A/n - Be ready for something emotional, let's go and beat the shit out of Tia after reading this chapter but no chamelis for me 

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(Wherever Anika is written imagine Shanno)

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Anika visited every corner of the Mansion to meet some other family members but nobody was around. At night Annika was roaming around the mansion to find some clues, she was also trying to search for Shivomru, Tej, Shakti and Jhanvi when she noticed someone's shadow and saw a man who was now running very fast. She saw him entering a store room at the back area of the Mansion. Annika followed him inside and "Splashhhh" water falls on her.

Annika looked up and noticed a young man was happily jumping like a kid and clapping his hands "Yaayyyy Annika Didi ta (ka) style use tia (kia) maine phir te (se)" (Yayyyy, I adain ooze Anika tyle "I again used Anika's style")

Annika was confused after listening to that voice, it was so familiar but she wanted it to be a stranger's voice or Tia will be dead meat when she's done with her.

Anika walked towards him and her worst nightmare became a reality, now she cannot deny the fact the young man who was behaving like a 5 year old kid was her beloved Rudy boy but next scene was worse than before.

Rudra got frightened from her and he crawled to the corner of the room. He hugged his knees and started crying loudly "Nahi nahi mele ko matt malo...maine toi toriii nahi ti ...main toh bas apne bhaiya te liye roti lene daya tha. Main Pinty promise tar raha hu, maine tuch nahi thaya...*Nahi Nahi mere ko matt maro.... maine koi chori nahi ki... main toh bas apne bhaiya ke liye roti lene gaya tha... Main Pinky promise kar raha hu, maine kuch nahi khaya* (Lo, not beat me...I no teallll...I tate food fol my blother...Pinty plomise, I no eat...*No, don't beat me..I did not steal anything...I took food only for my brother...Pinky Promise, I haven't eaten anything)

Annika's control of emotions broke and she tried to hug him, but Rudra pushed her and started crying hysterically.

Anika tried to hold him again, but another young man entered from behind the cupboard. His clothes were messy, he had unkempt hair and then he suddenly jumped onto Annika's feet and started pleading

(Warning ⚠️ **A/n - Suicide Trigger warning - Don't read if you're not comfortable)

Man looked at her with teary eyes "Nahi .. Nahi mere chote bhai ko matt maaro, mujhe maar lo jitna maarna hai, main koi awaaz nahi karunga, tum chaho toh main khud ko maar looonga" (No, you can beat me as much as you want, but don't beat my younger brother. I won't make a single sound; if you want I can kill myself)

That man kept on pleading and almost became unconscious near her feet. Annika was still trying to understand the situation, but he suddenly started slapping himself and then he was ready to cut his nerve with a piece of broken mirror.

Annika tried to stop him "No Om, please don't do this" but he was not listening, at last she slapped him hard. Om stopped after that, Annika tried to touch red finger marks on his face but he pushed her away and sat beside Rudra, now both were hugging their knees and crying loudly.

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Rudra crawled near Anika's feet and cried while trying to seek her forgiveness "Mele (Mere) bhaiya to matt maalo (maro), roti maine tori ti (chori ki) hai" (Lo "No" beat my blother "brother", I tealll "stole" food)

Rudra opened his fist and showed her a dried piece of Chapati "Ye Le jao, nahi thayenge (khayenge) hum log, dutbin te (dustbin se) li thi" (Rudra opens his fist and forwards a dried piece of Chapati towards her Tate dis "Take this", we will not eat it, I tate "take" it from dutbin "dustbin")

Om started banging his head on the wall "Sab meri galti hai, main hi mar jata hu kahi jaake." (It's all my fault, I should go and die somewhere.) Both continued crying and blabbering something or the other.

Annika was not in her senses, after seeing her favourite OmRu's condition. She was speechless, her baby bro and best friend behaving like maniacs. She wanted to hug and console them but she was at loss of strength. She imagined many scenarios about disappearance of Obros, but this was the least expected one. She was trying to control her loud sobs by tightly closing her mouth with her hands, she just wanted to hug both brothers and hide them from all the pain.

Anika was heart broken when Rudy gave her that dried piece of chapati, both brothers were deprived of basic necessities and Rudy had to steal food from garbage. Now she was worried for others and had to do something major to tackle these Kapoor sisters, but first priority was to find all the family members, then she will deal with them. Annika thought about something and ran away from that room, while running in the corridor she dashed into someone.

Person looked at her angrily and pushed her away "Aye, kaun ho tum, yahan kyu bhaag rahi ho" (Hey, who are you and why are you running here?)

Annika was staring at the person like she has seen a ghost, the only thought running in her mind was that why did she follow her here?

Person poked in her arm and asked her again "Kyu bhaag rahi ho yahan itni raat ko?" (Yes, why are you running here at this ungodly hour?)

Anika tried to hold her hand "Par ap yahan kaise?" (How come you are here?)

Person shrugged off her hand "Haan, toh mere ghar mein aur kaun milega tujhe?" (Yes, so who will you find in my house?)

Annika frowned at her in confusion "This lady looks so healthy, fit and fine but how is she speaking, she cannot be my Dadi, she was in Delhi. Who is this lady?"

(A/n - Congratulations to all those who guessed it was Dadi)

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Lady poked her arm again "Ab kya sochne lagi" (What are you lost now?)

Annika gained back her composure and muttered "Nahi nahi Dadi, wo main kuch nahi soch rahi wo main.." (No, grandma, I wasn't just thinking about something..umm..I) but she was stopped by her rudely "Dadi vadi nahi hu main teri, seedhe se ma'am bolo aur tum ho kaun?" (I'm not your grandma, call me mam and who are you?)

Annika recalled her first conversation with Dadi "Puttar main teri dadi jaisi hu, Ma'am sham mujhe nahi samajh aata, tu to mujhe Dadi hi bula". (Dear, I'm like your grand mother, I don't understand this Mam, it sounds like sham. You can call me Grandma)

Now Anika has no doubt that the lady in front of her is definitely an impostor. She finally got an answer to the question as to why there was no media coverage about the disappearance case of Kalyani Singh Oberoi.

Annika came out of her thoughts and she said "Nahi nahi Ma'am wo wahan pata nahi kaun tha, main dekh k darr gayi thi. Main Miss G k saath yahan aayi hu, unki staff member hu" (No Mam, I don't know who was there, but I got scared. I came here with Miss G, I'm her staff member)

Lady looked at her in annoyance, why she has to spend so much time in talking to a servant. She pushed her away "Koi nahi hai wahan, jao yaha se, in mind "pakka wo chor hoga, dekhti hu usse jaake" Nobody is there, now go from here, in mind "Definitely it was that thief, I'll go and deal with him now)

Annika pretended to go from there but hid behind a pillar, she watched that lady went inside OmRu's room and Anika peeped inside to check her activities; but she was not prepared for the brutal truth. She closed her eyes, how can she look at her OmRu getting treated like a couple of retards. All she could hear was OmRu's cries and screams of agony and loud sounds of whiplash striking on their skin and then some weird sounds after whiplash sounds.

Anika wanted to run inside and beat the shit out of that lady but she bit her fist harshly to control her anger. When screams of OmRu became unbearable she was going to step inside to deal with that woman while thinking that mission can be handled later on but she cannot see OmRu in this condition but somebody tapped on Anika's shoulder; she got startled and turned around to see the person and widened her eyes.

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Who could that be?

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Ab ye toh next chapter mein hi pata chalega, Take care till then

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