Dushyant seated himself, as he held onto the back of his head. He gained some sense of consciousness, as his glance fell on namtej, and he wasn't happy about it, obviously. 

"toh dushyant naam hai tera.." remarked namtej. 

"dushyant arora.." completed dushyant. 

"oh, lagta hai tere baap ko tere karnamon ka batana hi padega..." remarked namtej, as dushyant chuckled. 

"tune mujhe  ek tarah se kidnap kiya hua hai...tu mujhe maar bhi sakta hai, par sabse badi dhamki tere paas dene ko yeh hai, ki tu mere baap ko batadega maine kya kiya..." replied dushyant, as namtej was enraged. 

He throttled his neck, as dushyant just pulled his hands off of him. 

"tumhari na problem hi yahi hai..bahaut gussa aata hai tumhe, bilkul sochte nahi ho kuch karne se pehle." remarked dushyant. 

"dekh, tere gaon mein hota hoga, ki tere karnamon ki report police nahi likhti...yahan, mera baap comissioner ko ghoos dilwaata hai, do Mercedes hain uske paas uski badaulat...tujhe kya lagta hai, tu mujhe marke bach jaayega? kavin ne tere baaki admiyon ko maar diya hai, main chaho, tu tujhpe ilzaam lagwa sakta hoon...jail toh jaayega hi, nikalne pe unke parivaar badla lene aayenge alag..." explained dushyant, as he rested his back on the wall. 

"abhi kavin aata hi hoga, teen aadmiyon ko do baar ekhata maar chukha hai, tu har tarah se phas chuka hai.." stated dushyant, with a smirk on his face. 

namtej clearly was starting to realise how the cards were seeming to stack against him at this point. 

"gaadi paas mein hi hai, ek bottle le aana, kuch der time pass toh karna hi hai..." remarked dushyant. 

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purvi was in the auto, chasing after kavin's bike. suddenly, her phone rang, as the screen flashed, 'maa'.

"haan, maa, bolo..." received purvi the call.

"kya hogaya aaj ki tum dono hi gayab ho! papa gussa kar rahe hai.." scolded neelu.

"maa, main library mein hoon, mera exam hai kal, padh rahi hoon..." lied purvi, with an excuse at the top of her head. She noticed the auto driver's look of disbelief, how often he must have witnessed girls lying to their mothers about where they are, where they are going. He was probably even trying to say, 'come up with a better lie'.

"aur yeh dushyant ko dekha hai! aaj phone bhi nahi utha raha hai..." complaint neelu.

"maa, bhaiya kab phone uthate aapka aur papa ka..." remarked purvi.

"nahi sameer, purvi toh library mein hai, dushyant ka pata nahi!" yelled neelu, to sameer.

"maa, main library mein aise baat nahi kar sakti.." excused purvi, before she hung up, without hearing her mother's response.

"tum meri shakal dekhna band karo, bike nikal jaayegi!" rebuked purvi.

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kavin entered the abandoned warehouse. it was empty, dushyant or namtej, were nowhere to be seen. he looked around, careful before taking every step. 

"namtej! kahan chupa hua hai tu!" yelled kavin. 

He found the iron rod with the blood stain on it, as he grew more worried for dushyant. 

"namtej bahar nikal!"yelled kavin. 

suddenly, he felt like there was someone behind him, as he immediately turned, while slamming his hammer. 

"tum sab milke mera sar phodne mein kyun lage hue ho!" exclaimed dushyant. 

"thank god tu thik hai! namtej kahan hai?" questioned kavin. 

"arre, usse bewakoof insaan kabhi nahi mila aajtak mujhe.." remarked dushyant. 

dushyant looked around the construction site, seeing if there was any equipment, or anything that could be of use to him. 

"sun, mujhe meri diabetes ki dawai leni hai...car mein hi hai, woh papa iss mahine ki raat ko hi laaye the." informed dushyant. 

"main bewakoof lagta hoon kya?" scorned namtej. 

"dekh, agar maine nahi li na, meri tabiyat kharab bahaut kharab ho jayegi, phir tu dekh liyo..." warned dushyant, as namtej accepted his defeat and walked up to the car.

suddenly he was hit on the back of his head. 

then dushyant pointed to a feller buncher( image in the beginning of the chapter), at the end of which, namtej was tied with nylon wires. 

"yeh teesra maala hai, koi agar gira yahan se, tu bachne waala toh nahi..." remarked dushyant. 

"toh kaam khatam kar hi dete hain..." responded kavin,  as he got inside the machine. 

"hosh bhi aa gaya inhe.." noted dushyant, as namtej was just dead scared, seeing his end near. 

dushyant untied him, as the machine now clenched him. 

"dekh le aaram se neeche, teri kahani ka ant hai..." stated kavin, as he moved the machine forward, and removed the clenches of the machine holding him. 

"ahhh!" he screamed, until he landed on the ground, on his face, as he died in his own pool of blood. 

 purvi who entered right at this moment, was almost frightened at what she had witnessed. 

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"purvi kya zaroorat thi tujhe yahan aane ki!" yelled dushyant. 

"aapko laga ki itna bekaar sa bahana banane ki acting karoge aur main main jaungi!" retorted purvi. 

"koi reason tha na batane ka! purvi hum  plan karke gaye the, tab bhi humari jaan ko itna khatra tha...aur phir tum bina kisi weapon ke, jisse tum defence karsako, bas aa gayi! what if uss kamre mein teeno-teeno aadmi hote? aur tumhe kya pata hota, aur bhi ho sakte the...aise danger mein daalna zaroori hai apne aapko! god forbid, kuch ho jata tumhe." scolded dushyant. 

"bura mat manna, par aapko khatra isliye tha, kyunki aapke plan mein bahaut loopholes the." crossed purvi.  

"hum kaunsa keh rahe hain bahaut perfect plan tha...hum maan rahe hain humari jaan ko khatra tha, risky tha plan kaafi...isiliye nahi chahte the tum involve ho..." responded kavin. 

"and let me guess, lashon ko buriyon mein daalke gadhne waale the kahin?" questioned purvi, as kavin and dushyant exchanged glances.

"tumhari chawl se kuch hi door shamshaan ghat hai, uske bahar ka bhi thoda area hai, main road se pehle...woh unclaimed hai aur wahan pe kabhi koi construction ho bhi nahi sakta aur koi khareedega bhi nahi...jaalake unke asthiyan gaad de hain maine. iske saath bhi wahi karlena, warna pakka pakde jaoge." explained purvi, before she started to leave.

"aur haan, mummy papa bahaut gussa hain aapse, aur agar meri balcony se ghusne ka idea aaya hoon, toh pehle baata rahi hoon, darwaaza nahi kholne waali main!" informed purvi, as she left. 

"tune apne papa ke office se unki gaadi..." attempted kavin to confirm, as dushyant nodded in agreement. 

"aaj tu sahi mein marega.." remarked kavin. 

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author's note:so, as promised this suspense is over now. rest of the chapters will be focusing more on developing the relationship between kavi and ishyant.