to see what he was looking at but when her eyes fell on his phone on which he was looking at a picture of him and Khanak in which both of them were looking very happy, her heart got filled with an unknown emotion which started suffocating her and her eyes breamed with unshed tears.
“My selfishness cost you a lot, Khanak” she spoke in her mind gulping down the lump formed in her throat as her hand reached to left side of chest to rub there. She felt heavy and unbearable in her heart when she remembered what she had done to her she was the reason everything bad had happened to Khanak till date
She supported him for her selfishness which landed Khanak in jail, away from her family and husband. She will never be able to forgive herself for this but she didn’t have the courage to confess it in front of everyone because the day her truth came out, she will lose everything, her children, her husband for whom she had done all this.
She walked out of the room the same way she came in, pressing her mouth with her hand to stop the sobs that were threatening to burst out of her throat She can to her room witile sobhang violently as she couldn’t take it anymore
She entered in her room locking the door behind and threw herself on the bed, pressing her face into pillow while her hands clutched the same pillow in her tight fists.
She was no longer able to control her tears because the guilt inside her was eating her. She cursed herself that how could she do that to the one who had given her not only her mother’s place but also loved her.
She is selfish bitch
“It’s true that a stepmother can never be MOTHER” she whispered as tears rolled down from her eyes wetting the pillow under her.
Her heart wrenching sobs started echoing throughout the room and she just cried loudly cursing herself but she fell silent when she had no more tears left to shed. “The truth is bound to come out. You can’t keep the truth hidden forever” a voice inside her spoke her which made her heart constrict painfully as she knew every single word of it was true but she was still not ready to confess her crimes.
“But if I tell anyone what I’ve done in the past, I’ll lose everything” she whispered to herself, horror dancing on her face as sets of fresh tears begin to welled up in her eyes which she thought were over.
“How can you save everything when you lost yourself, the moment you held his hand for help you locked yourself in a prison of guilt that will never let go of.” That same voice rebuked.
The chain of her thoughts was broken by the ringtone of her phone which she ignored at first but after it rang continuously she picked up the phone and without checking who was on the
other side of the line she spatted as her guilt was already making her vulnerable and this call was making it worst for her “If I am not picking up the call, it means I don’t want to talk, so why are you irritating me by calling me again and again?”
“I am not at all interested in knowing whether you want to talk to me or not Why didn’t you tell me that Digvijay has arranged a new doctor for Ratna.” Hearing his chilly cold voice, a shiver ran down in her spine as her heart started beating faster and sweat formed on her forehead.
She opened her mouth but nothing came out except a gasp but this didn’t suit him as he shouted again “Why the fuck are you silent now? What happened to your sharp tongue? I asked you something dammit, why didn’t you tell me about the new doctor?”
He was the real monster who had enticed her to commit all those crimes which were not even letting her live in peace.
She felt a sudden rage inside her and before she could control her mouth these words come out, lacing with bitterness “And why do you think I would tell this to a monster like you??”
She regretted it the next moment when she heard his dark chuckle and his dangerous voice followed it “Because it’s better for us if she stays in a coma. You know very well where the secrets hidden in her chest can take us, so it would be better for you to keep your fucking mouth shut and do what you have been doing for the last 9 years. I want the name and details of that new doctor because don’t forget that I have all the evidence against you which is enough to prove that Jyoti’s death was not an accident but a conspiracy behind which you were.”in the end he threatened ner which worked as she starred trembling in fear as he knew very well what her weakness was.
“But it was you who killed her” She defended herself weakly to which he retorted back “But you don’t have any proof of this whereas I do, so don’t make the mistake of double crossing me, otherwise I will easily get away from all this by making you, their culprit.”
the line went dead with this leaving her in fear and anxiety.
Riya entered Kaushik mansion with a smile and Varun was behind her, his eyes were roaming around hoping that Khanak will come from somewhere and wrap her arms around his neck from behind but he shook his head
when he realized that nothing like this will happen
She is not here and never will be
He scolded himself for doing the same thing every time he came here, even though it’d been freaking nine years.
This was the reason why he avoided coming here as much as possible because here everything here reminded him of Khanak.
Everyone thought that 9 years was a long period to forget someone and that too when that person was our culprit but this was not true.
He could never forget her she was his crime partner. No one could take her place in his life.
His steps halted when his eyes fell on the guava tree which was in the corner of the garden.
“This is my tree and all its guavas are
mine, if you steal even one guava, I will make your grave near it ” Her words rang in his ears when his 10 year old little self told this to 8-year old Khanak that if she didn’t let him eat guavas, he will steal them who was shooting daggers at him with putting her hands on her hips.
Khanak used to claim this tree as her own because she was the one who planted it.
He still remembered well how she herself used to give it water every day and took care of it.
When he came to her house during the season, she would not leave him for a second for fear that he might steal her guavas.
Riya turned when she didn’t feel Varun’s presence behind her to see him looking towards the tree and it didn’t take her a second to figure out what he was thinking.
She came to him and tangled her arm with his porting her head on his arm.
Varun looked down at her and pulled her closer to him placing his other arm around her waist while leaning on her level.
He didn’t say anything to her just rested his head on hers who placed her face on his chest feeling his heartbeat.
Riya didn’t utter a single word but just gave him the comfort he was seeking from her.
“Is it wrong to miss her?” He broke the silence between them, his voice held sorrow which pinched her heart, she lifted her face up “No, how can it be wrong to miss our family.”
“Even when she has caused us pain” he asked her like a small child. Sometimes he felt guilty that how could he crave for her presence when because of her his mother was in coma
today, his brother stayed away from them for pare, te dat awamя wheelchair, ha family was sad mol Brolois
“Even then she told him with little smile playing on her tips
“I freaking miss her he yanked her more closer burying his face into her neck, a lone rear spilled out of his eyes which she felt it
She said tightening her grip around him “me too”
Their moment was broken by the loud sound of a car that stopped inside the mansion. A man got out of it and immediately went inside whose face they couldn’t see because his back was facing them.
“Let’s go inside” she kissed on his chest to let him know that she was with him, he nodded his head with giving a peck on her cheek making
smile at him.
“Did you find out where she is??” Rohit’s desperate voice reached their ears as he reached the threshold making them frowned at him.
They both looked at each other to know what he was talking about but they had no idea what Rohit was talking about.
They again looked in the direction where Rohit was sitting on the sofa and his PA was standing in front of him with his head bowed.
“No sir, I couldn’t find anything, someone has made all her records vanish as if they don’t want us to reach her. I tried hard to find out about her but every time I got the same result, nothing” he informed him what he had found out from his investigation which made Rohit sad and disappointed.
He had put his PA to find out about Khanak since Shivansh had revealed that she was not in the jail. He wanted to know where she was, was she ok??
No matter what she had done, she was still his daughter.
“What do you mean, someone has destroyed her records. I don’t care what you do, whether you use my power or my money, but I want to know where she is.”
“What are they talking about??” Varun whispered in her ear to which she shook her head before opening her mouth as she looked at her dad “I don’t know anything about this but look at dad, he is looking so tense.”
She pointed towards Rohit who was looking tired, dejected and sad.
Varun nodded his head wrapping his arm around her waist and walked inside.”Who are you talking about.” His voice boomed in the hall making their head snapped towards then in quick manner
Rohit’s face turned pale when he saw them in front of him because he did not expect them here and most importantly, he was not ready to share about Khanak right now when he himself didn’t know where she was.
He didn’t want to disturb their life by mentioning Khanak. After 9 years everything had started getting right on place which this news could blow in a second.
“You didn’t answer who are you talking about” Varun asked him again when he didn’t answer him.
Rohit composed himself taking a long breathe and said to them with a forced smile “Why don’t you both take a seat first”
Varun made himself confrontable on the sofa in front of him while his eyes travelled to his PA who was getting nervous by his presence and Riya went to her father, hugged him from the side which Rohit also reciprocated, placing a tender kiss on her forehead.
“How are you??” She asked him to which he said “I’m ok, you tell me.”
“Me too” Hearing her reply, he looked towards Varun who was looking at his PA, then he realized that he was still there
“You can go, I will talk to you tomorrow in the office” He got the signal from his boss and left from there.
“Dad, what was he doing here at this time?” This time it was Riya, on hearing this he gave her an awkward smile and blurt out the first thing that came to his mind, “He came to take my signature on some documents.”Riya narrowed her eyes at him because she knew he was lying but before she could say anything, Varun beat her “I know eavesdropping is bad manners but I heard you were asking about someone, can I know who that person is, maybe I can help you.”
“Yes dad, tell us” Riya said supporting Varun to which Rohit shook his head ” It’s not that big a deal. I will handle it.”
“But” Varun cut Riya off because he didn’t want to pressurize Rohit even though he himself wanted to know about it. “Let it be, he’ll let us know when he thinks we need to know. Don’t worry dad.”
He gave an assuring smile to Rohit who in turn heaved a sigh of relief with a thank you smile
“How is everyone at the home??” Rohit asked to change the topic and they started talking.
The conversation started from home
and reached to business, which was a
very boring topic for Riya because she
had no interest in business at all, she
excused herself and went to her
mother’s room to inform that she and
Varun were here but she heard sniffing
sounds as she opened the door of their
room.
She looked in that direction to find Kalindi lying on her stomach on the bed, her body trembling which was enough to tell her that she was crying. She panicked seeing her like this.
She rushed to her and asked worriedly putting her hand on her shoulder while taking seat beside her “mom what happened??? why are you crying??”
Kalindi lifted her face as she heard her voice and the next moment, she threw herself into her arms and started crying which made Riya sad and worried. Her mother was a strong lady who rarely shed a tear and now she was crying historically, which meant something must have happened.
“mom” she called her softly stroking on her back with her hand while her other hand holding her shaking figure
“I I’m a very b bad mother.” She muttered between hiccupping which made her tense why was she saying like that.
She pulled her out of hug and cupped her face wiping her tears off from her face with her thumbs and said smiling at her “no mom You are the best mother anyone can get.”
Riya tried to encourage her but she was not in her senses to listen to her. She started blubbering something which she couldn’t understand but there was one word that caught her attention.
“She made her lay down on the bed and filled a glass of water for her and made her drink it.
“Now tell me what you were saying about Shivansh??? Did he fight with you again” she asked while caressing her hair. She knew very well how Shivaansh behaved with their parents, he never talked to them and whenever he did, it ended in a fight and he behaved the same way with her Whenever she called him, he talked to her only for a maximum of one minute
She missed her younger brother a lot who followed her and Khanak for every small thing of him but that one incident changed everything, that tore them apart.
Silent tears started rolling down from her eyes.
“He is in India but he doesn’t want to meet us, he hates me” Kalindi didn’t realize what she was saying, slowly
her eyes started to drop but Riya’s eyes shot opens in shock when she heard that Shivansh was in India.
“What are you saying??” She asked her in disbelief to which Kalindi said “He is in India since last 2 months but he doesn’t want to meet us.”
Kalindi dozed off while murmuring something
Riva covered her with a blanket and then went downstairs to get answers to her questions from her dad as to what was happening and why didn’t they tell her about Shivansh.
As she reached the hall, her dad’s voice hit to her ears “Why don’t we plan a dinner, I know Danish won’t be comfortable here, so we can have dinner at one of our hotels.”
“I don’t have any problem but I will have to ask dad and bhai (bro), after all they are the chief guests” Varun
joked with a smile but his smile disappeared from his face when his eyes fell on Riya, tears were falling down from her red and puffy eyes.
Riya walked to them fixing her eyes on Rohit.
“Riya” Varun called her name softly getting up from the sofa but she ignored him as she needed to talk to her dad.
Hearing his voice, Rohit also got up from sofa and looked in the direction in which he was looking and seeing crying Riya, it didn’t take him a second to guess what might have happened Kalindi must have told her
Varun immediately held her by shoulder to give her support. He wanted to ask her what happened but her next words gave him all the answers.
“Do you know where Shivansh is??” she asked her father who sighed heavily nodding his head before opening his mouth as there’s no use hiding anymore “he’s at his friend’s apartment.”
Varun was shocked to know that Shivansh was in India.
“And why didn’t you tell me about him???” she raised another question to which he told her “He is very angry with us for sending him out of India. Your mom and I have called him several times but he hasn’t answered even once and every time we go there to meet him, he refused to meet us so we didn’t want to stress you by telling you about this.”
“That’s all” she asked him to which he bowed his head because he didn’t know whether he should tell them about Khanak or not but this made Varun suspect him that he was hiding
something
cor Part B
“Is there something else you’re hiding from us??? Or should I ask Shivaansh about it?” He used his stern voice. Riya removed his hand from his shoulder and held her father’s hand in her.
She asked him while tears rolling down from his eyes. Varun’s heart ached with every tear she shed “please don’t hide anything from me. I want to know.”
“He has come here for Khanak and now he is searching for her.” he couldn’t stop himself more so he blurt it out making them shock but Varun was quick to response “What do you mean he’s searching for Khanak? She is jail. Doesn’t he know where she is?”
“She is not in jail she was released from jail two years ago.”
Nayan entered into his room a out his phone to call Mayuri but declined the idea when he saw that it would be midnight at that time there
“Looks like I’ll have to wait a few more hours to talk to them” he muttered to himself huffing in displeasure. He wanted to talk to his wife and son, wanted to inform them that he had made complete arrangements for their stay here but their timings didn’t match with each other.
He kept the phone on the side table and searched his bag which was laying on the sofa. He took out his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
He took a relaxing shower and when he came out of the bathroom, his phone was ringing.
He frowned wondering who would be calling him at this time but when he saw Varun’s name on the screen, he thought that maybe he might have come to know about their disappearance from there that was why he was calling him but even in wild dream, he did not expect what he
Was about to hear. He picked up his phone sitting on the bed while inside he was praying to God to save him because he always got trapped in all this.
“You can do this” he gave himself a peptalk before answering the call.
“Hello var…” Varun dropped the bomb before he could even finish his words ” Does bhai (bro) know that Khanak has been released from jail two years ago?”
“What the fuck are you saying” He shouted at him in shock, jolting up from the bed as if he had been electrocuted by high voltage
what was he saying
Khanak
released
2 years
He didn’t get anytning as ne knew nothing about this matter, Danish strictly banned him from involving into this matter. Initially, disobeying Danish, he tried to know about her but one day when Danish caught him, he asked him to choose between Khanak and him and he chose him with a promise that he will not make a move regarding Khanak until he asked him to, he had kept this promise till now.
“What nonsense are you talking?” Nayan asked him to which he heard his low voice like a whisper “This is not nonsense. I am stating the fact. Khanak was released from jail two years ago.”
what Varun was saying was that she was released from jail two years ago but no one knew about it and most importantly where was she because it was impossible that he didn’t know about this, Danish’s private number was only with his family and a few
people and official calls passed through him.
“Where she is??” he asked to which he heard “I don’t know. You tell me, does bhai (bro) know about this??”
“No, what the fuck do you think?? If he knows about this, he will bring down not only Mumbai but entire India.” Varun spoke and got nothing but silence from the other side
“How did you know that Khanak has been released?” he asked Varun who told him everything happened at Kaushik Mansion and then told him “I want to meet you, meet me at Redwan Club.”
“No, I can’t come” he declined because how
