Hi guys. I am back 🤗😀.
Firstly, thankyou so much for your comments and votes on the previous parts.😙😊. It really means a lot to me.

So here goes the first chapter of the series. Read and enjoy.
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Hotel BLUE PLAZA,New Delhi
7:15 pm.......
A big , luxurious hall adorned with beautiful lights ,with white and gold background ,stood elegantly to mark the coming beautiful evening.

The hall is filled with many men dressed in expensive 3 piece suits and many women clad in beautiful dresses. The waiters and the hotel staff moving here and there , serving their guests with drinks and starters,and taking care of them.

Just then a woman in her late 30's walked on to the stage , drapped in a shiffon black saree adorned with a thin gold lace. She has minimal make up and simple jewellery
She took the mike and started speaking
             
           "Good evening Ladies and Gentleman
A warm welcome to everybody who took out their precious time to gŕace us with their presence. So now its time for us to celebrate the "RED FISHER AWARD CERMONY".
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              Meanwhile, a black mercedes halts at the entrance of the hotel.
A man dressed in black suit armed with a gun comes out from the front door. He seemed to be a body guard. He moves forward and opens the back door. A woman in her early 20's descends the car with a confident smirk.
                  Clad in a black coloured Kanchivaram saree with golden border,
Ears adorned with black stoned jhumkas , hands adorned with black stoned bangles, she is looking ethreal. Her waist length silky , black hair bouncing with every single step,she walked to the hall.

             The door opened revealing the beautiful woman of the evening Ms.GAURI SHAH. She has a magnificient aura around her. Almost all the men in the hall are already smitten by her beauty.
             She walked past everybody and occupied her assigned seat.

              Soon the award ceremony started and most of the awards are being bagged by employees of SHAH GROUPS OF ENTERPRISES.
The anchor continues to speak"now the most awaited award of the evening,
RED  FISHER -BEST  ENTERPRENEUR AWARD. Now I would like to call upon the stage, our honourable chief guest , Mr. Swaminathanji  ,the union minister of  human resources. Sir ,please come to the stage.
          The chief guestwalks upon the stage.

CG: So now,the best business enterprises award goes to,
              SHAH GROUP OF ENTERPRISES.
A:So now , we would like to call upon the stage, Ms. Gauri Shah,the managing director of SGE. Ma'am,please come upon the stage.

               Gauri walks on the stage and receives the award from the chief guest. The hall is filled with applauses.
A: Now we would like to ask Ms. shah to speak a few words. Ma'am,please.

Gauri walks to the podium and picks the mike.
G: firstly thankyou Red fisher and thankyou all my crew who helped me achieve this award . This is not my victory alone . This is our victory. And I would like to congratulate all my employees who won the awards on this auspiscious evening and best of luck for your future endeavours.
Thankyou everyone.

        With that said, Gauri walked down the stage. Soon, the ceremony got ever. Gauri also left the place.

On the way ...,
In Gauri's car,

Gauri opens her MacBook. She goes to check her emails, but stops seeing the wallpaper. It is the photo of Gauri and Anika with their Mother Neelima. Tears cloud Gauri's vision. All her memories with her mother rush back to her mind.

Gauri's pov

Maa, I miss you so much. I wish you were by my side today. Why did you live us alone maa? Today I dont have anybody to share my happiness except di. Maa! I remember it was your dream to setup a business of your own. And Maa , I will try my best to fulfill all your dreams.

Her thoughts came to halt by Dandi calling her.

D: Ma'am , call for you

And he hands over the phone to her.
Gauri on phone,

G: Ha, di! I am on my way to  house. You don't worry.
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Ha,  I will catch flight by 5am tomorrow. I might be there at Oberoi mansion by 9:30am.
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No di,I am fine.OK good night di.
Bye, take care.
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Next day, 2:00am
Oberoi mansion , Mumbai......

In the light of Moon and stars , there stands a beautiful,authentic mansion. The pearl white coloured mansion itself is  looking like another moon in the sheets of dark night. Few men clad in grey suits are guarding the mansion from all four sides.
  
                      Moving into the mansion,we see that the whole mansion is filled with darkness except for few lamps. All the occupants of oberoi mansion are in deep slumber, except for one person. The first floor of the mansion is occupied by the elders. Moving to the second floor, there are five rooms present out of which three rooms are occupied. In room 1 , there lay a man and woman cuddled into each other ,in deep slumber.
In room 2, there are two girls , almost of same age sleeping at either ends of bed. One of the girls, who seems to be slightly elder ,seems to be in a dream of her loved one. She has a sweet smile on her face.
In room 3 of the floor, there lay two boys.
One of them has a short hair and muscular abs, while the other has a shoulder length hair and is lean. The one with short hair occupied the major part of the bed, while the other one is curled up into a ball. His body is showing slight movement. He seems to be shivering . He is mumbling some incoherent words. His eyes are tightly shut. His right hand is continuously moving as to grab hold of some thing or to get free of something? As the time is passing the tremors in his body are increasing. By now he is shaking vigourosly. Sweat has covered his body as second skin. His words have become a bit clear by now. He is mumbling.
   
        "Please ! Leave me. I will not speak any thing. Shivaay! Rudy! Please. No. I dont want this."

By this time, he is wailing loudly. Pathetic sobs are escaping from his mouth.
Hearing to all this commotion , the other boy has waken from his sleep.
             The scene infront of his eyes startled him. He is not able to understand anything. Once he realised the situation,
he caught hold of the other person's trembling hands. His touch only made the other person's wailings high.

B1:Om! please. open your eyes. What's happening to you? Om! Calm down. Please.

He is not able to understand what to do. Om is continuously wailing and sobbing.

The boy2 takes water glass  from the night stand beside the bed and splashes the water on Om's face.
           Om opens his eyes startled. He looks at his surroundings. He seems to be in a daze. He feels his surroundings unfamiliarly familiar . His face is drenched with sweat, water and tears. His breath is slightly rapid. He then looks at the other boy. The other boy takes him into a hug and pats him soothingly.

B1: Om! What happened? Did you again see a nightmare?

O: Rudy, mamu (uncle) has come to take
me, to take me again , back to the hell.

R: O! No . He will not be able to take you again. You are safe.

O: No Rudy! H..h..e will come back ag..again. I don't.. I dont want to go back.

By this time, he is crying again. Tears are flowing down his face. He clutched Rudra's shirt for support and to prevent himself fro
shaking. Rudra just hugged him tight and murmered soothing words into his brother's ears.
              As Om felt some relief, he came out of the hug. Rudra looked at him confused.
Om wiped his face by sleeves of his t-shirt. He looked at Rudra and said

O: Rudy! You just go back to your sleep. I..I will j..ju..st freshen up and come.

R: But O, look at the time. It's 3:30am in the morning.

O:Rudy, it's okay . Just give me sometime. I
will comeback.

Saying this, he removed the tangled blanket from his legs, got down from the bed and walked towards the bathroom.
Rudra though, slept half heartedly , soon succumbed to the sleep due to his fatigue and sleeplessness.

Oberoi mansion,
Same day, 4:30am..........

Om is still standing under shower, drenching in the cold water, his back now touching the cold bathroom wall. He still has his clothes put on. Salty tears along with cold water are flowing down his face.
But he is paying no heed to them.
In his hand, there is a metallic rasor blade. He once looked at the sharp rasor blade keenly , as if he is looking at his reflection in the blade. He placed the blade just few inches below his radial artery and applied slight pressure on it , closing his eyes. He felt a drop of warm blood slip down his wrist. Suddenly, the faces of his brothers, dadi, sisters flashed in front of him and he dropped the rasor. He looked at his now bloodied wrist. He then kept his wrist under the cold shower to wash away the blood.

Same time.....
Rudra who drifted into sleep an hour before now opened his eyes for some unknown reason. When he looked at the opposite side of the bed, he is greeted with an empty space. He then looked at the closed bathroom door. He can hear the sound of running water. He walked to the door and banged on the door.

R:O! Are you in there?

O:(startled) h...haa Rudy! I am coming.

R: what have you been doing from 1hour?

O: (turning off the shower) No. I mean nothing. I ....I just zoned out.
I am coming.

R:(unconvinced) ok.

After Rudra had called him, Om changed into a new pair of clothes  and came out. But before coming out he had pulled down the sleeves of his grey t-shirt to prevent the cut from showing up. When he came out, He saw Rudra sitting on the bed leaning against the bed post. He knows what is going to come. So, he quickly picks his black backpack with a baby pink pompom and starts putting his digital camera, one of his medicines , sipper already filled with water and other things. He picks up his phone from the night stand and stuffs it in his pant pocket. He then goes to get his black coloured hoodie. When he is going to open the cupboard , Rudra speaks.

R: O! What are you doing? Are you going out for something?

O:(covering himself with his hoodie) yeah, for my morning walk.

R: At this hour!

O:Usually dumbell Oberoi! This hour is an hour of morning. If you wake up early mornings for once in a blue moon, it is obvious that you feel like this.

R: (seriously) O! If you are not able to make fun of the situation ,then please  donot try.

Om doesen't say anything . But moves to Rudra , cups his face and pecks his fore head. He then gives one of his pleasant smile ,hangs his backpack and walks out of the room. Rudra keeps looking at Om till he is out of sight. Then he looks at the still black sky through his window, lost in thoughts.
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So guys, this is the first chapter.
Do you guys feel this lengthy?🤔🤔
Feel free to tell me. I wanted to give intro of all youngsters, but it got so long.
So, intro of others will be in the next chapter. It will be updated next sunday.

So, till then take care😊😊bye🤗😙