recap....
samad's pov

I opened the service door and saw a white SUV waiting for me with a slightly ajar passenger door greeted me...I opened it and sat Inside as soon as I turned to look at the person I froze my mind stopped working I could not understand what is going on

"Ahmed bhai?" I asked more to myself

"bhai what is this?" I asked him confusion clouding my face

first I get a call from an unknown number that amal is not safe now..MY OWN COUSIN BROTHER who can talk to me whenever he wants decided to meet me secretly and how the hell is he connected to all of this mess??

end of recap

samad's pov

"ahmed bhai?" I looked at him not believing my eyes

he just glanced at me time to time while driving

"first I get a call that my best freind is in trouble then I am told than I am being followed and now my own cousin brother is my " secret well wisher" who by the way could have talked to me whenever he wanted but decided to pull all of this just to meet me in secret....would you care to explain?" I finished off my rant with a heavy breath

"samad..." he said and paused for a sharp inhale

"arham is my best freind...or was my best freind" he said stressing at 'was'

"all of this time....I...I..I never knew YOU were Amal's best freind,
until I saw you that day at the hospital and realized"

"but..I dont und..." I started to ask but he cut me off.

"please just hear me out till the end then I will answer all of your questions"

I stayed quiet unwillingly
taking the cue he continued

"to start from the beginning..." he said exhaling loudly
I could tell he was nervous he gripped the steering wheel tightly

"arham was my bestfriend since high school...we were like the rich guy...poor guy duo...the good boy and the bad boy duo of our school"

"he was the prankster...thr trouble maker...the famous one...popular among girls"

"I was the rich but innocent...studious..serious one"

"he was the typical high school stud of our school but one thing he never did that all the guys of his categories did"

"girlfriends...he never had any"
"he had girls falling at his feet but he never gave them any footage"

"he always said he was in love with this girl...his cousin" I looked at Ahmed bhai knowing very well who this girl was

"at senior year of high school we moved here to New York...but arham and I stayed in touch and he always said he is some day going to propose that girl and years later he did...but she rejected him" I sighed as my memory went back to the day when amal told me how his cousin brother proposed to her

"he was devastated" ahmed bhai said shaking his head

"he got an job offer here in New York so he flew here but he never moved on...he always thought of going back to her"

"he was heartbroken and to compensate that he drowned himself in his work soon he caught attention of his boss and started climbing up the success ladder suspiciously fast"

"he got rich and richer and along with it
angry..
arrogant...
power hungry...
proud...
heartless"

"and then one day he tells me that he is the mafia boss of New York" as soon as my mind realized what bhai said I felt my whole world shaking

"I know the right thing to do was to turn him down to police..." he stopped and gulped audibly running a shaky hand through his hair

"but my friendship never allowed me to be a better human"

"I..realized that he was no longer my high school buddy arham he was this cruel heartless, sadistic, power hungry mafia boss who treated the only women he claimed to love as a puppet" he said looking at the road concentrating on the driving but his dewy eyes said another story

"w..what is he doing to my Amal...please bhai cut to the chase and tell me how is she" I pleaded

"she is not good" he said nodding his head in a no and pointing towards a file that looked like a hospital file

"that is Amal's medical record and it has a description of what arham did to her till today he calls me and describes everything to me because I need that details to treat her after he tortures her"

I reached for the file with trembling hands,
the volume of the file was astonishingly thick which made me even more nervous

I opened the file and and read the first page
i felt my heart shrinking and my lungs getting short on air I flipped another page and a tear escaped my eye

oh amal
my amal
what did that bastard do to you

the first two pages made me crumble down into my own sorrow I could not imagine what else is written in this file

"you were there..." I said to ahmed bhai without looking at him

"you were there all along...you could have saved her...
you could have told me earlier..." I whispered

"THAT WAS THE LEAST YOU COULD DO!!!" i yelled

"I know...and i am really sorry"
a humourless chuckle left my mouth when he said sorry

"sorry?" I asked mockingly

"your sorry wont UNDO whatever that psycho did to her or is still doing, you are his partner in crime and your sorry does not do shit for that pure hearted innocent girl who never did anything bad to anyone" I said gritting my teeth

"I..I.samad..plea..."

"stop the car" i snapped

"samad..."

"STOP THE FUCKING CAR AHMED BHAI!!!!"
I yelled and he pulled the car at the side of the road

"I'll kill that bastard" I slammed the door and stepped out

ahmed bhai came after me
"samad listen to me" he said blocking my way

"bhai move...dont make me hit you" but he didnt budge he stood there firmly holding me with all the force he had

I tried to push him away
"bhai move"

"please samad....try to understand"

"UNDERSTAND??!!!!!" I yelled at him

"I dont have to understand anything....you are equally responsible for her state as much as that sick bastard it" I said poking my finger at his chest

"you just watched him torture her...break her...." I spat the words

"he is the strongest mafia!!"
"he killed his own mentor...and took over his empire in Italy too"

"do you think you can even stand infront of the gates of those house?" he yelled

I just stared at him blankly

he breathed in heavily pinching the bridge of his nose

"listen samad we have to think about this a lot...plan a lot because if we fail he will not just simply kill her he will put her through worse....a lot more worse than he actually did and trust me she wont survive it no human could survive that amount of torture, miraculously SHE DID....but it wont be long before her body gives up"

"that house has more than 50 bodyguards....even though he has the assurity that she wont run away" he said pointing at nowhere

I fell on my knees on the road the pain in my heart far more agonizing

"then how will we save her?....cant we go to the police?"

he sat infront of me
"no...he bought the whole system...do you think its possible to get away from so many murders and smuggling and every other crime without the police support?"

"how am I supposed to take her out of that hell" I asked to myself resting my elbows on my thighs and my head on my palms

Amal's pov

*flashback*
I was walking down the steps this stupid ass guy has been stalking me from two days

I had a sip of water from my water bottle

"hey ammu he is still following us or I should say you" my classmate whispered

I huffed out in annoyance
"that's it" I gritted my teeth and turned around

"what do you want?" I asked straight looking at this guy who thought he was the most handsome guy in the world

TYPICAL DOUCHEBAG

"I want us to be freinds"

I inhaled a huge amount of breath to calm myself down

"okay listen"

"first thing...you are stalking me and that is a crime I could report you"

"second thing...you are creepy and a stranger and friendships dont happen this way"

"third thing....BUZZ OFF"

I said my peice and walked away

when the day ended I proceeded towards the parking

and there he was again
I rolled my eyes and pretended not to see him

he walked towards me
"listen...."

"yaar kya masla hai" I yelled stomping my foot on the ground

and swung my bag hitting him at the head

"you crazy ass stalker STOP ANNOYING ME!!!" I yelled and continued to hit him with the bag while he tried to shield himself

i grabbed him by the collar

"let's go to police"

"okay...okay...it was a bet to get you....i wont bother you please stop" he said trying to free himself

I just gawked at him shocked

"bet??...tu toh gaya ab..." shaking my head in disappointment

"sale kutte" I yelled and he ran away from me and I ran after him with my bag on my shoulder and water bottle in my hand I stopped running and threw the water bottle at him which landed straight at his back and he fell down
*end of flashback*

what a life I had

I laughed humourlesly remembering what a strong girl I used to be and what I am now

the door opened and arham walked in,

I squinted my eyes to adjust to the light pouring in the dark room

he walked towards me and poured a jug full of water on me

I gasped for air

he threw a peice of cloth at me and I tried to get up

I looked at it and it was a t shirt
i gladly accepted it and slipped it on

finally something to wear after three days...
it gets really chilly in here at night

he unlocked the cuff at my ankle...attached to a chain bolted at the wall

"go use the bathroom" he said

after much difficulty I walked towards the bathroom stumbling several times

as soon as I came back he chained me again and handed me a apple

three days and no proper food yesterday it was biscuits today its apple

tears slipped from my eyes 24 hours and just an apple wont be enough

"pl..please give me food...I am very hungry...please" I begged joining my hands

"eat this or nothing...you are not on a vacation....you are being punished" he snapped

"give me food" he mocked me imitating my voice

I looked at the ground sobbing silently
while he placed a glass of water on ground

"bon appetit" he chuckled
and went away shutting the door behind him

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hey guys...
so finally samad knows the whole truth but the poor guy is clueless.

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