"haraamkhor!" screamed sameer as he grabbed dushyant by his collar and pinned him to the wall.

"sameer!" yelled neelu.

Suudenly, the door opened.

"kya ho raha hai!" exclaimed purvi, only to witness dushyant pushing sameer off of him.

Sameer, as a result, fell on the bed.

"yeh aap kya kar rahe ho?" questioned purvi to dushyant.

"gala dabane waale the yeh mera..." replied dushyant.

"aur kya karu main, yeh kya kiya tune!" scolded sameer.

"main aakhri baar keh raha hoon, nahi kiya maine!" proclaimed dushyant.

"sameer, vishwas karo uspe, kyun karega woh aisa..." stated neelu.

"arre, kiya kya hai inhone?" yelled purvi.

"kuch nahi beta..tumhare matlab ki baat nahi hai.." responded sameer, as dushyant scoffed.

"yeh ghar nahi, by god, circus hai.." remarked dushyant before he walked out.

***
Dushyant rested an ice-pack on his head, that was sore from being banged on a wall. Then, his gaze fell on purvi, who stood by the door.

"zayda dard ho raha hai?" she asked, with genuine concern, as dushyant glared at her.

"papa ko na bas ek khanjar ki kamithi, ghob dete warna mere pet mein..." replied dushyant, as purvi chuckled.

"chot zyada toh nahi lagi na?" asked purvi.

"arre, thik ho jayega thodi der mein...bas sir phat raha hai.." replied dushyant.

"daba do?" offered purvi.

"nahi, nahi, iss ghar mein toh main koi bhi mauka nahi dena chahta kisiko, ki woh mera gala pakad paayein.." retorted dushyant.

"bhaiya.." said purvi, as she chuckled, and he shared it too.

"teri abhi tak aadat nahi gayi na, darwaazon pe kaan lagake, baatein sunne ki..." remarked dushyant.

"bhaiya, aap..." flustered purvi.

"subha bas chaye dene nahi aayi thi na tu?" confirmed dushyant, as purvi put her head down.

"kaise pata chala aapko?" asked purvi.

"jab chaye garam karne gaya tha, toh tujhe baat karte hue sunatha, sunil awasthi naam liya tha tune...phir mera phone jo puri subha kahi nahi mila, jaise hi nahake nikalta hoon, exactly wahi pada milta hai jahan aakhri baar rakha tha, aur, phir mere hi phone se call jaane pe sunil loan pay karne se mana kardeta...itna mushkil toh nahi hai samajhna kya hua hoga." Explained dushyant.

They both remained silent for a while, purvi figured he would just tell their parents the truth.

"phat gayi thi waise papa ki.." remarked dushyant, as purvi glanced at him with disbelief.

"sach kahoon, thodi satisfaction hui thi unhe waise dekh ke..." admitted dushyant, as they both burst out in laughter.

"uss waqt bhale hi na sahi, iss baar toh help kar hi sakta hoon..." stated dushyant.

"itni ladaai ho gayi hai mere aur papa ki, mummy ne jaise-taise mana liya hoga unhe, ki maine nahi kiya. Woh ispe uljhe rahenge kiya kisne tha, tab tak hum log pata karte hain ki aisa kya hai jisse papa unn logon ko blackmail kar sakte hai loan pay karne pe..then we'll make sure unhe pata na chale woh baatein..." explained dushyant.

"aur, aap, yeh sab kisliye karenge?" asked purvi.

"mera gala dabane ke anjaam bhukatne padte hain, usse toh mera baap bhi nahi bach sakta." Replied dushyant.

"hmm, aur..." teased purvi, as dushyant glared at her.

"fine, i love you..." admitted dushyant, disinterestedly.

Purvi chuckled as she gave him a side-hug.

***

Ishita, who was walking to home, noticed sunil's tea stall on the way home. As much as she hated him, she knew his income fed his innocent wife and child. So, for their sake, she decided to contribute with having atleast one cup of tea.

She walked to the tea stall, only to notice sunil moving, what appeared to be the benches, shaped like a box. She grew suspicious, and hid to quietly look, what is that he was doing.

Sunil, quietly got behind the tea stall, only to open the box-looking bench from the top, revealing cash worth 2 lakhs. He quietly took some amount from it, and hid the rest quickly.

Ishita, meanwhile, couldn't fathom, what she had just witnessed.

***

Sameer face-palmed himself.

"tension lene se kya hoga, baba...." comforted neelu.

"toh kya karun? Agar dushyant ne nahi phone kiye, toh kaun hai joh uske phone se kar sakta hai?" questioned sameer.

"kahi kavin toh..." suspected neelu.

"kavin?" confirmed sameer.

"nahi, nahi, ladka bura nahi hai...woh aisa kuch nahi karega.." stated neelu.

"nahi, dushyant hamesha ussi ke saath hota hai, aur, uske alaawa kisi pata hoga dushyant ke phone ka password.." pointed sameer.

"haan, kal toh dushyant bahar hi tha pure din..." recounted neelu, as sameer remembered the argument he had with dushyant.

"toh usne bataya dushyant ko sab kuch.." remarked sameer.

"haan, bata diya hoga meghna ne usse." Agreed neeelu.

"maine bahaut dheel dedi hai inn logon ko...lagta hai seedhe tarah se manenge nahi." Muttered sameer.

"please don't tell me ki tum unn logon ko inki location batadoge..." said neelu.

"yeh uske bete ko karne se pehle sochna chahiye tha.." stated sameer.

"sameer, dekho, maar denge woh log unhe...shayad meghna ke saath.. nahi-nahi...just try to understand, this could be serious." Attempted neelu to stop him.

"toh yeh tumhe mazaak lag raha hai? Neelu, yeh ladka pehle meri beti ko fasana chahta tha, aur ab mere bete ko mere khilaaf bhadkana kaafi nahi laga, toh literally mujhe karzon mein daalna chahta hai...iski akal thikane lagane ka time aa gaya hai ab." Proclaimed sameer.

***

Meghna was chopping onions in the kitchen, when suddenly her phone rang. She walked out of the kitchen, to her phone in the living room.

"hello?" received meghna, the call.

"hoon pata hai mainu, khethe chupi hain tu..."said a menacing voice from the other end of the call.

(translation: "mujhe pata hai ab, khidhar chupi hai tu.")

"k—k—kaun, kaun bol rahe ho?" asked a shaky meghna.

"badla lenge hum dalbir ka!" exclaimed the man.

The phone dropped from meghna's hand, on the floor. She fell on the floor in shock.

Kavin, who had just entered the house, noticed this.

"maa!" called kavin, as he rushed to her.

"maa, maa, kya hua?" questioned kavin, as a tear rolled down meghna's eye.

"woh aa rahe hain kavin.." stated meghna, as kavin grew frightened.

"unhe pata chal gaya hai hum kahan hai..." added meghna, as she was starting to tear up.

"sab khatam ho gaya hai, maar denge woh humein.." informed meghna, as kavin too, froze in shock.

Author's note:  guys, you can clearly sense the storm that is coming, right?