dushyant fastened the seatbelt as namtej too seated himself. 

"uhh paaji, woh udhar zara drink rakhe hui hai, zara dedoge?" said dushyant, pointing to a cabinet.

namtej opened it to find, two bottles in fact. he found the urge to have a drink too enticing. dushyant, felt smugged reading his expressions, his plan was going exactly the way he thought it would. 

"dusri aapke liye hi hai..." said dushyant, as he took one of the bottles, as namtej looked at him with glee. 

"arre lagalo...khushi ka mauka hai aaj.." insisted dushyant, as namtej, couldn't resist the offer, and drank with him, from his bottle. 

dushyant glanced at the lid of his bottle, it had a tiny spot on it, enough to make sure he got the right bottle. 

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purvi entered to a kavin completely wet, from head to toe, as the man stood with a lighter lit in his hand. it was enough for her to comprehend that kavin was actually drenched in kerosene. 

"oye kudiye, ek kadam bhi aage rakha haina, maine jala dena hai inno.." threatened the man, as purvi glanced at the hammer in kavin's hand, and the two dead men. 

"kanjaro, ek ladka bhi nahi sambhla tumse!" yelled purvi as she placed a hand on her hip, confusing both kavin and the man. 

she marched to kavin, and demanded for the hammer to be handed over to her. 

"de maino..." ordered purvi, as kavin looked over to the man. 

"hoon ki maino jalayega?" scolded purvi. 

"kya naam hai tumhare uss aadmi ka..." pretended purvi to remember. 

"namtej?" questioned the man. 

"haan, phone hi nahi lag raha tha uska, maino laga pata nahi kithe mar gaye ho...mujhe laga kaam ke logo ko kaam diya tha isse maarne ka, par nahi...ek kaam na hota inse dhang se..." blurted out purvi, as the man put the lighter down. 

"aapne phone kiya tha!" he exclaimed, as kavin was starting to understand what was she trying to do. 

"mere hi aadmi ne kiya tha..aur ismein itna hairaan hone ki kya baat hai? aur pehle toh maino yeh lighter de..." argued purvi, as the man, puzzled, still complied. 

"pura ghar jalaana tha! saara kerosene ispe phenkne ka kya matlab tha!" scolded purvi, as she pointed to kavin, giving him a glance to go, as she pretended to be mad at the man. 

"arre madam ji, yeh maarne lag raha tha humein, main kya karta..." attempted the man to argue, but before he could get any response from purvi, kavin slammed the hammer onto his head. 

he fell on the floor, as kavin sat on him, to make sure with his final slams, that he was dead.  

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It was an under construction warehouse, as dushyant tied the final knot to the rope, tying namtej to a chair, as he sat there, unconscious. 

"khaash daaru ka itna laalach na hota aapko..." remarked dushyant, as he glanced at him, while he shook his head in disbelief. 

He took out his cellphone from his pocket, as he dialled kavin's number. the ring went unanswered again. He grew a bit worried, so he walked to namtej, as he took out his cellphone. 

He looked at his recent calls, and called one of the men dialled a few hours ago. 

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kavin was putting one of the men in a sack, as purvi was cleaning the blood off the hammer. she hadn't said anything to him for the past fifteen minutes, just quietly took the hammer and washed it off. 

kavin got up, and walked to her, after he had put the last man in the sack. before he could say anything, she handed him the hammer, and was about to walk away. he grabbed her wrist, in an attempt to stop her, as she turned back to him. 

"tumne bhaiya ko kaha tha na, uss call ke waqt, drama karne ka, ki tum amrtisar jaa rahe ho apni naani ke paas?" questioned purvi. 

"purvi hum nahi chahte the tumhari jaan khatre mein pade, aur woh bhi, inn admiyon ke saath.." said kavin in his defence. 

"bhaiya kahan hai?" she questioned back. 

"woh.." uttered kavin, unable to answer. 

"tumhe mujhpe bharosa nahi tha na?" raised purvi another question. 

"nahi, purvi, baat woh nahi...." declined kavin, as suddenly the phone rang. 

kavin picked up the phone he took out, from one of the men's pocket. the screen name flashed namtej, as kavin picked it up. 

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"hello, kavin?" received dushyant the call eagerly. 

"dushyant?" questioned kavin. 

"haan, woh tera phone nahi laga, mujhe laga kuch gadbad na ho gayi hoon, toh maine socha uske phone se dial karke dekha. tu thik haina?" explained dushyant. 

"haan, teeno ki laashe daal di hai buriyon mein...phone aur baaki cheeze rakhli hai, phone ke sim card, nikal kar, sab raste mein phenk dunga...tu kahan hai?" asked kavin. 

"well apparently, papa ke pharmaceutical company mein kaam karne ke perks discounted dawaiyon pe khatam nahi hote. dawaiyan rakhne ke liye el naya warehouse ban raha hai, abhi construction ruki hui hai baarish ke kaaran...toh hum yahan obviously, kisika murder karenge." responded dushyant, sarcastically. 

"acha adress bhejde phir..." stated kavin. 

"haan, abhi woh...ahh" 

dushyant was interrupted, as an iron rod hit the back of his head. 

"dushyant! dushyant!" screamed kavin in panick. 

"aaja ithe, aaj hi khatam karte hain yeh kissa..." stated namtej, as he hung up. 

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"hello? hello?" repeated kavin as he got mad that the phone call ended so soon. 

"kya hua bhaiya ko?" asked purvi. 

kavin grew tensed, as looked for a mobile tracker online. 

"kavin kuch bataoge tum!" demanded purvi. 

"mujhe jaana hoga.." said kavin, as soon as he got his location, and purvi rolled her eyes. 

"kabhi kuch saaf-saaf batado tum dono, toh tumhara peecha na karna pade! aur nahi karungi, tum dono maroge, god!" remarked purvi to herself, as she too followed him, in anger. 

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author's note: ok, i know, bahaut suspense banta jaa raha hai iss situation ka, bahaut saare twists bhi ho gaye hain. but i promise, agle chapter mein yeh resolve ho jaayega. so stay tuned, love ya!