*Nakul Pov*

"Nakul!" I finally came out of my thoughts to see Maheshwari looking at me with worried eyed and I tried to smile.

I really did try, but I just couldn't not understanding each of my Mom's behavior stumbling in my head each head. It's as if I didn't open their bedroom door, but a door to my locked away memories.

"Will you come to work today?" she asked with a hopeful tone and I shook my head in negative.

After the fire memory, I continued my life, but each memory is making me stumble back and I did a big mess out of an important deal making us lose it.

"It will be good if I don't come for a few more days until I settle myself." I gave the same excuse and she sighed nodding.

Oh god! I am vexing her with my attitude and everything. I was supposed to make her too happy and here I am sulking.

I moved myself to assure her and promise that everything will be fine, but if suddenly felt like I don't have any energy left within me.

"Just remember that I love you." Saying that she walked off and I moved, but stopped seeing she already left the house.

Why? Why was Mom so distant and unhappy as far as I can remember? But I even remember laughing and smiling, but stopped whenever I was near her and it sure did hurt.

"Nakul!" I heard another voice and glanced up to see James walking towards me while I was sitting on the couch.

"What are you still doing here? You haven't dropped Maheshwari at work?" I asked him, frowning and he frowned back.

"She didn't want me to drop her and also Grandma wants to spend some time with me before she leaves in the evening." He explained.

"You knew she was mad at you and you didn't care." I said, shrugging, but he sighed before sitting beside me.

"I know! I acted like a jerk, but I miss her friendship, Nakul." He said and finally I am free of jealousy from their friendship when I know she loves me.

"That is not her mistake." I pointed out and he nodded.

"I know! I am going make everything right today. After dropping Grandma and Tina, I will have a long chat with Swathi and then will talk to Maha." He stated his aim and I shook my head.

"As far as I know, thinking soon is never good. You should have done all this the first day when Grandma brought Tina here as a prospective bride for you." I mumbled and he rolled his eyes.

"Anyway, I came here to talk about something important." He suddenly said in a serious tone and I stared at him waiting for his words.

"Our thought was right that each and everything that happened out of India and here is done by the same person. We have been turning over the scenes again and again remembering everything and we found the similarity in all." He explained and I sat still.

"Who wants to kill me for the past seven years? With this vengeance?" I asked him and he sighed with no answer and I am not expecting him to have one.

"I know! All answers are there near Grandpa no matter how innocently he says he doesn't know. And he just calmly says do not think about all this. How can I not? This is my life, dammit!" I screamed, standing up and paced before him.

"There must be some reason." He mumbled and I glared at him.

"Do you like if someone hides something important for you?" I asked and he shook his head in negative.

"From the time you started this company, you are struck with me like this. Don't you want to be free of this duty and live like you should as an owner of a successful business? Don't you want to go and live in that big house you bought along with your wife? And who knows have some kids?" I screamed and he closed his eyes.

"Apparently my wife is counting days to have the divorce, she wished for, and from, today there are only forty days." He mumbled and I glared at him.

"Fine! Yes to all of those." He replied and I nodded with satisfaction.

"Then all that can happen if this puzzle is solved." I stated and he nodded frowning.

"Okay! After Grandma leaves and I have my talk, we will call your grandfather and pressure for answers." He said standing up and I nodded.

After lunch, I stood outside while James was putting Grandma's and Tina's luggage in the car while they stood with Sweety who looks like she wants to be anywhere but not here.

"When you have time, come visit your husband's childhood home." Grandma suddenly said looking at Sweety making her frown.

"Just forty days and he will not be." Sweety pointed out and I glanced at James to see him giving me a pointed look.

"I am not going to marry him, Swathi. Please stop all this." Tina finally said with a frown on her face.

"Ouch! Why do you want to hurt him again like that?" Sweety asked her with clear confusion and Tina frowned back.

"Enough! You both will miss the flight so get in." saying that with an anger look he got into the car while suddenly Sweety hugged Grandma making me smile.

"You have raised a good person even though a crack one." Sweety mumbled and stepped back, making everyone smile, but James sat in the car sulking not seeing or hearing any of this.

After they left, I walked near to Sweety to see her eyes filling with tears, but she shook her head as if to remove them.

"Maybe you should stop counting the days." I mumbled and her head snapped towards me.

"Maybe you should mind your own business." She snapped and I smiled.

"Come on! He never said he wants to marry Tina and now he is dropping her off himself." I pointed out.

"He said he has plans and anyway that is not the case anymore. When you don't know everything, you should keep quiet." She said folding her arms.

"I think, what we see is better than to have a whole lot of thinking." I said shrugging and she sighed.

"So, why are you burdening Maha with office work and not doing it yourself?" she asked, raising her eyebrow and I gave a guilty look.

"She is worried about you, you know? She didn't have it easy and I just hope you will not hurt her." She mumbled and I frowned.

"I will never do that." I stated and she nodded.

"If you did, then trust me I will find a guy for her." She suddenly warned and I stared at her with wide eyes.

"She is my wife." I snapped at her and she nodded.

"Good! Keep remembering that before getting lost somewhere else. I know it is easy to think of something and just being struck there, but the people around us get hurt. I am telling from experience, so don't ignore it." She advised and I nodded.

"I will not because we should always listen to our sister-in-law's right?" I asked smiling and she glared at me.

"Don't test it!" saying that she walked off and I shook my head before turning to walk inside hoping Maheshwari returns soon.

However, when I was stepping into the living room, I felt like I am hearing the shouts and look up only to realize another memory is showing its face.

Great! I thought looking at the table arrangement and smiled to myself imagining her surprise when she sees this after coming home.

I have decided that none of the memories matters anymore and I don't want something to be solved about past except the person that wishes to harm me.

I will tell her that nothing matter except her and will never sulk like this again. And maybe we can think of the next step in the relation too.

No! Still so much has to be solved so it is better to stick with asking for forgiveness, but hell it is becoming too hard to stop myself.

I glanced at the clock only to feel worry seeing the time and immediately called the office. However, after hanging up I rushed to James's house only to see Sweety and asked her about her sister.

She called her parents and I shouted, calling James. He immediately walked near to us frowning while I tried to control my panic.

"What do you mean she is still not here?" James asked, frowning when I asked him to call the person who took her to work.

"It's past working hours and I called office thinking she is over working herself. But they said she left two hours back only." I replied with panic within and helplessness while his eyes widened.

"Maybe she went to her parent's house." He commented and I want to punch him right there.

"I called, but they said they didn't see her." Sweety replied for my sake seeing my hand fisted.

"James! Call that person." I demanded and he immediately took out his phone before dialing the number.

"Hello!" he said and I waited with my breath held.

However, the moment his eyes widened I felt like I should just stay like that only. He talked for a few seconds before hanging up.

"There has been an accident and he is admitted in the hospital as he is unconscious." He explained and I just stared at him.

"She... she..." I couldn't finish the words.

"They didn't find any woman near the accident site." He explained and I shook my head.

"Where would she go? She would have called us or something, right? Maybe they missed her." I said and closed my eyes feeling the dizziness.

"Nakul! I will just go to the hospital and ask about her near my man. Why don't you relax? She must be coming home, who knows?" saying that he moved, but his phone immediately rang.

"Hello?" he asked, lifting the call while I rubbed my forehead, trying to think of reasons why is she late.

"Kidnapped?" that a single word from James made me freeze until Sweety shook me.

"What is it?" she asked while holding my hand.

"Nakul! Can you sit down?" he asked, looking at me.

"Tell me!" I demanded and he closed his eyes.

"The accident was just a cover up. They both were fine when it happened and then suddenly before he could react a few men just pounced on their car before injecting him with something and when he was barely conscious they took Maha with them." At the end I collapsed on the floor on my knees.

"He just woke up and immediately called." He added and heard him taking in a sharp breath before I felt him kneeling before me.

"We will get her back no matter what." He said, but I shook my head ,ignoring the cry from Sweety before standing up.

"I will immediately bring in the team to search each part of the city. You do not worry." He assured me.

"Do not worry? Don't you see? It is the same person and when we can't find him for the past seven years, then why would we now?" I asked pushing him away.

"He wants my death, right? Then, it is his." Saying that I took keys from James with force before walking near to the car and got behind the wheel.

I started the car and then realized the panic which always sets whenever I am behind the wheel as if it is a forbidden place, but then I remembered her tear stained face when she was harassed by those two bastards.

No! I thought and started the car before driving towards the gate only to feel my hands slip from the wheel and my mind went blank, but I pressed on the brake before I lose everything in my head.

I stayed like that with each moment happening before me as if I am part of this and in the end I gasped seeing the result.

"Nakul!" I felt the shake and heard the door opening.

I immediately stepped out and fell on my knees again with trembling body and felt him kneeling before me too.

"What happened?" he asked in a worried tone.

"It was all me, James. It was all me and nothing else." I replied and he helped me to stand up before taking me into the house.

"Maheshwari!" I whispered and he calmly explained how he already sent everyone to find her.

"How can you be so calm? She is your friend." I whispered again and he sighed.

"If I give into my panic too, then nothing will happen here." Saying this he left and felt another presence.

I turned to see Sweety calling someone, but immediately removing it while the tears are continuously flowing. I can see she is calling my wife and I wish I can move.

No! She needs me and didn't I promised myself that I will not let the past rule us. With that thought I stood up and called up Grandpa leaving the message of her kidnap thinking at least now he will give us the names.

"They are still finding for her. Did you get any call for ransom or anything?" James asked again after three hours and I shook my head.

"Nakul!" we heard a voice and glanced at the door to see grandpa and the doctor who is my Dad's friend and who is my psychotherapist.

"She got kidnapped and I need answers right now." I demanded and he glanced at Sweety before staring at her hand.

"Was she wearing that?" he asked her and she nodded.

He immediately took out his mobile before calling someone and hung up before glancing at James.

"Within an hour, there will be a few people who will track my daughter-in-law. I want you to provide them the space." He ordered and James immediately nodded.

"I said I need answers. Until we know who is doing all this, then only we can find her." I shouted at him and he nodded before sitting on the couch.

"We both are here to say that only." He explained and I just stared at him.

"I forgot about this." Sweety suddenly said with a pained tone, staring at her bracelet and I frowned at them.

"I gave them these thinking it will be better if they can be tracked when needed." Grandpa explained.

"I knew, the danger turned to her and I told her so. She should have been careful and not be this careless." He mumbled and I stared at him with shock.

"What?" I asked along with James and he calmly explained the letter along with these bracelet's through grandma.

"Why didn't she tell me?" James and I said at a time and then I realized why.

"I was a jerk to her and must be this punishment from her." James mumbled before I can say the reason in my case which is my sulking.

"I was hard on her these days with Mom's memories coming up mainly that fire one." I said and heard a gasp.

"You remember? But we locked everything, right?" the doctor asked, frowning and I stared at him.

"Why? Why did you lock them?" I asked him frowning.

"You were unable too sleep or do anything and it was for best." He replied and glanced at Grandpa.

"Even to lock the incident of me killing two people in an accident?" I asked fisting my hands and everyone fell into silence.

"Yes! I remember everything and it was me who did the accident." I said and sat before Grandpa.

"You remember everything?" he asked and I nodded.

"Then what you are saying out is wrong, Nakul. Because your Dad and I were there when you were talking about your experience near the doctor because it was locked." He said and I shook my head.

"No matter what the reason is, it is I who did that." I stated and he frowned.

"You are not the culprit." He stated and I felt the anger rise.

"Why am I talking to you about this when my wife's life is in danger? And yes! It was me who killed those two people no matter what, how my Mom carelessly drove and then suddenly stopped doing it and the car moved towards the corner, but I held it before turning it on the opposite and hit the other car. It was me completely." I said in a cold tone.

"Did you forget that there were ten children in that corner?" he asked and I closed my eyes.

"You can't ignore him, Nakul. I was a doctor to your Mom too, and I know how she is." Doctor suddenly said making me frown.

"She had some problem?" I asked him frowning.

"Not an illness, but kind of. We can talk about it later." He replied and I am more than glad to talk about later.

I don't know why have I even got into this discussion when my Maheshwari is suffering near unknown people and must be terrified.

After a few minutes, the people he called are finally here and they started tracking, but said it will take little time.

"They will be able to track her, right?" I asked Grandpa and he nodded.

"I will be coming with you James to bring her back." I stated not giving a place for discussion and he nodded still trying his best to make his team find her.

"We can do another thing along with knowing her place after she is tracked." Grandpa said and I frowned at him.

"We can listen to her or anyone else talking near her." He explained and my eyes widened.

"Let's go and wait there." Saying that I stood up and walked out with everyone following me.

We all end up in James office room and I tried to control the shaking of my hands and glanced to my side to see James hugging Sweety.

But she just pushed him away after a few minutes and stepped back, but then walked near me before nodding at me.

"She will be fine." She said in an assured tone and I nodded back.

"I will lock her in the bedroom." I whispered and felt her holding my hand.

"Yes! We got the area." One of them said and we were immediately able to hear some sounds.

They started adjusting the frequency while continuing to track exact location. James started planning saying it is better to get any needed information from this and then proceed with proper team.

However, seeing my glare he immediately started calling back his team and to be ready to go to the place when they get it.

"Well, seems like you are finally awake Mrs. Maheshwari Singh. I don't want to do this, you know? But for your relationship with Nakul made me to do this." We all heard the voice and every single breath can be heard in the room. While I felt relief that she is fine and to think where I have heard this voice even though feeling like I never did.

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to be honest i kind of rushed but if i dont update today then it will be next week only...

and all the answers or most of them will be in the next chapter... so, who could be this person? next update is next week...

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