In Chennai

The Door bell went, Rishi went and opened it to see a man in his 20's standing.

"Yaaru vanu"

(Who you want?)Rishi asked innocently.

H smiled and ruffled his hair,"I came to see your parents, they are here?" Rishi nodded and shouted Amma.

Soon Poornima came out to see the visited got shocked, he smirked.

"Rishi, ulla po"

(Rishi, go inside.) Poornima said, Rishu nodded and run inside to his room.

"What are you doing here?" Poornima asked him, who sat comfortably on couch.

"You will receive your soon to be son in law like this mother in law." He said, poorima started sweating.

"Please, Nandini is not here." Poorima said.

"I know, I even know where she is?" He said glaring at her,soon Shankar came out to see HIM here.

"Oh, come on father in law, I am waiting for you. I thought you are gentleman sick on your words. But you." HE said.

"We can't do anything, they came and took her. They blackmailed us." Shankar said.

"Hahahaa, but I heard she was about to marry someone. Don't even think of fooling me Mrs. Murthy, I know all." HE said dangerously, making both shiver.

"If you want her, then go to Mumbai and get, why are you here?" Poorima said, scaredly.

"I can, but you know your daughter got married to that Manik." Both were shocked to hear it.

"What? No..She went to cure him only." Shankar said, he rolled his eyes.

"She bloody !married him...and happily living, I really think it's their drama..to get my Nandini." HE shouted, both flinched back. Rishi peek through his door and heard all.

"I don't know what you will do. Talk to her and get her here, I want my Nandini back." He said and gave a paper to them, poorima took it, "It's divorce paper of them,i want you guys to get there and bring her back. Or esle your son won't be alive." HE warned and walked away, leaving both in fear.

"Shankar...ippo enna Panrathu. Rishi...",

(Shankar... what to do now? Rishi..) she cried holding her face.

Shankar stood thinking something,"Let's go there and get Nandini back."

Poorima looked at him in shock,"Shankar, they are powerful one. We can't fight with them."

"So what? She is my daughter,she should listen to me. Let's up and pack." Shankar said and moved inside, poorima say in tears.

Rishi heard all this and sat on bed, he miss his sister so much. From the day she came back form her college, he only saw her crying in room. Her old sister disappeared somewhere.

He took his father phone and called his sister, but no one pick up.

He sighed and looked down sadly, "akka kitta etha sollanum, Ava phone ya yadukala."

(I should say this to sis, but she is not taking the phone).

He again called, but this time it's switched off.

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In Mumbai

"Manik enough of playing with phone, give me and eat." Nandini scolding Manik who playing seriously.

"Manikk.." she glared at him, who gave sheepish smile and open his mouth, she smiled and feed him.

But she saw Manik again involved in games, she took it and switched off it.

He pouted and said,"Maa pleachhh....."

"No, unless you eat all." She said strictly, he made grumpy face and ate all.

"Manik, do you remember me?" She asked him.

He frown and said, "You, my Nandu Ma."

Nandini sighed, he always say this.

"No baby, do you remember me, seeing somewhere else." She asked him, making him to remember their college life.

He pouted, acted like thinking, Nandini eagerly looking at him.

"Yess.." he shouted, Nandini become happy.

"Where Baby?" She asked.

"Fairy land...You like angel..white dress, stars..." Her happy face become sad, Manik smiling at her innocently.

"Ayyappa, before he remember all I will forget myself." She made face and hide into pillow, Manik hugged her.

"Maa, what happened?" He asked poking her cheeks, she looked at him removed her hands from her face.

"Manik, please try to remember all.. please..we have only one month." She said cupping his face, with tears. He keep looking at her.

"Maa..What?" He asked, she shook her face and hugged him tightly, cried.

"All my mistake...I shouldn't left you...Even knowing about you, I shouldn't have left you. Ayyappa please make him alright please...I seriously don't know HE still so silent. Before he do something, Manik should be back." She said all loudly to Ayyappa, Manik hugged her tightly. She keep laying on Manik, crying.

Ring!!ring!!!

Nandini wokeup to see, she is on Manik, who siting with her phone.

"Baby no games..give me." She said in her sleepy tone and saw Abhi calling.

She sat on bed with jerk, and answered it, "Bhai..You called me."

"Sorry Nandu, it's urgent. I need to talk to you." Abhi said, she looked at manik who playing with her hair. She saw him fully interested in it, continue talking.

"What happened?" She asked.

"I cleared check about HIM, he is not in Mumbai, his phone location all showing Chennai only." Abhi said.

"So HE doing all from there. Someone working for him." Nandini said in fear.

" Yes baby, but I don't know why he doing this. He himself can come and get you. He know about Manik?" Abhi said.

"I think he know about Manik..He said to be once in phone." Manik looked at her hearing his name, Nandini smiled at him.

"He planning something Nandu, be safe."

"Bhai I am so scared..what if something to you all, HE capable of doing all. Its all my mistake...I.. should.."she said in tears

"Nandu Nandu.. listen, it's all past. You loved Manik so you did this. So stop worrying, I will go to Chennai and get to know all. You take care if your self and Manik." He said, Nandini said ok and cut the call.

"Ma..cry cry." She looked at manik who whipping her tears.

"No baby, just something went inside. Come, let's go down." She said, he nodded no and lay on bed.

"Sleepy here." He said, Nandini smiled and lay beside him, he hide into her neck and closed his eyes.

Nandini was thinking about something, "He have someone working for him here, who giving all information Including Manik health. How??who doing all this?."

She caressing Manik hair, tracing her finger on his mark which is from his forehead to behind his left ear, "Wait..Cabir said he was depressed and cut his veins.. drinking and all...He got into accident.. do accident makes this much big mark..how this mark came? It look like knife or something cut....Did Manik fight with someone. I should ask Cabir about this. His hair completely hidden that one."

"Manik, Did something happened to you." She whispered looking at his peaceful face.

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Here is one of the update. Sorry to those who I have disappointed but I have my reasons. My phone is not working so I couldn't write in my free period in school. When I come from school I hell tried to do anything and I have my homework too. So that's why I am late and I will try to update my other stories too. 

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