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Trishana.

By the time I reached back at the estate house, It was past 9 and Everyone was already discussing our plans.

I listened to them and nodded whenever it was needed.

"Trisha?" Aditi looked at me. "What happened to you, You are really not here today" She said.

"I..uh..I am tired after going to the town and all" I said. "I will sleep early today, I need to get everything ready tomorrow" I said.

Luckily no one said anything as what I said was partly right.

I was guilty, But I couldn't tell them that I visited Arjun and went to his apartment all by myself.

I have already hidden my "engagement ring"

I don't really wants to think about what happened today.

I will take a good shower and sleep it off.

But even as the water run over me, I couldn't forget what happened today.

Arjun is indeed in love with me, I don't doubt it anymore, But what is confusing me is my feelings.

I confessed to him that I like him! I even said that I am attracted to him!

Well..It was our plan to seduce him, But what made me frustrated is that I feel like I have been talking from my heart.

Yes, I was not trying to deceive him then..

But I do hate Arjun for what he's doing to everyone.

So what's that supposed to mean?

Do I like him or hate him?

Is it what they call a love-hate relationship?

I wrapped the towel around me and walked in front of the mirror in the bathroom.

It doesn't matter what relationship we have, It doesn't matter even if I Like him, Everything is coming to an end this monday.

That's right, I won't meet Arjun and He will discover who I really am.

I am sure that he will be shocked and feel betrayed..

I started to rub my moisturiser onto my skin and stopped.

What the bloody heck!

Don't tell me...

Arjun gave me hickeys!

Aaarg!!

From the look of it, It looks like it will turn to an ugly color soon.

How the heck am I going to cover it up?

And even as I tried to ignore it, Moments with him flashed through my mind.

I shook my head.

No! I can't think about it..

Arg...now everytime I see this, I will be reminded of how he...No! I should stop now!

I changed and came out to the room.

"Trisha, Are you feeling nervous about this?" Varsha was waiting for me in the room.

"I am not nervous, I just hope that everything will be over if we hand over the files, I don't want to chase after them, I Am too exhausted" I said.

She nodded "I hope so too" She said.

"Arjun asked me out this sunday" I said slowly. "He said it's his best friend's party" I said

"But you have an important meeting on monday" She said.

I nodded.

"That's why I need to finish everything by these three days" I said. "Let's start tomorrow itself" I said.

She nodded.

"Okay dear" She said. "Don't get stressed, even though you are the one going to the meeting, We all are right behind you, Don't worry" She said and I nodded.

"There's good news" Aditi came inside with a smile. "Priyanka opened her eyes" She said. "She's out of danger now" Aditi said. "Doctor uncle said that he already told her about Izzy, He told her to stick with the hit and run case so that her life won't be in danger" She said.

I nodded.

"There's no need to drag her to this and get a statement out of her, It's bad enough she's in that shape"

"Doctor uncle said that He has already tightened the security"

"It's a good thing that she ended up in city hospital though" Varsha said. "I can't even imagine what would have happened if she was taken to surya hospital!"

"They never expected that Izzy will be rescued and it was a trap they arranged for us"

"That's right, If shweta didn't rescue Izzy in time, I Am sure that we would have been caught in the trap" Aditi said. "I am sure that at least shahid would have been trapped"

I nodded, my mind flashing through what shweta has told me.

"It was Arjun's plan, Stay away from him!"

How can I forget it so easily?

He even used a little girl's life to trap us..

Arjun.

It was 1 :30 in the morning when we finally finished our work.

I was clearing out sanjana's secret room.

I looked around the empty room again.

Every single thing was taken down and emptied out.

The four walls were the datas have been arranged was stripped down and even the wall papers were torn down.

The locker inside was opened and I took out all the materials she had on us.

"She really had a lot of details on us" karan whispered looking awestruck. "I wonder why she didn't act faster to expose us" He said.

"She didn't have enough support before, If she had tried to expose the details, She would have lost all her efforts instead, But time has changed now, Mahesh is locked up, Surya group already have a blow from that and she have officer suresh's support too" I said.

"It would have taken a lot of time...no scratch that, It would've taken a lifetime to build up something like this" Karan said.

It would've taken her more than 8 years..And if we added her father's works in this, It would have taken more than a decade to collect all of this.

I put down the final piece of voice recording device in the basket that was placed in the centre of the now empty room.

By doing this, I know what I'm doing is as good as killing her.

I opened the lighter and dropped it to the basket.

I'm sorry sanjana...But this is the only way to save you now..

I watched as it started to burn.

"She will know that someone was here" Karan said softly beside me.

"It doesn't matter anymore" I said.

"What are you going to do about her?" He looked up at me.

"Nothing" I said. "We arranged to meet this sunday, It's our last date, Both of us are aware of that" I said.

"I am sorry" Karan said. "It would have been different if you both met at a different circumstances and your identities were different"

I think we are destined to be apart in this lifetime.

"Whatever happens, I am not going to give up easily, Karan, I am thinking of telling her everything"

"But she will hate you and misunderstand you if she hear it, She will never believe you"

"I know" I said. "That's why I was hesitating, Because I might lose her if I talk to her" I said. "But her safety is more important" I said. "I will tell her about her father and everything else after this monday"

"She will never forgive you for destroying this room sir" Karan said "Are you sure that you want that?"

I know it too, That sanjana is never going to forgive me for what I have done today!

"What about the trap we set for Abiram?" I looked at karan and changed the subject.

"It's going well" He said, smiling. "you predicted correctly, He's getting agitated"

Abiram.

"Our nurse said that priyanka is stable now, She has regained consciousness" Sanjay told me. "But..she's still asking to see officer suresh kumar, If she talked to him, We will be in trouble sir" Sanjay said.

That bitch!..She thinks she can double cross me!?

When I decided to make her the bait, I had warned her well...I thought she really was going to shut her mouth for good, But It seems like I have been wrong!

"Ask the nurse to tell her that officer suresh will be visiting her this monday" I said.

I thought about it, There's no golden chance like that day.

Since Trishana and suresh kumar is going to be dead that day, I will choose the same day to send priyanka to the other world too..

No one is going to give a damn about it anymore, And even if they wants to, They can't do anything.

Without Trishana, Her gang is a bunch of emotional fools and Without suresh kumar, The police department will be in my hands.

Aditi.

I sipped my coffee as I went through the business proposal for varsha.

Izzy was sitting opposite to me and eating her cereal and milk that I got for her.

"Good morning" Karthik walked to the table and sit near me."You sure are very dedicated puppy"

"Good morning, Uncle karthik" Izzy chirped brightly.

"Wow, Izzy baby woke up early today?" He stretched his hand and ruffled her hair affectionately.

"Uncle karthik!" She exclaimed, Taking his hand down. "I am not a baby!" She protested and I smiled while karthik gave her a half bow, As much as the table would permit it.

"That's right, You are a young lady, My mistake, Sorry" He said and Izzy nodded, Accepting his apology.

I laughed at that.

He really know how to talk! I will give him that.

"I am surprised" He turned back to me while I was watching the screen. "You are still glued to the computer?"

"I want to help varsha" I said shortly.

"Do you think it's easy to get inside palace group?"

"That's why I am working hard, She deserves to get her company back"

"Now, This is why I like you puppy" He said.

"Don't start in the morning itself, okay?" I warned him and turned back to the laptop. "I am still not satisfied with this proposal, I need to know more about Varsha's designs to make it more special" I said and turned back to the screen.

"This 3d image of the design is good, I didn't know making a dress has this much-" He stilled.

I was shocked too.

Both of us had reached for the wireless mouse at the same time and I accidentally placed my hand above his.

"Uh..sorry!" I jumped back and took my hands away.

What the heck! It's nothing! Why should I make a big deal out of it!

Kartik smiled and something fluttered in my stomach.

"Why are you laughing!?" I snapped at him. "It was an accident!"

"But I didn't say anything" Karthik's smile widened.

"But you are smiling!" I accused him.

Both of us were unaware of the little girl looking at us from side to side as we continued it.

"Did you start early in the morning?" Varsha came out. "Are you fighting again?" She asked.

"They are not fighting, They were holding hands" Izzy told her, Apparently trying to help us.

Varsha looked surprised while karthik chuckled.

I sighed.

I don't have the energy to explain now.

I turned back to the laptop and hide behind it.

"That's right, We were not fighting, Right Izzy?" He said while Izzy nodded "yes"

"Of course you were not fighting" Varsha murmured sarcastically as she poured herself coffee and walked to us.

"So what's the plan today?" She asked me. "Do you want more designs?" She asked as she sit on my other side.

I shook my head.

"You said you want to check fabrics, I will accompany you, So that I can get an idea too" I said.

"No" Karthik shook his head. "That's a bad idea" He said.

"What's a bad idea?" Aditya asked from the door. "Izzy, You are already here?"

"Mm...Shwetechi is coming today to play with me" She said, Excited.

"Whoa! Shweta is bribing shahid with his daughter now" Aditya said.

"But shahid is not going to accept anyone" Varsha said thoughtfully.

"At least he allowed her to visit izzy, That's big" karthik said.

"Izzy likes shweta, He knows that" I said. "But I think varsha is right, He will not allow anything else"

"Mm..let's see" Aditya nodded and sat near Izzy and turned to us.

"But what were you talking about, What's a bad Idea?"

"We are planning to visit the fabrics street" varsha said. "Aditi and me"

"Going out alone is not good" Karthik was adamant.

"But we are going together" I told karthik.

"That's right, Karthik, Fabrics street is a place I have known for a long time, There's nothing dangerous there" Varsha supported me.

"No" Karthik said firmly now "I don't feel good about it"

"Aditya" I turned to Aditya for support now.

"Varsha and I am going to get fabrics today"

"No, It's dangerous, Don't be reckless" Karthik repeated.

"Aditya!" I got angry now. "I will go with varsha today"

"You can't go there alone, It's not safe" Karthik didn't back down. "Trisha and I am planning to get everything arranged for the meeting with DIB today, I will accompany you once we are back" He said.

What's his problem!

"You got a call karthik" Shahid walked to the room and sit beside Izzy while karthik went back to his room.

I turned to Aditya who was silently sipping his tea.

"I am going out with varsha" I told him firmly.

"I never said that you shouldn't" He shrugged.

Something in his tone made me wary.

"What?"

"I never told you 'no' " He added again. "It was karthik who was asking you not to"

"But I was talking to you! I don't have to get permission from him to go somewhere!" I said.

"Then why did you get worked up when he refused it?" Aditya asked me and I stilled.

"You are misunderstanding me!" I exclaimed. "There's nothing between us" I said.

"Then why didn't you cut your hair?" Aditya asked me back. "Both me and uncle prakash told you not to cut your hair last time, But you still did it"

"What! You can't do this! He practically dragged me out of there!"

"The Aditi I know would have made a big fuss and do it right there" He said and I was speechless.

Partly because I know what he said is true, and also because I really hadn't thought of it like that.

It looks like Aditya is trying to get something into my mind.

Do I like karthik without I even realise it?

No..That's not possible.

I shook my head.

"I am done with this conversation" I announced and turned back to the work.

"But I do think karthik is right, We can't let the two of you leave" Shahid said. "I am worried about your safety"

"But we don't have a lot of time" I said.

"Then Aditya will accompany you" He said. "That's better"

"Yea, I was thinking that, let me escort you to the fabrics street" He said.

"Then I will concentrate here in my work" I said quickly.

I don't want to be a third wheel.

"But-" Varsha started.

"That's settled then" Aditya said.

"But where's Trisha? She was never late before"

"I am here" Trisha walked in groggily. "What's going in? I could hear you all the way to the room" She said.

"Turtle neck?" Varsha asked her. "I thought you like loose fitting baggy cloths, Why turtleneck all of a sudden?" She asked.

Trisha looked speechless for a moment.

"Um...I just took out the first thing that came to my hand" She said.

"Are you feverish? Your face look..red"

"I am fine" Trisha turned around quickly. "I need to go to my house and get everything ready before the meeting"

She walked inside and varsha turned to me.

"Is something wrong, She was restless the whole night yesterday, She looked tired and sleep deprived"

"You are right" Shahid said. "Once the meeting with DIB is over, She will be free" He said.

"That's right" I nodded. "It will be difficult for her to act in front of Arjun, If it was me, I would probably have murdered him by this time"

"I don't think anyone except Karthik will be so much interested in a "gentle" person like you" Aditya said sarcastically and I gave him a glare.

Shahid cleared his throat, trying to dissolve the tension around.

"Um..Izzy, Why didn't you wake me up?" He turned to Izzy and asked "You never allowed me to sleep after you wake up"

Izzy looked at him for a moment.

"Izzy?" Shahid said slowly. "Is something wrong?" He asked.

"Mo..mmy" She said slowly. "Mommy always..tell Izzy not to..wake up daddy" She put down her spoon and looked down. "She said..you worked all night and Izzy never listen to her" The little girl's voice trembled and all of us were stunned."Mommy..she..left us because Izzy was a..bad girl"

Shahid.

I froze as I heard her.

My eyes were stinking, But I tried to look calm and unaffected.

I stood up and moved around the table towards her and knelt down infront of her.

"Izzy" I said, But she was still looking down.

This is my fault, I shouldn't have been overprotective, I should have told her some sort of explanation for losing her mommy.

I raised up her chin slightly and wiped her cheeks.

"Izzy" I said. "Mommy love you a lot, She will never be angry with you" I said and she slowly looked at me.

"She..she left because..because she wanted to save Izzy and me" I said. "Do you understand? She never was angry with you, She never wanted to go away, But she left us because she wanted both of us to be safe" I told her again, Firmly.

"Did..Did the bad uncles...hurt her too?" Izzy asked me.

I closed my eyes for a moment.

She knows that something is wrong.

"Izzy, When I saw mommy the last time, There's only one thing she wanted" I said.

"What's it?" She looked really alert now.

"She told me to take care of Izzy, She said she want izzy to be safe and happy" I said. "She said she will be sad if izzy is sad, So you have to be happy all the time" I said.

"Mommy..want Izzy happy?" She asked me. "If I am happy, Can she come back?"

Come back?

I wish she could come back, Izzy, I have wished for it for a zillion time, But she can't come back.

I looked down, Not wanting to show her my tears.

"Izzy" I heard Aditi's gentle voice as she reached near us.

"She cannot come back" Aditi said, Her voice full of sorrow. "My parents also left me a long time ago, But they cannot come back" She said softly, But firmly. "If you want to make them happy and proud of you, You should be happy" She said. "When you are happy, Even if you can't see them, They will be happy too" Aditi stopped.

"Really?" Izzy turned to me for confirmation.

"Really" I told her and hugged her tightly. "So don't say that izzy is a bad girl, Mommy love Izzy more than anyone else" I said. "Do you understand?" I asked her and she nodded and wrapped her small hands around my shoulder. "Don't worry daddy, Izzy will make her happy, Always.." She said.

I wiped my eyes and let go of her. I looked at Aditi.

"Thank you" I said.

It was difficult for me to tell Izzy that jasmine cannot come back, But Aditi just told her that, At the same time, She consoled Izzy too.

I raised up and realised that every single person is present in the room,  All of them looked Sad and at loss of words.

I cleared my throat.

"I am okay" I said, Taking Izzy's hand.

"Yea..Shahid, We will get them this time" Trisha said.

She and karthik was all ready to go out.

"That's right, We will win this time" Karthik nodded.

...............

Trishana.

I pressed the password again.

"PASSWORD INCORRECT"

The message in red light blinked across the screen.

What's happening!? Why is my locker not opening?

I had been going in and out for a long time now, What's wrong with this system all of a sudden!?

"Trisha? What's it?" Karthik asked.

He was the one who accompanied me today.

"Something's wrong, I..I can't open this" I said.

My mind was screaming so many things in alarm, But I refused to believe any of it.

"Trisha, Do you think..Somebody was here before?" He asked me slowly.

"That's impossible!" I said. "Even if they were here, How can they know about a secret locker here!" I said.

Karthik nodded thoughtfully.

"I am trained in finding all sorts of secret vaults and lockers, But I think your locker is well hidden, Even I would have trouble finding it if I don't know that there is a locker here in the first place"

I nodded.

"Exactly, My father brought people from outside to do this before building this house, The locker is actually in the basement,He didn't want even his workers to know that there's something like this here" I said.

"Then what's wrong with this?"

"There's no chance of system failure" I said.

"Cctv?" He asked me.

I shook my head.

"My dad was confident that no one is going to get inside" I said. "Even I was sure about that, It's been more than a decade we have been using this"

"Who else know about this?"

"Nitin, But he won't do anything, He's my most trustworthy friend in the outside world"

"I know" karthik nodded. "I have met him" He said.

"What are we going to do?" I asked. "I don't want to call people from outside to set this right, I don't want anyone to know about this" I said.

"I can try to reset the whole system" He told me. "But the design is rather complicated...wait a minute! We have a number one genius with us" he exclaimed.

"Shahid!" I nodded brightly. "Call him" I told him.

Karthik.

We made a video call to shahid, Who watched the system carefully and asked me a lot of technical questions.

"We can reset it if you still know the previous password" He said and trisha nodded.

"But I have to warn you, Trisha" He said slowly. "Somebody was there inside before, There's no way that the system get malfunctioned otherwise" He said. "What your dad used is a secure one" He said and he started to explain it.

While trisha looked totally confused, I got what he meant.

"Then you think someone intentionally went inside before and the same person reset the password ?" I asked and shahid nodded.

"I am sorry" He nodded. "It's my opinion as a cyber security officer, I too hope that nothing's wrong" He added.

But now that I understand what he meant, I have a really bad feeling about this!

"Let's open it" She said.

And we set to work.

It took about an hour's time for me to reset the whole system and shahid guided me the whole time from the moment I removed the screws and started my work.

"Done" I said finally when we opened it.

Then Trisha gave her fingerprint and the sound of door opening was heard.

I watched as the bookshelves moved and the door slowly started to open.

"Come on" Trisha was in a hurry to get inside.

Both of us walked inside and we stood there frozen.

The room was completely wiped out.

There was not even a speck of paper or files inside.

The lockers inside was still opened and the whole room was bare.

Trisha took a step backward, Looking torn and I supported her.

"Trisha" I said slowly.

"Impossible" She whispered. "I..I..can't believe this" She shook her head.

"I am glad that you were not here when they came" I said slowly. "Let's call my dad and tell him that we can't make it-"

"No" She said.

"Then what are we going to do?" I turned to her. "We have only three more days to-"

"That's enough" She said. "Even if They have wiped out everything, I have been working on this for ages" She looked at me. "It will take a lot of time, Karthik, But I believe that I can get hold of the important files" She said.

I stared at her.

"You can put everything back by three days?" I asked her. "Are you sure?"I asked again.

"Even if I can't set everything back, I can at least set half of it back" she said and I was surprised.

"This was my life, Karthik, Before you guys turned up, I was practically living here"

"What about the hard disk and other files?" I asked her.

"Even though some of it has been destroyed, I have the most important ones with me" She said. "I need to open my dad's bank locker, my dad had taught me to keep all the important files duplicated, information means everything to ys, reporters" She said.

I stared at her.

"Trishana" I said. "I admire you!" I told her. "Now I know why my father wanted to arrange a blind date with you!"

"What!?" she turned to me and I laughed.

"Yea, He admire you a lot" I said.

"I would have been flattered if it was some other time, Karthik, but now we need to move" She said quickly. "We don't have time" She added.

"Come on" I said and we both walked out.

"I need a room to work quietly"

"I will tell them to prepare one at the estate house" I said and she nodded.

"What are we going to do first?" I asked her.

"Restore everything we have" She said "I never thought I was capable of killing someone with my bare hands, Karthik, But now I know that I can" She added darkly.

She looked really scary now, I knew that she meant every word she's speaking.

"I would really like to meet that person who destroyed my 10 years of hard work and locked me outside my own secret vault" She added.

...........

Aditya.

It was late when we finally reached in front of varsha's house.

I had a great day with her today, She really was a professional when it comes to fabrics, we visited the fabrics street today and I was surprised to see her so immersed in that, Besides, Most of the stall owners welcomed her warmly and treated us like family.

So after picking up everything, Here we are, In front of her house.

The house was illuminated from the lights around the compound wall.

"Only the watchman uncle is there, See" Varsha whispered even if we were far enough. "My papa wanted the house to be alive always, Uncle is still doing his job" she said sadly. "The house is already put out for auction by the bank"

"Will you be okay, Varsha?" I asked her worriedly.

Even though it look like there's no spies from surya corporation, I am more worried about her psychological condition.

"I need to get my sketches, Aditya" She said. "I was planning to take part in this year's designer's festival" She said. "I will need my sketches to create a design if I want to convince palace group to work with me"

I nodded.

"Okay" I said, Understanding how important it is to her. "Then let's get inside" I said and got down.

We parked the car in a dark corner and moved to the house.

"Don't worry, I know another entrance inside" She guided me to the side instead of the main gate.

Even though there was no one in sight, we didn't want to take any chance.

Soon we were inside.

Most of the lights were out, The soft lights were kept on and the light from outside helped us out.

"This way" Varsha ran upstairs and I followed her.

"Whoa! You have a designer's room inside here!" I exclaimed as I entered the room.

"My papa made it for me" She said "He wanted to-" She stopped.

I too stilled as I looked around.

Every single thing was scattered in there, The room was practically upside down!

"What the!" I looked around.

Varsha ran to the locker.

"Someone was here before!" She said. "After my papa's death, Someone was here!" She said.

"It's obvious" I said slowly and we looked at each other. "They wanted to know where you were hiding, Just like they tried to search shahid everywhere, Just like how they waited for priyanka to fall into their trap, They were here to know about your whereabouts-" I stopped as the sounds of bikes reached us.

Varsha and I stated at each other, Refusing to believe the truth.

There were voices from downstairs.

"They know that we are here!" Varsha whispered. "Aditya! We just walked to the trap!"

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