IPKKND FF FELONIOUS

Part 9(D)

"So Arnav I think you surely have better reasons for whatever has been happening recently, it would be my pleasure to hear them out, go ahead " Shyam's sarcastic tone floated in the room not helping the other occupant in the room much.

"Sh....Sir, I seriously don't have any idea about Khushi or NK, I..." he trailed off not knowing how to explain to his boss sitting opposite to him. He was back to addressing him as Sir thanks to his employer giving him mixed signals with a blank stare in combination with the not so welcoming body language.

"Seriously Arnav? Do you only have this to say? I have warned you to keep your personal and professional life separate, I have asked you not to let your personal life affect my work here, which was clearly not followed, there were pending files always on your desk, I can see you zoning out at most of times and now I see that you are only getting deeper into unnecessary incidents. Let me be clear here Arnav, I would not let my business suffer due to personal issues of my employees, I'm happy to approve you an need an indefinite leave, which I'm sure you would need to sort out your life before focusing on work here, let me know your thoughts on it." saying so he dismissed the boy in front of him not giving him further chance to give his version of story, not that Arnav has any at that moment.

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Arnav could feel a foreboding sense spreading into his veins, is this how his life going to be further because of pursuing one emotion he felt for a girl? Before he could think further on how to convince Shyam to continue with his job he got a notification on his mobile. It was from his senior in college Chandu which stated that the account holders of Shakshy are Shyam Jha and Akash Malik.

As suspected Shyam was surely a part of it which did not come as a surprise to him but the other person, was it his father or anyone else? Now that there is no Khushi involved should he let the matter pass and live like everything is normal? With a pang in his heart he realised the girl who evoked an unknown emotion in him for the first time is now no more beside him and wasn't his mother too involved here in the equation? even if he wants to escape the reality there is no way.

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He could see her escaping by holding on the truck as her dear life, her mobile showed a signal recently nearby and it wasn't much before he knew her whereabouts currently, may be she didn't contact her family trying to keep them away from his radar but poor girl was too innocent for her own good, he has perfectly laid out his plan and people involved are only going in circles, they would continue to do until he decides to change their destiny, no one would get to life live after screwing up his, albeit the girl Khushi was the one who has escaped for time being but sometimes you have to let little fish go away when targeting the bigger one's but who knows there could be a bonus for him when she too is pulled into this. The malice in his laughter resonated with his blood shot eyes.

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At her age, anyone would prefer having a peaceful and plenty of time to spend with their family but as luck and life would have it she never got the chance to lead a calm and normal life.

Her birth has brought a visible break in her family as she was the fourth girl child her mother has given birth to. Even though two among them had left the world to be in a better place owing to their illness and her family's poverty to help them cure it, her mother became too weak in this process, henceforth the making the midwife to strongly advise her father not to insist on baby boy further keeping in view his wife's condition.

Her father promised and stayed true to his words, never forcing her mother but looking out for a woman to satisfy his physical needs and societal need of giving birth to a baby boy to prove his masculinity.

Her father's actions left the four of them with no other choice but to work to fend for themselves and as time flew she along with her sisters got married. She was lucky to have a hard-working, understanding husband. Two of them, with their sheer will power to provide a good life to their offspring, have crossed the line of poverty and jumped into middle class life. They were blessed with a baby girl and happiness knew no bounds which only lasted until the baby girl turned entered her adolescent life.

"The bus has come, let's go" her thoughts were halted with the voice from her left. Nodding her head, she moved towards the bus, rubbing on her knees to soothe the pain.

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