Chapter 12 - Will Rohan believe Vikas?

1 years ago

Shesha

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Recap: Rohan narrates how he proposed Romi. Vikas came to Rohan's house to inform something urgent. Rohan asked him to wait till afternoon. Anjali noticed that. Later in the night, Rudra helped Soumya get rid of her tension.

The new chapter starts with,

10 hours before (Rudra and Soumya's conversation)

Rohan, Romi, Anjali and Rajveer comes to the park to meet Vikas.

Vikas - "Hmm... I called only one but four came to meet me. Interesting! Anyways, you lost your trust on us to come alone."

Rohan - "If your analysis is done, could you come to the point?"

Vikas - "The matter is about how you met with an accident few months back."

Romi, Anjali and Rajveer are shocked.

Rohan - "What is there to tell about my accident?"

Vikas - "Do you have anything to tell about your accident, first of all?"

Rohan - "Don't beat around the bush, Vikas."

Vikas - "I cannot be more direct than this, Vikas. Secondly, I didn't come either as your competitor or Mr. Basu's son. I came to help you and please understand that."

Rohan - "But what can I say?"

Romi interrupted.

Romi - "I'm sorry for the interruption, Rohan and Vikas.  But Rohan, we have to cooperate more. So just tell him hhow you met the accident. Let's see if Vikas has something to say."

Rohan - "I was stuck by some truck and fell into the bushes that led to fracture in my legs and my hands."

Vikas sighs.

Vikas - "Come on, Rohan. You're not telling what you've seen in your eyes but you're just telling whatever was told."

Rohan - "So, what makes the difference?"

Vikas - "If a truck hit you, you'd be found unconscious on the road. Not in some bushes. You cannot say that truck hit your forcibly that you fell there. If the force was such that, you won't be alive."

Rohan thinks.

Vikas - "Try to remember what happened to you on that day. It was not any accident."

Rohan nods to him and strains his brain to remember.

Romi sits near him.

Romi - "Rohan, could you remember anything?"

Rohan - "No, Romi. I couldn't remember anything."

She noticed how frustrated and tired Rohan is.

Romi - "Easy, Rohan. Don't strain too much."

Vikas - "Let him have some water."

Anjali feed him water and let him relax for some time.

Vikas - "The problem is that, even I don't know what happened to Rohan on that day. But my father and brother are involved in it for sure."

Rohan, Romi, Rajveer and Anjali looks at Vikas shocked.

Romi - "Ayaan Basu and Naveen Basu?"

Vikas - "Yes, I heard their conversation few days back. They were talking that they injected some drugs into your body on the day of your so called accident. It might be the reason why you don't remember anything."

Rohan - "Drugs? But..."

Vikas - "Police interference was very less because of my father's influence."

Romi - "It means, they could have kidnapped Rohan and beat him to some extent and threw him to the bushes."

Vikas - "It's a possibility. We don't know what actually happened. And Rohan, you have to move this legally because..."

Romi - "Because..."

Vikas sighs.

Vikas - "My dad and brother played such dirty acts because they feared that Rohan would beat me in the race. It happened because I couldn't defeat Rohan with huge difference instead with narrow difference. They forced me to take steroids for better efficiency but I refused as it is against my principles. So they took such step to eliminate him from the upcoming national level championship."

Rohan - "How could I believe you? Who knows? You could've done that and putting the blame on your brother and dad? I am not going to believe your statements. You're misleading."

Vikas - "Then don't believe. Within few months, you have to go for 'Doping test'. There, the officials will detect the presence of drugs in your body and they'd disqualify you from taking part in any contest. Will you be happy?"

Romi - "What?"

Vikas - "Yes, the traces would last for long."

Anjali - "Rohan, come to my clinic. I'll test if there is any presence of drugs."

Rohan - "Yeah, it's a great idea. Vikas, you too come with me."

Vikas, Anjali, Rajveer, Romi and Rohan goes to Anjali's clinic and Anjali took help of few forensic experts, tested Rohan's blood.

Anjali - "Rohan, I'll let you know the result in 3 hours. Please wait outside."

Rohan comes outside and goes to Vikas.

Vikas - "What did doctor say?"

Rohan - "Asked to wait for three hours."

Vikas - "Okay. I'll wait."

Rajveer - "Vikas, now you tell us. Why do you want to help us?"

Vikas - "2 years back, there was an athlete named Vaibhav. He was my best friend and my best opponent. We never let our competition come between our friendship. I was better than him in records but slowly he has shown immense improvements and hold the capacity to put me behind. My father and brother couldn't digest that. They talked to him to represent their brand instead of me. Vaibhav refused as he doesn't want to get into corporate world. They threatened him to get away from athletics. He didn't give in and I supported him. Ayaan and my dad murdered him and thrown his dead body in the river."

Rohan - "I slightly remember. People used to speak a lot about Vaibhav. But they said that he committed suicide due to love failure."

Vikas - "It was just a drama to shut the media. After this incident, his family moved away from this city. I was helpless as I don't have any proofs against them."

Romi - "But, do we have any proofs here?"

Vikas - "Maybe. But I don't want to be as helpless as I was during Vaibhav's time. Dad has stopped Rohan from taking part in the race. But more athletes like Rohan would come and tries to compete me. They could be better than Rohan or even me. Either my father force me to take steroids or he'd eliminate my opponents. And when he gets someone who can beat me with huge difference and I couldn't even stand near him, he'd make him the brand ambassador and eliminate me in this game. And the eliminate what I meant is, killing them. My brother and my father are aiming only at money and the brand. And not me. So I need to stop them to save myself and also few Vaibhavs."

Rohan - "It means... he can kill me if I take part in this upcoming championship, right?"

Vikas -"Even he can kill me if I couldn't win in the race."

Vikas tells with grief in his face. 

Rajveer - "Don't worry, Vikas. We'd teach a lesson to your father and brother."

Vikas - "Thankyou."

After 3 hours,

Anjali comes out with the reports.

Anjali - "Vikas is right. There are some traces of drugs in his body. But the noticeable thing, they aren't steroids. But they are usually given to make someone unconscious. So probably, they injected this drug and then they tortured Rohan."

Rajveer - "Don't worry guys, I have a few friends in police department. And we can move the case with this."

Rohan - "Rudra and Soumya took me to the hospital. So we have to talk to them if they noticed anything abnormal."

Romi and Vikas - "Exactly."

***

1 week later / Arjun Deepak's house

Sangeet ceremony is going on in Arjun's house.

The elders of the family started playing antakshari and decided to play the song through they couldn't form another song with its last letter.

The competition was so interesting that elders contributed equally as youngers so they didn't go short of songs.

Finally Arjun's side fails to find a song. So they played the song from where it got discontinued.

Tere Vaaste plays

Arjun took Dimple to the stage and they started dancing for that. Others too danced for the song.

Rudra looks at Soumya. Soumya noticed it.

Ishaan - "Rudra, don't think too much. If you feel like dancing, you can dance. Even few of our colleagues are dancing."

Rudra smiled.

Rudra goes to Soumya.

Rudra - "Shall we dance, Soumya?"

Soumya - "But, I am having slight headache. So I don't know if I could enjoy."

Rudra - "No issues, Soumya. What happened to your head?"

Soumya - "Some work pressure..."

Rudra - "You came here for your friend. Not for your work. So keep your work at your office. Don't stress by taking it everywhere."

Soumya - "Yeah, Rudra. From when did you start eating my head with your lectures?"

Rudra - "Soumya, you're..."

Soumya smiles and is about to leave.

Rudra - "Come outside. I'll apply some balm."

Soumya goes with him.

There was a small children's park adjacent to Arjun's house. Rudra took Soumya there and they sit on the bench.

Rudra let Soumya lie on his lap. He applied balm on her head and massaged her head.

Rudra - "Are you feeling better?"

Soumya - "Yes, Rudra. It's so relieving. I want to be like this always... Lying down and looking at the clouds or just closing my eyes... It's very peaceful."

Rudra – "You just need some frustrations to get such headache. Then, only you can lay on something and dream."

Soumya laughed.

Soumya – "I don't need headache as already you're."

Rudra – "What?"

Soumya laughed and looked at his eyes. Rudra's face turned gloomy.

Soumya – "Cool, I am just kidding."

Rudra – "But I got hurt."

Rudra winks at Soumya.

Soumya – "Rudra is Rudra..."

Rudra and Soumya laughed.

Soumya's mobile rang which is in Rudra's pocket and the Ayaan's name is flashed.

Soumya – "Who's on the call?"

Rudra – "Ayaan Basu."

Soumya – "Uff! Give me the phone."

Soumya sits erect and attended the call. She puts on speaker due to her headache.

Ayaan – "Hello Soumya, how are you?"

Soumya – "I'm good. Come to the point directly, Ayaan."

Ayaan – "Nothing, I just called to know your well-being."

Soumya – "Okay."

Ayaan – "When will you come to Kolkata?"

Soumya – "Within 8 days."

Ayaan – "I'm excited to meet you. Did you think about your decision?"

Soumya – "No Ayaan. I told you many times that I need time and why are you not understanding it."

Ayaan – "How many days should I wait, Soumya? Till I reach 50?"

Soumya – "See Ayaan, I told you long back that go for a better proposal rather than waiting for me. In fact, I told you once that I wasn't interested in you. But you brought some other excuses. You are the one who is wasting time on me."

Ayaan – "So what are you trying to say now?"

Soumya – "Whatever I said was direct, Ayaan. Please don't disturb me."

Ayaan – "Seriously? You're not aware of me. I'm India's biggest business tycoon Ayaan Basu. If I am investing on a girl, it means that she got a value. So don't waste it."

Soumya – "Mind your choice of words, Mr. Basu."

Ayaan – "Choice of words? It was all my mistake by speaking with tenderness. Just accept my proposal and marry me. You never get anyone better than me in this whole world."

Rudra takes the phone from Soumya.

Rudra – "Bro, seems like you have surplus amount of money but you don't know how to respect girls. Do you think Soumya will marry a man who thinks that amount of attention determines a woman's value? You're a loser."

Ayaan – "Who the hell is this? Pass the phone to Soumya."

Rudra – "Rudra Das, Soumya's friend. I don't let you speak nonsense with her."

Ayaan – "Oh, you are that cartoon, right? Rohan Das's brother. Just get out of my way. Or else..."

Rudra – "What will you do? You're not only talking to her friend but also her going to be husband. Mind it. I cannot tolerate if you disturb my wife and the outcome won't be fruitful. She is mine and only mine."

Saying this, Rudra cut the call and gives to Soumya.

Soumya – "What did you say now?"

Rudra – "The outcome won't be fruitful if he disturb you."

Soumya – "How did you address me?"

Rudra – "Hmm..."

Soumya – "So you are..."

Rudra nods.

Roohaniyat song (in the header) plays (from 3.25  to 5.09)

Rudra – "I was immersed with my past events and I thought I could never be a good boyfriend. But you proved me wrong Soumya and instilled the hope of love in me and brought me confidence to lead my life forward. And I wish to lead my life with you. I cannot ask for anyone better than you because you're the best, Soumya."

Soumya cries in happiness. Rudra knelt down and lends his hands towards Soumya.

Rudra – "I love you, Soumya."

Soumya wipes her tears and smiles.

Soumya – "I love you too, Rudra."

Soumya hugged Rudra tightly.

Soumya – "Promise me that you'd love me as much as now always."

Rudra – "That's not possible."

Soumya looks on breaking the hug.

Rudra – "As time passes, my love increases for you and it would be endless. Just like yours."

Soumya pats his shoulders. Rudra and Soumya smiled.

Rudra hugged Soumya.

To be continued...