Sidharth quietly observed Sana getting ready infront of the mirror.

Sana: Sidharth, I will be back soon from the market. If you need anything just call me. Manju will take care of Manvi so you better take rest.

Sidharth nods his head saying bye to her. Sana drives in her car to the market.

Sidharth slowly sneaks into the room upstairs and checks the box which had Agastya's belongings and memories. He opens the wedding album and looks at the picture of Agastya and gets shocked.

Flashback:

Gunjan's phone starts ringing.

Gunjan: It's him!!

Sidharth: Give me the phone.

Gunjan: No Sidharth. I am scared. He is very dangerous guy. What if he leaks the pictures and videos.

Sidharth: He won't. Give me the phone now.

Gunjan hands him her phone. Sidharth receives the call.

Sidharth: Hello

Blackmailer disconnects the call. Sidharth looks at the phone.

Gunjan: What happened Sidharth?

Sidharth: He disconnected without replying. May be he thought that I am a police. Do one thing, introduce me to him and give me the phone when he calls.

They wait for sometime, and the blackmailer calls her again.

Gunjan: Hello

Sidharth whispers her to put the phone on speaker. She obliges.

Blackmailer: Who picked up the phone earlier? Are you double crossing me? You know I can leak your pictures and videos right?

Gunjan: No no no please. He is my friend from college. He wants to talk to you since he is helping me with the money.

Sidharth shows thumbs up to her.

Blackmailer: (Pause) Fine, I'll speak to him.

Sidharth: Hello, Listen I have an offer for you. Ask me a one time price to shut your dirty blackmailing, I'll give it to you. But you will have to give me all the photos and videos which you have, even those which doesn't belong to Gunjan. Basically, every single girl's respect and modesty.

Blackmailer: Ohhhhh!!! So what are you? A guardian angel of weaker sex or a pornographer who wants to mint money with those videos.

Sidharth: (Angrily) Shows your mentality. Who the hell are you calling a weaker sex? A person who held you in her womb for 9 months. The one who pushed you out of her body. The one who fed you and made you strong enough to stand on your feet to curse her identity on being a women? But ofcourse you won't know the value of it because if you had then you wouldn't have done such a shameful act. So whoever I am that's none of your business. Quote your price.

Blackmailer: Hmm.. 400 Million for the video plus 100 Million for listening to your unnecessary monologue..

Sidharth: Huh!! Fine, since the amount is huge give me few days, I'll arrange it for you.

Blackmailer: I'll call after 15 days. (Disconnects)

Gunjan: 500 Million? Sidharth, how are you going to arrange it.

Sidharth: Don't think much about it. Leave it to me. You should relax and calm down for now. For all the tensions you went through all these years, you need a break.

She hugs him saying thank you.
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Sidharth had been thinking about arranging that big amount whole the time. There was ping on his workspace.

Sheetal: Hi Sir, it's 5 minutes overdue for the weekly meeting. I've been waiting for you in the meeting room. Are we cancelling the meeting?

He replies her back.

Sidharth: Oops! It slipped off my mind. I'll be there in 2 minutes.

He goes to the meeting and finds Sheetal maintaining a very professional attitude. He remembers that she had proposed him last week and he hadn't replied her yet. He was now back to Gunjan so he decides not to sort out with Sheetal.

Sidharth: This amount here, is a double payment done by client. We need to return it transfer it back to them. I'll get a mail approval from them when I meet them next.

Sheetal: Okay. This a sweet for you. I got engaged yesterday.

Sidharth: Congratulations. That was so quick.

She doesn't respond and goes out of the meeting room.
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Gunjan: Sidharth, it's 10 days already. Were you able to arrange anything. I am scared of him.

Sidharth: Don't worry I arranged a meeting with client and asked them for a account details to transfer the money which was paid in excess to our company. While forwarding the mail to Sheetal I edited the account detail. The money was scheduled to be transferred into a my account. I will do multiple small transfers to various accounts and then will transfer it to one single account through which it won't be traced. Once I transfer the fund to the blackmailer, will flee away from here and spend a peaceful life together.

Gunjan: You been doing so much for me. You even gave me shelter in this house by telling your landlord that I am your wife.

Sidharth: That you will become soon after we are done with tackling the issue.

She blushes.

The blackmailer calls Sidharth. Sidharth asks him to meet him with all the videos in a different state since he would have to flee with Gunjan. The blackmailer asks Sidharth to come to the cafe in Trinity Towers.

The blackmailer arrives. He signals him to meet near the stairs since the cafe was crowded. Stairs would be a favourable and most secluded area since most them use lift. Sidharth gets up and walks through the stairs exit and meets the blackmailer.

Sidharth: Photos and Videos?

Blackmailer: Money?

Sidharth: He shows him the phone. It's just a click away once you give me your account details. So where are the photos and videos?

Blackmailer: It's in this hard drive. First transfer then the hard drive.

Sidharth: Really? You think I will give you so much money for the internet downloaded porn?

Blackmailer: Huh? What do you mean?

Sidharth: Gunjan had been staying with me since a week, she thought she was keeping an eye on me. I trusted her first but I heard and recorded your telephonic conversation yesterday (shows him the phone). I have transferred back the money which I took from the company as well. With the help of this evidence, I will prove to the police that you coerced me into cheating the company and you two will end up in prison.

Blackmailer snatches his phone and starts running down the stairs. Sidharth chases him. The blackmailer bumps into a man who was walking upstairs talking on the phone. The man looses his control and bangs his head to the fire extinguisher and falls down the stairs in full force.

Sidharth looks at the man lying on the floor and rushes to him. He looks at the blackmailer running. If he left him escape then he won't be able to prove his innocence without the phone. He then looked at the man who was bleeding from his head. He opens the door on the floor and screams for help. He knew someone will help him to the hospital. He then resumes to run behind the blackmailer to catch him.

As soon as he reaches the ground floor he finds the blackmailer driving away in his car. He had asked Gunjan to wait for him in the car which they had hired on rent. He gets into car and starts following him. When Gunjan learns that she was caught by him, she tries escaping. Due to hustel their car meets with an accident.

Flashback ends.

Sidharth pulled his hair in frustration:

Oh God!! Agastya is the same man who was ran down by the blackmailer while I chased him. It all happened on the same day I met with an accident. That means Agastya didn't survive the fall that day. Though I was framed into it myself, yet somewhere I am also a part of reason for Agastya's accident that day. The accident which left Sana broken and Manvi orphan.

Yet I got his heart and a chance to take care of his family. Keeping aside my selfish reason of wanting a wife like Sana, staying here with them is all the more important for me now. Agastya please forgive me for what happened. I am indebted to you and I promise you to heal and keep your family happy.

I was so stupid in thinking that Sana was trapping me just like Gunjan when I got back my memory. I also thought I will flee away at the very first chance I get.

He packed back the stuffs in the box and went to his room.
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Sana returned home and went to Sidharth's room. She stood near the door and looked at Sidharth sitting with Manvi on his knees and speaking to her.

"...I am sorry sweetheart, your paa is going to give to you all the love you ever crave for.", Sidharth says to the little Manvi who smiles staring at him with her big black eyes. He kisses her tiny legs and nuzzles his nose onto it making her giggle.

"Paaaaa.. paaaaa...", Manvi jumps in joy in his hands.

Sana reminisced the similar talks Agastya had with her during nights. She was lost listening and adoring to the talks between Sidharth and Manvi.

"Sana, you are here? Sorry, Manvi was crying very badly and Manju was finding it difficult to handle so I took her.", said Sidharth.

"It's okay. Here is your suit for today's date.", She gave him the same suit which was kept in Agastya's box.

"Huh? It's..", he said surprised as he knew she had denied to give it to him earlier since it was Agastya's.

"It's yours. I was mad at you for being out of the bed.", She said with the thought.

I was unsuccessful in finding a similar blazer for him in the market today. Agastya left him with his most precious heart, what's there in giving him his suit which he liked. Hence I gave him Agastya's suit to wear for the date.

She takes Manvi from his hand and feeds her so that she can sleep well.

"I am going to bake a cake now post which I am going to practice my dance for an hour and then take a soaking warm bath to get ready for the date.", She told him her schedule before leaving.
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Sidharth heard the music playing upstairs. He couldn't stop himself from going to the room as he wanted to see her performing from the time she had told him her love story.

He slowly peeked through the little door opening. She was wearing metallic musical anklet bells, ghungroo in her ankles, her hair formed a bun and her veil tied to her waist. She looked divinely beautiful like nymphs from heaven.

However she was missing her steps everytime and would restart the music. She was frustrated, sad and her face showcased pain. He knew she was reminded of Agastya.

Sidharth pushed the door to open. She looked at him in surprise.

"What are you doing here? I am trying to practice. I was so excited to dance but now I just can't dance. Why did you wish for this? I can't do this again. I just can't.", She blabbers in frustration with teary eyes and helpless tone.

He doesn't respond to her or speak to her a single word but goes and gives her the hug she needed at the moment. A hug for her to feel the beats of the same heart which belonged to her. She hugged him tightly for a long time until she felt stronger again.

She looked up at his face which smiled at her while his hands wiped her tears. She smiled back at him and nodded her head to say she was ready. He took the remote and turned on the music and sat on the chair infront.

She paid obeisance to the Lord Nataraj's staute once again and resumes dancing with confidence. Sidharth was lost looking at her alluring and enchanting performance. What captured his attention was her eyes which expressed every emotions described in the lyrics flawlessly.

He clapped happily when she ended her performance. Her face glowed with the brightest smile he ever saw on her face. She was happy from deep inside.

"Marvelous, Excellent, Enchanting. I can't find enough words to describe what I felt when I saw you perform."

"Thank you so much", she said with her smiling face.

"Can I watch you dancing everyday?", He asked.

"Sure! And I am sorry for screaming at you earlier.", She said with her head down.

"Don't let that smile fade away from your face Senorita. It's my medicine.", He said.

She lifted her head and gave him the smile.

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To be continued.. ❤️❤️

So finally guys, we are cleared with our flashbacks and all we would have is our current situations. There may be some smaller flashbacks but it's majorly SidNaaz now...

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