Chapter 8

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Translation of some words in the story:

Di Or Jiji =elder sister / Bitiya= daughter/ Chacha= Uncle / Buaji= Aunt /

Ma=Mom / Baba= Dad / DeviMaiya= One of the gods



Sheesh Mahal

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Sheesh Mahal

Standing on the terrace of the Sheesh Mahal, ASR was watching the gleaming Gomti River. The sun was setting slowly among some scattered clouds across the wide blue sky; far away in the distance, birds were flapping back and forth, settling down with the sun towards their den while some flew past the sun vibrating the murmuring water with a touch of Jasmine scent all around in the air.

He pursed his lips with smouldering eyes and hurled the broken old muddy vase sitting near the partition on the pillar at the end of the terrace. Nothing was coming to light even after four months the way he'd planned to capture Thakur red-handed. He had wanted to resolve these issues over these six months. Instead, everything was in a state of unrest after finding the truth from Dr.Vikrant...

He was in a state of unrest, unable to concentrate, when a wasp of fresh, soothing Jazmine touched his senses, and he opened his eyes, remembering Di's words to be on time. He cursed under his breath when his eyes followed workers leaving for the day. He turned around to leave but halted on his own, feeling something was wrong. He had no idea why when his eyes went back down to the second-floor balcony where two men were running inside the main rooms...the only one name came to his lips with fear in his heart and mind... "Khushi!..." Even before any thought could register, he was running out of this terrace, down to the second floor towards the other side of the Sheesh Mahal.

It was getting dark, and he couldn't see between the dark corridors, but his feet were following the path on their own, knowing where to lead. Within minutes he was near the poolside, the only thing he could see ahead in the water with a glint of nose pin into the pool waves.


"Khushi!..."


His scream trembled every corner of the Sheesh Mahal, making every bird flock out of his den where they just reached for the night... his breath paced up; he felt something clutch his insides before he saw her coming out of it safely. He didn't wait to figure it out, and the very next moment, his hands were on the neck of the one who pushed her into the water, choking him almost before non-stop punching him to death, "How dare you touch her?..." He growled these words with every punch at him when Khushi's hand over his shoulder brought his hand froze in the air... the other guy just disappeared into the darkness with terror of his eyes. Security reached to grab him.

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