Scene cut to

The wedding hall

Rajeev had securely held the Roddy in his iron grip ignoring her grunts to get out of the place.

Not able to bear the screams, Benisha slapped her but could only get a warning from the authorities.

"...so, you are telling us that Roddy is the right hand of the Banger street Don, Papi..." The SI asked the Groom who agreed with the evidences being handed over to the authorities by Benisha.

As the family were grasping in the new knowledge about the bride, Prateek Iyer grunted in his hold trying to deny the accusations.

Dino then handed over the evidence of the poison being found in Trithi's body during post mortem which was concealed by Prateek Iyer.

On asking, Rajeev replied that Prateek had suspected his wife to have an affair with her ex – Ronak Das aka Ronny (Please refer the Devil&Angel series#1 The Gandharva's Muse to know about the character 'Ronny aka Ronak Das').

Sonia jolted with a shock at the name which she heard after a period of 30 years, making her innards shiver. Vinay came to hold his wife who closed her eyes to find solace in his embrace.

Rajeev further explained that Ronak Das was a frequent visitor in the Iyer household in Pune. Trithi was just helping her ex-boyfriend under the pretext of old favour as a trusted friend. But Ronak Das would often compel her to have an extra martial affair with him. The poor lady denied it and advised him to not meet her after knowing his real intention.

Prateek Iyer mistook her friendliness for her treachery, leading to frequent fights and even forcefully torture her physically and mentally to release his frustrations.

The resultant was the bearing of the second child – Ramya which Prateek thought to be Ronak's. It was not possible foremost as Ronak had died due to unforeseen circumstances, as the trio found via their visit to Shimla.

At this, Vinay held Sonia closer to him remembering the dreadful day where he had almost lost her. Sonia could only tear up and requested him to leave the premises as it was too much for her.

Vinay called Veena to take her aunt to the room to get her some water.

Veena led her to the adjacent room to get her some water and relax her mind with some fresh air. Xavier suggested that Vinay would be required in the interrogation and offered to help his Sonia aunt.

Returning back to the narration, it was further revealed that Prateek would not take the wife's word and waited her to deliver the baby to end her existence.

The traces of the poison secured that he was successful in his attempt and ran off with the infant and his son to Mumbai for refuge from the authorities.

The police recorded all the proofs alongwith the narration given by the family.

As most of the crowd were engrossed in the groom's tale of the event, Ramya clutched the hair clip securely in her hand to strike at the right time.

"Ahhh?!!!..." Rajeev held his lower abdomen at the impact but didn't let go of Ramya who struggled in his hold.

Prateek nudged the policeman holding him and ran to rescue his daughter but

"...Dad?!!!...." Ramya screamed when she heard the gunshot which pierced through Prateek's ribs.

"...leave me!!! you bastard!!!...leave me!!!..." Ramya neared Rajeev, and bit his hands, making it bleed but in vain.

The man didn't let go of the devious woman who screamed at seeing her father being taken by the authorities.

"...he needs his inhaler!!!...he needs it!!...give it to him!!!... you blood suckers!!!...Dad?!!!" Ramya could only wiggle in his hold and slumped down the floor, crying badly. She knew the amount of torture her aging father would endure at the hands of the merciless CBI and the Mafia clan.

The lady police came to take the exhausted woman in their hold when

"...don't move!!!... I will shoot the first person who comes near me?!!!!...I swear!!!...." a aghast Ramya aimed the gun from the lady police's sheath and teared up knowing very well that it was her end.

"...Ramya!!...put the gun away...there is no turning back...you are surrounded...you shoot...they will take your head...they are not just the police...it's the CBI...I am telling you...put. The. Gun. Down.... now!!!" Prisha advised her trying to move closer to her. She waited for the scared girl to break the eye contact and take her down.

"....no?!!....NO!!!!..." saying so Ramya fired at Prisha who dodged the bullet, ducking down on time.

As Prisha predicted, the array of gun shot fired at the woman taking her down. She looked up at the silence prevailing after the shots.

The people around searched for the police and the crazy woman amidst the fog of bullet smoke.

Rajeev ran to catch the woman before she could fall on the floor. He rested her dying self on his lap to let her speak the last time.

"...*chuckle*...they will come...*coughs*...my ace will come...to get you...and your loved...Mu...Ba...*spits blood*..." Ramya could only utter her last words before going lifeless with her open content eyes tilting slowly up. Benisha closed her eyelids and glanced over Rajeev who was poker faced.

The authorities thanked the family and friends for their contribution to uncover the Papi gang and its main men but still the Papi was unreachable.

Rajeev was sitting on the corridor of the wedding hall zoning out.

"...Raj?..." Prisha held his shoulders who replied

"...Chech...she used to always be patience with me...not for once, she made me think...that ...she was this assassin...a crude, cold blooded assassin...every time I asked her about her stay in the states...she would dodge it with one or the other wordplay...

Chech, I was always confused as to why did she not fight with me?...not even once...that time when I refused to take our relationship further...she just composed herself...making me think that there was some foul play...but never thought that it would be so...cruel...how could she do this to those innocent children?!!!..."

"...Raj...she didn't know them...for her...it was only money...and nothing else...the glam...the luxury...attracted her...she was never her mother's daughter but her father's puppet to take revenge on us...knowing very well that we are fighting for a cause that the Papi is responsible for...." Prisha made him understand that money changes the person's perspective towards life, family and even makes them perform heinous crime with no remorse.

"...Raj?..."

"...."

"...why don't you visit her?!..." Prisha suggested him to relax his mind by at least have a friendly talk with his Buji.

He thought it to a good way to calm his juggled mind and perhaps let her know his true feelings.

The coming weeks Raj thought about Prisha's idea of visiting the Akademi and meet her but he was equipped with the Mafia work which would require him to often travel to the capital to meet up the Lord.

The Lord was their advisor and the one who would train the Capos of the Mafia clan. He would prepare them in the mental war to keep up with the fast-moving technology and treachery faced in the Mafia clans all over.

So, when you are training under the Lord, you forget about everything else.

The family could breathe some much-required relaxed breath after the wedding incident. But Rajeev knew the silence before the storm which would trigger any time.

He was waiting for that one spark in the sky in the period of the two years that passed like pages in the novel, making him vulnerable and callous towards any danger that would fall in his family.

Sangeet Natak Akademi

Mrunal was having her dinner with Akash who opted for a quiet place for their date.

Akash proposed to Mrunal in their second year, but was not able to get the nod from the quiet girl.

But he noticed how the girl would shy at his closeness and had made a major change in her lifestyle which gave him a ray of hope for him.

Her attire, her posture, her behaviour everything evolved with his care and respect for her.

Mrunal loved the way he was etiquette in his mannerism for not just her but in general to everyone.

She couldn't help but say yes to his proposal within the two years of knowing him and hoping for a better future with him.

One day prior to her finals.

Mrunal received the knowledge about the breakup between Rajeev and Ramya, from Deepika.

Deepika was forced to tell her during one of her calls when Mrunal enquired about Sameer's health, who had suffered bullet injuries.

Deepika could not fully narrate the incident as she was tending to kids when the police authorities arrived.

She was privy to the knowledge only from Arjun who told her that Rajeev had broken off the engagement suspecting that Ramya had cheated on her with her ex.

But the case was different as it turned out to be her twin sister and not her.

But Rajeev was adamant and broke off the engagement. The trauma led her to leave the country along with her father to not take the embarrassment from the public here.

The narration was in line with what was being told to her by Arjun on reaching their house.

Deepika couldn't be a witness to the actuality being held up with the kids who were not controlled by Veena and Xavier.

In between the couple also took off to take care of their Sonia aunt who got dizzy suddenly and was rushed to the hospital.

It was evident in all this, that Arjun didn't want his daughter to sympathise with the family and fall in love with the Mafia Capo – Rajeev Nair aka The String-Breaker.

He rather tell her a white lie than get her involved with the Mafia family and ruin her life forever.

End of Flashback.

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