Sana and sidharth were doing nothing this entire week except trying to have a story they can tell to everyone to see who was the mole amongst them.
As for sidharth, the chance that aayush says vikas can be one of the suspects was hard to swallow.
Sana was equally distressed about shehbaaz still in icu.
Basically both of them aligned in bad luck once again.
Sidharth called aayush as soon as he came back to his penthouse at night,without sana.
Sana had to calm her mother down so she went to sleep with her in her house.
Sid-Aayush,how can you say that vikas is one of the suspects????
Aayush-Do you remember i told you that the pictures of you and sana going viral were the job of someone from audience?
Sid-Yea.
Aayush-He was in the audience,he knew you were inside and think about it.I will send you the picture where i saw it.Also who is the one person you shared everything with???
All information i mean?
Sidharth didn't dare ask any questions after that.
What was even the point.
They are out her suspecting everyone and if his brother is one of them,then so be it.
Sidharth was trying to not see,talk or meet with anyone.
He was really paranoid right now.
When vikas asked he just said
"I don't feel good,so i will be resting for a few days,we don't have any major deals coming up.Its all shoots.
Tu smbhal lena plz"
Vikas obliged ofcourse, he was more than.happy to take care of everything.
Sidharth couldn't help but see he was a little too happy about him not coming to office anymore or was it his delusion because of the recent revelations?
Nothing was real anymore,he looked at everyone with suspicion.
There sitting in his bedroom waiting for sana to come home to him,all he could think about was his guilt and betrayal at the hands of someone close to him.
That could very well be his mother.
Imagine how he is feeling?His brain is fried because of this pain he is feeling constantly.
And not to mention how it is affecting his closeness with sana.
Sidharth can't even hug her without feeling like he is cheating on her and sana has started to notice it.
She just doesn't bring it up too much because,
1.He is going through a lot himself.
2.Shehbaaz in hospital is not making her feel all cute and romantic, so she doesn't really mind.
He knows it will come up eventually, the fact that he can't even kiss her properly.
But for now he was worried about the fact that her step father must not at any cost be aware that they know anything.
The only upper hand they have is,that they are one step ahead.
If that goes away...lord knows what they will do.
If only sidharth knew that he knows.
That man knows everything they know.
But he wasn't doing anything about it why?
Simple..he is reversing their technique.
If he does something suspicious at once,they will be alert.
Because he knows they are keeping an eye on him.
So he decided to let them think they are winning.
And in the meanwhile, he sent his men to find a detective named aayush that can be in the reach of sidharth.
If he knows what he looks like,his half stress will be over.
But still,rajat was no fool.
He knew they have some type of evidence to support their cause,so he is devising a plan good enough to not let him be arrested and teach all these nosy bastards a lesson.
They didn't have to reinvestigate the case.It will all be still fine if they didn't insist on fucking reopening the files.
He didn't want to cause any trouble to anyone, after he successfully killed Senior shukla.
It wasn't easy let me tell you that much.
If it wasn't for the inside help,he wouldn't have been able to achieve that at all.
His initial plan was his girlfriend,sonia.
But that bitch chickened out and fled the country.
He knows now that she is in Istanbul ofcourse, thanks to sidharth and his stupid companion but he wants nothing to do with her.
The day she told him ,she was carrying a daughter, he was least interested in her.
But she was still useful to him for the murder plan.
But the bitch ran away before he could do anything about it.
It sucks ofcourse but he was able to take the enemy out still so her being gone meant little to nothing for him.
That is why he never bothered about finding her or checking up.
She is useless to him.
His step daughter however was a whole another story.
That little vixen had all the money he wanted from.last so many years on her name and that was killing him inside.
Rajat felt like he was betrayed. All these years of pretence and love and bearing her mother for the inheritance went to the drain.
His plan was to take her property and then one day be a bigger power than sidharth's company.
That's it.
That was his dream.
Whatever he did,from killing the man who denied him money and bad mouthed about him to other businessmen to present day..trying to kill sidharth shukla was a part of same destiny he wanted to achieve.
He was so blinded by his ambition that anyone who bothered him was dead or in hospital.
Take shehbaaz for example,that stupid boy thought raman is an attorney who has my property papers that included this house they lived in.
Who gave him that idea???
Me ofcourse, i mean not me exactly. I just seeked help from few people in Punjab, he listens to.
And boom.
Don't be mistaken,i had no idea he will be in a accident.
I didn't do that.
I just wanted to waste his time with raman and not give him this house that's all.
The accident that was just God on my side to be honest.
So he feels good,that family is a disaster. And the only one good enough to use is the one that has inheritance,i mean sana.
But the problem was,sana knows what he is now.
She knows it...he can't kill her.
He can't get the property.
He can't do anything about it now.
A man with nothing to lose is far more dangerous than anything else.
Rajat was drinking and thinking what is the use of letting the Gill's live???
He is not getting the property anyways.
So all he needs right now is to save himself.
It made me angry ofcourse, hungry for vengeance.
But he needs to still save his life...the dreams of business are now over.
He can't possibly redeem himself but he can cause damage.
Some serious irreparable damage to both these families,that ruined his plans.
Yes,that is exactly what he will do.
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Sana's mom was talking to her and shriya about what doctor said.
Kaaya is wedding shopping and doing work stuff so they don't bother her that much.
Mom-Abhi bhi jawab nahi de rahe,bas yahi bolte rehte hain k we are doing everything we can.
What does that mean???
Sana-I know maa,its hard but what other choice do we have????
Shriya-Aunty,halat behtar nahi hui hai lekin khrab bhi toh nahi hui na.Aap aise mat socho plz.
Mom-Sana main soch ri thi,sunday ko badi maa ke sath milke Harmindar sahab ho aaun.
Bahut dar lag ra hai,thoda acha lagega matha tekke.
Sana-Sure,lekin akele nahi jaoge.
I will send someone with you.
Mom-Like security?
Sana nodded.
Mom-Iski kya zarurat hai beta???
Sana-Zarurat hai maa,its good to be safe.
I will make arrangements okay.
When she stood up shriya followed her.
Shriya-Oye,what's up with you?
Something is bothering you,kya chupa ri hai?
Sana-Nothing.
Shriya-No...i do this for a living sana.
Don't lie to me.
Sana-I can't tell you Shriya.
Shriya-So you do know something imp.?
Sana-Yes.
Shriya-Is it related to sidharth and his mystery?Or you?
Sana*sighing*Both.
Shriya-Well if you don't wanna tell me its fine,but do let me know if you need me okay.
I can help.
Sana-I know,thank you for understanding.
Shriya-All good dude,acha ek baat btani thi tujhe agar sunegi toh.
Sana-Han bol na.
Shriya-You know how i was talking to your mother the other day about your step father...i like doing that kyunki tune kaha tha k share karengi toh acha feel karengi.
Sana-Yea,i remember.
Shriya-Yea,so when i did that.She said he used to ask her a lot of questions about their property.
I think you should look into it.
Sana-Oh..yea you are right.
Don't worry i will.
You take care okay,dadi ko bolna sham.ko aaungi toh unko airport chodne chalenge sb log and ldka bulaya hua hai orphanage se.
Shriya-Great,i will do it.
As shriya went away,sana fished her phone out and called sidharth.
Sana-Hello.
Sid-Han sana.
Sana-Sidharth, i know what rumour we are going to spread.
Sid-What?
Sana-We found our man and say he is in different places for different people.
Sid-What?
Sana-Think about it,he thinks we are onto him.
We will distract him with this and at the same time find out who is the one passing him information.
Sid-You do have a point...but how do we do that?
Sana-See but here is the deal...you will add a detail everytime you tell anyone the story.
Sid-What???
Sana-Trust me,do it...that will make it easier to find out.
Sid-Oh..okay..if you think this is good then okay.
To how many people am i supposed to say it?
Sana- i want you to talk to your family only.
Obviously the people in office don't know about the mystery going on so
spare them.
And the only one on my side at risk is kaaya or shriya.
But i don't think shriya is the one,something happened right now and i am sure she is not involved in anything.
Sid-I just want to think this through...what if its her boyfriend???
The guy...what was his name again????
Sana-Aarav???
No way....he was really never around.
Sid-All the more reason sana,we can't really trust anyone.
I am god damn losing it.
Sana-Ofcourse, okay then.I will find a way to get the same story to shriya and kaaya.
If my step dad knows, we would know its shriya or kaaya or her boyfriend?
Sid-Well the only our people that talk to each other are,kaaya and vikas.
That's all.
So we need to tell them the same thing.
Sid-Yea,you tell your people,i will tell mine.
Sana-Sounds good.
Sid-Just hope k doesn't blabbers to anyone else.
Sana-Ohhh no..kaaya has a rule.
Snitches are bitches.
She never snitches anything, its your brother i am worried about.
As soon as she said it,sidharth's face was really sad.
He said something he has been thinking for days now.
Sid-Why would he have done that?
Sana-I don't think he has done it sidharth but Aayush and i seem to think the classic money and position thing is in play here.
Sid-He...its just..he is really ...he is my best friend in the whole world sana.
I don't have any friends coz i never needed them.
Sana-Hey,it will be fine i promise.
Sidharth mumbled a small thank you.
Sidharth was really upset about the way things were.
And it was only going to be more and more crazy.
All he prayed for his sake was,let no more new thing stumble upon me.
If only they knew this,that this was of no use.
The damage was already done.
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It was now time to put the plan in action.
Sana stepped down in front of his office and sidharth followed her.
Sana-Okay when i go downstairs we are going to act all stressed out,like we just got a huge news.
Sid-Well okay.
Sana-And remember ,what we really need to do is make it look believable. Then go to vikas and tell him what we found out.Fake wala not the real one.
Sid-Okay.
Sana-Aannnd action!
Sana walked in front of the elevator and decided to give sidharth a hug.
Sana-Sab theek ho jayega sidharth...we finally have our man.
Sid-Yea you are right.
Vikas stepped outside.
Vikas-Hello guys,all good???
Sana-Well yea,sidharth will tell you about it.
I need to go.
She kissed sidharth on his cheek and then left.
Vikas and sidharth went into his cabin and sidharth told him as planned that the murderer is some old client of theirs in Istanbul and Aayush will be going tomorrow to get him back.
Vikas was happy for him,he hugged his brother and called out for celebration.
Sidharth was certain vikas can't be the one.
He was so happy for him.
Is he faking it???
Was this all a joke??
Was he actually being a fool.
Anyways sidharth was on a mission,so he left from there to go home and tell his mom the news.
As he was headed towards home,sidharth was thinking how his life will never be the same.
Like if by any means its vikas or his mother,how will he ever move on from that???
And this was killing him inside.
Its bad enough that things with sana are on a wire, now this??
He walked inside to see his mother,reading a file,with supriya just by her side eating some fruit.
She smiled at him.
Mom-Sidharth,is time?All good na?
Sid-Ji,mom i need to talk to you.
Mom-Han bol.
Sid-In study.
Mom-Oh okay.
She walked behind him inside and sidharth did the whole bit about going to catch the man with one extra detail added to see her reaction.
Basically they changed the source of information everytime they told someone about it...so the location changed everytime they talked to someone about it.
To see if her father would be informed and if he is informed,he would definitely react in some type of way and they are already prepared to catch him in the act.
Aayush has his house tapped with recording devices and his phone number was hacked to transfer all his phone call recordings to him.
Thanks to sana and her knowledge of his employees and ex employees.
Sidharth told his mother that they found the man.
Mom-What?How?You didn't stop looking?
Sid-Why aren't you happy?I thought you'd be more happy mom.
Mom-Nothing will bring back my husband sidharth, i am happy the guy will.finally be bought to justice but i do don't let vengeance take over.
I am happy.
Sid-Well then show it.
Mom-What is wrong with you boy?Why are you talking to me that way???
Sidharth had nothing to say.
Can he tell her why?
Sid-Sorry for shouting,but we found the man who ruined our lives.I was hoping a better reaction that's all.
Mom*sighing*Can ...can you...can you promise me something?
Sid-What?
Mom-You will take care of yourself.
Sid-What?
Mom-Why do you think i never wanted you to pursue this?
Sid-Why?
Mom*angry*-For your safety sidharth. Do you think a man who killed your father won't try to kill.you when you are trying to arrest him???
She looked concerned,geniunely.
Sid-I am fine mom,i will be fine i promise. Abhi tak kuch nahi hua hai na,aage bhi nahi hoga.
Mom-He tried to kill you sidharth,mujhe bhi pta hai aur tumhe bhi.
Sid-Aap pareshan mat raho,usko pta bhi ni chalega k kya hua.I will catch him and then it will all be over.
His mother choked back on tears.
"You are the only one i have beta,plz don't jeopardize your life by taking such risks.I get worried,i am after all your mother"
Sidharth hugged her mother in the moment.
She was really emotional and sidharth felt like he was being way too suspicious of her.
She was just looking out for her son.
The only thing she is guilty of is being an overprotective mother.
He decided to not think about anything anymore.
The deed is done, lets wait for two days and see if something weird happens.
Sidharth came back to the penthouse and settled down.
He picked his phone up to call sana and ask what was going on.
Sid-Hello.
Sana-Hey love.
Sid-Where are you?Peeche shor hai bahut.
Sana-I got a call from the movie people for costume trial.
We will be shooting from next week or so.
Sid-Alright,who is in the hospital???
Sana-Mom hain filhal bas.
Kaaya had to run some errands,so she left.
I am trying her number lekin lg ni raha.
Where are you?
Sid-Finally done with our plan.
Aayush se bhi baat hui hai,he did everything needed.
Now we just wait to see what's happening.
Sana-It will be fine babe.
Sid-Yea i know.
Sana-Can...can i ask you something?
Sid-Yea sure.
Sana-Never mind..it can wait.
Sid-Are you sure?
Sana-Ofcourse, i will.talk to you after tomorrow or whenever this settles.
Sid-Okay,then see you soon.
Sana-Yea okay...bye.
This was what sana wanted to ask him about.
Its been a week of no love announcement and barely any kisses.
Her insecurities were starting to flame now.
What if he hates her for the fact that her step father ruined his life???
Oh no..this can wait.
Let's not go there.
She closed her eyes and decided to not let her mind wander.
One problem at a time.
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Rajat was on his sofa,when he got a text message.
"Its time"
And just like that he sprung into action to secure his life and ensure his safety.
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Sidharth was on his phone when his eyes landed on the picture aayush sent him from the day they went public because of the leaked photo.
He saw vikas sitting right there and he damn near lost his mind.
This was his brother we are talking about.What to do if he is the the culprit.
Will sidharth ever be able to punish him?
Can he?
He heard his doorbell ring and kaaya and vikas stepped in.
Sidharth was quick to hide the picture inside the sofa.
K-Oye madam kahan hai??Phone ni lg ra.. uski 11 missed calls thi mujhe.
Sid-Han wo costume trial k liye gayi hai...tera phone nahi lg raha tha.
Vikas-Bhai wo imp.deal ka kya hua?Koi news?
Sidharth was even more assured now about vikas.
Bechara kaaya k saamne bhi ni kuch bol raha waise kya bolega.
Sid-Han...han wo chal ri hai baat.
Client tak nahi paunche hain abhi.
Vikas-Chal sahi hai,hum dono ye bolne aaye they k aaj raat ko hum ruk jayenge hospital agar zarurat ho,tum sb log stressed out ho kaafi toh rest kar lo.
K-Yar,pani hi pila de sidharth, bhabhi k liye itna toh kar...main khud le leti lekin abhi bhav thoda bd gaye hain mere, ab bdi bhabhi hun itna toh bnta hai na.
Sid*chuckling*Han bhabhi kyun ni...ruko.
He went into the kitchen and when he came back,the water nearly fell off his hands.
Sid-K,where did you get that photograph???
K-It was digging in my butt yar,what the hell is this picture?
Ye toh auditorium ki hai na.
And look there is vikas as well.
Sid*saving himself*Uggh han...wo purani pictures mein se ek thi ye.
Wo investigation ki file thi na usme se gir gya hai.
Vikas was confused but he said nothing.
He clearly saw sidharth looking at it when he came inside, why was he lying?
Before they could say anything kaaya screamed
"Dude....ye toh tumhari wo secretary hai na...wo chimti..Bella...ye bhi aai thi show dekhne..wah yar"
Sid-Han?Nahi..she was absent that day,she said she.......
(Bella was absent from office the day of the event, it was mentioned in the chapter also)
And the wheels in his brain were turning way too fast right now.
Holy fuck....what????
Vikas looked at him and he also realized the conclusion.
Vikas-Sidharth...can it be what i think it is???Was she the one???
Sid*epiphany*I mean ,It was someone from the audience who knew sana and i will definitely meet before the show right ?
K was a bit late but she caught up too.
"Holy fuck,she was the leak"
That bitch!!!
And with that began the connecting dots session.
And it ended as soon as vikas reminded him.
"Bhai...remember the one that helped sana on the day of the accident....she said it was a woman right"????
And it dawned on them,the culprit they've been looking for all around their family was none other than Bella.
Sidharth vikas and kaaya ran downstairs to catch her.
I mean if she is unaware of their conclusions, she will be oblivious to what's coming right.
They ran and looked all around the office for them but she was nowhere to be found.
Sid-Fuckkkkkk ..where is she???
Vikas-Sidhaarth....come here.
Sidharth ran inside to see vikas holding a piece of paper that was on his desk.
Sidharth took it from him and read it with trembling hands.
"I hope you've said goodbye to her,you idiots.
We will always be one step ahead🥂"
The moment he read it,sidharth lost his mind.
Kaaya looked at vikas and both of them said at the same time.
"SANA"!
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Everyone was right now calling sana.
All the three of them were taking turns but to no avail.
Sid-K you talked to the movie people?
K-I did,they said they have no idea about it.
Costumes work separately, unko inform.karke nahi aata call.
Vikas-Pani pi sidharth, stop freaking out.
Let's try for 10 more minutes and then we can call police.
Sid-I am calling aayush back.
Vikas-Okay,if you think it will help do it.
Suddenly sidharth realized, aayush had an eye on her stepfather right?
How did this happen then?
Sid-Hello.
Aayush-Han sidharth?
Sid-Where is that man aayush?
Aayush-As per my information working,and doing nothing suspicious.
Why what's wrong?
Sid-I...i...think..i fuck...
Vikas took the phone from him.
Vikas-Mujhe toh smj ni aaraha kuch bhi because you said the man is in Istanbul but we think he took sana.
Aayush-What???Wtf..no ..no..put sid back on phone.
Aayush-sidharth,why the fuck did you tell vikas anything,wo bhi galat???
Sid-Part of Sana's plan.
Aayush-Oh okay,..okay then what is this about sana being gone?
Sid-We found the culprit.
Aayush-Well.given that vikas is with you,i don't think its him so who was it???
Sid-Bella.
Aayush-Who?
Sid-My secretary. She was the only one with access to my home as well as the office and penthouse, ek.wahi hai jisko koi nahi rokta na koi pehchanta tha.
Damn it...how can we be so stupid.
Aayush was equally stressed.
"Damn it...does that mean she fled"???
Sid-Yes,also she wrote
"I hope you said goodbye to her"
They have sana,i know it.
Aayush do something.
I.will call police otherwise and i will tell them everything.
Aayush-Okay sidharth be patient..we don't wanna do anything stupid.
I assure you her step father hasn't moved a bit.
Its Bella who has done it...and may be someone else as well.
I will.see to it ,give me some time but her stepfather is still in his factory as per the sources.
So find Bella,and you will find sana.
State se bahar toh ni gyi hogi na?
Everyone knows sana ,they can't go far.
Call the SSP and tell him to keep it hush,he is your friend. I am sure he will listen to you.
Sid-Fine.
K-Sidharth,i am going to go with vikas at the costume designer's house.
He might be able to help kyunki abhi call nahi lga hai.
Sid-Sure go ahead and do that.I will call you guys if something happens.
They left and sidharth dialed the SSP,hoping he will be able to help him.
But it went directly to voicemail.
Fuck...what to do now?
He decided to do the only plausible thing.
He contacted the police of west area where her car was last seen and told the policeman to cease the area but not tell anyone else why?
Just say they are looking for a criminal or some bullshit,while they try to find her car.
That was a good start.
Sidharth was too anxious so he called vikas.
Vikas-Han sidharth.
Sid-Kuch pta chala.
Vikas-Yahan kisi ko kuch nahi pta bhai,kaaya aur main west ki trf hi nikal.rahe hain.
Sid-Main bhi aa raha hun.
Vikas-Tu sure hai?
Sid-Han main akela nahi reh paunga ,i am on my way.
And with that he drove off to find sana.
What's worst is,that it wasn't the first time he said this sentence.
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Sidharth saw vikas and kaaya talking to police who were standing at the side of Sana's car.
He ran frantically to the officer and said
"What's going on"?
Vikas was about to say something when sana emerged from behind the car.
Sana-Now you too?What the hell is going on???
Ek.flat tire k liye police bula di tumne???
Sidharth was confused, she looked absolutely fine.
Sid-What are?Are you okay?
Sana-yea...my phone fucking died.
I am going to sue apple that's all.
Why is everyone.....
K-Wait...what's that????
Kaaya was holding a piece of paper stuck in between the wipers of her car.Folded but visible.
Sana-I don't know?Some ticket may be.
Kaaya opened it while sidharth thanked the officer for finding her car and he left.
They opened it together to read
"What is an illusionist's biggest friend"????
Thaddeus Bradley : When a magician waves his hand and says, "This is where the magic is happening." The real trick is happening somewhere else.
Sid-I don't understand?What does it all mean?
Sana*mumbled*Misdirection...an illusionists biggest friend is misdirection.
Its...its..from Now you see me,one of my favourite movie.
K-I don't understand?What....
Sid-Shriya ka call aaraha hai.
Sana-Uthao.
Sid-Han shriya.
Shriya-Yar aunty kahin nahi mil ri yar, phone bhi nahi lg raha hai.kya karun???
The trick was over, her mother was missing!!!!