INARA

Chapter 43

"I should go", Arjun muttered,

"Yeah you should", Rishab assured,

Arjun got out of the car and signalled Drake. Changing the gear he rammed the car towards Arjun while Arnav geared up and made his way out.

"John, in position. Take your stand inside", Arjun said over his phone,

"Yes sir", the latter responded,

Arjun got on his call with Ahaana, 

Soon her entrance door burst open and two guards with guns entered along with John. Ahaana and Geetha stood there bewildered, and as soon as John nodded at her she recognized him. That's when she realised she was still on call with Arjun.

"You should leave sir", John said pointing the rifle straight at Gopinath who stood there a little astonished. On cue, two men came from behind Gopinath, from the bedroom behind the hall. He hadn't come alone. They were Gopinath's men. John eyed the guards behind him and soon those guys were handled down and they dropped their guns.

Ahaana trembled under what she witnessed. Was her father going to use that gun on her, manhandling her with his guards? 

"Arjun" Ahaana called, her sound light as a feather,

"Yeah, I am on my way. Don't worry. Just breathe", he tried to soothe her in the best way that he could,

"Okay", she mumbled, taking a few steps behind. She didn't know what was happening, but she knew her father's visit was not for her, alone. And she wasn't ready to know about the underlying agenda behind the visit all alone. This was what she was afraid of from the very beginning of the marriage alliance with Arjun. She never wanted her parents to be back with her for her rich influential fiancé and now it had happened, just as she feared.

"Take Dadi and get in the car that's parked outside. Do not think about anything else. You are not alone anymore, remember?" Arjun asked her ever so smoothly while Drake drove past the vehicles as fast as he could.

Ahaana nodded, blinking her eyes continuously to not allow the tears to shed before her father. Her throat was clogged and she wasn't even breathing. Geetha stood there helpless witnessing her granddaughter getting the panic attack that was long gone for years.

"Hey, be there with me pumpkin. You have a family now, you have me. You are not alone and no one is ever going to abandon you for anything, ever. Because you're the most priceless and blessed gift of my life, our life. Get in the car and go home. Mom, Dad, Raaha, they all are waiting for you", 

Arjun carefully put out each word to soothe her down, he didn't know she was breaking, nor was she starting to have a panic attack. But he knew enough to say what to hold her together without breaking again. She has a family now, his family and he made sure to make her understand that.

Ahaana nodded, yet again. Her eyes never left her father's. He was trying to take his image all in. He looked old, with wrinkles on his forehead and the side of his eyes as he squinted. He looked pale but healthy. She remembered him having diabetic issues the last time he was home, she wondered if he was still having the health issue. Slowly the bad memories started to reel in and she jerked her hands to hold on to her dadi.

"Ahaana... Do you hear me?" Arjun asked again,

And a second later the line went dead…

"Ahaana.." 

The radio with Drake blasted with Ryder's sound.

"We need security down the school lane. Paps and media have already swarmed the gates and it's worse. Mahira is already surrounded, sir", 

"This day couldn't get any more worse", Arjun hissed,

His phone rang showing Akshanth.

"Arjun. How's the issue there?" 

"It's probably Mr Gopinath, Dad. He had shown up at Ahaana's house. I am heading there. Issue down the school is worse. I can't send Drake back there to Arnav but you have to look into it. Aayansh has gone with them, will have to do something to ease his way, We do not want more mess in the media, that too of Aayansh once again before his movie premiere", Arjun said,

"Why did he go with them?" Akshanth questioned, 

"Dad, you know what happened with Aashna, Aaynash still regrets it. He would do anything to not bring that same issue back, and here, it isn't a celebrity, it's Mahira and we do not want that poor girl to suffer just because she's whirled into our world", 

"Yeah, I got it", 

Mess doesn't need any better definition than the horrendous drama that was reeling at the moment. 

"What about Arnav?" Akshanth asked again,

Arjun glanced at Drake who turned his security radio again and Ryder responded immediately.

"This is crazy. Arnav punched a few media men and thrashed the NBC's camera",

"Bloody great", 

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