dushyant was working on his laptop, as his office clearly looked piled up with work, and to be honest, he had very little time to do it all. the paperwork alone was drowning. suddenly, there was a knock on his door. he didn't bother looking up, just said loud enough to be audible, to come in to the knocker. 

kavin entered, as he looked at his brother just engrossed in work, he had to get his attention for this. 

"bhai?" spoke up kavin, prompting dushyant to look up, which he did. 

"i think aapko pata chal gaya hai...jasmine aur bani ke baarein mein...." stated kavin, as he went ahead to sit on the chair in front of the desk dushyant was working behind. 

dushyant gave him  a good second's look, before he kept aside his laptop. 

"mujhe lag raha hai bhagwaan ko mere saath prank khelne mein bada maza aata hai, tabhi saale bache hi aise diye hain joh bacha karne ka darr sahi sabhit kardete hain..." remarked dushyant, somewhat making fun of his situation, which in reality, was just plain bleak. 

"bani, ab kaisi hai?" asked dushyant, trying to distance a little from the topic at hand. 

"theek hai, aaj shaam tak discharge mil jayega..." informed kavin, as dushyant nodded. 

"bani, toh bahaut bura phasegi....agar pakdi gayi, kuch socha hai?" questioned dushyant, raising his brow, as kavin shook his head in no. 

"aapko kya lagta hai, jasmine ka gayab hona uspe bhaari nahi padne waala?" questioned kavin back, as dushyant too just let out a sigh of frustration. 

"sahi mein samajh nahi aa raha hai kya karoon...." expressed dushyant his frustration, as kavin looked at him carefully, maybe he was specifically looking for something. 

dushyant, as he tried to compose himself a bit more, and attempt to look in a better condition than he was.

"anyways, what i would suggest is ispe baad mein baat karte hain, let's just finish off our work first...kaafi kaam ho gaya waise hi..." suggested dushyant, as kavin nodded, and with a forced smile, left. 

dushyant quietly looked on till the door was shut close, as he opened a closed tab on his laptop, revealing the DNA report's photo, clicked by someone late at night it appeared, when  a notification buzzed from his phone, he picked it up, only to reveal a text by gautam singhania,

'ok fine, i'll see you....just get rid of the damn report.' read the text, as a smirk came across on dushyant's face. 

What the FUCK was going on in his mind? 

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ishita stood by the window, where her fingers were tapping, as she remained on a call on the phone. 

"basically, bahaut easily yeh pura shadiyantra, hum bani aur deepika pe frame kar sakte hain...jasmine can easily get out..." concluded ishita, a huge smile on her face, quite wicked indeed. 

"you really have a talent for this, huh?" remarked dushyant, from the other end of the call, making ishita chuckle. 

"yeh toh kuch bhi nahi hai, pehele yeh batao, gautam se baat ho gayi?" asked ishita eagerly, as dushyant scoffed. 

"yeh aaj bhi wahi darra-hua 26 saal ka gautam singhania hai joh apne ek bhi project ke fail hone se darta hai....papa ki company na hoti toh kahan hi jaata.....usse darraana kya mushkil tha..." replied dushyant, as ishita couldn't help but suspicious of his words, something she couldn't explain that she was catching on. 

"acha, toh purvi toh completely convince ho gayi thi na tumse?" questioned dushyant, as ishita nodded, replying with a yes. 

"kavin toh abhi koi information de nahi raha hai, par nikalwalunga...jald.." stated dushyant, very sure in his conviction, admittedly, it was scary. 

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pasi brought over some papers, handing it to abhijeet, who was already in a dump of them, it couldn't even be called an office desk anymore, more of just a dumping ground for the files. 

"sir, yeh list hain unn logon ki jinko investigation mein interrogate kiya gaya tha, yeh sab saumya ke gayab hone waali raat maujud the wahan." stated pasi, as abhijeet started to look over them. 

"toh kya pata chalta hai inke bayanon se?" questioned abhijeet, as pasi took a deep breath before uttering his next words, signaling to abhijeet, this is going to be a long one. 

"sir, kaafi log toh paheli hi nikal gayi thi, arjun ne bahaut peeli thi, uski ladaayi ho gayi thi kisise party mein...kaafi tamasha hua...bas ek ladki, anushka, iski tabiyat badi kharab ho gayi thi peene ke baad, toh yeh wahan thodi der ruki rahi thi. tab isne dekha tha arjun aur saumya ko jhagadte hue, usse jhagde ke beech mein haata-paayi bhi shuru ho gayi...ek baar toh arjun ne usko itni zor se neeche gira diya lawn mein...usse toh laga woh wahi marr gayi, isliye woh wahin se bhaag gayi, darr ke maare..." informed pasi, as abhijeet's mind started buzzing with some other thoughts, his mind had clicked to find another clue. 

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