Chapter 37
“People who do that sort of thing may reap what they sow,
but they also destroy the harvest of those who are around them.”
Searching through the pages of the file lost while sitting casually on the chair in his room Ragini was trying to get something of use in the files when her phone rang. Looking at the caller brought a smile on her face, happily and somewhat excited she picked up the call.
“Yes, Riddhima I was waiting for your call.”
Ragini said with a smile on her face bringing a smile on Riddhima’s face on the other end who was flipping through a magazine.
“Hello, Ragini so why were you waiting for my call and how are you doing there?”
Riddhima said keeping the magazine aside and straightening up.
“All cool. Though I’ll have to admit it’s no fun without you and Sejal. Missing you guys, it’s so boring without both of you. As for why was I waiting, to hear the good news that you are about to deliver me though I know yet need the details. So tell me.”
Ragini finished saying eagerly and a hint of excitement.
“How did you know what I am about to tell you?”
Riddhima asked curiously.
“Later, first your turn you tell me.”
Ragini said brushing aside her question and keen to hear from her friend.
“Okay, okay listen well the man Kabir hired to assassinate me had been caught by the officials. He is a well-known and wanted criminal. Thanks to you the chip you inserted in Kabir’s phone we have the recording of their conversation as proof and the number he dialled at as well. Few people in the police department traced the number and caught him, that man did not expect it when the police landed at his doors and were caught off guard. Someone might or might not have tipped them off.”
Riddhima said with a chuckle at the last part.
“Anyways he is under custody and interrogated as we are speaking. Soon Kabir will be behind bars. Someone from the CBI will come there soon I thought to inform you beforehand and make sure you are okay. Imean Kabir does not know anything about you or doubt you right.”
Riddhima asked Ragini with concern
“No as of now he doesn’t, at least seeing his behaviour it doesn’t seem like, and now he won’t be able to do anything even if he indeed doubted me since a CBI official already came and took him away.”
Ragini replied with a thoughtful look on her face and finished informing her with a happy and satisfied smile.
“Wait a minute what are you talking about?”
Riddhima asked confused with a frown playing on her forehead.
“Come on the case you filed against Kabir. I just saw some officials came and took him away.”
Ragini said casually informing Riddhima of the event that took place.
“What case? And I did not file any case against Kabir. What had happened Ragini?”
Riddhima asked straightening up with all of her attention at Ragini.
Then Ragini started relaying Riddhima everything she saw and heard making Riddhima surprised with the latest development.
“I don’t understand. You said about the recording and the officers arresting the contract killer that Kabir hired. So I thought they were here because of you.”
Ragini said sounding the way she was feeling; unsure and puzzled.
“Ragini I have not filled the case officially against Kabir but the man he hired is in the custody of police I am about to take this recording to Mr Mohan Panday. Since he was the one investigatingVansh’s case where even Kabir was involved initially. He is the perfect person who could handle this without our names getting involved. So, that later on Kabir doesn’t come after us till he is put behind the bars doubting us. I was planning Kabir to entangle with Vansh’s case and get this recording as a result of an investigation done for Vansh’s case enter-linking it. CBI officials won’t reach there for the next two-three days. So what are you talking about?”
Riddhima informed her while feeling a little anxious not knowing what was happening and who could be behind it.
“So it is not done by you?”
Ragini asked in a low voice surprised and confused.
“No, Ragini I would have informed you if I would have been planning something like that. I wouldn’t risk you like that yaar. Though who could be behind all this I wonder?”
Riddhima said with a thoughtful look forming on her face.
“Even I wonder that but knowing Kabir how obsessed he is with destroying Vansh and having his property for himself he had wronged many in the process. Who knows which one of his victims had risen up to get back at him beside us?”
Ragini said with a serious look on her face and an eye roll at the last part.
“Maybe or maybe not, I’ll try to find out if anything and if you find out something let me know.”
Riddhima finished with a sigh.
“All right bye.”
Ragini said with a smile.
“Bye, take care.”
Riddhima disconnected the call bidding adieu and a thoughtful and deep look came over her eyes. Could it be? No, no she thought.
*********
“Aaaaahhhhhhh”
A scream left his mouth once again while two men were watching all of it.
“Ahhh that sound it’s music. What a view so satisfying and so good to see.”
The first man said who was seeing all of it through the one-way mirror glass window in a low, dark voice sounding pleased with devious yet a satisfied smirk playing on his face.
“And you did a wonderful job, mister. Good thing you informed me beforehand of his move.”
He said to the second man who was standing behind him appreciatively.
“Thank you, sir, I did what was the right thing to do. Kabir sir is in the wrong he is a police officer a person who is supposed to protect the law not brake them for his personal selfish goals. Though I am not sure if this way of yours is right or not but I guess I’ll choose a lesser wrong than a more wrong because here in this game no one is entirely right. Besides he was planning to kill Riddhima and that girl had suffered enough because of him.”
The man standing behind said in a neutral voice.
“Now that Kabir had made his choice let him faces the consequences of it.”
The first man said while still facing the one-way mirror glass window watching Kabir getting a little piece of his hospitality only for him.
“Aaaahhhhh”
Another scream escaped.
******
It was hours later Kabir woke up. He did not know what time it was but somewhere in between the torture session that he was subjected to with those electric shocks, he fell unconscious, not able to take more. He saw a shadow of an outline of a man standing at the door. Squinting his trying to get used to the lights that were there he tried to look at him closely. Who is he? Is he the same man because of whom I am here? Is he responsible for all of this? Kabir thought concentrating on the figure.
“Who are you? Why am I here? What animosity you have with me? Why are you behind me?”
Kabir shouted at the person standing in the shadows.
“Well, you tell me, Kabir. What animosity you have with me? Why are you behind me?
Came a voice Kabir knew too well to not recognize. Recognition dawning on him and his eyes widen up with realization.
“Vansh? I should have known. It couldn’t have been anyone else but you.”
Kabir said with a chuckle sounding annoyed.
“So high expectations you have from me and see I am fulfilling all of them just for you. Isn’t it amazing?”
Vansh said with a mocking sweet smile.
“Truly amazing and you know what’s more amazing? The fact, that you had to resort to this to defeat me. I knew it. It is you behind all this. I won’t leave you Vansh. Don’t think by doing all of this you could stop me. I won’t stop till I have you where I want you to be.”
Kabir said with a bored casual voice. He’ll be damned if he let him have an upper hand at him. Even if he would have been dying he won’t let this nut-job have that satisfaction. He’ll return the favours even if it’s the last thing he would do. Kabir thought irked.
“Oh the obsessive love you have for me is so overwhelming Kabir really. You know and understand me so well.”
Vansh said in a fake emotional voice putting his right palm on his chest where his heart is placed and starts walking around Kabir.
“Oh, you have no idea how obsessively in love I am with you.”
Kabir said with an eye roll and a sarcastic smile.
“Feelings are mutual. This compatibility, this electrifying chemistry we have is so I have no words for it. Hashtag KaVa.”
Vansh said with a mocking daydreaming look and making a hashtag KaVa sign in the air with his first finger, making Kabir roll his eyes and give a tight smile.
“So, tell me, Kabir, in between this intense love of ours, this amazing relationship we share why the hell did you bring others? Why did you think it’s a great idea to go after my wife and my sister? What rights do you have to play with innocent girls' lives? What rights do you have to play like that be it Ragini or be it Riddhima? Okay agreed maybe Ragini isn’t that innocent but Riddhima what that innocent woman did to you to use her like that?”
Vansh said while giving Kabir a look that gives away the silent fury that was visible in his eyes.
“Oh don’t be surprised I know it was you who sent her to me. I have known it since the time she entered my house for the first time.”
Vansh said in a dry voice.
“Woohoo look who is talking. Are you sure it was just me who brought the other person here? Vansh I might have sent her to you but I never asked you to marry her forcefully did I? I don’t think so. I am nota nice guy Vansh and I never claimed to be otherwise, but even you are no saint, and you know that so don’t be such a hypocrite and give lectures on what I should have or shouldn’t have done. Especially, when you, yourself have done a lot of stuff, you shouldn’t have. Why? Did you not used and played with Riddhima as well? Come on Vansh you are not the two-timer kind of a guy. Had you been genuine with Riddhima, Ragini wouldn’t have been able to do what she did. I always wondered why Ragini? If Vansh loved Ragini why did he marry Riddhimathat too without her consent, with force? Now I know it. It’s because you never really cared about Riddhima but rather intended to use her against me, to hurt me right?”
Kabir said tauntingly to Vansh and for the first time in months, he realized what a fool, what an idiot he had been all this while. Kabir was right though, he wasn’t a saint here. He was equally low and vile. All those times he thought by hurting Riddhima he could hurt Kabir but clearly, it was onlyRiddhima who ended up being hurt because Kabir for sure doesn’t give two hoots about her. She has always been a pawn nothing but a toy for him to play with. If Kabir was wrong in bringing Riddhima, Ragini, and Sia in their battle he did the same by hurting Riddhima. How is he, himself any different than Kabir?
“Let me tell you a secret I never loved Riddhima. So, even if she ends up being dead I don’t care. At least this way she could be useful to full fill my mission to destroy you. Let me tell you a secret it was me who shot her that day.”
Kabir said with a whisper and a smile playing at his face winking at Vansh shocking him.
In his mad heist to best up Kabir, he never realized Kabir doesn’t care a damn if Riddhima gets hurt or not. He never knew Kabir won’t think twice before finishing off Riddhima for his motives thought Vansh still unable to come to terms with how well Kabir had played both the girls and him as well. Heaving a sigh Vansh said
“Tell me something why do you hate me so much? I mean we have been on this for years now but I never knew the reason behind this hatred that you harbour for me. You challenged me and I played along but why? What is the reason?”
curiously looking at Kabir as if trying to figure out something.
“Tell me why shouldn’t I? My mother left me in an orphanage. Why? Because she was here rising up her step-kids. You got everything, every damn thing. What did I get to have? Nothing, so, now I want everything that I have rights on be it my mother or Rai Singhania property. Now you know why I love you so much, step half-brother.”
Kabir said looking at him with a smile.
“That does not make any sense you do realize don’t you? No, I don’t think you do realize because had you all of this wouldn’t have happened."
Vansh said with a face and voice that said it all, that how ridiculous Kabir was sounding to him right now.
Then puts both his hands on either side on the hand rest of Kabir’schair and, bending down towards him. Going forward meeting his eyes with Kabir's
“So, tell me, Kabir, how is it my fault that your mother abandoned you? How is it my fault that your mother chooses luxury and comfort over you? How is it my fault that she chose to hide you and lie about you to the world? How is it my fault that she chose to not fight for you? How is it my fault that she chose herself over you, Kabir? How is it my fault? And please enlighten me on how do you have any rights over Rai Singhania properties? As you heard Rai Singhania, you do not carry that surname remember. If you are not a Rai Singhania how do you have this idea in your twisted head that you have any rights over anything that belongs to us, to me? The only relation we have or share is that your mother married my father for his money and; now even that relation we don’t share after her betrayal. Who are you, Kabir? You are an absolute outsider, not a family, not a Rai Singhania so what rights do you claim? When you have none of them.”
Vansh roared glaring at Kabir going near his face. Taking in deep breaths to calm himself while moving back and straightening up Vansh turned around rubbing his face. Sobering up a bit he turned around again facing Kabirand said
“You know what Kabir all this while you have been after me for what your mother did. It was her who wronged you not me. It is her you should have been after not me. In fact, it should be me who should go after you and your conniving mother. And you know what that’s exactly what I am going to do. From now on Kabir, you and your mother should watch your backs. Till now I was unaware of her deceit not anymore. I am going to look and dig out every single thing she and you have ever done against me or my family. Then I’ll come for you two. From now on game is on full-on”
Vansh hissed in a deadly and cold voice with a hardened face.
******
“So, what do you think?”
Riddhima asked with a raised eyebrows to the man seated in front of her.
“I think it’s very good evidence, but I’ll need to send this recording to forensic experts to get clearance that no tampering has been done with it. Once I get the reports I can get an arrest warrant for Kabir. He will be behind bars.”
Mohan said to her with a confident assuring smile.
“Great one less thing to worry about, and what about the man whom he hired?”
Riddhima asked with expectant eyes.
“Don’t worry about him. He is a wanted criminal in many other cases. He won’t be coming out anytime soon. In the meantime, I'll get done with this making sure he stays there as long as he is alive.”
Mohan said reassuringly to her.
“By the way do you have any news about Kabir being taken by some CBI official? Apparently, some case has been filed against him. Some officers came and took Kabir away with him”
Riddhima asked confused wondering.
“Not that I am aware of. That’s strange Kabirhimself is a CBI officer and a well-known one at that. News like that would have spread like a fire in the entire department. I’ll try to find out what's going on.”
Mohan said surprised at the information.
“Anyway thank you so much for all you are doing. If you had not tracked the call and got him arrested as soon as possible….”
Riddhima said feeling grateful only to be cut by Mohan in between with
“Don’t it was you who informed me about it and helped in catching up a known criminal. Besides, it’s my duty.”
Mohan said with a smile.
“All right, then I’ll take your leave. Good day.”
Riddhima said rising up from her seat to leave.
“Good day”
Mohan said in return.
*******
“Let him be here for a few days more. Make sure to give him the best of our hospitality services.”
Vansh said turning around and left Kabir there at his people’s mercy those who won’t be much merciful at Kabir.
Coming out of the room he turned his right and saw the man once again who had informed him about the attack Kabir was planning on his wife so that he could take timely actions. Giving a nod to him he said
“Once again thank you, Mishra.”
He remembers how when he got Mishra’s call yesterday.
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Flashback
“This time win will be mine Vansh.”
Kabir said with determination in his eyes and voice and with a hardened face looking ahead.
Unknown to Kabir, his assistant Misha was standing outside his room who had heard him talk on the phone. Quickly he fished out his phone and dialled a number as soon as the call is picked he said in a low whispering voice to the person on the other side
“Sir, Kabir sir is planning something huge this time. Sir, he is about to get Riddhima murdered in your own house and also get your sister Siakidnapped. I mean he had hired a contract killer to do his bidding and then blame it all on you.”
Mishra had relied on everything to Vansh
“Are you sure? Alright, keep an eye and ear on him. Keep me updated I will tell you what you have to do and when.”
Vansh, who was on the other side said and dismissed the call reeling at the audacity of Kabir
.
“This time you have crossed your limits Kabir; and this time even I won't stay quiet.”
Vansh said to himself with a fire in his eyes which was ready to burn his step-half-brother.
Flashback ends
Written by: @BhataktiAtma
Contributed by: @Abhyudaya
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