There was nothing left to confirm now.
Sidharth felt his reality slipping in front of his eyes.
It was indeed Sana's father that was responsible for his misery and pain.
All the attacks ,the threats,the pain was caused by none other than him.
Sidharth looked at sana as she waited for him to say something.
But when he didn't say anything she opened her mouth again.
Sana-Sidharth, are you going to tell me why do you have his picture???
Sidharth held back tears and said
"He is the man that we were looking for,i mean he was working for someone"
Sana took a step back ofcourse.
She was absolutely stressing about it now because she knew what was he going to say.
Sid-Your step father,it was him.
He killed my dad.
Sana was in shock at first but when it passed she sat next to him and closed her eyes.
Sidharth waited to some type of reaction, anything...something?
But she just kept her eyes closed and clenched her teeth together.
Sana*whispered*How is this even possible???
How did we miss it?
How is this possible???
Sidharth touched her softly and said
"Its not your fault, there is no way you could've known sana"
Sana*angry*So my bullet wound,the library all of it was his doing?
Sid-Yes.
Sana-But he was in Punjab with my mom all the while when that happened, how is this possible. Someone must have seen him for sure.
Sid-That is the worst part sana, he had help from inside.
He had an alibi.
Sana was gobsmacked.
Sana-So,do we know who it is???
Sid nodded in no.
Sana sighed and said
"Mom will.kill herself if she will know that she married a murderer and was with him for so many years"
Sid-Hey...we aren't going to tell her anything. Not unless your step father is in our custody.
He was expecting sana would cry or be vulnerable but she surprised him completely.
Sana-i want you to take him.down sidharth, make him pay for all that he did to you and to mom.
He deserves to be punished.
Sid-Are you sure,there is a lot on your plate right now angel.
We can wait if you...
Sana-No,he is too smart for that.
Tum usey nahi.jaante but i know him.
We need to find his alibi soon.
Sid-Aayush is working on that but we need the second culprit as well.
If we react now we risk losing them both hence we are not going to do anything suspicious.
Sana-No...my step father is very evil sidharth, he will run away if he has the slightest doubt on his forthcoming fate.
You need to leave raman alone.
Sid-What?
Sana-Yes,leave raman alone and let it all be natural i am sure if something happens here ,it will be transferred by the middle man right?
Sid-Right.
Sana-What it we send the same piece of information via different locations and find out what was happening.
Sid-What?
Sana-Make me talk to aayush.
I think i know what to do.
Sidharth gave her the number and sana decided to put her mind into work.
No one,i repeat...No one knows how her stepfather thinks better than her and so she going to do anything she can to help catch that bastard.
Sana hates him and wants nothing more than to see him suffer.
Sidharth on.the other hand was really confused about what to do.
On one hand,sana looks okay.
So its a good sign but the guilt of not telling her about shehbaaz was eating him from inside.
He wants to but this is not appropriate at all.
She is already going through so much.
He can't do this to her.
Sidharth decided to do one thing at a time and he decided to deal.with the murderer and helper first.
Rest can wait.
But what he forgot in all of this was,he haven't told aayush to keep his mouth shut regarding the shehbaaz scenario.
If aayush told sana anything of the sort,she will actually be destroyed right now.
Sidharth was too busy in the head to think about his move and the only one in risk of ratting him.out was the man who was talking to sana right now.
Sana talked to aayush and explained how she wanted to plan things.
Aayush was really impressed by her.
Aayush-I must say sana,that is very helpful.
Sana-This is my number, keep me posted as soon as you reach Punjab.
He is very coy aayush,that man is a master manipulator so.please don't believe any second hand information.
Aayush-Understood.
They talked and sana went back to where sidharth was.
Sana-I told him what to do next,as for us we will continue as if nothing happened.
Sidharth was so impressed by her composure and the way she handled it.
She really is something else all together.
And the guilt was back again.
He didn't even talk to her after that and sana decided to talk about a certain things with him.
Sana-We will stay in the penthouse, jab tak bhai out of danger nahi hai kyunki its closer.
Sid-Anything you want angel.
Sana-And i want aayush to not deal with any of his chamchas now.
From now onwards,its him me and you.
Sid-What about vikas?
Sana-No,not even him.Not even your mom.
Less people knowing about it just ensures their safety.
Jise pta hoga wo aadmi usey khtm karne ki poori koshish karega.
Sid-Does that mean everyone is a suspect right now???
Sana nodded slowly.
Sana-I know its hard for you sidharth but its a fact that someone close to you has helped them otherwise confidentiality mustn't have breached so naturally something need to be done.
Sid-Yea,i guess you are right.
She hugged him.
"Hey,i promise we will see this through. He won't escape this,i promise"
Sidharth was feeling guilt by just touching her.
The way she showed strength was making him.more and more wrong in this situation.
And he wasn't even aware of what she told aayush to do but he was certain this was going to work.
He knows it in his heart.
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Sana's mother was in the hospital right now.
Sidharth has gone,sana made him.
Right now its just sana and her mom.
Sana was looking at her face and it was making her really sad.
This woman gave up her kids for a man she thought was her love.
Will she be able to hear the truth???
How will she ever tell her the truth?
How much more is he hiding.
God knows what is going on.
So she decided to talk to her about that man,something she should've done a long time ago.
Kuch toh nya pta chalega.
Sana-Maa,main aapse kuch puch skti hun?
Her mother tried to put on a smile and said
"Han beta"
Sana-Why?...ye jo us aadmi ka behavior change hua tha,ye achanak hua tha ya something happened???
Mom*sad*Pta nahi kaise beta,you know drinking was the reason he started being abusive.
Isse phle sahi tha sb.
Sana-He was sober for how long?
Mom-The year you left home he stopped before that and he started doing it again last year.
Sana-Oh okay...and is there something he ever said that felt strange to you?
The way her mother was behaving, she knew something is up.
She was hiding something.
She knows something.
Sana-Maa,there is so many people he has hurt,plz if you know anything tell me.
He is a bad man,he doesn't deserve love.
It took her mother some time but she finally opened up.
Mom-It was all so confusing.He never let me meet your dadi.
I mean he hated that woman...and i always assumed its because she didn't accept me when i married your dad.
But some months ago,he was drunk and screamed
"You are useless to me now,that old hag ruined everything. Fuck"
Sana was taken back to the day she slapped him.
"She is useless now"
,he was onto something. He had some use for her earlier and now he doesn't .
Sana-Ohkay,...he ever asked you about anything about our family???
Mom-Initially yes,when we were married,he asked about the house and who owns other properties on your father's name.
Sana was shocked,i mean she knew that man was upto no good but what if the whole reason he married her mother was because he wanted her property???
There is only one woman that can confirm these things.
The woman that has hold on the papers of the property.
Her grandmother.
Sana hugged her mom and said
"Listen mom lets forget about this man,he is bad news.
Don't ever talk to him ever again"
Sana decided to talk to her grandma at home,once badi maa and Shriya come to the hospital.
She will go to home without her mom and talk to her grandma.
Sidharth was trying to sleep but sleep eluded him.
He was constantly thinking about what to do.
The man he wanted to catch from so many years was finally made visible to him but he has to still find out his alibi.
And ofcourse Lying to sana was making him worried as well.
Vikas has taken care of office as he rested in his penthouse.
But there was little rest.
Sidharth has mapped out 100 ways of telling sana,that he gave the orders that have nearly killed her brother.
He was thinking he can say the truth like...
"I had no idea it was shehbaaz and plz forgive me for that"
But her words were there again.
"Please don't do anything rash,plz don't do anything stupid"
What was he thinking???There was no way out.
Even if she will believe he did it unintentionally still he is the reason shehbaaz was fighting between life and death.
Sana was so stressed and worried as it is,and telling her this will break her further.
He called aayush in hopes of finding the other name.
Kam se kam koi fayda toh ho is sb ka.
Sid-Hello.
Aayush-Han sidharth.
Sid-Sana se baat hui?
Aayush-Han bhai hogyi...she is very clever.
Within a week we will have our second man.
Sid-Can you tell me how?
Aayush-Sana wants us to spread a rumour but she wants us to tweak a few details every time we tell.it to someone we think can be the culprit with a motive.
Sid-So we have to test everybody's loyalty???
Aayush-Yes,we have to.This is the only way if raman is not to be touched like sana said.
Sid-Do whatever she says,i trust her.
Aayush-I will,we are close sidharth.
I am keeping an eye on her stepfather. Don't worry any sign of suspicion and i will take him.down myself.
Tum bas ek kaam.karo.
Sid-What?
Aayush-Make me a list of close ones you think can have a motive and are close enough to jeopardize your information.
Like it happened many times before.
Sid-Alright.
Aayush-Do it with sana and vikas if you want.
Maybe they can see something you can't.
Sid-Are you sure?
Aayush-Ofcourse,vikas ko tum waise bhi sb btate ho and sana bhi ab sb janti hai na.
Sid-Han wo toh hai.
Aayush-ek baat puchun sidharth.
Sid-Han bol na.
Aayush-Tune sana ko btaya k shehbaaz ka accident kyun hua?
Sid was silent.
Aayush-Main janta hun easy nahi hoga lekin jitna jldi ho ske bta dena.
She deserves to know the truth.
Sid-I know man ,i know...but kya karun.
I just..i don't want to hurt her.
Aayush-I understand but sometimes its the only way.
Sidharth kept the phone down and prayed to God that whatever he was thinking will fall into place because losing her will be a tragedy.
Hopefully god will.have mercy on his heart.
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Sana was at home with her dadi.She wants to know what exactly is the situation with their property.
So she was trying to go to the bottom of her hunch.
Why would her step father at once be uninterested in her mom.
Sana-Dadi,aapki will aapke siwaye kisi ke paas thi kya???
Dadi-Nahi,teri maa ke sign hue they bas,kyunki tere papa ke jane ke baad wo nominee thi na.
Sana-Oh,toh property jo bhi hai sb maa ke nam pe hai?
Dadi-Phle thi,ab ni....lekin jab tak teri shadi nahi hui bas tb tak.
Sana-Kya mtlb?
Dadi-Dekh,teri maa ne dusri shadi jab ki thi uske baad usne sign karke apna naam nominee list se hta diya tha.
Toh mere paas saara hold tha.
Sana-Ye baat kisi ko pta thi??
Dadi-Nahi...kyunki us gadhe aadmi ne inki shadi register hi nahi krayi thi us time,bahut late krayi.
Toh wakeel ne bola k ghar chod k baaki jo bhi chezen hai wo main apne naam pe rakhun aur ghar teri maa k naam pe rahega.
Teri maa ne aur maine ye baat kisi se kahi hi nahi.
Sana was able to understand the whole situation better now.
Sana-Aur ab kya system hai?
Dadi-Kuch saal phle mujhe pehla attack aaya toh maine socha k main wakeel ko bula k saara kaam kar lun.
Toh wakeel ke sath milke tere papa ki wasihat bhi pdhi.
Sana was shocked.So who was the heir of all the property?
Sana-Ye....ye kb kiya dadi aapne.
Dadi-5.saal phle,tere papa ne apni jo will bnai thi usme hi add kiya.
Uske hisab se jab tak teri shadi nahi hui hai har cheez ka incharge main hun,aur agar mujhe kuch hota hai toh acting power teri maa k pass hai,bas teri shadi tak.
Wo uska kuch kar nahi skti but transfer bhi nahi hogi.
Phle nahi thi mtlb par attack k baad maine usko hi chuna tha nominee k liye kyunki tu Punjab aane ko tyar hi nahi thi puttar...tujhe kaise bulati is sb kaam k liye.Mujhe to phle hi pta tha tujhe koi interest nahi hai is sb mein.
Toh main Punjab ki saari property k liye likhwa diya k teri shadi pe mera gift hoga main rahun ya na rahun.
Sana-Han?Mtlb jis bhi din meri shadi hoti???
Dadi-Sb apne aap tera ho jata.
Shehbaaz ko factory milti hmari aur baki sb property aur zameen tujhe...tu pehla bacha tha na...dadaji shehbaaz se toh mile hi ni they...toh uske hisse bhi kam hi aaya.
Wo toh bachpan se bolta hai...didi ko sb dete ho,sunega toh hasega dekhna.
It was clear as a daylight to her now.
Sana thanked her dadi and said she needs to call someone important.
She stepped outside and dialled aayush
"Han aayush,i have something important to tell you.
Can you call me in an hour,,i will.be with sidharth then"
Aayush-Sure.
Sana drove like a crazy woman and in record speed in 20 minutes she was in his office.
Bella greeted her.
Bella-Good evening ma'am.
Sana-Bella,go and call vikas sir.Unko bolo k sana ma'am ne kaha hai urgent hai.
Bella-Okay ma'am.
Sana- Send him upstairs now.
Sidharth was shocked to her there at first but he immediately asked her what was the matter.
Sid-What's wrong?
Sana-I was with dadi and i wanted to know why my stepdad was such a douche to my mom in the end.
I was wondering k killing your dad has nothing to do with the fact that he was suddenly uninterested in my mom all of sudden.
So i decided to see just how greedy can he be.
You know we've had tons of problems in our relationship right?
Sid-Yes.
Sana-Now why would a man be interested in your relationship if his goal.is killing you and being over with it.
So i decided to look at it from another angle.
Murder aside,i wanted to join the pieces of what he was doing in our life.
And i found it sidharth, we are linked in bad luck as well.
The property he married mom for,he had no idea she was the owner of.
Hence he kept treating her right,in hopes that when my grandma will be dead it will be his because he made my mother sign a document of transfer of power.
Sid-Okay.
Sana-So he was certain that once grandma dies,mom will inherit all of it and so will he.
Sid-So?What changed?
Sana-Dadi ne bataya k five years back she changed the will and added that,once i will marry someone all of it will go to me.
Do you understand,my relationship is a potential threat for him.
Another reason for him to hate us and want us dead.
Sid-What?No...no...there has been no attack on you sana.He never tried to kill you,that bullet was for me.
We were not in a relationship then.
Sana*smirking*I know that however he must've finally been able to read the will which states if i die before i get married a part of the property will go to shehbaaz but rest will be the property of sikh trust that will undertake the orphanage.
Sidharth looked shocked.
Sana-Smj aaya,wo mujhe nahi maar skta kyunki aisa karne se he will.lose the property.
Sid-So what happens if you die after you get married?
Sana-Not mentioned, hence he thought he will use it as a loophole.
He planned on using my mom but he caught him abusing her and destroyed his plans.
Sid-Lekin fir mom ko useless bolne ka mtlb???
Sana-Property dadi ke paas chali jaye lekin maa k paas nahi jayegi..its either me or dadi and ye usko ab pta chala hai...maa ki powers zero hain.
Fuck...he is such an asshole sidharth, using my mother from last 12-13yrs like that.
What a douchebag.
Sid-So...he had two motives.
Mera investigation re open karna aur tumhara relationship mein aake shadi karna right???
Sana- Exactly,he must've been so disappointed k usne wapis se sharab peena shuru kar diya sidharth.
Isilye usne apna asli rang bhi dikhana shuru kar diya tha.
Sid-Baap re...he is way too deep into crime and greed.What a pathetic human being.
Sana-I know,God i can't believe i am associated with him.
Sid-No ,its not true.
Sana-Sidharth we can't really trust anyone right now.
Not even kaaya or Shriya or Vikas or even your mother. You understand that right?
Sid-Yes,yes i do.
Sana-We don't have any proof to base our theories on but we do have enough cases to follow our hunch.So i would suggest you to think of everyone as your enemy right now.
Kisi se bhi confidential information share nahi hogi,that's all okay.
There was a buzz on the door.
Sid-Ye kon hai?
Sana-Vikas ko bulaya hai.
Sid-No no no...aayush ne kisi ko bhi kuch bhi btane se mna kiya hai sana...abhi toh discuss kiya hai.
Sana-I know that,main bas list k liye bula ri hun.
We need a list of all people that can have an agenda.
Sid-Oh okay,come innn.
He shouted and Vikas came and sat next to them.
Sana-Vikas,we have to make a list of people who can have some grudge on your company or try to harm you guys in any way shape or form.
Vikas-Why?do we have a lead?
Sid-Nahi bhai...bas aise hi ,we need a list.
Oh okay...lets see.
And with that they started to write, the names they thought can work against them.
Ex employees,people that they fired,business rivals,sidharth's one night stands and even lavanya.
After some time,sana said
"Is there anyone we can't imagine as a suspect but has a motive"??
Sidharth was the first one to speak.
Sid-My mother.
Vikas-Pagal hai kya bhai,kya bol raha hai.
She would never. She loved your dad too much.
Sid-I know that and i don't think she did it to hide that crime but she always hated me and sana together maybe she did it because the person never told her who was he ,or why was he helping her pulling us apart.
Vikas-Why would the murderer try to pull you guys apart???
Sana glared at sidharth and de made up some lame ass excuse to not tell him.about Sana's step father.
Vikas-Okay even then,there was an attack on you,me,even sana and mom.
You think she can do it???
Sid*rage*She was safe while your mother was in icu vikas,if they go together everyday why did she not go with her that day???
I love her but i can't ignore so many red flags.
Vikas-She loves the company way too much, i think you are not right writing her name in this bhai.
Sid-I am not thrilled about it either bhai.
But i don't want to risk anything.
Ye milega toh main culprit ko pkdna apne aap easy ho jayega hamare liye.
Vikas said nothing after that.
Veham is duniya ki sbse bdi bimari hai.
Ab toh vikas ko bhi lgne lga tha k badi maa can be stupid enough to help someone who was actually her husband's murderer.
Sana got a call,and she tried to pick it up but the network wasn't helpful.
Sid-Go to the balcony sana,wahan aa jayega network.
Sid to vikas.
"Maa ya jo bhi is list mein,ye wo hain jo sath de rahe hain abhi...is waqt.Inka murder se link ho ye zaruri nahi hai bhai. Ho skta hai inhe ye bhi na pta ho k inse information lene wala kar kya raha hai uska"
Sana went outside and called back.
Sana-Hello.
Aayush-Hello,hello sana.Where are you?
Sana-Han aayush,i am with sidharth what's wrong?
Aayush-Listen to me,plz go to him and tell him exactly what i am about to tell you.
Sana-okay.
And aayush told her what he just has found out 3 minutes ago.
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Sana walked inside and saw sidharth and bella talking while vikas hugging him and left.
Sid-Sana,who was it?All good?
Sana just nodded and asked for the pen in his hand.
Sid-What?Did we miss someone????
Sana-Yes
She took the pen from his hands and wrote the name ,aayush just told her is one of main suspects.
Sidharth took the paper from her hand
And when he read it,everything around him seemed to be crumbling.
It said in Sana's handwriting.
"VIKAS"!!!
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It was late evening and all of them were out of the penthouse in the hospital when his elevator door opened and someone stepped in.
The person walked to the sitting area of their drawing room and pulled out a recording device from a flower vase adjacent to the sofa.
Good things this place has no cameras.
Everything that sidharth talked about with anyone was recorded in it.
The person dispatched it and linked it to the device in their phone to listen to what was going on.
They left the premises and left the building in few seconds.
They listened to the recording and then face palmed because of the situation.
And after that they called a number they hoped they would have to again.
"Hello"
Rajat-Arey????Mujhe toh kaha gya tha we will no longer talk to each other and you are done with me and other things.
Toh fir aaj kya hua???
The person stopped him.
"Apni bkwas apne paas rakho...aur suno.
They know"
Rajat-Han?..
Yes you idiot ,they know. I am not sure why aren't they acting on it but i am sure they know.
Mere baare mein sirf shaq hai,tumhara unhe confirm hogya hai so unless you want to die.
Figure something out soon because i am not getting enough out of this to go to jail.okay...i need to be able to enjoy what i am winning and for that i need to be outside. I am not covering up for you anymore.
This wasn't our deal"
And with that they disconnected the phone and drove away.
The thing sidharth and sana tried to do the most,was failed.
Rajat knows,he knows they are after her.
The only thing...who told her this?
Who was this person????
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One last time take your guesses because next time we meet,both the names will be in your hands and also will be the motives and how it happened. 🥂