The King currently sat in his room, bored and restless. Nanu was of course with his father and there seemed a little chance of her returning back to their chamber. For a second he pondered to bring her back to the room for he can't seem to sleep without her, but another second he discarded the idea because she had seen her father after so many years and he didn't wanted to behave like a possessive jerk of a husband, which he was, and drag her to their room. Hence he resoluted to stay in his own chamber and let the family spend some quality time together. He reclined on his chesterfield chair and tried to close his eyes and sleep but sleep wasn't some slave of you which will come upon your immediate order. Therefore after many futile attempts of trying to sleep, he ultimately gave up and rose up from his chair. For a couple of minutes he must've paced athwart inside his room and in the next minute, he apparently made up his mind to go and see her for one time coz he just can't seem to calm himself without her. Nonetheless resolved to not force her to come in the room, just look at her and come back and sleep. So when it was all decided, Samrat made his way to the visitors room, where his father-in-law was given his quarters in the palace. He descended the stairs and reached the room where he supposed his lovely wife was. Howbeit being a King, Samrat had a bad habit of entering any room without knocking and this habit persisted currently too as he found himself opening the door without the obvious rapping. Realisation came later when he was already in, so when now the damage was done nothing could be done to eradicate that. Entering inside, he found his lovely wife and her beaver brother, sleeping on either side of their father, hugging him tightly. The scene was pretty peaceful and he felt that he was like a cardamom in the biryani.
"Samrat!!!! " said a voice from the front and Samrat saw the father looking at him with a smile. He hadn't noticed this earlier that he was still awake and he was mortified for that.
"I'm sorry!!! I.....I just came without your knowledge!!!! It's just that........" he faltered and halted as he didn't wanted to apprise him that he couldn't sleep without his daughter as it would be awkward. He chuckled.
"Can't sleep without her!!!! " he chuckled and Samrat looked at him in astonishment. He wasn't like his son but different, after all had it been her brother than he must've kicked Samrat out of the room already. Nonetheless his father-in-law didn't appreard like that, at least not in the first glance. He gently removed the siblings arms from himself and tried to get up. Nandini in the process stirred.
"Nanu!!!!! " Samrat whispered abruptly as he stepped forward to pat her to sleep but her father did the job for him. Howbeit her father did felt that he loved her dearly and hence was happy with their marriage.
"Samrat I wanna talk to you about something!!!! " he said turning to him and samrat nodded.

Both the man were presently in the throne room with Samrat standing behind his father-in-law and him folding his arms and staring at the front.
"You must be wondering where I was since so many years!!!!! Hm!!!! " he said and samrat nodded lightly which he looked over his shoulder.
"13 years ago, the news of me jumping in the ocean and dying surfaced. And it was false.!!! I'll tell you the truth!!!! 13 years ago, my wife cheated on me with her wealthy lover. When I found it, I left her and started to live with my kids in a new house to start everything again and fresh. But that evil woman wasn't happy with this too!!!! She wanted my property which the court and me, both refused!!!! And this made her and her lover furious. So she and her lover tried to kill me!!!! I ran for my life, for my children......but they felt no mercy on me!!!!! And after running for like hours, I reached the Sabarmati dam. But than they came there too!!!!! And that's when I came to know that she just wanted my signature on the property papers and threatened to kill me if I don't do what she asks me to do!!!! I felt that it was better to fall to my own death than get killed from the hands of this devious woman. I jumped off the dam and fell in the rivulet. I don't know where the river took me but when I opened my eyes, I saw I was amongst the tribals. And to my horror, I remembered nothing about my past life, my kids, my mother, nothing. I had lost my memory completely. The tribals were compassionate and benevolent enough to let me stay with them.!!!! For years, I lived with them with no knowledge of my children or my past life!!!! But God wasn't so harsh to me as I got my memory back when I accidentally smacked my head into a big rock. I.......I.....remembered everything, my nanu, my naksh, my mother, my killers, everyone........I remembered everyone. And than I told everything to the tribal chief and he helped me out of the tribe and to my house. But I found my house locked......I didn't knew where to search my children!!!! But......the neighbour told me about you!!!!! He said that my nanu has married you and lives in Rajasthan with you. And I came here searching my kids. " he paused as Samrat listened to him patiently. He turned back and looked at his samrat and if you believe him, his eyes were red in rage or sadness, isn't vivid.
"Samrat find that woman and her lover for me!!!! I'll kill her with my own hands!!!!! She made my children live a life of orphan.!!!! My naksh had to sacrifice his teenage and work at such a tender age, just because of that woman.!!!!! I will make her pay for my children's every single tear. I will make sure she receives a painful death which I'll give her.!!!!! She'll pay!!!!!.........Find her Samrat, find her!!! " he said with his blood shot eyes to which Samrat nodded firmly ready to make that woman pay for his nanu's tears.

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