Touch Her And... (Completed)

Chapter: 57

The picture that hung on the wall of his room was beautiful, everyone who entered his room liked it at the very first glance. It gave off a very mysterious aura. But somehow the same beautiful painting always irked Dev for unknown reasons. He even thought of removing the painting many times but didn't.

And now when he was standing there surrounded by numerous paintings that resembled the one hanging inside his room, to be specific resembled the girl of his dreams, he understood why he always felt so uneasy about that painting.

Arjun made it easier for him by placing the paintings all around the room, even the bed was filled with them. And all he could see was saffron around him, as most of them were the girl in saffron saree, wearing Rudrakshas. He painted Ambika, sparing some five or six paintings, where he considered painting Teressa.

Dev couldn't move from his spot for a few seconds. It was too much to take in.  And before he could utter any word at all, his rigid veins decided to swell up. His jaw tightened to an unimaginable extent and his eyebrows furrowed.

He very slowly tilted his head and looked at Arjun, then he simply asked,

"How much do you remember Arjun?"

Arjun was no fool to ignore the sudden change in his demeanor. He knew him long enough to know how his anger worked. So he didn't move from his spot and answered confidently,

"All of it, unfortunately."

"And you decided not to let me know. May I know why?" Dev asked being dangerously calm.

"Back there you were the closest friend I had, but here I am just a doctor to you Dev. I can't really wake up one day and come to you saying all of us are cursed and we are fucking reincarnated. That's absurd. And what about you? You never told me you had a twin brother? I might as well said everything to you, if only I knew." Arjun said.

"That's not important anymore. The most important part is that he remembered everything, he went through the same thing I went through.Which also means he came back for Teressa. How come we never got to know about this? Was he that good at hiding it?  But if he thinks he is good at this game then let's play it his way." Dev looked straight ahead with his signature evil smirk.

"Dev, taking any rash decision might not turn out well. You need to control your nerves." Arjun warned.

"I am under total control Doctor! It's time to end the game he started. And you know what? I love challenges." With that said he turned around to leave the room.

Arjun stood there shaking his head hopelessly.

"Aren't you gonna join me, doctor?" Arjun heard him saying outside the door and he knew he couldn't leave him alone this time.

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The headache was immense, she tried to open her eyes but couldn't. She understood long back that something was not right. Thanks to the nightmares she wasn't totally unconscious. So she tried really hard to open her eyes this time. Everything was blurred but then she finally saw her face, Pihu. Sleeping right beside her.

She tried to call her with all her power but nothing came out. Her whole body was numb. Inch by inch she moved her hand and tried to shake Pihu. But she didn't budge. Was it possible that even she got drugged? Why would anyone do that to them? And where's Manik? She remembered Rik and him leaving together. Whatever the drug might be it didn't affect her enough, as her nightmares kept waking her up. But she realized that she urinated on the bed which felt disgusting.

She saw her phone laying right beside her head. It took every bit of her energy to grab that phone and even more, to go to her emergency contact and type,

"Help".

That's the maximum she could do but what she didn't expect was someone to show up right at that moment.

"No! Don't try to do that baby. That'll only increase our problems." Ritwik said.

"What the hell is he saying? What problem? And why the hell can't I speak? Why didn't he call a doctor yet?" Teressa thought to herself.

Before she could think anymore he suddenly seized the phone out of her hand and threw that to the ground. She couldn't really turn around to witness what happened but she knew by the sound that the phone certainly broke into pieces. Then he slowly moved towards the bed and sat beside her. To her discomfort he pulled her to his lap.

"I know that drug didn't work well on you, you're still traumatized. Trust me I'll take you far away from everything that bothers you sweetheart. You'll be happy there. Only me and you. It will take time, but when you like Dev you'll eventually start liking me at some point. I am confident. Now first things first, we're leaving at the very moment the sun rises. I would've taken you right away, but as you know taking you out when it's cold and dark outside is risky in a hill station. I know you feel uncomfortable in these dresses but i can't change it right now. I know you won't like that. So wait for some four hours more, you'll be able to change your dress too." Ritwik kept on saying things while massaging her scalp.

And Teressa just realized how much of a danger she had thrown herself into. She could only hope that somehow the message reached the person she knew could save all of them.

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"Isn't that Ritwik's car?" Arjun said.

"Yes, that obviously is. And that's fishy too." Dev said turning his car towards the abandoned car midway. It was way too cold and dark all around but he knew better. A certain gut feeling pushed him to take the risk no matter what. And somehow that gut feeling landed him infront of this car.

He immediately jumped out of his own car to find that Ritwik's car was locked. The glasses were closed and due to the dark glasses he could see nothing from outside. But he was certain that no one was inside. Because it was really cold outside and spending a night inside a car means you're deliberately trying to freeze yourself to death. So he left the car there and walked back to his car.

But this weird gut feeling was killing him from inside. Why would he leave his car here? It's far away from Teressa's place, rather closer to their mansion. Did it break down? In that case where were they now?

All these questions kept bothering so he did what he usually does the best.

"Let's break the window." He said to Arjun.

"You really think it's worth breaking it? What if we find nothing inside?" Arjun asked.

"Then we find peace of mind. Let's break the one at the back. So if anyone is inside won't get serious injuries." He said and picked up an edgy stone from the roadside.

As they broke it down both of them stood there, frozen.

Sitting at the passenger seat was Manik with his head hanging on the right side of his shoulder. Anyone could assume that his body was limp, he was unconscious.

Without wasting another second Dev got into the car using the broken back window.

He was about to open the seat belt when his phone vibrated, but he ignored.

Opening the seatbelt he slowly brought him out of the car.

"Chloroform! He fucking used chloroform on Manik?! I will murder that son of a b****!" He growled running his hand through his hair.

"The hell!" Arjun responded feeling disgusted.

Dev brought his phone out of his pocket to call Joseph, Arjun stood right next to him when both of their eyes finally landed on the notification from Teressa. And it said a very small word,

"Help."

Terrified, Arjun slowly turned his face to look at the giant of a man standing right beside him. And he knew he lost his shit.

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