Bold Italic - Pragya
Italic - Abhi

Sarla ma "You should have gone with him."

Ma, I tried my best to persuade him but he is concerned about me. He is worried if I will be in trouble of facing people and media.

Sarla ma "Alright. Did he called you again?"

No Ma but he texted me. He is still on his way to Delhi. And I wanted to ask you something. Where is Papa? He is missing from the time I return to house.

Sarla ma "He said he is leaving for some important work and asked me to update about you and Abhi when he calls back."

Okay Ma.....

Sarla ma "I am just hoping all will be well soon. It's totally unexpected of them to be missing suddenly."

Yes Ma. He was very upset last night. He was blaming himself.

She recalls what happened last night and Sarla ma said, "Everything will be fine soon. You don't worry."

Pragya nods her head in response and said she is going to rest in her room.

After the long travel, Abhi and Purab reached the address where King stays.

Purab "Abhi, it seems the police couldn't find anything here. They had informed us and do you think we will find anything? They also said the house is more like abandoned and not in use for years."

Maybe they didn't find anything that is useful to them. I think we still can try.

Purab "Okay Abhi. Let's go in!"

They saw a police constable outside the house. They informed him they would like to go and check inside.

The police constable was hesitant to allow them but they convinced him they won't take much time.

Then they went inside and Abhi gasped, It's really abandoned!

Purab "Yes Abhi, looking at the condition, it seems the house is a perfect place for horror movies."

Abhi glared at him before walking further inside.

From where do we even search Purab? This whole place is in a mess!

Purab "Abhi, what if Aaliya didn't even come here?"

Kya?? Then why did she wrote this address yaar!

Purab "I don't know...."

Abhi then happens to see a letter hidden underneath a vase.

Purab! Look at this! There's something written here!

Purab came near him and both read the letter.

It was written as, This pain is not enough to tell about the pain I endured so far.

Purab "This is not Aaliya's handwriting for sure."

Of course not! Why will she even write like this and that too in such a place where nobody will come in.

Purab "Then who wrote this?"

I don't know maybe King....

Purab "But why will he write like this?"

Do you think I care about it? I only care about my sister!

Purab "Yes I know Abhi but if she is with him then we should care about him too."

Oh man! You mean King is under some depression that he is having my sister to torture!!!

Purab "Abhi! Stop overthinking!"

I am not overthinking Purab. I am so scared. Aaliya can't stand people who are like this. You know right?

Purab "I know... But I don't understand one thing... When and how did Aaliya start to know King that she even came all the way here."

That's a long story but to keep it in short, Pragya and I are responsible for Aaliya to know King.

Purab gasped in shock and said," You mean you two try to make them..... "

Haan Purab but we never knew this would happen.

Purab" Don't worry Abhi. Do you think we should tell Pragya about this letter?"

Just then they received call from the police.

Abhi answered the call and said, What! How can you all say this?

Purab took his phone from him as Abhi was at the top of his anger.

After the call, Purab said" Abhi, be patient. They are trying their best."

How to be patient! They still have no news about King's whereabouts and on top of this, his manager is missing now!

Purab" As far as I know, King is not the type of a person who is wrong. I have heard a lot about him on how he behave with women and he never cross his limits."

I hope so if not he will never see a worse person like me in his life!

Purab" I think you should call Pragya Di and inform her about this."

Abhi asked him to call as he was not in a mood to tell her all this.

Purab called Pragya and informed her everything they knew as of now.

Purab.... The letter should be a old one. I mean that should be at the time when his parents passed away. He used to tell he write something after he hurt himself. But now he is back to normal. He used music to divert his pain.

Purab "Okay Di, I will inform Abhi about it."

Oh! Now I remember something. If I am not wrong, there is another house for King at Delhi.

Purab "Another house? Where is it Di?"

I don't know Purab. I remember him saying that his maternal grandma's house is there.

Purab "Okok! I will inform Abhi about this."

He then ends the call and informs Abhi about what Pragya said.

But how will we find his maternal grandma's house when he can't contact him or his manager now!

Purab "Maybe there is some clue here. Or we can inform the police about this."

Alright. We will try to search here and at the same time inform police about this.

Abhi then informed the police while they were searching for something that could lead them to find King's maternal grandma's address.

Finally!!!

Purab" You found it?"

Ya.... It's a old notebook with all phone numbers and addresses.

Purab" But we don't know her name na."

I already found her name in google just now.

Purab" Smart boy! What's her name?"

Arundhati Roy!

Purab" This name is very familiar to me."

Familiar to you? Now you don't say you know King before!

Purab" Nah.... How would I know him before? Anyways let's look at this notebook."

This is it!

Abhi exclaimed finding the address and soon they left to reach that house.

They then reached the house and it was more like a mansion.

I hope at least this will have people living here.

Purab gave a gesture that he hopes too.

They pressed the door bell and after sometime, an elderly lady came and opened the door.

Is King here?

"King? Whose that?" she asked.

Purab "He meant Aditya Roy. And you're Arundhati ji right?"

"Yes I am and he just left from here."

He just left? Where did he left to?

"How would I know? He came and took something from here and left. There was even a girl here but she is nice not like him."

A girl? You mean very tall?

"Ya almost his height. She looked traditional too."

Abhi and Purab were shocked at her words.

Traditional?? That's impossible! Did you see properly?

"Excuse me. Who are you all to ask me so many questions!"

Purab "We are Aditya's friends. He is suppose to give us something back but he had forgotten it. So we are trying to reach him."

"Money?? He borrowed money!"she asked.

Purab "No ji. It's something else. By the way do you know when he will come back?"

Haan will he be back later???

"That I don't know. He only comes once in a blue moon. I don't even have his number to call."

Abhi sighed in disbelief and looked at Purab before leaving while Purab thanked her and she said, "You look familiar to me."

Purab "Even you too. By the way this is my visiting card. And if by chance Aditya returns please calls us."

She smiled in response as yes she will and Purab left feeling why did she even felt familiar about him.

Purab sat inside the car and Abhi said, We missed him and I can't believe we were close!!!

Purab was thinking about the elderly lady they met and didn't tell anything in response.

Purab! Are you here???

Purab "Haan. I am sorry... I was thinking about where they could have gone."

This is insane. It seems he is not very fond of his Dadi. Did you notice how she spoke about him? The way she said was like he is ignorant about her. How can someone be like this! Then I can't believe Aaliya looked traditional to her!

Purab" Abhi first of all we don't know what happened in his family to judge about him. And about Aaliya looking traditional is a good thing. Don't you think so?"

You're right but where could they have went?

Purab" She said they just left so we can find them easily. Let's go and ask people we see on the way and enquire about Aaliya and King."

Abhi agreed and they drive off from there.

Meanwhile, Pragya's dad returns home and he looked worried about something.

He informs Sarla ma to pack their bags and says they are leaving to hometown now.

Pragya overheard this and asked, why suddenly Papa?

"Trust me Pragya. I can't tell the reason but we need to leave now."

Papa...but.....let me inform Abhi.

"No Pragya. He is already in distress. Don't worry him further. Trust me I am not going to separate both of you. And I can't too as the news of you and Abhi had spread like wildfire even at our hometown."

Papa....is anything bothering you? You can tell us.

"I will inform you and Sarla when we reach there. There is nothing of financial issues and both of you just trust me and get ready to leave now."

What will happen now? Any guesses?
Thank you for reading! 😊