Chapter 26

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Akhilesh: No! How can I help you in this? Your husband made blunders with patients earlier and everytime I came to rescue. This time it was a sting operation by the police themselves. It has blown up to media and the opposition is also involved in blowing things up. No matter how much money you offer this time, I can't save your husband. (Disconnects)

Alok: What happened Babuji?

Akhilesh: Asim's wife, she got angry. But what can I do? I am also helpless this time.

Alok: Darn!! We lost one huge source of income with JK Hospital being seized.

Akhilesh: That's not all son. All the old aggrieved patients whom we frightened with our power and goons, are opening up one by one. The case is becoming stronger and stronger. I hope this tornado doesn't take us with it. I'll have to speak to Bundela.

Alok: We can't talk everything on phone. Just ask him to meet Babuji.

Akhilesh nods and calls Bundela to meet him immediately at a specific place. Shehnaaz who recorded their conversation slowly goes back to her room and puts on the jacket. Sidharth woke up with the subtle sound of her pulling up the zip.

Sidharth: Shehnaaz, what happened? Why are you wearing the jacket?

Shehnaaz: Because it's cold outside.

Sidharth: What? Are you going out?

Shehnaaz: Yes, Sidharth. Your father and brother are going out to meet Bundela.

Sidharth: At this time?

Shehnaaz: (smiles) You are too naive sweetheart. The business they discuss happens at this time only.

Sidharth: How do you plan to travel?

Shehnaaz: Hiding in their car itself.

Sidharth: Mad! I'll take you on my bike. Will go from other route so that they don't see us.

Shehnaaz: Okay. (Smiles)
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Sidharth rides the bike and Shehnaaz sits behind.

Shehnaaz: Wow! Sidharth, you hid this beast from me all these days. Can I ride while returning?

Sidharth: Can you ride?

Shehnaaz: Of course, I can! (She hugged him tightly from back)

Sidharth: Okay! I bought this long back but had stopped using it for quiet sometime.

Shehnaaz: Why?

Sidharth: Aisha.. Arghh.. Ginni didn't like bike. So I started using car.

Shehnaaz: (annoyed) What else you changed for her?

Sidharth looked at her from the mirror and smiled at her possessiveness.

Sidharth: My perfume, she didn't like the earlier fragrance, so I changed it to the current one. Infact she only gifted it to me.

Shehnaaz: Smells pathetic. Next?

Sidharth: My hairstyle. I used to keep my hair short but she felt it was too short to grip while we romanced.

Shehnaaz: What? You were intimate with her?

Sidharth: Of course, she was my girlfriend so we did everything that a normal married couple would do.

Shehnaaz: Right! It's all normal. Even I did!

Sidharth: (hit the break) You did, what?

Shehnaaz: What? Let's go, we are getting late.

Sidharth: (looks at the watch) We won't. We need to walk for 5 minutes to the other side. We can't take the bike since it's noise will pull their attention.

Shehnaaz: Okay!!

They start to walking.

Sidharth: You never told me you had a boyfriend.

Shehnaaz: Why should I? I broke up with him before marrying you.

Sidharth: You really were intimate with him.

Shehnaaz: Yeah. He was a beast in bed.

Sidharth: (very annoyed) I lied to you, about the fragrance, hairstyle and the intimacy. We never did anything. Infact I didn't love her. I was just in initial stage of dating her. Things got accelerated because my parents got to know that I was dating her and I decided to marry her.

Shehnaaz: (laughed) I am a cop. I caught your lie when you spoke about the hairstyle. You wanted a reaction out of me. I just pulled your prank back on you. You think there was any chance of me having a boyfriend when I have a monstrous brother like Rudhradev Raghuvanshi? 

Sidharth: (Happy) So you never had a boyfriend?

Shehnaaz: No.

Sidharth: How did Rudhra bhaiyya agreed for the marriage plan with me?

Shehnaaz: Our pain was so big that it never allowed us to think anything else than getting the criminals punished. He knew I was capable enough to protect myself even if I married unwantedly.

Sidharth: Does he know that we have accepted our marriage and consummated.

Shehnaaz: He got the clue when he came for Diwali celebration. I confirmed him as well that I love you.

Sidharth pulls her close and kisses her They see Akhilesh's car arrive from behind the bush. In another 2 minutes, Bundela's car arrives.

Akhilesh and Bundela come out of their respective cars and hug each other. Shehnaaz clicks pictures.

Akhilesh: How are you JB?

Bundela: I am good, Akhilesh. How are you?

Akhilesh: Healthwise, I am fine but mentally disturbed. You heard about JK Hospital being seized, right?

Bundela: Yes

Akhilesh: I fear, that this will blow out of proportion and reach until me. For the old time sake and for our future relationship, I want you to ask your party to be away from it. They are supporting it. Even I know your dark secrets. You back the human trafficking and this secret is safe with me.

Bundela: Akhilesh, I will try my best to stop this. But why don't you buy the officers and destroy the evidences? It isn't a big deal. If you can't buy the officer in-charge than finish him or her. You remember Suryadev Raghuvanshi and his wife Sukanya's case right? We couldn't buy her so we killed her and the bonus we got is Suryadev's huge property.

Akhilesh: I want to keep that as a last resort. I will try and find out the main officer in-charge on it.

Bundela: That's like the Akhilesh I know. Don't delay until it gets out of your hand though.

Akhilesh: Yeah and you convince your party workers too.

Bundela: For sure. By the way, how is my future son-in-law, Sidharth?

Akhilesh: He is good. The only problem is his wife is pregnant.

Bundela: What?

Akhilesh: Don't panic, You just take care of Naina and don't allow that goon to get close to her. Will take care of Shehnaaz. I am planning to give her sacrifice for party and gain sympathy votes along with freeing my son. (Laughs) As Alok says Sixer on No ball and Another on free hit.

They both laugh.

Bundela: Why is Alok sitting there behind the steering?

Akhilesh: I asked him to stay back and watch over both the sides of the road.

Bundela: You are smart!!

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