Hanna's smiling photo greeted him as he entered his room after one month. He looked around the room of which each and every nook and corner held memories of her. He sat on the bed caressing her side where she used to turn her back to him and sleep when she was angry with him. He smiled faintly as he picked up her pillow and inhaled her scent. He looked at the dressing table where her favourite cosmetics lay. His eyes shifted to her bangle set which she used to wear and jingle it near his ears to wake him up in the morning. He looked around the room and his eyes stuck at the table where a cute little teddy bear was kept. He walked to it and took the bear in his hand. She had nagged him for buying that bear stating that it was for the baby. Every day she used to kiss the bear and used to say, "Once our baby comes, she'll play with this" She was so certain that it's a girl!
His mind suddenly flashed to that night. Her screams became louder and louder for him and he shut his ears and closed his eyes. The sight of those slimes pulling her to him was flashing in front of him. His breaths started to be irregular when the flash of his father coming with his gun came before his eyes. Suddenly Kiara's words floated into his mind.
From all these years with your father, DO YOU THINK THAT HE KILLED YOUR WIFE?
Sometimes our eyes do cheat us Advay
He is your father whom you love the most!
Your father loves you so much! The whole family loves you! They won't hurt you Advay! They can never dream of hurting you or Hanna!
His pulled his hairs in frustration and cried out hard.
Akash sighed hard and Khushi broke into sobs seeing the lawyer coming out of Suraj's office dejected. "I'm sorry sir. It's a non-bailable offence. I tried my best!"
"Thank you" Akash said and he looked at Khushi. Khushi said in tears, "I want to meet him" Akash nodded and walked to Suraj. Suraj nodded and said, "You have 10 min! Go in"
Khushi cried seeing him sitting inside the dark cell in one corner with his hands on knees and face hidden inside them. "Arnav ji!" she called out weakly and he looked up.
She ran to him and hugged him tight. He hugged her tight and hid his face in her hair. She cried her heart out and he clutched her dress in her back. "Don't cry..." he whispered and she broke down more.
"I'll tell Advay to change his statement!" she said weakly in between her sobs. He didn't say anything but hugged her tight hiding himself in her. She tried to withdrew from hug but he held her tight and whispered in his broken voice, "Don't go" She gulped down the lump formed at her throat and hugged him tight caressing his back soothing him.
"Do you trust me?" she heard him asking. "I trust you more than myself!" she whispered in his ears. "Then why doesn't he trust me?" he asked in his broken voice and she bit her lips and then said, "He is under shock"
He hugged her more tight and whispered, "Don't leave me Khushi! These cells are horrible! There iron bars...they are scary..." She bit her lips to stop her sob and caressed his back whispering, "Everything will be alright!"
He whispered, "Bring Advay back home!"
Khushi somehow withdrew from the hug and asked, "Why?" Arnav gulped and said, "I sat here for just one hour and I'm not able to take it. My son was staying inside such a cell for one freaking month! How much pain would have he felt?"
Khushi sobbed and he said, "Now I'm not home! He won't turn violent! Bring him back and request Kiara to stay at Shantivan!"
"She has already done that!" Khushi said. Arnav looked at her and she said, "Advay is back. Kiara decided that Advay should stay at home with his family! She is also staying there with us!"
It was then the police man came in. "Mam, your time is over!"
Arnav held Khushi's palm tightly whispering, "Don't go" Khushi gulped down her tears and leaned to his face kissing him not even caring that the police man is witnessing that.
Angel walked out of her room through the corridor when she came in front of her brother's closed door.
She didn't know what to do. When she heard her father and badi dadi telling that Advay should be away from the family, she fought with them. But she had to admit that she is now scared of her little brother. She looked at the closed door and stood numb not knowing whether to knock or not.
Gathering all the courage, she knocked his door. Hearing no response after many knocks, she opened the door and peeked in.
Her heart bled seeing him sitting with his knees drawn to chest in one corner of the dark room with his hands covering each of his ears and face hidden behind the knees. The sister in her overcame all the fear she had and walked to her brother.
She kneeled beside him and held his knee. He looked up and saw her. She bit her lip seeing his tears stricken face. She smiled faintly and lifting her hands, wiped away his tears. He looked at her and she widened her arms and whispered, "Come"
Advay didn't wait for another second and hugged his sister tight. He cried on her shoulder and she caressed his hairs consoling him. "She left me di..." she heard him whisper.
Angel caressed his hair and whispered, "Let it out Advay...tell me..."
Advay hugged her tight and cried, "I can hear her screams...she was screaming for me...for me to save her! I can still hear that di...my Hanna was in pain and...and I...couldn't do...anything..."
"It's fate Advay. No one can stand against fate..." she whispered.
He withdrew from hug and cried, "What kind of fate is this? My Hanna didn't deserve this! Why did god give her such a fate?"
Angel looked down not knowing how to wipe away all her brother's pain. She wiped his tears and said, "Don't cry. It hurts everyone!"
He broke into tears and said, "Why did he do that di? How could papa do that? I loved him so much. Hanna loved him so much! How could he do that to us?"
Angel sighed and caressed his hairs. She saw his head swaying. "Advay..." she called out and sat up from her sitting position. She saw him falling unconscious mumbling Hanna's name.
"KIARA!!!!" she shouted in panic.
"I need all details about Hanna!" Suraj ordered to Manoj who nodded his head and walked away. Suraj sat on his chair and sighed hard.
He knew that Arnav was not at fault. But to satisfy his higher officials he had arrested him. It was not Arnav. He was present at the party during the time of advay's kidnap and the time he said that Hanna was killed. It's someone else. But who?
Who is that lady?
Brown haired tall lean woman...
None of Raizada women have brown hair.
He had asked the rural SP to provide them a sketch but he is not able to recall her face properly and that idea went in vain.
Who is she?
Suraj sighed and drank a glass of water.
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