As they were talking, Vinay's phone ranged showing his dad's number. He was puzzled as his dad would never call him.

"Yes, Mr. Nair? What do you want?" he asked in an anger tone.

"Vinay, come back here this instant! I don't want to hear any of your excuses." His father commanded him from the other side of the phone.

"Why? So that you can control even more! I am not coming back there, Mr. Nair! Do what you want to do!" he barked on the phone.

Shiva was not understanding that how he can talk to his dad first by addressing him by his name and secondly so rudely.

"Vinay, we are in big trouble because of the incident that happened in Mysore. Please come back child. We are worried about you!" Mrs. Nair spoke from the phone crying.

Vinay couldn't take his mother's teary voice and assured her that he would land up the next day.

His father told him that he would send his car as flight was not safe for him at that time.

Vinay agreed to his demand for the sake of his mother.

He had seen his mother suffer for long because of his father's rules and regulations. His father's attempt to control his family use to always irritate him.

He was angry at his father for a long time. Ever since he had sent him to boarding school till the time he went to college.

Vinay had obtained a hatred for his father thinking that his father was responsible for separating him from his family.

In Mumbai

Nair's residence

Vinay was sitting in his room looking outside the balcony recalling the events that had occurred in his life.

After the event, he couldn't peacefully sleep at nights. He used to get constant nightmares.

At times, he could sense Hanisa in their house near the university, so he used to always stay away from the house.

When he reached Mumbai, he tried to sleep the other night only to jolt up from his sleep screaming.

His mother rushed in his room hearing his scream and hugged him. He caught hold of her arm and used to cry continuously till he fell asleep.

His parents were worried about his current state and decided to show him to a therapist.

At the therapist

Vinay was lying down on the couch listening to the therapist and following his instructions.

Each and every question asked by the therapist would lead him to shed more tears.

So every time, he used to visit the therapist, it used to drain him out mentally.

The other day when he went to the therapist, he told him that the only way he could find peace was to make himself pull from the past. The fact that was hindering in his mind was only overtaking his present serenity.

He thought about the things which was shared by the therapist. He realised that his past was only filled with Hanisa.

He closed his eyes at the instructions of the therapist and the only thing he could see was his Nisa dancing, twirling and moving rhythmically to the beats of the music. The way she used to hold him, her touch, her stance, her walk, even her way of talking was rhythmic.

He opened his eyes and realised that the only way he could forget her and her presence in his life was to forget the one thing that could define her – dance.

Taking this as his goal, he promised himself to eliminate all the things that couldn't give him peace. So, he decided to remove the word 'dance' from his world.

Since that every week that he used to visit the therapist, he could see the changes in him. Wherein he would start to answer the questions in a more controlled manner.

He would remind himself of the things that should matter him the most was his family.

One day morning

At Nair residence

The front door bell rang, the maid who went to open the door was pushed to the ground by the intruder.

Around 5 – 6 men entered the living room, and started asking the maid who was trying to get up from the floor, about the whereabouts of the house owner.

Hearing the man's shout, Mrs. Nair came out of the kitchen. She was shocked to see her maid injured and the men trying to enter the other rooms of the house.

She immediately dialled Mr. Nair's number and spoke to him about the current scenario in their house.

He immediately rushed to his house within 20 minutes to see his wife being held on the living room couch, surrounded by those intruders.

He tried to reach her, but was stopped by one of the men, who seems to be the leader of the group.

He asked Mr. Nair about the whereabouts of Vinay. Mr. Nair very well knew that his son had gone to visit the therapist.

He had sent his assistant to accompany Vinay in case of any emergency. But he forgot about his wife and Vinod who was currently at his work place.

Mr. Nair told the men that he has not seen his son Vinay after the incident and that he was absconding.

The man was not believing his words and ordered one of his accomplices to pick Vinod from his office and put him under their hold, till they get the information about Vinay.

Mr. Nair begged them to leave his family alone, as he assured them that Nair family has abolished all relations with Vinay and that he was missing from the day one.

The man tried to contact Vinay's whereabouts but was finding it difficult.

The reason was that Mr. Nair had taken Vinay's phone and destroyed the sim card in it as he feared that his son might be tracked.

The men after 3 long hours left from the Nair residence, leaving the family members frightened and worried about their son.

At night

The Nair family members minus Vinay was sitting in the dining table having a very important guest seated at the centre of the table. They had got the information from grandpa that Sunny was in the hospital in a critical state and that his brother Sanjay was presumably searching for Vinay to take his revenge.

Grandpa had informed Mr. Nair to send Vinay to his hideout so that Sanjay's men would not be able to track him there, as his safehouse was well installed with blockers.

The only way that Grandpa's men could contact him was to switch off the blockers to talk for only a few seconds with code words. After the message was sent, the blockers would be enabled again.

Mrs. Nair cried saying to Grandpa "Ammava, please don't send him so far. He needs us, his family, with him at this crucial time."

Grandpa spoke in concern manner to her assuring "No, Nandini try to understand why I am doing this. It is for his own good. We need to send him far away till the situation cools down!"

Mr. Nair consoled her saying "Yes, Nandini, Ammava is right. He needs to be away from us, to be safe and sound. He needs to be hidden."

Mrs. Nair cried and begged him "Ammava, please!! He is my son!"

Mr. Nair clutched her hand on the table and called her "Nandini!"

But Nandini was adamant as she had not spent enough time with her son. Moreover, he was going through a tough time. He was draining out physically and mentally. She shaked her head and said in a final attempt.

"No! he will not go!"

Grandpa then straightened himself and warned her "So, you want your son dead!"

She looked at him in shock saying "NO!!"

Grandpa assured her saying "Then, let him go! He will be safe under my protection!"

Mr. Nair again begged her saying "Nandini, I trust Ammava. He will keep him safe. He will also learn to be self-made under him."

She just looked down disappointed saying "That's what I am afraid of!"

Mr. Nair jerked her hand saying "Nandini!"

Grandpa got from his seat saying "Humph! You have pampered him a lot! It's time he learns what hardship means!"

Grandpa told his men to arrange for Vinay's plane tickets and also for a place where he would hide from Sanjay's men till the situations cools down or till the time Grandpa is able to deal with Sanjay once and for all.

He also arranged one of his best men to accompany Vinay during his stay in the states posing as his brother.

In the states

At Mr. Paul's house, Rocky was standing near the doorstep after ringing the bell.

Vinay was trying to figure the place out and its surroundings.

Mrs. Paul opened the door with a smile as she met her son, Rocky after a long week. Rocky was called by Grandpa Menon to understand Vinay's situation and safekeep him in his parents' house.

Rocky's house was situated in the outskirts of the city in a farmland.

His family owned a farm growing seasonal fruits which were sold in the local market.

His dad was a simple farmer during the day and a mafia don at night.

Mr. Paul had partnered many deals with Grandpa Menon and was loyal to him.

So, when Grandpa contacted his best man to provide him with his best, Mr. Paul could not think of anyone but his son – Rocky.

Rocky had a calm, canny personality. He was cool headed only to the right person.

He would sacrifice his life to save his boss. So Mr. Paul suggested Rocky's name to Grandpa taking his confident son's personality in check.

Vinay looked at Mrs. Paul emotionless and asked Rocky the whereabouts of his room.

After reaching his room, Vinay just flopped on the bed and slept off for 4 hours straight.

In the evening, Vinay jolted up in his bed with a splash of cold water hitting his body.

He looked here and there to find a grey-haired man standing on the edge of his bed. Vinay marched at him to vent off his anger. The minute he tried to hold the old man's body, the old man twisted Vinay's hand behind his back and threw him on the ground with a twist of his hand movement.

Vinay groaned loudly clutching his back. He shouted back at the old man saying

"What is the meaning of this, huh? Is this how you treat your guest?"

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