Rakshita was spending every second of her life as an epoch without knowing any details about Siddharth. She was seen with the fear of what she was going to do if Siddharth came alive. Two days passed without any information being known about him.
Every time when she got call it seemed like she was taking rebirth when there was no information about him.

That evening, she got a call from Vikram and Rakshita tried hard to control her nervousness. She accepted his call, being careful not to spill anything to him. "Vicky ..."

"Did you complaint Siddharth to the police?" He asked her in a tight tone. She was not sure what to answer, replied "No Vicky... I will do it for sure"

"Rakshittha... If you don't have time, I will complain myself. It is useless to trust anyone anymore," he said tightening her.

Unable to answer, she tried hard to open up, "Vikcy, I didn't find Siddharth for two days. I don't know where he was" she said slowly.

"Excellent! Perfect game... Are you trying to fool me? Where did you hide him? Are you two playing together? I'm talking to you patiently only for your dad's face. Don't take advantage of it!" Said him.

"Hey! Vicky... Why do you talk like this? It's normal for me to have Siddharth Compliant when I'm ready to do anything for you."

"Really? Then in next half an hour you should give compliant on him and inform me. Do you understand? Or else I have to complain Siddharth the next second?" warned him.

"Understood Vicky. I will do." She turned off the phone, not knowing what to say to him.

'Gosh! Am I get caught? I am impatiently waiting for Siddharth's death news so that I can convince Vikram and can start the marriage talk. Now I got stuck with nothing. If Vikram gives compliant, then police will start searching for Siddharth. what to do? How to escape from this matter? As Vikram said, if I give compliant, I will get caught definitely. If I didn't give compliant, he will give and I will stick to it. There is no other way, only if I tell the truth to Vikram, I might get a chance to escape' she thought and went to meet Vikram in person.

Vikram's plan to wait for Rakshita's arrival was not in vain. Vikram noticed Rakshita entering his office to meet him through the CCTV camera in his room.

She enters Vikram's room with lightning speed, Vikram raised his gaze and looked at her as if he knew nothing, "You have come to my office instead of the police station. Is the brain not working properly?"

"Vicky... you're not a kind of person to talk like this. I understand your situation. You're in pain at the loss of your friend" said her.

He looked into his eyes and asked, "Hmm... that's right. What if we two go and complaint Siddharth in police station?"

"Vicky... I have something important to say to you and that's why I came here in such a hurry" her words stumbled.

Vikram intercepted Rakshita's speech in the blink of an eye and interrupted the call from Shiva twice in between. While getting continues call from him, he accepted the call.

"Sir, sorry for the disturbance. Ahana was about to meet you" said him.

"Oh... tell her I was busy and I'll talk to her later" he hung up the call.

Rakshita continued again, his ears were not accepting any of Rakshita's words as Ahana's thoughts occupied Vikram's senses. His eyes flickered to see that penetrating mirror way, longing to see the image of Ahana who was staring there. "You haven't had time to talk to me, right?" To be the expressions on her face as if questioning Vikram.

"Ahana, I don't want to sacrifice you in these mysterious knots. Already the humiliation caused by the police keeps you a little distraught. You will be heartbroken if you know the problems that are going on here. I hope you understand me even if I do not speak, Ahana" Those are the lines that appeared in Vikram's mind while gazing at her eyes. Vikram's eyes were fixed on the same place even after Ahana left the place.

Rakshita said, "Vicky... We approached the psychiatrist as Siddharth was not in the right mood. Two days ago, Siddharth and I went out in the car. There happened an argument between us and Siddharth got out of the car in the way. Since then, he has not returned home Actually Siddharth was missing for two days"

Then, Rakshita waved her hands and Vikram came to normal "Mental? Siddharth?" asked Vikram.

Rakshita replied "Yes Vicky..."

"Oh... well find him in two days. Don't make me lose my patience" said him.
"Okay Vikram" Rakshita left.

'Am I bothering Ahana too much? What to do?' Vikram was melting inside himself as he leaned back in his seat thinking of Ahana. His cell phone rang and he attended the call.

"How about you, Vaishu?" Vikram asked with a small smile on his face when he accepted the call.

"I'm fine Vicky. I will be there" Vaishali said on the other end.

"What Vaishu? Anything important? You never said you were coming" asked Vikram without understanding the reason for her sudden arrival.

"You are very busy these days, you shouldn't be disturbed, Vicky," she said.

"Hmm... where are you now? I'm sending Shiva to the airport to pick you up."

Then, Shiva picked Vaishali from the airport and Vikram took her home. Vaishali, who was there till that evening, then left to meet Ahana. Knowing that Vikram was keeping Ahana in care in one of his houses, Vaishali asked Vikram to stay herself with Ahana and he didn't refuse too. Vikram thought that Vaishali's presence would be a consolation to Ahana so he took Vaishali there.

Vikram didn't speak to Ahana and left immediately. Vaishali found out through Ahana the reasons for Ahana staying there. Ahana had a suspicion that the reason for Vaishali's sudden arrival was Vikram's marriage talk with Rakshita was on one side of her mind but the rest of the mind was overflowing that there would be no such thing. Ahana didn't say anything to Vaishali about Rakshita that she was the cause of Dhruv's murder.

******

The next morning, Siddharth's body was found lying between two rocks about seventy kilometers away from the river bridge. Siddharth's parents doubted their son's death and refused to buy the decomposed body. The reason for his death was found to be overdrinking and taking drug pills.
The autopsy report stated that the victim may have stumbled and died as a result of the drug. His father sued that it was murder amidst many suspicions as to how & why Siddharth had fallen off from this bridge and died.

Two weeks later, as Siddharth's case remained pending, Rakshita was relieved. She thought that nothing would happen to her because of Siddharth's case, she happily wandered outside. She was the bridge between the two houses to resume her marriage talk of Vikram and herself.

*****

Adithya Palace...

Although Vikram knew in advance through Vidharth that his parents knew the news of Vidharth's marriage, Vikram was running away due to busy schedule and unable to make time with his parents to convince them. Vikram doesn't know that his parents wanted to marry Rakshita to him.

On that day, Vikram's parents decided to spend time with Vikram and started talking to him about marriage.

"Vicky, we hope that you about your brother's marriage. Really, we didn't expect this from him and it doesn't suit our Indian culture too. He didn't even think about us and our reputations" said Adhithya Sundar.

"Leave it, Dad... We don't know about his situation and condition, right? Be happy that an heir is coming to our house."

"Vicky, we are happy to have an heir, but why didn't he open up to us before itself? I am not a hater of love or I never go against my son's wish too. Didn't he know that?" He questioned.

"Hmm..."

Vikram's father says, "Your mother is also afraid that he will not come to India, if we tell something. What can we do? Past is past. We can't change anything. Now, our family reputation is your hands, Vicky. You are the one who should make us proud. We came with a plan to arrange marriage for you" said him. Vickram narrowed his face and looked at parents.

Vikram used to make peace whenever his parents talked to his brother about the marriage but now Vikram was caught up in the situation and become the situational prisoner. He was thinking at lightning speed as how he could express his love and consent without bothering his parents. None of the ideas arose in his mind.

"Vicky... we would think always good for you, right? What are you thinking?" asked his mother.

"Why now?" he lengthened.

Vikram's mother replied, "Vicky, if we tell about the bride, you will jump in joy. You knew her very well" he raised his glance and asked, "Who is she?"

When his mother said, "None other than Rakshita" Vikram said with a brightness in his eyes "Ha... ha... Super Ma ... Good decision"

Vikram's mother happily took his right hand and kissed him. "I told you already that our son would never break our word" she said proudly looking at Adhithya Sundar.

"Yes ... yes" said Vikram's father.

"Mom, Dad... but a small condition" said Vikram slowly.

"What condition?" Vikram's father narrowed his eyes and asked, "Dad, it's okay for me to marry Rakshita like you said but if she says no to me then my marriage will go as I wish, Are you okay?" Vikram puzzled in which his parents were comfortably trapped.

"What a question is this! Rakshita is anxious to get married to you. Will she say no to you? Good Joke!" said his father.

"Dad, answer what I asked" said Vikram.

"Okay Vicky... I promise you if Rakshita rejects my son then yours choice is mine but don't spend days like this without getting married" said him.

Two mangoes in the same stone as Vikram thought with a big smile on his face saying "Okay Dad". Vikram, who received the blessings from his parents moved away from the place thinking "Hmm, Rakshita... You itself fell in my trap. Let's watch my Game."

The news that Vikram wants to marry Rakshita reached her ears and she was filled with overjoyed. Both houses arranged for the marriage consent and took the first step to their wedding.

When the news reached Ahana through Vaishali, she was heartbroken. She believed Vikram would never betray her like this but she couldn't help but believe what was happening around her. She couldn't even find comfort in telling anyone because Vikram told on that day not to tell the world about their love until Dhruv gets justice. If Vaishali didn't stayed with her, Ahana would have left immediately from there. The pain she has undergoing is unbearable.

To be continued,

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