Sinner~ A Desperate Race For Revenge.

Ch.3

"Meine ispar work ka bahut pressure daal diya na?" Aarushi asked Nivi sadly.

"Arrey nahi...tumne kahan se daal diya?" Nivi answered.

"Politics join karne ke baad Rohan hi mera sab kaam sambhal raha hai na? Uska khud ke kaam ka pressure itna hoga plus ab mera bhi..." Aarushi said sadly.

"Arrey, nahi aisa nahi hai...woh manage kar raha hai..." Nivi replied.

"Don't worry...abhi elections khatam hue hai...abhi mein thoda free rahungi raat ko...I'll do my work on fashion designing that time..." Aarushi said to Rohan as he came in.

"Arrey wah...thik hai...par chinta karne ki koi baat nahi hai...in case tum free nahi hoti ho toh I will manage.." Rohan replied.

Aarushi gave him a nod.

Suddenly, her phone buzzed.

Panoti was calling.

"Yeh Panoti kaun hai, baby?" Siddharth asked her. Everyone was laughing.

"Yeh ladki logon ke naam kaise save karti hai.." Sameeksha laughed.

"Arrey? Yeh wapas kyun call kar rahi hai?" Aarushi wondered aloud.

"Kaun?" Vedanti asked.

"Devaki Mahajan." Aarushi replied. Everyone gasped.

"Tumne uska naam Panoti save kiya hai?!" Sumedh asked her in shock.

"Haan...so?" Aarushi narrowed her eyes.

"Arrey phone toh uthao.." Nivi said.

Aarushi picked up her phone.

"Haan Panoti-err-Devaki ji boliye." Aarushi said. Devaki's fists clenched.

"Ji...meine isliye call kiya tha ki aaj shaam humare yahan ek party hai...Mere aur Randhir ki anniversary hai...Mujhe khushi hogi agar aap aur aapke dost humari party mein aayenge." Devaki cunningly asked.

"Umm...no thanks. You guys carry on." Aarushi replied. Everyone gave her a questioning look.

"Arrey? Abhi se answer de rahi hai? Aap please try kijiye ga..." Devaki said.
Aarushi hung up on Devaki.

"Kya hua??" Nivi asked. Everyone looked at her curiously.

Aarushi told them about what Devaki told her.

"Seriously? Usne humein party mein bulaya hai? Is she crazy?" Sumedh said.

"Waise yeh Devaki dikhti kaisi hai?" Aarushi asked. Nobody knew.

"Ajeeb hai na? Humne usse kabhi bhi dekha tak nahi..." Rohan observed.

"Shantabaiii! Zara mera laptop lana toh mere room mein se." Aarushi called out to her servant.

"Ji..madam." Shantabai hurried up the stairs. A few moments later, she came and handed the laptop to Aarushi.

Aarushi switched it on and searched for Devaki on the net.

Aarushi froze. A chill went down her spine. She started shivering. Siddharth noticed this and came and sat next to her.

"Aarushi? Kya hua? Itna darr kyun rahi ho?" He asked her.

"Ye-yeh..." Aarushi pointed at Devaki's picture.

"Kya yeh?" Siddharth asked.

Aarushi realised what she was about to say. She shut herself up. Everyone looked at her confused.

This was the same woman as that day in her car. Same face, same eyes, same nose, same clothes.  Its just that her face was normal and not scarred.

"Kya yeh?" Sameeksha tried to persuade Aarushi to spill the beans. She knew that Aarushi remembered something from that dreadful night.

"Kuch nahi..." Aarushi trailed off. "Kya hum aaj iski party mein jaa sakte hai?"

"NAHI! Pagal ho kya tum?  Dimag thikane par hai ya nahi?" Sumedh shouted at her. Aarushi flinched.

"We can go actually..." Nivi said suddenly. Aarushi looked at her with a ray of hope. She needed to know the answers. She had to go to the party to find out.

"Nahi." Rohan said sternly.

"Koi kahin nahin jaayega." Amit declared.

Aarushi  began to devise an escape plan in her head.

Jaakar toh mein rahungi hi. She thought.  Isse mere sawaalo ka jawab dena hoga hi..

Sameeksha understood that Aarushi was planning to go to the party somehow. This was something related to that night. She decided to keep a close watch on Aarushi. She would follow her wherever she went. This would prove that Aarushi is hiding something from them.