My Nepenthe

Chapter 7

The dorm of draama turned into a mansion of melancholy with the news of Shivaay's accident.

The previous day, Shivaay was in a hurry to get to Delhi for a client meet when his car broke down. Bhavya who was just entering the mansion to meet Rudra after their tiff, offered him her car and he thanked her for the gesture.

What no one anticipated was that Sultan who was Bhavya's rival had implanted an explosive in her car with the help of his men in the department.

When the news of that car in flames was witnessed by the family members, they were shaken to the core and none of them being able to trace their brother's phone added to their panic.

"Bhaujai... nothing will happen to bade bhaiyya... please calm down" Gauri tried her best to comfort Anika who had been a crying mess since she saw the news.

Omkara and Rudra silently watched the two women hugging each other while they stood at two different ends of their brother's room, calming their own worried hearts.

"Pinky really crossed limits this time putting the entire blame on Anika... that accusation was baseless" Kalyani mumbled to Jhanvi who nodded in agreement assuring her mother in law time and again that Shivaay will be alright.

"Just sit here... I will bring some soup... you haven't eaten anything since morning" Gauri said getting up from the bed when Omkara offered to help her.

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As Gauri stirred the soup in the kitchen, Omkara ordered the staff to take care of the rest of the family's lunch arrangements.

"Did Bhavya find anything?" Gauri asked Omkara, as he came near her to see if she needed anything.

"No news yet. They did not find Shivaay's phone at the blast site... that is the only good news she had to say to me... He always takes his phone with him"

"But where did he go without informing anyone of the change of plans? Didn't Khanna ji go with him?"

"No... Khanna was to wait for him at Delhi... he reached there before Shivaay"

"Why don't you call Karan ji? Maybe he could help... He told me yesterday that he was a police officer too...like Bhavya"

When the hell did he talk to you..... was the first thing that came to his mind.

Despite the situation they were in, and though he knew that her intention was only to help him, Omkara could feel anger bubble inside him...

Fearing he would say something which would hurt her, he remained silent looking through his phone as though he didn't hear her take that name.

"Omkaraji?"

"Hmmm?"

"I asked you..."

"I... uhh... don't have his number" was what he could manage to mutter grimly.

"Okay... the soup is ready... I will take it upstairs... do you need anything else?"

"No... I will manage"

Gauri nodded her head and served the soup in a bowl. Just when she exited the kitchen, Omkara stopped her with a thank you.

"You don't need to thank me... I am doing this for my..." she stopped mentally cursing herself for the slip.

"I.. I am sorry... I meant to say... Anika is like a sister to me"

Omkara nodded his head and smiled at her while she turned around to walk away.