I'm bacckk from Camp!
Love the extremely vivid comment section in the last chap. Expect the same for this one too ☠️👀
On top is Teri Naar. Congrats for 100million+ views on U-tube! Enjoy yr cake Avu! :)
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!
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Avu POV
Faisu: SIDDHARTH!
—I watch as they unsympathetically whip a topless, bleeding Siddharth's back as tears run down his face and his eyes are sore and red.
This is a dream.
I am only dreaming it.
I feel my feet start to feel numb as someone holds me up.
Jannat.
Faisu continuously screams Siddharth's name as three police officers forcefully hold him back and Abhi just stared at his helpless brother, traumatized and unmoving.
Dead on the inside.
Arishfa on the other hand just stares at the scene emotionlessly as if it's totally normal. And Ashnoor is shock-struck and trying to process the situation.
I catch someone collapse through the corner of my eye.
Reem had fainted into Jai's arms who was now putting her down and trying to get some water.
But I just stare at Siddharth. And then at Arishfa.—
Police: (beating Siddharth) Tell us that you murdered Mr. Kaur! ADMIT YOUR SIN!
Sid: I am innocent.
(The whip coming down on his bare skin and blood making a puddle on the ground)
Police: DON't LIE!
Sid: (parched) I didn't kill him sir!
Police: (now noticing Arishfa) He will not tell like this Madam.
Arishfa: I am aware of that Constable Mehra. I am very aware that this one is cunning. Very cunning. But I think I know how to get it out of him.
(The other police walk out as Arishfa walks in and sits the bleeding Siddharth on a chair in front of a table and stands on the other side)
Sid: I have not murdered. I am innocent.
Arishfa: (coldly and loud) Silence. (Takin out some files and reading from them)
Siddharth Nigam.
Son to two parents.
Fathers records- Died in a construction accident.
Mother- Vibha Nigam.
Siddharth Nigam death certificate.
Date: 17th March 2016.
Arishfa: so tell me Mr. Nigam. You died 4 years ago right? Here's your death certificate. Completely valid. Fingerprint also valid.
According to what we have here, you are not alive!
(Slamming her stick against the desk)
So tell me how you are here!
Sid: I faked my death. To escape my past.
Arishfa: and how did you manage to break into the government core data and erase your fucking existence from there! Fingerprints. Birth certificate. Brothers name. Schooling. EVERYTHING! How! TELL ME!
Sid: (lowly) I don't know.
Arishfa: Lies! (Picking up her stick and beating him hard enough for him to wince in pain)
—Arishfa? What in the fucking world are you doing?
Why are you hitting him?
Siddharth is innocent!
I don't believe a fucking word you say!—
Sid: FINE! I hacked into your core data and erased bits of my information! Alone!
—he did what?
How?—
Arishfa: What does your brothers know about this.
Sid: (with sadness and guilt in his eyes) nothing.
Arishfa: That's all right. I believe you.
(To the police) go interrogate his brothers. But without touching them.
Police: yes Madam!
—I watch as Faisu and Abhi are walked into another room as Arishfa keeps questioning Siddharth.
Suddenly I get back to reality and everything is no longer as silent. —
Jaan: Avu! Avu!
Avu: (whispering like there's no strength left in her) what?
Jaan: Avu. Hold onto yourself. Siddharth will be fine. He is innocent. Nothing will happen to Siddharth!
Avu: but why is Arishfa hitting him?
Jaan: that's just how the police work. But Siddharth will be alright!
Avu: how does Siddharth have a death certificate?
Jaan: I don't know. There is probably some sort of misunderstanding! Nothing will happen.
Avu: (tears running down her eyes as Jaan tries to handle her like a 5year old kid searching for their lost pet) will Siddharth die?
Jaan: NO AVNEET! Nothing will happen. Nothing will happen to Siddharth.
Avu: but-
Jaan: SHUT UP! (Slapping Avneet in the face to bring her back to life) Shut up! Nothing will happen to Siddharth do you understand that!
Avu: alright. (Breathing heavily as some consciousness starts to come back to her) Nothing will happen to Siddharth. He is innocent.
Ashnoor: (traumatized and frantic) (whispering) Avu? Did Siddharth kill my father?
Jaan: no Ash! I don't believe that.
Avu: he can't. You don't believe that do you? You don't think that Siddharth could ever do such a thing DO YOU?!
Arishfa: (now in front of them) I do. I do think that Siddharth could do such a thing.
Maybe Avneet, just maybe. Siddharth isn't as innocent and naive as we think he is. Maybe is not just the simple lad that we know.
Think about it Avneet! Faisu just starts modeling for a few days and they suddenly have a luxurious penthouse and an exquisite Ferrari? They have even better security in their house than even most banks or museums! Why would an ordinary home need that? And the Siddharth Nigam that we know was able to hack into the frickin core data server and erase his personal information. Which means that we won't be able to detect his fingerprint! Why would he do that unless he has something that he needed to hide!
Avu: or he didn't actually do any of those things. Maybe the data just got erased due to some glitch in the server. And maybe the death certificate is just some sort of setting of your corrupt system!
Arishfa: SHUT UP AVNEET! You are simply blinded by your fake love to that boy who would never even notice you! Who had just covered you in layers of pure lies! You think he is perfect right! LOOK AT HIS VALID DEATH CERTIFICATE and then say that!
(Avu, raising her hand to slap Arishfa but only to be stopped by someone else,
Ashnoor)
Avu: (taken aback) you arn't actually considering this are you Ashnoor! WAKE UP! This is the same boy who brought you back to life after so many years after your fathers death! This is the same boy who gave you hope to keep living! The boy who made you feel less alone! THE SAME SIDDHARTH! How can you even think such a thing!
Ashnoor: I can Avneet. Siddharth may have given me hope, but my fathe gave me a life. Siddharth may have made me feel a little less lonely, but I would never have felt lonely in the first place if Siddharth had never killed my father! (Avu's blood now starting to boil as she processes what Ash is saying with extreme disbelief)
Ashnoor: and besides, maybe it was part of Siddharth's plan. To make me feel happy again and forget about my father's death. So that he can just escape and I never get justice.
Reem: WHAT THE HELL is wrong with you Ashnoor Kaur! How could you say such a thing about MY BROTHER! (Reem Trying to hit Ash but Jai stopping Reem)
Reem: You've spent less than 24 hours with him but I-I've spent 24 years with his ASHNOOR! He walked we to school on my first day! (A small smile making its way to we face as she relives the memory) He taught me how to spell my own fucking name! My mother and father were there alright, but Siddharth? He told me what a real family was like!
And you're telling me that that same Siddharth has taken someone's life? Are you mad!
That same Siddharth, can't even hurt a fly ASHNOOR! (Tears rolling down her cheeks) quite literally. He'd always miss.
(A few drops rolling down Avu's eyes too as she remembers every moment she had with him)
Arishfa: well. If that's what you people believe than be ready for a bumpy ride to reality. (Putting her police hat on)
We need all of you down in another room soon.
Jaan: can Avneet and I have a second here please.
Arishfa: take your time. Everyone else come. Constable! Please bring Siddharth along too! With utmost care too!
—I watch as they drag Siddharth out of the jail cell and make him walk across us.
For a split second his helpless eyes meet mine and that's enough to tell me a million things.
I don't believe a word anyone else says.
Siddharth is innocent.
Siddharth is innocent—
Jaan: Siddharth is innocent Avneet. They don't know Siddharth enough, and anyone who does know him, doesn't believe a word they say! Like Reem, she doesn't believe anything. I don't either.
And besides, Arishfa and Ashnoor have spent less than a day with him. You've spent months AVNEET! Months!
Avu: I know he's innocent. He hasn't done anything.
—we walk down the room to where Arishfa said that she'd show us all the evidence against him.
Walking down all the maze of rights and lefts until Jaan and I find Faisu and Abhi who look rather morbid themselves—
Abhi: (stuttering) Avneet. Siddharth is innocent.
Avu: (giving him an arm for support) (her voice now more firm as she wipes away the tears) I know.
Faisu: (parched) good.
(Jaan helps Faisu walk too as the four of us find a police officer who leads us to the room where Arishfa was.)
(Us at the door as the police salutes and leaves)
Arishfa: come in. Take a seat.
—the room is an empty one with a large table with Arishfa sitting on one side of a see through glass as we take a seat on the other.
Arishfa and Siddharth sitting on two sides of a table on the other side of the glass inside an interrogation room.
One side sound transfer only.
We watch silently.—
Arishfa: (walking around the room slowly) So tell me Siddhart Nigam. Who was your father?
Sid: A respectful construction worker.
Ari: who hated his boss. JUST SAY TRUE OR NOT!
Sid: not true.
Ari: right. Then I am guessing it's just a coincidence that your father worked at the same construction site where a 30 story building was being made.
Sid: true.
Ari: and that building was not sturdy, because it's architectural base was not designed properly.
Sid: true.
Ari: therefore, one day during construction the building collapsed on many of the construction workers, taking around 60 of their lives. Correct?
Sid: true.
Ari: and in that incident, your father also died. Correct.
Sid: (annoyed a bit but still calm) TRUE.
Ari: And the architect of that building was none other than Ashboor's father!
Sid: (a little Taken aback by this unknown information) pure coincidence. I know nothing of it.
Faisu: (to Avu) its true. I didn't know anything about this either.
Ari: Lies. Now please remain silent and speak only when you ARE ASKED TO.
And also it's pure coincidence that a few days after your father died, Ashnoor's father was killed. Correct?
Sid: coincidence.
Ari: and it's also a coincidence that your father had written down his last wish beforehand. And it's SIGNED TO YOU!
(Handing Sid a paper which he had never seen before and is trying to read but Arishfa takes it back)
Arishfa: Your father's handwriting. Correct?
Sid: (a tear rolling down his eyes) true.
Arishfa: now keep acting like you have never seen it before and I'll read these familiar words to you!
To my beloved,
Siddharth and Abhishek Nigam.
If you are reading this than I must be dead.
I don't know much about architectural designs, but of what I do know, my boss is corrupt. He is working for some other organization too and he has on purpose built a weak building base! He wants to kill the people who will in future live in this building, and I will not let that happen!
Today I and my honorable fellow workers are going to stop this building's construction and try to talk our boss out of his bad intentions.
I don't know if I will be able to come home alive, son. But if I don't succeed, consider it my last wish and finish him for me.
You both are all that's left for me.
I trust you my two sons.
From,
your loving father.
(The tears run down Sid and Abhi's face as they can almost imagine their long gone father saying it to them)
Sid: he wrote that?
Ari: And you obeyed didn't you?
Sid: I'm stupid. Being the only thing my father ever had, his son. I couldn't even finish his last wish.
Ari: oh wow, now you're lying smoothly too!
(Throwing the letter to him which he picks up and traces the ink of. That being the last traces of his father)
Sid: You're right. I killed Ashnoor Kaur's father. I killed him.
(Arishfa's face immediately becomes a whole new level of cold and heartless as a few police officers come in and immediately drag him away)
—"I killed Ashnoor's father. I killed him".
It can't be. Siddharth couldn't have.
I feel something very heavy rise to my head as everything starts to go blur and I can faintly hear Jaan calling my name.
And Faisu and Abhi just sit there like stone models, shocked, petrified, lost, almost dead.
I watch as Reemi tries to shake Abhi back to life but nothing works and then she just wraps her arms around him and sob miserably into his shirt.
The last thing I see is Ashnoor walking out of the room steadily, almost happy to hear that her father's murderer is caught.
Her hate that she's been storing for so many years has finally found a victim.
It's so deep that she doesn't even notice that the person who she's releasing it on is none other than our own, Siddharth.
He's innocent Avneet.
Siddharth is innocent!—
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Vomment!
My sincere apologies.
Accusations are bitter.
Until I write again,
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