It was the time of night, the moon was shining in the sky and silence was all around. In the flat, Avni came to the living area and frowned because no one was there. She saw Jimmy and Jay.

Avni: where everyone went?

Jimmy and Jay came to Avni.

Jimmy: something has happened in the neighbor's home so they went to see.

Avni: all?

Jay: no a group went home because Akshat’s parents called him.

Avni: oh. Ok. Now, I should also go.

Jimmy: this earlier?

Avni: yes, Actually…

Jay: no excuses, you have to stay here.

Avni: but…

Jimmy: I haven’t even cut the cake.

Avni: ab… ok.

Avni dropped the weapons and the two monsters smiled.

Jimmy: Thank you.

Avni smiled.

Jay: come, sit.

Avni nodded and they went to sit on the chair and a round small table was kept there. Jay came with a drink and gave that to Avni. He winked at his friend. Avni smiled and took the glass. Avni had that. Some time passed, Avni felt her head spinning.

Avni: I think, I am high, I should go home now.

Avni tried to get up and fell back. Avni caught her head. Jimmy held her arm and kept his hand on Avni’s back.

Jimmy: what happened?

Avni: my head.

Jimmy: have rest.

Avni: No, I have to go. I have to confess something to my family.

Avni took her clutch and got up.

Avni: I have to go.

Avni tried to go but Jay held her hand. Jay smirked.

Jay: what is the hurry, Baby?

Avni looked at him. Jimmy smirked.

Avni: what are you doing? Leave my hand.

Jimmy touched Avni’s arm.

Jimmy: not today, Baby.

Avni looked at him shockingly. Avni tried to free her hand.

Avni: leave me. leave me, you moron.

Jay: we will leave you.

Jimmy: but after having fun.

Avni got shocked. They laughed and nodded.

Avni: leave me.

They were dragging Avni to the room and Avni was trying to pull her back and getting out of their grip.

Avni: leave me. please leave me. Please, let me go.

Jimmy: not today, today you are ours.

They took Avni to the room and Avni was saying: help. Help. Jay kept his hand on her mouth. They threw her on the bed.

Jay: Jimmy.

Jimmy nodded and he took out his Camera. Jay tried to misbehave with Avni. Avni cried.

Avni: leave me.

Avni cried.

Avni: help.

Jay kept his hand on Avni’s mouth and Avni felt dizzy and she fainted. She can still hear them. Jay and Jimmy smirked.

Jimmy: work has been done.

Avni was laying on the bed unconsciously.

Flashback ends.

Avni was crying while looking down and Aditya felt bad. His eyes were teary and was angry with Jay and Jimmy. If they were in front of him then he would have torn them into two parts and thrown them in four directions.

Avni: I don’t know what happened after that. When I got my consciousness, I was in the hospital.

Flashback:

Avni was laying on the bed of the hospital. She got her consciousness and tried to register the surrounding. Avni tried to think but everything was blurry. The door opened and Avni looked there. Avni was shocked to see the police but there was a lady officer with them so that Avni cannot get frightened. Avni got scared to see them because she thought, they came to arrest her. Avni slid away.

LO: relax, relax. No need to get frightened, you are safe now. You are rescued.

Avni looked at her.

Avni: you, you didn’t come to arrest me?

LO: No.

Avni got relieved and the team came near Avni.

LO: We came to take your statement. What had happened last night?

Avni thought about that and shivered.

LO: Relax.

She took the glass and passed that to Avni. Avni drank water with shaking hands and was shivering. Avni wiped her mouth

LO: now say.

Avni nodded and narrated what happened and then the police officer showed some pictures to Avni where Jay and Jimmy were in an intimate position upon Avni. Avni got shocked to see the pictures.

Flashback ends.

Avni was looking down and was crying. Avni wiped her tears and sighed.

Avni: I told them everything and then they showed me some pictures which a girl would never want to see. I just wanted to kill myself after seeing those pictures. But then the officer told me that Jay and Jimmy are in their custody and had confessed their crime. They told them that they hadn’t done anything to me. They took those pictures to blackmail me and when they tried to ra...

Aditya and others got shocked and they felt bad.

Avni: the police reached there on time and my papa also reached there with his friend. They rescued me. The police officer told me that there was a video also. I asked her that I want to see that.

Flashback:

Avni was in the hospital.

LO: Are you sure?

Avni nodded.

The lady officer said ok and she asked everyone to go out. She played the video.

In the video, Jimmy set the phone so they can record the video. Jay and Jimmy removed their shirts and took pictures with Avni on another phone to create a misunderstanding and for blackmailing her.

Avni closed her teary eyes to see the video. Tears fell from her eyes.

Jay: now, let’s start the work.

Avni opened her eyes and looked at the video.

Jimmy: it will be more fun if she was in her conscious state. I was loving her screaming.

Avni got shocked to see and hear that and tears were falling from her eyes.

Jay: Yeah, if she agreed then it will be more fun but it’s ok soon that wish will also come true.

Avni got shocked and felt disgusting to hear to see thar.

They turned Avni and opened the zip of Avni’s dress and then they hiked the sleeves. They turned Avni and heard the sound of breaking something and got shocked. The Police came there and caught them. They didn’t get the chance to do anything. A policeman took the phone and stopped the video.

Avni cried to see the video.

LO: I showed you this video to make you believe that nothing has happened to you, but a lot could have happened.

Avni felt guilty. The Lady Officer thought to not say anything to Avni now. She took the laptop. The lady officer was going.

Avni: what will you do with the video?

LO: I will use it as proof if they needed else I will delete it.

Avni was looking at her.

LO: Don’t worry, it is in safe hands.

She smiled and went from there. Avni saw honesty in her eyes. Avni thought.

The door again opened and Avni looked there. Her family came inside and Avni got emotional. Avni looked down and cried. Everyone cried. Alka caressed Avni’s hair and kissed her forehead.

Alka: how are you, my child?

Avni whispered while looking down: I am sorry.

Amar was standing at the foot side holding the bed. Amar cried badly. Aman was crying leaning against the wall. Alka hugged Avni and they cried.

Avni: I am sorry.

Alka: why, Avni? Why did you do that? You were our pride. You broke us.

Avni cried and said: I am sorry.

Alka broke the hug and caressed Avni’s hair and then she kept her head on Avni’s head.

Flashback ends.

Avni: we knew that nothing bad had happened but still Grandma wanted my check-up because she had not trusted me after that so we had done my complete check-up which was also a painful process for me. I don’t know how girls bear that humiliation. I felt like to kill myself. I…

Avni squeezed her eyes and cried. Aditya also cried. Avni sniffed and sighed deeply. Avni opened her eyes and huffed.

Avni: the doctor gave her clearance, reports were ok. Everything was ok but I had lost myself. After that incident, I felt so ashamed of myself that I wouldn’t be able to match my eyes with my family. I had a very bad impact of all that. That is another story... Trust me, Aditya, nothing happened that night. You can check my reports.

Avni sighed.

Avni: so, Aditya, this is my past that, I wanted to tell you now it is up to you, whether you want to marry me after knowing this or not. I will accept whatever will be your decision. I hope you will understand me.

Avni leaned and stopped the video.

Aditya was looking at the handy cam. He passed it to Arjun and he went to sit on the couch. Tears fell from his eyes and he came to the couch and sat with a thud. Aditya hid his face in his hands and cried bitterly. Everyone felt bad. Arjun couldn’t be able to see anymore, he ran to his brother and caught him a hug. Everyone had tears in their eyes.

Arjun: Bro, relax.

Aditya: Arjun, she had faith in me. She never shared her past with anyone but she told me that without thinking about the consequences. She was loyal to me before our marriage also and what did I do… I left her alone when she needed me the most.

Aditya cried.

Arjun: Please, forgive me, Bro, it happened because of me.

Aditya shook his head.
Aditya: No, Avni is my wife, I should trust her.

Gaurav: yes, Aditya, you should trust her. No matter, what was the matter, at least, you should have stayed with her at that time and then confront her.

Aditya looked down and was crying.

Gaurav: I didn’t expect that from you.

Aditya felt guilty.

Gaurav: you were my pride, Aditya. You broke my pride.

Aditya closed his eyes.

Gaurav: You broke my pride.

Gaurav looked down and said: You broke my pride.

Anjana cried.

Ambika: but I didn’t get one thing how did you reach there and why Avni didn’t say that you know the truth and she said Papa’s friend, why?

Gaurav: because she doesn’t know that.

Aditya and others looked at him.

Gaurav: Amar wanted to tell her about me but I stopped him because I didn’t want to embarrass Avni more. If she saw me after that day, she would always have been embarrassed so I thought to hide my identity.

Aditya smiled with teary eyes. He felt proud of his father.

Gaurav: And about reaching her then we got her location and we went there but when we reached, we got shocked to see the police and the press’s van.

Flashback:

A car stopped and Gaurav and Amar were sitting in it. They got shocked to see the police. Amar was sitting in the driving seat. They looked at each other and got down. They again looked at each other and talked and then they ran. They came to the second floor and saw the police and the press.

Gaurav: what happened?

Police looked at him.

Gaurav: I am Gaurav Rathore. Our daughter is inside.

Officer: oh. Can’t you handle your daughter?

Amar got angry.

Amar: shut up.

Gaurav: relax.

The police broke the door and they ran inside. They came to the room. Amar and Gaurav got shocked to see Avni’s condition. A father would never want to see his daughter in that condition. They turned their face. The police caught Jay and Jimmy. Amar cried. The press was clicking the pictures. The police officer covered Avni’s head with a scarf but he slipped.

Man: see, this, sir.

Second man: the girl is unconscious.

They saw the video.

PO: oh, so they were making her video.

The lady officer came there and snatched the phone from them. She saw Avni’s condition and looked around. She saw a bottle of water and poured it on Avni. Avni flinched and coughed. She made Avni stand who was still not in her senses. Gaurav removed his coat and came forward. He passed the coat and the Lady Officer covered Avni with it but it was not of Avni’s size so it didn’t cover her properly. Amar came forward and took her from there. They turned and saw the press. Gaurav and Amar moved them aside but they didn’t listen and questioned them. They came out of the home and the crowd was there. Avni was not able to talk properly and going from there was not easy. Avni tried to cover her face and the flashlight was irritating her. The coat slipped from her shoulder. Everyone talked ill and the police gave the statement without asking the lady officer who came there on Commissioner’s saying. Amar and Avni felt humiliated.

Flashback ends.

Aditya lowered his gaze.

Gaurav: Avni had a bad impact on her of that and she got traumatized. Amar took Avni back here. The whole Chauhan family tried to cheer up her but no use. Years passed but no effect on Avni. She lost her smile, her self-confidence, her chirping nature, everything. She was used to get flinch when she saw any boy near her. Her personality changed completely. She became an introverted and scared girl. To get her out of that, Amar gave her the position of CFO. She was deserving but it was also the reason. Slowly, Avni came back to life and things started to settle down in their places.

Aditya felt bad.

Gaurav: Avni was innocent. She was just got trapped by them. Everyone do mistakes. That age is like that. Did our Arjun not get in the gathering of bad boys and got a habit of cigarettes?

Arjun got down. Aditya looked at Arjun.

Gaurav: he had the blessings of God that he got saved. Even, I caught him earlier because I was aware of Avni’s truth…

Aditya looked down.

Gaurav: Amar trusted me the most. He called me leaving other friends. People were used to give examples of our friendship. Now how will I match my eyes with him? How will I face him?

Everyone felt bad and Aditya ran from there.

Anjana: Adi…

But Aditya stormed from there. Aditya came to his room and locked the door and fell near the door. Aditya cried.

Later, Aditya was sitting in his room on the bed holding Avni’s picture frame.

Arjun: Bro, Bro.

Arjun came there in a hurry. Aditya looked at him. Arjun gulped.

Arjun: Bro, I called Aarti Bhabhi to ask about Bhabhi and she told me that, she and Aman Bhai are going to Shimla.

Aditya lowered his gaze.

Arjun: And Avni Bhabhi is also going with them.

Aditya got shocked. Aditya kept the picture frame on the bed and then he got up.

Aditya: what?

Arjun: yes, they are going today.

Aditya got shocked and thought.

Arjun: Bro, this is not a time to think. Go and get Bhabhi back.

Aditya nodded.

Aditya: yes. I can’t let her go. I have to stop her. I will stop her.

Arjun: yes, go, Bro.

Aditya nodded and held Arjun’s shoulders who nodded and then Aditya ran from there. Arjun turned and saw him. Arjun prayed for them and Avni’s picture frame was kept on the bed.

On the other side, Avni closed the zip of her bag and she thought.