His eyes were a bit puffy as he clearly has been crying for a bit, I haven't seen Rishab in a long time.

"Tum dono jaanthe ho ek doosre ko? (You two know each other?)" Shabhana asked.

Rishab got up and walked up to me. He looked like a pathetic mess.

"Sania missing hai (Sania is missing)" I could feel the color draining from my face as he said that.

"Sania kaun hai? (Who is Sania?)" Sahil asked.

"Sania meri ex-girlfriend hai (Sania is my ex-girlfriend)" Ishaan said.

"Aur meri mangethar hai (And she is my fiancée)" Rishab said.

"Tum dono ki shaadi ho rahi hai? (You guys are getting married?)" Rishab and Sania were long time best friends even before we both started dating but I had no idea that they would start dating after we broke up. To be fair it did sting a bit that they would get together like that, Sania and I had a beautiful relationship and a mutual spilt so the idea of her life being in danger really hurt.

"Kithne logon ke saath chakar chal raha tha tumhara? (How many people were you dating anyways?" Shabhana asked, I avoided her obviously judgmental tone.

"Sania wahi ladki hai jisse main milne gaya that beauty pageant pe (Sania is the same girl I went to meet at the beauty pageant)" I clarified even though a part of me knew I didn't need to.

"Toh who jaanthi thi Nazneen ko? (So, she knew Nazneen?)"

"Ha kyu (Yes why?)" I asked even though I knew the answer to that question as soon as those words left my mouth.

***

Shabhana's POV

"Toh tumne call kiya tha humko? (So, you called us?)" I asked looking at the gorgeous women who was sitting in front of us.

"Haan main yaha ki officers ke liye informant ki tarah kaam kar rahi hoon, jiss Nazneen ko tum log doond rahi ho woh iss gang ke saath associated hain jisse yeh log doond rahe hai (Yes, I work as an informant for the officers here, I think the Nazneen you guys are looking for she is a member of the gang the officers here are looking for)" Ishika said getting into professional mode immediately.

"Aur Shalini ko kyu bulaya yahan pe? (And why did you call Shalini?)" I asked.

"Manish aur mera bohot hi close relationship tha uske death ke pehele toh bas milna caahthi thi Shalini se uski girlfriend jo thi who (Manish and I had a very close relationship before his death, so I wanted to meet with Shalini as she was his girlfriend at the time)"

"Janthe kya ho tum Nazneen ke baarein mein? (What do you know about Nazneen?)" I asked still not buying everything this woman was saying but clearly intrigued.

"Serial killer nehi hai woh assassin hai aur woh akele kaam nehi kar rhai aaj thak kissi ko patha nehi hai ki woh kithne log hai kaise dikthe hai kya kaam karthe hai (She is not a serial killer she is an assassin, and she is not working alone nobody knows how many people are there how do they look or what they are up to)"

"Toh tum kaise keh Sakthi ho ki Nazneen is group se belong karthi hai? (So how can you tell that Nazneen belongs to this group?)"

"Woh Manish ke saath kaam kar rahi thi, aur mujeh yeh bhi lagtha ki uski death ki peeche bhi Nazneen ka haath hai (She was working with Manish and a part of me feels that she had something to do with his death)"

"Ho saktha hai Ananya bhi toh uski saath hai allegedly (Could happen even Ananya is with her allegedly)" Sahil who was quite this whole while spoke up.

***

Ishaan's POV

That night I was laying in bed reading a book when I looked over to my side and saw Zaira sleeping next to me she looked so peaceful and content, our relationship had been a bit rocky to say the least but we have been somehow making it work, we were doing good or as good as we could do considering the fact that I totally betrayed her, the guilt from which is totally eating me up from inside I did not know which was worse the pain of knowing that I hurt her or the pain of knowing that she stuck with me even though I hurt her a part of me couldn't understand what have I done to deserve a women like her.

My eyes wandered back to the book my eyes froze at the bookmark.

***

_Flashback_

I was shuffling through the drawers of my nightstand I was holding my book with my finger in the middle of the book.

"Raat ke 2 baje hai Ishaan tu kar kya raha hai? (Its 2 am in the middle of the night Ishaan what are you doing?)" Nazneen's voice sounded irritated and sleepy.

"Bookmark doond raha hoon aur kya? Aur yeh mat kehna bunny ears karde sachem chod dena hai mujeh tere ko (What dose it look like I am looking for a bookmark and don't you dare say do the bunny ears because I swear I am going to dumb you)"

"Pehele pakad toh le chod ne ka baath kar raha hai......chalo mera wallet pada hai waha pe koi bhi card nikal ke rakh de and come back to bed (You have to date me for real first before you could dumb me......well my wallet is over there, just pick a card from it and use that and come back to bed)"

Even though we were kind of together at this point despite the fake dating plan still active I was still terrified of her, so I just obeyed picking a random card and putting it inside the book. I put the book aside as I rolled over and cuddled Naaz and stroked her hair until she fell asleep.

_Flashback ends_

I pulled the card out of the book and there it was a business card to a bar here in the city and that was it the only real clue that is somewhat connected to Naaz and her location.

***

Staying on brand to my self destructive ways I staked out at the bar every night for days, and as expected I did not involve police, I told myself it was because what I had wasn't anything solid but deep down I knew I just wanted to face her on her own, but after sitting at the same bar for days to a point where the bartender addressed me by my name when I walked in, I was starting to question my life decisions and just as I was loosing hope I spotted her, clad in a sparking black dress her hair falling on her face talking to a tall kind of bulky looking man I watched her giggle and talk to him casually placing her hand over his and just as his focus shifted for a bit I saw her switch his cell phone with an identical one she pulled out of her purse. I had to admit it was kind of impressive how good she was at this. As she walked outside I followed behind her quietly I tried my best not to get caught but it probably wasn't good enough because as she took a turn into a dark alleyway I followed her but she was nowhere to be found and before I could even make sense of what was happening something hit me one head hard I fell down to the ground on impact and all I felt was sharp pain before I blacked out.